GENERAL MACARTHUR

Timaru Herald, Volume CLVI, Issue 22998, 15 September 1944, Page 5

GENERAL MACARTHUR

Greater Recognition Urged (Rec. 9.30). WASHINGTON, Sept. 13. Mr T. E. Dewey, at a Press conference. said that since General MacArthur was no longer a political threat to President Roosevelt, it seems appropriate that his magnificent talent should be given greater scope and recognition in the creation of a Pacific Command. Mr Dewey added that General MacArthur had performed miracles with inadequate supplies, Air Force and other forces. The correspondent of the Associated American Press states that Mr Dewey did not suggest that General MacArthur should be created Supreme Pacific Commander, explaining that such an appointment involved so many international and political factors, as well as military. That decision must’ be left to the military leaders. The correspondent of the “New York Tinies” says that Mr Dewey has directly injected himself into the Quebec conferences between Mr Churchill and President Roosevelt by demanding that General MacArthur s talents be given greater scope and recognition in picking a Pacific commander. He adds that Mr Dewey inferentiallv accused the Roosevelt administration of side-tracking General MacArthur so far, because he was a political threat to the New Deal.