This is a copy of a news story sent by Ralph Graham over
The New York Times Morse wire to the Times telegraph office in
hew York. Mike Moodnik was the receiver. Perhaps it will help
Morse operators who are not familiar with the Newspaper code
(Phillips) used.

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WASHINGTON, April l2~—General of the Army Douglas MacArthur,

speeding his return to one UhiGeL States, is expected to arrive

next week at the height of the gathering partisan storm over

his dismissal from his Far Eastern Command. He is expected to

leave Tokyo Monday.

This was disclosed here today as the Congressional Republi-

cans renewed their denunciation of President Truman for breaking

General MacArthur and raised isolated demands for the resignation

of both President Truman and Secretary of State Dean Acheson.

Nothing further was said officially, however, of Republican

suggestions of yesterday that the possibility of action toward

impeaching Mr. Truman was under consideration.

In a radio address to the nation tonight, the Republican

Senate floor leader, Kenneth S. Wherry of Nebraska, declared

that he raised no question of the President’s patriotism.

Mr. Wherry nevertheless accused Mr. Truman of a "weak defense

of his shabby treatment of this great general and statesman,“

and in effect summoned the public to the aid of the Republicans

in their campaign to have the general address both houses of

Congress.

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Senator Robert Taft, Republican of Ohio, speaking in

New York, said that General MacArthur‘s dismissal, coupled

with what he called President Truman‘s flirtation with "ap-

peasement," would encourage Communist aggression in Asia

and Europe.