MacARTHUR’S RETURN

Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26396, 14 April 1951, Page 7

MacARTHUR’S RETURN

Flight To U.S. On (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) (Rec. 1130 pan.) TOKYO, April 13. General MacArthur plans to leave Japan for America, by air next Monday. 4 a °“£ ’’funeral MacArthur’s aides, Colonel Sid Huff, said « aLk ’ r™ MacArthur’s entourage, comprising General MacArthur, his family, Major-General Courtney Whitney, himself, and another aide, would probably travel by wav of Honolulu. ■ It was not indicated whether General MacArthur planned to make public appearances. According to a New York message, Mr James Rand, president of the Remington Rand Corporation, to-day issued a statement saying that General MacArthur would become an official of his company. He said General MacArthur would join the firm within ; 90 days and take an active part in its affairs.

General MacArthur was in no mood to engage in a fight over his dismissal ° r °~ er United States policy in the Far East, Senator , Warren Magnuson reported to-day. He expressed this view in a two-way broadcast from Tokyo to Washington. General MacArthur was also reported to favour informal appearances before Congressional committees rather than before a joint session of both Houses of Congress. Senator Magnuson, who is visiting Tokyo, said: "Of course, I cannot speak for General MacArthur, but as a result of my talk with him, I do not think he has any disposition to engage in a fight with anyone about anything. “I think probably he will be available to members of Congress for some very serious questioning—not in a critical sense, but in regard to the whole Far Eastern situation—so that the American people may be better informed."

Senator Magnuson said he was having lunch with General MacArthur about the time he received the news of his dismissal, but General MacArthur gave no hint of it. "When I talked' with him a second time, he was waiting for General Ridgway, his successor, to arrive from Korea,” said Senator Magnuson. “He was in excellent spirits and told me he was feeling fine. I am suie he holds no bitterness or personal feeling as a result of this change in command in the Far East.”

It was' authoritatively learned in Tokyo yesterday that the Hearst press and other supporters of General MacArthur had invited him to make a “triumphal entry” through Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York as a signal for a massive public demonstration of MacArthur is studying the proposal. Informed quarters believe that he is likely to accept the invitation.