Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-10
Ford View of Age in Business
ArOuses Echoes of Approval

you take all the experience and
Judgment Of men over so out of the
world and there wouldn't be enough
left to run 1t. Youngsters have their
place and are necessary, but the expe-
rience and Judgment of men over so
are what give purpose and meaning to
younger mems efforts" These words
OF Henry Ford in an interview given
To newspaper men on the recent ucca~
sion OF his sixty-fifth birthday have
attracted nationwide attention in an
era when youth seemed to have cap
tured the foreground of the picture.
Henry Fords defense of the old man
OF so will make him friends in many
nresldes throughout the Nation. It's
the first pleasant word the aged has
beenS have had in long time" says
the Springfield Illinois State Journal;
while the San Francisco Chronicle re-
marks Henry Ford'S assertion on his
sixty-tifth birthday that his best
years ara ahead should prove con-
soiing To those sociologists who have
been trying 10 decide whether men over
40 should be subject to humane dose
OF chloroform or sent To the poorh0uSe.
Agreeing with Mr.. Fords point of
view, the Waterloo Tribune says, THE
experience and Judgment of men over
80 years Is the most valuable thing in
the world today" and proceeds 70
analyze the difference in the contri-
buttons Of youth and age TO the life of
the times, saying Younger men pro-
duce things. they are active. their
minds respond quickly But men of
experimental experience brings iudg~
ment~~plan and carry out Many OF
them. like Ford, do not leave the plans
for younger men TO carry out. they
carry them out themselves. They don't
do the actual work. perhaps. but they
see that the work Is done. Their eX-
perience and Judgment, gained through
trials and trihulatonS. furnish what
may be called the intuition which
enables them to find the men best
adapted TO perform IN accordance with
their planning
That this generation is clipping the
wings of Time" and that men and
women are being lifted out Of age con-
seriousness" Is the view of the Pasadena
Staf~News, as II declares that I'm STYLES
of dress and styles Of thought, IN aetivi-
ties continued beyond the traditional
age for retiring or slowing down. and
In the whole psychologist atmosphere Of
the times, growing old Is not reeog-
nised. This generation has all but
found the fountain of perpetual YOUTH"
concludes the Star~News
To the Williamsport Sun the secret
of this changed conGsssor is, perhaps.
not 20 be found SO much In the worlds
attitude toward age as in ages attitude
toward the world. Modern old men"
II declares, seem 10 have learned that
there Is an uadiSputed place for them
IN the world as long as they keep In
pace with the procession" and Ii COM
graduates older men in that some OF
them have learned not only 90 keen In
step with changing conditions but even
10 set the pace"
That both old men and Young men
are needed Is the thought also af the
Portland Oregon Journal, The de-
Gliding thing Is what kind OF manss
The Belolk Daily News thinks that "a
civilization fun wholly hy nldaters would
hs n1Atpnsean servative. probably n0nsiav
stAnly less Asesg eSsite. Youth has