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ARTHUR MarARTHUR
It's First Visit To America For General's Son
Thirteen-year-old Arthur MacArthur, only son of Gen. Douglas MacArthur, will be see-
ing his own country for the first time, as his father visits it for the first time in 14 years.
The boy was bom in Manila, February 21, 1938, was four years old when the MacArtliurs fled
Corregidor just before it fell to the Japanese in 1912. He has been educated by private tutors
in Australia and Japan. General MacArthur is said to look forward to having his son attend
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MacArthur Talk Agreed
By HARRY FERGUSON
UP Foreign News Kditor
A week ago toady there were
three main issues between Presi-
dent Tt uman and General Doug-
las MacArthur. Now there are
only two. The one that has been
removed is the question of the
general issuing statements touch-
ing on diplomatic matters while
he was United Nations supreme
military commander. His remov-
al took care of that one.
The two that remain — and
they will become hotter issues
after the general lands in this
country—-are:
Two Questions
1. Should the Korean war be
extended to Red China by bomb-
ing raids, an invasion of the
mainland by Chiang Kai-shek's
troops and a blockade of the Chi-
nese coast? Mr. Truman says no:
MacArthur yes.
2. Is Asia or Europe our main
battle-ground against Commun-
ion? Mr. Truman thinks Eur-
ope; MacArthur says Asia.
A quick military victory over
Ked China—one that would cause
Peiping to abandon its Korean
adventure—would be a triumph
for the United Nations. But to
obtain a quick victory, the U.N.
would have to hit a harder blow
than its army in Korea, under its
present limitations, is capable of
delivering. MacArthur believes
that blow should be struck and
that we assume a calculated risk.
The risk being that Russia would
jump into the war herself.
Ncgotation?
Mr. Truman's policy is to try
to keep the Korean war from
spreading. Some of our allies,
notably the British, have been
pressing us to try to settle the
war by negotation. Now they are
to have their chance. There is a
calculated risk involved in that
policy, too. The risk being that
the Chinese Communists may
have no intention of ever negoti-
ating and that their objectives is
to keep a U.N. army tied up in
Korea indefinitely.
Not being mind readers, neith-
er side in this controversy can
prove its viewpoint as you prove
sometihng in algebra. The minds
they would have to read are
those of Joseph Stalin and the
dozen men who make up the Rus-
sian politburo. They are the men
who, in the final analysts, are
going to decide when and where
World War III starts or whether
there is ever going to be one. If
they decide to strike in Asia,
MacArthur will have been prov-
ed right. If in Europe, Mr. Tru-
man will have been proved right.
Possibilities
These general observations
can be made:
Stalin would not hesitate for a
minute to abandon the Chinese
Communists to their fate if it
suited Russia's over-all objec-
tives. Moscow is flexible; never
wedded irrevocably to any for-
eign policy.
If Russia plans an invasion of
western Europe, time now works
against her and she had better
strike quickly. An army is ris-
:iig around Gen. Dwight D. Eis-
enhower.
A discovery by a Russian scien-
tist—one that would give Mos-
See SOVIETS—Page 8
Peace Talk Just
Smoke Screen To
Cover Activity?
LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y„ April
16 (UP)—United Nations diplo-
mats generally regarded North
Korea's peace feeler today as
a one-sided propaganda trap
possibly designed to screen a
Communist spring offensive.
The Pyongyang radio yes'er-
day broadcast a message by Pak
Hon Yong offering peace under
a formula which would carry
condemnation of the United
States and South Korea for "ag-
gression" against North Korea.
The terms, which the North
Korean radio said were contain-
ed in messages to Secretary-
General Trygve Lie and Security
Council President Daniel J. Von
Balluseck of the Netherlands,
obviously were unacceptable to
the world organization, which
has found North Korea guilty
of starting the war and labelled
Communist China as an aggres-
sor.
The Weather
Temperature, high Hunriny, 65; low
Monday morning, 35; barometer, .'10.33,
steady. Slightly eloudy, unsettled, not
mueh change In temperature. Relative
Q humidity, 25 per cent.
The four-year-old Iroy plays "sold-
ier" in the. entrance to a Corregi-
dor tunnel in March, 1912.
Two years later—a refugee
with his mother in Aus-
tralia.
He grows up — a Cub
Scout, right, he salutes the
colors in Tokyo.
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BANKERS A TIE UNDERSTANDING, MRS. Mac-
ARTHUR — Mrs. Douglas MacArthur, accompanied
by Cel. S. L. Huff, draws $2000 traveling expenses
from the Tokyo branch of the New York National City
Bank and orders the balance transferred to New York.
Like many a housewife who stews over balancing the
family bank account, the general's wife seems to he
praying hers is all right. (NEA- Vcme Radio Telephoto
by Staff Photographer Richard C. Ferguson).
Far across the sea is the homeland
he's never seen. He may have pon-
dered this during his first destroyer
ride, off Japan, in 1950.
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Van Fleet Is
Hoping Reds
Open Drive
SOMEWHERE IN KOREA,
April 16 (UP)—I,t. Gen. Jam's
A. Van Fleet, new commander
of the 8th Army, said today he j -
would welcome a Comunist |
counter-offensive "because that|j
would give us our best opportun- I City, drowned when he fell from
itv to kill a maximum number" a bo;
Tragic Death
Toll In Texas
Running High
By United I'ress
At least 26 persons died in
accidents and other violence
in Texas durinfg the week-
end.
The victims included four chil-
dren burned to death—three of
them in one lire at Weatherford
—and four miltary men killed
n three airplane crashes.
Three youngsters drowned.
Howard Lee Pannell, of Wright
Korea Policy
Investigation
To Be Asked
of Reds.
He said his "confident and ex-
perienced" forces could stop any
assault mounted by the Chinese!
and Korean Communists.
"General Ridgway turned ov-
er to me a confident and exper-
ienced army," Van Fleet said in
an interview at the front. "This
"This is a professional army,
with high morale, a fighting
sprit, and a determination to
achieve victory."
Asked to compare his new as-1
signment to his command in
Greece, where he headed the !
American military mision that j
advised Greek forces in their j
victorious battle against an in-
ternational Communist army, |
Van Fleet said:
"We are up against the same j
type of enemy—degenerate and j
ru'hless. The mountainous ter- j
rain is simt'nr. P.ut here there
is dirt to dig into, while in |
Greece we had rock foxholes
above the ground."
He emphasized that the ar-
my's rotation policy, which is
expected to bo going in high
gear by early this summer,
would not be allowed to lower
the combat efficiency of the Ko-
rean command.
"No man will be relieved un-
til another fu'l well-trained sol-
See FLEET—Page 8
it while fishing on Hill Lake
in ar Carthage. Near Weatherford
Hon Rogers, jfott Worth, drown-
ed in a stock tank while on an
(uiting with a group of other Boy
Scouts.
Gilbert Resendez, a 15-year-old
Kan Antonio schoolboy, who
could not swim, lost his footing
ami fell from a bulff to his death.
Traffic v.ctims included:
Alton W. Gilbert, 27, life in-
surance salesrnan, whose auto-
mobile ran off Garland road in
E;.st Dallas ufid smashed into a
ti ee.
Walter S. Carroll, 55. killed
when an automobile went out of
control near Hamilton and
Sic DEATHS—Page 8
Santa Fe Heads
Expected Here
The president, top officials and
| board of directors of the Santa
Ee Railway are expected to visit
Sweetwater, West Texas' princi-
pal rail terminal west of Fort
Worth and crossing place of two
Santa Ee mainlines, it was learn-
ed Monday.
The board will hold its annual
meeting in Houston on April 30
and following that will inspect
the main lines. Heavy activity in
this section and the new Mary-
neal cement plant may prove of
interest to the official party it is
believed.
I'age 1—Korea 1-36 Cond
WASHINGTON, April 10 (UP)
Sen; te Republicans agreed unan-
imously today that there should
be a "full and complete" investi-
jgation of American foreign and
military policy as a result of the
dismissal of Gen. Douglas MacAr-
thur.
The decision was taken at a
closed party conference and an-
nounced by Conference Chair-
man Eugene E. Mi Hi ki n, of Colo-
rado.
"It was the unanimous-opinion
that there should be a full and
complete investigation of foreign
and military policy in the light
of the dismissal of Gen. MacAr-
thur," Milligin reported.
He disclosed that "the ques-
tion of impeachment" of Presi-
dent Truman was raised by sev-
eral senators. lie said, however,
that it was the consensus that
"final conclusions" should await
the outcome of the proposed in-
quiry.
Asked if any grounds were sug-
gested, Millikin said it was point-
ed out that President Truman in
speeches last week referred to
"war" in Korea and that there
had been no declaration of war
by Congress. He said it was also
suggested that "the whole range
of his (Mr. Truman's) activities"
•night be involved.
He emphasized, however, that
most of the 33 GOP senators
present wanted the investigation
first.
Millikin said the inquiry is
neded to fill "gaps" in informa-
tion now available to Congress
and the public. He reported that
it was suggested that such gaps
included the suppressed report
on Korea made by Lt. Gen. Al-
bert C. Wedemeyer and the rela-
tions between U. S. and United
Nations military policies.
Three Cities
Plan Parades
For General
WASHINGTON, April 16 (UP)
—The house unanimously agreed
today to hear Gen. Douglas Mac-
Arthur address a joint meeting
of Congress Thursday on the
Foreign Policy crisis which led
President Truman to dismiss
him from his Far Eastern com-
mands.
The Senate, in recess today,
j was expected to act tomorrow to
I complete the arrangements for
i the formal speech by the ousted
I Pacific war hero, now in Hono-
lulu on his way back from
Tokyo.
The procedure in the House
was agreed to by Democratic
leaders and pushed aside a for-
mal resolution proposed by the
| Republicans. The House acted
| by unanimous consent upon a
1 request by Democratic leader
I John W. "McCormack. The sen-
j ate was expected to do likewise,
j but under that procedure any
senator could still insist on a
j resolution.
Will Testify
| MacArthur meanwhile agreed
I to testify in a senate armed ser-
| vices committee investigation of
his ouster at "any time" after he
addresses the joint meeting. The
debate has not yet been set.
White House press secretary
Joseph Short said MacArthur
"certainly" would be given an
appointment with President Tru-
man if he asks for one.
Asked whether the President
planned to receive MacArthur at
the White House, after his ar-
rival here Thursday, Short said
the President would send his
military aide, Maj. Gen. Harry
H. Vaughan, to the airport as
his representative in the wel-
| come party for MacArthur.
This, Short added, was the
same procedure followed in wel-
coming other ranking military
leaders upon their return.
The White House said there
was no change in the President's
plan to speak Thursday at 2 p.
m. before a luncheon meeting of
the American • Society of News-
paper editors. MacArthur is ten-
tatively scheduled to address
Congress the same day.
Investigation
The senate committee investi-
gation begins Wednesday but
probably will continue for
some time. MacArthur's appear-
ance for a question and answer
session with that group probably
will depend upon the General's
own plans, which include a New
York celebration in his honor on
Friday.
The senate armed services
committee has ordered an inves-
tigation of the circumstances
which led President Truman to
dismiss MacArthur from four far
Eastern commands.
Democrats want to have a
chance to question MacArthur—
a procedure not possible in the
formal address to a joint meet-
ing. Republicans want to ex-
pand the investigation to a study
of administration policy in the
Far East.
Republican Senators, most of
whom were backing MacArthur's
position on Far Eastern affairs
and the war in Korea, came up
against move by one of their
number to get a "Yea or Nay"
vote on formal war with Com-
munist China.
MacArthur Silent,
He Stops Over In
Is
Weary As
Honolulu
Flanking Attack
Made On Red Forces
TOKYO, Tuesday, April 17 (UP)—United Nations forc-
es launched a wide flanking attack around the Eastern end
of the Hwachon reservoir in central Korea Monday after
murderous Red resistance stalled their drive at the western
end.
Gen. Ridgway
Agrees With
MacArthur?
WASHINGTON, April 16 (UP)
—Rep. O. K. Armstrong, R., Mo.,
just back from a trip to the Far
East, quoted Lt. Gen. Matthew
B. Ridgway today as agreeing
"substantially" with the views
for which Gen. Douglas MacAr-
thur was fired.
Armstrong told newsmen Ridg-
way told him "categorically"
United Nations forces can't win
in Korea under the handicap of
being unable to carry the war
across the Yalu river to hit Red
bases in Manchuria.
Declare War?
Armstrong said he will intro-
duce in the house tomorrow a
resolution to declare war on
Communist China and North Ko-
rea. Sen. Harry P. Cain, R.,
Wash., already has announced | however. Allied intelligence re-
he will introduce such a resolu-| ports said it was doubtful if the
Fanning north after capturing
the Red stronghold of Yanggu
Sunday, the Allies routed a small
North Korean force during the
day and seized Yachon. The town
is three miles east of the reser-
voir.
Communist troops in Yachon
fled before the attack. They took
up positions to the north and
lobbed mortar shells into the
town. UN troops destroyed one
40-millimeter anti-tank gun
found there.
A similar drive against Red
troops west of the reservoir ran
into murderous artillery and
mortar fire from high stair-
stepped ridges along both sides
of the Pukhan river below the
dam.
Forces Held l'i>
Stalled there for the sixth
straight day, allied commanders
began massing forces all along
the 14-mile stretch of the reser-
voir's southern bank.
The Reds still controlled Haw-
achon's 18 giant floodgates,
which could release a 60-foot
wall of water on UN forces
fighting up the river valley to-
ward Hwachon.
The massive dam wall itself
rr> it 1>- breached to release tho
fufl fury of the floodwaters.
Thousands Give
General Ovation
As He Leaves
Tokyo For Home
HONOLULU, April 16 (UP)—
Gen. Douglas MacArthur, grim,
tight-lipped and weary, landed in
Hawaii today for a 24-hour stop-
over on his flight back to the
United States to fight for his vin-
dication.
He stepped from his huge Con-
stellation to the cheers of 200
servicemen and their dependents
gathered at the floodlit airport.
He shrugged off attempts of
welcoming officials to decorate
him with Hawaii's traditional
leis wrhile a phonograph played
"Aloha."
He had nothing to say on his
impending campaign in defense
of the for eastern policies that
led President Truman to depose
him as supreme U. S. and United
Nations commander.
That may come after hs arriv-
al in San Francisco some time
alter dusk Tuesday — the first
time he will have set foot in the
U. S. in 14 years. Or it may await
his appearance before Congress
on Thursday. None of his aides
would say.
tion in the Senate.
Armstrong said not only Ridg-
way but "practically every high
ranking officer" in Japan and Ko-
rea agree with MacArthur that
"you can't win a war fighting
with one hand tied behind your
back."
He said he hoped his statement
would not make trouble for
Celebrations
By United Press
Civic officials of San Francisco
Washington and New York
hoped today there would be no
more changes in General Mac-
Arthur's schedule to upset plans
for all-out homecoming celebra-
tions.
MacArthur's timetable called
for him to set foot on the Ameri-
can mainland for the first time
See TALK—Page 8
Reds could destroy the dam.
Allied warplanes from fighters
to superfortress bombers blasted
the Reds all the way from the
front lines to the Yalu river
boundary with Manchuria.
Reds Send Planes
The Reds sent planes into com-
bat for the first time since their
humiliating defeat four days ago,
when 33 of their jet fighters
Ridgway, who was appointed by
President Truman to succeed were destroyed or damaged.
MacArthur. But he challenged Again they lost. One of their
Mr. Truman to order Ridgway planes was probably destroyed
back to testify before Congress
so he can be asked officially
what his views are.
Armstrong, along with Rep.
William Jennings Bryan Dorn.,
D., S. C., talked to MacArthur
and Ridgway week before last,
before Mr. Truman fired MacAr- two
arthur.
Armstrong said he was on the
island of Formosa as a guest of
the Nationalist Chinese govern-
ment when the dismissal of Mac-
Arthur was announced.
MacArthur Proposal
He said MacArthur had pro-
posed that this country send a
mission of 500 officers and 1,000
men to Formosa, to help train
Chiang Kai-Shek's troops so that
they can be used against Red
China.
He said MacArthur did not say
specifically how these troops
should be used.
Armstrong proposed on the
basis of his talks in Japan, For-
mosa, and Korea, that we help
the Chiang Kai-Shek forces
seize Hainan island south of
China; that an invasion then be
launched from there against the
mainland.
All the Chinese coast should
be blockaded, he said. He criticiz-
ed Britain sharply for
and two more damaged in a run-
ning battle that started 40 miles
south of the border.
The sky fight opened when 16
American F-86 Saberjets jumped
an estimated 30 Russian-built
MIG-15 jets. It developed into
dogfights. One lasted five
minutes and the other ten j
minutes before the Communists
fled to their sanctuary beyond j
the Manchurian border.
Maj. Harry R. Cassleman, of j
Grand Rapids, Mich., was credit-
ed with probably destroying one
of the MIG's.
Castleman said he attacked the !
See ATTACK—Page 8
TOKYO, April 16 (UP)—The
forces he commanded and the
people he conquered bade Gen.
Douglas MacArthur a hero's
farewell today while a band play-
ed "Auld Lang Syne."
An unprecedented 19-gun sal-
ute—hitherto reserved for the
late Gen. John J. Pershing—sped
MacArthur on his way back to
Die United States for new hon-
or; - id a fiKit for vindication ,of
the' Far Eastern policies that led
to his ouster.
MacArthur, his wife and 13-
year-old son took off from Tok-
yo's Haneda Airport in his Con-
stellaton Bataan at (5:22 p. m.
Sunday EST) after the greatest
tribute ever paid a foreigner by
Japan.
Tens of thousands of Japan-
ese and Americans waved fare-
well, as the four-engined plane
sped down the runway and lifted
into the air. Many wept open-
ly.
The plane circued briefly over
Tokyo Bay, where MacArthur
accepted Japan's surrender
aboard the battleship Missouri
Aug. 30, 1045. Then it disappear-
ed out to sea, and the crowd fin-
ally dispersed, mostly in silence.
MacArthur's departure from
the country he conquered, ruled
and started on the road to dem-
ocracy was in marked contrast
to his arrival in Japan at Atsugi
military airport Aug. 30, 1945.
He was cold and austere then
and had no personal contact with
the Japanese. They turned their
backs when he rode down the
street. Today, a sorrowing
Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida
See MACARTHUR—Page 8
Public Discussion
On School Issues
At Meeting Tonight
A discussion of educational
progress and issues developed
at the recent White House con-
ference will feature a public
meeting at the J. P. Cowen
school here tonight at 7:30.
Talks will be made by Supt. C.
W. Tarter, Principal Thomas
Whittenburg of Junior High and
Mrs. E. J. Woodward, element-
ary supervisor. Discussion
groups will meet following pres-
entation of the special subjects
by the speakers.
Legislature Has Close
Vote On Tax Argument
AUSTIN, April 16 (UP)—The | the state's oil allowable for May
House of Representatives gave by, the railroad commission
final approval today to an omni- J Wednesday.
bus tax proposal estimated to
ing to trade with Red China
With strategic bombing,
said, we should immediately cut
the five railroads and the high-
ways surrounding Mukden in
Manchuria. Air bases in Man-
churia should be destroyed, he
said.
He said it was the "most unani-
mous opinion" of everyone he
talked to that this would not
bring Russia directly into the
war. On this point he quoted
Chiang Kai-Shek as saying:
The Kremlin tyrants will nev-
er risk a war ori two fronts—in
See RIDGWAY—Page 8
raise §45,000,000 over the next
two years.
The measure, proposing an ex-
tension of the 10 per cent in-
continu- i crease in the "catch-all" omni-
bus levy, received 76-63 approval
he i after the house rejected at-
I tempts by minority opposition to
delay action the bill.
The measure now goes to the
senate.
GAME POSTPONED
WASHINGTON, April 16 —
(UP)—The season-opening Am-
erican League baseball game be-
tween the New York Yankees
and Washington Senators at
which President Truman was to
have thrown out the first pitch,
was postponed today at 1:44 p.
m. because of rain.
Well Shows Gas
No. 1 Ruth Harp of Sun Oil,
about a mile west of Feather-
stone pumper south of Sweet-
water and about three miles
south of the Trammell trio of
producers, was reported showing
gas on last test.
Coring was below 5,461 feet in
shale and lime after a 60 minute
drillstem test from 5,430 to 5,457
feet. There was gas at surface
in 13 minutes but no fluid. Re-
covery was 155 feet of gas-cut
mud.
No. 3 Trammell. reported a
good well, is swabbing, expecting
official test in a week or 10 days, revision following issuance
AUSTIN, April 16 (UP)-Pro-
ponents of an omnibus tax pro-
posal today beat down an at-
tempt in the House of Represen-
tatives to delay action on the
measure until next week.
The lower chamber rejected a
motion by Rep. John A. Warden
of McKinney, who argued that
the state needs only about $43,- > tion
000,000 in new taxes instead of | jn
the §110,000.000 which has been wjjj
estimated by Slate Comptroller
Robert S. Calvert.
Warden's attempt to postpone
action until next Monday was
rejected by a close 71-67 vote.
Warden said he had talked to
Calvert last Friday and was
told by the comptroller that the
estimate of the state's tax needs
would be reduced "by approxi-
mately one-half" in a revision
to be iss sd soon.
The McKinney legislator, a
retired brigadier general, said
Calvert expected to issue the
of
"The comptroller's report,"
Warden said, "naturally will al-
ways be conservative. I can't
blame him for that."
However. Warden cited fig-
ures showing that the amount
of new money needed for oper-
ation of state government for
the next two years is well un-
der the 8110,000,000 estimated
; by Calvert.
"A comparison of these fig-
ures," he told the House, "shows
he (the comptroller) has great-
I ly underestimated the income
| coming into the state."
j Warden estimated that there
| will be $22,150,000 additional in-
| come to the state in the current
i fiscal year which previously had
not been taken into considera-
addition. he said, there
he some $13,350,000 avail-
able for each of the two succeed-
ing fiscal years.
Counting in other items,
Warden said there was expect-
ed to be $68,350,000 more mon-
ey in sight than was originally
estimated by the comptroller
last January.
Warden termed the omnibus
levy a "sales tax" and pointed
to a natural gas tax passed by
the House last week as the pro-
per source of revenue to provide
money for state government.
"I do not want," he said, "to
See LEGISLATURE—Page 8
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