The Snowflake herald., 1919-08-08
LEAGUE OR war
DECLARES FORD
MA<NUFAcTURER MAKES II
CLEAR he BELIEVES covEN.
ANT is GREAT STEP.
DECLARES WAR IS MURDER
whirIwind Of Questions Fall TO Shake
composure Of Man Who<sues for
Million Because He Was
Called Anarchist"


Called Anarchist"
Mt Clemens. Mich. The high
dealism Of Henry Ford has freshenea
he proceedings Of the Ford Tribune
libel cGse and has brought into the
wearisome arguments Of counsel and
the duh repetition Of cross-examina-
tions, new quality.
For a week the man who has been
described as everything from an an
archisty to the greatest patriot Of his
day. has been on the stand facing
merciless fire Of questions.
During the reading Of an article
written by John Reed on Henry Ford.
end published in the Metropolitan Mag
azine. the audience in the court cham
Der violated all precedent BY breaking
into applause and Mr. Ford, visibly EN-
barrassed. raised his hand in protest.
Tribune counsel had endeavcred To
quote paragraphs from the Reed arsl-
Gle but had been compelled. by objec.
ton Of Ford attorneys, to introduce
the interview in its entirety. In the
main It was highly complimentary TO
Mr.. Ford.
"Make Farmer independent"
what / want to do. Mr. Ford was
quoted as saying. is to make the farm
er as independent as / am; independ-
ent Of the banks. Independent OF the
trusts. Independent of the railroads. :
The audience. many Of them from
the surrounding farms of this commu-
Eity. showed visible evidence Of It's ap-
probation of that ideal.
Twice Mr.. Ford, wearying Of the
questions having to do with his knowl-
edge Of history, said "Oh, I'll admit
that I'm an ignorant idealist if you
wish.p
what is an ideanst?'' queried Tri-
bune counsel
The innate goodness Of the man
lighted up his kindly eyes with new
light, as he leaned forward and an
swered slowly, 4 think an ldealist is
one who tries to make people happy
and prosperous / think ] do that 4
little"
Quiet, unassuming, courteous and
4 patient, Henry Ford made deep i'm.
pression on the audience. Not once
did he lose his temper under the heck
ling of opposing attorneys, even when
their questions verged on the edge OF
insult. But when the examination
touched on subjects which are close to
lis heart, the League OF Nations, war
and the happiness and prosperity Of
Humanity, counsel found him eagerly
alert.
A League Of Nations, or prepared
ness up to the hilt.
That is the way he sees the situa-
ton today. we must either" he said,
accept the covenant OF peace or dem.
ocracy must arm and stand guard for
ever at the threshold Of liberty
"war Is Murder"
He hammered that fact home and
with it he always added. war is mur-
der
4 was murderer he said, 4 was
a helper Of murder When the crisis
came we all took hand But it is all
The same War is murder
What do you mean by murder"
II mean killing people"
killing people to protect the inter
ests Of the people p
killing anybody or anything.
don't know what else war is. War IL
murder. There is far better way
What is the better way?"
why, to educate people. TO teach
them to think for themselves.
A long examination was conducted
which sought to quiz Mr.. Ford concern
ing his views on history, based on 3
remark which he once made that 8
wouldn't give i've cents for all the his
tory ever written
4 don't think much more Of it nov
than did then, testified Mr.. Ford
The war showed US thas history
didn't last week. All the things they
told us would happen didn't happen
They went ahead. knowing what wal
meant and made the same mistakes
all over again. The history we write
oday is the thing that counts IN
not interested in yesterday.
The Flag Of Nations.
The much discussed flag Of q League
Of Nations, which it has been states
Mr. Ford was having made IN his fac
tory before the United States entered
the war, was brought into court Til.
testimony developed the fact that Mr.
Ford did not originate The design 0
the nag and had never seen tbs ban
uer itself He saw small DRAWN:
/ Of It once IN st. Paul's Cathedral, De
fs.nsk fn nofd h41f had 44ounr 1.nnr1 :,