Show THE GUNNISON SCANNING VALLEY NEWS GUNNISON of Main Street and the World MacArhur Given Hero's Welcome Divided Nation Questions Issues AN ARQUSED NATION— No one event In the recent history of the United States has caused as much comment among the people on the Main Streets of the little towns and big towns of the nation as that of the dismissal of Gen Douglas MacArthur from his commands in the far east It was a shocked and angry nation that gathered on Main Street when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor It was a happy nation that demonstrated at the end of World War IL Bt It was a divided nation that questioned the removal of MacArthur! The storm raged from grocery tore to filling station from hardware store to the courthouse Indignation sorrow righteousness worry fear and hysteria found their way to the controversy The issues of civil power vs military Europe vs Asia the personality of MacArthur vs Truman politics vs statecraft all entered Into the story For a week lt was violent and then the general came home for the first time in 14 years to the acclaim of a grateful and sentimental nation But by now the first shock and anger of the President's action had sober given way to considerable For the first time the thinking people of Main Street got a look through the fog of personal grudges and politics at some of the deeper Issues Although lt was a divided nation still hysteria waa abating There was still confusion but the people along Main Street were calm- TRUMAN AND MACARTHUR but tba result was TALKED only an AT WAKE uneasy ISLAND truce er And many of them realized that they had witnessed a turning point In history Whether it would be for the best interests of the country and the world they could not decide— only time would tell means less chance of total war at worst General MacArthur’! States In a general war” THE WORLD— Although at first glance it seema a long way from the Main Streets of the small towna of the nation to Europe and Asia the majority of the hometownera today realize we live in “one world" and for that reason they were listening to what others had to say about the Ma a n controversy This is some of the reaction His (Macabroad: London—' Arthur) removal was accepted as an augury of peace" Pari— "The his dismissal feel that French Bonn— "Most Germans believe that would involve the United impulsiveness THE PRESS— Back of the national scene the home town press took a more temperate view of the incident than expressed by the thousands of telegrams that were received by renators and congressmen The home town editors were concerned about constitutional rights and which is more important to world peace Asia aa believed by MacArthur or Europe as believed by Truman In the dally field showed this A survey of 78 leading newspapers division of opinion Truman right 98 Truman wrong 28 neutral 11 The dally press too 'was deeply concerned over issue concealed In the first blast of tempers BED ARMY SPEARHEADS would MacArtbur’t THE MENACE OF COMMUNISM policies have brought total war ? THE GREAT CONTROVERSY History Shows That the Symptoms Underlying MacArthur's Dismissal By W P SCHOENTGEN WNU Managing Editor There la a kind of universality about Douglaa MacArthur that communicates itself to many men something of the same stuff that leads nearly everyone to believe in his own heart that he can run newspaper and play Hamlet with a deathless genius Was MacArthur right or wrong in his belief in the strategic great t Grant’s Problem And when Grant took command in March 1864 he found ho had to fight not only tha enemy but the torpor and passivity of hit own In tha generals field The military i a a u a at stake that time was whether or not Meade Hooker McClellan and In the others of Union string were generals right In fighting a defensive war battles avoiding wherever possible more often to retreat than to fight e Grant favored action and contact with tha Confederate armies Over th protestations of his subordinates ha decided to attack wheravar possible and carry the war to tha enemy The ultimate surrender of General Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox proved the But rightness of Gran't strategy Grant who went on to becomo President of the United States albeit not an especially popular one remained th center of maelstrom of violent opinions all his life So the MacArthur story is by no means a new one Call his actions in Koran inaubor- and utterances r1 BUDGET NOT FUNNY British Chancellor of Exchequer Hugh Galtakell enjoys comics with his twe daughter shortly before he introduced Britain “harsh and unpleasant budget" in Parliament facet n baaie tax increase of eevea cent la the pound meaning that 47ft cents from every dollar earned will go to tha treasury Galtakell aye th budget la eevere but not crippling Ho says he realise it won’t be popular with tha people Have Existed for Many Centuries priority of Alla tha bombing of Manchuria the ultilization of Chinese Nationalist forces? Did he in his public and private of administration and rejection United Nations policies in tha Far East expreaa a subconscious desire to achieve "martyrdom” for his prlndpleaT controversy THE CONGRESS— And while the Did President Truman taka tha raged along the Main Streets of the nation th debate reached the boil- right action but at tho wrong timo ing point In the house and aenate It can be said with all truthfulness that in relieving MacArthur of his multhe dispute reached the stage where those two bodies of jnen representing tiple command? the people of the United States stripped themselves of what little dignity It doesn’t make any difference remained after three years of battling over domestic and foreign issues who you art — you undoubtedly have your own strong definite and The debate for the most part was along party lines with the Repubanswer to licans backing MacArthur and the Democrats plugging the President perhaps Impassioned And acBoth sides hurled th label of “war party" at the other There were In- each of those questions dications however that th two parties might get together for a sweepcording to your answers you align on on eastern side tho other or administration's far yourself policy ing investigation of th of tho MacArthur controversy— tha ANOTHER LONG WAIT— Whils th nation talked of th great American schism of 1951 It la a bade division a schism controversy th house passed Its version of a draft bllL But th mothers and fathers In the small towns of th nation appear In for an- of tho aoul and spirit and tha rock other long wait before they learn th fate of their sons upon which th split has occurred a military man a soldier yea that committee is conference The measure now goes to a van a baa th senate version of a draft Th conferees face a long and hard general training features of th struggle to work out a compromise Military Men's Drama There two measures pose the greatest obstacle to quick agreement itself is not unuauaL It That are however numerous other conflicts that will require time to adjust la in in of fact point fairly sound At th moment it appears very likely that a compromise bill might historical tradition that not become law much before July 9 th expiration date of th present epochs of man's development art selective service act to turn tho upon likely personality of a military loader probably becutback in farm FARM MACHINERY OUTPUT— The cause lt is easy for tho public to equipment output is expected during the next three months industry focus its attention upon a man induof 75 cent th about of per spokesmen reported with production with the who can be identified stry's capacity Production of farm tractors for th first quarter of this drama of danger and physical acyear was higher than in 1850 but material shortages are expected to re- tion and with tha glamour of miliduce schedules tary triumphs From January through March 152250 farm tractors were produced follows vigGeneral MacArthur In th corresponding months of 1950 th total was 147973 units Th orously in that tradition It baa been Increase was attributed to use of materials stockpiled during last fall's his peculiar dtstiny to help lead strikes' Accumulated materials have been used up however and manu- this nation in smiting tyranny both a facturers are having difficulty securing quantities to keep pace with pro- right and left within tha past duction schedules striking to tb right at Japanese imperialism in World War H DEFENSE JOBS GO BEGGING— The people of th home towns of th and to tho left at Communist efforts nation are not rushing into defense jobs as fast aa some government agenat domination In Koran and tha Far cies desire East Robert C Goodwin director of the bureau of employment security Thus he haa become a political ofth of rolls state unfilled 80000 that Jobs employment clog reported symbol having stood at th spearsecond into shifts gear head of America's often inept and fices as the nation's defense program skilled fumbling but always Intense deThe unfilled Jobs are for workers in professional managerial and unskilled field Thirty elx sire for peace that patently will service clerical and sales semiskilled not be bad for the asking but which states reported openings may come If we fight hard enough DECISION SOON— since March I When deputies of Great Britain for it in Parts in hope of ha haa Whether th principles France Russia and the United States began meetings the advocatad are right or wrong it agreeing on an agenda for another foreign ministers' conference people in the home towns of America have waited patiently for an an- la MacArthur the symbol not MacArthur tha man around which tho nouncement that perhaps the big four could get together nation vary raal vary bade foreign polA decision should be reached any day now and the democratic US diplomats icy quarral bai gathered believe the Soviet Union will agree to the conference From that point of view the believe the Russians will agree for three reasons: (1) To stall or at least put a brake on the accelerated defense programs of th free na- MacArthur controversy is an old and alemantal form of domestic (2) To exploit and widen whatever differtions of th Atlantic alliance to and on western them divide the strife that baa occurred and repower ence may still exist among and (3) To us th proposed concurred within this or that national Important policy issues if possible over alnco man has ference bound to be on of the most jvldsly reported events la recent community ben able to formulate and defend history as an organ of propaganda for Soviet "peace alms" ' an opinion FARM SrCVRlTY TAXFS Without attempting to make any a number invidious comparisons to the Macof historic parallel Arthur case become apparent from sysa quick glance at the records The first social security tax end age and aurvlvora tneuranc Information returns tor farm and tem on January 1 e There la a superficial Whether or not 8 farm or household employees together with between tb for Indance employee's wages are subject firing of MacArthur by Praddent payment of taxes was due on or beto the tax depends on the number Truman and Calvin CooUdga's disfore April M Th social security tax and infor- Of deys worked for the employer missal of th let General "Billy" end the amount of cub taming mation return covers th quarterly Mr Mitchell for defying orders In doubt and tales due Coolidge mads it clear howtver concerning of February January period March 1951 Th (arm and house- farmers tr urged to lee th Mer- that ha waa In sympathy with the hold employee Involved thoi who est anternat revenue collector at causa of aviation which Mitchell were brought Into th federal eld- - one First Farm Social Security Report Due UTAH tlon He settled that itsua hlmielf however by decisively' defeating the English forces under Edward II at the battle of Bannockburn in June 1314 and assuring tha continuance of Scotland as an kingdom Every student of American hisand tory knows of the quarrels differences of opinion that flared after President Abraham Lincoln put General Grant in charga of tha Union armies Some members of Lincoln's own cabinet not only refused to 'support but actively opposed Grant's appointment It was In a sense a MacArthur situation In reverse THE WEEK'S NEWS was personifying But he also mada It plain that sympathy or no ha could not overlook the Insubordination of which General Mitchell was found guilty Aa Assist to Air Fewer Tb violent closing of Billy Mitchell’s career wa know now marked tha turning point of tho controversy over tho future of military aviation and tha pioneering general did much to advance US air power to tho mighty peak lt reached in time to help win World War IL Whether time and events will vindicate General MacArthur's ideas as fully as they have those of General Mitchell is anybody’s guest One of tho abiding characteristics of many powerful and successful military leaders in th past has been their capacity to eapturo tho and sympathy of th imagination people and carry them along chosen course— to a point at least This makes for power and authority And tha possession of broad authority is ilka having a permit to carry a pistol Keep it in tho holster and depend upon its presence there to control circumstance! and chancel art you won't The danger of get into trouble carrying a gun Ilea in tha possibility that sooner or later you might start firing it indiscriminately and a lot of peoplt will get hurt including yourself Julius Catsar an overwhelmand political genius ing military amassed for Rom and for himself a great reservoir of power which be waa able to ' xerdso pretty much at will But there were those who felt he had too much power they mistrusted it feared that Caesar might s it Jail a Cseaer No alngls man or group of men were strong enough to fir or depot the ruler by legal means So Brutua and fee- siui plotted and en k day in March Caesar powerful and unsuspecting up th steps of th Capitol to meet tha knlvqa of his assassins J GENERAL MACARTIIUB be went bit oum way dlnatlon or call them an honorable defense of bis own principles they have basic meaning for us as dramatic Illustration of th grim fact that th United 6tates has to choose between two basic and different courses in this battle against th evils of communism v One way is going to be right th other wrong W aay that th nation in its collective mind has NETHERLANDS ROYALTY IN ARGENTINA Prince Bernhard of th Netherlands (right) visits th Casa Resada residence ef Argentina's president Juan Perea In Beenes Aires Tb subject ef their dlscnasioa waa net mada public The prince of the Netherlands waa making n tour at Argentina PRESIDENT TRUMAN b$ lowered the boom split over th issue of which is th best way to deal with Communist aggression in tha Far East fatal But lt is not it cannot be split Tba doubt that haa been lurking behind our thinking and our attitude on th quaitloa of how of best to fight tho monstrosity worldeomrounlsm-- ' has - boon brought plainly into the open and is clearly defined There la no longer any reason milfor anyone— be be itateaman itary man farmer storekeeper or factory worker— to deny th existence of that doubt Now it can b talked about and it can be eliminated That la tho great service that and Genaral Truman President MacArthur bavt unwittingly for th nation and tha free world They have managed to get all the cards on tho table Tba answer still to be found there somewhere t A view ef real pain a pen th face ef a PERILS OF THE ROAD human waa eaeght la this picture ef n woman who finger waa stock la n hot a tb bottom of n bee seal Mrs Lei Sederlaad bound for Fresno Calif was Marching tar th gadget that eases the seat back into n position The finger entered a hale and she ceqtd net relens IL She was taken t emergency heepltal in tan Franc lace Where the Mat was removed from her band ' MacArthur S Father ea nOd TI TOUDICSf I OO Geo Douglaa MacArthurl father Then Tee Gen Arthur MacArthur embroiled Controversy himself in a bitter dispute with That stirred up a great civil contoo Waa ago civilian authorities 80 year Caesar troversy in Rome when ha was military governor of right In bis principles and policies concerning the Roman empire or tho Philippine Islands which th wero th men who deposed him by U8 had Just acquired from Spain WUllarn Howard Taft arrived in liquidating him right! It might be the island! aa head of a presidential argued that Rome under Caesar commission charged with estabreached its peek of dynamic exlishing a civilian government In th pansion and that Its decline began ' after Caesar's death In 44 BG But Philippine regardless of th truth of that poAlthough President William Mcsition th spilt ovar tho alma and Kinley wil under hetvy pressure In policies of Julius Caesar marked Washington to establish e civilian hisin tha 1 possible an epochal turning point as loon government Arthur MacArthur'l command took tory of tha Roman amplra R o b a f t th point ef view tbit only th army Immortal Scotland's Bruce was tha storm center of a could do a proper Job of restoring rating controversy much of his life order end control MacArthur When Taft arrived while he held to end fought for bis him Ideal of a free and independent aa- - coldly refused to a Mrs Nina Rae DAUGHTER PRACTICES UNDER FATHER Cameras daagbler at Jadg Paul P Rae la sworn In t practice fern the US eastern Hurt Left I right are the nanerabla Charts eeart D Lawrence ef the eailom eatht the administering Judge Deferable Pant P Rae and Mr Cameron taking Um oath TUa Is the first Instance in New Yerk hletery that a daughter has practiced before her ewa father to |