Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-07-23
FORD FREED
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The witness. said he was interested
in birds and had worked for legislation
for their preservation. Mr.. Lacking.
with reference to Mr.. stevsnson's en-
desyors to prove that Mr.. Ford was
ignorant. asked:
"If MT. Stevenson came to your farm
you could tell him q few things about
birds?"
Eyes, Just q little
The manufacturers opposition to pa
tents was explained as follows:
IT was in litigation over the Selden
automobile patents for seven years and
eventually saved the industry from be-
ing :nonopolized,' said the witness.
Have you and the Ford Motor Co.
good many ratents?" asked Mr..
Lucking.
1--WE have taken out a good many"
Have you ever tried to enforce A
patent against anybody or tried to
prevent them from using any of your
ideas?'
II think not"
MI Ford remembered none Of the
details Of the interview had with him
oy Willis j. Abbott and John Reed.
magazine writer's, or Henry A. Wise
WOOD Preparedness advocate. Mr.
wood. in a speech in Detroit in 1916,
quoted Mr.. Ford at aength az having
that day informed him that he had
no use for flags ana stated that he gave
Mr. ford many statistics in an endeav.
or 70 convert him to preparedness.
IF Wood talked to me didn't hear
ninn. caid the witness. Willis J. Alb
oott. in a magazine article quoted Mr.
FORD as stating that he had not been
IN stockholm two hours until he saw
that he had been wrong and that Ger
many as the principal exponent NJ
militar.sm. must be crushed before mi.
Versal peace was possible.
1 was not at Stockholm a. o,,u
said the witness. and I don't he.
lieve that I said that. don.t Va
member any Of the talk 7 had v,t,
Mr.. Abbott" Will
Now, Mr.. Ford, are you an anar.
cnist:' queried the lawyer.
not" S"' al"
nave you ever been afflliated with
any anarchistic society or encouT.
aged anarchy"
Il have not" i
Have you ever been In conflict
with the government
mo. SIR"
Ever been arrested?"
For speeding. yes sir. It ia i'm.
possible to ride without speeding
without breaking the slaw on speed
ing. and the witness smiled.
Did you ever direct an attack
against the government
NO"
You understand that there can not
De an anarchist except one who ia
Yes"
When the government rot into ~.
war you co-operatedo"
Yes"
Mr.. Stevenson protested that what
MI. Ford did, in support of the gov
eminent after June 1915, when the
tribune charged him with being an
anarchist, was immaterial.
The leopard does not change his
spots. Mr.. Stevenson countered Mr.
Lucking.
Mr.. Ford stated that his first ar.
ticle in support Of universal peace
was printed in the Detroit Free
Press, Aug. %. 1915, and q second one
sept. o. 1918. The witness said that
the second article correctly quoted
him in Stating that If the United
States was invaded everything of his
was at the disposal Of the govern
ment and that he would not accent a
cent OF proft. Another paragraph
was read as follows to show Mr.
Ford's position:
Let the President and others who
are preaching the doctrines of fear
point out the enemy and every
american is willing to lay down his
fortune and his life to answer the
call OF the President. as Americans
have done before"
Mr.. Ford stated that the lanpuae.
was not his, but the sentiment was.
lie SAID that he always supported the
government, but had opposed I,resi-
dent Wilson at time when he con-
sidered it proper to debate the sun
ject OF preparedness.
Coming to what was said IN tho
Tribune editorial, the examination
proceeded:
Mr.. Ford. the article in question.
headed Ford is an Anarchist' said
in substance that the men who were
Withdrawn from your factory Ia 20
with the National Guard would be
placed on the same basis as new an
plcants for employment when they
returned. Is that true?" asked At
torney Lucking.
mo, sir. not that I know Of"
NO. sir, not that know or
IF 1t were true would you have
known IT."
1T think so'
did you do anything to discourage
men from going to the border7"
Nothing"
did you authorize anyone to state
that those men would not be taken
back or that their dependents would not
be cared for?'
mo, sir, did not
with reference to Mr.. Ford's he,ief
that the promotion Of industry ana fair
treatment Of workers would prove tina
salvation OF Mexico. The witness said
he had had about 40 Mexicans At h,s
tractor pant on full pay, learning "a
make farm tractors SO that. in agree.
mert with President Carranza, a fac.
tory might be established along Fora
welfare lines in Mexico.
The Tribune editorial was based IN
a news item from Detroit published IN