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—_ _ Re: Colonel Charles augustus 3s Lanbere me : “Page 7 wo an are een: a Sate mee ee a Ios penne an a recently. a book entitled ms Vave. of the Yoturet viich expresses \ . - ote af the views of ber bosband concerning the {nternationsl picture, - FS. Mero> . Boe, ¥ith ‘reference to Lindbergh's financial stetos, itis to be noted | : ee “that he rocetved a $25,090 priss following his Faris flicht in 1927, and. “7. 6tbat be receivad a $25,000 averd in oornection with a subsequent flight so ‘+ os, Mexieo. Hie royzities received froz *ve* were estireted to be far over =~ "2- * $100,000 and bic royalties from "Zorth to the Orient" were presczably high © - +. sinee 290,000 copies of that bosk were sold, It was reported that at the 5 7: _ time Lindbergh testified before a Serate Cornittee in Jacuary of 1934, he. “7, ". steted thet Trarscontinental and Western dir, Inc. hired him es thelr © technical advicer in 1928 at ar annual salary of £10,000 and that in re~- torn for the privilege of calling their line "Zhe Lindbergh linc® he was peiéd by thes $250,000 in cash with an invitation to invest it in their . Btock, Ze eteted that he had wade profits in dceling with the stock to the anonnt of (290,000, He also testified thet another company at first 12 . + furnished hic with currency to buy its stock from which he had profited to! Ba the extent of £156,000 and thet beth of the aforetentioned cozpenies and * i _ ah elrerinéed railroad had placed him on their pay rolls as o techoical | ht ‘adviser at £10,000 per year, With refercnse to hie wife, it is to de noted — ‘ *"l ghet ber noval *Licten, the Wind," rcalizec a lerce esle ent further her parents are corsicered wry weelthy, deing heirs to some-of the Uhitney fortune. . Bo information appears in the Burem files regerdinz Lindbergh's present incoce, end is not known wkot inve-trerts he holds, It wes. re=_ ported that ke received $700 for each speech delivered for the America 27 -- * Faret Committee and it is to be noted thet he is presently exployed ty me . ~) Raney Ford ae e& "superviscr® at the “illow Ean plent, Fo ere hes dees © + announced in thet connection. (Life 4-3-39; Leberty 6-21-41) Le ends and Assoc ee . ” u On poveral occasions, Lindbergh! = nene has been lint rod with the Gugzenheics. He was saic to beve written "se" at the Barry Guggenbeia @ountry hore in Long Jeland in 1927, and it was seid that the Ouczenbsia Public Relations aan, Ivy Lee, was Lindbergh'c personrl acéviser, <Arother _ Bare associated with Lindbergh is the nsre of Henry EBreckinridgo who has Been Lindbergh's attorney and close assotiate, It ig to be noted that Preckinridge is the Chairman of the Board of Aviation Equipcent ané Exrorty ” Inc. of Kew Yors City, sponsors of aircraft and circraft caterials. The . vs President and Ircasurer of that seme cospezy, Sazusl Hiecelzan, 16 aleo- . ald Sade a friend of Lindbergh, Anong his friends end associates are . eat ae Colonel , ATER Srith, and Henry Ford, conserzing vio fe foraatt eo ae co : _* ne a 7. . a . . ° yet ae yk A, oe . . * al META PY Sl ie s- s f Ty. Ae ; . _ ¥ Coote. \. to te <= ser 2 Te = aan : - ¥ - . . a foo : an “te oy? ™ Le _ . a vo cad . tos ey ee | . a oe in . nae Le ~ tT o.t™ . 1 : 4 et - - ; - “y ® - ~ : . . _ 4, an .* my mo . at ate ad . eb = - +o ot a - . ae : - a > wo Q - . . “*y - — ee ern, ° a a - US 7 at Se Dn aterm _