The sun., 1919-06-25
SAYS FORD OFFICIAL
OPPOSED ARMY AID
Reporter Says Klingensmith
/ Saw No Reason for Paying
"a Guardsmen.
SOLDIERS WIVES HEARD
One Was Refused Aid at Mo-
tor Factory; Second Later
/ Got SIS Weekly.

MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich, June "a
Two more newspapS men were wit
nesses to-day for the Chicago Tribune,
which is being sued for alleged libel by
Henry Ford.
Tfh witnesses were william Colnan.
reporter for the Detroit journal In 1915.
and John Dunnewind. assistant manag-
ing editor of the Detroit Free Press,
who, in 1915, when the Tvibune printed
its editorial headed Ford Is an Anarch-
ist," was a reporter for that paper The
other witnesses were Prof. ]. s. Reeves,
head of the political scien,,e department
of the University of Michigan. and Mrs.
Minnie Hartwell and Mrs. Ernest Prall.
whose husbands, employees OF Ford In
1915 went to Texas when the National
Guard was called out.
Dunnewind testified that In the week
of June IS, 1916. he teleplioned to f. L.
ISlingensmith, general m,,naser OF the
Ford Motor Company, and asked him
II the company would pay employees
who went to Texas.
1T don't see why we should pay them;
they are working for the Government
aren't they?" witness quoted Mr.. King
ensmith as replying.
Colnan testified that he asked Mr..
Ford personally IL his company would
pay the differences between the pay re-
ceived by his men while they were In
IN army and what they received In the
factory. He said that the manufacturer
did not reply.
An Investigator for the Detroit Pat
riotic Fund testified last week that she
found Mrs. Prall and her two children
suffering from malnutrition and in dire
N
home.
Mrs. Prall, who broke into tears dur
ing her recital, confirmed the irvestigat-
or's testimony. Her husband left her
almost penniiess with 2. third child on
the way
81 went to the Ford Offices to ask
what they were going to do for the wives
OF soldiers" she testified. IT went first
to the second floor. where there were a
lot of men working and they seemed to
know nothing about It. One of them
directed me back to the first floor to an
old man. l found him and he said he
didn't know. I was carrying my baby
in my arms at the time. and didn't even
have carfare."
The witness said she and her children
subsisted for time on small gifts from
friends and neighbors. Later the De-
trolt Patriotic Aid came to her aid
ana the ASsOClateu Sn6TltieS sent hef 10
q health resort with her children for
two weeks.
Mrs. Hartwell's story was that for a
month she and her child were support
ed by the patriotic fund and on July
20 the Ford company began sending her
SIS week. In all the company gave
her $3.50 before her husband returned.
He Is still employed by the company.
she said.
Professor Reeves was cross-examined
by Attorney Alfred Lucking. AS the
professor had previously testified That
many OF Mr.. Fords utterances agreed In
sentiment with those of many well recoE-
mixed anarchists. the cross-examinatior
was along this line. He was bonn
barded with quotations from St. Paul the
Apostle and Emma Goldman and asked
II they, too. were anarchistic.
He declined to convict the apostle. He
said that many good persons held some
anarchistic opinions but were not there
fore anarchists. He laid much stress
on the fact that Mr.. Ford's utterances
were made in 1915 and 1915 and OPP
posed the upbuilding of a military force
in this country. Without force. he said
II was well recognized that no govern
menf could enforra it's decreea