Show FORD SHADOW LIES ACROSS WHITE WHITEHOUSE HOUSE Talk of Richest Man for President Worries Two Parties r BORAH BIG ISSUE Manufacturer Says How How- However However However ever He Has No Po- Po Political Po Political Aspirations By Br ROBERT T SMALL SI Copyright ht 1923 May I 13 19 9 The shadow shado ot of o Henry rord richest maIn ma I In the tho world orld lies athwart the na na- na t ca I capital IC not thc the White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse House Itself Ther There no lon longer er Is a 0 disposition amon among National political leaders to lightly the talk ot of o Henry Ford Ford for tor president The rhe miracle man of o the motor world orld has bom boto lold Old parties worried to approaching a panic The Democrats frankly are arc wor wor- worried wor- wor worried ried tied lest Henry Ford Jord run away aw ith Ith their nomination The Republicans are arc worried for forthe forthe the same reason They car Henry Ford rord as a candidate a against Pres Pres- PresIdent Pres- Pres President President ident Harding in 1321 1924 Nor do the worries of ot the len lead lead lead- leaders ers stop here 1 c that even it if the Democrats opposed to tl him arc are successful In blocking hi hii nomination at the next n Henry rord Ford may run on a a third part party ticket and mud mud- muddle muddie mud muddle dle die the political stream so that n none none one can say who nho will rise success successful ful tul JI DOIt TJ TI spectator on the SI I is senator William E Horah Borah of ot Idaho He Is about to undertake a 0 swing around l cle de ciC on his Jis 0 own n hook to se s o e It If there really i Is any ony sentiment in th the country countr for lor a a third or po possibly a 0 fourth parts part All ot of o these moves mak make makr for tor po- po po political disorder disorder- and it there It J ou thin thing tho the professional proCessional politician It Is disorders He Ito prefers to haie hao e e cr understood In so that he ho can lay his wll matured plans accordingly and an scramble aboard the tho leading loading band bandI bandwagon I wa wagon on at the best appointed time Leaders ot of both tile the old frankly admit to ou that they do 10 donot not know how to go o about neAt figr- log log- Inthe the spread of ot Ford ord They bey hae ha found that sentiment tn une unexpected places They for it and were erO prepared to db db- db count dia-count count it in some sections but ut they find that the rord bug ha baa far anything the they had suspected There is no rca rea- with Ith it When hen t hen a man sa s Im I'm for tor or Henry Ford he just keeps heeps on being tor for Henry rord no matter what hat hat ar arguments you may bring brine to bear UD 10 ATTACK Conscious of o the rise t Of it the Ford tide the old party Generals ne neer ne erthe er the less are afraid to attack hill hIn openly lest they bring tho the mo moe mo mo c e- e c moot mout to a focus and start the to- to toma for formation ma mation on of oC a machine which might 0 overwhelming by the end of ot In 1324 1924 It is a C b bat 1 bat battling fling situation ono one that I Is trying the Ingenuity ot of the men into m n craft has brought them to the to councils of oC o their parties The Ford boom was ens enough to the politicians ven b be before lore fore Senator Pat Harrison Harrlson came to 11 from the west est and announced that fiat Uncle Henry was very ety y much on the ma map p and was as a to ho hI eat eat with Ith in all earnestness In con con- connection con connection ith v ith the next campaign campaignS S Senator Pat did not say lay ay that he favored lord I 1 ord but he alSo tild not say that he would boU the ticket it if lord Ford should be the nomInee COLD SHIVERS p C Si SIGHTED Senator Harrlson's Harrisons report merely coincided with other In- In information in formation reaching the sent cold shivers shIver down the tho backbones rt ef the political political political cal big wigs It IL bo happens that Important conferences o ha been held In Washington during the pat One of the gatherings gat ea at the W tS bite hite House the other con con- cen centered about William t Gibbs McAdo 1 L nbc hI came cime to Washington to at- at attend attend at attend tend the un oiling of ot j a status at atthe the thO treasury department r o o r w which ho lie once presided but who remaIned to talk tall tait turkey lurkey eith th some orne of ot the men who attempt to shape the tho affairs of ot the Both Both conferences tried mighty ha-d ha hadnot hadnot hadnot not to een e e cn think ot of Henry ron but both tailed failed Mr Ford Jord In the rn- rn fuses rn-fuses fuses to be smoked out of ot the po- po position po position in which he finds him elt cliTo To all inquiries Whether written or verbal he replies that he lIe has no political aspirations aspiration that he ha Riven the question of oC party part no special consideration and that ha hais hais Is sure anyway that the Vall Wall strett Interests would nver never consent to his becoming the tho chief magistrate ot of the land Persons who have vl vid th motor magnate and talked privately with him say SLY that It If h ha haIs haIs 3 Is 18 to become become president of ot the tue Unit Unit- United ed td States he ho will elli hale hae to be draft draft- drafted dratted ed TIO RACE OPEN r It IL lj is considered a Q tore foregone gone con con- con conclusion here that President Hard Harl- Harding log ing win wilt bo be by the Re- Re Reri Re h Rh ri ithe still wants to male make n the race when 1924 arrives There 1 JI ci Page Pace 1 iwO WO HENRY FORD CAUSES WORRY Continued from lage l'age One Is plenty ot 0 organization work ye yet yetto to bo be done dono It if the president Is to get the nomInation without on an I ly struggle but work worle on an org tn or o has ha been begun beg and will bo carried forward with full tull realisation realization tion of ot the th The Th Democratic race on the theother theother other hand band Is an exceedingly open one and therefore Just to the tho th ilk m III of ot the tb men who would like to re eec Henry Ford nominated There was nothing new In Senator son son 1 s statement that most mott dold dod gates from Southern States might e eten een en turn to rord at the conven conven- convention convention convention tion Tills This his hu been true ever eter since Ford offered to take tak over the Muscle Shoals government project and make fertilizer at a a a lower rate rat tn inin has nas ever oem been Known Detor it 11 Is no argument with the south south- south south-ern I era ern farmers to say Ford can t do doIt doIt It It They say iy he can and that ends IUlo the Ulo argument I I 1 The Tho southern farmers belle I I rord was tas at Washing Washington ton about the Muscle Shoals pro pru- project pro project ton The They have havo not examined thu th thI details of ot his oft offer r they have mae mno maeno mai-cuo mai no of the government obliga obliga- obligations obligations I lions involved ll They rhey only b lIev In the magic maRIC ot of o Henry y Ford This belief In Fords Ford's ability tu to tudo todo todo I do things ho ever is not con con- confined confined con confined fined to the south The Tho ot 01 Michigan gives elves him permission LI to ll exproprIate water pc er s i-s he desires He lie plans a a 0 ous I ous plant near St St Paul Minn and ond andI I the citizens of ot bt St t Paul n Ford and und say ho he should have havO ill all the privileges ho he reQuires NO Henry Ford rord is welcome every every- everywhere everywhere everywhere where as manufacturer a W Where ere will he lie be ba welcome as a presidential Ual candidate That ho he h is the th richest man in the tho I world is no barrier The old Vir- Vir VI r-Kinia r tanners farmers who hate hat multi multi- multimillionaires millionaires surprised ed a very as astute tute Washington politician by tel tel- log Ing him ho he was for tor Henry Ford and that Henry Henr Ford was the only friend the farmer or the th orkin man had among amone the big bie men of ot th tIli day Tho The Ford political flood Is the tha I strangest phenomenon of ot the pros pres present ent day politicians have hae ha 0 had to deal I lent with They will become of ot the ru running waters of ot blind senti- senti l I I ment or misguided enthusiasm m for tor an impracticable candidate or anything anything iou vou ou to call it only only the next 1 12 months will tel |