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‘ a z rn | “ao sale de vies nal, Saas aed oe BO 1 ee ee ere ae wie ce ant ate ee ‘eaare — ey ree tes Serena oe vered in ‘OkLahana city, Oklahoma on August 29, ste. iat ada to ploodshea and prostration in Europe, and bring confusion to our own ends, you % will find I have in no way misled Yous. er fe ee _@ continent she is unable to invade. ‘The American interventionists are. , an vocupation of Africa, and to add to the general hysteria of the wars The ye _ transportation; that, some day, this country would be spanned in a single - 7 Oe _ ate Ae, ~ : een Following 4s the speech of CHARIZS A. LINDBERG as. deli= a “As you all know, I ‘stand with the men ands women. ‘in Mnerioa we who” ‘oppose: our entering this war in Europe. There are many reasons why f° <6": believe we should not enter the war. I have discussed these reasons freely.” ee eo: and openly in artioles and radio addresses during the last two years. Yo 2's ne have said that I did not believe it was within our power to control the wars or to solve the problems that have existed in Europe since European history <-.. began. I have said that we were hot prepared to wage war abroad successful~ *:-";,: ly at this time, and that we would not be Prepared to do ao for months AES : not for ‘years to come age : ; oR vy have’ t said that oar r participation in this. war would pinply’, ioe vit country. I have said that the United States is strong enough and to Protect itself, and that we in America do not have ad 0 -Aepend upon any foreign country for our security and welfare. an “5 able enough *~. set ity ak, “ae - = ae toes ” Go these statements: and beliefs, I r hold as : firmly today 8 as 7 I have at any tims in the past. Developments since the war started have |- already partially proved them correct; and I think that oy the tine the war we Ln - But tonight, I an “going to lay aside ‘the broader ‘Lasues of. ° the war, and talk to you about air power, its capabilities, ite Limitations, =>. and its consequences. I have selected air powér as my subject for two reasons; ~ First, because of its great military importance; and second, because aviation of: _ has become a symbol of this modern, scientific and mechanized era in which °° we live. Germany has used aviation to change the entire technique of warfare. = . both on land and on the sea. ‘England is using aviation to strike back at.” op usin aviation to justify the ocoupation of Iceland, to prepare the way for ~ capitelists are using aviation to make money, and the Saxpeyer 4 is ioetare te svietion a mors and more expensive item on his bills ee I ‘spent many years of my life surveying « and “vayiag ¢ out ‘air. routes ‘in North and South America, and across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. ‘ . One of the greatest problems I encountered in those years lay in the dif- ~~~” - fiewlty of persuading people that aviation was actually a practical from of: night by passenger oarrying asir-liners -- and that, eventually, oven the wo ooeans thenselves would be flow on regular schedule. 7 o£ eae 7 a That was only @ little over 10 years azo. Now q fina a nyeeil | in the novel position of arguing that aviation has certain limitetions as rege a have all of the other inventions of man. Ten years ago, I was trying to ; aye * _ Gonvinoe the goverment and the > people © of this country that t transooesnts ; eh m 1 "on — a en