Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-27
REED AIMS TO TRIM
EVIDENCE OF FORD
viii Insist Magnate's Testi-
mony Be Confined to
Issues of Case.

BY the Associated Press.
DETROIT, March 2e.--Henry Ford :
appearance as q witness in Aaron
Sapiros 100000 libel suit against
him threatened tonight to provide lit
tie more of a sensation than his mere
presence in the courtroom.
Every effort of which the defense
legally is capable will be exerted to
prevent the motor manufacturer from
being required to give testimony upon
anything but the one issue the bril-
liant array of defense counsel recog-
nizes-Sa piro, the individual, against
Ford.
I'VE will try to hold Mr.. Ford's tes-
timony strictly to the issues of the
case" Senator James A. Reed of Mis-
souri,, chief of Ford counsel said to.
night. II do not know what scope
plaintiffs counsel will be given in
questioning him. but certainly we will
try to have 1t limited to the issues"
May Be Gagged.
That was interpreted as meaning
that Ford probably would be gagged
as efficiently as was William J.
Cameron, editor of the Ford-owned
Dearborn Independent, who in six
days answered hardly half a dozen
questions excepting after strenuous
objection and argument over the
legality of the Interrogation.
Just when the automobile manufac-
turer would be called remained a mat
ter of conjecture tonight. 1t had been
intended to call him during the past
week, but the progress of the trial
was so slow that it got far off SEIZED
ule.
Next wednesday was suggested by
William Henry Gallagher. counsel for
Sapiro, as possibly the day of the
great event In the trial.
Coming Before Ford.
Fred L. Black, business manager of
the Dearborn Independent, in which
were printed articles Sapori alleged
were libellous, a quire or so of deposit
tons and Sapiro himself stood ahead
of the appearance of Ford, who in
the two weeks of the trial has not
visited the Federal Building. Black
was on the witness stand when court
adjourned yesterday, and his exami.
nation just had been started. He was
being asked about visit to him by
Walton Peteet and Robin Hood, farm
ers' cooperative organization leaders.
when he is alleged to have admitted
that a Dearborn Independent article
shown him by Peteet was bad" and
to have expressed dubiousness IL 9th.
ers relating to Sapiro were no better.
Just before the week end hiatus
was ordered. a surprise witness,
James Martin Miller author of "The
Amazing Story of Henry Ford" con-
nected Ford for the first time with
the Dearborn Independents attack
upon Sapiro.
Quotes Ford Dictum.
He testified that Ford had said to
him that he understood Sapiro and
other Jews were organizing the farm
ers and that he thought Sapiro would
be exposed and his apple cart" upset.
The flag end of the second week of
the trial produced reiteration by
Cameron of his earlier testimony
that Ford had delegated to him full
and entire responsibility for the policy
OF the Dearborn Independent and the
articles 1t printed by application of
the formula: You're the editor"
That held good, Cameron testified.
even after Sapiro demanded a retrac-
ton, about which Ford was informed.
Cameron also revealed that he
wrote the Ford page" in the Inde-
pendent after absorbing the motor
manufacturers philosophy and opin-
ions on national matters.