Evening Star Newspaper, July 8, 1927, Page 4

READY T0 MEET * FORD HALF WAY Spokesmen for Hebrews In- 1 dicate Acceptance at ! 4. Full Face Value. ! BY LEMUEL F. PARTON. NEW YORK, July 8.—Expressions by representative Jewish spokesmen here to indicated that American Jewry will meet Henry Ford more than half way in accepting at full face value his renunciation of anti- Semi- tism made public today. In all public statements on the Ford letter so far there is a cordial interpretation of Mr. Ford's declaration exactly as it was presented. He is credited with having been the victim of misinformation. “This was to be expected of Henry Ford,” the Jewish Daily Forward, im- portant organ of Jewish opinion, says editorially today. “We believed that eventually he would look into this matter on his own account. He has done so and he has come to his own conclusions. He had been victimized by persons serving selfish personal ends. Now that he no longer depends upon others for his information, w2 have no misgivings about his future attitude. “The effect of Henry Ford's state- ment will be felt not only in America, but throughout the world. Unfortu- nately, the misrepresentation of the Dearborn Independent had encouraged anti-Semitism in other countries as well as America. Mr. Ford’s frank and courageous repudiation of the at- tacks on Jewry will have a tremen- dous effect in undoing the harm that has been done. All the Jews of Amer- jea will, of course, receive Henry Ford's statement with unbounded sat- isfaction.” - Speculation Over Editor. There is much speculation as to the attitude of William J. Cameron, edi- tor of the Dearborn Independent, who, in the abortive Ford-Sapiro libel suit last March assumed full responsibility for the anti-Semitic campaign of the publication. When informed of Henry Ford's statement Cameron expressed the utmost surprise and said he had no intimation of Mr. Ford's change of attitude. It is noted that Mr. Ford said that hereafter the Dearborn In- dependent would be ‘“‘under auspices” which would prevent any recurrence of unwarranted attacks on any one. ‘The campaign of the Dearborn Inde- pendent was launched after Ford's purchase of the famous 37 Russian “protocols of the wise men of Zion,” ‘which Mr. Ford sweepingly repudiates today. They were obtained for Grand- noff a Russian follower of the notor- jous anti-Semitic Basil Brosoff, and published in the Independent as re- vealing a world-wide Jewish conspir- acy to dominate the world. Soon after their publication indis- putable evidence was presented to show that the protocols were deriva- tives of the satirical document, “A Dialogue in Hell Between Montesquieu and Machiavelli,” first published in Brussels in 1860 and later sold in pamphlet form in Tsarkoe Selo, Rus- sia. Their publication was followed by a series on “The International Jew,” prepared by James Martin Mil- ler, with the statement that part of the material had been dictated by Henry Ford. Culminate in Libel Suit. From then on the Dearborn Inde-| pendent carried on a steady and un- relenting campaign against what it termed “the Ring of International Jews.” When these attacks finally centered on the co-operative organi- zations fostered by Aaron Sapiro of San Francisco, Sapiro countered with a libel suit against Ford and the Dear- born Independent for $1,000,000, which came to a mistrial last March. Although_the world spotlight was turned on Ford and the Independent for weeks, no authentic explanation of the anti-Semitic attitude of the pub- lication was obtained. Senator James Reed, attorney for Mr. Ford, succeed- e din’ parrying every inquiry as to CAPT. JOHN C. BOYD. CHAUFFEUR INHERITS $25,000 AND MOTOR CARS Also Gets Right to Burial in Em- ployer's Family Lot—$250,- 000 in Public Gifts, By the Associated Prese. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 8.—Pub- lic bequests $25,000 to Edwin R. Goransen, her chauffeur, are contained in the will of Mrs. Harriet Adelaide Hovey of Waltham, filed here. Goransen, in addition, is given all Mrs. Hovey's automobiles and equip- ment and the furnishings of her Rock- port Summer home. The will pro- vides that when he dies he is to be buried in the Hovey family lot. Mrs. Hovey was the widow of Ham- blin L. Hovey, philanthropist, who died in 1904, 'Her public gifts in- lcluded her $60,000 residence to be used as a women'’s home. D. C. BUYS 446 ACRES. Acquires Title to Garbage Plant Site, Heretofore Under Lease. The District has aequired title to a tract of 446 acres at Cockpit Point, Prince William County, Va., which it has leased for a number of years, it was announced today by Roland Bren- nan, chief clerk of the Engineering Department. The District’s garbage reduction plant is located on the site which was acquired for a considera- tion of $25,000. The appropriation for purchase of the property was provided in the appropriation act for the cur- rent fiscal year. —_— The Panama Canal is due south of Pittsburgh, Pa. totaling $250,000 and|” NING STAR, CAPT. BOYDRITES - HELD INLONDON Washington Philanthropist to Be Buried in Arlington Cemetery. Funeral services for Capt. John C. Boyd, U. S. N., retired, who died sud- denly yesterday in London, were held in that city today, according to cable- grams recelved here. Capt. Boyd was for many years a resident of Wash- ington, making his home at 1621 Twenty-second street northwest. In. terment will be made in Arlington Na- tional Cemetery. pt. Boyd aided many charitable institutions and he himself made it possible for several young men to obtain their education.” Capt. Boyd assisted_in the organization of the Naval Hospital here. Left Here Month Ago. Capt. Bovd left Washington a month ago to make his annual visit to Europe, accompanied by Mrs, Boyd and his son, Walter W. Boyd, a senior in the Harvard Medical School. They were with Capt. Boyd when he died yesterday in the Hy Park Hotel in London from a heart attack. He had been in 1ll health for the last two Besides his widow and son, Capt. Boyd is survived by a daughters, Mrs. A. Camp Stanley; his son-in-law, Dr. A. Camp Stanley; two brothers, Dr. William Boyd and Dr. Isaac Bovd, both of South Carolina, and two sis- ters, also living in South Carolina. Capt. Boyd was born in South Caro- lina 76 years ago. He was a graduate of the University of Virginia and of the Long Island City College of Medi- cine. Soon after he took his medical degree he entered the Medical Corps of the Navy, in which he served with distinction. Trustee of Willard Estate. For eight years before his retire- ment, in 1912, Capt. Boyd was assist- ant chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery of the Navy. He was widely known and highly regarded in the Navy and social and financial cir- cles in Washington. Capt. Boyd married Miss Kate Wil- lard, daughter of C. C. Willard, found- er of the Ebbitt Hotel. He was a trus- tee of the C. C. Willard estate, which has offices in the Kellogg Building; a member of the American Medical As- sociation, the Society of Tropical Med- icine, the Association of Military Sur- geons, the Medical Society of the Dis- trict of Columbia, the Metropolitan Club, the Army and Navy Club, the Chevy Chase Cluh, the Washington Golf and Country Club, the Monterey Golf Club, the New York Yacht Club, the Reform Club of New York, the board of the Lenthall Home, the board of the Epiphany Church Home, and How Women Use the Morris Plan Bank The Editor met Increased Capital , YOU know her as one of the foremost Editors of Women’s Magazines. Why should SHE come to The Morris Junds? This woman recently es- tablished a business. It demanded considerable capital. mands further diminisi serve. A woman fi personal loan of $2,000. TI lan for Family de- hed her re- riend. a friend the call without embarrassment one of the directors of Garfield Me- morial Hospital, He also was a corporator of the Foundlings’ Society and of the Epis- copal Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, a member of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sclences, the National Geo- graphic Society, the Archeological So- ciety and a vestryman at St. Paul's Episcopal Church. FORD STATEMENT REGRETS ATTACKS ON JEWISH PEOPLE (Continued from First Page.) the unprovoked reflections made upon them. “This had led me to direct my per- sonal attention to this subject in order to ascertain the exact nature of these articles. As a result of this survey I confess that I am deeply mortified that this journal, which is intended to be constructive and not destructive, has been made the medium for resur- recting exploded fictions; for giving currency to the so-called protocols of the wise men of Zion, which have been demonstrated, as I learn, to be gross forgeries, and for contending that the Jews have heen engaged in a conspiracy to control the capital and the industries of the world, besides laying at their door many offenses against decency, public order and good morals. “Had I appreciated even the gen- eral nature, to say nothing of the details, of these utterances I would have forbidden their circulation with- out a moment’s hesitation, because I am fully aware of the virtues of the Jewish people as a whole, of what they and their ancestors have done for civilization and for mankind toward the development of commerce and industry, of their sobriety and diligence, their benevolence and their unselfish interest in the public wel- fare. 'Of course, there are black sheep in every flock, as there are among men of all races, creeds and nationalities who are at times evil-doers, It is wrong, however, to judge a people by a few individuals and I therefore join in condemning unreservedly all whole- sale denunciations and attacks. Asks Their Forgiveness. hose who know me can bear wit- ness that it is not my nature to inflict insult upon and to occasion pain to anybody, and that it has been my effort to free myself from prejudice. Because of that I frankly confess that I have been greatly shocked as a re- sult of my study and examination of the files of the Dearborn Independent and of the pamphlets entitled ‘The International Jew.’ “I deem it to be my duty as an honorable man to make amends for the wrong done to the Jews as fellow- men and brothers, by asking their forgiveness for the harm I have unin- tentionally committed, by retracting so far as lies within my power the offensive charges laid at their door by these publications, and by giving them the unqualified assurance that 7th & WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, henceforth they may look to me for friendship and good will.” Mr. Cameron said he could not be- lieve Mr. Ford would make public such a statement without advising him, inasmuch as he was in control of the publication of the paper and would be the first to be notified of such action. “This is absolutely the first time I have heard of any such statement or intention on the part of Henry Ford,” he said. “I most certainly will get in touch with Mr. Ford and find out what is back of this.” Charged Money Market Control. The Dearborn Independent has car- ried many articles about Jews. It has charged that Jews control the money market of the world. Articles in which Sapiro’s agricul- tural activities were attacked formed the basis of the libel suit. Counsel for Mr. Ford filed a plea asserting the truth of 141 statements which Sapiro had claimed were libelous. At a time when Ford was expected to be called to the stand he was in- jured in an automobile accident. Fed- eral Judge Fred J. Raymond in De- troit declared a mistrial due to an interview alleged to have been given by a juror to a Detroit newspaper while the trial was in progress. CALLS STATEMENT BELATED. Rosenwald Says Jews, However, Are Ready to Forgive. CHICAGO, July 8 (#).—Aaron Sapiro, whose objection to anti-Jewish material published in the Dearborn Independent took the form of a mil- lion-dollar libel suit against Henry Ford and others, is now in Saskat- chewan, Canada. His law partner, Robert 8. Marx, said he had heard nothing of a rumored settlement out of court of the libel action. Julius Rosenwald, Chicago philan- thropist, made the following comment on published statements that attacks against the Jews by the Dearborn In- dependent would cease: “Mr. Ford's statement is very greatly belated. This letter would have been very much greater to his credit had it been written five years ago. “It seems almost impossible to be- lieve he ‘has not been deluged with evidence on the very facts which he now seems to realize are true. “But it is never too late to make amends, and I congratulate Mr. Ford that he has at last seen the light. He will find that the spirit of forgiveness is not entirely a Christian virtue, but is equally a Jewish virtue.” EDITOR DENIES INSTRUCTIONS. DETROIT, July 8 (#).—W, J. Cam- eron, editor of the'Dearborn Independ- ent, reiterated this morning Flower Pots Welght 100 Lbs. YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD AT EISEMAN’S F Sts. .4 TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats Summertime you naturally wear out more trousers. Why not stock up with JULY 8, 19217. ment of last night that he had re- ceived no orders to discontinue publi- cation of articles hostile to the Jew- ish people, as reported in a New York dispatch quoting Henry Ford as having issued such instructions. Fred L. Black, business manager of the Independent, also declared he knew nothing of any such instruc- tions. Efforts to reach Mr. Ford were met at the Dearborn offices with the statement that -he was ‘“out of town for the day.” Sole responsibility for everything published in the Dearborn Independ- ent was assumed by Mr. Cameron while testifying in the Ford-Sapiro libel suit in Federal Court here last March. He testified that when he sought to go into matters of editorial policy with Mr. Ford, the latter in- variably told him: “You're the editor; be_sure you are right.” Mr. Ford repeated the statement, he said, when the Independent re- ceived a demand for retraction after it had printed articles naming Aaron tional band of Jews seeking to dom- inate American agriculture.” Mr. Cameron joined the staff of the Independent in December, 1918. Pre- viously he had been an editorial writer on the Detroit News. He be- came editor of the Independent about a_year later upon the resignation of E. G. 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