Pop's Sixth Sense

In the expansive atmosphere of the Ritz bar in Paris last week, William Randolph Hearst Jr., publisher of the New York Journal-American, got around to discussing his father's longstanding devotion to General Douglas MacArthur. Explained Bill Hearst to Columnist Art Buchwald of the New York Herald Tribune's Paris edition:

"We've supported Mac for a long time, long before any of the other papers jumped on the bandwagon. This policy was based primarily on Pop's judgment. Pop doesn't know anything about the Far East and depends on Mac's judgment. He and the Old Man are very close. Surprisingly enough, they even look alike and their noses slant the same way. They also think alike. It was Pop's idea to run MacArthur for President in 1948. He did it without Mac's permission. Being in the East, and getting the feel of things, I knew the campaign was doomed to failure. Pop's secluded out there on the West Coast and every once in a while he gets out of touch with things. But he was right about Mac-Arthur and his popular appeal. Pop has a sixth sense about things like that.

"Our [Far Eastern] editorial policy will be guided by Mac's thinking. There was only one thing over which we weren't in agreement with Mac: he advocated staying in Korea while Pop has been for pulling out . . . There's no such thing as an isolationist any more [but] we think allies can be dangerous to the American people . . ."

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