New Britain herald., 1927-03-17
.SAP|RO'S MOTIVES
 ASSAILED BY REED
Ford's Lawyer Says His Plans
 Were Entirely Selfish
REPLIES TO LIBEL CHARGE
Counsel For Ford In Million Dollar Lawsuit Says He Intends to Prove Everything Printed in Dearborn Independent.

Detroit, March IT Pl-Motives of Aaron Sapirc, described as "a Moses leading farmers from the wilderness of bankruptcy into the promised land of prosperity were assaled by Senator James \. Reed In the S1,0oo GOO libel suit against Henry Ford in federal court here today.
 Expects to Prove
 Without the fire for which he is famous, the senator in 8 low tone told the jury of the facts he expects 10 prove regarding Sapiro who claims his reputation was injured by articles in the Dearborn independ- ent. Ford's publication. As on pre- vious days, the corridors of the building were filled with persons sc ekug admittance 10 the trial and a. each recess there was rush for seats, A dozen heads were pokod in each time q door opened, to the despair of attaches,
 The jury of six women and six men followed Senator Reed closely as he declared he would offer evil dence tc prove the truth of the pas sages Sapiro claims were Hbelous The suit IS one of Aaron Saplro against MT. Ford and the Dearborn lndependcnt Publishing Company. It is not Sapiro and tho Jewish race against MT. Ford. he declared. The Jewish question is not to be consid- cred.
 He was sustained in this by Judge Fred NJ Raymond who, during Wli- liam IT. Gallaghcr's plea, ruled Ford's attitude toward tho Jewish race had nothing to do with the case,
 Selfish Motives | Mir. Sapiro's motives Tn organizing cooperative marketing organizations were entirely selfish" said Senator Reed who took the floor on the completion of Attorney Gallagher's plea for tho plaintiff.
 He pictures himself in many ad- i dresses and articles as working only for the uplift of the farmer, accepting no money. but we will . SllO" t-itSN hNtttl' bAiNto " '- ''' true.
 Farmers were inveigled into joining Saplro's organizations by paid organizers, and then tied hand and loot by contracts running over i've to seven years. The farmers were obliged to handle all their products through the association, 1 having nothing to say as to their disposal or price they were to bring
 Title Also Lost.
 "It was stipulated that title to the products passed to the associations i the minute the farmer delivered ! them, whether he received money on them or not. The managers, appoint . ed and controlled through Saplro were free to borrow money on the 1 crops, and then deduct the interest from the amount paid the grower
 We will introduce evidence to show that the contracts stipulated in case of breach between farmer land association the association could obtain a court injunction to prevent further trQube, the expenses to be paid by the farmer. And it was Sa- pro and his firm of lawyers that handle the court actions and collect cd the costs.
 "The members of the association were not free to sell on the open market Time and again the man. agors, We will show, held up crops only to sell later at great loss. In buying warehouses and equipment for the cooperative organizations they often paid millions of dollars more than they were worth