Evening star., 1941-05-11
Lindbergh Cheered
On Pledge 10 Talk
As Long as Allowed
Flyer Hints at Curb
On Free Speech at
Anti-Wur Rally

By the Associated Press.
MINNEAPOLIS. May 10.-An
audience that filled the Municipal
Auditorium with a 10000 capacity
to overfloWing rose to a standing
ovation tonight as it heard Charles
A. Lindbergh declare:
80 do not know how much
longer free speech will be allowed
in this country But as long as our
laws permit it, intend to continue
telling you what I believe.
Mr.. Lindbergh, speaking under
the auspices of the America First
Committee and against American
intervention in Europe, returned to
his home State and his first official
appearance in Minneapolis since
his historic flight to Paris in 1927,
to receive a 45-second ovation as
he took the platform.
Senator Shipstead, Republican. of
Minnesota, the States senior Sena-
tor, who preceded Mr.. Lindbergh on
the platform, acclaimed the famous
flyer as premier expert in avia-
ton until he began to give us some
advice like Billy Mitchell (the late
Army Air Corps generap and
then they began to attack his pa
triotiSm.'
Future Up to Our Own People.
Mr. Lindbergh. holding up his
hand frequently to silence applause.
told his listeners. like his father
generation ago, that the future of
democracy depended ION our ability
to govern our own country"
1T rests on the character of our
own people" he said. What hap
pens in Europe and Asia is of Sec
ondary importance to what is hap
pening to us here in our own land.
1T is far more essential for this
country to have farms without
mortgages. workmen with their own
homes, and young people who can
afford families, than it is for us to
crusade abroad for freedoms that
are tottering in our own country"
The famous flyer recalled that Is
years ago his late father, who was
member of Congress. was also
speaking on Minnesota platforms
against American Intervention in a
European war.
He believed that this country
had a destiny of its own Mr..
Lindbergh said. When my father
charged political and financial
interests with leading us to war, his
meetings were broken up. his patri-
otism was questioned, and the plates
of his book were destroyed by
Government agents.
In Hands of Idealists.
"We entered war that was going
to make the world safe for demo-
cracy, and end all need for war in
the future. After that. we
left the future of the world in the
hands of our college presidents and
idealistS.
You know as we'll as I. how they
proceeded to outlaw war and make
the world safe for democracy. The
greatest wars and the bloodiest
revolutions of all history have taken
place under their guidance. -
But the kind of democracy we
fought for in the last war doesn't
exist today, even in our own coun-
try"
Mr.. Lindbergh asserted again that
the United States was not in a
position to win the present war for
England.
when tell you (this) = I am
charged with being disloyal by the
same politicians and idealists who
II tnI Ill ~tI1 r%1t 80
when I made them. But they can
not point to a single one that has
not turned out to be true
No Chance to Vote on War.
We. in America" Mr. Lindbergh
said, have learned something since
the last war. We know more
about propaganda. The question
is whether we have learned enough
10 Withstand the barrage of propa-
gands to which we have been sub
jecteo ever since this war began:
and whether, if we can withstand
that barrage. We will be able to
impose our will upon the Govern
ment in Washington.
There was once a time in Amer
lea when we could impose our will
by vote. Candidates brought polit-
ical issues before us, and stated
clearly their stand. After an elec-
tion was over, responsibility to the
voters remained That was what
we once called principle of de-
lnocracy.
Many of us thought we were still
operating under that principle at
the elections last November. Both
political parties had adopted plat
forms against Intervention in this
war. Both political candidates spoke
constantly of peace. But it now
seems doubtful that we even had
two parties last November, at least
as far as the presidential candi-
dates were concerned.
The people Of this Nation were
not given the chance to vote on
the greatest issue OF our generation
the issue of foreign war. And
yet We are now told that we must
go to Europe to fight for the very
principles of democracy that were
last November
Charges People Misled.
Mr. Lindbergh said it was the
right of a free people to know
where they were being led by their
Government. He added:
Il doubt that any country in
Europe has been less informed
about the intentions of its gov
ernment than we have been here in
America I doubt that anv country
MIR. Pyle Says, "li