Show GRASSROOTS Dismissal of Mac Showed Disregard of P By Wright A. A Patterson WHAT EVER IF ANY may be bev v his deficiencies in other lines the American people have credited President Truman with a complete knowledge of partisan politics of how to make or lose votes for his party and its candidates whoever such candidates may be and of the need of votes if his party is to be successful Such being the case it Is hard to conceive of the of Harry S. S Truman the partisan politician taking the action Harry Darry S. S Truman the President did in the case of Gen Mac- Mac Arthur To arbitrarily dismiss from the nations nation's service a man manIn manIn manin in whom the people had full fun confidence confidence confidence con con- a n. man of demonstrated ability at the Instigation of such as Dean Acheson secretary secretary secretary secre secre- tary of state and some others who do not have the confidence of any considerable number of American voters a condition of which the President must be aware is 15 a simply Incredible action and one that will vill be paid for In a loss of votes now and for years ears to come It will come nearer wrecking the Democratic Democratic Dem Dem- party than anything that has happened since the days of President Johnson The President tells us we are facing a grave emergency a crisis in our relations with Communist Russia We may be called upon any day to meet the Red army hordes in both Europe and the far tar east In the face of such conditions Harry Harry Har Har- ry 17 S. S Truman the president dismisses dismisses dismisses dis dis- dis- dis misses from the nations nation's service one of the great military lea leaders er of the century a man whose ability and knowledge of far eastern conditions conditions conditions con con- we will so terribly need To the American people it would be unthinkable to dismiss Gen MacArthur MacArthur MacArthur Mac- Mac Arthur for any reason but to do doso doso doso so at the instigation of Dean Acheson Acheson Acheson Ache- Ache son will politically condemn Harry S. S Truman and his party It may mean the party's defeat at the hands of or the voters for years Jears to come It was Acheson's bad guesses if it they were nothing worse than bad guesses that are responsible for the conditions we face in the far east cast and have been responsible for our more than casualties in Korea It Is not alone we In America Amen Ameri ca who must suffer from that stubborn will that insists that whatever he says or whatever he docs does must be right The people people peo pee pie of Japan of Korea and others others others oth oth- oth- oth ers throughout the Pacific must also suffer a severe loss For Stalin It Is like winning the final ba battle The cry of wolf Vol wolf has been heard frequently from tram the White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse House or from those backing the Presidents President's policies and his demands demands demands de de- de- de mands for more taxes for more appropriations for more power but has been followed within a few hours by the assurance that we are nearer peace with Russia than at any time since the beginning of the cold war So often has that wolf wol cry been repeated with its assuring up follow-up that it has hns lost all of its effect both with congress and the people of the nation Whether the wolf cry comes from the President or from Speaker Ray Ray- burn congress accepts it as but another political-must political call caU and goes serenely on its accustomed way without undue excitement and the people have become so apathetic over the war possibility that they no longer take seriously those frightening wolf cries or the assurance assurance assurance as as- of advancing peace The wolf wol cry has outlived its usefulness as a means of advancing the PresIdents PresIdent's Presidents President's Presidents President's Pres Pres- ident's policies I and his demands for legislation It has been used too often The senate crime committee did didan didan didan an excellent job until it came to reporting its findings to the people That report as carried in the Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- Evening Post of April 7 7 carried one small line at the bottom bottom bot bot- tom of its first page It said Copyright Copyright Copyright Copy right 1951 by Estes Kefauver all rights reserved Senator Kefauver evidently expects his report to be issued as a book and did not want to detract from his royalties by too wide a reading from which he would receive no revenuer revenue r 7 rIn In these days of billions that cut of a few hundred million from a presidential appropriation request may not se seem seem m much buE it was a aV a asa V sa saving ing and represented results not merely tall talk Let us have more of the same t There are thousands of people in Washington carried on government payrolls with the backing of the Democratic national committee with nothing to occupy their time and more of the same are being added each day |