New-York tribune., 1919-06-25
Christ, Wilson and
Tennyson Cited to
Justify Ford View
Attorney in Libel Case in
Verbal Joust With Peda.
gOgue; Wife of Soldier
Recites Rebuff at Plant
Special Correspondence

Special Correspondence
MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich, June "a
Christ, St. Paul, President Wilson
Lyman Abbott, Bishop Williams, Emer-
son and Tennyson were quoted among
ethers by Attorney Lucking during the
mogning session of the Ford Chicago
Tribune" libel suit.
In his cross-examination of Professor
Jesse Reeves, head of the department
OF political science at the University
OF Michigan. Mr.. Lucking sought to
obtain admissions that widely circulated
expressions by Mr.. Ford, which the
witness M onday said had coincided with
those OF leading anarchists, were also
held In part by the individuals above
cited.
The entire examination was a verbal
duel, the university man telling with
out a moments hesitation the entire
history Of the men named at random
ana sometimes anticipating the ex-
preston which the questioner intended
to use
Attorney Lucking read from Presi-
dent Wilson's speech before the In
ternatlonal Bar Association in Paris
May 10, that nationalism against in
ternationalism in Law was. in sensa
played out.
Witness Has Ready Answers
Ihat nat was not the same as Ford
sald!" snapped Reeves "It only means
a, common understanding of laws, not
that nations would be done awav with
Did you ever hear of Tennyson %
was asked
Now" answered the witness, "you
are going to quote from Locksley
Hail." And sure enough the attorney
did
Emerson's line that it is "the igno-
rant and childish mankind, the fighting
hart,' the witness said, never would
have been utteged in the Civil War. He
SAID he had read the works of Emma
Goldman and did not consider her .
great anarchist. Ford, he said, would
nave been trying to measure up to Ben
Jarlin Franklin had the auto maker an.
nounced there never was a GOOD war
or q bad peace"
Professor Reeves was asked to name
just one idea of Mr.. Ford's (Which is
not common to large number of other
people," and Mr.. Reeves said patriot
Ism, there is no such thing as a patriot
the attitude especially With reference
to the national flag-that soldiers are
murderers. None of those are common
thoughts of most writers who are not
anarchists"
Ford Article Cited
MIR. Reeves was asked where Mr.. Ford
ever said he was opposed to the gov
ernment of his nation, and his answer
was: ITO the government of his ma
tlon, in an article entitled Prepared
ness in opposing tn. President of the
United States and in stating that the
President had shifted his ground, was
now engaged in going around preaching
eparedness-the substance of it-so
as to secure a Presidential nomina-
ton"
Mr.. Ford's remark that he would, if
ounce of powder into the sea. strip
the uniforms of the soldiers and sail
ors of their senseless insignia, and
make all of them fit for honest TOLL
was referred to, and Mr.. Reeves asked
if he believed in it.
II do, if everybody did," was his
answer. "But l think it would be q
fool thing to do if we were the only
ones to do it. Especially if Germany
were in the attitude she was at the
time in 1915. That remark | regard
as an anarchistic utterance."
Soldiers Wife Testifies
According to testimony, there was no
welcome sign at the Ford plant for a
dependent wife of a soldier employe
The witness, Mrs. Ernest Prall, stated
that when her husband responded to
his country's call, her only money was
an even dollar. Soon afterwards, she
said, she received aid from the AS
sociated Charities, and was advised to
apply at Ford's. This she did, and af4
ter being sent from one office to an
other, was told she needed air, and soon
found herself on the street penniless
Assistance came to her from the Ford
plant several weeks later, but during
that intervening time she was many
times in need of food for herself and
children.
John H. Dunnewind, assistant man.
aging editor of "The Detroit Free
Press" testified that Secretary King
ensmith, of the Ford company, had
told him substantially the same as he
had told P. Whitcomb Williams, "The
Chicago Tribune's" Detroit represent
ative, earlier in the day, that the COM
pany would sever relations with it's
employees who left for military service
on the border; that it was the duty
of the government to look after the
needy families.
Will j. Calnon, another Detroit
newspaper man, testified Ford had ac-