The Denver Jewish news., 1920-12-15
"THE POISON PEN''
Further Revelations Concerning Hy Ford, Auto
mobile Manufacturer, in New Role

pen" is u person who spreads Islander
by written or printed words. Usually
'.poison pens" are not of great conse-
quence as persons. They remain
anonymous, afraid to stand sponsor
for their canards. But occasionally
there comes to light Al poison pen"
who is not precisely true to type.
Such n one Is II certain manufac.
turer who lives near Detroit. Mich
igan. Altho confessed illiterate, he
has sufficient wealth to employ men
of considerable literary ability who
are willing to sell their honor as well
as their talent.
For months the newspaper of which
he is owner has been attacking the
Jews. Since he is manufacturer of
automobiles, we shall refer to him and
to his mercenaries by the general des-
ignation of "Mr. Manufacturers"
Individually the attacks are unim-
pOrtant Many are so absurd as II
warrant no contradiction.
He links, for example. the Jews of
all nations in II conspiracy to obtain
temporal control of the world. as If il
were possible by that stroke of his
poison pen" to obliterate from the
pages of history. and the memories of
their kin, the names or hundreds of
thousands of Jews who died for their
respective countries-tO uphold oppos.
,;, i,,ln
even for man who can accumulate
hundreds of millions as rapidly as he.
Other of Mr.. Manufacturers
charges are merely self-contradictory.
lie asserts. for illustration. that Jew
ish financiers and Jewish bolshevists"
hnve made common cause, thus at
tempting to upset all established eco
nomic conceptions. to achieve, in other
words, an affinity of oil and water.
If Mr.. Manufacturer" were always
so ridiculous, he might not be. strictly
speaking, u poison PEN. But by far
sthE largest portion Of his Charges
comprise skeleton of fact CARRIED in
elaborate and plausible fictions. I'm
fortunately untruths md misreprcsen-
tations do not possess the quality to
contradict themselves And the effect
of much unchallenged SANDER is to
give it the effect of reality.
Unless one had Mr.. Manufacturers"
facilities newspaper with an estab-
lished circulation as well rs his wealth,
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canarls for it can utter and broadcast
them quickly. 1t is possible, neverthe-
less. to refute the most representative
of his distortions with the means
1T hand: and these having been shown
to be inaccurate representations of
fact. the inference is warranted that
fhe remainder are no more trust
worthy.
And upon that premise the case
shall rest for the present. Future ar.
ticles will consider other phases Of the
Auti-Scmitic propaganda which 'Mr.
Manufacturer is sponsoring 4.er5A
The Jew-Bola!,eyist Charge
1.-THE Manufacturers favorite theme
is the Jewish bolshevist." Because
the names of certain Jews lave been
associated with the soviet regime in
Russia, he selves upon that fact and
offers it us evidence that all JEWS
would welcome the expansion Of Sow
ietsm. -. --..,. =.
A typical instance is the following
quota ton from an article captioned
rs the Jewish .Kahal the Modern
.Soyiet'?" ..4H.Jsas W ;5,4 ~
1T is; therefore no new thing that
has arisen in Russia 5, It, is, the i'm
position by the Jewish revolutionists
upon Gentle Russia of a form of co-i-
troll in which Judaism has been school
cd from the earliest times of its con- IN,
tact with the world. Soviet Russia
could not have been possible had no.
90 per. celt Of the commissars, been
jewish" er1.... e...5.r|.,.- nd. r.El,1- e. =,
1t is ,,chara cteristic of Mr.. Manu-,
facturer's' utterances that. he quotes
no authority. So let us turn away,
from this bald assertion to a more re-
liable. source of information, and
while we are about it, let us look at
the fountain head of the Soviet gov
crnment, where all authority centers.
The facts are contained in a2,article
published in lie Temps of Paris dat
cd December n, 1910, entitled Dol
shcvism and the Soviets: who are
the Lenders" 1t should be borne in
mind that Ne Temps is probably the
most conservative paper in France,
that it is in effect semi official
government publication. and that the