Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-07-08

Deep satisfaction at the reported
withdrawal Of attacks made On The
Jews through HeuIy Ford's Dearborn
Independent. was expressed here 60
day by Aaron Sapiro Of Chicago, who
stated that negotiations for the set
tlement of the 81 l,O00,O0 suit against
Ford were in, progress.
NEW YORK, N. ". July s.-fP,-
Through Arthur Brisbane state
ment was made public today quoting
Henry Ford as saying he had order
ed his Dearborn independent TO
discontinue permanently all articles
hostile TO the Jewish people The
statement expresses great regrets III
over any injury the articles may
have caused.
Mr. BrIsbane's article which was
copyrighted BY the New York Amer
lean, and sent BY that paper tO 9TH
er newspapers, is based on "a signed
statement. says Mr.. Brisbane. the
original Of which Is in possession Of
Louis Marshall, lawyer.
Mr.. Marshall at Sranac Lake. said
the original was in his office safe
and photo-static reproduction
would be available u anyone desiring
it.
Requests Announcement
The announcement was made al
Mr.. Ford's request. said Mr.. Bris-
bane, who quoted Mr.. Ford ~ say
ing: This statement II made on my
own initiative and wholly in the in
terest of right and justice and in ac-
cordance with what | regard as my
solemn duty as man mad "a cit
izen."
Some Of the articles already re-
printed in pamphlet form under the
title Of The International Jew," will
be withdrawn from circulation says
Mr.. Brisbane who quotes Mr.. Ford
rs saying that the Dearborn Inde-
pendent in the future will be con-
Quoted under such auspices that ar
ticles reflecting upon the Jews will
never again appear in its columns.
William j. Cameron. editor Of the
Dearborn independent. and wit
ness IN the Sl.O0O,0OO libel suit
brought BIZ Aaron Sapiro. Chicago at
torneyr against the motor manufac-
turer. At Detroit. expressed great
surprise 1t the statement "lt w
all news TO me, Mr.. Cameron said.
He added he did not believe the
statement was preliminary move
toward settlement Of Sapiro's suit.
based on articles appearing in the
Dearborn Independent
Mr.. Brisbane asserts that on be-
half Of William Randolph Hearst.
publisher Of the American, he Of
fered Mr.. Ford Sl.O0O,00O for the
Dearborn Independent
Refused to Sell
mo, won't sell H., he quotes
Mr.. Ford as replying, but lin going
70 make IL house organ and 1 ann
going TO stop absolutely everything
that could possibly cause complaint
or hurt the feelings of anybody"
Ihe signed statement of Mr.. Ford
begins:
I'm the multitude Of my activ-
tiles IL has been impossible for me
70 devote personal attention to their
management or 10 keep informed a.
~ their contents. 1t has therefore
inevitably followed that the conducl
and policies Of these publications
had 10 be delegated to men whom
placed IN charge Uf them and upon
whom ! relied implicitly
TO my great regret, the state
ment continues. ii have learned that
Jews generally. and particularly
those of this country, not only re-
sent these publications a. promot-
ing anti-seminitism. but regard me
- their enemy. Trusted friends with
whom have conferred recently
nave assured me in All sincerity that
m their opinion the character " the
charges and inainuatIOns made
against the Jews, both individually
ard collectively, contained IN many
of The articles which have been CIR
culated periodically IN the Dearborn
independent and have been reprint
ed IN the pamphlets mentioned. Jus
titles the righteous Indignation en-
tertalned BY Jews everywhere toward
me because of the mental anguish
occasioned by the unprovokrd re-
Elections made upon them.
This had led me to direct my per-
sonai attention To this subject, III or
der to ascertain the exact nature of
the three articles a. result of
this survey | confess that am
deeply mortified that this journal.
which H. intended % ~ constructive
and NOT destructive. has been made
the medium for resurrecting ex-
ploled fictions. for giving corrency
to the so-called protocols or the
wise men Of Zion. which have been
demonstrated. - learn 10 br
gross forgeries. and for corteuding
that the Jews have been engaged in
: conspiracy to control the capital
and the industries of tie world. be-
sides layinv AZ their door many of
fenscs against dercncy, public or
der and good mo-alS
Had ! appreciated these utter
anrcs ! would have forbidden their
circulation without moments hes
isation- because ! aF fully aware az
the virtues of the Jewish pro-lc as
whola, or what they ard their On
lGpntinuea On pags tAv.l