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L , -—“T Tie Night of October re eo What happened on the night of October 18, 1938? | Curiously, "that appears to be a question af major importance in the America of 1941, It was the night on which American Am- bassador Wilson g gave a dinner at his home tn Berlin for a distinguished visiting American. Reporters had no premonition that this little occasion later would be built into an Interna- tional Incident by Secretary Ickes. So in the | fullness of their ignorance they simply wrote: “At a dinner at the home of Ambassa- dor Hugh R. Wilson Tuesday night, Field Marshal Hermann Goering, in the name of Chancellor Hitler, awarded to Lindbergh id he neta af the Clases sania ith « ar Ae es I ed with « star * The order was especially created by the nazi regime for distinguished foreigners.” “ Qur further information on what transpired that evening comes from two sources, Mr. Wil- gon and Mr. Mr. Wilson later wrote: “The fact of miation of the medal was a surprise to ¢ and to all of my guests.” Mr. Lindbergh was one of the guests. If e late Ambassador Wilson was a stickier for eee Sc ee oe eet ths BH precise of the lng ue, he TOGA Wat mr. Lindbergh, also, was surprised by the presenta- tion. This interpretation is supported by Mr. - Teleos . ie Qn Agen 4 | | t _ Lindbergh himself, who says he was just as - surprised as everyone else when Goering pulled f the medal out of his pocket. Assuming that is a fact--which it it appears : to be—place yourself in the place of the shy ? young flier. He is a guest at a party given by him to ulke his decoration. and dispose, of it “elsewhere? Probably pot. An Ickes might have f=: but to an ordinary, sensitive person t time. refusal would have seemed unthink- ' on the spur of the moment, is in no way rele- ' | Vant to what he is doing now. The fact that he has not returned the medal, as a disillu- sioned school giri might return a fraternity pin, simply testifies to his sense of decorum, rather than to a lack of patriotism. Harold Ickes would make a better impres- on if he would address himself to the Lind- roh eemimente rather than tn - Mae, ———as jewelry. But then, couree, be not be Harold Ickes. Tete = if B \Fe Ef MORNIEG WORLD HERALD : bse W447-/