The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-20
BY VIRGIL PENKLEY

Advanced Allie d Headquarters, April 20-(UP)-Progress of airpow- CT during the war should have taught the United States and Ger many two great lessons, according to Gen. Carl Spaatz, commander of the American air forces in the European and Mediterranean theaters.
 The soft-spoken Spaatz, known to his friends as "Tooey," believes the destruction which airplanes can de- liver, plus the rapid development of other weapons which travel through the air and can wreck entire cities such as the V-IS and V-2S and new types of explosive firebombs, mean America must forever remain strong in the air as well as on sea and land.
 This requires, Spaatz says, con- stant extensive research and exper- imentation.
 It demands unorthodox thinking, planning and approaching all mili- tary matters with an open mind.
 Spaatz feels the Germans must realize that any terror weapons they may devise in the future can also be built in excessive numbers by the countries which Germany might try to conquer.
 He cites the case of the Luftwaffe which delivered only a small trac- tion of the damage and suffering which the United States and RAF carried out and still are inflicting on Germany. He believes the ruins and rubbleheaps will serve as re- mainders to the German people for some years, especially in the great industrial cities, many Of which may be abandoned.
 Spattz, the same as everyone who visited Germany in recent days, was surprised and staggered at the crushing ruination wrought Tn city after city by the missive USAAF and RAT bomber raids.
 Pictures fail to show the total destruction. Dozens of large cities and many smaller towns which serV- ed as the centers of communications or transport or where the Germans concentrated equipment and mater ials can be listed as total wrecks.
 This destruction was so great that Spaatz told the writer he didn't care to view any more such damage. He is proud of the craftsmanship of the air forces which he developed and applied on an all-out basis. But one of Americas top airmen and the man whom many military ofn- cers regard as the greatest Of all strategic aerial strategists feels there shouldn't be any gloating about what was accomplished as a necessary job to defeat Germany and end the war sooner and simul- taneously save the lives of Allied soldiers.
 Many times the writer has heard Spaatz ask his aides "did any bombs fall outside the target areas?" or have civilians been warned repeat edly to stay away from this target?" and when we bombed that target were any churches or famous shrines hit?"
 He consistently emphasized that all forces under his command, run- ming into the hundreds of thou sands of men, try in every way pos- sible to avoid hitting anything but industrial military targets.
 Spaatz, who personally is great family man doting on his wife and three daughters and surrounding himself with animals, dislikes war and killing other human beings. This viewpoint he shares with vir- tually all Anglo-American generals, admirals and air marshals.
 Only last week this writer heard Dwight D. Eisenhower tell friends that war is pretty brutal business. He added that today it's more horrible than ever. especially with the enemy inventing terror weapons and using them without on open cities and against women, children and old people.
 Spattz believes, and there is growing number of important mili- ;ary men who agree, that any future wars will be conducted scientif1cal- y. largely through the air, espe- ,ially in the early stages, and he is confident that any would be world aggressor will start with America 1rst.
 This viewpoint is expressed on he basis that America is the worlds