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...Washington, 16,000 school safety patrolmen from 13 states marched down Constitution Avenue, peered at Lindbergh's plane, climbed the Washington Monument. The 51 New Yorkers went instead to New York's City Hall, where they got medals, then to a ball game at Yankee Stadium...
...Talk. Whether the prodigy will live up to its pressagentry, or whether its blessing will be unmixed, no one yet knows for sure. But one thing is certain: television is coming. It is already where aviation was when Charles Lindbergh flew the Atlantic in 1927-imperfect but inevitable. The chances are that it will change the American way of life more than anything since the Model...
...years ago, ex-Prodigy Robert Maynard Hutchins, Chancellor of the University of Chicago, received a longdistance call. It was from ex-Isolationist Charles A. Lindbergh. Said he: "What's this world government? If I knew, I might be for it." Replied Hutchins: "Call back in about two years. We're working...
This week, Chancellor Hutchins' Committee to Frame a World Constitution had the answer Lindbergh wanted. The draft constitution called for:1) a "federal convention" composed of one popularly elected delegate for each 1,000,000 of the world's population; 2) a chief executive and a legislative council elected by the convention; 3) a grand tribunal and a supreme court; 4) a tribune to serve as the spokesman for minorities; 5) a chamber of guardians for control of the armed forces. The plan's cornerstone: "Universal government of justice, founded on the rights...
January 1928-First Man of the Year: Charles A. Lindbergh...