New Britain herald., 1927-02-11

more serious as some weightier question was presented him. T don't know whether I'm the | richest man in the world or not" said the country's famous millionaire with just a touch of carelessness | which indicated he wasn't much concerned about it. You are said to be-" someone suggested.
 Ford's View of Wealth. "Well, do people think I amp" he answered. T don't know. value money like I would belt. For s uses.
 T don't consider 1t any impedi- ment, however.
 He smiled and his eyes twinkled.
 You know I don't get into scrapes like this very often" he ad- ded
 Ford said he would support Cal win Coolidge without qualification for a third term in the presidency.
 He Is solid, sincere and knows what he is about" he said.
 Ford and Edison were spending the day together more In the roles of Henry" and From" than as the great inventor who has made com paratively little from his many in- ventions and the great organizer who has made almost countless mill lions.
 They laughed and joked with each other for ten minutes before pictures.
 Edison's Little Joke.
 When it once seemed the photo graphing process was about over Edison turned and announced:
 Henry wants some more taken"
 Ford laughed, protesting that he could get along without additional photography.
 Use Old Ford Car.
 Ford and Edison drove up to the laboratory door in an old model of one of Ford's automobiles. They were received by Cameramen and bowed to friends who pressed about them.
 They all wanted to do different things.
 Cameramen shouted at him and his companion.
 Ford was wearing a pink rose in his buttonhole and Edison red rose. Both were tastefully attired in smart business suits. Ford in a gray and Edison in blue. The invari- able black string tie was, as usual, slightly askew.
 After a session with photograph CTS, they went into the library that is Edison's office. The room con- tained such enlightening literature as "The History of United States Electrical Patents" and Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute"
 Art entered the room with marble statue of a semi -draped wo- man holding aloft an electric light bulb There was also an autograph ed photograph of President Cool idge.
 Edison appeared so hard of hear ing that his secretary. William Meadowcroft, was forced to shout to be understood. There are tele- grams from all over Europe" Mead owcroft would shriek, and Edison would beam his appreciation.
 A basket of roses out of which peeded pussywillow eplivened the scene, bringing a taste of spring des- pite the lazily falling snow flakes outside.
 The answers then rolled from Edisons pencil-he wore out three pencils in the course Of the interview more rapidly than reporters could take them down.
 The great inventor thought 1t would take "centuries to solve the problems of man."
 At present I do not believe in it. was his answer on the existence of mental telepathy.
 Doubts Spiritualism
 To question reading 'is spiritual ism the bunk" Edison wrote:
 That's my opinion"
 And to the question Do psychic forces exist?" he answered:
 Tt is doubtful but investigation should go on.'
 He doubted if electric power ever could be transmitted by radio.
 The man whose contributions have been greater than anyone's to the Machine Age" as he termed 1t. then made it clear he has plenty of confidence in art. He said machinery and the Machine Age" products could not equal in workmanship the work done by hand.
 The future of the motion pictures should be onward and upward he said, and the theater will remain about as it is now If there is no further improvement made in mo- tion pictures"
 He refused to predict what life would be 50 years from now.
 'No man can predict the reaction of the mass of the people to changed conditions" he said.
 He. believes men begin to do their best work at the age of 35.
 At the conclusion of the interview he and Ford went out of-doors and again spent 10 minutes posing for pictures.