The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-19

portant feature of the day. Alfred Luck ing, senior counsel for the plaintiff, chara acter1zed the examination as "bru- tal' and the witness, pressed to admit the editorial charge Of being an 'ignor- ant idealist," and reminded that on pre- vious occasions he had admitted it. re- marked:
 You are a good enough attorney to get me to say this or that but it would not be in my mind.'
 Haven't I tried to be fair with you, MT. Ford Absolutely" "I have not tried to mislead you?" "No, sir" It was here that MT. Lucking made his charge of brutality, adding: You take a modest witness, MT. Stevenson, and try to pound him into saying he is an ignorant idealist. It seems to me that this should be left to argument. It is not right to pound man of MT. Fords yype, retiring and public and push him into saying things against himself. He is the easiest man in the world to get to cay thing" Have I been pounding you, MT. Ford?" asked MT. Stevenson. "Mr. Lucking is talking through his hat isn't he?"
 ONLY PARTLY QUOTED Nearly two hours was consumed while MT. Ford was excused from the
  mony of General Erasmus Weaver in , 1916. before the House committee on mill itary affairs. It bore on one of the Ford advertisements, written by Theo- dore de la Vigne, the plaintiffs peace publicity manager. in which a part quo- tation made the genera, appear to state that with Il 600 additional men the coast defense system would be inadequately prepared, and from a further reading ! that General Weaver admitted that the guns were obsolete and outranged by modern naval guns; that the fortifica- tions were too far apurt and that with out a mobile army they could be taken by landing parties operating from the rear.
 What do you understand by mobile army" asked MT. Stevenson. "A large army ready to be mobilized." !" MT. Stevenson then took up the ed- torial.
 What is the office of the headline of an editorial, MT. Ford -' T don't know what you have refer ence to-
 Mir Stevenson explained a head line | suggests what is in the body of the ar ticle under it, and reminded the witness | that in previous testimony he had defined | an anarchist a bomb thrower or one | who seeks to overturn government What was said in the editorial about l bomb throwing, MT Ford?" | The lawyer then began reading the ed | itorial:
 Inquiry at the Henry Ford offices in Detroit discloseS the fact that e.nplo, es I of Ford who are members of, or recruits | in the national guard. will lose their places"
 l MT Stevenson had asked Mir. Ford to stop him if he came to anything about bomb-throwing or overturning the gov ernment and at this point reminded the | witness that he had not been stepped. You have head the head line, Mr. Stevenson
 "Yes. MT. Ford Well, you can stop right there The headline. MT. Ford, you said, was | to indicate what was in the article. I am reading the article so you can compare :t with the head line. You don't find any thing about bomb throwing or overturn- | mig the governmentT' l Only in the head line" l The lawyer continued to read the edi- torial, making after each paragraph the i same inquiry and receiving the same negative reply.
 Finally Mir Ford said to Mir. Stevenson.
 OBJECTS TO HEADLINE
 q will give you a little explanation of the way I feel. I. myself very seldom Tread anything else except the head lines of any article. That is one of the objects of this case. to try and have people stick l to the truth little more behind their head lines"
 l MT. Stevenson made another attempt l to get witness to confess that he was an ignorant man, as the lawyer said, was
 shown by his inability to answer ques-
 tions concerning cardinal points of Amer
 ican history the army and navy, anc
 similar matters.
 Mir. Lucking jumped to his feet anc
 said:
 That is objected to as brutal and in- human"
 MT. Ford ignored this, and remarked:
 "As said, Mir Stevenson, am ignorant of most things" Tn one comment on the editorial MT Ford said he considered the whole article as bad. but MT. Stevenson continued tt
 
 about bomb throwing or overturning thu government amidst innumerable ob5ec tions. When the lawyer read the state ment that The takes the men who stand between him and service. and punishe them for the service which protects him. | MT Ford said that it was not true. Do you claim that you did not dis courage men from military service?" Yes. sir"
 But you boasted that as a result o your anti-preparedness efforts only ten o Il your 3c,oOO employees attended a militi Fl encampment? i But I don't know about that, MI stevenson It was in the De La vign' booklet I hired him to be my expert ol those things and told him to state onl, l facts I assumed that he carried out m l structions I have no personal recol lection of such a boast" | Prince of Wales Coming II By Associated Fress