The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-12
Research Will Aid Security
 Country Slipping
 Info Dangerous
 State Fays Lemay
By REUEL s. MOORE

United Press Stan COrrespOndent)
 Washington, March 12 = (UP) Ill The man who devised the Flying Fortress tactics against Germany, and instituted the disastrous Super fortress incendiary raids on Jap- anese industry, warned the nation today 1t must 30 to new lengths in research to assure future security. He is Maj. Gen. Curtis E. L,emay, recently named deputy chief of air staff for research and development. He sees almost boundless opportun- ities for technical development. T expect to live to see the day when a rocket vehicle can be sent to the moon and back" he told the United Press.
 The Signal Corps, in contracting the moon by radar, demonstrated how such vehicle could be con- trolled electronically, he explained. The limiting factor is the require ment for concentrating sufficient fuel to carry the missile that far, or to accelerate it up to seven miles per second, required to escape the earth's gravity. Lemay said the re- quired power might be achieved by combustion, if not, by atomic power. ' "A rocket capable of reaching the moon could deliver a tremendous blow anywhere in the world at speeds which would defy detection or interception," he. said.
 Lemay said the air forces already has complete program for de- veloping guided missiles, including aircraft missiles, which event. ually will make all current aircraft obsolete. But these anti-aircraft missiles will be inpotent against at- tacks at supersonic speeds. We cannot develop airtight aerial defenSeS," he said. Radio can be damned, but 1t will be impossible to detect and jam all the frequencieS or secret combinations of frequen- cies which the enemy may employ in attacking Us with radio controlled missiles.
 Our strongest defense in the air will be strong offense, because the advantage Is increasingly with the attacker as the speed of attack increases"
 Heedless Nation
 Lemay feels the country has been needless of the lessons of two wars and is fast slipping into a dangerous state of unpreparedness We could- mt even fight our way out of a paper bag today" he said.
 ri,po1,a,Ia 1,,yAnSi ol, waIa aal telligence the country can achieve superior technology, which Lemay sees as the one means of counter acting material unpreparedness This will require research on an un- precedented scale.
 The country has the scientific brains," he said. we need money to put these brains to work.
 Before the war civilian airplane builders undertook to build new planes to our specifications. They were willing to gamble the cost of a plan, $2OO00 to $50,00O, against the chance of getting a contract. Nov 1t costs perhaps $15y y00O, 900 to build new plane. We cannot ex- pect industry to make such outlays in development. We must give in- dustry the tools for research.
 we need 8 modern development center with new high-speed, super sonic and hyper-sonic wind tunnels developing speeds up to 1000 miles an hour-for scale models Sman Supersonic wind tunnels now at Wright field, Aberdeen, and pos seSsed by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, are in- adequate. Tremendous power is re- quired to drive such tunnels"
 While the country has rapidly de- mobilized, aviation research has gone ahead, Lemay assured. All the funds were available that could be spent during the current fiscal year.
 we have good program for next year" Lemay continued. If we get the appropriations they will be wisely used and we will keep ahead.
 But We must never relax. Genius doesn't get inspiration from the air It takes laborious research. The more you put into it-brains, man. power and money-the more you get nilt 0f if