Show GOP wanted mac s return oh oll yes they surely did by BAUKHAGE news analyst and commentator philadelphia gen douglas macarthur in regretfully regretting his inability to accept the senate appropriation committees invitation to come to washington to testify on the far eastern situation said hed rather wait until after the national political conventions that he didn dian t want v ant to get any political implications mixed up with his visit regular republicans solemnly accepted the general generals s response just as tt if they moved heaven and earth to keep him from accepting accept mg sen sea styles bridges of new hampshire remarked gravely at the time that if anything should happen while macarthur was away from japan he senator bridges certainly wouldn t want the responsibility of having the general back here oh dear nol no the enthusiastic political ama deurs who urged that the general be invited finally were quieted down to the dismay of the democrats who wept loudly into their beards when they heard the general would not come but there was enough danger of rue eions rows and revolt among contenders for the republican nomination with out taking chances on a military apple cart macarthur in the united states marching under arches of triumph enjoying the lay ing on of leis not to mention being cheered and perhaps even voted for by a few starry eyed elephant cubs wa was no pleasant thought for the republican regulars to bontem plate on the other hand this con tangency tin gency would fill the simple dem socratic soul with joy beyond corn com pare we observed the same sweet in inocence as to the objectives of president truman s recent little Sol ormal tour of the country As chairman reece of the republic can national committee remarked before he left it the trip will lie be as non political as the pender fast gast machine which indicates the nature of the inter party amenities which may be expected from now on it is I 1 indeed a tragedy that this quadrennial sporting event a election in which we ve go through all the motions of tearing our adversaries to pieces accusing them of all the crime crimes in the calen dar just as if we meant it should have to take place while wars cold if not hot seem to be breaking out all over it is I 1 probably a fine thing how ever that as civilization progressed we changed our methods of choos ing a leader in the old days it was a very simple process when the eldest son had reached that point of strength and wisdom where he felt it was relatively safe to argue with papa the two of them took up their clubs the ladles ladies and younger children made a circle and father and son held an election it didn dian t take long and the best man won the ladies buried the defeated candidate and tribal life continued tranquilly until the first tuesday after the first monday of the month and year that junior thought aus licious nowadays we stretch the affair out tor for a whole year or more the russians have simplified elections by removing one candidate before hand which eliminates much of the element of chance with u us s the contest is highly absorbing and just as the sabre tooth tiger often sneaked in and carried oft off some of the tribe while the others were watching the election so all sorts of things happen to us when we have our minds on the political race this time there is some danger that a large tat bear may grab off a large chunk of ailland oil land while we are watching the event events leading to the november finals union of nations to secure peace recently gen omar bradley chief of staff of the army made a masterful argument for an unselfish and positive effort for peace along with an idealistic appeal that we steer by the stars not by the light of each passing ship in our hatred and renunciation of war said general bradley we must not forget that the roots of conflict flourish in the faults and failures of those who seek peace just as surely as they take shape from the diseases and designs of aggressors while the american people have within themselves the moral strength the power and wis dom to marshall their forces against agg aggression assion in whatever form it affects we cannot feign innocence through indifference or neglect of struggles that bring on ha wars we have suffered enough in two world war wars to know that non involvement in peace means certain involvement in war either we shall employ our strength power and conscience boldly and righteously in defense of human dignity and freedom or we sha shall ll 11 waste those reserves for peace and default to the forces that breed new wars wars can be prevented said bradley just as surely as they can be provoked and therefore we who fail fall to prevent them must share in guilt for the dead that thesis of general Br bradley adleys s that if it requires positive peacetime action to stop wars Is concurred in by clarence streit president of federal union incorporated an organization working for the feder aliza tion of the free countries of the world streit s argument made before the house foreign affairs committee did not get the publicity it should streit said that only through free dom can peace come specifically if the free nations unite in a federation by free na iia eions he refers to nations which are not dominated by any foreign power and where at least the theory of democracy as we understand it obtains these free nations can as sure peace he suggests as charter members of the federation the united states the united kingdom france switzerland belgium lux emburg the netherlands denmark iceland norway sweden eire canada australia and new zealand streit says further that power can be divided into four suits like a deck of cards and that these 15 democracies if they federate can hold every ace he lists them the ace of clubs armed power hot only would their soldiers if united number as many as rus sia s and be much more mobile and better equipped but chis this union would begin by having the bulk of the world s air power 90 0 per cent of its naval tonnage advance bases everywhere on earth per cent atomic power the ace of spades productive power despite the tangle on tar iffs effs and currencies these damoc the rest of the world think what they could do with a free flow of trade similar to that among our own states I 1 the ace of diamonds raw ma tenal power no need of separate stockpiling of essentials these na eions would produce 50 to 90 per cent of most ol 01 them the ace of hearts moral power this union would unite all lands towards which the rest of humanity has looked for refuge from opples sion and leadership toward liberty nothing can appeal to men so deep ly as can individual freedom and to back it up with every ace is to add irresistible authority to is i s appeal I 1 think that Is a very concise and logical statement western europe already is moving toward a union slowly out of necessity because there Is NO OTHER I 1 WAY the peoples of the world do not want war the tree free nations having achieved freedom have no cause for war except to defend that free dom doin the federation could main tarn tam freedom without war for DO no one would dare challenge it ON convention coverage took much planning convention hall in philadelphia as the republican convention got under way was no sight tor for the sore eyes of harold mcgrath and bob superintendents respect dively of the senate and house radio galleries and bill henry president of the radio correspond Corre spon dents association since october 1947 been commuting from wash ington to philadelphia to inspect the hall plan where broadcasts should originate decide where net work and independent radio news broadcasters of varying degrees of importance should be seated confer with republican and democratic politicos supervise hotel accod and most vital of all hurt nobody s feelings in the pro cess four hundred and SS 36 radio news men were assigned to cover the republican convention as compared to the 40 radiomen rad lomen ac credited eight years ago age and 10 to in 1944 1941 forty four tour organizations in addi tion to the four major network originated broadcasts from the con bention 31 of these shows came from the hall itself others origin abed in the 14 other facilities scat around the building some on the stage of the hall some in the basement and so on |