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Show Menry Ford's Allilncle On Code Awaited Willi Interest WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 tli.Ht Henry Ford, first j-ndividual industrialist indus-trialist to hold ovit against the NRA, today faced t'he alternative of signing the automobile code or operating without a blue eagle, under un-der threat from Administrator Hugh S. Johnson that "the Amer ican i-can people crack down "on him." "Ford is mistaken if he thinks he can obtain the eagle without signing the code, even though he has a code of liis own containing contain-ing higher wages and shorter hours," Johnson said. Voices Warning The administrator voicetl his warning at 'his press conference Several hours later when no word come" from Ford, vacationing in Canada, or from his son, Edsel Ford, president of the Ford Motor company, who is in Maine, Johnson enlarged on this thesis in a public address at ttie Recovery celebration celebra-tion of the nation's capital. "No corporation is rich enough," l Johnson thundered, "and no group strong enough, to block tin's nation. "There will be provision to take care of the man who chisels." Ford is not a member of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, whieVt drew the code, :'in,d which was designated to administer ad-minister its provisions. He has not indicated his at ti-tude ti-tude in any way. Johnson was asked when lie was "guing to crack down" on Ford. "The American people may crack down on him when they see blue eagles on all other automobile manufacturers' plants," the administrator admin-istrator replied. Johnson said, however, that if iTnrd "comes in beiu and signs the code and then makes better labor provisions than those in the code, we'll be very happy." Although Johnson has discretion j in fixing codes for subdivisions of I industries, he said he did not in-J in-J tend to in the case of Ford. |
