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Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 October 1939, Page 6

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COLONEL LINDBERGH’S SPEECH DISSENT IN UNITED STATES AND CANADA. MRS ROOSEVELT SENSES SYMPATHY WITH NAZIS. 3y Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received This Day. 12.10 p.m.) MONTREAL. October 19. Mrs Roosevelt, in her column "My Day," commenting on Colonel Lindbergh, said she had sensed in his speech “a sympathy with Nazi ideals which I thought existed, but could not bring myself to believe was really there.” A Boston message says that Gene Tunney, former holder of the world heavyweight boxing title, in an address, said he was shocked at the impertinence of some of Colonel Lindbergh's declarations, especially concerning Canada. He could not understand how Colonel Lindbergh, who had sheltered in England, could suddenly desert that country. Mr Tunney characterised Colonel Lindbergh’s acceptance of a Hitler decoration as a grave mistake. It required, he said "great nerve and ambition" for Colonel Lindbergh to return and tell Americans how they should think." “We should protect ourselves from a repetition of this,” said Mr Tunney. The war in Europe is not for the balance of power, but to determine whether we are going to follow the dictates of Christianity or atheism. Before submitting to Communism and Fascism, I would go down with a bullet in my breast."