Evening star., 1938-04-24
Roosevelt and Ford to Seek Accord
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not lnCSQo 10 Ouef the PRESIDENT any
advice was not surprise to those
who know him; neither was the re-
mark that he wanted to let the Presi-
dent look at some one who doesn't
want anything" Mr.. Ford regards
himself primarily as an industrialist,
with an intense interest in the well
fare Of the Nations people.
The statement that he doesn't
want anything" symbolizes an indi-
vidualism that had its beginning
many years ago, when his fellow
manufacturers declined to go along
with him in q fight against the noted
selden patent.
The things upon which the Presi-
dent and Mr.. Ford take opposite
views are many. They include almost
every major item of legislation that
has been sponsored by the Roosevelt
administration.
Opposed to Labor Act.
Outstanding was the N. r. A. There
were also the Wagner Labor Act and
the National Labor Relations Board
it created; the undistributed profits
tax and the proposal to stif1en the
tax on the earnings of family-owned
corporations.
Mr.. Ford's opposition to the now
defunct N. r. A. once was explained
by one Of his closest associates as
based upon the conviction that it
proposed to turn industry over to
union labor"
An ardent advocate of the "open
shop" Mr.. Ford is known to have
felt much the same way about the
Wagner Act. He fought the N. r. A.
despite threats Of cracking down"
by its administrator, Gen. Hugh
johnson; currently he is opposing the
Wagner Act in an appeal against
Labor Board decision that resulted
from a c. I. O. unionization drive at
his River Rouge plant.
OF the undistributed profits tax,
Mr.. Ford held that a working surplus
was essential to industry just as tools
were to the worker. I'VE put this
money back to work for the common
good" he explained
Mr.. Ford never discussed the pro-
posal to increase taxes on family
owned corporations. His associates.
however. left no doubt that they re-
garded it as directed solely at him.
Put Burdens on Tour.
OF the general principle Of taxation,
Mr.. Ford once Observed
High taxes on the rich do not take
burdens Oh the poor; they put burdens
upon the poor"
Unusual interest was manifested at
Mr.. Ford's ofnces when the admins
trations governmental reorganization
bill was before the Senate on final
passage. Some Of Mr.. Ford's associ-
ates frankly termed it. THE first step
toward . dictatorship" Mr.. Ford re-
fused to discuss 1t, but Of dictatorships,
he said:
If . dictatorship comes in the
United States it will be because the
people have been asleep and because
they deserve it"
Mr.. Ford differs frankly and bluntly
with any philosophy that expects pros
perity to result from what he terms
"artificially created scarcities." He
announced himself . believer in high
wages and low prices in 1914. when he
established the then unprecedented
wage scale In the automobile industry
Of IS . day.
He has reiterated this philosophy
frequently and added to 1t his convic-
ton that IN unlimited production pro-
gram. coupled wtth q "sensible scheme
Of distribution" presents the real pros
perity formula. Nobody ever had
enough Of everything" he remarked in
explaining his theory Of unrestricted
production.
In every statement Mr.. .'Nord has
made tn recent months he has held
to this conviction and amplified it
by advocating q closer tie-up between