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Show 10 WOULDN'T BE PRESIDENT, F0R08SIR Auto Manufacturer Cannot Can-not Remember If He Told Man From Magazine Maga-zine He'd Like to Be 1 ; . i DEARBORN. ' Mich, Aug. It -Henry Ford laughed today when given a copy of a newspaper containing con-taining an arllokt by Allan Be neon, well knogn magaaln writer, which In plain term slates that Mr. Ford wishes to become president When he was asked If h had Indicated In-dicated to Mr. Benson ths name of a man whom hs would make secretary secre-tary of the navy If he were to become be-come ppssldent, Mr. Ford said: "f do not remember of ever say. Ing any auch thing, although I might have done so without having attached any great Importance to It." ' Continuing,. Mr. ford asksd tha correspondent: "Would you Ilk to b governor of your iatT" Th correspondent Indicated that ha had no deelre to become th tate'e chief executive. "undoubtedly you wouldn't, but that wouldn't lou you from naming nam-ing om man whom you thought would fill a date poeltlnh well, and saying that if you were the governor gov-ernor you would spnolnt him. You would make a remark of this kind without even desiring tq be governor gover-nor ." ' Mr. rvrd did not mdlcaia In the ten minute conversation with the correspondent that he hsd chsnged hi mind a to th position he his taken toward the presidency. Hs Inferred that hs was not going after the presidency, but that Ilka any other human being would be willing will-ing ta aooept the honor If lr were conferred upon him. |