Show pip I I FORD REPENTS APOLOGIZES FOR I fiGHT ON JEWS I Late But Welcome y One One Says Suit Set Set- Settlement Forecast II NEW V YORK July 8 By By The Associated Press Through Through Arthur Brisbane a statement was made pub pub- pubic public lie lic ic today quoting Henry Ford as say- say saying saying ing g he had ordered his Dearborn In- In Independent Independent dependent to discontinue permanent- permanent permanently ly all articles hostile to the Jewish people eople The statement expresses e great regret over any Injury the articles may have caused Mr Fords Ford's statement follows In the multitude of or my activities It t has been Impossible for me to de- de devote ote vote personal attention to their man- man management or to keep informed as to their contents It has therefore In- In inevitably e followed that the conduct and nd policies of these publications had hado to o be delegated to men whom I placed In charge of them and upon whom I relied lied Implicitly To my great regret I have learned that lat Jews generally and particularly particular those lose of this country not only resent these icse publications as promoting antl- antl Semitism but regard me as their enemy nemy Trusted friends with whom I have Shave conferred recently have recently have hav as assured me in all sincerity that in their r opinion the character of the thc charges and Insinuations made against the he Jews both Individually and col- col collectively collectively contained in many of the articles which have been circulated ted periodically in the Dearborn Inde- Inde Independent pendent and have been reprinted in inic Inthe inthe the ic pamphlets mentioned Justifies the he righteous indignation entertained by Jews everywhere toward me be- be because because cause ause of the mental anguish oc- oc occasioned occasioned by the unprovoked reflections ons made upon them This had led me to direct my per- per personal personal onal attention to this subject In order to ascertain the exact nature of f these articles As a result of this survey urvey I confess that I am deeply mortified that this Journal which is Intended to be constructive and not destructive has been made the me- me melum medium medium lum for resurrecting exploded ftc ftc- fictions ons for giving currency to the so- so called ailed protocols of the wise men of ZIon ion which have ha been demonstrated as I learn leam to be gross forgeries and andor for or contending that the Jews have been een engaged In a conspiracy to con- con control control rol the capital and the industries of oC the he world besides laying laing at their door many offenses against decency public order and good morals morais Had I appreciated even en the gen gen- general general eral ral nature to say nothing of the details of these utterances rances 1 I would have ha forbidden their circulation with with- out nut ut a moments moment's hesitation because I Im Iam Iam am m fully aware of the virtues of the Jewish Je people as a whole of what they hey and their ancestors have done for or civilization and for mankind to toward to- to toward ward vard the development of o commerce and nd industry of oC their sobriety sobriety- and diligence their benevolence and their unselfish interest In the public wel- wel fare are Of course there arc are black sheep lo In n every flock as there are arc among men of all races creeds and national- national nationalIties lies who who- are at times evil It Its Is s wrong Tong however to Judge a people by y a few individuals and I therefore le Continued on Page Tuo FORD REPENTS AND APOLOGIZES Continued from Pare Page One join oln In condemning unreservedly all wholesale denunciations and attacks DETROIT Mich July 8 By a By The Associated Press Iress Negotiations look- look lookIng looking Ing ng toward ward t the publication of Henry Fords Ford's statement that all articles in his ils Dearborn Independent hostile to tole t the le Jewish people had been ordered discontinued continued have been going on for some some- sometime time William Henry Gallagher chief counsel for Aaron In Inthe Inthe Inthe the latter's libel action against Mr Ford said uld today Mr Gallagher added that he con confidently confidently expects that the libel Ubel suit will be settled out of court Walter WalterF F F. Lynch of Chicago law associate of Mr haa has been In Detroit for two weeks w kJ In connection with the I matter of the statement credited to Mr Ford Gallagher said I Mr Gallagher Added that he has had a copy of the Ford statement In his office for some days Louis Loula Marshall New York attorney who is 13 stated as having the original of Mr Fords Ford's statement la is of counsel for tor Herman Bernstein who also has a libel action pending against Mr Mr Ford Gallagher said The Bernstein suit was to t come for trial In New York this fall fail fallI I 1 have no animosity against Mr Ford and have always believed ed that he was misled Gallagher d declared lared CHICAGO July 8 By a. By The As As- Associated Associated Associated Press Aaron Press Aaron whose objection to Jewish anti-Jewish material published In to the Dearborn Independent ent took the th form of a million dollar libel suit against Henry Ford and others Is 15 now In Saskatchewan Can Can- Canada Canada ada HI His lIlt law partner Robert S S. Marx said he had heard nothing of ofa ofa ofa a rumored settlement out of court of the libel action Julius Rosenwald Chicago philan philan- made the following comment on published statements that attacks against the Jews by the Dearborn De Independent would cease cease- Mr Fords Ford's statement is very great great- greatly ly Iy belated This letter would have been very try much greater to his credit had It b been en written five fhe years yeara ago It seems almost Impossible to be believe be- be belIeve belove lieve love he ha has as not been hem deluged with evidence on the very facts which h he now seems wema to realise realize are true But it It never too late to mako make amends and I congratulate Mr Ford that he has hu at list seen the light t lie He will find that the spirit of for for- forgiveness forgiveness g eness Is not ot entirely a Christian virtue but Is Ia equally a Jewish virtue |