European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 28, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes monday september 78, 1944 Goldwater to make whistle Stop tour Plush Days along the Campaign Trail return by Jack . Washington a one of the All but abandoned rituals of american politics will come to life again this week when gop presidential nominee Barr Goldwater pulls out of Washington on a special Campaign train. For More than 100 years since William Henry Harrison first took to the rails in 1840,candidates have been whistle stopping about the country telling the folks at the town depot Why they think they ought to be president. But since 1952, when Gen Dwight d. Eisenhower and Adial e. Stevenson took to Theair prop stops at airports have been the Rule in the kind of campaigning in which Candi dates breakfast in new Orkand lunch in los Angeles. In those Lazy hazy Days Oblong ago presidential nominees climbed aboard a specially fitted car with every 19th Cen Tury convenience and struck out across country. In those Days the Engineer Laid on the whistle to notify the Russ switch targets of broadcasts Washington a the russians apparently have decided to Slack off their radio offensive toward the West and step it up toward underdeveloped countries and red  in defensive radio War fare the soviet bloc has virtually quit jamming voice of America broadcasts while put Ting interference on signals coming from peking . Monitors give some statistics on How communist radio propaganda operations have changed with the shifts in the world political scene soviet Short Wavern Pairada to North America dropped ii per cent and lowest Europe if per cent during the summer broadcasting sea Tea. This was interpreted As sign of easing East West ten Sions plus the growth of Tele vision in the Western nations which has taken Many listeners away from their radio sets. The reduction in transmissions aimed at the advanced Western countries Wai matched by increases to Asia Africa and latin  soviet and red chinese broadcasters Are in ase sawing contest paralleling their struggle for leadership of the communist world. Peking radio started the Yea with a crease la us russian Langue broadcasts aimed a Iii comma list rival which out paced soviet broadcasts la Chi folks that the candidate was coming. When Stephen a. Douglas was running for the Senate against Abraham Lin Coin in 1858, he used a train equipped with a Cannon to be fired to announce its  won t be much of this whimsy about the Goldwater trip. The latest electronic equipment to keep the Republican nominee in touch with developments All Over the world will travel with him. He will travel in luxury wit showers full sized bedrooms dining facilities and conference space. Every Stop on n five Day journey through Ohio Indiana and Illinois has been timed Lothe minute. Television and newspaper advertising has been employed to Alert the Public to the candidate s sched ule and local Republican Lead ers have Given their Backer their marching orders the Campaign train has be come almost extinct an a Way of political life because it tucks too much of a candidate s  the leisurely swing across the country in in 18-cnr train that is a ally Wilheln itself still retains some political  f. Kennedy who Rone the rails from Hodding. Calif.,  Angeles in 1960, thought the time spent and been Worth while. Richard m. Nixon also had a fling at ii in that year travelling from Washington to Carbondale 111.it was the old Lamers though who found such journeys mos effective. In his Long tenure As candidate and  d. Roosevelt in do 3.19 train trips travelling some 350,-oi10 Miles. Harry Truman s seven trips of 21.000 Miles helped him keep the presidency in i94s. In those Days or. Truman was no shakes at Reading a prepare speech. But when he pm on the Hack platform and la ked to the folks who turned out in the Small towns he combined scorn Ful observations on the poll sters who had him hopelessly behind with give pm hell at tacks on the republicans. Book reveals general wrote Tore up resignation Macarthur almost quit new York a the late Gen Douglas Macarthur has revealed in a Book published monday that he. Almost re signed his far Eastern com mands during the korean War six months before former pres ident Harry s. Truman Dis missed him in 1951. Be wrote out his resignation he said after hearing a bitter question from a dying Ameri can bomber Pilot. The statements Are contained in reminiscences a Hook completed by Macarthur last March. Macarthur who died april 9,devoted his Book largely to his 91 years As a  wrote in detail about the controversy with Washington that led to his dismissal. He said artificial restrictions placed on his conduct of the korean War prevented him from winning it he was accused of "insubordination."specifically, Macarthur listed these restrictions i was forbidden hot Pur suit of enemy planes that at tacked our own. Manchuria and Siberia were sanctuaries for Al enemy forces. "1 was denied the right to bomb the hydroelectric plants along the Yalu River. The order was broadened to include every electric Plant in North Korea which was capable of furnishing electric Power to Manchuria and Siberia. Most incomprehensible fall was the refusal to let me bomb the important Supply enter at Racin. In North East  Washington Macarthur said ordered him to restrict bombing to the korean end of the Yalu  it was Over these Bridges that communist China poured us men and sup plies into  his air commanders told him his Book is that Sucha restriction n e american pilots particular vulnerable to enemy fighter aircraft and ground fire. Macarthur quoted would not be permitted to hit Manchuria he published what he said was an official leaflet by the top red commander Gen Lin Plao saying i would never have made the attack and risked my men and military reputation if i Hadnot been assured that washing ton would restrain Gen Mac Arthur from taking adequate retaliatory measures against my lines of Supply and comm  should nationalist Chi Nese troops have been used Macarthur wrote  governments refused to consent to the use of the eager fresh troops offered by Chiang Kai Shek did Macarthur flatly assert at the Wake Island conference with or. Truman that communist Chinu would not enter the War this is a prevarication he wrote. Or. Truman diced i wife As the when he was out at Dawn  often was he usually had a j apologize for the absence til daughter Margaret a talk Sleeper. Wherever he weal hnv5truman a Harry to he crowds. J a typical Day for or. Tomit started tit i . And Enwei about Midnight with 3-5speeches in Between. With an of � that Effort of course there were hound to he boo Boos. Of of his most famous occurred is ,.eugene. Ore., in 1948. Sleepy eyed reporters were astound tto hear or. Truman say i like old Uncle Joe stalin.-?.toe is a decent fellow but be it the prisoner u the politburo the people who run the govern Mem won t let him be As decent Jas he would like la  or. Truman had conf with Stalin in Potsdam in 11 45. And had come away the naive impression that was dealing with a per genial adversary. Not was then known about Sulur purges. But or. Truman had the urns of his life in is. Louis two Din j after the 1948 election when a stood on the Back platform a j n special train returning it Washington and held aloft an Early edition of an out of Start newspaper which curried the i Llda � Bonner lne Dewey 3defeats  j something always seemed it j be happening on the Thomas at 3dewey Campaign specials. Oe�2 of them slowed into a stalled