| Show American Press Deplores Forcing of Into Exile By United Press The self expatriation of Colonel Coonel Lindbergh his wife and child caused almost unanimous regret in the editorial reaction of newspapers newspapers newspapers news news- of law enforce enforce- papers today Many saw a humiliating indictment ment Representative comment follows NEW V YORK YORI HERALD TErn UNE UNE Nations Nations have exiled their I heroes before they have broken them in misunderstanding or persecuted persecuted persecuted perse perse- them with meanness But when has a nation made life Unbearable unbearable unbearable un un- bearable to one of its distin distinguished men through a sheer inability to protect him from its criminals and lunatics and the vast vulgarity of its sensationalists publicity seekers petty politicians and yellow newspapers news news- pa papers papera Z KANSAS CITY STAR It Is nothing short of a national disgrace that Colonel and Mrs Charles A. A Lindbergh virtually should be driven en from America and forced to seek residence and refuge in a foreign country because of threats against their living child chUd and because of harassment in connection connection connection con con- with attempts to save the theman theman theman man convicted of and murdering another child NEW YORK DAILY NEWS NEWS- Lindbergh leaves the United States with his wife and young son Jon to take up residence in England Object Presumably to get tho the peace from cranks and criminals which our country somehow cannot guar guar- antee We have to admit that charge with shame Hauptmann was convicted convicted convicted con con- at a trial held as openly as could be imagined his appeal went to the supreme court Then Governor Governor Gov Gov- I Gov-I Hoffman Hottman of New Jersey saw fit tit to reopen the case Hoffman HoUman now admits he ho made a mistake We Ve will admit he did too On the thc theother theother other hand band Colonel Lindbergh has always invited publicity by shunning shunning shunning shun shun- ning it after the manner of at Greta Garbo We Va do think he h-e would have been pestered less if he had acted more as a popular hero is supposed to act and been less embarrassed In the public gaze TORONTO MAIL MAILAND AND EMPIRE El ColonelLi Colonel Lindbergh and his wife ma may become residents in England that their child may be brought up normally It is a compliment earned carried by British law and order THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE Our Our shame before beCore the world and before the tribunal of our own conscience has been brought home to us in the justifiable course adopted we know with the utmost reluctance by Colone Colonel Colonel Col Col- one onel and Mrs Lindbergh h. h The only way out is through the thc restoration of the national morale the revival of the sense of common responsibility ity for good government the holding to strict accountability of public officials officials officials of of- and the political personnel which controls them l PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER INQUIRER- That the have been driven to seek refuge abroad re redounds redounds re- re not at all aU to the credit of this country particularly of the state of New Jersey It is deeply to be regretted that this family is forced to seek sanctuary abroad while the man who was convicted as long as last February of kid kid- naping and killing their child still I lives Jives to Inspire maudlin sympathy and while Governor Hoffman scatters scatters scat scat- tots doubt concerning the processes of the law PHILADELPHIA A R E C COR O 0 R B D D- D II 4 The have done precisely precisely pre pre- what any other American citizens citizens citi citi- zens would do in similar circumstances circumstances circumstances circum circum- stances the criminal element continues con con- to ride high in America I revival of the Hauptmann case by Governor Hoffman with the new hue and cry according to Lindbergh Lindbergh Lind Lind- bergh proved the last straw w. w the roots of or this situation lie Ho deeper than they seem We Ve pride ourselves ourselves ourselves our our- selves upon the bill of rights yet England has no written constitution at all nil no supreme court dourt ourt TORONTO GLOBE GLOB The GLOBE The he Lind- Lind berghs are arc able to shake shako off the dust of their native land to seek sanctuary from the battalions of 01 criminals and maudlin wits nit-wits who fill the tho days and nights of others with haunting fears The Lind Lind- S re going to Britain because there for fOt ransom is un un- known Canadians ought to think about this Lindbergh case It happened happened happened hap hap- in the United States but it il could happen in Canada BOSTON POST The POST The news that Colonel Lindbergh has been forced into precipitate flight light with his wife wite and infant son to seek shelter shelter shelter shel shel- ter in England where his family can be safe from kidnapers gangsters gangsters gangsters gang gang- racketeers and he slimy politicians politicians pol pol- who feed teed on them should make every American who loves his country bow his head in shame SCRIPPS HOWARD ARD NEWSPAPERS A- A PERS Perhaps PERS Perhaps the tho were justified in their escape It was a personal decision which nobody nobody nobody no no- body else could make for them Certainly Certainly Certainly no parent will vill quarrel with it We Ve would like however to think it was not necessary NEW V YORK TIMES TIMES Gangsters Gangsters and kidnapers pers have ranged the theland theland theland land with too much recklessness and too great immunity The Inevitable inevitable result we see strikingly set forth in n this Lindbergh decision to seek safer surroundings elsewhere It is as if it America has decreed exile for her own son |
