TUNNEY HITS OUT

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20073, 20 October 1939, Page 8

TUNNEY HITS OUT

LINDBERGH’S SPEECH IMPERTINENT COMMENT MRS. ROOSEVELT’S VIEW FLYER’S SYMPATHIES (Klee. 'l'd. Copy HA] t Cnitid Cross Assn.) (Reed. Oct. 20, I.U p.m.) NEW YORK. Oct. 10. Mi-... Roosevelt in her newspaper column, “My Day." commenting on tiie .statement by Colonel dies. Lindbergh, raid she had sensed in the speech his “sympathy with Nazi ideals which I thought existed, but could not bring myself to believe was really there." A message from Boston says that the former world’s champion boxer. Gene Tunnov. in an address, said lie was shocked at the impertinence ct some of Colonel Lindbergh’,-' declarations, especially those concerning Canada. lie could not „ understand how Colonel Lindbergh, who had sheltered in England, could suddenly desert that country. Tunnev characterised Colonel Lindbergh’s acceptance of decoration from ITerr Hitler as a grave mistake. It required "great nerve and j ambition" for Colonel Lindbergh to return and tell Americans how they : should think. “We should protect ourselves from a repetition of this “war in Europe, not for the balance of power, but to determine whether we are going to follow the dictates of Christianity or atheism. Before submitting 1 o Communism and Fascism, I would go i down with a bullet in my heart," added Tunncy.