SENSATION IN NEW YORK

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 100, 30 April 1938, Page 9

SENSATION IN NEW YORK

STATEMENT BY MR.

FORD

LEADER "PUTTING SOMETHING OVER PEOPLE"

NEW YORK, April 28.

Something: of a sensation has been caused by a statement attributed to Mr. Henry Ford, the millionaire manufacturer, during the course of an interview granted here today after his conference with President Roosevelt yesterday. Mr. Ford said that the people had a leader "who is putting something over them."

Declining to elaborate his statement, and stressing later that he had never said anything against President Roosevelt, Mr. Ford declared: "There are a lot of people who are looking tor. a leader, and they have one who is putting something over them, and they deserve it. The people ought to be their own ieaders."

Addressing the American Newspaper Publishers' Association, Mr. Ford made a two-sentence speech. "We are all on the spot," he said. "Stick to your guns and I will help you all I can with the assistance of my son."

I The Washington correspondent of the "New York Times" says: "Frustrated in its attempts to enlist the good will of Mr. Ford behind the Administration's recovery drive, the White House is turning its attention to the business men's co-operative manifesto, and it is understood that a conference of those who signed it will be called. The President further intends to send a message to Congress asking for antimonojiolistic legislation which, while not expected to be as drastic as at first contemplated, nevertheless will be in the nature of a warning to recalcitrant business groups."'

A message from Washington published on Thursday stated that on the eve of the conference between President Roosevelt and Mr. Henry Ford, a group of 16 prominent business men, including Mr. Owen D. Young, sent President Roosevelt a written pledge assuring him of their fullest co-opera-tion in the Government's efforts towards recovery. The group represented more than 130 companies. Their, action was said to have increased the importance that observers were attaching to Mr. Ford's visit to White House.