The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-04

which to mount the heights Of fame
and fortune and prove to the world
once more that any American boy,
if he is law-abiding enough, can
become President or millionaire.
The noble youth, after overcom-
ing difficulties that would have
broken the heart of a cast iron
statue of George Washington, A.
nally succeeds in his ambition of
flying across the Atlantic-becomes
the hero of the whole world and
thus is in position to marry the
girl Of his dreams, who, fortunately,
and in the best tradition Of Horatio
Alger. happens to be the daughter
of a partner Of J. P. Morgan. The
Lone Eagle, settling down to roost
in his fsther-in laws business, does
his duty to william Randolph
Hearst'S ideal of mother, home and
heaven and soon is the proud father
of baby boy. He lives thus in
perfect peace and happiness until
some monstrous creature, totally
unlike anything that has ever been
seen in the United States, steals on
his home In the dead of night and
foully murders his child in what
the soft-hearted Hearst, with tears
in his eyes, has called "the most
atrocious crime Of these times"
That's the fable and here is the
truth:
Slim Lindbergh was not poor
nor did he achieve noteworthy rep
utstion for honesty. He was the
renegade son of a mid Western
congressman who spent his life
fighting the grip of Wall Street on
the millions Of farmers in the mid
West who lived in the midst of the
perpetual economic depression-ex-
cept for the period of the World
War-that has characterized the
wheat prairies for more than a gen.
Grafton. The elder Lindbergh fought
against fnance-cap itsl, an honest
progressive who voted ainst
the declaration OF war against Ger
many when to do so meant endan-
gering his life as we'll as his career
The complete, story of Lindbergh'i
relations with his father will prob
ably never be told. But certain
aspects of them are known, ant
one of these is that because of them
Lindbergh is scarcely on speaking
terms with his mother, who, when
Lindbergh made his triumphant re-
turns to American shores, had t
be approached repeatedly before
she would consent to be photo.
graphed with her son.
No Soaring Eagle
Tine background of the flight
across the Atlantic is just as sordid
Lindbergf was not q soaring eagle
consumed with holy ambition tt
advance the glory of America; h,
was a garage mechanic who wanted
to win the $4,000 prize offered ir
1927 for flying the Atlantic so tina
he could set up garage of hi
own. The most surprised adven
turer in the country on the da,
that the now historic flight ended
YVES Mr. Charles Augustus Lind.
bergh. But Lindbergh has lost hi!
surprise. Today, like his employer
Mr.. Morgan, he loses his Tempe
easily when he feels that his dig.
nifty has been sighted. The news.
papermen here who are forced tt
describe him as the incarnation Of
everything that is noble, good anc
true would much rather accept thu
job of sticking the Lone Eagle
nose in the mud which he whip
up with his propeller whenever the
reporters try to interview hin
during one of his frequent sulks
moods.
Nov as to the kidnapping ano
murder Of Lindbergh's son. Commu.
nists are opposed to individual VIC.
lenoe. Kidnapping, murder and Other