The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-23

minutes between the two coun- tries"
 The guests laughed when Guy Innes, vice. chairman, rising to pro- pose a toast to R. E. Loveless, to- days chairman. incidentally pro- posed one to George Palmer Put nam, Miss Earhart's husband, who "reprcscnts the highest type of 100 per cent American husbandhood.' Miss Earhart joined heartily in drinking tho toast. She took red carnations from her bouquet and gracefully presented one each to Mellon, Simon and Blumenfeid. Miss Earhart said in subse- uuent press interview at the am- bassa dor's home that she expected to return to Now York by steamer about June 10. She had planned to 20 to Rome Wednesday or Thurs day, she said, but hoped to stay In London for a Royal Aero club din- ner on Thursday, leaving for Rome on Friday and remaining there Saturday, returning to London be- fore sailing. An airplane is being sent from Rome to take here there.
 "I have no further plans to- day" she said. "I expect to have q quiet afternoon and a quiet even- Ing at Mir Melons home, where there will be no guests"
 Mellon will give a luncheon Tn her honor tomorrow. Asked what she wanted to do most in London, Miss Earhart said:
 "I, want to see the sights, but l don't even know what one Is sup posed to see. l also want to get hold of some women aviators here, and go into corner and talk shop"
 Tho counsellor of the embassy, David Findley, said a tea would be given at the embassy for that pur- pose.
 Asked how q woman feels hun dreds of miles out over the ocean alone, Miss Earhart replied:
 How would man feel? Don't draw distinctions between men and women. Don't think oc me as q woman; think of me as n pilot. It doesn't matter whether l am Miss Amelia Earhart or MT Amelia Earhart. l said at luncheon that my feat added nothing to aviation, but 1t may have added to n sense of trust in women and granting tnefH TespoHnipiiity III SucH hi"t- .ters."
 Tribute of Mellon
 London. May 23 - GU. P.) - Tribute to the courage of Amelia 1 Earhart Putnam, who thrilled the whole world" was paid by Andrew | w. Mellon, United States ambassa- dor, at luncheon of the institute of Journalists.
 The luncheon was jointly in hon. or of Mellon and Aime Joseph De Fleuriau. French ambassador. The first woman toNiy the Atlantic was | seated between Mellon and Sir John Simon, the British foreign secretary. She wore a newly-pur- chased outfit of long dark blue coat with black shoes and stock- ings. She was hatlcss and carried a large bunch of roses and chrysan- thcmums.
 "hny event of major importance that grips the imagination, such as the flight of this courageous young woman alone across the Atlantic" Mellon said, "can thrill the whole world, so that for the moment all have something in common and can think and feel as U unit"
 The ambassador paid warm tri. bute 10 the press, and emphasized it's power to-day compared with q generation ago.
 "To-day the real power of the press consists of the scope. accur- acy and significance of it's news, ' he said. [. Innovations in printing and distribution. better cable and telegraph facilities and above all, the services of the great news- essitated larger outlays of capital gathering organizations, have nec- resulting in the more important newspapers becoming great corpo. rate businesses.
 No time is an enlightened pub- lie opinion more necessary than now. The world seems floundering | in morass of uncertainty from which 1t can be extricated appar- rently not So much by what gov- ernments say or do us by an un- | derstanding by the peoples them- selves of the nature of the forces which have overtaken us and what may be necessary to combat them.
 Unless tho public correctly un- | dcrstands these things, govern ments are powerless to deal with the situation and in efforts to dc so are constantly hampered by the limited knowledge existing In every country of other peoples problems | -. with an honest and independ. ent press, such as here and ir America, the public accepts tt face value any fact appearing in print The press. with It's ally. the radio Is almost the only source of In. formation on which the great masI of the people feel they can de