Show G GOP P Wanted Macs Mac's Return I S1 Dh i Yes They Surely Did By BAUKHAGE GE f i fl- fl NeWS Analyst and and ancI Corn Commentator r ll PHILADELPHIA Gen Douglas MacArthur in In regretfully regretfully regret regret- fully regretting his inability to accept the senate appropriation i committees committee's invitation to come to Washington to test testify y on the Far Far Eastern situation said hed he'd rather wait until after the natI national national na na- na- na tI political conventions that he lie didn't want to get any political political political poli poli- implications mixed up with his visit t Regular Republicans solemnly accepted the generals general's response Just as Ol 0 i i if it they hadn't moved mo heaven and earth carth to keep him from rom accepting Sen Styles Bridges of New Hampshire remarked gravely at the time that A st if it anything should happen while MacArthur was away from rom Japan he Q Senator Bridges certainly wouldn't want the responsibility of having the general back here Oh dear no t 1 e e The enthusiastic political ama- ama iii il tilt In 1 who urged that the general be II lin finally were quieted down to l rt the ithe dismay of the Democrats who wept loudly into their beards when J I L 9 rn they heard the I 1 0 rIK r C J 0 would I t general t r not come But III 11 IK there was enough III t danger of ot ructions ruc rue rows and andt revolt among tji a I t g t i contenders for tor forthe J r. r i k the Republican I 71 nomination without without with- with I 0 out u t t taking a kin g y I chances on a adl att dl tt military applecart apple cart r Ii I MacArthur Into in J to 1 the the United States marching kinder lunder under t r I it arches of ot triumph enjoying the tle e layt laying lay- lay I t II ing on of lets Ids not to mention being cheered and perhaps even voted I voted 1 1 for or by a few starry eyed elephant cubs was Wa no pleasant thought for 4 7 ti the Republican regulars to c 11 1 plate On On the other hand band this thi conI con- con I lit 11 simple would fill ill the simple Demi Dem- Dem i H n soul BOul with joy beyond com com- J If pare lie at We Ve observed the same sweet Ini in in- i j 31 as to tho the objectives s of r f i iJ President Truman's recent little I J I informal tour of tho the country As As I Chairman fleece Recce of the Republican can national committee remarked before he left It the trip willbe willbe will willbe be as political non-political as the Fender Pender- gast machine which indicates tho the nature of the party inter-party amenities which may be c expected from now on It is 15 Indeed a tragedy that this quadrennial sporting event event event-a a presidential presidential election election in in which we go So through all the motions of tearing J our adversaries to pieces accusing them of all the crimes in the calendar calendar calendar calen calen- dar Just jus as if it we meant it should have to take place puce while wars cold if it not hot seem to be breaking out all over It is probably a fine thing however however how how- ever that as civilization progressed we changed our methods of choosing choosing choos choos- ing lug a leader In the tho old days it was a very simple process process When the eldest son had bad reached that point of strength and wisdom where he felt it was relatively safe to argue with papa the two of them took up I f i their clubs the ladles ladies and younger children made a circle and father and son held an election It didn't I take long and the best man nun won IWOn The ladies buried burled the defeated candidate and tribal life continued tranquilly until the first Tuesday alter after the first Monday of ot the month and year that junior thought aus aus- Nowadays we stretch the affair out for a whole year or more The Russians have simplified elections by removing one candidate beforehand beforehand before before- hand which eliminates much of the element of chance With us the I contest is highly absorbing and just justas justI ts I as ns the sabre tooth tiger ti often orten t sneaked in and carried off of 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 p 1 This time there is some danger that a large fat bear may grab off a large chunk of oil land while we weare are watching the events leading to the November finals C Union of oj Nations To Secure Peace b Recently Gen Omar Bradley chief of ot staff of ot the army made a masterful argument for an unselfish and positive effort for peace along alongI with an idealistic appeal that we vie I 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 hi the faults and failures of ot those who seek peace just as surely as they take shape from the diseases and designs of ot aggressors While the American people have within themselves the moral strength the power and wisdom wisdom wis wis- dom to marshall marshal their forces against aggression in whatever form it affects affects we we cannot feign innocence through indifference or neglect of struggles that bring on wars We have hav suffered enough In two world wars to know that noninvolvement nonInvolvement noninvolvement non- non involvement in peace means certain involvement in hi wa sva way Either wo we shall employ our strength and conscience boldly and righteously in defense defenso r of human and freedom or we shall waste those reserves for peace and default to the forces that tha 1 breed new wars Wars can be prevented said Bradley just as surely as they can be provoked and therefore we who fall tall to prevent them must share in guilt for the dead That thesis of General Bradleys Bradley's that it requires positive e peacetime action to stop wars is concurred in by Clarence Streit president of Federal Union Incorporated an organization working for the federalization federalization federalization feder- feder 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 freedom freedom freedom free free- dom can peace come Specifically if it the free ree nations unite in a federation by free nations nations nations na na- na- na he refers to nations which are aren n not t dominated by any foreign power and where at least the theory of democracy as we understand it obtains these free nations can cnn assure assure as as- sure peace He suggests as charter members of the federation the United States the United Kingdom France Switzerland Belgium Luxemburg Lux 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 liken a n deck of ot cards and md that these 15 democracies if they federate can hold every ace lIe He lists them The Ace of Clubs Armed power Not only would their soldiers if united number as many as Russia's Russia's Russia's Rus Rus- sias sia's and be much more mobile and andI equipped better I but this union would begin by having the bulk of the worlds world's 90 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 tariffs tar tar- ills iffs and currencies these democracies democracies democracies the rest of the world Think what they could do with willi a free flow of trade similar to that among our own states The Ace of Diamonds Raw material material material ma ma- power No need of separate stockpiling of essentials These nations nations na na- would produce 50 to 90 per percent percent percent cent of most of them The Ace of Hearts Moral power This union would unite all lands towards which the rest of humanity has looked for refuge from oppression oppression sion Lion and leadership toward liberty Nothing can appeal to men so deeply deeply deeply deep deep- ly as can individual freedom freedom and and to back it up with every ace is to add irresistible authority to its appeal i 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 WAY WAT The peoples of the world do not want war the free nations having achieved freedom have no cause for war except to defend that free tree dom dora The federation could maintain maintain main main- tain thin freedom without war for no noone noone noone one would dare challenge it Convention Coverage Took Much Planning Convention hall in Philadelphia as the Republican convention got under way was no sight for the sore eyes of Harold McGrath and Bob superintendents respectively respectively respectively of the senate and house radio galleries and Bill Henry president of the Radio Correspondents Correspondents I dents association Since October 1947 1047 they've practically practically practically been commuting from Washington Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington to Philadelphia to inspect the hall hail plan where broadcasts should originate decide where network net net- network work and Independent radio news broadcasters of varying degrees of importance should be seated confer with Republican and Democratic politicos supervise hotel a accommodations and most vital of all hurt nobody's feelings in the process pro pro- cess Four hundred and 36 radio news-men news were assigned to cover the Republican convention as compared to the 40 radiomen accredited accredited accredited ac ac- ac- ac credited eight years ago and in 1914 four Forty-four organizations in addition addition addi addi- tion to the four major networks originated broadcasts from the convention convention con con- 31 of these shows came from the hall hail itself Others originated originated origin origin- in the 14 other facilities scattered scattered scattered scat scat- around the building some on the stage of the hall hail some In the basement and so on |