The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-08-14
TEACH LOYALTY
TO FOREIGNERS
FORD ENGLISH SCHOOLS lNcuL-
CATE. PRINCIPLES OF PURE
AN ERicANisM IN STUDENTS.
TRIAL DRAWING TO A CLOSE
Attorneys Begin Final Arguments
After Ford Counsel Presents Ora
matte Testimony On Educa-
Z. Fl. tionai Work. ~

MI. Clemens, Mich.-Henry Ford's
counsel kept until the final day on
which testimony was presented, the
strongest arguments in their posses
sion. Not until the trial was within
q few hours Of It's close did they bring
to the witness stand Clinton G. De-
Witt. superintendent Of the Ford Eng
lish school.
"Mr. Ford" said the witness, was
Of the opinion that you could not sue
cessfully put over one idea while there
we're Sc languages spoken in the fac
tory, so to promote that n idea,
which was and is A~mericanism, he In
sisted that every workman must learn
to speak the 'American'-not the
English-language.
There were 5000 students In the
school before the United States en-
tered the war and the factory Wis
practically turned over to government
work."
Sample lessons were read by the
witness. Parts = given as follows:
every good American loves and
respects the United States Flag.
"Our flag stands Tor liberty, justice
and peace.
Its colors = red, white and blue.
""The red stands for love, the white
stands for purity. the blue stands for
truth" ..-
: TH " Il - 80 ~, a.
American Tags" said the witness.
were used p~rofusely in the school
room and . silk flag always futters
before an electric fan.
Teach Amsrlcanlsm.
The men are taught that there is no
greater title than American citizen"
and are urged to accept the advant-
ages of education offered by this u
try SO that they may At themselves,
through knowledge, to defend their
liberties. '*. p. >..'
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
class graduates. It is presented with
i. souvenir American flags and is given
membership IN what is known as the
American Club" The Federal and
state courts recognise q diploma from
the Ford Mnglish school as an evil
dence Of adequate preparations for
citizenship, 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
its nag could scarcely be called On
anarchist and that q 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-
trdbutad to him by Tribune counsel.
Mr.. Ford. 1t. was shown, loaned all
his educational workers to the gov
eminent at the time war broke out.
The war department found the meth
ods used In the Ford English school
70, valuable that they introduced them
IN all trimming camps. Henry Ford
paid the salaries OF the men he loaned
to the government for the work.
Closing Arsumsnts opsn.
Closing arguments In the. ease
opened the last Of the week. Attorney
VIM. Lucking led Oh Tor Ford counsel.
Hs' called attention nrst 10 the tsstd-
mony which showed that The Tribune.
hot fof intervention n Ms1ico b.
cause It Thought such action would
lead to conqueSt OF 1t last 70. 1grsat
riches Tor tie United 6tatsa, hsd
found Henry Ford biock1nx IL .path
int when It's long camrsim eAvs
promise Of bearing fruit. Thersupon,
said the attorney. The Tribune set out
70 destroy Ar. iFondss inausuce, to
9ssspth him ont Of itsa path sandlt0 stin
h1s voice which pleadsdf Dr. . course
which wou6 heip the hlssdang frepub.
~ TO- the south to regain hsr sfset and
n strike forth On q nav, hikhrosd u
saucation and freedom. s
Attorney fWsymouth3K kirkland aopeu-
q Tor The Tribune. He declared that
What al. Ford had done. since 1s1sH
when The Tribune called him m
anarchist-had nothing whatever to
Do with the situation ~ It was whsn
The newspaper stieqnatised the mann.
facturer as an enemy Of his country.
He did not deny that Mr.. Ford had