The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-17
SENDS LETTER
 TO PRESIDENT
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1cKeS, III baStlle Lay speech ueIe Monday night called Lindbergh The Knight of the German Eagle" and accused him of offering the "Nazi party line to the country" He said he never heard Lindbergh utter words of pity for the people of the German conquered European countries" or "a word for Democracy itself"
 Denies AZ. Charges
 Tn his letter, Lindbergh denied the charges he said Ickes had made,
 "Mr. President" he wrote, T give you my word that I have no connection with any foreign gov- ernment. I have had no communi- cation, directly or indirectly, with anyone in Germany or Italy since I was last in Europe, in the spring of 1889.
 "Prior to that time. my activities were well known to your embassies in the countries where I lived and travelled. I always kept in close contact with your embassies and your military attaches, as the rec ords in your State Department and War Department vii lshow."
 Lindbergh wrote If the state- ments of wour Secretary of the h. terior are true, and if I have any connection with a foreign govern ment, the American people have a right to be fully acquainted with the facts"
 "On the other hand" the letter said, If his statements and impli- cations are false, believe that l, as an American citizen, have a right to an apology from your secretary"
 German Decoration
 Concerning his German decora- ton, Lindbergh wrote:
 "Mr. President, is 1t too much to ask that you inform your Secretary of the Interior that was decorated by the German government while l was carrying out the request of your ambassador to that governmentp
 "Is 1t unfair of me to ask that you inform your secretary that I re- ceived this decoration in the Amer ican embassy, in the presence of your ambassador, and that was there at his request in order to assist in creating a better relation ship between the American embassy and the German government, which your ambassador desired at that time?"
 Lindbergh's letter was dated July 16 and was released today. Washington, July IT (UP)-White House Secretary Stephen T. Early charged indirectly today that Char les A. Lindbergh's offer to submit to a presidential investigation was an attempt to gain publicity for his case.
 Early asserted that Lindbergh's letter was directed more to the press than to President Roosevelt.
 Have you the text of the letter?" he asked reporter.
 When the. reporter replied in the affirmative, Early continued:
 "He Gindbergh) wrote 1t to you and addressed 1t to the President"
 Early said he had been nothing of the letter and would not com ment directly on 1t, even if he had. Lindbergh Assailed
 Washington, July l7--(UP)-Sec- retary fo Interior Harold L.. Ickes said today that if Charles A. Lind- bergh was an outstanding Amer ican" he would have returned the recoration which he resolved from the German government Tong ago regardless of how. when or where he got t."
 Ickes' statement was made at q preEs conference in response 10 queries about a letter which Lind- beTgh wrote to President Roosevelt Tn the letter, LdndbeFgh offered to submit to a presidential investlga. ton what he described as Ickes' charges that he might be connected with the interests of . foreign goVernment.'
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