Evening star., 1945-06-19

terrain in which they operate, par
ticularly in the spring and in the
winter. their own type of equip
ment is probably better. The horse
and the man carrying the stuff on
his back is probably better in those
conditions than is the truck.
@. We didn't hear very much
about Russian air Was that used
to anv great extent?
A. The Russian air is, OF course,
not organized like ours. We have
tremendous formations of heavy
big bombers. The Russian air has
been developed more specifically for
use always right on the front line
Yes, they have some good fighting
We have seen them. We
saw their performance and we know
they are good, and they are good
flyers.
v Weapon Damage.
@. How much damage did the
German v weapons do to our actual
military plans?
A. The only place that the v
weapons hurt our plans was some
damage around Antwerp. I think
If there had been four months diff
ference it would have been very bad
They were just coming into produc-
ton, and, of course, we couldn't
conceal the facts in England. They
tried to rush and they probably
started using them before they were
quite ready. but we captured grea,
stockpiles of those things they were
just getting ready to use.
Q. General, had you expected the
war to end in Europe when it did?
A. No. For once in my life I am
going to defend myself. On October
20, 1943, made a bet that the war
In Europe would terminate in 1914
Well, I have been jeered at little
bit because I missed it four months.
But I just want to ask you this {:
Under the conditions, If you will 60
back to October, 1943, how many
people believed that we were going
to be able to invade Europe success
fully and rush forward like we did?
What I was expressing was a tre-
mendous confidence in our ability to
go across the Channel and whip the
German. thought we could do it
in the next year. Well, I was wrong
by four months.
@. With tens of thousands of your
men going across the country to
the Pacific in the next few months,
have you any tip you would like to
give the home folks about what we
can give them?
Normal Human Beings.
A. The only thing is for goodness
sake don't psychoanalyze them.
They are perfectly normal beings.
They have been through lot and
very naturally they want a pat on
the back. and they want to be told
they are pretty good fellows, and
they are. But want to be treated
just like they were treated when
they went away.
@. We understand, that those
Negro volunteers went into mixed
units last November. Based upon
this experience. how good an organ
ization do you think can be de-
velOped when these men have been
selected, trained, and assigned as a
part of an integrated army?
A. I don't know exactly what you
mean. I formed platoons of them,
and took platoons and gave them
trained noncommissioned officers
and trained officers and they op-
Grated as platoons wherever there
was q division that was short. I
have formed from my experience no
general conclusions that I would
certainly be ready to express now as
type of organization for the
future. Under those conditions they
fought well. They were volunteers,
and they did good work.
@. General, this business of frat
ernization, would you estimate that
that would require years to meet
those conditions?
A. No, I shouldn't think 50. I
should think sooner or later we have
got to find some answer through
education and example In my opin-
ion you can't build peace on hate and
with club. There has got to be
some way. But you must find these
criminals and people that are re-
sponsible, and If there is one thing
that I would oppose with every
bit of energy that / could, that is
letting q single criminal or any one
to whom you could trace any atom
OF guilt escape. He must be pun
ished. It Is our only hope of show
ing these people that crime doesn't
pay.
Press Zone In Berlin.
@. When the council is set up in
Berlin, will American reporters be
allowed in there with free access to
information?
"A. Certainly in the American
zone. and in the rest of it don't
know.
@. That is in Berlin, when you
have an American administrator?
A. Then you will have an Ameri-
can zone In Berlin. All right. Ger
tainly the American reporter Is 60
ing to be welcome at my headquar-
ters II I have q headquarters there
Q. win Germany be more and
more administered as q unit or will
it continue to be administered in
three af-tight compartments as
H.