The producers news., 1927-06-17

ing to honor this American fl;o
then came Belgium's royaItv et. And
the same. Next the British no 70 do
sponded to the appeal of tbbOpie tbo re,
and their royalties and dukes 'e e nero,
mirals and generals fell in In @l'1 u ad-
could not help liking Lindbarorii Ihey
there was no harm in sbarina' and
limelight with him. the
War MOngers Capitalize FIJI.
This limelight in Eurona 1ie
the American public. Times of fs-eaSed
when they are times of ranid peace,
mutation of wealth, lend tbemsaoGicu- aGcu-
to ventures in organized entbns;alveS
Advertising has come to be on 'riSsia oS y
peculiarly American sciences 7. @e
called into service. Lindberob "
"sold" to an eager public in min; was
of printed words daily. Calvin 't1-OlS ColI
idge annexed his reception, order;Ol eGOl'
him home promptly to receive Ing . Jag
Grafton before the President sboSS, uSS,
leave for the Black Hills Ana 9IOula u
army and navy and the mnD;..e 0 .le
manufacturers saw a golden onn0r o,Vl
tunity for themselves. 'ppOf'
Here was a young hero ub.
father, as congressman and 90 oaS. --OSe
date of the Nonpartisan Ieaoro o''..ll' so-
mers for governor of Minnesoto ioI, Lar,
been the fearless enemy of & ,'yII'g 1taU
Streets war, and had published al
book to prove that Morgan & e. "a
the other big banks of Wall g S+.lu ana
had conspired to bring the T1rito5s TiSes
States into the world war for tbo ',,'su ,''s
pose of further aggrandizing rbo PS.- L:-
bankers and to further enSlavo ~ s
wage workers and farmers Of +5; I;e
country. Why not take this vonns Tris
hero and make military figure ors
of him? Why not make the n,,LI. yg'
forget that he flew to Paris as 3 NV ~!
vate citizen, a civilian, on a nntol, FL,
civilian voyage with which the army
and navy had nothing to do?
HerOize Son Of Disgraced Fatbo.
So Lindbergh became more an5
more emDhatically Captain LindboTnS
and then Colonel Lindbergh. when ~ e.
military clique discovered the iron;o
humor of the situation. He was r' on
dered home on a cruiser. He was
met by an army dirigible, a naVv
blimp airship and some 90 ARM,
planes. He was given a military mn;
form. And a military parade NO,
staged on Pennsylvania Avenue This
made people forget that the elder
Charles Lindbergh, student of bank.
ing and stalwart foe of big bankers
and their militarism, had been sneer.
ed at by the regular Republicans IN
1917, 1918 and 1920. And it suggest.
ed more money for militarism.
Secretary of State Kellogg was
prominent in the welcoming cerp-
monies. Kellogg, as senator from
Minnesota in the war period. was
one of the ugliest-mannered Of tbo
spokesmen Of the steel and banking
and grain buying and railroad clione
that tried to terrorize the state into
mobbing the elder Lindbergh in 1918
Kellogg is credited with calling
Llndbergh German agent at that
time; he did at least furnish much
Of the strategy of that persecution
of Lindbergh and the farmers orga-
nizatiOn. Now he welcomes the son
who In those years was his fathers
close confidant. Minnesota farmers
drove Kellogg from the Senate but
Coolidge made him secretary of State
And political expediency and hone
of using the son to serve the militar-
ist and banker cause has led the
agile Kellogg to the grandstand.
i
Will Use Hero to Advance Flving
Back of the public hysteria ovel
this fine young man is a sense of re
lief that the age of personal adven.
ture IN pioneering is not gone by. A
machine age has not killed the chance
for young man to challenge the ele
ments and win great fame. There /.
also the hunger of a comfortably-fec
people to be thrilled. And gratitude
that this can be done without war.
But the army and navy will MAKE
Lindbergh their text in a fervid ples
Tor bigger appropriations. Not civi
liam flying, but war preparation, il
the picture they ask Americans t
see and aDnlaud