New-York tribune., 1922-12-03
Ford Agents Carry Boom
For President Over u. S.
Force Of 80, 600 Employees
: Are Pounding at Public
= to Place Their ''Boss" at
I" Head of National Aifairs
Midwest Backing Grows
Political wiseacrcs Shake
'0' Heads Over Manufsctur.
- cr's New Attack on Jews
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DETROIT. Dee. 2.-Lts the ehus,
ehns. ehus Of Q wsli.known motor
nseAsnisn, The Henry Ferd-for-Prssi-
3snt beom goes msrrily on And like
G that ssns four-eyiindsred device. the
'fokesniths are wholly snable 70 make
joke out Of it.
The Middle West no longer takes q
Ford mechanism sDsrt TO Gee what
makes Il 70. II knows that Il hss force
and power fkst come from we'll organ
iced, eo-ordlnated parts. brought to-
gsthsr By . master nInd. It knows
that 70 woaldn't 20 unless its owner
kept gasoline in the tank. So the Mid.
de West Decent wait until Ford de-
eisrss himself to know that Ford's hat
70 In the ring.
Mors than 800 Ford-for.President
.slubs have come into existence since
=. Ford's neiehbors In his home town Of
:, Dearborn started tho bail rolling. More
than 1900 Ford agents and 10000 Ford
sslesmen throughout the country have
caught step and are on their toes.
!. Countless billboards which once told
!. only the story Of the Ford ear now tell
.sf the virtues and bensfsetions Of Henry
Ford a. well. This public is being ia
EnfiisriIed with Ford's face and his sig
hsturs. The daily press and some mag
ksins, ore devOting generous pace to
telling the story Of Fords life.
This ~ not q haphazsrd impulse. 1t
In thSi isyins Of . definite foundation
an which TO bald. Nearly eighteen
months Ssnssin before the superstrue-
turs Will be complete. Whether Ford
Will strivs for the Republican Presi-
dsntisi nomination. grseiousiy accept
, Dsmoorstic. support or launch a new
parts. Ass pet. been determined. So far
tho movement is bipartisan. Never
an out-snd-qut party man, IL will be
recalled .Ford accepted the Presidential
'indorssmspt Of Michigan Republicans
? In fate. which came 70 him more or
Tess .seeldsutaliy, and thsn ran for
United states ssnstor In both the Re-
pubiicsr ard Demoerstie primaries in
1915, and accepted the Democratic
nominations when he was beaten by
s Truman Nswb<fTy IN the Republican
uantsst. Nsvbsrry won In the general
-sleetioh. In a supposedly well authsn-
ticatsd biography. "The Truth. About
henry Ford" Re is presented as Re-
s spublIesn, bat that was, before he
Sained a strong following among Demo-
,erats Of the Solid South.
y Would Like 20 Head Republicans
y.7Ford would prefer the Republican
endorsement, It Is believed, Failing to
get this, he would have no dinieulty
Qualifying as Democrat, and proes-
bly, little reluetanes In going It alone
II both parties fail him. In the long
contest with former Senator Nswberry
oter the scat Just vacated he had the
suaited support Of the Democrats, and
sthis, coupled with the fact his per-
s6nsi attorney and chief political ad-
sstser, Alfred Lacking. Of Detroit, Ia
high in Democratic oOunssls, lends to
vas belief the party Of Wilson Is his
schisf reliance. Lueking and Fords
fsscretary, z. G. LeibOld. have done
s,ittle publicity In advancing the Ford
boom. That Is to be expected for
"sheir chief 10 not yet publicly com
rnitted. But the same brain appears
20 be back Of the Fora-for-President
clubs that 10 back Of the Ford sales
ergsnlzstion. Few doubt the orgsni-
aation will be thorough.
Michigan Democrats came close to
making the Ford boom . formal mat
ter a few weeks ago, when proposal
% indorss the auto maker oeeasioned
slsueh discussion st their state con-
vsntion. They desisted, not because
thcy did not want 70 indorse Ford, but
bsts9se thoy did not vsnt to take on
mother battle in the fall campaign
sin,. ended. They let their feeling be
known IN q complimentary reference
10 rord's attitude in the recent coal
csisIs and agreed among themselves to
dcfer the Presidential Endorsement I'M
I'll nsrt spring. Democrats OF Ne
srHsks already have indOrssd Ford,
.hsvevcr. and . movement has begun
snong Republicans Of that state to
sssks . similar stand.
Knowing little Of inside politics, the
Ford strategy seems 70 reveal ITSELF In
rstting his friends to make 90 much
enoiss about him the old parties esh-
not ignore him. His friends hope to
esteh the old line politicians mapping
through Understanding his strength
until Il 10 TOO late to head him or
.Thsy keep on building through adver-
tisinE Ford and the Ford ,ars togeth-
ar, s.rsssing In the South his interest
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