WHEN LINDBERGH VISITED MADISON
When Lindbergh Visited Madison Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, noted aviator, \isiled Madison, Wisconsin, on Monday, August 22nd, and gave an address at Camp Randall before an audience of 20.-WtO...
...Lindbergh stood out against the Washington Monument, the winged herald of good fellowship among the nations of the earth...
...It is here...
...His address is reprinl-ed below.—Managing Editor...
...War with Canada is unthinkable...
...This tour which Colonel Lindbergh is making of all the states in the Union will go far to transform and direct the awakened energy of a hundred and fifteen million people into coordinated activity that will build airports and bring 1o our doors the practical advantages of aviation within the next decade...
...That evening a citizens' banquet was tendered to Colonel Lindbergh which was addressed by several well-known Madison people including Senator Robert M. La Follette...
...It will go down in history that he did not don r uniform, that he was not captured by the prestige of military promotion and honors, that he gave all the impetus of that trememlcus situation to the advancement of woild p&ac* arnJ i'riendship...
...these things which are an inherent part of human welfare and betterment...
...Those who have b»en brought up in this school of thought must as a matter of course direct their best efforts to the end that the people themselves shall reap the benefit of air transportation, waterpower, and s.l...
...The state is planning drainage canals and expects to reclaim a million rich acres...
...We had listened t.> President Coolidge's^ splendid tribute | to Lindbergh's character and achievement...
...The aeroplanes of the future will wipe out distance, surmount all barriers of ocenn, mountain, desert, even the icefields of *he arctic...
...We pledge him our hearty co-operation and our unqualified support of the ideals and purpose which we know are back of his great undertaking...
...The effect of that message upon the notable audience was soul-stiriing...
...Some of the solid rock trees in the famous "Petrified Forests" of Arizona are 200 feet long and 10 feet thick...
...In one place s petrified tree lies across a 50 foot canyon, making * natural bridge...
...his ambition was not for himself, but for the fulfillment of his vision of the future of air transportation...
...But he cannot accomplish the task alonj>, we must all enlist in the gigantic undertaking of air transportation...
...The inevitable %-esult must be mutual understanding and world unification...
...went, at every meeting he attended he was requested to bring a message home...
...No one'missed its profound significance...
...We express our gratitude for his distinguished service for peace as our "Ambassador without portfolio," while abroad...
...The circumstances and occasion gave it momentous importance...
...Th« whole district is studded with fantastic towers., pinnacles and pyramids but in between them is fine grazing land...
...I was in Washington June ]lth, one of that vast throng who heard his first public utterance after' his return from Europe to his native land...
...CHARLES LINDBERGH was not content 1o be the hero of one superb achievement...
...it had its 100th birthday in 1926...
...It is practical, feasible...
...The early trapper* gave them the name because the wonderfu* rock formation was difficult to hike thru...
...Charles A. Lindbergh, noted aviator, \isiled Madison, Wisconsin, on Monday, August 22nd, and gave an address at Camp Randall before an audience of 20.-WtO people...
...That message was always the same: "Yon have seen the affection of the people of Fiance for the people of America demonstrated to you...
...The tree is still in a thriving condition...
...From that great iiour he has devoted all his time and thought to the advancement of aviation in the interest of civilization and progress...
...He has been told many times today that we claim a larger place in the sun because he was for two years a student at our University...
...There is no escape from our responsibility i'> this day and generation...
...In south-eastern Missouri is a large area called the "Sunk Country," land that sank several feet, at the time of the great earthquake, which devastated five states, in 1812...
...The State of Wisconsin, the City of Madison, appreciate the distinction and the value of this personal visit of the greatest of aviators...
...He said, "We live in an age of me-ci,;;nical devices and have the use of methods by which the natural elements are harnessed and made use of and it is natural that men look forward to the time when the people themselves shall secure the benefits of these things...
...My father and Charles Lindbergh's father were friends and co-workers...
...At Vancouver barracks, Washington state, is the oldest apple tree in the west...
...The value of Lindbergh's personal influence and leadership in the future of aviation is beyond estimation...
...We know Charles Lindbergh's democracy is inherent, his sympathy with mankind lasting :;nd instinctive...
...We congratulate him on his perseverance and statesmanship in utilizing his wonderful triumph and making it contribute to the promotion of aviation in ail its phases...
...This land, being under water much of the time, is marshy and useless...
...Charles Lindbergh's father and mother both hii\e records of brave, self-sacrificing devotion to public service...
...They had the i-ame ideal* of public service...
...Because more than a hundred years of neighborly association, thousands of miles of unfortified boundary have brought the two countries together in fraternal feeling, intimate social, business and trade relations that preclude armed conflict...
...The so-called "Bad Lands" of North Dakot* are not so bad after all...
...Colonel Lindbergh ami other courageous pioneer flyers have made us realize that air transportation is not something remote and sentimental...
...In this representative-gathering c»f business and professional men I am sure that every person is ready and anxious to devote time, energy and money to the advancement of commercial transportation by air...
...His bearing and conduct while abroad accomplished more for better understanding between the people of this country and the people of Europe than the work of countless diplomats...
...We need not have intimate acquaintance with the family life, to know that their son grew up in an atmosphere dominated by a philosophy like that of Abou Ben Adhem whose love of his fellow men placed his name first in the Recording Angel's book...
...On it is a plate stating that it was brought from London, England in 1826...
...Recently I saw a quotation from Congressman Lindbergh's book published in 1917 which seems appropriate...
...His modesty, his refusal to commercialize his epoch-making flight, won the hearts vf all mankind...
...His reply was brief and simple...
...We pay tribute to marvelous skill and judgment, intensive practice, incomparable daring and enthusiasm which made possible his unerring flight of 3,600 miles from New York to Paris in thirty-three and a half hours...
...His determination to put to useful, constructive purpose the enthusiasm created by his glorious adventure commands world wide admiration and respect...
...The development of aviation will usher in an era of peace among the peoples of the world...
...When you return to America take back that message to the people of the United States from the people of France and of Europe...
...He said that everywhere he...
...Acquaintance and more intimate contact foster friendship between nations as they do between individuals...
Vol. 19 • September 1927 • No. 9
