Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-08-21

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respects the United States Flag.
"Qur flag stands for liberty, justice
and peace.
TITS colors are red, white and blue
"The red stands for love, the white
stands for purity, the blue stands foS
truth"
american flags" said the witness.
"were used ~profusely in the school
room and a silk flag always autters
before an electric fan.
Teach Anericanisrn.
The men are taught that there is no
greater title than American citizen"
land are urged to accept the advant-
lagos Of education offered by this coun-
try so that they may fit 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
Iof 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
stAnerican Club" The Federal and
Estate courts recognize a diploma from
the Ford English school as an evil
Edence Of adequate preparation for
~tcitizenship. it 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
fits flag could scarcely be called an
anarchist 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.
MI. Ford, it was shown, loaned all
his educational workers to the gov
Fernment at the time war broke out.
The war department found the meth
lods used in the Ford English school
$50 valuable that they introduced them
in all training camps. Henry Ford
paid the salaries Of the men he loaned
ito the government for the work.
Closing Arguments Open.
Closing arguments in the case
Eopened the last Of the week. Attorney
VIM. Lucking led off for Ford counsel.
He called attention first to the testi-
mony which showed that The Tribune,
hot for intervention in Mexico be-
cause it thought such action would
lead to conquest or at least to great
riches for the United States, had
found Henry Ford blocking its path
just when its long campaign gave
promise of bearing fruit. Thereupon,
Isaid the attorney, The Tribune set out
Ito destroy Mr.. Ford's influence, to
sweep him out Of its path and to still
his voice which pleaded for a course
which would help the bleeding repub-
Ilic to the south to regain her feet and.
to strike forth on a new highroad Of
education and freedom.
Attorney Weymouth kirkland open
led for The Tribune. He declared that
what Mr.. Ford had done since 1916
when The Tribune called him an
Ianarchist-had nothing whatever to
do with the situation as it was when
the newspaper stigmatized the manu-
tfacturer al an enemy Of his country.
He did not deny that Mr.. Ford had
done an immense and valuable work
for the government during the war but
he claimed that this did not alter the
facts as they we're before war broke
out. Mr.. Ford, the attorney insisted.
was an anarchist at the time The
Tribune described him as such, and
the truth he said was sufficient justih-
cation for the attack.