New Britain herald., 1927-05-26
THE ELDER LINDBERGH

| THE ELDER LINDBERGH Once upon a time, not many years
 ago, there was a congressman in 1 Washington who was affectionately
 known to his constituents in Mime 1 sota as Charley Lindbergh." His | full name was Charles A. Lindbergh, and one of his little peculiarities
 was that he refused to distribute i free seeds to the voters. as every
 other rural congressman made it a
 point of doing
 One affectionately turns the pages of congressional lore in locating in- formation regarding the father of
 the present young Lindbergh." the
 lad who flew across the Atlantic
 alone. And one cannot help coming
 to the conclusion that the young
 ster Is a chip from an old block of
 hardwood.
 It appears that Congressman ! Lindbergh hated the money pow CT" Having been Progressive with a strong penchant for fighting the ills of the farming element, this came natural. It was he who storm ed against the concentration of wealth in Wall street." and he talk ed about it so frequently that peo- pie simply had to take notice, in- cluding fellow congressmen.
 When the Aldrich central banking plan was before congress. being finally defeated, 1t was Congress man Lindbergh who waged the first lone fight against 1t. Perhaps, had he not stormed so much about the plan it might have gone through, and instead of the Federal Reserve System as We have 1t today there might have been central banking system on the Aldrich plan. Quot ing Lincoln's prophecy that 'the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until wealth is aggregated in few hands and the republic is destroyed" the veteran foe of bank centralzation was heard from con- stantly and continually. To keep him quiet. 1t may be remembered by the CId-timers, an investigation of the money trust" was started.
 The pore of the present Lind bergh was a Swede, not a native born American. Having been brought up on farm he got most of his education by hunting and study ing the Ways of animals. Later, however, he studied law and prac- ticed in Minnesota, finally entering public life. His first election to Congress took place in 1907, and he remained there until his death few years ago.
 The Boston Herald found poli- tician in Boston who knew the elder Lindbergh intimately. This politician declared in an interviews: Lind bergh was one of those single tracked, strong men with ideals and rot too much real breadth of view who, when they get to a place of power, are almost certain to make hit--at least one hit. As honest as the light: slow thinking. some thing very strong and real in his nature. By sheer force of ability he was made a member of the commit tee on banking and currency. When the much-opposed money trust in- vestigation opened. Lindbergh, the man who started 1t, allowed it to take its own course. He was then busy on something else"
 It Is to be noted that his sons first flying exploit came when he carried out the dying wishes of his father to scatter his ashes over the old farm in Minnesota. The youth we all know so much about today at that time was 20 years of age, and he took his fathers ashes aloft in a plane and scattered them over the old homestead. From this he gradu- ated into the air mail service.
 The elder Lindbergh was one of those typical substantial Swedish Americans" who abound in the American northwest. They have sent many notable men to the halls of Congress. strong, honest. peoplc-lov- ing characters, horny handed ex- sons of the farms who may not have been highly educated" but were exceedingly able otherwise. men who as rule were found upon the side of the common veal in the consi- Ceration of all public questions.
 It is easy to note that the son has his fathers indomtable character istics. He took up flying instead of | politics; and whatever 1t is that the | type usually follows, success is theirs.
 BEATING THE TEACHER
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