Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-24
GOVERNMENT WINS
L|NDBERGH SERVICE
FOR AIR COMMERCE
Hero Puts His Future in
Hands of Hoover'S
Department.
WOMEN CROWD FLYER
WHEREVER He PROCEEDS
Airman Calls on Kellogg and Ac-
cepts Invitation to Visit
Canada Next Month.

Col. Charles a. Lindbergh prepared
to leave Washington this afternoon
with his future largely in the hands
of the Commerce Department. While
the famous flyer will hold no official
prepared to give his time and services
to the Government plans for COM
mercial aviation.
"Lindbergh wants to give all his
time to the advancement of COM
mcrcial aviation Assistant Secretary
William 2. MacCracken of Commerce
said this afternoon after he had been
closeted with the aviator, his three ST.
Louis hackers, Robinson, Bixby and
Knight, and Maj. Thomas G. Lam
phier all morning, at the Carlton
Hotel.
Willing to Assist.
While Lindbergh has made no agree
ment to give all his time to the Com.
merce Department, he has signified
his willingness to assist in every pos
sibIe way in the departments plans,
Mr.. MacCraCken explained. The fly
er's acceptance or refusal of any posi-
tion with a commercial corporation
would not interfere wit any plans
the department has for him, he said.
The conference this morning was
the elimination of Il series of meetings
the aviator has had with the Govern
ment's aviation heads. Assistant Sec
retareis +. Trubee Dawson of War
and Edward p Warner of the Navy
who were present at the conferences
yesterday. were absent from this
mornings meeting. 1t was felt that
whatever Lindbergh does for the Gov
ernment he should do through the
Commerce Department, since it is com
mercial aviation that he is chiefly in
terested in at present.
Prepares to Leave.
Just what the Government will
want Lindbergh to do has not been
decided upon. There are many phases
of commercial aviation that would
benefit by his experience and it was
chiefly to learn whether he would be
willing to help the Government that
Mr.. McCracken asked him to come
to Washington. The Assistant Secre-
tary said the commercial offers Lind
bergh has received had not been dis
cussed at any great length since they
would not materially affect his useful
ness to the Government.
Lindbergh prepared to leave Secre-
tary Hoover's house early this after
noon for Boiling Field to hop off for
New York in the CurtiSs P-1 pursuit
plane he used in flying from Dayton
here yesterday. Just before he left
the field yesterday Lindbergh asked
that the gas line be looked over, as it
was not functioning well on the last
part of his trip. and so here is posi-
biIity that he may have to use another
plane.
Calls on Kellogg.
Before the meeting at the Carlton,
Lindbergh called at the State Depart
ment to pay his respects to Secretary
Kellogg, and through the secretary ac-
cepted an invitation which had been
extended to him to visit Ottawa,
Canada, next month.
Col. Lindbergh went from the Carl
ton to the Post Office Department,
where he talked for about half an
hour with Postmaster General New
and Assistant Postmaster General
Glover, who is in charge of air mail.
In the building he was again the tar
get for hundreds of curious eyes, and
a crowd lined his path from the steps
of the building to his car. This was
the first time Lindbergh had had an
opportunity to converse at any length
with the Postmaster General since his
flight.
From the Post Office Department
the party returned to the house of
Secretary Hoover for luncheon.
Slave of Fame.
Lindbergh is the slave of his fame.
Everywhere he goes he has to fight
his way through a mob Of admirers
and he never has a moment of pri-
vacy except when he is closeted in a
room with the doors guarded. But
through it all he remains serene and
good natured He takes it as a phi
lOsopher. Most of his persistent ad-
mirers are women and they push by
everybody to his side.
They not only want to see him, but
to touch him.
Lindbergh left Secretary Hoover's
house, where he spent the night,
shortly after o'clock this morning.
He was accompanied by Maj. Ian
uhier, his st. Louis hackers and AS
sistant Secretary MacCracken, who
guarded him like a hen with a pet
chicken. They went straight to the
State Department.
Lindbergh passed through the streets
almost unrecognized and reached Sec
retary Kellogg office without being
disturbed, but word soon got about
that he was there and there was q
stampede from all over the building
in the direction of the room where he
was. Several hundred women packed
the corridors, pushed against doors