Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1919-08-21
TEACH LOYALTY
To FOREIGNERS
FORD ENolisH SCHOOLS lNcuL,
CATE PRINCIPLES or PURE
AMERlcANlsM IN srupgNra
TRIAL DRAWING TO A CLOSE
Attorneys Begin Final Arnumsnss
After Ford Counsel Presents Ora
matte Testimony On Eduea-
tlonal Werk.

Mt. Clemens. Mich.-Henry Ford's
counsel kept until the fnal day on
which Testimony was presented, the
strongest arguments In their posses
sion. Not until the trial was within
few hours Of It's close did they BRING
to the witness stand Clinton C. De.
Witt, superintendent Of the Ford Eng.
lish school.
"Mr. Ford" said the witness. swas
Of the opinion that you could not sue
cessfully put over one idea while there
were 90 languages spoken In the Gao.
tory. so TO promote that one idea,
which was and is Americanism, he In
sisted that every workman must learn
10 speak the 'American'-not tho
English-ianguage
There were 5000 students I'm the
school before the United States en-
tered the war and the factory was
practically turned over TO government
work"
Sample lessons were read by the
witness. Parts are given as follows:
Every good American loves ana
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 fiags." said the witness,
"were used profusely In the school
room and a silk flag always fiuttsrs
before an electric fan.
Teach AnlerIeanIsn.
The men are taught that there is no
greater title than American citizen"
and are urged To accept tho advans-
ages 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
OF the nation and finally. when the
csass graduates. 10 IL presented with
souvenir American flags and In given
membership In what Is known as the
american Club" The Federal and
state courts recognize a diploma from
the Ford English school as an evi.
dence OF adequate preparation Tor
citizenship. Il 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
anarchist and that a man who sought
every possible method to instili 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. Il was shown. loaned all
his educational workers 20 the gov.
ernment at the time war broke out.
The war department found the meth.
DDS used In the Ford English school
80 valuable that they introduced them
In all training camps. Henry Ford
paid the salaries Of the men he loaned
10 the government for the work.
Closing Arguments Open.
Closing arguments In the cass
opened the last OF the week. Attorney
VIM. Lueking led of for Ford counsel.
He called attention first to the testt
mOny which showed that The Tribune,
hCt for intervention In Mexico BE-
cause Il 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,
said the attorney. Tho Tribune set out
50 destroy Mr. FOrd's influence, %
sweep him out of It's path and to stilI
his voice which pleaded for a course
which would help the bleeding repuh
lic TO the south to regain her feet and
to strike forth on a new highroad oi
and freedom.
Attorney Weymouth Kirkland open.
ed for The Tribune. He declared thas
what MF. Ford had done since 1916
when The Tribune called him an
anarchist-had nothing whatever %
do with the situation as 70 was when
the newspaper stigmatixed the manu-,
factursr az an enemy Of his country
He did not deny that Mr.. Ford had
done an immense and valuable worh
for the government during the war bui
he claimed that this did not alter the
facts as they were 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 justin,
cation for the attack.