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(Continued {rom fa3e r:) older except the hills, MacArthur, and the devil." The MacArthurs used to claim to be'the oldest branch of the Clan Campbell, headguarters' at Strachur. Until James First executed the head of that clan in 1427, the MacArthur tribe was one of the strongest in Scotland. rF**

If General MacArthur ever becomes President of the United States, we would finally have a man in that office who is so much more eloquent than any ghost writer of modern times that he would have no possible use for one on his staff. Let me quote a writing of his on the subject of sports. The 1928 Olympic'Games were held in Amsterdam, and MacArthur was President of the American Olympic Committee. It was his duty to make an official report on the games to President Coolidge. He made one, and the following glorified scrapbook piece was the beginning of that report:

"In undertaking this difficult task, f recall the passage of Plutarch where Themistocles, being asked whether he would ratirer be Achilles or Homer, replied: 'Which would you rather be, a conqueror in the Olympic Games, or the crier who proclaims who are the conquerors?' And indeed, to portray adequately the vividness and brilliance of that great spectacle would be worthy even of the pen of Homer himself. No words of mine can even remotely portray such great moments as the resistless onrush of the matchless California Eight as it swirled and crashed down the placid waters of the Sloten; that indomitable will for victory that marked the deathless rush of Barbuti; that sparkling combination of speed and grace by Elizabeth Robinson which might have rivalled even Artemis herself on the heights of Olympus. I can but relate the bare, blunt facts, trusting that imagination will supply the magic touch to that which can never be forgotten by those who were actually present." ***

And this is how he expresses himself about spending our resources in behalf of others: "In the determination of our global policy, care rnust of course be exercised to avoid commitment of our resources beyond what we can safely spare-the sapping of our national strength to the point of jeopardy of our own security-and the overburdening of our people beyond their capacity to maintain a standard of life consistent with the energies with which they are naturally endowed. For it would be illogical for us to yield our own liberties in the safeguard of the liberties of others." {c * ,1.

And witness his power of expression and clear thinking as he discusses leadership: "I believe that when we orient ourselves to the courses which in the past brought to us national strength and political greatness; when we draw closer to those simple concepts which sought the maximum of personal liberty in the rising of individual dignity, and rvhen we again understand, as did Lincoln, the fundamental soundness of the people's own wisdom and judgEl€Dt,-€tC., etc., etc." A literary expert recently remarked that MacArthur is the greatest stylist and phrasemaker since Woodrow Wilson. I think his championship in word eloquence goes back much farther than even ' wilson' ,< ,:. *

These are just fair samples of MacArthur eloquence. Isn't he a word slinger and a phrase wrangler'from who laid the rails? And his splendidly fitting quotations for illustrating his points, prove him a rare scholar as well. Add to that his firsts in everything, all his life, make him a record-holder matched by few in our history. First in his class at West Point. Youngest Chief of Staff. Glorious leader of the Rainbow Division in World War One. Winner in the Pacific in spite of the hurdles that were thrown jealously in his way. And what an administrator in peacetime he has been. Yes sir, a talented man, this MacArthur. He has been called "high hat." Listen, friend, if you were that kind of man, wouldn't you think pretty well of yourself?

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In the summer of 1946, less than two years ago, a reporter named Adele Starbird, representing the St. Louis StarTimes, interviewed Madam Joliot-Curie, renowned physicist, in Paris. Miss Starbird wrote: "Her manner was ungracious and forbidding. I had come to ask her about the status of Frenchwomen in the professions, but she wanted to talk about relations between my country and Russia, and for an hour and a half, she did. At first she was icy and bitter, but as we progressed she became molten lava. 'We were kind enough to think you were merely stupid after the first World War,' she said, 'but really our charity can scarcely extend so far in the present situation. You are deliberately fomenting war with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. You are imperialists, and you want war. You Americans seem scarcely civilized. You are exactly like the Germans under Hitler. Your press is venal. There is no freedom of expression. Your children are not educated; they are indoctrinated with lies. Your workingmen are fools, who see no further than their noses. They are satisfied with a raise in wages, when they should be organizing TO OVERTHROW YOUR GOVERNMENT."',

Thus spoke Madam Curie. The other day she stepped off a plane at LaGuardia Field, New York. She came to lecture in this country under Communist-front arrangements. The immigration officials grabbed her right suddenly and whisked her off to ElliS Island. The newspapers say the FBI advised against allowing her in this country. She spent the night in custody, but the next day Attorney General Tom Clark set her free to spread her poison in the United States. How do you, Mr. American, like the thought of having the uroman who spoke the words quoted above, turned loose in America?

What are ure in this country folks, soft-hearted? Or soft-headed ?