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...Lindbergh's Foreign Policy...
...Colonel Lindbergh's reported disapproval of the fact that Americans "have attempted to interfere with the internal affairs of Europe" is again proof that his desire for personal isolation is transferred to his desire for national isolation...
...when Colonel Lindbergh uses the prestige of his fame to speak for national isolation, he is doing as an individual exactly what he is condemning the country for doing as a nation. America is using its prestige, its strength, and its potential force to condemn international gangsterism. Colonel Lindbergh objects. He says our duty is solely in our own back yard. If the Colonel were logical, he would sit quietly in his own back yard. If he feels his duties as a citizen force him to protest-then he should see that America's duty as a citizen...
Suggesting that the U. S. "declare war on the Nazi as a mortal enemy of mankind," Lawyer Henry Breckinridge, onetime (1913-16) Assistant Secretary of War, personal attorney of Charles A. Lindbergh, added: "There are those among us who, posing as American patriots, are the veritable intellectual and spiritual agents of the Nazi philosophy and policy. They should be discerned for what they are and spurned for what they preach...
According to Ely Culbertson, more words were printed about the Culbertson-Lenz bridge battle in 1931 than about Lindbergh's flight to Paris or any murder except the Hall-Mills case; and his Contract Bridge Blue Book and its Summary (written by Mrs. Culbertson) are, next to the Bible, the all-time non-fiction bestsellers (1,300,000 copies). Thanks to an incredible talent for cards and for self-publicizing, Ely Culbertson became the most curiously famous...