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Charles Lindbergh — Part 7
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Even 1942 Election | -
i May Be Suspended,
> He Warns in Indiana
i _ Be the United Pres ,
1 vort wayne, Ind, Oct. $—Charles
‘A. Lindbergh charged tonight that
President Roosevelt was moving
toward suspension of the {#42 ne-
tional elections — :
He gaid that “one man” govern-
ment already had plunged the coun-:
try into undeclared wartare and
@eprived the people of their demo-.
cratic heritage. .
“I gha2ll speak to you tonight af
‘though this were my last address,”
ndbergh told an America Firt:
‘ly and a mational radio (NBL
“Mle Network) audience. ae
uch longer iree sptech will
‘possible in the United States, 1 do
‘pot know." .
" He said he feared that an adminis.
ration which bad thrown the Na-
tien “into undeclared naval war"|
against the will of the people “can
ey similar meats prevent freedom
‘ef Speech among us”
Charges “Smear Campaigns”
_ "If the time comes when We can
mo longer meet face to face, us free
gen in « free country, we will meet
together at the elections next ‘year
end, by our vote, clasp hands,
hough we be a thousand miles
apart,” he declared. “But what if
(here are no elections next yagr?*
steps ahead” on the course
pursued by President Roosévelt
"The time has come,” ha
hen we gust consider even thal"
‘Without referring to bis Septem:
11 address at Des Moines i¢/
hich he identifiéd “the British, the
‘o) ¢ \. v
. a po where we
paigns™ based vpon “falsely governed by the wil of the
the ot ha satan he toon 4
ews and the Roosevelt Adminis- |” «
jjf@ration” as major “agitators for along like children, with sop
war,” Lindbergh sald he recently proms and candied piils*
bad been the target of “smear cam- gh sald. “We are approsching
escribed™ motives and “distorted”| “We are, in fact, governed
ho bas tly
anings
“I have no motive in mind other }'5¢ checks and belances oo which
than the welfare of my vountry more
aod my civilization” he sald. “This Taare aictatoriel’ powess 9
is not a life that I enjoy. cl ends.”
not my vocation, Bia peed ot ;
Challenging
life in not my amibition, I bave| the truth “that you and I end our
7
done this because I believe my coun- | generation have lost
our American
Sry is in morta) danger.” tage,” he summoned « revival
mn, and that while he was|tration’s
felling the “truth as T saw {t,* none ‘ freedom cot Te amen
~ owe i a ae
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