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The Beer that made Milwaukee Famous . ..simply because it tastes so good © 1962 Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co., Milwoukee, Wis., Brooklyn, N. Y„ Los Angeles, Cal„ Kansas City, Mo., Tampa, Fla. - ;! crazed public and a sadistic press that tore him to souvenirs and destroyed his life? However, we know that he gave much of himself to this country and had the courage to admit his mis- takes. Walter G. Page Wyandotte, Mich. sir: I resent the implications made by Dale Shaw in his article "What Hap- pened to Lindbergh?" against the great and devoted patriot Charles A. Lind- bergh. Lt. Gen. George E. Stratemeyer, USAF (Ret.) Winter Park, Fla. sir: While most of the Lindbergh arti- cle is not bad, I happen to be one of the Legionnaires who lived through the Lindbergh era and saw him vi- ciously smeared prior to and during WW2. I feel that Mr. Shaw also has been somewhat less than fair to him. In what may be oversimplified terms, Lindbergh said then, in effect: "Ameri- BLACKLIST Gifted? Give him The Book of Knowl- ca should not get into this European sir: As a 42-year member of the Le- war to save bolshevism. We should edge . then watch him go further! gion I want to commend you for tend to our own affairs." Bright but bored? of The Book Knowl- opening the columns of the magazine S. C. Lyons edge is written and arranged to catch in your March issue to Roy M. Brewer Dry Branch, Ga. it. his interest . and to hold for his article "The Truth About the sir: Your March issue as usual was up Mentally Blacklist." This was in reply to the lazy? More likely uninter- to par with one very important ex- article Ring that ested. The Book of Knowledge because by Lardner, Jr., ap- — ception. How did that Lindbergh arti- peared in The Saturday Evening Post. of its non-alphabetical unique arrange- cle get by you? It was about as clever If we had more facts and less cover- ment will arouse his curiosity. — a piece of red propaganda as I have up our country would be better off. seen. It was hard on the Germans, Doesn't like to read? Don't blame him R. L. Benson easy on the Russians, and damned give him The Book of Knowledge. Read- Wrightsville Beach, N. C. ers are leaders. Start him now on The Lindbergh with faint praise. Gen. Edwin E. Schwien Book of Knowledge. It inspires reading sir: Enjoyed very much the article on Los Altos, Calif. Grades not good enough? The Book of the blacklist, by Roy M.