Show FLIGHT FROM persecution by LEONARD A KARRETT BARRETT although press reports were somewhat confusing the consensus still seems seeing to be that col charles A left his home land to escape c a p e persecution and the possibility of another experience it Is 19 perfectly obvious that hat the lindbergh family would be the lie storm center of interest especially since the trial t r I 1 a 1 but it Is beyond all limits of justice the reason that nn an american citizen should feel impelled to lee flee to another land in order to escape persecution in ills his own country perhaps persecution la Is the price one Is called upon to pay for tame fame many of those who have had honors heaped upon them have suffered persecution and even martyrdom however Ilo weer these experiences were related to or grew out of their personal careers largely the result of misinterpretation of moth ales es or disagreements in matters of 0 policy the lindbergh case Is very different ever since the flight to france and the exceptionally cordial greeting by our american ambassador myron T fi errick colonel lindbergh lias has been regarded as an idol whose heroism expressed the highest possible honesty and sincerity this flight was not dot actuated by the revenge of a disgruntled minority or by a political group forced to surrender their a ambitions rn bit ions it was motivated by the spirit of an insane mob mind which takes keen delight and sadistic satisfaction in creating and witnessing suffering and pain whether the flight to england was a wise move Is not the question the problem before the american people Is that such a condition could arise in a land of our inherited liberty herbert hoover Is quoted as act having remarked life Is less tato here than la in any other country to in the world it if tills this statement expresses the true state of afra affairs Irs then Is it not the opportune time for every amerlean american citizen to protest loudly and vigorously rigorously against gangster rule and public disrespect of law why nut demand the reason for sluggishness of law enforce enforcement why not examine conditions which permit corruption between criminals and some public boffl bials the balance of power which can solve our social and criminal problems is vested in the public vote let conscience arouse us to action perhaps this flight to england will accomplish this end through an aroused public pro test against the influence of crime in this country 0 wenni union |