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oe ey . =~2e On August 4, 1940, Lindbergh delivered another speech in Chicago at which tise he was quoted as having said that the United States "may have to deal with a Forope domizated by Germany" and advocated cooperation with ©. we Barope "in our reletionships with the other peoples of the earth". He went Fs 7 on to state "that whether England or Germany wins this war, Western soi pays | fom will still denend upon two great centers, one in each heaisphere. With *”. all the aids of modern science, neither of these centers is in a pesition te attack the other successfully as long as the defenses of both are reasonably etrong’. fhe Merch 29, 1941, iesue of Collier! r Weekly carried an article by Colonel Lindbergt entitled 4 Letter to dvericans"® in which he complained of the fact that while the interventionists were urging cur entry into the war, they hei formelated no plan for victory. He continued by pointing out how i lacking this country was in armarents and pointed out how far superior the German position is in this war as compared to the first world var. On July 1, 1941, Lindbergh delivered an address in San Francisco at which time he was quoted as follows: *I would a hundred tines rather see my country ally hereeif with England, or even with Germany with all her faults, than witc the crnualty, the godlessness anc the barbarism that exist in Eussia....* In Lis Cleveland address on dAngust 9, 1941, he was said to have declarei that it “would be disasterous, both for duwerica anc for Barope, if we tock part" dn the present war. At this tine he also declared that "the issue todey la ever greater than the lesue of wer and peace. It is the issue of whether or nct we etili heve a representative government; whether or not we in the United Sta::s of Arerica are still a free pezple; with the fundarertal right to decide tle fundamental policies of our nation. In Eis Oxieahoua City addreas on Angust 29, 1941, he stated that w: should consider the possibility thet Englund may turn ageins: thie country a fore the war ends fas she has turned against Prence and Finland!, On October 4, 1941, Lindbergh delivered enother aidress at Fort Weyne, Indians, at which tine he declared the United States was moving toward suspen- sion of the 1942 national elections. He stated further, "1 shall speak te you tonight as thcugh thie were my last address. How much longer free speeck will be possible ix the United States, I do not mow". With reference to tke foregoing addresses, the information presentiy available to this Bureau does not indicate whether or not Lindbergh is the @muthor of these speechee. It is to be noted that Eruce<Minton stated in th- New Masses of Februery 2, 1942, that Trumen-Smith has been reputed tc be a ; . PepeechL writer and adviser of Colonel Lindbergh". . s Attection is also called to the fact that the speeches delivered ty be Lindbergh in 1941 were delivered at meetings sponsored by the Americe First 7, Committee -and that he reportedly received $700 per speech from thet coms tee cee