Evening star., 1941-06-21
Lindbergh Receives
Hollywood Ovation
In IsoIationist Plea
Europe Can Be Suved OnI,
By Swiftly Negotiated
Peace, He Declares
b the Associated Press.

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BY tbe Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD, June 21.-Col
Charles A. Lindbergh, urging that
the United States stay out of war,
said the only way European CIV
ilization can be saved is by ending
the war quickly through a nego-
tiated peace"
The alternative to negotiated
peace" he told an overflow crowd
in 20OOO-seat Hollywood Bowl last
night, lis either Hitler victory or
PROSTATE Europe, and possibly a
PROSTATE America as well. I tell
you that the only way our American
life and ideals can be preserved is
by staying out of this war.
I'VE are still unprepared for war,
and it would take us years to pre-
pare adequately for the type of war
we now consider entering. ="
Given Great Ovation.
Col. Lindbergh might just have
arrived from Paris, transatlantic
flying hero, instead Of from critical
East, so great was the ovation given
him at Hollywood Bowl.
Col. Lindbergh came TO deliver
one of his isloationist addresses,
sponsored by the America First
Committee.
The crowd cheered him and Mrs.
Lindbergh as they arrived. 1t stood
and gave him a shouted, hat
throwing, flag waving ovation as he
began his speech. 1t was his first
in the Far West which visitors re-
port is much less war jittery'
than the Atlantic seaboard.
Some Scattered Boos.
There were few scattered Kisses
and boos, uttered so low they were
heard only few seats away.
I'VE in America have the best
defensive position in the world.
Col. Lindbergh said. mo foreign
power can invade us today, and
with reasonable preparation on our
part, no combination of foreign pow
ers will ever be able to invade us
Since they cannot invade us, ii
will be only a question of time be-
fore they desire to trade with us
And I have full confidence in Amer
lean ability to hold its own in a
trade.
90 The developments of mod
ern warfare make America less vul-
nerable to invasion than we have
ever been in the past. The fact is
that the surest way for us to lose
4 war is by trying to defend Eng
land or any other part of Europe.
Not Enough Bases.
No matter how many fighting
planes we build in America ano
send to England, it is not possible to
base enough squadrons in the Brit
ish Isles to equal in striking power
the squadrons that Germany can
base on the continent of Eu-
rope. '''
Il repeat again that the very de-
velopments of modern warfare
which have strengthened the posi-
ton of America have greatly weak
ened the position of England, and
I challenge any one to prove other
wise. ."
A front-page editorial in the Los
Angeles Times yesterday morning
had said:
''Lindbergh and his associates
come here to enunciate certain con-
victions. = 1t is not important
that Lindbergh be heard, but vital
ly important that he be given full
opportunity to be heard"
Hits WAR Propaganda"
Col. Lindbergh f1dgeted from foot
to foot as he read his speech.
Possibly the most ominous and
deplorable development of the wal
as far as the United States is con-
cerned," he said, is the deliberate
attempt to misinform and confuse
our people. Some day in the not
distant future, the men who are re-
sponsible for this will be called to
account by an aroused and enlight-
ened Nation. The attempt to in
volve our country in the war by
subterfuge and propaganda is not
crime to be passed over lightly
Public opinion will bring the
charges and history will be the
Judge"
At the conclusion, as thousands
surged forward to greet him, Col
Lindbergh rushed from the stage to
return to the seclusion of his hotel.
Others speaking on the program
were Senator Clark of Idaho, Nov
elist Kathleen Norris and Lillian
rieL