Word: lindberghism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...chance, moreover, that, unlike Standard Oil, aviation stockholders would pay, for with air contracts canceled the value of their stock tobogganned in all markets. Many an observer wondered last week whether the President had not made a political misstep. The President was put in an uncomfortable position when Colonel Lindbergh wired him a protest that commanded the attention of the country. This criticism touched a tender White House spot. Stephen T. Early, the President's second assistant secretary, met it with a double-barreled reply. One barrel went off with a smart bang: Colonel Lindbergh, famed for his Press...
...flasks, and vacuums, is enough for that--but I will be fairer to him than he has been to Nemo, and not judge him by his writings. I will only hope that he is a natural human being, as I feel certain Nemo is, and know Colonel Charles A Lindbergh...
...Lindbergh is, and always has been, a natural human being, blessed with great courage and ability, and with enough business acumen to see the value of well-handled publicity. Does Mr. Bartlett realize that his little tin-god told newspaper men to publish, as soon as he arrived at Le Bourget, the fact that he was a simple fellow, who brought with him some sandwiches and several letters of introduction; that his stay in Paris was continually under the guiding hand of that master diplomat, Ambassader Herrick, who saw the international value of Lindbergh's flight; that Lindbergh's return...
...companies made to delude the public and destroy confidence in Mr. Roosevelt. It was a peculiarly underhanded trick, and is in line with the tactics used by men who, except for the leniency of the law, would be classed as common criminals; especially despicable was their use of Lindbergh, and it is by now apparent that that noble soul was either dishonest and hypocritical in his protestations or extremely stupid...
...people as a whole are disgusted with him because he did not "play fair" with aviation companies; it is, I think, extremely unlikely that any of the companies involved are innocent for reasons set forth before, and their attempt to capitalize on the popularity and prestige of Lindbergh has only created a great argument about the motives of the Spotless One. These tactics will do them no good, for the cogent and unanswerable fact that, men have made enormous and illegitimate fortunes out of government subsidies fraudulently obtained still remains, and if there has been some slight injustice done...