Address by Charles A. Lindbergh, Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles: carbon copy, 1941 June 20 Page: 1 of 14
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ADDRE. BY
CHA LE A, . LIPBGH,
Hollyw od Bowl, Los Angeles,
June 20, 1941.
'e nho oppose America? s entrance into this war have
one great advantage over the interventionists. We will be
successful if we can bring the true facts and issues of the
war clearly before the people of our country. They can be
successful only by confusing our people in regard to these
facts and issues. We fight with the blade of truth as our
greatest weapon. They use the bludgeon of propaganda. We
ask you to study our statements since this war began. They
dare not ask you to study theirs. Time lies with us, for
knowledge cannot be permanently suppressed, and every fact that
is learned sharens our weapon
Possibly the mos t ominous and deplorable development
of the mar, as far as the United States is concerned, has been
the deliberate attempt to misinform and confuse our people.
Some day, in the not distant future, the men who are responsi-
ble for this will be called to account by an aroused and en-
lightened nation. The attempt to involve our country in war
by subterfuge and propaganda is not a crime to be passed over
lightly. Public opinion will bring the charges, and history
will be the judge.
But there is time for that in the future. Now, we
have a more important mission to accomplish. Our first mission
is to stay out of this war, and all of our effort, for the pres-
ent, must be directed toward that objective. After the war is
over, we can turn to reforms. Reforms must come, but they must
come with tolerance and not with war.
Tonight, I shall try to cut through some of the pro-
paganda and misinformation which has entangled public thinking
in recent months. It is impossible to cover everything in a
single address, so I shall hold my discussion primarily to tVo
of the greatest fallacies which have been advanced by the groups
who want to get us into war. They claim, first, that the de-
velopments of modern warfare make this country more vulnerable
to foreign invasion than before, and, second, that the best way
to defend America is by defending England. I will try to show
you conclusively tonight why these claims are false, and why
the exact opposite is true. The fact is that the developments
of modern warfare make America less vulnerable to invasion than
we have ever been in the past. The fact is that 'the surest way
for us to lose a war is by trying to defend Englan o'- ayrv -- 1 0 1 - -0 -1 _0
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Lindbergh, Charles A. Address by Charles A. Lindbergh, Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles: carbon copy, 1941 June 20, text, June 20, 1941; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1794781/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.