Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-22

Little sympathy is found in ths
American press for Arthur Schneider
the youth who was q stowaway on the
Yellow Bird In which French aviators
crossed the Atlantic from the United
States. Most OF the comment deals
with the endangering OF the flyers
lives through the folly of the boy.
1T meant nothing to him that three
men had spent months in planning their
fight, studying every detail and cut.
in order to achieve q record" re-
marks the Philadelphia Record. 1T
meant nothing to him that thousands
of dollars had been spent on the plane
and in preparation. It meant nothing
to him that the lives of three brave
men were at stake. He was prepared
to sacrifice all this in order to achieve
a moment Of notoriety."
The Kalamazoo Gazette suggests that
what must surprise the average lay
man Is the seeming ease with which
the thing can be DONE" for even the
largest airplanes in existence are moi
too spacious to permit OF quick and
easy inspection" 81
THE frowns and cold shoulders which
are the portion, OF the youth should
thoughtless persons who may be cher
ishing fond ambitions to emulate his
feat" advises the Worcester Evening
Gazette, while the Pittsburgh Post
Gazette points out that "the perform
ance in this case shows q spirit ex-
actly the opposite to that Of Lind
bergh"; that the Young Eagle, instead
of entering upon the great adventure
without thought, made the most care
full calculations; instead Of risking the
lives of others, he went alone; instead
of leaving under cover, he was IN
charge. The performance OF this stow
away" concludes the Pittsburgh paper
lis an example to boys Of how NOT
TO attempt 70 impress the world"
Even to a sensat ion-mad people >
declares the Charleston Evening Post
there is O vanishing point In the value
OF publicity and IL seems TO have beer
reached by this unsportsmanlike ane
utterly stupid act. He is sac
spectacle OF false ideas, for which he il
not, perhaps, wholly responsible. Such
of senseless doings that 1t was not alto
gether unnatural this young fellow
should think he might reap harves,
from a piece Of folly. He miscalcu.
lated" The Salina Journal adds thai
there Is no heroism In endangerins
lives and defeating attempts merely fol
| the tin-hero worship that greets spec.
tacular efforts directed along other thar
meritorious channels"
The French treat him with remark.
able courtesy and speak OF him with Q
twinkle in the eyes. A man from ths
skies again plays the part OF envoy
But how that part has changed" ex.
| claims the st. Paul Pioneer Press. The
Savannah Morning News states: H,
Is the opposite OF Lindbergh. II he re.
ceived boyish hero worship and acclaim
then it viii be time TO wonder wltat
hero worship and acclaim are worth.
The New Orleans Item describes the In.
cident: He becomes n hero by climb.
ing on an aifplane at one place anC
climbing OF again at another. An an
from the vast swarm Of humanity be.
comes an eagle byscrawling upon mill
| wagon and crawling of again when Il
stops. Only the foolish emotions oi
human animals can work miracles ~
silly as that -
| s"Itsbeconaes apparent that something
drastic will have to be done to discour.
/ age the young men who attempt thi.
sort OF thing In the opinion Of the. In
dianapOlis News, which adds In thu
OiO 0hyS MANY yOuIAAS StoWcd AWAY VI
ships. When they were discovered the,
were forced to work their passage ane
| frequently they were turned over Il
port authorities upon their arrival" Or
this point the New Orleans Times Plea.
yune says I'VE. dare say there, are a
| yet no statutes on our books, eithel
| Federal or State, covering the offense O
slowing away on an airplane, but ther,
should be. We cannot con
ceive of o Lindbergh starting on even
J O minor flight without knowing to al
ounce the load and the distribution o
the load upon his plans" says tia