The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-19
BAR HOLDUP METHOD
IN WAR FUND DRIVE
Officials Say No Person Shall
Be Singled Out and Soil
cited as Ford Was.
"OFF CHARITY FOR LIFE"
Motor Manufacturer Says He
Gave Half Million to War.
Fund in Detroit.

OInclals IN CnarRe OF aTTdHBeHleilt'
for obtaining contributions 10 tho
United War Fund were agreed yester"
day that a ban should be placed upon
any future attempt to collect money b.
singing out any individual by name
and soliciting contributions from him
In a public place No repetition OF
Sunday nights incident at the Metro
politan Opera House, when Henry Ford
left in anger after being solicited re-
peatedly for a subscription by United
States Marshal Mccarthy. will be per-
mitted. This. It was said yesterday
will rule for the remainder OF the drive
and in any future campaigns.
Joseph p. Day. real estate dealer,
who was chairman Of the special fea-
lures bureau OF the New York cam
paign committee. issued a statement
yesterday denouncing the methods that
had been employed His statement
concluded
Nobody has ever accused me Of not
knowing the value Of getting money
for a cause and giving also. But /
take serious objection to the methods
employed as being practically like a
holdup. ] trust this practice of sing
ling out people by name In audiences
will he stopped by consent of fair
minded public To that end am
willing TO head a movement asking all
managers OF theatres and public meet
ings to Join In forbldding such meth
DDS"
Marshal ApoloRiEed.
Mr.. Days statement was issued
early yesterday morning. within few
hours Of the Metropolitan incident
When asked yesterday II he had any
thing to add to this Mr.. Lay said he
had not.
At the close of Sunday nights en-
tertainment and while Mr.. Ford was
still waiting in the lobby OF the Met
ropolitan for Mrs. Ford and his son.
Marshal Mccarthy apologized TO the
automobile maker. who accepted the
apology with the remark:
That's all right. but you should
have known better"
Marshal Mccarthy declined yesterday
to make any comment on the incident.
Before starting for Detroit last nigh,
Henry Ford said that he was on char
ity for life as a result of the unpleasant
incident which caused him 10 leave the
War Work entertainment at the Metro
politan Opera House Sunday night after
he had been solicited by name for
$4,000 by United States Marshal
Thomas y. Mccarthy.
Has Given Away Millions.
Il have given a good many millions to
charity" the automobile maker said
but will not be Observation-Disclosures
shall Mccarthy admitted using the word
blackjack in endeavoring TO got con-
tribution from Mr.. Ford--"by people
who do not produce anything and get
their salaries without productive work
For moment I was tempted to get up
snd say would match the contributions
Of everybody in the opera house audi
ence. 10 show that I was not a piker iI
money matters. But I was advised
against It and just walked out"
Mr. Ford declared he already had
given 100000 to the War Work fund the
contribution having been made before
he came on a pleasure trip from Detroit
He said he might have Increased that
subscription Sunday night. but that he
was mot going TO be bullyragged into
subscribing
Americans the automobile maker said
did not want charity but a chance to
work for their living. He said he would
give that in his factories and that there
would be Job in his plants for every
one of the 1000 Ford workers now In the
military service. II they come back
crippled, he said a way will be found 20
employ them and as many more soldiers
as can possibly be absorbed at tine Ford
plants. He reiterated that he was
against militarism and those who live
ny militia rism or non-prdductive Jobs.
He said this country should feed Ger
many. else We would be in the same posi-
ton as Germany when Belgium and
northern France went unfed He said he
also was In favor of retention by the
Government OF the railroads and other
public utilities that had been taken over