Word: macarthurs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...former personal aide to General MacArthur asserted that he has become increasingly disturbed by the evidence of communist conspiracy in "high places" and in incidents such as the San Francisco student riots over HUAC and the Oxford, Miss., race riots...
This is no real solution. The only reason both groups agreed to it was a professed great faith in MacArthur's sense of fairness. There is some question as to how much MacArthur actually knows about such matters, and if he dies in the next two years, anything can happen. Furthermore, the agreement only will last through the 1964 Olympic games...
...even if the honorable old gentleman mangages to steer his reluctant wards through the coming two years, there is reason to question the wisdom of recent procedings. MacArthur was only able to do what he did because he represented the President. No solution was in sight before President Kennedy practically declared the dispute a national emergency and took Executive action. This intrusion of the federal government apparently will be permanent, as all groups concerned have asked the President to convene a national sports congress in 1965 to discuss long-range management of U.S. athletic competition. It is sad indeed when...
Quite undisturbed about the government's new role in athletics, the President hailed MacArthur's work, and expressed satisfaction that the U.S. will now be able to field a strong team in Tokyo in 1964. This may not be the case. What MacArthur didn't settle, and what both the AAU and the NCAA have refused to face, is a recent ruling by the International Olympic Committee declaring all athletes suported by athletic scholarships or state money ineligible. This will undoubtedly affect the Iron Curtain country teams, but the edict may be most damaging to the U.S. Most college athletes...
Since Mr. Kennedy clearly stated that the condition of U.S. athletics was a matter of international prestige, it is obvious MacArthur's settlement solves only a small part of the problem. Mr. Kennedy intervened in the AAU-NCAA dispute because he felt a poor U.S. showing in the Olympics would constitute a severe setback to national prestige. The Olympic Games, formerly an event for friendly athletic competition, have thus been recognized by the U.S. government as an appropriate test of the advantages of capitalism and communism. This has long been the opinion of numerous misled sports writers and individuals, much...