Oxford eagle., 1919-08-14
TEACH LOYALTY
TO FOREIGNERS
FORD ENGLISH SCHOOLS INCUL.
CATE PRINCIPLES OF PURE
AMERIcANIsM IN STUDENTS.
TRIAL DRAWING TO A CLOSE
Attorneys Begin Final Arguments
After Ford Counsel Presents ORA
matte Testimony On Educa.
tionaI Work.

Mt Clemens, Mich-Henry Ford's
counsel kept until the final day on
which testimony was presented, the
strongest arguments in their posses
sion. Not until the trial was within
few hours Of its close did they bring
to the witness stand Clinton G. De-
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
were 81 languages spoken in the fac
tory. SO to promote that one idea.
which was and is Americanism, he in
sisted that every workman must learn
to speak the 'American'-not the
English-language.
There were 5000 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 foloWsi
EVERY SOOu AIuSI!Cdu loFoS oAu
respects the United States Flag.
Our flag stands for liberty. justice
and peace.
Its colors are red, white and blue.
"The red stands for love, the white
stands for purity, the blue stands for
truth"
american flags" said the witness.
were used profusely in the school
room and a silk flag always 1utters
before an electric fan.
Teach Americanlsm.
The men are taught that there is no
greater title than american citizen
and are urg ed to ccept the advant-
ages of education offered by this coun-
try so that they may fit themselves,
through knowledge, to defend their
| liberties
Pictures Of great Americans adOrn
the class rooms, special exercises are
held on the birthday of great leaders
OF the nation and finally, when the
class graduates, it is presented with
souvenir American flags and IS given
membership in what is known as the
,"American Club" The Federal and
state courts recognize diploma from
| the Ford English school as an evil
,dence of adequate preparation for
citizenship, it 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 flag 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 it from
lloreign shores, could never have
made the slanderous statements at
Itributed to him by Tribune counsel.
Mr.. Ford, it was shown, loaned all
his educational workers to the gov
IIernment at the time war broke out.
The war department found the meth
IDS used in the Ford English school
so valuable that they introduced them
lin all training camps. Henry Fora
lpaid the salaries of the men he loaned
lto the government fer the work.
II Closing Arguments Open.
II Closing arguments in the case
topened the last of the week. Attorney
lWm. Lucking led off for Ford counsel.
IIHe called attention first to the testi-
mony which showed that The Tribune,
hot for Intervention in Mexico be-
cause it thought such action would
lead to conquest or at least to great
riches for the United States. had
found Henry Ford blocking Its path
lust when it's 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 course
which would help the bleeding repuo-
lie to the south to regain her feet ana
70 strike forth on new highroad OF
education and freedom.
Attorney Weymouth kirkland open
ed for The Tribune. He declared that
ivhat Mr.. Ford lad done since 1916
when The Tribun, called him an
anarchist-had nothing whatever to
do with the situation as 1t was when
,.he newspaper stigmatized the manu-
facturer as an enemy of his country.
lie did not deny that Mr.. Ford had
done an immense and valuable work
for the government during the war but
lne claimed that this did not alter the
facts as they were before war broke
out. Mr.. Ford, the attorney 1nslsteQ,
was an anarchist at the time The
Tribune described him as such, ana
the truth he said was sufficient 1ustln'
cation for the attack.