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Conger Reynolds correspondence, August 1918
1918-08-14 Conger Reynolds to Daphne Reynolds Page 5
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was working poorly; they had to make two attempts before they got off, and trouble developed that forced them to come down immediately after getting to only a thousand feet. Nevertheless, the Congressman was delighted at having had the experience. I was hoping all the while to get to go up myself, but the pilot wouldn't try it again until some work could be done on the engine. Its newness was causing some bother, but the airman vowed it was the best plane he had seen. The Congressman was Lundeen of Minneapolis. Recalling how the newspapers attacked him last year for his lack of enthusiasm about the war I had not expected to think much of him. And so I didn't, though personally he wasn't so bad as he might be. His views were decidedly Philistine and he showed himself a very commonplace and none too heavy sort, but he had acquired enthusiasm for carrying on the war effectively. We had a good bit of fun kidding him along after I had got him to the Guest House. There is no better amusement than to help a little man show off what a big fellow he is. But it discourages one's enthusiasm for democracy when he sees what sort of Congressmen it produces. However, incompetent Cong-
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was working poorly; they had to make two attempts before they got off, and trouble developed that forced them to come down immediately after getting to only a thousand feet. Nevertheless, the Congressman was delighted at having had the experience. I was hoping all the while to get to go up myself, but the pilot wouldn't try it again until some work could be done on the engine. Its newness was causing some bother, but the airman vowed it was the best plane he had seen. The Congressman was Lundeen of Minneapolis. Recalling how the newspapers attacked him last year for his lack of enthusiasm about the war I had not expected to think much of him. And so I didn't, though personally he wasn't so bad as he might be. His views were decidedly Philistine and he showed himself a very commonplace and none too heavy sort, but he had acquired enthusiasm for carrying on the war effectively. We had a good bit of fun kidding him along after I had got him to the Guest House. There is no better amusement than to help a little man show off what a big fellow he is. But it discourages one's enthusiasm for democracy when he sees what sort of Congressmen it produces. However, incompetent Cong-
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