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He Puts Country First
Three times within recent Weeks Senator Willis Smith
has dettßtastrated qualities which are conductive to the
restoration of confidence in our form Os national govern-
SNft&ngly indifferent to the lashings cfdtis enraged
critics, he has been so bold as to exercise his own judg
ment at the expense and in to,what is the ac
cepted View of those who put party first and foremost.
u.:Following the abrupt firing of General Mac-
Art ftVir, Senator Smith was the Only member of .the North
Carolina, congressional delegation t& Sdeatian the action
of "President Truman. The former Raleigh attorney Said
MacArfs|u - may have felt that the ejgfliqssion of his news
wa&Jiecessary to prevent national disaster., “I regret ex
ceedingly,” he continued, “that the acted so
stfMWanly and I fear that such sufnmdry action Was a
mistake at this time.”
On May § in a letter to the former president Os the
Forsyth County Ydung Republican Club, Senator Smith
again made a statement which reflected his own views
ratteathan those of the Truman Adioinistrßtion or of
theWehajjcratic party. “I feels” he wrote, “that a mis
take* was. made with respect to General MacArfchtir’s re
calljlßSß am inclined to think that hip view of the sit
uatiSßrafld his plan for ending the conflict is nearer cor
rect .tfcan any so far advanced, unfortunately we do not
seem to "have a positive foreign policy in tnp Far East.
Titnyhrr incident will force the Aattiinistraticm to give
u$ a, jnore satisfactory one.”
* Then on May 14 in an address before North Carolina
automobile dealers at Pinehurst Senator Smith struck
another note, the sound of which the Truman Admin
istration and some elements of the Democratic Party do
n<st enjoy hearing in public. He.urged the mobilization of
tt* Nation's moral resources Which: he said “we need to
restore the confidence of the jftojjfc %their governments
wisdom, *hut by all nsanginlh<3r integrity—in thejr of
ficials’ lwnesty—absolute* and uifewerving honesty.”
i A nfim with less courage could easily have nodded his
head in'* meaningless approval of the MacArthur dis
nfssal —just in order to lend empty support of the Tru
man Administration. A man with more concern for an
election in 1952 than with the best interests of his coun
try could have soft pedaled the disastrous decisions which
made the Korean War inevitable. A man willing to put
first , could have left unsaid those things which
aSalarttf the American people when they view the de
plorable decline of moral consciousness which is so evi
dent in Washington today.
* Seriator Smith’s critics will continue to heap verbal
nflri written abuse upon him as long as he continues to
BAak ai&ci vote as he thinks—rather than as the Truman
Administration or the Democratic National Committee
vmuld have him speak or vote.
i This "course may not always qualify the Senator as a
24carat’Democrat in every sense of the word but it qual
ifies him as something of far more importance—as a true
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THE FULBKIGHT-MAC ARTHUR
debate
The long and volumnious testi
mony of General MacArthur at
no point is more Interesting than
in the debate wtth Senator J.
William Fulbright, of Arkansas.
Here was no ordinary politician
defending a faulty administra
tion. Senator Fulbright Is a
Rhodes scholar, a graduate of Ox
ford, a former university presi
dent. His political doctrine Is £o
bal, univprsalist, and even anti
nationalist.
The debate with Senator Ful
bright gave General MacArthur an
opportunity to explain the nature
Os Chinese society. This is what
he said:
“It Is a country of poverty. The
slightest dislocation in their nor
mal processes of distrtbu ti o n
causes the greatest convulsions In
various sections of Chinese society.
If you, for instance, disturb or
should disturb in the slightest de
gree the distributive systems of
their food, you might well have
fifty million men, fifty mil’fim
people, starving at any one tix*s.
They live only a couple of
jumps ahead of starvation. In
other materials, they are almost
as bad. They have practically no
indigenous products that they can
manufacture; they have no -great
manufacturing centers whatsoev- !
“They are peculiarly vulnerable
to ate process of blockade, and
the process of Internal disruption
by bombing . » . "
Senator Fulbright then made
this point:
“I am a little more worried a
bout Russia not coming in than
I am of her coming in China, be
cause if we become committed
there, it seems to me She really
is given a free hand m Europe
and In the rest of the world, th«-
Middle East and Europe, If
really become committed ito tie
point of having to . ' ver^
large forces of ground troops, arm
particularly air power. That is
what really bothers us.”
This is the theme of the Ache
son-Marshall-Truman concept of
our problem. It is the reason why
General Eisenhower is in Europe.
It was the reason for the Truman
Doctrine, which involved aid to
Greece and Turkey. It Is the ba
sis for the North Atlantic Al
liance and for the $26,000,000,000
of European aid that we provided
between 1945 and 1950. In fact,
one can go back and even assume
that this fear dominated RobSfc
velt at Teheran and Yalta—name
ly that Stalin had to be appeased
or he would conquer Europe. <
To all this General MacArthur
answered:
“The alternative. Senator, is to
sacrifice thousands anj thousands
and thousands of American . boys
month after month after month.
“Not only that, but you will
have sacrificed, If you keep on In
definitely, the entire Korean na-»
tton and people. The high moral
reason for our intervention In Ko
rea. was to save Korea. If you do
not continue and save her, you
are going to destroy her.”
The challenge in that must be
answered. General MacArthur has
already stated that although he
was the man on the spot, he was
never consulted as to whether we
should go into the Korean war or
not. He was called oh the tele
phone and given orders to go hi.
We know that the Wedemeyer re
port, submitted to the president
on September 9, 1947, contained
aU the warnings of dangers which
we are now witnessing. That re
port was ignored and suppressed
until the MacArthhr hearings. In
fact, a part of it Is still suppres
sed, a part apparently which deals
with the weaknesses Syngman
Rhee and, his administration, ft?
risk beast <m knowledge * oUfe
of those temperamental flights tb
which The president seems to be
addicted?
General MacArthur added to
yii, oti<ltße of the ones tM?* the
j<*nt qWefa .aajde *nd. fiyself,
wi»icfc, would offer any hope for
a successful conclusion of the Ko
re“ would mean that
if you don’t attempt to bring this
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“I don’t care if other bosses like to be called by their
! initials—l DON’T!”
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; BROADWAY AT 42d
Fantastic memory displayed by Gen George Marshall, before the
Senate committee, points up his inability, before the Pearl Harbor in-
I vestigators, to remember how he occupied his time on the night before
; the Pearl Harbor tragedy. Marshall’s fabulous memory completely
i startled the current Senate probers. His testimony, covering an aston
ishing range of crucial events, and the equally rapid answers of Gen.
MacArthur indicate that life Begins at 70. Not once did either Mar
; ; shall or MacArthur ask for a recess, though Senators frequently left
, | the hearing because they couldn't take the strain of sitting and con
centrating. Granted that controversy rarely serves a constructive pur-.
; i pose, this behind-the-scenes view of high American policy levels is
i \ the best thing that could have happened to any of us, because it informs
[Public Opinion. ./
i Every time a Yip Harburg musical comes to town, playgoers must
I examine it for a message, Yip never being content to let Western Union
, 1 handle messages. "Flahooley,” mighty cute in spots, is embarrassed by
its message, so confused in its symbolism that I defy the Joint Chiefs
. of Staff to decipher it. Only people on the stage not helping to deliver
this obscure communication are the Bil and Cora Baird puppets, which,
quite naturally, steal the show....As I understand it, Yip is agin witch
(hunts, over-production, “the Yaakec policy of deporting” undesirables,
and has a great sympathy for a ginii who can’t make sense out of the
American inconsistencies. Whether or not this genii is supposed to be
Gerhart Elsler never becomes quiti clear. Oniy conclusion is that Yip,
a big time “pro,” should get out of the AT&T area.
MacArthur, Helen Hayes’, hubby, sling Red Skeltan
- pud jira Hawkins. called R quits —The Ben Hogans in town ite
the Jaak' Benny show... ■ Jbc-Kma: Michael of Rumania recouperating
* $ auto i aeckMnt 1« ' Italy!.. .'The «Satchel Paiges expect 9»
rfftSr...Cqrnipg Glass heiress, Betty H. McCord, daughter of the
i AmWflF Houghtons, to we# Jim Weinberg, end of June (his dad is
right hand' man of Defense Mobillzer Charles E. Wilson)- Cesar
Romero and Beverly Stoner serious.:. .Robert Sterling dating Ann
; Baxter, of the Toni Twins Doris Duke and Porfirio Rubirosa ap
• plauding Marty McCarty’s Hi-Jinjc at the Persian Room Bob Hope
. returning from Europe and will da a ship-to-shore broadcast.. Pierre
i Cartier dating TV’s Marsha Wilis Mldtown office girls playing
i softball in Central Park lunch hour league.
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LONDON Tu'K-,* mrttowe iwt n«ht vm Mrs. Clement Attlee
. and bar two daughters I ten a few jokes about Mr. Attlee In my act
and-the prime minister's wife laughed at them along with everyone
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WASHINGTON—So the bottom
has fallen but of the International
robber market. Looks as if well
be getting spare tires on our au
tos soon again. And plenty of gar
den hose. i
This is because the British at
long last have decided to quit sell
ing rubber to the Chinese Com
mies. About time, too. There can
be no doubt of that Lately I’ve
been listening to our lawgivers
lam bast the British for selling the
sinews of war to our Asian ene
mies. They deserve the lambast
ing.
But I’d be pleased if our orators
kindly would skip the holier-thar/-
thou attitude. Up until last Oc
tober we, ourselves, were peddling
the Jtuff from which bullets are
made to the Chinese, so they could
shoot them back at us.
Some of our patriots probably,
still would be in the business were
it not for the efforts of the mild
mannered, pink-cheekpd and ever
-polite Democratic gentleman from
Baltimor, Sen. Herbert R. O’Con
nor. He was the fellow who per
sonally clomped down in the holds
LINDEN
NEWS
Mrs. W. C. Melvin, Sr., is visit
ing her son, Mr. Stuart Melvm at
Reidsville, N. C.
Mrs. A. B. Eethune and San
dria Bethune spent the week end
in Rockingham, N. C.
Mrs. Jesse Owen of Smithfleld
spent Sunday with her sister Mrs.
Floyd Collier.
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Wood and
children spent Sunday in Fay
etteville visiting Mr. and Mrs. R.
H. Parker.
Mr. Robert Bruce Wilkins, stu-'
dent at Carolina spent the week!
end with his mother, Mrs. J. B.
Wilkins.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Bethune
and children spent Sunday in
Lernow Springs with Mr. and
Mrs. Claude Fergerson.
Mrs. ’W. J. McDonald, Miss Bil
ly Anri and Grace McDonald, Mrs.
K’. C. Raynor and Mrs. L. T. Cook
attended the remple-Allen wed
ding in Ralelght, May 9th.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bell of
Lillington, visited Mr. and Mrs. A.
V. Dawkins Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. James McLean of
Lumberton spent Sunday with
Mrs. Jesse Byrd and Mrs. John
McLean.
Mr. and Mrs. Percy Tilman and
Mr. John Raynor spent Sunday
in Wade with Mr. and Mrs. Jeff
Bulla.
}fr. and Mrs. R. A. Collier and
Miss Frances Crumpler visited Mr.
and Mrs. Lacy Collier in Fayette
ville Sunday Eve.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Lucas, Mr.
and Mrs. Rowland West, Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. Pollard, Mrs. J. J. Coats,
Mrs. Roy Bullard and Mrs. Ellis
Coats of Erwin visited Mr. and
Mrs. Lester Tucker Sunday eve
ning.
Mrs. Eugene Bateman Os Fay
etteville, Mr. and Mrs. Owen
Hodges of Dunn spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Raynor.
The Ruitan Club held its regular
monthly meeting Friday night May
11.
Mr. Charles Collier president
presided over the business session.
The P. T. A. served a most de
licious supper to IS members.
Mrs. Jesse Byrd was hostess to
the Womans Society of Christian
Service Tuesday night May 15.
Mrs. Alex Bethune president pre
sided.
Mrs. Helen Melvin Progrstn
Chairnrm, assisted by Mrs. W. C.
Melvin Jr., Mrs. J. P. Grumpier
and Mrs. W. H. Bethune, con
duteed a most TnsptMng pledge
service. Mrs. w. H. Bethune
Treasurer gave a report on the
years work.
'The hostess served delicious re
freshments to U members.
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bring about some price reductions,
Mr. Clark said- ■ •"
exempt, and tailored doUsS-atST
k“"' i
of freighters at'.the docks of his 1
Own home town s*nd elsewhere to ;
Sid, despite our laws, tons of i
copper, steel and no telling what i
all else consigned to Tsingtao. I
A number of the business-as
usual boys actually- were shipping
•lectrdlytic copper, the purest
grade there is, all-the way around
the world to sell ft at triple prices
to the Oriental Reds.
It was a weird deal and for the
benefit of our speechmakere I i
think maybe Td better Jot down j
some facts: > >
The Commerce Department had
tightened up the rules against
shipping China any of our own
war goods. There Was a large cop- ,
per refinery in Japan, only an
overnight ship ride from Chink,
but that was covered by the reg
ulations, too.
So the wily operators bought ,
loads of this Jap copper for ex- j
port to the United States and
goodness knows we needed it. ,
While the ship was plowing across
the Pacific, the owners of the
copper would sell it to somebody
else. Sometimes the ship would
dock in New York, or Baltimore, j
where the copper would be trans- j
ferred to another freighter bound .
for China, But more often the |
same ship that left Japan would I
circle the slobe to deliver the
metal to the Chinese. Perfectly
legal.
That wasn’t all. Some of our
traders used similar schemes to
buy Belgian steel and French
transformers, which were sold to
the Chinese before they ever
reached our shores.
A number of the gentlemen in
the trade appeared to defend
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themselves before the Senator
stop their trll^^J 1 had bettor |
pam a law. Some were defiant;
said they were violating no sta
tute. Others - said they took the
business on the theory that tT
they-'stayed out somebody else
would grab the chance the chance
to trade with the Chinese. :
One of these international defi
ers, I remember, almost had tears
in his eyes; he said he didn’t
want to lose the Chinese custo
mers with whom he’d been doing
business for 20 years, ’
Sen. O’Conor raised so much
cain in a polite and dignified way
that this loophole, too, was closed
and since last fall we've shipped
nothing to China. Now the British
belatedly are seeing things our
way, too. Too bad it took ’em so
long, but in viev, of Sen. O v-on
or’s troubles, I’m Inclined to give
them a muted cheer.
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