Show Edsel Ford Declares Machinery Machinery- Creates Jobs for Thousands WASHINGTON April 10 UP p- p Edsel Ford told the federal monopoly committee We Wednesday that the cost of a priced popular ed automobile now selling for about would increase to more than If manufactured by hand labor Instead of by huge saving labor machines The president of the Ford Motor company testified as an expert witness at hearings hearIngs' dealing deal ing with technology and the concentration of ot e economic c con o n o 0 m I 1 c power At the At-the the cost of Ford said not more than 50 cars a year would be sold and few of the men employed at atFord atFord atFord Ford plants would have jobs The motor Industry leader offered offered of of- ered his opinions on labor serving serving ing and labor saving machinery in a prepared set of answers to questions by the monopoly study group Three million men are normally normally normally nor nor- mally employed in making selling sell ing and servicing cars be because ause with machinery cars can be produced pro pro- at prices people can pay pay Ford said And that in turn creates jobs at wages that enable people to buy The cars the jobs the wages would not be there were it not for machinery The automobile manufacturer acknowledged that manufacturing ing costs are constantly cut by taking certain men off certain I jobs because better machines have made those men unnecessary unnecessary unnecessary sary on those particular jobs I But that does not mean that the total number of ot jobs has been permanently decreased Ford said and then cited statistics from his plants to show that cutting costs enables the company company company com com- pany to put more in the car and It takes more men to put I it iii there Ford said he thought patent rights can be used or misused H However wever if congress were considerIng considering considering con con- modifying the present exclusive rights of patents he declared It should not overlook the incentive given to thought and work and development by byth bythe bythe th the possible compensating re returns returns re re- turns from proper use of patent rights |