150 JAP. LEADERS TO LEARN FROM U.S.A.

Grey River Argus, 5 November 1949, Page 5

150 JAP. LEADERS TO LEARN FROM U.S.A.

N.Z.P.A.--Reuter. (Rec 11.50) TOKIO, Nov 4. Japanese educators, Diet membeTs, jurists, journalists and other specialists, will visit the United States within the next seven months as the guests of the United States Government. This is a plan recommended by General MacArthur to speed up the rehabilitation and reconstruction ef Japanese social, economic, and industrial life.

U.S. Aid to Japan Is Appreciated NEW YORK, November 3 U.S. generosity to Ja'pan had frustrated a Russian advance across the Pacific, said Lieutenant-General Robert Eichelberger, the war-time commander of the United States Bth Army, in an address in Cleveland. “In the event of war witn the Soviet, 24 hours after the outbreak, the Russians will see wluit strange bed-fellows we have,” said General Eichelberger. “Eighty-five million Japanese soldiers would be on our side. Japanese soldiers would be the commander’s dream; they are the find who stay on a ridge-top until th ?y die.” General Eichelberger added that. American generosity and goodwill towards the Japanese since the war had gained tremendous prestige for the United States.