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Charles Lindbergh — Part 12
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he said, "we need only stop askine fer wer. Ve ene "IShUs te etteck us
and “0 O7E is ine pesition to de se."
"Dandberpha verds bave breupht dern an evelenche ef criticlerse Arein
he has been called pro-perman, snti-srerican snd weny ether things
vhich te certsinly 1s net. Fis critics seem te ferget thet fects
ney ineults s*euld be presented in en sreument. We're net experts en
war er serenautice, vet it seerme te vs thet Lindbergh called upen net
eniy his wide knevlecdee but #slse acund cemien sense vrhen be earerted
that Arerice would not he ceoncuered br cipsntic hanbing plenes WVACCH’P.
by an army end THOUSANDS ef sne11 hembers and pursuit plenes,. Ane en
INVADE" ARVY. “He said, “could net he transperted te this ERU'ISPETRE
unless there were divisiona anf vir anenp evr ovn peoples”™...e0 Civil “s
is what he meant there.
Lindbera edveceated a strene defense. So dees the yvriter. Fe urres us
te "suard Arerican todoy as eur forefathers puarded it in the past. They
ven teis ceuntry frav Furepe with e handful ef KEVOTLUTIOCUERY eelfiers.
We certainivy cen rele it new rith ap pepula ten ef 130 “ILLION peeple.
If ve cannet we sre unwerthyvy te rave it. But the ceurse we heve been
fellowing in rece. t months lesds neither te strenpth ner frierdship
ner peace. It will leave us hater bry the victer end vannuisted slike,
RUGARDUESS ef which wey the tide of battle turns. Our sice will cleim
that we aided its ereries; the ether, thet ve did ret help eneucrs To }
successful in iefern verfere eo notion muet preprre for many veers befere
the fishting sterte...Years are we decifAed te ster aut of foreien wers,
Te besed eur cilifteryvy nelicy on thet decisien. Te rust net wever now
that the crisis is et hand. “here is oo lanrer "I'E fer us to enter the
var successfully.
Nav we ceme heck te the ACT OF "HR the Presicent Lis ahavt te cermmit
WITHOUT the censent ef the Arerican peenle.
The averace firericen citizen and veter firmly helleves that tre SALE
ef U.S.Gevernvent OrnveD sirplenes, cannen, small furs and iriplements
ef ‘YAR te NARRI[G “ATIU S--the Allies--is perfectivy "Jepal.”
According te Internatianeal Taw this Is net se--it is ILTGAT end
is engaged in csrring s dire perelty for tre kmericer pw ople--it
plunges us inte “ar inmedietelvt The Facne convention ef 1907, the
U. S. Neutrality Act of 1918 and the Britier Foreien Enlil ietient é£ct
ef 1°70 state it is "ILTECLL™ fer s natier "OT st ver te "furnish"
AoVv belligerent with "treops, ships, amunitiers ef ver, “ORY er with
ceimedities of Direct er Indirect use in wer" &£ privete individuel can
de it atv his orn risk..vitness the funerunnere of the Seuth érpricen
countries--cernmmonly called in errer--demecracies--8]) rules threugh
and because of revelutions end by dictatorsl...Se we "se’?" these thirga
te as Individuel--=-or de ve?
It is an ACT OF “AR te furnish a werrine nstien with wer esvipcert
helencics te a UMITRAT, nstia m--er 2 nen-bhellicerent retion,. "hie ir ne
actien "SNORT OF WAR"--I7 IS ‘AR!
Pesan a nh fo
TH ae nan yerrtic netton vith @eur omn mititerw ecvimert ar
pane 1 wl Geli Lusi sl MB Pe balk sie VoiGrt Bur Mey Tk Cw be ‘eT ¥ Fea pel OL’ rey
the sace token we cen furnish then vith # bettleship full ef Arerican
beveeeand thet inst ection eshort of wer-- it IS wert
é£nd thet is where this clever Vittle schere fer compulsery treining
fer eur beys cones Ineert thie Tete dite. . oo #
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