General MacArthur's removal from power in Japan may be an excellent lesson for the Japanese people, Edwin O. Reischauer, professor of Far Eastern Languages and author of "The United States and Japan" asserted today.
The general's recall emphasizes the democratic idea that the military should be subordinate to civilian government, he said.
MacArthur's rule gave the Japanese the impression that the rule of militarists for which they had been censured was practiced by the U.S., Reischauer added. He also stated that MacArthur was an "extremey good administrator."
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