The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-10-14
There's a Job for Every
Man in America" De-
troit Magnate Claims.
REFUSES DETAILS
OF WORK REMEDY
Says He Can Solve Ques.
tion If He Can Have
Muscle Shoals.
UNITED NevG.)

CINCINNATI. Ohio. Oct 13.-'1f
the government will let me have
Muscle Shoals. I'll teach it something
about solving unemployment prob
lems."
Henry Ford. automobile manufac-
turer and owner Of the Detroit To-
ledo and Ironton Railroad. made this
statement in an interview here prior
TO his departure for West Virginia
coal fields.
Ford would NOT go into details about
his plan.
There are Jobs in this country for
every man who wants to work." he
said.
Silent on His Plan.
The solution Of all this trouble Is
simple after 1t has been explained. but
it is too long a story to tell now.
I'VE have shown the country some
thing about employing men, but that
Is only a start to what we can do II
we get Muscle Shoals. isn't It, gentle
men?p as he turned to his son, Edsel,
and three executives-C. e. Sorenson.
w. H, Smith and w. C. Cowling-who
| are accompanying him on his trip.
The Muscle Shoals plant was estab-
lished by the government during the
war for the manufacture or nitrates.
Ford has offered to take over the es-
tablishment to manufacture fertilizer,
but his offer has not been accepted.
Ford was in West Virginia today
inspecting coal mines. His private car
left here last night.
He denied reports that he had been
| negotiating for purchase Of railroad
| In Eastern Kentucky.
Secretary to Consult Rail Omcials-
Although his party Is not concerning
itself with negotiations for purchase
of other lines, Ford announced that
his secretary was to consult with ofti-
cials Of the Cincinnati. Milford and
Manchester line here today.
'If the figure is right, have
told my secretary to notify officials
Of the road that 1 would be inter-
ested." he said. The road would be
converted into a branch of the De-
troit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad,
Holds Option on Road.
R.H. Kroger, one Of the principal
owners of the c. NJ. & B. traction
line, announced today that Ford
held an option on the road.
After reading yesterdays dispatch
from Washington that Senator
Thomas H. Newberry, of Michigan.
had announced he would neither re-
sign nor rise to defend himself
against charges that his election
victory over ford cost too much
money, Ford made this comment:
"Newberry is taking the easiest
way out. 1t would be much harder
for him to tell the public the whole
story. But the Newberry case is not
ended. When 1t is finished the pub
lie will know more about how poll
ticians are bambooZling citizens"
Copyright, 1917
See Line Extending South.
| NEW YORK, Oct. l3.-The posi-
bility Of an all Henry Ford railroad
extending from Detroit to Mobile
was seen here today by railroad
men in Ford's statement that he
had secured an option to the Gin
cinnati, Milford and BIanchester.
which gives his Detroit, Toledo and
Ironton an entrance to Cincinnati.
If Ford obtains title to the great
| "uSSlC ohOdlS plahl III NOi IhCi II
Alabama it is believed to be his plan
to secure an all Ford direct rail con-
nection between Detroit and Muscle
Shoals, with a Southern extension
to Mobile, which will give the auto
manufacturer a direct line from his
plants at Detroit to Tidewater at
the Gulf. tapping his West Virginia
coal properties, the Muscle Shoals
plant and the Birmingham iron and
steel districts.
Representatives of the Cincinnati,
Milford and Blanchester are in De-
troit today comforting with Ford Of
ficials on the details of the trans
fer. 1t is known that Ford en-
gineers have been investigating the
purchase + the Cincinnati, George
town and Portsmouth, which ex-
tends east from Cincinnati toward
Portsmouth. Ohio, with the idea of
connecting Ironton, the present ter
minus Of the D. T. & I. and Cincin-
natl with direct Ohio River Valley
line. Ford is known to be planning
upon tapping the Ohio River at
Portsmouth as we'll as Ironton and
Cincinnati. An extension north
from Cincinnati into Dayton IA also
reported under consideration.
Ford's acquisition of the Cincin-
natl, Milford and Blanchester. which
Is an interurban line, would be for
the purpose of using its right of
| way.