Seattle's welcome to General Douglas MacArthur seemed almost unanimous as 300,000 turned out to cheer him. Seattle's farewell to MacArthur was angrily divided along party lines. Between hail & farewell, the general, in uniform, had delivered his sharpest attack to date on the Truman Administration.
"Our political stature," said he, "has been sadly impaired by a succession of diplomatic blunders abroad and reckless spendthrift aims at home . . . There is a growing anxiety in the American home as disclosures reveal graft and corruption over a broad front in our public service. Those charged with its stewardship seem either apathetic, indifferent,...
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