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Ford Yielded to I * in Entering From the Greenville News. If the peace ship injured th pres? tige of Henry Ford the effect was noi apparent in his native state in 1916, for in that year the delegation senl to the Republican national convention at Chicago was instructed to give him its complimentary "favorite son" vote. Mr. Ford has none of the characteristics of a statesman, or ever politician, and does not yearn for pubn? h?t hp has more men work 41V UiUVV, WUV ing for him than there are people living in Nevada and Wyoming; he has been jnarvelou^ly successful in his conduct of immense business un* dertakings, and it would seem' that he must be capable of filling a place in the senate of the United States? not as a statesman or politician, not as an orator or social leader, but as a hard working, successful man whc always has the interests of many people at heart. In Michigan, where -he is best known and most esteemed, many citizens were eager for him to be their senator, as William Alden Smith had announced that he would not be a candidate to succeed himself. Mr, Ford was urged to make the race on the Republican ticket and although the nomination would have been equivalent to election he refused, partly because he did not want the office and partly because he did ^ not want to take the time away from his business. - Then the Democrats appealed to him to become their * standard bearer. "Michigan," they told him, "is overwhelmingly Republican. You are the only man who can make the race as a Democrat with I any hope of election. At this critical period, the president needs -the support in Washington of every friend he has." ^ * Conferred With President. About this time the president sent for *Mr. Ford to come to Washington for a conference. They discussed the submarine detector on which Mr. Ford himself had been working. From that the conversation turned to the coming senatorial campaign. Partisanship did not enter into the conversation, but the president said that he needed Mr. Ford in the senate and gave as his reason that he i was "fair minded and had no party prejudices," and he added: "No one Tinows as I do the work that you and your son are doing to help, win the the war. No one knows better than I Jcnow the heartache, the sacrifice ^that you are putting into it. But I hope you will put aside your personal feelings, make this additional sacrifice and be a candidate." Mr. Ford was- touched by the appeal, but his reply was characteristic ? of the man. "I cannot leave Detroit," he told the president. "I cannot - take my eyes off the plant. No matter how many officials I may have, I must be there myself. I am,around my factory all day and every day; I am there very often at night. I've gotten out of bed many a time to drop in on the night shift and see how things were moving along. I've worked right along with the men on the submarine detector and we have *?A it T MTinnt take Jusi v;uiupicicu * ? - time to make the race. Moreover, / I have so much to do at Detroit that I could not spend enough time in Washington if I were senator. Besides, I can't make speeches and I have not the'patience to sit around and Jisten to folks who liken to talk." v- Mr. Wilson put his hand on Mr. \ Ford's shoulder. "The country needs you," he said. "We * are being swamped by waste; we are beinghampered by various combinations. I < need your aid in this time of stress. I know your obligations and I realize that I am asking more than you feel you can give; but I need you? need you more than you know." , And when Henry Ford returned to Detroit the same argument was advanced from every side. "The president needs you.. You are the only man in Michigan that can be elected on the Democratic ticket."' ' Pick Newberry. Meanwhile the Republicans, alarmed 'by the general tark of Mr. Ford as the Democratic candidate, cast < about for the strongest man they could find to oppose him. They selected Commander Truman H. Newberry, prevailed upon him to enter the primaries and he was selected as / the Republican nominee. Mr. Newberry was a man Of great wealth? several times a millionaire?and was connected with the most influential families of the state. His home was ? in the fashionable suburb of Grosse Pointe, ten miles from Detroit. In 1903 he had been appointed assistant secretary of the navy and when America entered the world war. Pres^ ident Wilson made him a lieutenant commander in the navy, the highest rank ever conferred upon a civilian. Later he became aide to Rear Adv miral N. E. Usher, commandant of the third naval district, which includes V Wilson's Urging Senatorial Contest I New York and Brooklyn. At that time no one had any idea of the bit, i terness and legal prosecutions tljat , would follow the campaign; no one ; had any idea that Commander Xew berry, one of Michigan's leading cits izens, would be convicted and sen' tenced by a Republican jury and judge for violation of t"he federal l election law, and that many other party leaders woulcj be involved with him. If either Mr. For'd or Comniani der Newberry had known what was s in store it is more than likely that l I neither would have taken part in the campaign, even if they had foreseen : that after the long and bitter fight s Mr. Newberry would be cleared in the United States supreme court and : the law under which he was prosecut; ed be declared unconstitutional. i- The Battle On. Finally Mr. Ford agreed to run. Soon the battle was on. His admir; ers took off their coats, rolled up their sleeves and went to work. Par ty lines were swept aside and Del troit never has known such a cami paign as that which followed. Soon . the excitement swept over the entire t state?both men were known in evi ery township and village and both I were regarded as tne strongest meir , respective parties could have selectf ed. As time passed the campaign ; grew hotter and hotter. Straw votes i were taken everywhere and it was \ confidently predicted that Henry ' Ford would be elected by an over' whelming majority, although he had almost no newspaper support?Michi igan paving few Democratic papers. But the race was not over. Two developments were to upset the hopes of .Mr. Ford's followers. One was the ' letter written by President Wilson asking for a Democratic congress. This did his candidacy much harm. The other was the statement attribII uted to Charles Evans Hughes which appeared in the newspapers on November 3, 1918, just two days before the election. This statement itself hurt Mr. Ford's chances, and Mr. Ford's subsequent action did his , cause still more harm. It should be kept in mind that the Ford Motor company had done and still was doing a vast amount of war work. Armistice rumors were already being heard, but the necessity of guarding the country's war secrets was as great as ever. In its issue- of Sunday morning, November 3, the Detroit Free Press carried a full page advertisement, which also appeared in other newspapers, parts of which are given below. The ad. was published by the Republican state central committee, over the signature of John D.' Mangum, ohairman. At the top in heavy type, at least two inches high., were the words: "HENRY FORD AND HIS HUNS." Below this was the following statement: "Carl Emde, a German alien and 1 a German sympathizer, is boss of the drafting work on the liberty motor at the Ford plant. Henry Ford knows he is a German alien and a German sympathizer, but he refuses to take him off this work. "This is not hearsay. It is absolute font >,r>Viod fr?r hv Pharlac Flv ans Hughes, whom President Wilson appointed to find out why the production of American aeroplanes has been delayed1 so much, when the American soldiers in France need them so much. President Wilson's confidence in Mr. Hughes is emphasized by the fact that Mr. Hughes is a former justice^of the supreme court of the United States. His reputation and respect for the truth and for fairness in judgment have never been questioned, even by his bitterest adversaries. Concerning Emde's job, Mr. Hughes says in his report to the president: " 'It is possible for one in that department to bring about delays the causes of,which, in view of the multiplicity of drawings, it would be hard to trace.' " Attack Ford. There are three more paragraphs attacking Mr. Ford on this score, which I shall omit?not wishing to weary the reader. The advertisement continued. "Sacrifice? What . jut the sacrifice of the American soldiers if this German pet of Henry Ford's sees fit to delay the production of liberty motors and the making of aeroplanes as he is in position to do? How many American lives have already been sacrificed in aeroplanes tampered with by German agents? If Henry Ford puts *so much faith in the German Emde after all he knows about him, is there any reason why he should not put the same faith in the German Hohenzollern? Since Henry Ford is so fond of this German pet of his, is there no place in his large establishment where he can give Em^e work and keep him out of the way of temptation to serve his fatherland, as many other Germans have already served in this country? As .Mr. Hughes says: " 'There has been a laxity at the Ford plant with respect to those of German sympathies with the interests of the government.' " The advertisement went on at much length along these lines, emphasizing various paragraphs with heavy type. Then it said: "It is now plain to every voter in Michigan that Henry Ford is no more wary of Hun agents than he was when he followed Rosika Schwimmer to Europe on the peace ship three years ago. He is as innocent as ever. "If Carl Emde wishes to make plans and photographs of the Ford plant or the liberty motor for use by the nemies of the United States, Henry Ford is willing to give him a chance to do it, just as he fell for Madame Schwimmer's pro-German peace plans. "Henry Ford loves Huns too much to be trusted with a seat in the senate of the United States and help make peace with them. Commander Newberry knows them for what they are and is helping to fight them at every stage of the game. "There can be but one choice for wide-awake Americans in this election." Taken by Surprise. The Ford campaign managers were taken completely by surprise. The liberty motor work, the particular department attacked, was the best piece of work that Henry Ford had accomplished, and the 'Republican letter was a staggering blow. The only hope of off-setting the 'damage Hnnp lav in an immediate reDlv through the Monday papers so that as many as possible of the voters, especially in 'the rural districts, could be reached before they went to the polls Tuesday morning. Mr. Pipp, who had resigned as editor in chief of the Detroit News and who had been government inspector in seven Detroit factories engr ged in war work, was in charge jf all the Ford campaign statements given to the press. He began work at once on an answer to the Hughes statement. * It was a difficult undertaking; for, while he knew just what the Ford plant had accomplished in the making of war materials, it was hard to decide how much could be revealed at that time. Mr. Pipp knew what Emde -had done; he knew that liberty motors could not have been completed in such numbers without his aid. A few words about these famous motors will make this clear. Up to that time the approved method was to machine the cylinders out of solid forgings, a method that consumed a vast amount of time and required a tremendous amount of equipment and labor. To eliminate delay the^Ford company decided to use steel tubing cut to length, one end of the tube heated and formed to a cone shape, leaving a small opening at the end of the cone. A secong operation flattened the cone so as to weld the hole shut, making a seamless joint. Unfortunately this method was found impractical; the hole was closed, but seams and cracks appeared where the edges came together. Found Seamless Wall. It was essential to produce a seamless wall in the cylinder and four men, Emde, Findiater, Hartner and .Martin, set to work to find a method of doing it. This they did by placing the point of the cone to one side, so that when the defect was located on the spot where a two-inch hole had to be drilled for tjie valve seat. Production was started under this method, but another delay was experienced because of the slow method of cutting the tubes. Emde set to work again and designed and built a shear to be used instead of a steel saw. The result was that 4,000 cylinders a day were produced. In other plants the valve housings, intake and pvhnnst were acetvlene welded to the top of the cylinder. Emde, with a companion, Riemengchneider, worked out a method of butt welding which made a superior weld and saved much time. This method was subsequently adopted by other makers of the motor. In all 511,854 cylinders were made by the Ford company and approximately 125,000 were used at the Ford plant and the remainder delivered to the government for other liberty engine makers. The company also turned out 700,000 bearings for the liberty motor, and these were so superior that the , government had placed orders with the company for all the liberty motor bearings made in this country, j Up to the day of the publication of ; the Hughes statement 400,000 of . these bearings had been delivered. Another important war time , achievement of the Ford company ( was in the making of caisson axles. The problem was to get away from the solid axle forgings, as these re- quired the drilling of a three and one-half inch hole for seventy inches , through solid metal. The Ford company made the axles from steel tub- < ing at one-sixth the cost. And every axle passed the government test. But Mr. Pipp knew much more about, the achievement of the Ford company. It had delivered 2,000,- ; 000 steel helmets, S,000 caissons, more than 8,000 trucks, and 25,000 Ford cars and 6,000 ambulances, several hundred*of which were given free. Xor was that all. Much ex- ' perimental work had been done on three ton tanks and a smaller two- ( man tank. More than a million dol- i lars worth of work had been done in producing special devices for the ^ .tmtisn navy, ana tne f ora cnemicai department had cooperated in the making of gas masks. Motion picture reels for the liberty loan, the Red Cross and other patriotic uses ] were made by the company and supplied to the government in sufficient quantities to be used all over the country. Other motion pictures were sent to the American forces on every fighting front. j Stood by Emde. i How much of this information he would be warranted in publishing as an answer to the Hughes criticisms was the problem that confronted Mr. Pipp. However, time pressed and he" set to work, and a statement was completed on Monday morning. Just as he finished his labors, Mr. Ford, who was in the room, started to the telephone. "I want to get Emde," he explained. "I want to tell him not to worry." Emde, it is true, was born in Germany, but he had been a naturalized citizen of the United States for many years. "Let me read this statement to you first," urged Mr. Pipp. "Then I can give it to the papers. Any delay in getting it published may mean your defeat." "If a candidate has to go through this sort of thing to get into the senate I don't want to go theFe," said Mr. Ford. "Wait until I talk to Emde." After considerable dplay he got Emde on the wire. "Don't worry, Emde," said Henry Ford. " have seen the papers; I have watched you work and I know you are honest and faithful. If they try to hang you, they will have to hang me first. 1 am going to see that you get a square deal." When Mr. Ford had finished his conversation with Emde, Mr. Pipp induced him to read the statement. Mr. Ford approved it and Mr. Pipp sent it to the newspapers. It was too late;, the Monday noon papers had gone to press and it was these editions that the Ford managers had relied upon to undo the harm wrought by the Hughes statement, for they circulated throughout the state. The statement did get into the night , papers, but these have little country circulation and the papers that reached the rural districts on election morning carried the Ford statement tucked away where comparatively few saw it. It is probable that many who read the Hughes statement never saw the Ford answer. This was as follows: Ford Statement. "Our policy is to make men, not break them. In times of panic great , injury and injustice are often done to innocent persons, and we try to J keep our heads. "We would not allow injustice to be done to an old, trusted and val- I ued. employe, even though he was born in Germany. The results speak for themselves. Mr. Emde, referr- ; ed to as the special example in the Hughes report, has been writh us a little'over twelve years, and he is a 1 most able and excellent engineer, i and has always given perfect 1 satisfaction. Not one word could be found by Mr. Hughes j or anyone else with regard to Mr^ Emde's actual work. We in 1 the Dlant know that he gave valua- , ble assistance with regard to the de- . velopment of the liberty motor cyl- ; inders, which are being furnished to : all the manufacturers, with a saving 1 of $354,000 a month to the govern- ^ ment over former orders. I "From the beginning of the war we have taken the greatest precaution. . . . We have -had no interference with our work that could in any way be traced to enemy aliens The United States marshal can speak for himself as to our organization and work with regard to that. Mr. Ford was a witness before Mr. Hughes, but he was not asked a single question with reference to enemy aliens, Mr. Emde or anyone else." Under the Ford reply was printed a statement from the United States marshal: "We have had less trouble with enemy aliens in the Ford plant than in any other large plant. If there c is any blame with regard to the Ford t plant, it should be on the marshal's office and not on the Ford people, j The Ford company did not employ a j 3ingle German alien without a per- s mit of the marshal's office." o Friends who dropped in to see Mr. ^ Ford that day still expressed conn- u ience that he would be elected, but 11 is he and Mr. Pipp left the campaign ? (Conthinued on page 6, column 3.) K t DEMOCRATIC CLUB BOLLS TO BE \ CORRECTED. | Notice is hereby given that the! County Democratic Executive Com- j mittee for Bamberg County will meet at the Court House at Bamberg, South Carolina, ten (10) o'clock, A. M., Tuesday, August the 8th, for the purpose of examining and correcting the Democratic club rolls of the County, as provided under Rule 12 of the Rules of the? 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