Word: lindberghism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...John F. ("Jafsie") Condon sent the Times a long screed which spoke of "the anguish of Mrs. Anne Morrow Lindbergh, in the throes of blessed motherhood," called the kidnapping of "our beloved 'Eaglet' " the "greatest and most disastrous case of all times, excepting the Crucifixion of the devine Son of Man," and reached its climax in: "Yes, but the ashes of the darling baby, victim of a fiend urged by greed of gain, and seeking pleasure, are mute witnesses of the Crime, while within every American's breast there is a beating of the heart, tolling...
Hoffman. Having caught their breath and tired of beating the dead horse of U. S. lawlessness, U. S. editors began looking for a personal Herod to blame for the Lindbergh exile. Most of the editorial pack first turned on plump, young Governor Hoffman, suspected of putting his foot in the Hauptmann case for reasons of politics and publicity. The Newark (N. J.) Evening News flayed him for "appalling meddling." The St. Louis Post-Dispatch declared that even if he were "guiltless of playing politics ... he has at least affronted the elementary proprieties." The Boston Herald snarled at "the brazenly publicized...
Neither running fox nor fighting badger, Governor Hoffman proved poor sport. After conceding that the Lindberghs "must have had sufficient reasons for their act," he refused the Press everything but a cheery "No comment." At week's end he declared: "I probably would say something if Colonel Lindbergh personally attributed to me the reason for his leaving the U. S. I won't reply to second-hand passers of information." But by that time the pack were too busy snapping & snarling at each other to pay heed...
Hearst, About the time that Gossipmonger Walter Winchell, who made his reputation by predicting the birth of Charles A. Lindbergh Jr. four months in advance, was proclaiming himself "ashamed" of being a U. S. citizen, the Press at large concluded that Hero Lindbergh's real Herod was Yellow Journalism...
...Newspapers more than kidnappers," thundered the self-righteous Christian Science Monitor, "have exiled the Lindberghs. . . . Unless one has been besieged in his home, has had his life endangered on scores of landing fields, has had every move even on his wedding trip watched by news spies, has been forced to his wits' end to circumvent photographers who honor no plea for a second son after one feels the first has had 'the finger' put on him by undue publicity-unless one has had just a taste of Colonel Lindbergh's experience with a press that respects...