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Charles Lindbergh — Part 2
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° AMERICA COMMITTEE
Charies k_-windbergh
May 29, 1942.
Frening
Philadel;
ttin,
1 Pa.
be told where. it is Led
t Arena Throng Hears him
t
| Philadelphia foes of intervention
jammed the Arena and its adjoin-
iing parking lots Jast night to hear
her featured speakers, U. S. Sen-
stor David I. Walsh (D-Mass) and
Kathleen Norris, novelist.
The crowd gave unmistakably
complete endorsement of the isole-
tionist principles of the America
First. Commiiiee, under whose
auspices the rally was held, and also
Justily booed every reference to
ngland.
It_ was ® crowd preponderantly
iddle aged and with women out-
umbering men two to one. For
‘every man wearing a hat and coat,
there was one bareheaded and-shirt-
sleeved; for every modishly dressed
‘woman there were two whose dress
bespoke modest circumstances, ’
Points of Address :
Wildest of the Semonstrations
‘were those when Lindbergh:
1, Demanded thst “our national
-leaders tell us where they are lead-
Ing us... and what their inten-
tons are bout this war.”
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say President's Suggestion.
_on Hemisphere Defense would’ Cause War? ,
‘that might Last for Gener
2, ‘Termed the philosophy of the
mionists palmer
Pant ae
5. Asse: An rat
Committee, with the support of the
people, “will keep this country out
of war and create a leadership for
or Nation that places America
ist.”
‘The course of the leadership he
advocated, Lindbergh said, is
success and not failure. ue
|Impregnable Defense Seught
“The America First Committ
stands for an impregnable defense,
ja fully informed, | tree and self-re-
Hant ‘nation and @ destiny for
[America that ls independent of these
everlasting wars in Europe,” he de-
clared.
“We believe in the right of free
speech. Every citizen has the right
to state his honest opinion: Speech
and thought are not yet suppressed
in this country. -
“We believe in the right of the
vole, that every citizen should have
the right and the opportunity to vote
(Continues ea ‘Siz, Columa One)
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