MR FORD CAUSES SENSATION

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22389, 30 April 1938, Page 15

MR FORD CAUSES SENSATION

Talk on Conference

With President

WHITE HOUSE FAILS TO

ENLIST GOODWILL

(UNITED PBJSSB ASSOCIATION—COPTSIOBT.) (Received April 29, 11.55 p.m.) NEW YORK, April 28. Something of a sensation has been caused by a statement attributed to Mr Henry Ford during an interview granted here to-day after his conference with Mr Roosevelt yesterday. Mr Ford said the people "have a leader who is putting something over them."

Declining further to elaborate his statement, and emphasising later that he never said anything against Mr Roosevelt, the manufacturer declared: "There are a lot of people who are looking for a leader, and they have one who is putting something over them. And they deserve it. The people ought to be their own leaders."

Mr Ford, .addressing the American Newspaper Publishers' Association, made a two-sentence speech: "We are all on the spot. Stick to your guns, and I will help you all I can, with the assistance of my son." The Washington correspondent of the "New York Times" says: "Frustrated in its attempts to enlist the goodwill of Mr Henry Ford behind the Administration's recovery drive, the White House is turning its attention to the co-operative manifesto presented by the Owen D. Young group, and it is understood a conference of those who signed it will be called. "The President further intends to send a message to Congress, asking for anti-monopolistic legislation which, while not expected to be as drastic as first contemplated, nevertheless will be in the nature of a warning to recalcitrant business groups."