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Charles Lindbergh — Part 5

61 pages · May 24, 2026 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Charles Lindbergh · 61 pages OCR'd
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oat oor okey if PA y Ye Pa i wah < and, ;! STusetely, used by tri wors.- ( * We kngy that tae Amovica 6 .tst Ps 2 movement included many s° © pas ols, but a includ: 2 ny tra:tors 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 ~ Wri they are accomplhs: ng ever ne 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’” 6 But the fu... essly cor Gu.= trine of doud: and They kindic fires of mutua! dis rdhate Trey nordics Taey Jew, boo ¢ t aan ‘Tsay the 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; Ou Woee une v: 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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