Evening star., 1933-06-17
HENRY FORD URGES
AB0L|T|0N0F R.F.C.
Says U. S. Must Get Rid Of
"DoIe System" for Eco
nomic Balance.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
DETROIT, June 1.-THE shortest
cut to the restoration of economic
balance Henry Ford said in an inter-
view yesterday. is the elimination OF
the dole system" and one of the quick
est ways to eliminate the dole. he added,
Is to get rid of the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation"
Recovery" Mr.. Ford said. "can come
only up through the people. not down
through financial or political schemes.
We must put work evefyNhere--nott the
| kind Of work that pays a dole, but
wage with margin.
The r.. F. c." he said "is nothing
more than systematized dole. 1t
doesn't relieve anybody and as long
as 1t continues to function as the dis
tributor Of the dole, We cannot look
| to 1t for lasting improvement in eco
nomic conditions.
"All I. am saying is that the system
OF making money out of money, and
| not being able to do anything without
mC-IQ. Is wrong system and Is In
py~s Of disappearing right now.
Ne are few more schemes we must
try before we shall be fully disillu-
stoned and ready to start right, and
when we are all through the country
| will fnd itself in its right senses again.
Working Out Own Plan.
MY opposition to the dole" Mr..
Ford went on. lis not the money It
costs-that is minor matter It is
the insult which the most efiicient
country in the world hands to men who
want to work"
Mr.. Ford said he was working on q
plan that In effect would mean send
ing work and wages direct to the
people"
Il am working out q plan," he said,
whereby every Ford dealer viii have
q part In Ford manufacture. There Is
no reason why every one Of our 1000
dealerships should only sell and service
cars. We could make it possible for
them to hire men to work on small
parts. This would be sending work ana
wages direct to the people Of every
community"
Regarding the payment Of war debts,
Mr.. Ford said neither collection nor
cancellation was of any consequence,
so far as the plain people Of the ma
The people Of neither the creditor
nor debtor nations will get any real
beneht either way" he said. 1.-THE
World War was paid for, dearly paid
for, in cash and in every other way,
long ago. Every shot fired In the war
was paid for. The debts are velvet:
they are the last rake-off II we don't
forget them, our children will
Observed Anniversary.
OF recognition Of Russia, Mr.. Ford
expressed the belief such action, too.
was Of minor consequence. Russia, he
said, seems to have been progressing
very nicely without recognition by the
United States.
He referred to the Industrial recovery
act IS an experiment" the value Of
which remains to be proved.
Mr.. Ford reiterated his belief that
nobody ever got anything for nothing"
This, he said, included those who
speculated in the stock market.
Those who speculated in the market"
he said, worked harder than anybody
else-and got nothing for It,"
The interview was given on the occa-
sion Of the thirtieth birthday anni-
versary Of the Ford Motor Co. The
observance included q demonstration Of
all the different models of motor cars
ever produced by Mr.. Ford and the
Ford Motor Co. Including the one
originally assembled in a. brick barn
back Of his home In Bagley avenue.
Detroit, In 1898.
Excepting the 1898 model, each Of
the several types, including the p
cylinder 8-horsepower car of 1903, and
the 6-cylinder Of 1907, was operated
under its own power over the roads of
Mr.. Fords early American village.