Show Interview I With Ford Manufacturer Gives Views on Unions War U uJ UI Editors Editor's note International News Service herewith presents the first of two articles by James L. L Kilgallen staff writer based on an exclusive interview with Henry Ford at his winter home in Georgia By y JAMES L. L KILGALLEN WAYS Ga INS Henry Ford believes that Industry created labor unions and that Industry did It for one purpose only only to to put the Ford Motor company out of business The whole thing Is to get theFord theFord the theFord Ford Motor company out of the picture because of our competition tion lion and the high wages we pay he said Unions according to Ford were born In Iniquity and will vill go the same way I positively know Ford asserted asserted assorted as- as sorted that a big industrial combination a a clique that owns large industries other than theFord theFord the theFord Ford company are behind unions Their one purpose is to get control raise prices and cut wages Cant Can't Cut Wages You cant can't cut wages and raise prices and have good times in America Nothing will spoil spon the country quicker than such a pol pol- icy I thoroughly believe in paying paying pay pay- ing Jug wages in proportion to the profits It is the profits that build up and perpetuate an in in- There is no necessity of building buildIng building build build- ing up an institution unless you pay good wages because unless you do pay good wages you will not have a market 1 the Ford could Tf It II L me ne coca ruu company uAIL i Tf It II L the me ne coca ruu Ford company uAIL i could ibe be put out of the picture wages would come down and prices would go up Ford made this unusual statement statement statement state state- ment very carefully I asked him if it there was any chance that the clique could succeed in putting him out of business Originated High Wages His answer was a noncommittal tal smile Ford was the originator of high hIgh wages in industry It was this famous automobile manufacturer manufacturer manufacturer manu manu- of Detroit who years years' ago instituted the 5 a day minimum minimum minimum mini mini- mum wage wage wage-a a revolutionary step Subsequently he inaugurated inaugurated in in- inaugurated in- in the five-day five week He has consistently maintained that the wages he pays in his plants are above the scale paid by rival Industrial organizations During the two hour talk I Iad had bad ad with Ford he made this remark remark remark re re- re- re mark I r never think of profits I profits I never have The year old multimillionaire multimillion multimIllion- aire manufacturer said it simply and sincerely in explaining that it ft was better for any man to todo todo todo do his job right and the money angle will take care of itself The reason so many men fallIn fall fail fallin in business he said is that they have their minds and their eyes on money Var War Is Just a Hoax As I talked with Ford it was apparent he did not want to discuss discuss discuss dis dis- dis- dis cuss the labor situation beyond his statement that it was a big industrial compilation that was really behind the unions and out outto outto outto to gobble up the Ford com corn pany When I brought up the subject subject sub sub- of war Ford touched upon the topic briefly and end concisely declining to amplify his views War is just a hoax all the way through he said Ford attributed the cause of the war to Idleness He made it clear that he abhors w war V hopes neither side will JB win said he would not be u if the war var ends encis II in a He Ho is for a negotiated i p if disarmament goes with He said it would be pure pue lation for him to say sp a the United States j fi is toward war He was wm pj o. o however that the general genera of the American against entering the war people Doesn't Fear Germans J i Do you think German designs on the United SUB Stale he was asked No they have no 1 it 11 he replIed Ford visualizes a new n w b and better United 23 e from now In spite of ot the i clouds now hanging so m me over this cOUntry thinks America will win from rom the present world erne ene J in an improved condition t cause we have the braini resources and the wn achieve J Twenty years or so from frolD fI a Ford said everybody will busy transportation will b 1 1 proved mechanical have eliminated drudgery i fa i agricultural field and our e td system will be bett better th ever before a lane Four-lane highways w wT 1 traverse the country i ie he u s connecting our principal dL dg making snaking for rapid and CIU easy t tri and permitting toi to acquainted with their r country m Ford Is Optimist J I am an optimist on the I ture of America said Ford Fori Fordi V are a nation of educated pm pe We have done things az ana can continue to do da things 1 have the land the people machinery And we can ac pUsh more than ever in the JM to come j I The subject switched to idea during the long interview IE rEi with him 1 The most outstanding ever met was the late Tte Thon A. A Edison said Ford Her Bet the greatest scientist of them He was able to achieve so turn mUt th by application by thought It ii it hard work I Whom do you think I regi- regi OfLas as the greatest living adenS today he inquired II After I made several war guesses he replied 1 j George Washington Cant am the colored scientist of Tuske- Tuske Tuskegee gee university In Alabama H Ha Hr a great man a perfect gent gen eman e man He has made discoveries such as making ri out of Georgia clay and d finE finds many uses for peanuts peanut He I la all men I know He hu has t tt lb best explanation on diet of ot ar man I know I have named or sc school ool here after him sim J 1 Youth Eager Enger to Work I 1 In Fords Ford's opinion the men of today are as work as when he was WI a yo There has been a great dea deat idleness in the past 10 said but that is changing r a idly I For the past 30 O. O or 40 r ye a ait it has been a science of Ij l' l in this country aj j Ford ce The farm was u SO what neglected IThe M I The future will be differ American will combine th thence ence of transportation siu meu- meu and agriculture W our young men will be I ri along with the tide Am m 4 will be bigger and b better ter j jevera Iho ever a na nation tion that will it IA I out foremost in the world I More Monday |