E Washington, Jan. 20. "The United States is weak compared with other nations in its defence against bombing attacks," Brigadier-General Marshall Deputy Chief-of-Staff, declared yesterday before the Military Committee of the House of Representatives.
"Any future war," he went on to say, "will at least start in the air." He added that nineteen new mobile anti-aircraft regiments were needed to stipply a "reasonable" ground defencé.—Reuter.
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