Show p 1 1 GOP Strategy AT T AN explosive Republican senaS senatorial sena sena- S 1 tonal strategy meeting the big GOP guns warned against the Republican party too closely to MacArthurs MacArthur's kite One rOne of those who led the warning was Senator Taft whose friends have been worried that MacArthur might crowd him as the GOP Gap presidential presidential candidate in hi 1952 We dont don't know what MacArthur is going to say when he gets here Taft told the strategy meeting As Asa a political party we should keep out of this Senator Millikin of ot Colorado cl chimed med in that occasionally past conquering heroes had come home and put their foot in their mouths He Hc recalled that Admiral Dewey the conqueror of Ian l Manila ila got a heros hero's reception and was presented presented pre pre- with a free ree house then transferred the house to his wife Millikin also cited Charles Lindberg Lindberg Lind Lind- berg who came home to a heros hero's welcome and later made some rem rem remarks re re- re- re m marks a ark r k s that offended religious groups However the sharpest Republican Republican Republican lican fire was concentrated on Senator Cain of Washington for putting the Republican party on the spot with his resolution declarIng declaring declaring de de- claring war on China Senator Wherry of Nebraska who has been Secretary of State Acheson's Acheson's Acheson's Ache- Ache sons son's bitter foe actually snorted As far as the Cain resolution is concerned I am on Acheson's side Senator Young of North Dakota warned that declaring war on China would do more damage than anything anything anything any any- thing that has happened in the Re- Re party in five years Cain Argues However Cain tried to defend his position by arguing that his real purpose was to pin this war on Truman as Truman's war He pointed out that the President in his April 11 speech mentioned war 21 times However Cains Cain's colleagues colleagues colleagues col col- col- col leagues failed to follow his reason reason- ing In the end Cain insisted that he had promised to introduce the resolution resolution resolution reso reso- lution and intended to go through with it However he agreed to make a statement that his only purpose was to focus attention on the China issue since Truman had already ot the country into war The most explosive outburst of the door closed-door meeting came from Indiana's wild Senator Jenner He was spurred out of his seat by a remark from Senator Senator Senator Sena Sena- tor Taft that no responsible Republican senator would advocate advocate advocate ad ad- Impeachment To this Jenner shouted angrily angrily angrily an an- I may not be part of the responsible Republican leadership leadership leadership lead lead- but I have my own ion He demanded immediate impeachment im im- of President Truman nd used considerable profanity in hi demanding it Senator Ecton o of Montana tried to lo soothe Jenner by explaining that it was up to the house to bring impeachment impeachment impeachment im im- im- im proceedings and the senate was supposed to act as a jury Ecton cautioned that it would be improper for a senator who was supposed to sit on the jury to express express express ex ex- press advance opinions about im un- Beating Enlisted Men It has been hushed bushed up by the navy but the Norfolk Va shore patrol has been officially accused of kicking and beating servicemen and throwing them into the brig without their shoes These shocking charges were made in hi a confidential report by Rear Adm F. F N. N Kivette who was skipper of the aircraft carrier Midway Midway Midway Mid Mid- way until his promotion to admiral last month Kivette ordered his bis own Investigation investigation investigation in In- of the Norfolk shore patrol and sent a sharp report to the navy y charging charging- that the Norfolk SP's were dictatorial arbitrary s so o m me- me e- e tImes abusive and occasionally brutal Kivette's investigation was con- con by Ensign Robert E. E Ken- Ken yon Commenting upon his subordinates subordinate's subordinates subordinate's nates nate's report Admiral Kivette declared declared declared de de- I believe these to be true and not isolated cases The admiral also added The very few but brief reports I have bad had bad concerning the condition of the shore patrol brig are calculated to induce nausea without a visual ini inspection in- in i tn Df It r MerrY Round Merry Go Round MarrIner Eccles who has threatened threatened threatened threat threat- ened to resign from the federal reserve board several times tunes now tells friends he has definitely made up his mind to leave the board on June 1 A mistake the mistake the government already is painfully short o of good goodmen men Al AI Hayes president o of the Machinists Union is talking to ether ther labor chiefs about publishing i t daily labor newspaper Jointly sponsored by the and CIO CIa it would present the union trade viewpoint viewpoint viewpoint view view- point on national Issues |