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Charles Lindbergh — Part 7

77 pages · May 09, 2026 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Charles Lindbergh · 77 pages OCR'd
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1 & \ . & Here is how America saw Charles A, Lindbergh in he days after he made aviation history with his spec- cular flight alone seroes the Atiaatic. ete Nene EE 7 “ISIMPLY A CITIZEN \ DOING MY DUTY’ le 4 ~_—S = a4 . oan .7 nl _— ae oper « Stand Motivated “by What 1 “Believe zs. ds Right for Hy Country’. il + By LARRY KELLY , - 7 + Continead from Firat Page # yo . 4 > = os LS “then make no more radio addresses or publie appearances. a “Thc “Mut mo one can predict the progress of the world, and] *- :‘egngs appeared which no one bad foreseen, The importance of; &- ; “Mguerioa’s sttustion todey—her path, ber future, and thal. Doe - _— -Spought that I might be of some aid in doing what I believe is] + eo ~"/Sigit for"our country led me to agree to this talk.” . b ‘“E": Reams have been written on Lindbergh's stand. His) <- 08 es have been printed and reprinted, But those were er ive things, Now we learn for the first time what it all foeerh te Charles A. Lindbergh the man—the human being. : : “Phese are uot normal timer. We are in the midst of the eatest crisis this country has faced since the Civil War. In “gab A case we give up our normal desires, do what we conceive A er duty to our country, no matter what the personal cost A little more than a decade later, his countryman saw him thus on the rostrum as ene of the mest cleqursd epokesmen for those Americans she hold that is vet 5 viet flweys hesitant in the face of pertonal publicity, although ffability itself as a personal host, he spoke slowly at first “Sought to Express Ideas ~. Leben, an he warmed to his subject, words began to flow some although, from time to time, he leaned hus head ‘geward in bis hands, ae he sought for tha words exactly to xpress the ideas he wished to contey. . gf Fa, 4 knew what I was getting into, I knew that 7 E every day such conflicting reports, storie, srpsments | sdvices. What is he going to do to make up hs mindl a Said Lindbergh: ™ “] guess many of we are confused by the sitvsuce 7 thisd the American prople have drawu preity iste—igent cope yhets on the basis of information they hare bere gitwa, Bet ofp this has not been correct information. a ¥ ‘Maturally, I feel it w the duty of 03 af an te weigh Ging carefully and arrive ot Benet theagita My perp ore ' -———g Jgive whet J betarrs to be booed premio ‘or tee Googe” i \Differs from Self Decade Age = t Bee petohed ovts on tm perneelly he LeRoi les af otates grees is lar GS heest pera Sew Ge ef o terede age . eo Maybe the tpeff wm be haw, whieh bee green pet gray about the temple, At any rete, ibe 131) Leptiered more tolerant, more undemtanding by far than FOURE man of some sears back. ad ™ rte © can read with real interest ‘i ‘ adh denouncing him, then aay, at he did in wy preakes “se rena Woll, this fellow didn't check his information wary met eh et on oe whole, he haea’t done much @ Bettis? Tob don el prety rag os ef _ Frankly, I can’t see the Lindbergh of 1 belag) Se meee se impartis! and objective as that ff 2977 end ee Sing w wid be accused of many shings.“and that my personal His are bi “SL rugged into tt open agin” Follows Footsteps of Father Lindbergh hesitated @ moment, then said: . _. . ||” Actually, in his present atruggte agsinst war for Ameri “The answer to that question depends upon your values in| “im2berh is following the footsteps of his father, the late . To me, the most important element in ‘nia year yeues 'D'Charles A. Lindbergh, Sr, who served ten in . are walfare of my country, 1» family jitation is the) and retired in 1917 + wer years in Congress] + #9 orcitisens. hte, nie iiimmened a The elder Lindbergh remained in the public eys at that tivade on exe th ‘ @ to Oppose our participation in th pean i P y little difference, after ue names one u called make/ pleaded that the World War was not are and oral He alk ee ee ieee i. “The problem now isn'l one of what "we t Burope—tt is a problem of what we are che ee, 0 Pein ae sa = + Peditionary force was extremely inadvisable. iropean Events at First Hand |: bites iene stent DEMME ere more wnpopalar| ign “T am simple ee Aacclecc efste,- ton oi . . -Perbapa the thought of the father motivated oh — tm — SMM OE MIS ICEL CHisen, OUt I have fort : . = Soe, we SSS MOovaed the on ve the cnusual Opportunity to see at first hand the things write recently: ee “ aa ta e ‘ ca a ae *h ‘are happened and are bappening in Ecropes. Y thinklars bone tale toda, me yore Ye gt they hee se eee some of those things—|needed. after "we declared war, we were “at . ance to see. ‘: 2 | token division’ urope. But an all, isn t. that aways the American my of @oing | than 3,000,000 weldien tee ad's War debt ths ut what about the ordi “whe Be cy Tg [ret been paid ewe etn PB pa AEB m What : out the ordinary ay man who. Mears ; aad pf reads] And, as Lédheteh aplercer we Be E
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