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General Douglas MacArthur — Part 01
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.racies will adopt.the
Lauro Quotes
Iim as Saying
acteristicsof .each other.
Wars Betwegh Nations *.
Mayor Achille Lauro of Naples,
Before ending'the visit,
which was -badly: damaged:In
Lauro obtainedGeneralMag
gio
World War. II, called, on Gen-
Arthur's promise that-whenever
he wented toEurope hewould
eral of the Army Dougla.s Mac-
certainly:visit Naples:Hisryoung
Arthur yesterday and received
son,ArthurMacArthur,
the General's cheering opinion
ited
that war between countries' on!
this earth was- probably obso-
York Harbor, a d had Junc
ete..
However,..
war between., the
planets may replace. it, in the]
reception in th afternoon and
General's. opinion, Mayor Lauro]
reported afterward..
Waldorf-by Mayor WagnerTo-
The Neapolitan Mayor, who is
morrow he will fly to Washington.
stopping at.the Waldorf-Astoria
Hotel during his four-day stay
in New York, was scheduled to.
visit General MacArthur,
who
[resides at the hotel, briefly for!
an.exchange of greetings.
I am delighted that General
MacArthur. did me the honor of!
allowing me to remain for forty!
five minutes," Signor Lauro said.
Cannot believe this interview.
"I am also delighted that he is
pleased
with
Neapolitan
workers in his.
Hactoryinmy
VE
city."
Sperry Rand(Corporation,
which General MacArthur is
chairman of thd board, recently
: built a plant in'Naples employ-
ing 600 persons. It is to be ex-
panded.to employ 2,000.
Factors for Uniting World
General MacArthur described
himself .as "a confirmed opti-
mist' regarding the possibility of:
another
Poorl..
War, Mayor
Lauro said.
"He thinks that another war
would be double .suicide: and
that there is enough sense on!
'both sides of the Iron Curtain!
to avoid it," the Mayor went on.
4'He believes that because of
the developments of science all!
the. countries on earth will have
to unite to survive and to make
acommon front against attack
by people from other planets."
The politics of the future will
2-75/04
be cosmic, or interplanetary in
General MacArthur's opinion,
NOT RECORDSD
the Mayor continued. He quoted
the. military leader as saying
126 0CT 20 1955
that a thousand years from now.
today's civilization would appear
as obsolete as the stone age.
During the visit Ahe two men.
discussed Dr. Albeft Einstein.
"General MacAfthur. said he
admired him as a scientist al-
Signor Lauro said.
"He quoted Einstein's reply.
when asked what weapons would
that he did not know what weap
ons would be used in a third
world war'but that a fourth
global conflict would be fought
with sticks and stones."
1955
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