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Charles Lindbergh — Part 2
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|. t AMERICA BT” COMMITTEE Evening Pr” :tin,
r Charies h_.windbergh Philadel; . Pa.
Hay 29, 194).
Lindbergh Demands U. 5.
be told where, it iS Led -
t Arena Throng Hears him say President's Suggestion,
‘ on Hemisphere Defense would Cause. War: mo
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| that might Last for Generations - '.
Philadelphia foes of intervention; 2. ‘Termed the Philosophy of the
Ag jammed the Arena and its adjoin- interventionists “a philosophy at,
:ing parking lots Jast night to hear failure.” petra Ab ts
; and wildly applaud the militant de-[° 2. ‘Charged thet if the President's i
*mafds of Charles A."Lindbergh that] suggéationzof wo ‘Hemisphere:
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of or reference to President’ Roost- not in fighting foreign wars.“
welt either by Lindbergh or ihe 5. Amscried that the America Firat
| other featured speakers, U. S. Sen- | Committee, with the support of the
!aior David I. Walsh (D-Mass) and people, “will keep this country out |
Kathleen Norris, novelist. of war and create a leadership for
The crowd gave unmistakably our Nation that places America
complete endorsement of the isola- | first.”
tionist principles of the America| ‘The course of the leadership he
ow
First Commiitee, under whose re Lindbergh said, is
. auspices the rally was held, and also {success and not failure. - a
Justily grooed every reference to Imprognable Defense Sought | ‘
ngland. '
“The America First Committ
It was ® crowd preponderantly stands for an impregnable defense,
iddle aged and with women out-
umbering men two to one. For}® fully informed, free and seif-re-
very man wearing a hat and coat,
there was one bareheaded and-shirt-
sleeved; for every modishly dressed
woman there were two whose dress
-bespoke modest circumstances. . i
Points ef Address :
Widest sf the demonstrations
were those when Lindbergh:
1. Demanded that “our national
‘leaders tell us where they are lead-
Ing us...and what their inten-
tions are about this war." :
Hant ALIGN anu & UtsUNyY 10F
America that ls independent of these
everlasting wars in Europe,” he de-
clared. .
“We believe in the right of free
speech. Every citizen has the right
to state his honest opinion: Speech
and thought are not yet suppressed
in this country. -
“We believe in the right of the
vole, that every citizen should have
the right and the opportunity to vote
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