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Charles Lindbergh — Part 5
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oe wellomen who clung to at for the
“ac reason of weakening a proud
«= democratic America and thus strength
ening our Fascist enermies. We know
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That is why @ represe:
inbuticy to
e war effurt and wher. you have
ined the respect of those whe work
Te.
J tn yow in the interests ef an Ame:
@ toh lean victory
2? To our Fepresentative who a ced
73 yeu for a statemens, you said: “Net
Lindbergh,
A boa Americans sai
“Jaank God, at iva’ we are unified’”
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trine of doud: and They kindic
fires of mutua! dis rdhate Trey
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the Brush are using us to win ae
later issue
see their ni
vee the seo pe of t
wor they canned
i poke nefore ou
nefarious c.
we ap;
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oersonaliy the crew
vA\ von Amey ur: ty oe % 7] weg
Yy Juggernaut in Ger
10 the at¥#i...on of .
Py You @tuned i: S ¢varndy and
$i and reposted on wui own
Sy * weak force anu cilities, When
ry Ge TF power tose tu stuike Comn
aNSEe Eufppean country after another,
er saw ‘predi¢tions of your own begin
» come truc.
Time hee passed This country has
been at war for ms than sin months
-t us review oti.cr prophecies you
ithe prophcc.cs you begun to
Kear the summe: of) 1940 Let's re-
> Vet inthe ew oi todayy de-
a
force of
Ne
fensive position in 1 « world. No, fore pened to prove that our democracy
eign Power can inv
Yet today we krc:
bor hes neen attack, Wake occupied,
the Pi.lppines taxe:. and a possible
foothci obtained in the Aleutians.
Guam ts gone. Mid has been ham-
mered. The Pacific, xorth and south,
has shrunk in less than half a year.
Jap sutmazines have shelled the coasts
nia, Oregon, and the neign-~
Vancouver lsiand. German U~
boats have sunk Anerican ships in
tlt very sight of Americans standing
on our Atlantic shores. The war that
once looked remote to many has come
very close to home. and the closer it
approaches, the greater becomes the
necd for complete un.ty in this coun-
se us today
that Pearl Har-
ny. :
Tn another of you: r speeches you said
that . it is physically impossible
ta base enough aire.’ 1 the British
Isles wlone to equal in strength the
aircrait that can be based on the con-
tinent of Ecrope.” 2 ad you said that
no matter how mar: plancs were built
ang the British Isles
ccula not be made stronger than Ger-
Many «a miltary aviation
was only months after vo
that Cologne was virtvel
the na by ar attacking
36 Briush planes.
You told your millions of listeners
that the ahernative to a negotiated
evace in Europe wos “either a Hitler
victory or a prostrat Europe and pos
& prostrite A: aos Ww
thase words? Do you
r fighting a
said the
wiped off
Are we figating a {ow
at as noi the
Hons of Ami
prember these words—yo
we ean be forced into a foreign war
..» then the ides of repres
ment and democracy wilt
proved sucr a failure at home that
the vill be little use fighting
4s
i
. get things done—es you, in De-
-roit, well know.
Before Pearl Harbor yourapesttion
‘was that we were being jockeyed into
& world conflict warmongers and
that it was to aasume we
were vulnerable to attack.
After Pear) Harbor you Eyed amocg
other words: “Now it {ear
and we must meet it as
scans, regardless of our
Peon called for unity, Mr.
but you did not sa:
would have ithe ghee create
nent unity—no matter what
tunes of war—among the m‘nority of
your own making.
You did not say you had changed
your mind on many issues, that yeu
are publicly and wholeheartedly
hind our government and the Presi-
dent in the Fruggle to win this war!
THERE are those who insist that yor:
have reaffirmed aii that you had sa.
before the war. These wolves of trea-
gon tuday are using your og werds
tw seduce Americans to give
and strength to enemies whet.
we are locked in mortal combat. They
do not hesitate to bi
whatever disunity they can manage.
You must expose their lies, not er -
courage them by your silence. Th
Coughlins and the Gerald Smiths musi
be robbed of this weapon.
The words are quite simple. Spean
ther now, today, so no voices of evil
cor hive any furtler power to hart:
«© You underestimated, before. th
ss imentiors of our enemies.
+ Gc not unde restirate them nov
your hands 1s a buiiet as yet ur
fired at these enemies. In your hand:
% cord that can bind the pecgle of th:
country together more closely, pe. -
haps, than ever in their history. Your:
is @ great privilcge and a grave rc-
sponsibility.
We beg of you—speak, and speak
now!
We are. sincerely,
Your fellow Americans,
Tut Eorrors or Liserr
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