The sun., 1919-07-01
WRITER OF ACCUSED
EDITORIAL STAND
Clifford Raymond, Who At
tackled Ford in Chicago
"Tribunc," Testifies.
special DespotcA to TEE Soy.

bpectdt Despdtch 10 THE Sun.
MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. June 3o.-The
Ford-Chicago Tribune libel suit entered
its eighth week to-day. It is confidently
expected that the Tribune will be able
to close It's case before Thursday night.
when court will adjourn until next Mon
day. Much interesting testimony will
be heard this week. including that OF
the editorial writers on the Tribune, the
owners Of that paper. Henry Ford and
others.
with this disposed of will come the
rebuttal which will consume another Ave
days. 1t Is freely predicted that Mr..
Ford will be obliged to spend several
days on the stand under the relentless
questioning of Attorney Elliott G.
Stevenson of the defence's counsel.
The whole of to-day was occupied In
hearing the testimony OF Clifford Ray
mond. the man who wrote the editorial
which characterized Mr.. Ford an anar-
chist, and for which the manufacturer
of automobiles and U-Boat chasers Is
asking a favorable verdict and one mill
ion dollars besides.
Mr.. Raymond was questioned closely
by Attorney Alfred Lucking. counsel for
the plaintiff. as to the relationship Of
the Tribune owners to the International
Harvester and Standard Oil interests.
Questions Ownership OF Paper.
was not the fact that the owners of
the Tribune held stock in these corpora
tons the direct reason for their wanting
to keep out OF war with Germany and
getting into 1t with Mexico" he was
asked?
THE TribHne's policy in 1915 was
that we had let the cause for war with
Germany go by" was the reply. Our
.t,,lr - \ ptNo y,l,.
advocated war"
Attorney Lucking asked II the editorial
headed Ford is an Anarchist" was
written because Ford would not retain
jobs for enlisted employees, pay their
wages or care for their families when
gone for border duty, and the witnesses
reply was that these statements must
be taken with the context Of Ford's gen.
eral attitude.
To editorial was written deliber-
att-.S was It not?''
, Yes, sir. very" replied Raymond.
| Mr. Raymond was asked II he did not
, know that every bomb outrage against
| officials or against the Government was
Immediately attributed to anarchists by
all the press OF the United States. The
San Francisco bomb outrage was cited
as an example and the witness was
asked II it was not attributed to anar-
chists.
NO" he said, IT thought 1t was at
| tributed to the pacifists."
You and your papers described Mex
| leo as a place where murder and rape
outrages of all kinds were going on,
didn't you-burning and destruction gen.
orally absence of law. That is where
you declared Mr.. Ford should be with
his factories?"
| Yes"
And you meant just what the article
said?" -
Exactly"
| Refers to War Attitude.
| your editorials from the first time
the first call arose to the declaration Of
war argued that the submarine contro-
versy was no ground for war. didn't
they? And didn't you keep that up all
the time that you knew Germany was
| trying to get US into war with Mexico
What name would you have applied to
Mr.. Ford had he done anything like that
or had you already exhausted your
worst word on himT'
II would have called him a patriot"
said Raymond.
Five days after the sinking OF the
| Lusitania you were deploring Theodore
Roosevelt who was violently advocating
war with the Huns at that time. were
you not?"
I'VE were deploring that Mr.. Roosevelt
should endeavor to make violent express
sions at 80 solemn and sober a moment
as that, when the Government was
about to determine whether we were 60
ing to war or not?'
Mr.. Raymond was closely questioned
as to whether or not he wrote the Tr1b-
une editorials headed "A voice From
the Dark" Dark Age stufr." The Fail
lacies OF Henry Ford" and others. Some
of these were written by the witness
and on these he was questioned.
Once he was asked by Attorney Kirk
land of the Tribune counsel just what
was in his mind when he wrote the IA
nous editorial, Ford Is an Anarchist.
but the Ford counsel was quick to ofrei
an objection. and after considerable ar
gument the objection was considered &
good one.