The Garland City globe. (Garland, Utah) 191?-1925, 1919-08-16
teach LOYALTY
TO Foreigners
FORD ENGLISH SCHOOLS iNcuL-
CATE PRINCIPLES OF PURE
AMERIcANlsM IN STUDENTS.
TRIAL DRAWING 70 A CLOSE
Attorneys Begin Final Arguments
After Ford Counsel Presents ORA
matte Testimony On Edues'
tional Work.

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tional Work.
! Mt. Clemens, Mich.-Henry Ford
counsel kept until the final day on
which testimony was presented. the
strongest arguments In their posses
sion. Not until the trial was within
| a few hours of its close did they bring
to the witness stand Clinton Q. Do
witt, superintendent Of the Ford Eng
lish school.
"Mr. Ford" said the witness, was
Of the opinion that you could not sue
cessfully put over one idea while there
we're 81 languages spoken In the rae
tory 30 to promote that one idea,
which was and Is Americanism, he In
sisted that every workman must learn
TO speak the 'American'--not me
English-language.
"There were 1000 students In the
school before the United States en-
tered the war and the factory was
practically turned over to government
work."
Sample lessons were read by the
Witness. Parts are given as follows:
Every good American loves ana
respects the United States Flag.
"our Gag stands for liberty. justice
and peace.
Its colors are red. white and blue.
"The red stands for love. the white
stands for purity. tn. blue stands Tor
truth"
American Tags" said the witness.
were used profusely In the scuooi
room and a silk flag always nuttsrs
before an electric fan.
Teach Anerleanlsm.
The men are taught that therc 10 no
| greater title than American eitisen'
and are urged TO accept the advsnt.
ages OF education offered by this coun.
try so that they may At themselves.
through knowledge. to defend their
liberties.
Pictures OF great AMERICANS sdorn
the class rooms. special exercises are
held on the birthday Of great leaders
| Of the nation and finally. when the
class graduates, II is presented with
souvenir American fiass and 10 gives
membership in what is known ~ tho
American Club" Tho Federal and
Itate courts recognize diploma from
the Ford English school rs an evil
dence OF adequate preparation TOR
citizenship. Il was shown.
Through this testimony counsel
sought to bring out that the man
who taught 5000 foreigners to love
their adopted country and to respect
its Gag could scarcely be called an
anarchist and that man who sought
every possible method to instill love
for the Stars and Stripes In the
hearts OF those who come TO II from
foreign shores, could never have
made the slanderous statements at
tributed TO him by Tribune counsel.
Mr.. Ford. II was shown, loaned all
his educational workers to the gov.
eminent at the time war broke out.
The war department found the meth
ODDS used In the Ford English school
so valuable that they introduced them
In all training camps. Henry Ford
paid the salaries Of the men he loaned
to the government for the work.
Closing Arguments Open.
| Closing arguments In the case
opened the last Of the week. Attorney
| VIM. Lucking led OF for Ford counsel.
He called attention frst to the testi.
mony which showed that The Tribune.
hot for Intervention In Mexico be-
| cause Il thought such action would
lead to conquest or at least to great
riches for the United States. had
found Henry Ford blocking its path
Just when its long campaign gave
promise of bearing fruit Thereupon.
said the attorney. The Tribune set out
to destroy Mr.. Ford's influence. to
sweep him out OF it's path and TO still
his voice which pleaded for q course
which would help the bleeding repub.
| lie to the south to regain her feet and
70 strike forth on new highroad OF
education and freedom.
Attorney Weymouth Kirkland open.
cd for The Tribune. He declared that
what Mr.. Ford had done since 1916
when The Tribune called him an
anarchist-had nothing whatever to
do with the situation as II was when
the newspaper stigmatized the manu-
facturer as an enemy Of his country.
He did not deny that Mr. Ford had
done an immense and valuable work
for the government during the war but
he claimed that this did not alter the
facts as they were before war broke
out. Mr. Ford, the attorney insisted.
was an anarchist at the time The
Tribune described him as such, and
the truth he said was sufficient justin.
cafian for the attack