Show TOOK IN MilliON RU REED TO COURT Received From State Tri Tobacco Body I Ford Attorney Says I IOTHER II I OTHER SUMS CITED i I Plea May Delay Carmak- Carmak ers er's T Testimony DETROIT March 18 AP- AP ChargIng that Aaron Aalon ob- ob ob-I ob tamed more than from cooperative organizations which he promoted that he was unprofessional unprofessional in the way he solicited business as a lawyer and in the advIce he gave the organizations he formed Senator James A. A Reed of Missouri In completing his openIng opening open open- Ing statement In the million dollar libel suit against Henry Ford FOld told the jury that Ire would show the articles alleged to be libelous were wele prInted In good faith Ve wilt wIll ask you ou to find that Aaron was an exploiter he said The rhe senator cut his plea short In order older to catch atch a train for Washington The senator who is defending defend defend- Ing the automobile manufacturer against who claims his reputation was injured by stories printed in For Forc's publication the Dearborn Ind Independent pe was vas hurry hurry- hg t complete his his' pening plea tIe lIe showed irritation at frequent Interruptions Interruptions' on the part patt of the plaIntiffs plaIntiff's WillIam Henry Gallagher and InsIsted he was cutting cut cut- ting the corners corners' at every Bearing in mind s 's frequent frequent fre- fre quent declarations of no desire for fOt large remuneration in organIzing t the h e s e cooperative associations among the farmers said the senator sen- sen ator I 1 want to tell telI you ou of some of the collections he made COLLECTED The largest amount obtained according according ac- ac cording to Mr 11 Reed was from flom the Tobacco association association tion and the next largest figure Continued on page 2 Section 2 I FORD FORD PLAINTIFF IN COURT A s-e s 4 5 l i y t v 4 sk b a 4 3 1 i i 2 t. t I Aaron S 'S piro right and nis counsel William H. H her TOOK IN THOUSANDS REED SAYS TO COURT Continued from page was no a total of from the Burley Burley Bur Bur- ley Tobacco association The senator senator sen- sen ator said Sapho obtained from the potato growers ot of Colorado Colorado Colo- Colo rado from the Dark Tobacco co Growers or of Kentucky Kentuck and from the Maine Potato Cooper Cooperative U e In In Oregon Olegon he received and from the Carolina Peanut Growers OO the defense attorney said Attorney Gallagher read to the court court a ruling made In the Michigan Michi- Michi gan supreme court on what should be touched upon In an opening statement Judge Fred M Raymond Raymond Ray Ray- mond said he had had that decision in mind in his frequent warnings to both bolh a attorneys tolne s and he believed the guilt was equally divided In failure to comply with his requests wort worl among the California Califor- Califor nia prune and apricot growers the Colorado and Idaho potato growers growels tobacco planters In Kentucky and peanut growers In Carolina was taken up by the defense attorney SALARY In spite ot of the fact represented rep rep- resented himself as not being anxious anxious ious for money said the senator he drew a salary or of 2000 a a. year from the California Prune and Apricot Growers Growers' association after organizing them The head of the field department got and a stenographer who had been drawing 65 a was put on the salary list at and his aSSociates associates aSSo- aSSo drew for organizing the association and drawing up time the articles of incorporation lion went into Idaho and su suggested sug- sug to Mortimer Stone an attorney at- at torney there that the local potato be organized Into a state organization Stone and Sa- Sa piro to split the fees The two although although al- al though the tho growers growelS o of that state objected to connection finally perfected the organization A contract was made with Veil Weil a San Francisco commission com com- mission house to handle the potatoes potatoes po- po at 12 a car more than should have ha been J paid aldIn ald Ill In Kentucky when the members of the Burley association actually ac- ac starving for fOI lack or of money asked permission to sell their tobacco to to- bacco on the been market Instead of handling it through h the compan company com com- pany pan insisted on holding them to their theil contracts contract It appeared at the noon recess that tha t Reed would he be unable to complete com com- pl te his opening plea until late Inte afternoon at the best and ald perhaps not until Monday if I held over o until until un- un til next week the plea I In n all p ob- ob ability would woul prevent henry Ford FordA A om taking the stand as IS tended intended |