Show FORD LII LIKED ED AND DISLIKED ED EDIN IN OWN TOWN BUT MAJORITY I WOULD SEE HIM PRESIDENT BY lIL Copyright 1923 1923 DETROIT Uch Mich Juno June 2 2 What do tho people oC ot this Henry rord's home town think town think or o Mr Ir Fprd as a presidential al dato date dato Moro More than a 0 score ot of o m men n and women In nearly every esery walk In life lite were sere ere asked ked this question here toda and their r replies reveal a 1 section across cross section cross ot of o political thought that Is Ia as no novel el as It Is Interesting Summed up there Is very little In- In Indecision Indecision In Indecision decision on the part ot oC the a aver ago er- er ago voter regarding Mr ford The a voter oter I is either cither for lord or against For Ford Le-iding Le business men and bankers to whom the i 0 sas sasput put were ero re chary about these the use iise o of their names nameR but nevertheless lIe ex- ex expressed ex expressed pressed 0 views Ie Men Ien and women in other ranks ronks of o life lite glad glad- glad 1 1 ga gave gae e their names and e pressed expressed lews bews just jut as decisive as the bank bank- bink era and business men Practically e cry one declared that II Mr Ir r Jord carry carri his ill hi 0 own on n city by a tre- tre tremendous tre tremendous were ho a pres pres- presIdential pres- pres presidential candidate Many n lII ot of o th these the se were vero made without re- re regard regard Bard re-Bard gard to toI what I lat ticket might contain L his name as os a presidential bate BOOST noor BroadI Broadly speaking the businesS businesSmen businessmen businessmen men ot of o Detroit sa say that 1 Mr lr lord rord should slick lIel to his knitting and leave the presidency alone I bile the working men mart me are arc loudly and emphatically In favor avor ot of o Mr Ford a 9 ahat ahat hat being In the ring and want Undo Henry to toss it there atthe at atthe Ithe the first report Is sometimes heard that Mr Ir 1 lord ord could not carry the votes otes ot of the men on his payroll but an opinion is Iven Iven by George H n Van Buren formerly ice president of o the Ford rord ban bank the Highland Park State bank Mr Ilce Van Bun Burin Bun says There are per per- perhaps per perhaps haps hape 10 to 15 IS per cent ot or the workers who would register their general discontent 0 o cr er the rord by voting against Ford but the 85 to 90 per cent would back Ithe him to a a man Detroit Is probably the largest typical factory town In Inthe Inthe the tho United States and among the tl working men Inca there Is an almost universal conviction that hat rord Ford has been responsible lor for their pros pros- prosperity prosperity prosperity Ono One well known banker said rord is i dangerous man to have hae in tho White WiTto House Howe and hen hon eased for his reason declared the khe chief danger Is that he ho Is to bo be elected Another r bank bank- banker er or declared that It tt Detroit be- be believed be believed lord I ord Ortt had a a 0 chance chanco in the lor country at largo the city would ouid be overwhelmingly tor for him The Iho pros land and cons o of opinion fount found among some 20 pOll persons ons picked at random fOllows I BUT nT LIKE C M I I n r lumber s Two T wo years a ago o I 1 Mould not have havo considered Ford rord but now I Intend Ito to oto oto for or him regardless or of o ho hohe ho he runs He lIe may have o nutty Ideas but he ho is a business man and that Is la what ht wo o 0 need In Wash Wash- WashIngton Washington ington Daniel Kroug Kreuger r manager Co Cob Cob- Col 1 gasoline filling station lord Ford Is i a wonderful businessman man but he can do more good where bere h he is than getting mixed UP ip with Ith a n bunch o of crooked poll poli politicians policeman number IOU 1041 I 1 In- In Intend Intend In Intend tend to vote voto for or Ford rord an and hope hopr he alit 11 a give Rivo mo me tho the chance It J ho he runs there thero Mill be several se million I people who ho till Ill go to the he 1 polls who iho bo T ha haven't ert been ther there In scare enra eart It is 13 north orth i t lot to the tho countr country to have havea a nm run that c every cen en bo boI body I will III know and who will HI bring out the theroa roa maximum number ot of o voters oters otera 1 Marion Lewis ls manager of o the filing department or of o the Union company I 1 do 10 not nt I to see Beo Ford rord In the White bIte Hous Such Juch as I admire the good things thing he has bas done dono I 1 am afraid ho bo will willbe willbe I be a second Woodrow Wilson J If the tho countr country got Into war ho he would have too much po power er Ho lie has I enough power rower for or one man noI now no I I In ins l IA Caroline On-Caroline I Caroline Drown Brown private ate secre- secre tar tar 81 Si Marquette building building- I Iam Iam a am m not so po o strongly opposed to too toJ o J ord Ills His unquestioned honesty and his efforts to ele elevate eleato ato the con con- condition con condition dillon of ot the working men are arc gret elements clements In hi his for favor I would like to pee Fee what he could I to elevating ele the conditions In Inthe inthe inthe the national gO government but I 1 am afraid It Is beyond the 10 power er o of one man Mrs JIlts I King a physicians physician's I 1 am against Ford I 1 do not think the women of et the country will get Ket behind his candidacy We e had one king when Woodrow v Wilson lIson was as asIn In office and wo we 0 do not want ant Ale AI c Na Naly ly grocer 1859 Hamil Hamil- Hamilton Hamilton Hamilton ton boulevard I 1 1 used to work ork for lord Ford and I intend to vote ote for tor him and so do mot most o of the mon men I I 1 ha have hae 0 talked to The rho rord wage age S litem has hns kept kepi many m men n from becoming becoming- and ana radl- radl nI I cabs I came hero here with with n nothing I worked for or Ford saved av d money and now have a business or of o my coy myown myown own Helen Vaughan teacher in the Longfellow Longello school I I don dont t know where here I 1 stand tand I 1 am ant watching him closely Ho has done some funny unD things but always seems to keep his feet on the ground and comes out all right I 1 belle believe bellee 0 him honest Many less desirable men ha have vo been president w n ron JOn IIrI George Georgo Mckin Mekin clothing sales sales- salesman salesman man Beales avenue I 2 would not vote oto for him on a bet betI betI betI I worked In a Ford plant and I Idon don dont t belle believe bellee e In anything rord do does s J 0 Sipo SIpe confectionery 1165 Hamilton Hamlton boulevard rd Ford would rako a very ery ery good p president lIe lIeIs lieIs HeIs Is minded brod Let Lets s gi give e him hima hima a chance 0 o I L inspector of cars street rall a railway lines 1557 Hamilton boulevard d It It would be great If It he be could go down there and clean out the mess and make maleo the same success he has in man man- manufacturIng manufacturing manufacturing I 1 believe e ho he would not be bossed by the Saloon Anti Anti league legue and the other blocs bloes which are today running the tho country contrary to tho the wishes of ot the little fellow Phil Buchanan stock and onci bond broker West Vest Congress SI street Ford Is doing u a good Job making flivvers and providing jobs for working men lUen I 1 would like to see as an experiment what hat he ho could do in Washington but I 1 do not e IH he lie I la is equipped with It the training necessary to handle the Herbert job Herbert Turner telegraph oper oper- oper- oper operator operator ator JOO OO rord Ford building I 1 would ant r want to know who ho was ws s running I against I 1 ord before making up ow mv mind I 1 dont don't think he ho is so no super super- I br superIor super as ns a possible candidate that others t be given consider consider- consideration I GeorgeY George W Y house Hous steel broker broer real estate operator and capitalist 1322 rord Ford Amen and Amen for Ford rord I 1 would like lIe to see seo him president I 1 don t know kno knothe the man personally but I think ho he heIs hois hoIs Is the man to clean up Washing ashing Washington ton In 18 IS hours after aCter taking taking- ot- ot otrice of office I rice fice the gO overhead 0 costs would be cut 50 0 per COOt cent and thou thou- thousands thou sands of oC desks and S Sh swivel h II chaIrs would be put Up at auction Margaret I 1 L Dumas operator Lontz Lantz a avenue I Idon 1 don t know no much about rord Ford s a but my hunch is that ie e would be better than Harding Mv father ather works at rord Fords and he heI I SOS s all the tal talk is for tor or Ford for forI I president Ja Jay Smon S mon barber buber Field venue Harding is all right andI ard ald I 1 think Ford better wait alt four years although I think he hA stands a rood chance ot of o election Luther 1 I crry ert colored boot boot- bootblack black 1830 Chestnut street I I am for Henry Ford rord Sentiment Is strong for or him among the colored people of or mv ins neighborhood Floyd I M Phinney attorney 19 avenue Ford rord Is not to handle handlo the govern gOern gO goern- goern government ern- ern ment under the red tape that now e exists He lie would last about months and end cod up by being irn- irn Impeached Im Impeached for or breaking several thou thou- thousand thousand sand laws and regulations reg S McCracken elevator oper oper- oper- oper operator operator ator alor Ho 11 lIe 0 would carry D Detroit 4 to 1 I live at a a working mans man's hold hotd and I know now James L Capon owner cot cot Cigar r store I I have havo kno known n nl l ord for tor or 1 16 5 ea ears earl It If ho lie ere a ore he would make mako a good but his entire life liCe has been spent in a field eld foreign to politics I 1 would say one ono thIng ho e er it If he is h elected he will willbe willbe III be president president It with a capital capita T I |