Evening star., 1946-08-02

iCoioChI IL uilidll, speaking last
night at the Hotel Statler at a
banquet marking the 39th anniver-
Isary Of the Army Air Forces, urged
an international police force to keep
the peace and advocated that re-
search go forward to keep the AAF
and other arms of national de-
fense in the forefront of develop
ment.
He declared that America wants
only "a just peace for ALL
The 900 guests. mostly AAF senior
officers, expressed delight over the
Presidents reference to the Navy
as the water transportation force. "
Mr.. Truman apparently referring
to his program for unification of the
armed forces. indicated the Army.
Navy and Air Force should be CO.
equal
1T has always been my theory that
YOU can never have peace unless
you have police force to enforce
that peace" declared Mr.. Truman.
adding that court that sought to
enforce its DEGREES without mar
shal would get nowhere. The
United Nations, he said, must have
its police force.
Spaatz Introduces President.
At the outset, Gen. Carl Spaatz,
commanding general of the Army
Air Forces, proposed a toast to the
President and then introduced Mr..
Truman. The President was the
only speaker.
Mr.. Truman recalled it is almost
year since VI day and said that
a great many things have happened
since. He told the AAF they did
"a remarkable job" in both Europe
and the Pacific, as did all the rest
OF the services. ?.
There is glory. enough for all"
3H~ the President, pointing ont
latthe war wasswon by the com
U efforts Of sthe home front.
vhe ground forces,sth air forces and
the Navy.
Il want the United States to
assume its place as the leader of
peace, as it was in war" said the
President.
exsI want to see the same. spirit
K YOU to win the peace as YOU
Nd to win the Eattles. l want Ito
] see. this productive machine of ours
sthls military machine of ours a
force for peace as 1t was to win
the war. We shall not achieve that
Tor which your comrades died un-
less we have just peace"
Not After Territory.
The President then directed at.
tentlon to Secretary of State
Byrnes' presence at the Paris Peace
Conference and said that the cabi.
net officer was there ito get a just
peace" Mr.. Truman pointed out w,
have no ak to grind-We are not
after territory, power and we ara
not asking for reparations."
Mr.. Truman said a just peace Is
necessary so you will not have tc
repeat what you went through in the
late unpleasantness."
At the head table with the Presi-
dent were Gen. Spaatz, 1t. Gen
James H. Doolittle, president of the
Air Forces Association; Gen. Thomas
t. Handy, deputy chief of staff:
Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King. Sec
retary Of the Treasury Snyder. Sec
retary of War Patterson. Secretary
OF Agriculture Anderson and Secre-
tary OF the Interior King; Chairman
1homas OF the Senate Military Com
mlttee, Gen. Alexander A. Vande-
grift, commandant of the Marine
Corps: w. A. M. Burden, Assistant
Secretary of Commerce for Air: Gen,
George c. Kenny, commander of the
strategic Air Command. Boiling
Field, and Maj. Gen. C. C. j. Foerslev
senior Danish military and air at
tache, representing all foreign mill
tary and air attaches here.
Entertainment was furnished by
the AAF Band.
5000 See Exhibit.
The main observance of "Air
Forces Day. was held earlier yester-
day at Boiling Field, where more
than eight thousand persons inspect
ed aircraft and watched flying, air
rescue and fire-f fighting demonstra-
tions.
A unit of the famed 82d Airborne
Division carried out air-ground
forces operations near one of the
troop-carrying CATS. Visitors were
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