Show I Ford to Aid US U.S. I in fn Event of Strike By United Pre Press I ID D DETROIT I IT Mich March 17 Rev Rc sources of ot the tho Ford Motor company I will ho bo at nt the disposal of President I Wilson in tho thin event that tho the I threatened nation wide aide railroad strike brings the tho food tood situation of at tho the countrY country's coun coun- try's trY largest cities to a crisis Although no formal statement could bo obtained in the tho absence of or Henry hoary Ford ord from the city officials of tho the company Intimated tonight a request p from tho president for Cor aid in tho the distribution dis II I of oC foodstuffs would bo be acted upon favorably I Approximately 2600 automobiles are aro ro I turned out daily nt nL tho the great Ford I I plant Officials expressed tho the opinion that use UKO of ot these machines with I thousands thousand of or others now In storage J for Cor food rood distribution would go 10 far Car toward to to- toward ward tho problem for tor middle Western ci cities clUeR es at least in case of ot a n I licup of ot tho the transportation systems Other Detroit automobile manufacturers manufacturers it is 18 believed would co operate in such a 0 plan It if President Wilson deemed such Buch action necessary in or order ter to divert divort actual suffering from lack Jock of food supplies |