Evening star., 1940-12-25
Giving Food 10 Europe
Will Help U. 5. Cause,
Mrs. Lindbergh Says
To Act in the Spirit
Of Mercy Is q Good
Business She Declares
Ry the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 25.-Anne
Morrow Lindbergh said last night
in a Christmas eve broadcast to
the nation that sit is to our prac-
tical advantage to support those
organizations seeking way to dis
tribute more food to starving
Europe"
ITO act in the spirit of Christian
mercy" Mrs. Lindbergh said, lis
a good business"
The wife of Col. Charles A. Lind
bergh was presented by the National
Broadcasting Co. on its red network
as a sustaining feature and she
spoke on behalf of the Friend S
Service Committee, a Quaker Or
ganization.
Only Wants Blockade Eased.
She commended especially the
work Of the Friends Service Com
mittee and added that I'VE are not
asking England to break the block
ade. We are askinef if she will
make some exceptions to the
blockade as she did in the last
war, as she is doing now in regard
to medical supplies, as she herself
suggests doing in regard to SPAIN
Mrs. Lindbergh asserted that we
also want to be sure that our
action does not prolong the horrors
Of the conflict raging in Europe,
or weaken the defense of those
principles in which we believe"
Every one who thinks about the
world as it is today" she said,
wants desperately to stop the suf-
fering, to help in some way.
I'VE even feel rather numbly
underneath that in the face of so
much suffering we too should suffer;
in the face of such gallantry, we
too should be gallant; in the face
of such sacrifices, we too should
sacrifice"
Instinct of Brotherhood"
There is within u.s." Mrs. Lind
bergh continued, whether or not
we realize 1t, and whether or not
we often express it, a deep funda-
mental instinct of brotherhood
which does not allow us to be
completely happy while other people
are suffering.
I'VE are not asking to interfere
I'VE are asking to help, as a Nation
which has already given much aid
to England. We are not criticising
England. England Is at war. She
is conducting the war. with q
courage, a patience, and persistence
that rouses admiration in every man
who watches.
What is even more extraordinar,
is that in spite of being at war, she
has still compassion, still reason
still calm. Negotiations are already
in progress between. the United
States and Great Britain for oul
sending shipments of wheat anc
milk to the destitute population O.
Spain.
Certainly medical supplies have
been led through the blockade tc
France.
Practical Way Out"
These facts" Mrs. Lindbergh
added, go to substantiate ones be-
lief that the English people =" de
not want to starve the people ot
hitherto democratic nations-if 9
practical way out can be found.
I'VE are Offering to be that prac.
tical way out. That is all we are
offering to do. We are offering the
plans, the services, the good will o1
the best experts in this field of relief
and feeding, individuals and or.
ganizations who have proved eff
cient and trustworthy before"
Even If the whole problem proved
too gigantic Mrs. Lindbergh con.
tinued, "even if we help only in 8
small way, even if we send only 9
token of our friendship and oul
faith, I believe it is worth our while
to keep these people turned towaro
us rather than against us"