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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 ?
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