Evening star., 1942-11-08
Raids Expected
Nazis Could Sneak Over
For Token Attack
By Henry J. Taylor,

NEW YORK.-There are high military
authorities in America who are con-
vinced Nazi bombers will attack our sea-
board. They look for them first over
Washington and New York.
Large sections of the public may not
believe it will happen, but when you take
a count among important air authorities,
you often get the answer. They'll come
over. Any time Make no mistake about
that"
And I found a general feeling that
when the Nazis do come there may be
loud cries of Pearl Harbor." As one
who has seen Nazi planes operate over
Russian cities, over London, in the
Mediterranean, Egypt and the Middle
East, I know this could be very unfair
to the Army, and to the top officers in
volved
There is no way to stop a scattered
raid" specialists in air defense agree.
They made no bones about this when I
talked with them at interceptor fields
from Florida to New England.
1T is impossible to have enough anti
aircraft batteries and interceptor planes
to keep off every Nazi attacker. All
Americas fighting production would have
to be retained at home, where the Nazis
would like to have us keep It, in order
to do this. And, even then, bombs would
fall =,
white House on Fire"
had been with many of these same
authorities during training periods tn
England and In action elsewhere. I have
just been to their interceptor fields here.
Seeing them back in the United States,
assigned to our air defense, I asked them
how we could expect to do what is not
done any place In the world, namely,
develop a shutout against enemy attack,
We can't. And the Nazis, of course.
know this"
1t is any ones guess why the Nazis
would come. They cannot attack IN
force and they cannot maintain sustained
raids. But they could try to set up hue
and cry among us with their bombs, to
pin down here more of our fighting ma
terlals than are really needed. That
would be the chief military importance
OF such mission, providing they could
get our public excited. Their idea would
be to keep us overburdened with air de-
tense, at far more cost to us than to
themselves.
Further, they could please the Japs in
retaliation for our raids on Toxic. And
as far as the German people are con-
cerned, Herr Joseph Goebbels could not
have better dish to serve than head.
lines of Washington Burning, White
House on Fire, New York in Flames"
This would be his description of the first
wisp OF smoke, no matter how small, Az
the bombing increased over Germany
1t would be worth q lot to Hitler ia
print it.
Reichsmarshal Hermann Goerinr
Knows how to get planes here. A SQUAD
ron can mop from Germany to the bar.
rem stretches Of Labrador and come. down
from there without any trouble. Or
miscellaneous planes can be catapulted
~ sea. The Germans experimental with
this In American waters, used the cata-
pult ships Friesland and Schwabenland
regularly OF our shores before the war
began. Their new sea faiding cruisers
carry planes, and Of course they can
sneak out aircraft carriers. @
The answer in Army circles is simple.
OF course they can do 1t. Why not?"
Our Air defense officers are good, their
interceptors are good. their anti-aircraft
Is good. They are fully prepared. and
entirely able to repulse any concerted
attack, make 1t more expensive than it
could possibly be worth for the Nazis
that would give Herr Goebbels his head
lines. And they can't stop any hysteria
that cries Pearl Harbor" If the Nazis hit
the Capitol or the White House, or blast
the Brooklyn Bridge.
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