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Show TEACH LOYALTY TO FOREIGNERS FORD ENQLI3H SCHOOLS INCUL. CATE PRINCIPLES OF PURE AMERICANISM H STUDENTS. TRIAL DRAWING TO A CLOSE Attorney Begin Final Argument After Ford Couniel PreeenU Dra- , matlo Testimony On Educe- tlonal Work. i Mt. Clomens, Mich. Henry Ford's i counsel kept until the flnnl day on which testimony was preeontod, thd etrongoat arguments In tholr poae8. slon. Not until tho trial was within a fow hours ol lto cloao did thoy brins to tho wltnose stand Clinton 0. Do-. Witt, Buporlntendont of tho Ford Eng llsh school. "Mr. Ford," sold tho wltnoss, "was of Uio opinion that you could not sue., cossfuUy put over ono Idea while there wore 02 languaBOS spokon In tho foe. tory, bo to promoto that ono Idoa, which was and 1b AmorlcsnUm, ho Insisted In-sisted Uiat every workman must lonm. to spoak tho 'American' not tha English language "Thuro woro 3,000 students In tho. school hoforo tho Unltod States en-torod en-torod tho war and tho factory was practically turned ovor to government work." 8amplo lessons woro read by tho witness. Parts aro given as follows), "Evory good American lovos and ronpocts tho United Btates Flag. "Our Hog stands for liberty, Justice and penco. ' "Its colors aro rod, white and blue.. "Tho red stands for love, tho whlti stands for purity, ths blue Btands for truth." "Amorlcun llagB," said tho witness, "woro UBod profusely In tho school' room and a silk flag always flutters; beforo an electric fan. Teach Americanism. The men aro taught thutthoro ls .no greater tltlo than "American eltlxon" und aro urged to accept the advantages advant-ages of oducatlon offorod by this cow-try cow-try so that thoy may fit themselves, through knowlodge. to defend their llbortlos. Plcturos of great Americans adorn the class rooms, special exorcises are hold on the birthday of great loader of tho nation and finally, when the class graduates, It Is presented with souvenir American 'flags and I tlvi moiuborshlp In what Is known' as the "American Club." Tho Foderal and ntnto courts recognize a diploma from tho Ford' English school as an evi-denco evi-denco of adequato preparation for cltlienslilp, It was shown. Through this testimony counsel sought to bring out that tho man who taught 3.000 foreigners to love, tholr adopted country and to respect Its flag could sciircoly be called an anarchist Und that a man who sought every posslblo method to Instill love for tho Stars and Strlpos In the hearts of thoso who conio to it from forolgn shoros, could never hv mado the slanderous statements attributed at-tributed to him by Tribune counsel. Mr. Ford, It was shown, loaned all his educational workers to the government gov-ernment at tho time war broke out, Tho war department found the methods meth-ods UBod In the Ford English school bo vuluablo that they Introducod Uinm In all training camps. , Honry Fcrd paid the salaries of tho men ho loaned to tho government for the work. Closing Arguments Open. Closing arguments In the esse opened tho last of tho wook. Attorney Win. Lucking led off for Ford counsel. Ho callod attention first to tho testimony testi-mony which showod that Tho Trlbuno, hot for Intervention in Moxlco bo-causa bo-causa It thought such action would lead to c'onquost or at least to great rlchos for tho United States, had found Henry Ford blocking its path just when Its long campaign gave promise of bearing fruit. Thereupon, said tho attornoy, The Trlbuno Bot out to dostroy Mr, Ford's influence, to swoop him out of Its path and to still hia volco which pleaded for a course which would help the bleeding repub-Ho repub-Ho to tho south to regain hor feet and to strike forth on a now highroad of education and freedom. Attornoy Weymouth Klrkland opened open-ed for The Tribune. Ho declarod that what Mr. Ford bad done since 1816 when The Trlbuno called Mm an anarchist had nothing wbatevor to do with the situation as it was when the newspaper stigmatized tho manufacturer manu-facturer as an enoray of his country. He did not dony that Mr. Ford bad done an immenso and valuable work for tho government during the war but he claimed that this did not alter the facts ns they were before war broke out. Mr. Ford, tho attorney Insisted, was an anarchist at the time The Trlbuno described him as such, and tho truth ho said wait sufficient justification justifi-cation for tho attack. |