The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-07
CLAIM THAT HENRY FORD IS A
 ROTTEN AMERICAN IS C0RABATTED
Booster Says He May Not Know Much About History
 But He Has Studied and Knows Life.

Henry Ford is a good engineer but a rotten American, declared Henry A. Wise Wood on the witness stand in the Ford-Tribure libel case, on trial at Mt. Clemens, Mich.
 One criticism of MT. Ford is that he doesn't know enough about history.
 MT. Ford may not know, or care, much about history, although he probably knows as much about it as the average man knows, but he DOES KNOW and DOES CARE a whole lot about LIFE, much more very much more, than the average man.
 MT. Ford knows that bread and coal and clothes and a comfortable place to sleep. a roof that is your own, and time for learning and for recreation are essentials to life. He knows that the wife and the children of the day toiler desire and deserve these as much as do the wives and children of the man who employs the toiler.
 MT. Ford knows that money is needed to get all these things that make life more pleasant, and that the proper way for the toiler to get those things for his wife and children is through wages-proper wages.
 MT Ford knows that to live proper ly the toiler himself must have hours that are not too long and that his labor must not be too burde1sOmc, and so MT. Ford in his entire indus trial career has worked, in season and out of season, day, night and Sundays to shorten the days work and in crease the pay of his employees.
 His great success as it has shaken the old order of things in the indus trial world and from that world comes
 
 American.
 Mir. Ford does not believe in look ing on labor as a commodity to be bought at the lowest possible price; he has men work WITH him instead of for him; he feels they are flesh and blood with feelings and desires like his own, and he believes in shar- ing with them so those desires can be realized to the fullest extent and that is NOT rotten Americanism.
 A woman, employed in the Ford organization, came to my desk
 "I am afraid I shall be forced out of my job" she said. My husband works at another place and we can't live and get ahead on his salary. I understand the organizat ation does not permit married women to work in it. What shall I do?"
 "Go to MT. Ford's secretary and ex- plain the situation,'' was suggested.
 saw her again several weeks later.
 Tt has worked out just fine" she said. "I was told to stick to my job until my husband could make a shift. without fnconveniencing the other people and the Ford organization would give him job here. He now has place as foreman; is getting good salary, one we can live on; we have bought a home; I going to quit work at the office and look after the house-were so happy!" At the very moment she was tell ing me that, Henry A. Wise Wood was on the witness stand calling Henry Ford a rotten American. Henry Ford believes that Americas present greatness and future security are based on the HOME.
 He knows that where there are good, prosperous. peaceful homes there must be good, prosperous, peaceful country.
 And so he encourages the men employed in plants controlled by him to own and support homes. He does this through his profit-sharing plan. To share in the profits a married man must support his family. Moth ing snoopy about the Ford orgalS "a Ati~-,s ,AAi>.ti>n> tA fanailr uaattars-