The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-08-23
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There have been two backStage
developments regarding the radio
broadcasts of Colonel Lindbergh.
One is the fact that the men who
originally encouraged him to 60 on
the radio, now are backing vigorous
ly away. The other is the still UNI
solved mystery of those now behind
him.
The two men who originally got
the flying colonel on the air are
Fulton Lewis, enterprising radio
newscaster, and William r. Castle
Jr., undersecretary of state during
the Hoover administration. Castle
now denies emphatically that he is
having anything to do with recent
broadcasts, while Lewis intimates
that the farther he keeps away from
Lindbergh's microphone the better.
The man who now seems to be
close to the flying colonel Is Col.
Robert cCormick, publisher Of the
Chicago Tribune, who is violently
anti-British and pro-appeasement.
Whether or not Mccormick inspired
Lindbergh's latest speech is not
known, but Lindbergh was McCor-
mick's house guest while in Chi
cage, and also it is interesting to
note that the broadcast originated
over WGN, which is McCormick's
radio station.
Mysterious Colonel Smith.
Another man who has been close
to Lindbergh is Col. Truman Smith,
of U. S. army intelligence, and the
army's chief specialist on Germany.
Colonel Smith was stationed at
Fort Benning before the advent Of
Hitler, when some German officers
came there for training. He became
a great friend of the officers, and as
military attache in Berlin several
years later, renewed that friendship.
In fact he was giving amazingly ac-
curate information regarding the
German army.
For instance, when Germany
moved into Poland last year, Colonel
Smith was able to tell the war de-
partment the points which the Ger
man army would take, and almost
the exact hour it would take them.
At first, the war department would
not believe his information, eventu-
ally had to admit its soundness.
Colonel Smith got to know Lind
bergh iri 1888 when the latter spent
much of his time in Berlin, so when
Lindbergh now comes to Washing
ton, sometimes for broadcasting, he
frequently stays at Smiths house.
The colonel was reported to have
had q hand in writing some Of the
broadcasts. This he later denied.
Opinion in the war department is
unanimous that Colonel Smith is an
extremely able officer, but it is
mixed as to whether his admiration
of Germany is purely from the
military viewpoint or also includes
political viewpoint.
Opposite Lindberghs.
Mrs. Dwight Morrow, widowed
mother-in-law of Colonel Lindbergh,
isn't the only member of his family
who disagrees with him on his anti
British, pro-appeasement views. The
flier's wife, author of the moving
"North to the Orient" and Listen,
the Wind" also sees differently
from him.
The mother of two small boys and
fearful of the limelight, Mrs. Lind
bergh has shrunk from public ex-
preston of her strong anti-Nazi be-
iefs. But personally she feels just
as forcefully about them as her gan
Cling husband does about his oppo-
site convictions. Since he has taken
to the public arena as the leading
appeasement champion, Mrs. Lind
bergh has become even more Sc
cluded than before.
One ironic angle to Lindbergh's
stand is that it is bringing him eff
fusive encomiums from a unique
quarter. When he sneered at Rus
sia's air strength in 1888, Commu-
nists couldn't find language acid
enough to blast him. Now, he is
their great hero.