Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-05-15
Lindbergh And The
Great Issue

What an outpouring of humanity
at the Minneapolis Auditorium Sat-
urday night, when all of the $4,000
seats were occupied to hear Colonel
Charles A. Lindbergh make the dec
laration that the greatest issue of this
generation is "to keep America out
of war"
Some 5000 people lined the streets
outside the auditorium to hear the
speech through amplifiers, and thous-
ands listened over the radio.
The Colonel was introduced by
Hanford MacNider of Mason City,
Iowa, former national commander
of the American Legion. He simply
said: 81 give you an American, who
is unafraid, Charles A. Lindbergh of
Little Falls, Minnesota" That brought
a tremendous ovation for Lindbergh
who apparently was both pleased and
amused. He threw back his head
and chuckled. 1t was like great
Homecoming to the man who has be-
come famous, who has travelled over
the world, and is an outspoken states
man.
Senator Shipstead, speaking on the
same program, said that the hands
of the interventionists are unclean,
and he deplored the lack of frank
statements and valid information to
the American public before the lease
lend bill was made law. The Sena-
tor stated that SIN periods of great
tension, it is never easy to preserve a
calm and cool mind. Yet it is pre-
cisely in such a period that one most
needs his sense of proportion, his
analytical powers"
The able chairman, Attorney Monte
Appel of st. Paul, who is also chair
man of the America First committee
for Minnesota, asked the people to
send letters and kilograms to the
President, calling upon him to keep
his solemn promise, "to keep America
out of war;"
Colonel Lindbergh has had a wide
and varied experience and has gained
knowledge that comes to but very
few individuals at his age of 38 years.
The man who flew across the Allan
tic ocean alone and made the worlds
record in 1927, appeared before the
vast audience unperturbed and calm,
but he spoke deliberately and with
firmness.
Here are the highlights of his ad-
dress:
'The kind of democracy we fought
for in the last war doesn't exist today,
even in our own country. Now
they want us to 60 to war again, to
save the world by means of some
new idea"
81 have never wanted Germany to
win this war. But I know England
is not in a position to win it even
with our help. That is why I have
constantly advocated a negotiated
peace"
eff we intend to invade Europe
against the same army and air force
that broke the Maginot line and
routed the British in Norway, Flan-
<ders and Greece, then we must be-
come a regimented and military ma
ton that surpasses Germany herself
in totalitarian efficiency. In that
case we might as well realize our
way of life is a thing of the past"
us the destiny of America to be
forever merged with that of Europe?
Are we to take the policing of the
entire world upon our shoulders?
Must our children fight again when
the next European war takes place."
"fWhen I told you in 1910 that the
phrase steps short of war; was moth
ing but a mask for war itself, I was
called fifth-columnist and a Hitler
agent. When tell you today that
we are not in position to win this
war for England, 1 am charged with
being disloyal."
SIN the stand he took a generation
ago, my father (the late Congress-
man Charles A. Lindbergh) was
thinking of more than war alone. He
was opposing a great change in our
national policy-the merging of our
destiny with that of Europe. My
father knew that one war would lead
to another, and that second would
lead to a third"
10 not Lnaxry hour y,o,,oL,
longer free speech will be allowed in
this country. But as long as our laws
permit it, I intend to continue telling