The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-11-18
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Navy had taken from Germany as part
Of the war plumber were taken 100
miles off the American coast with a boat
Of senators, congressman and news
paper reporters to see the futility of
air attack against big ships.
The first ship was hit on the stern by
a bomb weighing little more than 1000
lbs. and the ship sank slowly. The
other ship was not hit directly but one
Of the large bombs did explode along
side and lifted her clear out of the
water so that the bottom of the ship
could be clearly seen and the force of
hitting the water broke her back and
she sank From a distance General
Mitchell watched in a plane. Shortly
after the navy turned on him but he
managed to survive until his own en-
thusiasm and love of truth and high
sense of duty together with his lack of
political dodgery got him mixed up I'M
unfavorable publicity so he was forced
to resign.
Admiral Noffet who showed more
political acumen went about his work
more tactfully and was able to build
up a very fine naval air service which
has been further developed by his sue
cessOrs.
America ranks first in quality if not
in quantity in air power. The deciding
factor in an airplane war is the number
Of skillful flyers and the kind of power
full armament. The United States for
some reason or other has always found
it difficult to produce first class pro
fessional seafarers. Though we have
some fine fighting ships, very well
manned, the general idea is that the
U. S. Navy is short of discipline and
has never been able to run a shipping
line up to the best European standard.
But seafaring and airfaring are differ
ent things and America has taught
Europeans most of what they know
about how to build airplanes for civil
transportation and how to run airlines,
use retractable landing gears, flaps and
a great deal about metal construction.
Now the I. S. seem to be awakening
to the need for an air force equal in
quantity and quality to all other ma
tiOns. This desire for more planes and
pilots may be due to the belief that the
U. S. fears bombing from Europe
Some think this awakening is the result
Of the Russian long range flight from
Moscow to Los Angeles and the legend
about the Russian immigrants desire to
turn this country communistic and if
such is not done the L. S. NAV be
bombed from Russia. Others believe
it to be a result of the non stop flight
| by the Royal Air Forces with specia
built machine to Australia and that suci
fear is back of the idea that if the Z. S
refuses to accept all the refugees that
sooner or later Britain may pass on t.
her or anyone else, she may be bombed
from some hired air base in New York
Boston or Washington by way of per
suaslve argument or perhaps the Jap
anese round and round non stop World
Record flight which has beat oul
straightway long distance may have
given the U. S. the idea that the Japan
csc may bomb San Francisco from
Tokyo if this government refuses t.
allow immigration to California. Blu
| have my own idea on the desire fo1
such increase in air power and for wha
it may be used for.