The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-28

The following dispatch is the
 third in series by Lyle c. Will
 son, United Press Washington
 manager, who has made a thou
 sand-mile trip through Germany
 inspecting the results of the U. s.
 strategic bombing program. In
 this dispatch Wilson reports in an
 exclusive interview with Gen. Carl
 A. Spaatz, commander of the
 American Air Forces in Europe,
 Spaatz' views on the future role of
 air power.
 BY LYLE c. WILSON
 Copyright, 1945, By United Press
 St. Germain, Trance, June 28- (UP)-Gen. Carl A. Spaatz, four
 star flier who directed the American air assault on Africa, Italy and
 Germany, said today that it is not
 unreasonable to believe that planes
 would reach speed of 1000 miles an hour in the next 9 years. Spaatz thoughtfully considers such factors in what the war in the fu- ture-if any-could be and says he believes the United States should adopt peace-time compulsory mili- tary training. But like many pro- fessional American military men, Spaatz wants 1t understood that he does not believe compulsory mili- tary training should be mixed up with any other kind of education.
 T would attach a string to com- pulsory military training" Spaatz told the United Press. My string would be that the military training should have nothing whatever to do with the education of our youth other than in strictly military matters.
 All the other education of our young men is and should be the re- sponsibility and the privilege of civ- ilian schools and civilian instruc- tors. On that basis, I believe mili- tary training should be compulsory for all physically fit young men. It should be for a period of one year. But there should be no indoctrin- ation of any kind except in military subjects. wouldn't even teach read ing and writing and I would bar illiterates from the military train ing course"
 Spaatz commands the United States strategic air force in Europe, known for short as USSTAF and sometimes as the Spaatzwaffe. His 533 ,000 men and 5,700 planes licked the Luftwaffe, cooperated with ground troops and reduced selected parts of Germany's industry to fan tastic ruins. It was Spaatz' plan and Spaatz' planes which wrecked Germany's oil industry. When Ger many had no more oil she no longer could fight.
 At 54, Spaatz is a slight, smiling officer who imposes rigid discipline in such a way that his associates enjoy it. He plays the guitar well and the piano badly. He knows and happily sings of key a great number of silly and slightly bawdy songs. He will sit up all night to play poker and for himself he mixes a scotch and water so weak that the fluid is scarcely colored.
 The general hasn't carried matches for more years than he can count. His luck has been al- ways to find wife. daughter or aide standing by ready to light his ,igaret. He picked up the nick name Tooey" at West Point and still answers to it although it doesn't mean anything in particular. He aas three daughters, two grand daughters and wife. His son-in- aw IS red-haired fighter pilot The thing Spaatz wants most to 10 Is to retire for a life of fish ng but that apparently will not
 Spaatz bombers created awesome 'av1c in Germany. After seeing 'ome Of 1t Spaatz said he guessed le wouldn't look at it any more. t is shocking thing to see but would look considerably worse against an American landscape han against the background of Eu- ope.
 The United States is not Vet 1thln reach of an air attack on a lty demolition scale" Spaatz told he United Press in discussing the uins of German cities. But 10 or D years from now the Atlantic cean will be what the Great Lakes ere in 1917-an expanse to be cov- red in matter of hours. Certainly he flight of bombers from Europe the United States in a few years i'll not be longer than the flights e have been making to Berlin and ack. Tn the last wahr the fastest lane could make 130-140 miles an our. (Spaatz then was a fighter Hot and flew Spad1 at the be- inning of this war our fastest ships