Evening star., 1943-05-16
By WALTER McCALLUM.

~NeAA
ORLANDO, Fla, May 15.-In g
'hush-hush" room. the highly secret
center of the vast organization that
is the Army Air Forces School OF
Applied Tactics here. a group OF
newsmen today heard Brig Gen
Hume Peabody, AAFSAT command
er describe the ultimate degree of
coordination between the air and
ground forces of the Army and the
Navy soon to be achieved as the
result of reorganization of the over
all air command. Georgetown Uni
versity in Washington will play a
leading role in this reorganization.
The joint Army Navy Staff College
will be centered there.
The neWsmen, surrounded by a
group Of high Army Air Forces Off
GERS. heard the latest battle front
information given in the daily re-
view here direct from the fronts
of the world, while sitting in on a
military conference which probably
has not been heard before by civil
ianS. The air room here at AAFSAT
is counterpart of the air room at
the Pentagon Building, where SINH
lar explanations are heard daily.
Explain Developments.
Gen. Peabody and Brig. Gen.
Gordon P. Saville, director of tao
tical development, explained many
OF the Developments of this war.
Gen. Saville said it is the hope that
no enemy survivors have remained
from certain operations to tell of
the technique used by American
aViators.
1T is our fear he said. that
our enemies may use our own tech
nlque against US"
Gen. Peabody, we'll known in
Washington as a veteran Air Force
man, was one of the capable and
cooperative officers who made the
newspapermenS visit possible-a
visit in which the wraps were
taken from everything. He and
other officers have dreamed for
years. he said, of a complete school
OF Applied Air Force Tactics, hoping
1t might come true. The war made
the dream come true. If ever I
saw happy man, Gen. Peabody is
that man.
He hopes that from the lessons
OF this war the American people
will draw the conclusion that we
must not permit the military forces
to decline into less than a powerful
defense force. We have done it
after every war;, he said This
one caught us with our pants down
as usual. We are now learning the
hard way at the cost of many bill
lions of dollars and thousands of
lives.
We are always going to have
wars as long as human beings pos
sess the lust for power and avarice.
We must be prepared so that in
the future, when another crazy
paperhanger starts crowding the
plate, we will have few curves to
toss at him and prevent an over
time game. Preparation is purely
insurance"
Calls Teamwork Important.
Speaking personally, Gen. Pea
body said now is not the time to
advocate separate United States
Air Force. 1--WE have to fight a
war" he said. adding that when cir
cumstances permit after the war he
hopes change might be made in
the operational setup. This war
will be won as team. by ground
air and naval forces" he said. Il
feel, personally that air power will
be the dominating factor. and will
deliver the knockout blow"
Gen. Peabody explained that un-
der the new co-ordinated setup OF
all elements under the new Army
Navy Staff College there will be a
constant interchange between staff
schools of qualified officers above
junior grade. Navy officers will at
tend the Command and General
Staff School at Fort Leavenworth
Kans., for a month. and then will