“PRESTIGE OF U.S. NOT ENHANCED”

Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26204, 30 August 1950, Page 7

“PRESTIGE OF U.S. NOT ENHANCED”

New York Press Views On Incident (Rec. 8 p.m.) NEW YORK, Aug. 28. The “New York Herald-Tribune” says that the impression created of confusion, if not dissension, among high officials of the Government will certainly not enhance American prestige abroad nor contribute to unity at home. The “Herald-Tribune” adds: “In the Administration’s view, which has a good deal of logic in it, no useful purpose can be served by emphasising the purely national interest of the United States in Formosa at this time—particularly by the United Nations commander in the Far East.”

The New York “Daily News” says: “Mr Truman has dealt General MacArthur a crude snub, or you might call it a kick in the teeth.”

The “New York Times” says that General MacArthur’s statement on Formosa was unnecessarily pointed, and that Mr Truman’s attempts to suppress it were not exactly happy. “However,” says the “New York Times.” “Mr Truman to a larger extent than most Presidents has been delegating the conduct of foreign policies to his Secretary of State without proper co-ordination of political and military points of view. He could increase his service to the nation by taking more active charge of foreign policy and by doing more to expound it both to the public and to his subordinates.”