MACARTHUR kf - . _ ~r~• - The Defense Department has released the documents - concerning General MacArthur and the Soviet entrance into the war against Japan. MacArthur has attacked the concessions made to the Soviets at the Yalta conference. In return - for Stalin's promise to get into the Pacific War. The General saying - if he had been consulted at the time of Yalta, he would have oppposed the entrance of the Russians "at that late date." The secreyi>apers, now made public, show - that right after Pearl Harbor, General MacArthur sent a message to General Marshall, Army Chief of Staff. Advocating - a Soviet attack on Japan. The same thing - six months later, in Nineteen Forty J;'o. After which, the record contains no official expression from the General. Nothing at all - until Nineteen _,,, Forty jrive - three days after the Yalta conference. When Colonel Paul Freeman u spoke to MacArthur, and reported bac k . Stating- that MacArthur had said 11 emphatically 11 that there should be no MCARTHUR - 2 American invasion of Japan, unless th Russians attacked 1n Manchuria. Some weeks later, another officer qu t ad MacArthur to the same ef ect. A month after that, MacArthur sent in a long report - in which he defended the feasibility of a direct US invasion of Japan. In this, he made no mention of Russian intervention. Later, however, General Marshell told President Truman that MacArthur had sent him a telegram saying~ 11 hazards and loss will be greatly lessened" if the Soviets attacked before an American invasion of Japan was begun. Tonight's dispatch quotes~fe?U:5e8'epartment officials 1n Washington as giving the opinion - that the report ~ ' does not " conclusively settle the question of MacArthur's /\ views on Russian entry into the Pacjfic War." Which, presumably, refers to the fact that the MacArthur opinions, favoring Rv. . ssian entrance, are contained - ~ not in his own reports at - are given by third parties. ) ,.( MACARTHUR - 3 Tonight I s report als . o gives a picture of what American military p planners, 1n general, were thinking I'\. as the u wa"- went on. With U.S. forces advancing rapidly in the Pacific, "rn;y gave less and less importance to the need of Soviet help against Japan. Thinking - it was not necessary, but that it would reduce American casualties. That's the gist of the documents now released - in the MacArthur controversy. Comment from General MacArthur is not available at them moment -- the General being out of town. E I SE NHOW ER Pre si de nt E isenhower had a t w e n ty -five minut e confe r ence with Sec r e t a r y o f St t e ~ Du lles , tod a y. O the sub ect of the conf erence of t he iaxtwg111 F or ei n Min i ster s a t G en eva . Wh ich o p en s - ab out a week from now. The President an th e Secretary o f State g oing over questions of Ameri c an poli cy to be purs u ed - when the western Foreign i nisters ry to get some kind o f def inite a g reement out of Molotov. Later, in Denver, Secret a ry Dulles told newsmen that he and the President share, what he called, a " measured hope. u Hope - measured within moderate limits. The principal result of today's meeting in the Denver hospital is to be found in the following words: "I --ttt---::...,R ,) .£<, , g o to Geneva II rblll D u l l e s ~ "with full assurance '.A /\ I that I have behind me a President....,. who fully knows the issues. And who - has given me a full and comprehensive ' mandate to speak for our nation at that conference." EISENHOWER - 2 So that's it - the President, today, giving the Secretary of State all necessary authority for negotiations at Geneva. EISENHOWER POLITICS Co n g res sma n Joe Marti n , Republi c a n leader in the House, ma de re marks , to ay - on that ver y delicate subject. Is it po ssi le that Pre si den t E is enho w er, in spite of the hea rt attack, mi ht tun for a second term? " Th ere would be no strain at all," said Joe Martin. "Thr ee or four TV and radio p rograms - and that would be it." He said he had been informed from Denver - that the President will I fully recover. " So he refuses to rule out the possibility of another Eisenhower term 1n the White House. Nor will Joe Martin consider any other possible Republican candidate - at the present time. However, he declined to make any prediction - laat leaving that entirely to the President. ISR AEL In J erusal em, the Pa rli ament of Is rael is having a debate on the sit uati on brought abo ut - by the sale of Communist a rmam ent to Egyp t. Premier Moshe Sharett saying-b Soviet Russia will be ' entirely responi1ble " for any trouble that may arise, be c ause of the sale of Red weapons u to the Arab states. There has been talk that Israel might start a l:u '' p reventive war" to forestall the arrival of Conununiat armament for the Arabs. And that was brought up in today's d ebate. One lead~r of Prime Minister Sharett's own party gave warning - that Israel will decide the time of a new war, if one should come. A member of the General Zionist Party said - a preventive war would be unthinkable, except for the fact that the Arabs aim openly at the destruction of Israel. &u An orthodox Rabbi noted that the Talmud says: ' If one rises up to kill you, kill him first." He said he ISRAEL - 2 p rayed - it woul not be necessar y to follo w this injunction. The only one wMxu who re j ected all idea fa p reventive w a r w as a member of the N apam Party - which is pro-Communist. He thought - an attack against the Arabs mi ht boomerang a ainst Isr a el. Which has an old sound - the pro-Communists minimizing acts u by the Soviets. ARABS A dispa tch from Damascus, ton i g ht - stat ing that Syri a and E y twill conclude a mutua l defense p act within three d a ys . A treaty - intended to be the first link in what tha di spatch calls - a " strong defensive c hain against the threat of Israel. ' Egypt and Syria - each pled g ing aid, if the other is ua attacked. M O ROC 0 and O ran . x lesions , toni h t - in the c i ties of C a s ablan c a h c h soun d like a n omi n o u s wel com e fo r Si Fatmi Ben Slimane , the M o r occan pol i t ical le ade r - w h o may become the f ir st rem er of Mo rocco in histor y . He's a moderate, hastenin g ac ross the mediterranean from France. It remains t o be seen whether or not he can arran g e things - to become Premier. Those e x plosions, toni g ht, d not seem promising. La ni ht , w e ha aM. indic a tions - tha t remler Diem wo uld re ect the o r er fromthe Empe ror Bao Dai. Whic h, today - is e actly what he i . The he a , f the go vernment of sout hern Viet Nam wi l l keep his post - in spite of this latest attempt of the absentee monarch to toss him out. Premier Diem ridicules the imperial order, aa.p saying - ' it'-¼s an attempt to escape next Sunday's v erdicd election in Viet Nam, next Sunday - the people to decide whom they want as head of the state. Diem, or Bao Dai. There's a report that the Emperor may return to his kingdom - and appeal to the voters. Which seems to alarm Premier Diem - not at all. Today, one official aid: "Let him come, if he thinks he can enlighten the elect~ate - on what ,I\ he has done for the good of his countr y . II Which, indeed, might require a lot of explaining. Through all the tragic troubles that have beset his country, INDOCHINA - 2 eror ao Da h s rem ine n r e - on he Fr nch Riviera. E SPRINT o n ressm cCo rm ack of M assach u setts has asked t he St e D e rtmen t to m ake a protest - to Canad a. Bec aus e of a hike in the pri c e of newsprint sold b y Canadian companies to American p ers. A bo ost - of five oll rs a ton. Newspapers of this country are com l aining loudly, so the Co ressman wants Washinton to take the matter u witb Ottawa. n Lo on , on ht, P rine ss r ret wen to inn er - abou as fo m 1 nd solemn a nner anyone coul i m a i ne. The royal am ly - t h e uests of the A r chbi h op of C anterbury at Lambet h Pal c . The uests in cludin - an a rr ay of the hi heot r elates of t he Church o~ En land . A m ost illus trious occasi on - b u t the Princess would rob ab l fee l more at ease in~ l ittl e restaurant in Soho. The prelates of the C hurc h of En g land, headed by the Archbishop of Canterbury - bein g thoroughly opposed to her marriage to the divorced Group Capt a in Peter Townsend. Toni g ht's dispatch from London tells how ueen E l i z abeth waxM& was led in to dinner by the Archbishop, himself. P rincess Mar aret - escorted - by a high prelate. They s ay the P rincess w a s - di g nified and unsmilin g . ~ ' D urin g the afternoon, the Q uee n Mother at tended a ceremon y at Lambet h Palace - the x•••• rededication of a chapel, born o u n Wo r l r Two . Wh ch cha 1 n L m th Place r n b o f h s orical rony. So m hi n h a went b ck our hun r e ye r . Fo i w as in hat h l that f r r pr ac he a sermon , hich c used trouble - in he ays of Henry the Ei hth. iE~iE F iar Leto - denouncin the Kin's ivorce. That historic affair when Henry the E i hth divo rced C atherine of Aragon aii and married Anne Boylen. Friar Leto preached a sermon a ainst the divorce, an was promptly seized - and thrown in Jail. But those were the royal days when a King could say - "off with his headl 11 Times are different, nowadays - as P rin c ess Margaret had dinner a t Lambeth Palace. With the Archbishop and the other relates - who strongly oppose divorce. COLLEDES The news wire brings along a sage suggestion - about colleges. Which emanates from the U.S. Ambassador to West German y . Dr. James Conant, who for twenty years was President of Harvard. In an interview he notes that a crisis for colleges is on its way. " The big wave of new students resulting from a sharp increase in the birth rate immediately after the~" ~* he says, 11 will hit the colleges in about ten years~• .ead adds: /\ "There will be about twice as many potential students .tlml 4-6, there were three or four years ago." So what's the u answer? Shall we multiply the educattonal facilities we now have? Not at all, replies Dr. Conant. "I believe" says he, "the way to meet this problem is - not to double the size of the existing universities and colleges. But - to double the number of two year colleges. He points out that about fifty percent o~the Sc--,...p students leave college after two years, anyway • . , believes COLLEGE, - 2 -- · ----- that m r t of them will ,et a . P orl an educ~tion in two yearR, ar in fouT. Doe thiP imply th~t the main purpoRe iF merely to have ~one to colle~e. Hence you mipht a ~ well do it in two ye--r. as in four! OHIO In the Ohio State government, they have an official, who takes the prize - for diplomacy, political savvy, Ohio Secretary of State Ted Brown. A high school graduating class wrote - saying the) 're going to make a tour of mid-Dia western states. Including - Ohio. So what was the most interesting city in Ohio for them to visit? Ted Brown answered this, and here are his exact words: 11 All Ohio cities, 11 he wrote "have a claim to s · ome interesting historical background - arts, industries, scenic beauty and other advantages." Remind! g us of the school teacher who told the pupils - you can all go to the head• of the class. ~ the Ohio Secretary of State had named one Ohio al{ ~ city as the most interesti~,Jhe others would hav"- 5o-Q--. · ~ ~- ~ ~ -tfu!f ~ A-Vw-< ~ a m o d e l ~ ~ and J>O itics. .. ... ,'4N~---18-1-ffi5"''1MIDIM )\c "'-•""1 ' ~ rv-:..-< ~ ~ ~ shout - 11 Ted Brown for ' d'),- ~ -3/,~J.~~~1:e,~J SANTO DOMINGO Down in u the West Indies - a spectacular fair is being prepared in the Dominican Republic. One purpose - to attract plenty of American tourists. In which - one important point 1s to have plenty of people around who can talk English. So that's the background for an auau anecdote passed along by United Press reporter H. D. Quigg - who is taking a look at the Dominican Fair. He tells how a friend of his stayed a little too long in the West Indian sun. So, back in his hotel room, he picked up the telephone and asked: "Do you have anything for sunburn?" "One moment", replied the telephone girl in excellent English. "One moment and I will see if we have." Then after a brief wait, the cheery voice replied: "No, there is nothing for you Mr. Sunburn." No, no mail at all Mr. Sunburn. avJ }Ust one of those adventures with the English language in foreign parts. LTP.1955.10.19i.pdf LTP.1955.10.19ii.pdf