Word: formosae
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...Navy's Seventh Fleet to "prevent any attack on Formosa...
Army Secretary Frank Pace, who had sat in on the open portion of the council of Wake, told newsmen "for guidance only" that the President and the general were in agreement on Formosa. From Tokyo's "informed sources" came word that the general "holds unalterably to the view that Formosa should not be allowed to fall into the hands of a potential enemy of the free nations of the Pacific...
Angry Sunset. This was too much for Harry Truman. Asked at his press conference, "Are you now in complete agreement with General MacArthur on Formosa?" he turned the color of an angry sunset and began chopping at the air with his hands...
...intellectually honest men when they meet. The President told reporters that General MacArthur is loyal to the nation's foreign policy, and the President wished a lot of your papers were. There was no disagreement between General MacArthur and himself. There was noth ing to be settled about Formosa...
...place eight times a year. For each meeting, he will invite some 30 to 40 notables from business, labor, the professions, politics and government to discuss such questions as taxation, the size of the armed forces, federal aid to education, what to do about Tito, what to do about Formosa. Before his guests arrive, an "intellectual task force" of scholars will chum out background research. When the assemblymen have talked their way through the problems, their conclusions will be published for the rest of the U.S. to chew...