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we =U ~ Cay SEEN WITHHELD Administration ’ -T u m “On Ouster, Aide Says | (AP)—The New Bedford Stand: : to Gen. MacArthur as saying | “real story” of the General’s row with former President Truman because its policies to meet com- munist aggresssion are similar to those of the Trumay admin- istration. iv, Col. ce EA Bunker, a member of Mac taff for nine years, told the Stand- ard-Times in an interview at his home in Wellesley that the ad- ‘ministration is avoiding the sub- ject because anti-MacArthur per- sonnel control the Pentagon. “It is very conspicuous that officers holding MacArthur's views are _being retired, Bunker said. “Assurances” to Reds ‘He said Gen. James A. Van Fleet went “counter to the Pentagon by saying the Korean war ,was the right war at the right time .at the right place and he was allowed to retire at 60.” Bunker said Gen. Mark Clark. that there is no substitute for rvictory and “he went out at 57.” -MacArthur was: removed as Par East commander in 1951 by President Truman in a dispute over conduct of the Korean war. Bunker said “the complete : record would show that the: Chinese Communists were given | assurances . beforehand that there would be no punitive action against their Manchurian communications and supply facilities if the Chinese entered the war,” . ; _ | Bombing Overruled “Also untold,” Bunker sald, “ts the ‘full record of the’ tre mendous handicaps. placed be- c bombing would ‘not have brought scale retaliation from the iommunists because “they just dnt have—and, if fact, do not New Bedford, Mass., Feb. 27 ‘ard: Times quoted a former aide | Saturday the Eisenthower .ad- | ministration. ‘thas not told -the/ ‘repeated MacArthur’s views | C3 ee: 0-19 Tolson Ladd Belmont Clegg Glavin—__. Harbo —___ Rosen Tracy —_____ Gearty ____ ‘Mohr —_____ Winterrowd — Tele. Room — Holloman —— Miss Gandy — “y¥ ann poorer Or mat Times-Herald —16_ Wash. Post _ Wash. News —_—— Wash. Star N.Y. Herald Tribune ____. NY. Mirror