Show TEACH LOYALTY TO foreigners FORD ENGLISH SCHOOLS j CATH principles OF PURE americanism IN STUDENTS arial TRIAL DRAWING TO A CLOSE attorneys begin final arguments argumenti after ford counsel Prea Pres crits dra matic testimony on aduca lional work mt blit demons clemen mich henry fords forda counsel kept tide th e final day on 1 which testimony was presented the tha tron gest arguments in their posses ion elon not until the trial was within a few hours of its close did they bring to the witness stand clinton C dewitt superintendent ot of the ford english school mr ford said the witness was of tho the opinion that you could not sue BUG put over one idea while there were 52 languages spoken in the factory so BO to promote that one idea which was and is IB americanism he insisted that every workman must musi learn to speak the american not the ienglish language there jere students in the school before the united states entered the war and tho the factory was practically turned over to government kwork sample lessons were read by the witness parts fire are given as follows every good american loves lovea and respects the united states flag i our flag stands tor for liberty justice and peace i its colors colora are red white and blue the red rd stands for love the white stands for purity the blue stands for truth american flags said the witness were used profusely in the school room and a silk flag always flutters before an electric fan teach americanism the men are taught that there la Is no greater title than american citizen find and are urged to accept the advant ages agea of education offered by this country so that they may fit themselves through knowledge to defend their liberties pictures ot of great americans adorn the tha class rooms special exercises are held on the birthday of great leaders of 0 the nation and finally when the class graduates it ls presented seui souvenir flags and to la given gai membership in what Is IB known as tho the OA american merican club the federal and state courts recognize a diploma from the ford english school as an evidence of adequate preparation tor for citizenship it was shown through this testimony counsel sought bought to bring out that the man who taught foreigners to 6 love their adopted adapted country and to respect its flag could scarcely be called an anarchist and that a man man who sought every possible method to instill love for the stars and stripes in the hearts of those who come to it from foreign shores could never have made the slanderous statements attributed tri buted to him by tribune counsel i mr ford it was shown loaned fill all his educational workers to the government at the time war broke out the war doDart department ment found the methods used in the ford english school so go valuable that they introduced them in all training camps campa henry ford paid the salaries of to the men he be loaned to the government for the work closing arguments open closing arguments in the case opened the last of the week attorney writ wm lucking led oft off for ford counsel ile he called attention first to the testimony which showed that the tribune hot tor for intervention in mexico because it thought such action would lead to conquest or at least to great riches tor for the united states had found henry ford blocking its path just when tta its long campaign gave promise of bearing fruit thereupon said the attorney the tribune set get out to destroy mr me fords influence to sweep him out of its path and to still his voice which pleaded far or a course which would help the bleeding republic to the south to 0 regain her feet and to strike forth on a new highroad of education and freedom attorney weymouth kirkland opened for the tribune e lie he declared that what mr ford had done since 1916 when the tribune called him an anarchist had nothing whatever to do with the situation as it was when the newspaper stigmatized the manufacturer fac as an an enemy of his country lie he did not deny that mr ford had done an immense and valuable work for the government during the war but he be claimed that this did not niter alter the facts as an they were before war broke out mr ford the attorney insisted was an anarchist lat at the time the tribune described him as such and the truth he said was sufficient Justi fl cation tor for the attack |