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THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1951
Entered as Second-Class Matter at PostofMee Indianapolis, Indiana. Issued Daily.
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Doug Solemnly Warns Congress
Old soldier's never die, never die, never die. Old soldier's never die—they just fade away.
Declares ‘Surrender’ In Asia Would Open
Europe to Communists
Scores ‘Defeatism’ of Those Who Consider U. S. Strength Inadequate to Protect 2 Fronts
Other news of Gen. MacArthur......ceoveeveeeseee..3, 8 and 26 Text of address to CONGIress ......ecovevnvrernensennssinonse 21 “MacArthur's Return” , . . an editorial.........c00iivnnnnns 22 “Don’t look now, but", «2 Talbut cartooN. seers veseivesn 232 By LYLE C. WILSON
United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Apr. 19—General of the Army Doug-
las MacArthur solemnly told the U. S. Congress today that the fate of the “entire human race” hinges upon decisions which it must make not in any partisan way but upon “the highest plane of national interest.” He told cheering members that he was “not the advocate of any partisan cause.”
“I stand on this rostrum with a sense of deep humility
4 Bigger’ Than' Arthur Expected WASHINGTON, Apr. 19 (UP)—Arthur MacArthur, the General's son, was born 13 years ago in Manila and never saw the United States Capitol. How does the Capitol look to him? “It looks much bigger than I expected,” the boy said. Security regulations were so strict at the Statler Hotel today that members of Gen. MacArthur's party were unable to get a morning shoe shine. Police would not let the shoe shine boys through. and great pride,” he said. This hall “represents human liberty in the purest form yet devised.” “The issues are fundamental’ and reach far beyond the realm of partisanship. He said he hoped Congress would accept his views “the viewpoint of a fellow American.” “. . . I have but one purpose in mind—to serve my country.” “While Asia is commonly referred to as the Gateway to Europe,” he said, “it is no less true that Europe is the gateway to Asia, and the broad influence of one cannot fail to influence the other.” “There are those who claim our strength is inadequate to protect both fronts—that we cannot divide our effort. I can think of no greater expression of defeatism.” If a potential enemy can divide his strength on two
fronts it is for us to counter because “the Communist threat
is a global one.”
Gen. MacArthur spoke in a firm, deliberate voice, read- | {ism and stands today ° ‘aggr essively imperialistic” and with,
ing from a typewritten statement.
His Greatest Hour of Triumph
It was Gen. MacArthur's hour ot greatest triumph, climaxing his first homecoming in 14 years and capping a career sharply cut off eight days ago when President Tru-
MWFMB-TV will retelevise speech at 6 p. m. today.
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man dismissed him from his Far Eastern commands on charges of insubordination. For two minutes after he entered the chamber the Congressmen, as millions of other Americans on the West Coast and in the capital had done, rose and cheered themselves hoarse. They cheered again and again, ‘at frequent intervals in his address. He said that to “surrender” to the Reds in Asia would open the gates to communism in Europe. Those who consider American strength inadequate to meet the Red threat in both quarters are guilty of ‘‘defeatism,” he argued. “The dignity of equality and not the shame of subjugation” should be the lot of Asians, he continued. These political and social conditions have little bearing on our own situation but do form the backdrop of planning “if we are to avoid the pitfalls of realism.” What the people of Asia strive for is the opportunity for a little more food in their stomachs, a little more clothing on their backs and a little more roof over their heads. “The Pacific was a potential area of advance for any predatory force intent upon striking on the neighboring land areas,” he said. “All this was changed by our Pacific victory.” The Pacific “acts as a protective shield for all of the Americas and all key lands of ‘the” Pacific area. He said we can dominate every Asiatic port from Vladivostok to Singapore and prevent any hostil move in the Pacific. ~
\ \ A Military Estimate “Any predatory attack in Asia must be an amphibious attack ... (none) can be successful without control of tix : | This is a “military estimate of which I have yet to find a military leader who will take exception.” , “Under no circumstance must Formosa fall under Communist control,” Gen. MacArthur declared. He said such an eventuality would at once threaten the Philippines and Japan and force the U. S. defenses back to the coasts of California, Oregon and Washington. The applause was mostly Republican when Gen. MacArthur got to the question of Formosa. They applauded almost solidly his assertion that Formosa, under no circumstances, can be allowed to fall to the Communists. Most Democrats sat silently at that point, . He described the Pacific as a “vast moat” that ioteny,
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| this nation as long as it is controlled by the United States. “Any predatory attack from Asia must be an amphibious effort, he said. ‘No amphibious force can be suc-
cessful without eontrol.of. the sea lanes. and the air over.
those lanes as its avenue of advance. “Under such conditions, the Pacific no longer represents menacing avenues of approach for an invader. It assumes instead, the friendly aspects of a peaceful lake.” Then Gen. MacArthur detailed conditions in China to- |. Red China, he said, is the result of emerging national-
Gls Hear Their Old Commander
WASHINGTON, Apr. 19 (UP)—Gen. MacArthur's speech to Congress was broadcast to American soldiers both in his old Far Eastern command and in Europe. The Armed Forces radio service expected to make a “live broadcast of his speech if the State Department's Voice of America relinquished their jointly-operated radio transmitters at the time. Otherwise, the Armed Forces radio service would make a rebroadcast to the Far East. -
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a “lust for expansion.” The Chinese are desperate to follow making them adequate promises, he said. “From the beginning,” Gen. MacArthur said, he thought that the Chinese Communist support for the North Korean aggressors was “the dominant one,” and that their interests paralleled those of Russia. “It reflects predominantly the same lust for power which has animated every would-be conqueror since the beginning of time,” Gen. MacArthur said of Communist China. Then the General turned to Japan, week he was occupation commander. The Japanese, he said, have shown since the war a “commendable will” to learn and a yearning for political, economic and social liberty. They now have a “truly representative” government.
“any leadership”
ANSWER TO CHEERS—Gen. Doug las MacArthur ackihowledges’s ovation,
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where until last on “air reconnaissance,”
Time Table For MacArthur
WASHINGTON, Apr. 19-(UP)-—Here is Gen. Douglas MacArthur's time table today (all } times Indianapolis time): 12:30 p. m. — Luncheon in speaker's dining room of Capi-"| tol. 1 p. m.—Leaves Capitol for motorcade ‘down Pennsylv ama Ave. | 1:13 p. m.—Arrives at Wash- | | ington monument for civic reception. { 1:30 p. m-—Addresses welcoming crowd. i 1:40 p. m.—Leaves for nearby ' Daughters of American Revolu- | tion convention. Delivers brief | address there. i 2 po. mi. — Meets American Society of Newspaper Editors
After dark (hour still undisclosed)—Flies to New York, go- | ing directly to Waldorf-Astoria | |
In New York tomorrow: 10 a. m.—Leaves hotel for pa- | rade through city. ! 11:30 a. m.—Arrives at city hall for welcoming ceremonies. 1 p. m.—Returns to hotel for luncheon.
more revolting. tion.” Gen. MacArthur said he felt that the situation now called for a naval blockade of China, removal of restrictions and removal of restrictions on the “striking from Formosa with
I have long advocated its complete aboli-
forces of Nationalist China logistl support.” For these views, he said, he has been “severely criticized in lay circles— principally abroad.”
And this, he said, “despite my understanding that from
“I sent all four occupation divisions to Korea without a military standpoint the above views have been shared by
the Pighesl quality” of the effects on Japan,
Halleck One of Pog s Escorts \
WASHINGTON, Apr. 19 (UP)—Rep. Charles A. Halleck (R. Ind.) was one of 10 top-ranking members of the House and Senate named today to escort Gen. Douglas MacArthur to the speaker's rostrum for his address to the joint eating of C uagress.
highly udify my faith,” he said as he then turned to the Korean War. “While I was not consulted prior to the President's decision to intervene (in Korea), military standpoint proved a sound one. “As we hurled back the invadsr and decimated his forces . .. the Communist Chinese intervened with superior forces . . . this presented us with a new war,” requiring political decisions “which have not been forthcoming.” “While no man in his right mind would advocate sending our forces into China—which was never given a thought—,"” the Chinese Communist intervention forced a “demand for drastic changes in military planning . . . | - if we were to defeat the new enemy as we did the old.” |
Military Backs Views
“I have ory called for new political decisions essential to a solution,” he continued. “Efforts have been made to distort my position. It has been said, in effect, that I am a warmonger. Nothing could be further from
‘the truth. “I know war as few men know it and nothing to me is our movement,” he said. He said any enemy will automat- coming—in Indianapolis as well
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“The results practically all military leaders, including our own Joint Chiefs of Staff.”
Gen. MacArthur said that unless his views were followed “we could hope at best for only an indecisive cam-
paign, with constant attrition of our forces.”
He said-he had called for reinforcements but had been
told they were not available.
An Old Soldier . . .
If the United Nations forces were unable to destroy the Communist reinforcement and supply buildup north i if the Nationalist Chinese forces on Formosa could not be used, our forces could hold, but only for an indecisive campaign. “War's very object is victory-—not prolonged decision, he said. ‘In war, there is no substitute for victory. “There are some who, for varieus reasons, would appease Red China. They are blind to history's clear lessons . . appeasement only gets new and bloodier war."
“Why, my soldiers ask me, surrender military advantages to any enemy in the field? I could not answer,” he said. This drew loud and long applause.
The Korean people, he said, have “chosen to risk death rather than slavery. Their last words to me were: ‘Don’t scuttle the Pacific’.
“The Soviet will not necessarily mesh its actions with
[ically strike when it feels “that the advantage is in its favor.’
He declared “it was my constant effort . . . to end this
savage conflict’’ as soon as possible “and with a minimum
of bloodshed.”
“I am closing my 52 years of military service,” he said
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ON HIS WAY—Gen. Douglas MacArthur rides to his Washington speech.
“Whea 1 joined the Army even before the turn age Able Aflasaoon.
of-the century it was the fulfillment of all my boyish hopes and dreams. The world has turned over many times since I took the oath on the plain at West Point and the hopes and dreams have long since vanished.
“But I still remember the refrain of one of the most popular barrack ballads of the day,” which “proclaimed that an old soldier never dies, but just fades away. And like the old soldier of that ballad I now close my military career and just fade away . . . an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him light to see it. Goodby.”
Gen. MacArthur's appearance before the cheering Congressmen was preluded by a 10-minute dash in an open limousine through back streets from the Hotel Statler to Capitol Hill.
The 71-year-old General, while throngs gathered on the sidewalks outside, had spent the morning hours in the hotel's presidential suite revising his historic address.
Accompanied by escorting Senators and Representatives, Gen. MacArthur started the ride to-the Capitol exactly on schedule at 11 a. m. (Indianapolis Time) on a crowded schedule that called for split-second timing. The homecoming hero, his charming wife, Jean, and
their handsome 13-year-old son, Arthur, had arrived here just a minute short of 12 hours before the General's 11:30
»» a. m. speech to the House and Senate.
At the airpott, on entering and again leaving the hotel, and now in the chamber of the House, they received roaring ovations from worshipful Americans. At the precise moment of Gen. MacArthur's triumph before Congress President Truman, the man who deposed him from-his Far Eastern commands eight days ago, and Secretary of State Dean Acheson, the man whose policies the General re jects, were in conference at the White I House.
It's a Fine Day— Another Is Due
Tomorrow will continue fair, with a high of 55. However, win|ter’s blankets will remain popular as Washingion, D. C, 'tonight, when the mercury skids
Mr. Weatherman finally settled 2 and 35 degrees down to the sort of activity which to between 32 grees,
is expected in the spring -— clear
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