The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-05-09
YANKEE DEVICES WILL WIN
THE WAR SAYS HENRY FORD


by American engineers, constructed
by American workers and operated
by American fighters-are going to
win the war on land, in the water
and in the air."
Henry Ford, that quiet-voiced,
gentle ex-pacifist, who IS
doing more, perhaps, than any other
individual in the country to pro-
duce mechanical battle contrivances,
voiced this opinion to The World
recently.
"Work- willingness and
capacity to works what will bring
us victory. Idlers caused the war
idlers of so-called royalty, who by
command made others obey them;
and capitalistic idlers, who made for
tunes and sought greater fortunes
by forcing others to do their bidding
"But work will beat the mall.
The mechanism turned out by our
strong, intelligent wage-earners will
triumph over the ideas and ideals of
the idlers. | hate war and always
did, but / hope this war continues
until there are no more idle eX-
ploiters of others left upon the
earth"
Mr.. Ford had been for a couple
of days in New York resting"
His rest consisted mainly of inspect
ing and making further plans for
his great plant out in the Jersey
meadows near Newark, where he is
to turn out, primarily, Eagles-those
200-foot, all steel submarine de-
stroyers which the navy counts upon
heavily to combat the undersea
menace.
The Eagle is one of two par
ticular fighting devices which are
so engrossing Mr.. Ford's attention
at present that he is working harder
and putting in longer hours than
any of the 10000 employees of his
concern.
Have u Boat Detectors.
Without going too deeply into de-
tails as to the construction of these
boats, it is permissible to say that
they are 200 feet long, 251a feet
wide, and draw 8 feet of water,
carry 5-inch guns, are equipped with
submarine detectors that can spot
the enemy's U boats more than a
mile away, have devices for drop
ping depth bombs, and are expected
to do great execution.
Yet they are to be turned out
(big as they are) in the same
standardized, systemized fashion as
the little pleasure cars which made
Mr.. Ford's name known throughout
the world. He described one of the
buildings along the Rouge river, st
Detroit, where the Eagles are now
under construction.
"This is 800 feet wide and l 300
feet long," Mr.. Ford said. sit has
three sets of rails, along which t..e
Eagles progress from the beginning j
to their assembling until they are
complete. At the end of the tracks
they take to the water and by Il at
time they are a finished produce,
fully equipped, armed and SUP ,lied
and with their crews aboard.
eve have orders for 100 of these
boats, but we are prepared to build
1000 if they are needed" Mr.. Ford
said. CONSTRUCTION will go on at
Rouge river until the weather is too
cold next fall, and by that time the
plant in the Jersey meadows will be
in operation"
The Two-Man Tank.
Mr.. Ford's other pet war machine
is the "two-man tank" This is not
his own idea he wanted it under
stood. 1t was the conception of
army men, just as the Eagle was the
outgrowtff of navy ideas. But he
has built one of the small tanks
for experiment purposes and he
knows what it will do.
"The simplest thing possible" he
said enthusiastically. otis merely
a little affair of sheet steel, armor-
plated, with two Of our ordinary
20-horse-power motors, driving truck