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Show . . ! Ford Would Quit for $1 a Year Fee. Conqressman Savs commission labor chief and now associate director, of the office of production management. The automobile manufacturer declined. Hoffman said he was Informed that Ford charged that the government gov-ernment through the national labor relations board was seek- lng to make him operate a closed ' shop and this he would never do. Hoffman emphasized at this point that the NLRB has no authority to require anyone to operate a closed shop. A spokesman for OPM confirmed con-firmed thut Knudsen saw Ford In Detroit about a month ago. I but added that he "doubted" that Knudsen had requested Ford to meet with Hillman. I Hillman, who Is absent from Washington because of Illness, culd not be reached for comment. com-ment. His aids said they had never heard the story told by Hoffman. A v(7&1i v.. WASHINGTON. Jan. 29 (UP) Representative Clare Hoffman (R., Mich.) ald Wednesday he had learned that Henry Ford told Defense Production Chief William Knudsen that. If the government Insisted on telling him how to run his plant, he was prepared to let the government run It for a fee of $1 a year. Hoffman said the source of his Information was a well-informed Michigan who Is not connected with Ford. A spokesman for Knudsen said he could make no comment and that this did not Imply any thing as to the truth or falsity 1 of Hoffman's Information. Hoffman said that after his conversation with the Michigan man he was determined to make a floor speech about It, but his friend asked him not to at this time. Hoffman said Ms Informant, told him that Ford had made' known his attitude when Knudsen Knud-sen visited Ford In Detroit sev ral weeks ago. Knudsen. according to Hoffman's Hoff-man's story, asked Ford to meet with Sidney Hillman, defense -1 International Newt Photo REPRESENTATIVE HOFFMAN A Michigan man told him |