Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1919-09-18
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 Eduea-
tionaI Work.

Mt Clemens, Mich.-Henry Ford'i
counsel KEPT until the final day OF
which testimony was presented, the
strongest arguments in their posses
sion. Not until the trial was within
to the witness stand Clinton G. De
Witt. superintendent OF the Ford Eng
fish school.
"Mr. Ford" said the witness, was
Of the opinion that you could not sue
cessfully put over one idea while there
were So 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 we're read by the
witness. Parts are given as follows:
Every good American loves and
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 silk flag always fiutters
before an electric fan.
Teach AmericanIsr.
The men are taught that there is no
greater title than American citizen"
and are urged to accept the advant-
ages Of education offered by this coun-
try so that they may At 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
1t 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
and that a man who sought
every possible method to instill love
for the Stars and Stripes in the
hearts Of those who come to It from
foreign shores, could never have
made the slanderous statements at
tributed to him by Tribune counsel.
Mr.. Ford, it was shown, loaned all
his educational workers to the gov
eminent at the time war broke out.
The war department found the meth
DDS used in the Ford English school
10 valuable that they introduced them
In all training camps. Henry Ford
paid the salaries a the men he loaned
10 the government for the work.
Closing Arguments Open.
Closing arguments in the case
opened the last Of the week. Attorney
VIM. Lucking led Off for Ford counsel.
He called attention first to the testi-
nony which showed that The Tribune,
lot for Intervention In Mexico be-
;ause It thought such action would
cad to conquest or at least to great
'iches for the United States, had
ound Henry Ford blocking its path
ust when its long campaign gave
promise of bearing fruit. Thereupon,
laid the attorney, The Tribune set out
o destroy Mr.. Ford's influence, to
weep him out of its path and to still
lis voice which pleaded for a course
Which would help the bleeding repub-
ic to the south to regain her feet and
" OH Inc AOt Ia vi q new ul8uEOdu Oh
'ducation and freedom.
Attorney Weymouth Kirkland open
ID for Tie Tribune. He declared that |
What Mr.. Ford had done since 1916
When The Tribune called him an
.narchist-had nothing whatever to |
10 with the situation as it was when |
he newspaper stigmatized the manu. |
acturer as an enemy of his country.
lie did not deny that Mr.. Ford had
one an immense and valuable work |
or the government during the war but
e claimed that this did not alter the
acts as they were before war broke
ut. Mr.. Ford. the attorney insisted,
1as an anarchist at the time The
tribune described him as such, and
he truth he said was sufficient justif-
alton for the attack.