Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-31
pAcIElST WANTS LEAGUE OF MA
TONS OR WORLDS GREAT.
EST FLEET.
WITHOUT LEAGUE v. S.
SHOULD AWE THE WORLD
Friend Of Wilson. Spending Winter IN
California, Discusses European and
American Politics - Says He 10
Spending Money Fighting Corrupt
Political Machine,

one OF the worlds advocates OF a uni
versal peace that will continue for all
time, believes that IL the league Of ne
lions plan falls thru, the United states
should Immediately begin 10 build
navy that could defy and defeat the
Mr. Ford who is spending the winter
here with his family-Mrs. Ford. thelr
son. t.dsel Ford, the latter's wife anu
her mother, Mrs. William Clay-has
! other interesting beliefs. One OF thehl
! is that Woodrow Wilson has so deNei-
I oped while president OF the mite"
( States, thru close application 10 duty
and sheer hard work, that he Is now
/ the one logical man 10 head the leag ne
! OF nations.
He has profound admiration for
| Mr.. Wilson, and TO a star News man
! today. in speaking for publication foi
| the first time since his arrival in Cal
ifornia, smilingly confessed thai he had
! spent a considerable sum OF money
! during the last presidential campaign
! in helping re-elect him. But friends
say it is typical OF Mr.. Ford that, while
he gladly spent his cash helping get
another man into office, because he
| believed that man could do more for
| the people OF America than anyone
! else in the field. he expended not "
! cent in his own campaign for United
! States senator in Michigan last fall.
OF course there will be lot Of men,
! and women too. who will smile at the
statement that he did not invest cap
! ital of his own in his senatorial amh.-
tions. but they haven't heard Mr.. Ford
say that he didn't.
II did not spend 5-cent piece in
! trying 10 be elected to the United
/ States senate. but I have spent large
sum since the election trying 20 expose
/ the machine that came into Michigan.
! and the political dupes that It hired
and ] am prepared 10 spend millions
more to the same purpose declared
! Mr. Ford The fight against the ma
Chine Will never stop until everything
! on earth that can be done has been
/ done 20 defeat it. I say this not be-
cause of my own desire for a place in
! the senate. but because the people of
I Michigan are entitled TO a square deal.
| II is more their fight than mine
! Crooked politics must be wiped out in
| America. I am going TO do all ! can
! to this end.
| Nothing will bring one In for ridi~
! cule and condemnation thru the public
press quicker than fighting big poll
! teal machine When President Wilson
asked me to accept the nomiration for
! United States senator IL rendered. -
! warned me just what to expect from
| the machine. He told me that they
would stop at nothing 10 discredit me-
| in the eyes OF the American people. and
! he proved good prophet He made
! the statement 70 ne tha. II was the
meanest and most thankless job one
man had ever asked another 20 do
We will never get really clean poll
| tics until the politicians are paid ada
! suqately for their services to The pub
! lie. When a man is hired to do
thing. whether that thing is in poll
tics or something else. ne should be
! paid what his time. energy and ability
are worth. 1t has my observation that
| the public is always glad 30 pay for
what it gets. and that it gets what it
/, pays for"
Favors Big Navy.
1t is because OF my faith in the
| American people that I favor the
greatest of all navies. provided, OF
| course President Wilson's scheme does
! not work out The American people
| are the extract Of the best in all the
| world. The men and women who came
here from all countries represented the
! best in those countries. They were
/ pioneers, and you will find that the pio-
| neers in any movement are made OF
| the right stuff They have to be, or
they wouldn't be pioneers. / am con-
! fident that our people could be entrust-
ed with navy that could drive onto
the beach the combined navies OF the
| world. with no fear Of any injustice
| being done to anyone.
Il hope the league OF nations will be-
come reality, and that Mr.. Wilson
will be made it's president. | have
known him personally for long time
He is a student, thinker and work
er. His mind is open always to sug-
gestions. but he acts on his own judg-
ment He can be trusted anytime to
pick the best for the most people. He
| has foresight. He sees into the future.
II he has visions they are practical
ones. He works toward an end, and
it is an end that will be for the good
OF all humanity.
EdsaII's Salary $4,000.
rs it true that your son receives
a salary OF $4,000 year as presi7
dent of the Ford Motor Company"
That is a malicious lie on the part
of the newspapers" he said. My son
was elected president not because he
was my son, but because he was the
LOGICAL man for the job. / received
salary OF $500 a year but Edsal in