New-York tribune., 1920-01-25
Niagara Falls Doubly Majestic in Mantle Of W6te Cre9
GREAT Tribute aid
By Employees to
Dodge's Memory
Workmen Eager to Have His
Body Lie in State: Pro-
duction Record the "Old
Man. Would Have Liked

The death of John Francis DODGE
struck severe blow at the hearts If
very many of the $4,000 workmen in
ne plant of the Dodge Brothers. in
betrolt, because he was personally
"nown to so many of these men and
worked directly with them Inst ~
STOW how they felt about It the dav
after the death of Mr. Dodge the fac
tory organization turned to and broke
an production records of the plant-a
tfloute OF the sort they though, would
most have appealed to John Dodge lv
ing.
The workmen wanted to have his
tody lie IN state at the factory. but the
late arrival of the train from Now
York made it impossible. The hours
from to II on Saturday were set
aside IN order that the older EMPLOYEES
might view the remains at the Dodge
residence
c. Harold Wills. who knew John
Dodge intimately. paid the following
guage We are indebted to "Automobjle
Topics"O:
Looking back over my business re-
Iations and personal contact with John
Dodge, one characteristic, one out
standing fact sticks in my mind am
convinced that he was the most fear
lessly honest, the most literally honest
man | ever knew.
III never occurred to John Dodge to
speak anything but the truth It was
instinct in him. And he would speak
the truth to any man, a newsboy or the
Pres sident Of the United States. with
equal promptness and frankness
ut is not remarkable, perhaps. that
n h
had remarkably alert sense Of Justice.
In all his business negotiations he was
essentially just. He was a fighter. but
fair fighter. He was always looking
for good motives, generous instincts in
other men. And he was quick to an
plaud and reward them.
John Dodge's word was good-1oo
per cent good. After he had given his
word he never looked for technicalities
or loopholes of escape. He stood by it,
whatever the consequences or the cost
1T didn't matter with John Dodge
whether that word, once given. was
verbally, perhaps impulsively. given. or
whether 1t was written and good, valid
'egs document He carried out his
agreements liternlly-to the letter.
II shall always preserve the impress
sion and memory of force tremendous
force in John Dodge. He was force
full in personality in his conviction. in
his ideals, in his loyalty to his friends.
| don't suppose there ever lived d man
so implicitly and unQuestonably loval
10 his friends as John Dodge Once
he had given You his confidence he
would fight to the last ditch. lay down
his life for YOU
THAT loyalty is the spirit of cvorv
organization he has ever built. A little
while ago there WAS rumor abroad
chat the Dodge brothers were about 70
sell their plant and motor car business.
asked John Dodge about it.
es. he said Horace and could
do that. Then We could take trip
around the world and loaf suppose.
But without work. the work we know
and like and have made good at. we'd
both be dead in a couple Of years.
we like work We like to build. TO
do things. We've been working too
long and too hard 10 get along without
it. And there are the boys we've got
with us. Most of the fun in the bust
ness is giving the boys an opportunity
II make good. Horace and owe some
thing to all these boys We are re-
sponsible. We got them to go in with
u, and we've got 10 see them through