LINDBERGH

Lindbergh T A FOLLETTE'S with the rest of the world pays its tribute to the genius and courage of Charles Lindbergh, whose epoch-making flight has caught the imagination of all the peoples of the...

...He was educated in a small college in Minnesota, and graduated from the law school of Michigan University...
...he was a foe of the "system," made many speeches against monopoly and plutocracy, was a friend of the masses, the to'fers on the farms and in the factories...
...He was an indefatigable worker, keen-minded, fearless, progressive...
...He was a member of the Banking and Currency Committee...
...War had not been formally declared when Lindbergh left Congress...
...he supported the MacLamore resolution warning American citizens against traveling on foreign ships, and was one of eighteen members of Congress to vote against the Armed Ship Bill, which was, in reality, a declaration of war, Charles Lindbergh, the hero of the hour, exemplifies the highest type of American manhood...
...What shall we do to get justice...
...ROBERT M. LA FOLLETTE...
...He nerved from 1910 to 1917...
...He married Evangeline Land, of Detroit, a graduate of Michigan State University, who, as everyone knows, is now a teacher of chemistry in .Detroit schools...
...One better understands the strength .and stamina of the son as the wonderful character of the mother has been revealed...
...Marvelous skill and judgment, intensive practice, incomparable daring and enthusiasm were controlling factors in his achievement of immortal fame...
...He was born in Sweden in 1859 and was brought to this country by his parents the following year...
...Lindbergh's great feat was not a miracle nor was it chance...
...He does honor to mankind, to the United States, to the /-memory of his courageous father, and to his brave mother...
...Lindbergh T A FOLLETTE'S with the rest of the world pays its tribute to the genius and courage of Charles Lindbergh, whose epoch-making flight has caught the imagination of all the peoples of the earth, whose modest and fitting acceptance of the honor and glory heaped upon him has won the hearts of all mankind...
...They settled in Minnesota, which had recently been admitted as a State...
...The majority of us are slaves to the 'system.' * * * The question is...
...but in 1916 he sponsored a resolution to bring about peace negotiations...
...The toilers do all the work thi'.t creates the wealth but the schemers get it...
...Speaking in the House, April 8, 1916, referring to the fact that two per cent of the people own 60 per cent of all the wealth in the United States, while 98 per cent own only 40 per cent, he said: 'Plutocracy has plundered the na-t;on...
...The young aviator's fat'ier grew up midst pioneer hardship and experience...
...Congressman Lindbergh, unfortunately, did not live to see his son's triumph, but those who knew of him and his work rocognize many of his splendid attributes in the intrepid man who conquered the elements in his flight across the Atlantic...
...Therefore we must grit our teeth, clinch our fists, and fight with a determination to win...
...It is not necessary to go back to the Vikings to account for the young aviator's heroic qualities...
...Li2id-bergh, during these weeks, has shown superb bravery, fortitude and wisdom...
...It is simple enough, but it takes determination on the part of the people to put it into force...
...Congressman Lindbergh was elected to the 60th Congress as a Republican...

Vol. 19 • June 1927 • No. 6


 
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