The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1927-12-15
CONGRESS VOTES
MEDAL TO COL.
CHAS. LINDBERCH

With speed comparable to that
made by the Spirit of st. Louis"
across the lonely Atlantic, the house
Saturday voted the congressional
medal of honor to Colonel Charles A.
Lindbergh, after he had been the CEN
ter of an enthusiastic reception of the
house floor
The vote of the house was unani-
nous to consider a bill to confer the
medal, the highest award of the ma
ton for it's heroes.
This action came Just few min
utes after Lindbergh had been ac-
corded the privilege Of the floor The
youthful flyer had been escorted to the
chamber by Representative Tilson
and Garrett, the republican and demo-
cratic leaders, and introduced to the
house by the speaker as Americas
most attractive citizen"
A moments pause followed the an
nouncement and Lindbergh, the man
who braved alone the flight from
| New York to Paris, stood blushing
; like school boy in the vast chamber
which years ago he frequently visited
when his father was a representative
from Minnesota.
Tilson then called to his colleagues
| to form line and all of the more
than 200 members, on the floor res
ponded at once. Lindbergh, more cool
and collected, grasped the hand Of
each as they filed by.
After the members, the boyish
house pages scampered into line and
with unrestrained enthusiasm nudged
and pushed each other until the last
had passed by At the rear were of
ficers and employees Of the house.
Among them was Joseph ]. Sinnot,
democratic employee, who in the days
of the Wilson administration had been
the doorkeeper of the house.
Joe took the aviator's hand and
said:
young fellow, you haven't for
gotten the day you used to hang
dlouilu my uSSh
"Sure, | recall you very WE'LL"
II thought that maybe you'd for
gotten me-"
"Of course not" smiled Lindbergh
in reply.
While this was going on there was
silence in the galleries to which doz-
ems of persons had hurried as soon as
the word spread about the capitol
that Lindbergh would appear in the
house shortly after he concluded testi-
mony before the appropriations COM
mittee on civil aviation needs.
For many of the young secretaries
and clerks it was the first chance to
see Lindbergh and they made the most
of it.
The bill to confer the medal was
presented by Chairman Smell of the
rules committee, who offered the
measure introduced the day congress
convened by Representative Cochran,
of st. Louis, Lindbrgh's home town.
A similar proposal by Senator Halves,
Missouri, has been introduced in the
senate.
"There is only one more honor that
this house can do that lovable young
man who has just been our guest"
Smell declared, "and that is at this
time to pass the bill comforting upon
him the congressional medal of
honor"
The medal approved by the house
for Lindbergh is similar to the one
conferred by the last congress upon
Commander Richard E. Byrd for his
flight across the North Pole.
In Lindberghs case it was awarded,
the bill said, for the flight from New
| York to Paris, by which "he not only
| achieved the greatest individual tri-
umph of any American citizen, but
! demonstrated that travel across the
ocean by aircraft was possible.
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