COOLIDGE'S TRIBUTE
APPLAUSE AND HONOURS
"OUR AMBASSADOR"
(United Press Association.—Copyright.) WASHINGTON, 11th June. Captain Lindbergh was given a national welcome on arrival. He was escorted at the head of a great parade through the; city. President Coolidge bestowed on him the Distinguished Flying Cross.
When decorating the airman, President Coolidge referred to him as "Our ambassador without portfolio," and said that "in showering applause and honours upon this genial, modest American youth, with the naturalness, simplicity, and poise of true greatness, France had an opportunity to • show clearly her goodwill for America." President Coolidge paid a high tribute to Lindbergh's refusal to commercialise his feat.
Lindbergh has to face a week-end crowded with functions and celebrations, after which he is. due in New York on Monday for a mammoth welcome, which it is expected will exceed even Washington's effort.
The latest offer made to Lindbergh is a salary of 100,000 dollars a week as head of the American Society for the Promotion of Aviation, on which no decision has been announced yet.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 136, 13 June 1927, Page 9
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