Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 51, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 July 1927 — Page 4

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Henry Ford’s Amende Honorable Henry Ford’s retraction and apology to the Jewish race confirm what we have suspected since the first Dearborn Independent was published eight years ago last month, namely: That as an editor, Ford is a great maker of automobiles, Several other incidental morals adorn the piece, the most important being—“ Stick to your own line.” Being a genius in one line does not make a man adept in another. And a review of Henry Ford's career shows that whenever he has departed from the course of his restl genius, he has stubbed his toe. His peace ship venture, his journey into politics, and his editorial cxcui'sions have all been as conspicuous in their failure as his automobile mak.ng career has been conspicuously successful. Back in May, 1920, the Dearborn Independent, Ford's sidetrip into journalism, opened its attack on the Jews. A whole race was indicted, despite trie well knewn maxim that you cannot indict even a whole nation. _ Henry Ford had assumed the highly hazardous —in fact the impossible—role of publicist by proxy. A conqueror in the automobile industry, he had viewed the journalistic pasture over the fence. It had looked green and inviting and he had answered to the lure, He became the angel for a weekly magazine. Knowing absolutely nothing about the publishing profession, he delegated to agents the authority to sign, as it were, his literary check. And he apparently forgot the very important role which he had always applied so consistently in his automobile business, that a principal is responsible for the acts of his agents. Now if there is one thing more important than 'nything else in the occupation of publishing, it is ,*at the only way to edit is to edit. Also, that being .an editu at least as highly skilled occupation as assembling motor cars, and still further that editorship by proxy involves the same dangerous pitfalls as would beset the path of Arthur Brisbane if he tried to design a drive shaft or make a carburetor. Accordingly the inevitable happened. Having wandered into unfamiliar fields, Henry tripped and fell. To one who has spent a lifetime at newspaper work, the ingenuousness of his retraction is little short of fascinating. “To my great regret,” he says, “I have learned that Jews generally and particularly those of this country, not only resent these publications ‘As promoting antiSemitism, but regard me as their enemy. * This has led me to direct my personal attention to this subject, in order to ascertain the exact nature of these articles. Asa result, I confess lam deeply mortified.” , Imagine a publisher letting seven years go by before “directing his personal attention” to what was being printed in his paper! The artlessness of the apology is rivaled only by the old, old stcry of the Babes in the Woods. But after all is said and done, and nevertheless and however, Henry Ford is a great man. Few, if any, will question that. And belated as his amende honorable is, it demonstrates one true attribute of real greatness—the courage to admit mistakes. By his apology. Ford has proved that attribute to be his. And the process of eating one's words is not a pleasant one, especially if at a single sitting, seven years accumulation of vitriolic verbiage must be masticated. We are glad both for the sake of the Jewish race and of Henry himself, that the job is done. The Dearborn liTdependept’s position was untenable and unjust from the start. It now has been abandoned. So may it rest.

How to Control Rivers That all three methods of flood control, levees, reservoirs and reforestation, must be used is the opinion of Raphael Zon, director of the Great Lakes experiment statiqp, and for years recognized as a leading expert on this subject. In an article printed in the American Forest Magazine, Mr. Zon says: “Os the advocates of the different methods of flood control on the Mississippi only those who adhere to the policy of ‘levees only,’ by which the current of the river is confined to the channel between the earth dikes, have so far been given an opportunity to demonstrate the efficiency of their methods. This policy has now been tried out for nearly fifty years, and the Federal Government alone has spent some $168,000,000 since 1879. If the spring floods of this year prove anything,.they prove that ‘levees only’ are not effective. “It is not necessary for a man to have engineering training to see what will happen and is happening by this method of flood control alone. Given a river flowing through a flat alluvial plain depositing sediment on its own bottom as it goes, and constantly filling up its bed, tjie building of levees along its banks under such conditions is courting disaster. “The average level of the river will rise between the levees, and the bottom will rise as further sediment is deposited. “Therefore soon the levees will have to be built higher. The net result of the process is only to lift the whole river bodily above the plain. This is shown clearly by the Yellow River in China. There are points where ‘China’s sorrow’ has now been lifted sixty feet above the plain. In this process the danger grows by geometrical progression. The higher the river is lifted, the greater the head of water in respect to the surrounding region, and the greater the flood when the eriver breaks through. Ultimately, of course, the process has to stop. Some engineers claim that the Mississippi bottom is rising. Others deny it. Whether the bottom itself has risen or not, the average level of the river is now higher in some places, as much as five to ten feet above the city of New Orleans. In time it may become, if the levees are built higher and higher, an aerial waterway. “The levees method, as Lyman E. Cooley, an engineer of many years’ experience, testified before the Committee on Flood Control, is a brute force method. Levees may control but they also create a danger. 4 By building levees all along the banks,’ said Cooley, ‘you wipe out all the natural overflow and constrain the entire volume to the river channel and take it as it comes. You have stimulated the energy, filed the teeth and ground the claw# of your tiger.’ The ad-

vocates of the levees only system frankly admit that their remedy is only a palliative and not a permanent remedy.” Professor Zon, reviewing what has been done in other parts of the world in controlling floods, is convinced that success is found only through combining reservoirs, forestation and channel control. Mrs. Catt Comes Back In the current issue of the Woman Citizen, Carrie Chapman Catt addresses an *open letter to the Daughters of the American Revolution, in which she prefers serious charges against that patriotic body of women. She says: “You are accused of being active distributors of literature that slanders other women as well educated, honest and loyally American as are you—literature subtly designed to throw suspicion upon and impair the reputation of other women’s groups and organizations quite as high-minded as your own. "The campaign, directed and financed by parties unknown, that your leaders are assisting professes to aim at the destruction of an alleged Bolshevik plot to overturn this Government, and to rally public opinion to ‘our common defense’ when and if the conspiracy eventuates. “These would be worthy purposes provided (1) that the campaign had brought forward one single proof that such a plot exists, and (2) that it really rallies public opinion. It has done neither. It has not unearthed a single Bolshevik nor discovered any evidence of a plot that the newspapers had not previously given the public. Instead, it has made slanderous, mendacious attacks upon thousands of Americans who never saw a Bolshevik in their lives. It has charged them with direct or indirect connection with Moscow, with plots and plans to overturn the Government, until a veritable wave of hysteria is sweeping the country.” Mrs. Catt then charges the D. A. R. with responsibility for a pamphlet called “The Common Enemy,” in which liberalism and ultra-pacifism are linked with Communism, Bolshevism and Socialism in an alleged plot to destroy the Government of the United States. In the list of fourteen “liberal” and “pacifist” organizations Mrs. Catt found “The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom,” of which Jane Addams of Chicago is president. While not a member of this organization herself, Mrs. Catt comes to the defense of Jane Addams and her associates. Mrs. Catt says: "I have asked her and upon her word I will take my oath that Miss Addams is not a Bolshevik. She is not a Communist. She is not a Revolutionist. She is not a Red. She is not even a Socialist. She is not favorable to the six aims of the Communists or any one of them- When she says she is none of these things and the literature you have circulated says she is, who is to be believed?” In her defense of Miss Addams, Mrs. Catt refers to a testimonial dinner given in Chicago, wheie she live.?, on Jan. 20, 1927, at which was read a letter from President Coolidge, from which we quote the following: “It was but a short time ago that Miss Addams' called at my office, when I was very much impressed by the fact that she had given her life and strength to the service of humanity. I trust that the testimonial of affection and regard which you are about to offer her may give her renewed strength and courage to carry on her work of peace and good will.” Mrs. Catt makes a vigorous defense of two other victims of the D. A. R. campaign. One is Florence Kelley, general secretary of the National Consumers’ League, and Rose Schneiderman, president of the National Women’s Trade Union League, is the other. It appears from her open letter that other organizations included in the attacked are the League of Women Voters, thd’ General Federation of Women’s Clubs, the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union and the Young Women’s Christian Association. “You oppose them,” says Mrs. Catt, “because all have expressed the hope that peace will one day supplant war, that children will be taken from factor/s and sent to school; that mothers and babies will not die by preventable causes; that this country may at least have as high per ceht of literacy as Japan.” While Mrs. Catt’s defense of the various women’s organizations attacked by propaganda—whose distribution Mrs. Catt charges to the D. A. R.—is quite complete, a controversy has been opened up that ought to and probably will go to a finish. If the Daughters of the American Revolution feel free to make such sweeping charges against so many representative women’s organizations, certainly they ought to go farther than charges and present proof*. If they can’t prove their charges they should withdraw them and make proper apology. If they have been duped then it is time to get back of the scene and find out what influences are responsible for the propaganda that seems calculated to create a Red hysteria throughout the country. Let’s have the whole truth about it. An entirely new and original question has just been asked. It has to do with whether or not the temperature, torridity and heat are sufficient for one’s desires.

Law and Justice by Dexter M. Keezer

A woman invited a friend to take a cross-country automobile trip with her. The friend knew that she was a rather inexperienced driver, but accepted the invitation. A tire on the woman’s car blew out on a stretch of sandy road. She jammed on the brakes, the car skidded, a door flew open; her friend fell out and was injured. The woman was sued by her friend for damages on the ground that she had been negligent in driving the car and that was the cause of the accident. The woman said that she had done the best she knew how and what any inexperienced driver probably would have done. She contended that her friend knew she was not an expert driver, and accepted the risks due to her inexperience when she accepted the invitation to take the trip. HOW WOULD YOU DECIDE THIS CASE? The actual decision: The Supreme Court of Wisconsin decided that the woman was not liable to pay damages for injuries to her friend which resulted from her lack of skill. The court said, “We think that one who asks another to ride with him in his automobile does not guarantee to the guest a sound automobile or an accomplished degree of skill in the management thereof.”'

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Why the Weather?

By Charles Fitzhugh Talman Authority on Meteorology

“CONROY” The late Clement L. Wragge, who organized the Australian weather bureau in 1887, with headquarters at Brisbane, introduced the unique plan of giving individual names to all the storms that appeared on the daily weather map of that region. Instead, for example, of referring to “the storm central yesterday morning over the Timor Sea,” he would call the depression “Eline,” or “Luita,” or “Braddon,” etc. These names were used in his official bulletins, and also in the newspapers in descriptions of the storms and their effects. Most of Wragge’s storm names are now forgotten, but one of them lives in the history of meteorology. There was a prominent politician, a Mr. Conroy, who, as a member of the Australian Parliament, had opposed the plan of granting free telegraph service to the weather bureau and had further incurred Wragge’s displeasure by ridiculing his forecasts. When an exceptionally violent and nasty storm made its appearance, during the year 1902,,the meteorologist saw his chance to get even. The troubler of the Australian atmosphere was named “Cbnroy,” and its misdeeds were reported in appropriate language day by day, while all Australia—except Conroy, chuckled. (All rights reserved by Science Serbice. Inc.)

Mr. Fixit Attention Called to Unsightly Weed Patches.

A property owner today solicited aid of Mr. Fixit in getting weeds cut on several lots in 2500 block Columbia Ave. Dear Mr. Fixit: There are several lots immediately north of 2546 Columbia Ave. which need to have the weeds cut. Will you kindly endeavor to have this done and oblige? C. E. A. Street Commissioner George V/oodward promised to investigate the weed patches and cut the weeds if the property owners do not comply with his order. Law provides the city can cut weeds after July 1 and charge the cost to the tax duplicate. Dear Mr. Fixit: Would you please see why they don’t collect my garbage. I have it in the right kind of a can. They haven’t been around this summer and I don’t know what I can do with it. MRS. M. E. Truly Nolen, collection superintendent, listed your complaint and promised you will get service.

Brain Teasers^

Answers to these “Now You Ask One” questions, dealing with Bible history, are on page 14:

1. What incident of Old Testament history is represented in the illustration below? 2. What great king of Israel was grandson of Jesse? 3. In what, book of the Old Testament is \it prophesied that Christ would be born in Bethlehem? 4. How long did Joseph. Mary and Jesus remain in Egypt? ' 5. Where was David when Samuel sought the future king for Israel from among the sons of Jesse? 6. How did Saul meet his death? 7. How many giants were killed by David and his servants in Gath? 8. What king furnished the cedars of Lebanon for Solomon’s temple? 9. How did David cause the death of Uriah? 10. What epistle of the New Testament was written by a brother of James?

Questions and Answers

you can get an answer to any question of fact or information by writing to The Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau, 1322 New York Ave.. Washington. D. C.. inclosing 2 cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given nor can extended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a personal reply, unsigned requests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential. —Editor. What is an “Irridentist”? A member of “Irredenta,” an Italian society aiming at the liberation from foreign dominion of all territory outside the political boundaries of Italy, in which the inhabitans speak Italian or are of Italian stock, especially the southern districts of Tyrol and Trieste. It was particularly active immediately after 1878, but fell under the suspicion of cherishing anti-monarchial and revolutionary aims. It became active again during the Great War, displaying special interest in the disposition of Fiume, the Trentino, the Dalmatian coast and Trieste. For what is Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland, famous? For the assassination within its borders on May 6, 1882, of Lord Frederick Cavendish, chief secretary of Ireland, and Thomas Burke, the undersecretary)

Looking Over Europe in Search of New Vocal Talent for Next Season of the Chicago Civic Grand Opera

BY HERBERT M. JOHNSON Manager, Chicago Civic Opera MILAN, July 9.— Almost with the | same reaction experienced by one who is whisked by a fast train from I Chicago to California in late Octo- ! ber, wc found ourselves dazzled by j the brightness and the sunshine of Italy upon our arrival from Paris, which had proven cold, rainy and drab. Conditions in musical circles are very chaotic, but brighter days are in prospect for opera artists if the i policies attributed to Mussolini actually are put into effect by the j Dictator, as I believe will prove to be the case. I emphasize the effect I upon opera artists because musi- | cians in other branches count but j little in Italy. I Concerts such as abound in every small American town possessing a cultured spirit are a rarity, and as for symphony, only one orchestra throughout Italy aspires to that title. On the other hand opera houses abound and there is much opera—good, bad and indifferent. Consequently when music is discussed here opera is in mind. In addition to operatic activities dictated by the popular demand for entertainment (and to the Italian no other form of public entertainment is quite so important) it must be remembered that Italy is the happy hunting ground of the pseudo artist and the advanced music student_the clinic where the great in the making try it on the dog. This circumstance has made Italy a paradise for musical agents, and their number has become legion. Some afford legitimate service to the clients they represent, and there are others who are little more or less than parasites. Unfortunately the latter have grown into a small army, whose predatory practices have caused caustic comment all over the world. Some Scandal Evidently the sort of thing that is discussed to the discredit of Italy in drawing rooms in New York and Chicago, and which scandalizes the sewing circle at Richmond, Ind., and the Tuesday club at Cedar Rapids, la., has reached the ears of the allpowerful Mussolini, for the govern-

(ANDERSON HERALD) “And the responsibilities of citizenship cannot be shifted.” Spoken by General Pershing at the laying of the corner stone of the principal building of Indiana’s memorial plaza for the World Perth in a War veterans. Spoken by a man rersuing whQ hag seen the Nation in its greaton Citi- C st trial. Spoken by a man who has renthin seen the finest youth of the land give zensmp * itg hfe for the prin cipies of American freedom. If only the words could be graven upon the hearts of every man and woman in the land! If only every citizen might be made to realize the great truth of the remark, how much better would be the promise of the future! There is too much attempt to avoid the responsibilities while enjoying the privileges of citizenship. There are too many citizens who are willing to sit in the shade of the governmental bower but unwilling to carry any water to the roots of the vine. Every year it is the same. Every statesman utters the same sentiments. On every hand do we hear the warnings that too little attention is paid "to the most valued of our possessions, that of free government. And yet with all the warnings, with all the pleading, the same result is invariably seen when election time arrives—about one-half of the citizens really show their interest by voting or taking any part in the election of the officials. What shall America do? To whom may America turn if her own citizens are unwilling to accept their responsibilities? It cannot oe shifted to any others. It must be borne by the citizens themselves if it is to be borne at all. It is a part of the duty and the privilege of every citizen to bear his or her share of the responsibility. It is an inalienable right as our forefathers put it, but it has become too many times to the third generation, not an “inalienable right,” but an avoidable duty. America shoulp awaken to the words of General Pershing. It should consider the direction which the ship of state is drifting. It must take up its responsibility and work out its problems and every man and woman must take their share and do their part in this work. It cannot be shifted. No person should wish to shift it.' It should be the joyous response of every person who benefits and prospers under the American flag.

Business as Usual

ment is reported to be closing all the agencies with a view to establishing a central bureau at Milan with branches where needed to serve the interests of the public, impresario and artist.

| The juggling complained of be- | tween opera producers and agents ! through which artists, and more j particularly youthful and well-to- ! do aipirants for stellar honors, have been squeezed in scandalous fashion. | probably will become a thing of the i past, for appparently it is the desire iof the hour to provide new and greater protections than artists ever have known in this playful land where opera had its origin. This should be of more than passing interest at home, where a majority of the younger generation who aspire to serious vocal study have trieir eyes on Italy as their goal. Under the new order of things a contract is likely to mean precisely what is set forth in the context instead of what the more powerful party to the agreement reads into it. No longer will impressario or conductor tyrannize with their power to “protest” an artist at will. Both must exercise their judgment before signing a contract or forever after hold their peace. On the other hand no steps are contemplated to restrict the powers of the public in that direction—not even the pussiant Mussolini could successfully undertake that. The emotional Italian music lover, who makes himself hoarse shouting “bravo” when his favorite coloratura or tenor earns this approval, is quite as quick to turn thumbs down when disappointed with what is provided him. A sibilant hiss is the weapon most often employed for this purpose, but he will not refrain from more violent booing if he feels occasion justifies. The right to express disapproval is just as sacred as the right to bestow applause, and no one who has been speared hearing an Italian or a Spanish “protest” can imagine what an emphatic, crushing, fearful thing it can be. Such protest on the part of the audience is the only circumstance that henceforth can be summoned as ground for abrogating an artist’s contract. In order to guard against

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the public, as the court of last resort, indulging in snap judgment, three such protests shall be necessary as a premise for cancelling a contract. What advantages American managements would reap from the adoption of such a plan at home, I providing, of course, that American psychology would change to permit unfavorable reactions to be publicly registered as is the case with approval. Boxing and wrestling enthusiasts do not hesitate to express their disapproval when performances fall short of expectations, butI doubt if Americans ever indulge that right in opera house or theater. We never hear unfavorable impressions until they are imparted in confidence pr at a supper table gatherings long afterwards. It *nust be a matter determined by geographical location, for not only in Europe, but a few mil?3 to tjie, south of uS, in 'Mexico and at Havana, the elite are quite as quick as the galleries to protest against a performance which disappoints. In Havana, particularly, as here in Italy, failure of an artist to make good brings the cry familiar at athletic exhibitions at home—“take him off.” / Miss Norma France, contralto, who is visiting in the home of her teacher, Fred Newell Morris, will be soloist with the Indianapolis Military band at Garfield Park, Sunday evening, and at University Park Thursday evening. Miss France will leave for New York August 1, where she will resume her work with “The Vagabond King,” Company. How can white window shades be cleaned? Spread a sheet on the floor, unroll the shade and with a soft cloth scrub It with magnesia and water. After treating on one side, turn the shade over and treat on the other side in the same way. Let it remain on the sheet until dry. Was Longfellow’s wife burned to death? She was burned to death July, 1861, when her dress caught fire from a match on the floor.

(NASHVILLE REPUBLICAN) If Stephenson was honest with Remy and his assistants, clews followed up by them will prove it. Though the statute of limitations may run against some of the offenses, and the offenders Suspicion can n °t be punished under the law, they can at least be oStraHovers cised from politics and the hbuse Like Pall Cleaning will be a blessing to the State 4 of Indiana. The air of suspicion that has permeated the Statehouse, due to charges made by Stephenson during the fall of 1926, will be cleared up and the black sheep will be sifted out. The guiltless will be exonerated, as they should be. The pall of suspicion has been hovering over all State officials, due to the uncertainty created by Stephenson, who in the past has repeatedly refused to provide any evidence to back up his charges of corruption. It is regrettable that Stephenson did not realize that the Indiana press probe committee, which first pressed his charges, was his real friend and that he would have best served the interests of the people of Indiana, as well as his own, to tell the committee the truth when he was given the opportunity. (PERU TRIBUNE) The Indiana Taxpayers’ Association has issued a bulletin stressing the necessity of reducing governmental expenditures if taxes are to be reduced. “If ever there was a time for the Cut Gov - public to be awake and take an active part in planning the expenditure of emmental money,” avers the bulletin, “that Taxes time is now. We see tendencies in every direction ot spend more money and to make more public improvements that can be postponed or else obtained for considerably less than is now contemplated.” The association is working under a faulty hypothesis if it thinks the public is inclined to save money. "'The public likes to see the State spend lots of money. It likes paved roads. State parks and fine public buildings. The trouble with the public is that it doesn’t want to pay for the improvements. More stress should be laid on an honest administration of these expenditures. The State of Indiana isn’t making too many improvements. Far from it. Think what we could do if all the money that goes to pay political debts were used to benefit the entire commonwealth.

JULY 9, 1927

M. E. TRACY SAYS: The Attacks Which Ford’s Magazine Has Made on the Jewes Did Not Do Them Any Harm, or Him Any Good. Repudiation of Those Attacks Will Probably Not Do Him Any Harm, or Them, Any Good.

BALTIMORE, July 9.—ln common with every other community from Portland, Me., to San Francisco, I found Baltimore talking Ford on Friday. The tone was more amused than excited and more puzzled than either. ,\ The wish to believe in Ford’s sincerity generally was apparent, but in nine cases out of ten it goes no farther than a perplexed smile. For some reason or other. General Motors and the Chevrolet aar crept into piost of the discussions which I heard. For my own part, I would like to believe this was another Caesar crossing the Rubicon, another Cardinal Newman writing# in Lead. Kindly Light, another Cramer sacrificing his right hand. The statement given out by Arthur Brisbane as signed by Ford leaves the impression that he did not know what was going on. Brisbane says that he and other friends are in a position to testify that this is true. If they arc in such position, if they knew that Mr. Ford was being misled, and if they were really friends, why didn't they warn him? Ford says, according to the statement, “I am greatly shocked as a result of my study and examination of the files of the Dearborn IndepenI dent, and of the pamphlets entitled •The International Jew.’ ” This is a declaration, by inference at least, that he had no very clear idea of what the Dearborn Independent was publishing, or of what those pamphlets contained until he examined them, and that rather recently. A singular state of affairs, truly, considering the fact that Mr. Ford owned the Dearborn Independent and that a sufficient number of articles appeared over his signature to warrant the belief that he took a personal, interest in its contents. But let us be charitable by all means and assume that the bigness and variety of his affairs were sufficient to crowd it out of his mind and that though he had time to write those wonderfully lucid articles, he could never find a moment for other copy. Editor Kept in Dark This being so, it naturally follows that he put implicit confidence in , the editor, Mr. Cameron, and that either Mr.. Cameron, presumed on the authority thus delegated to him, or labored under the illusion that he was doing what his employer expected. In either case, it would have been the ordinary course of procedure for Mr. Ford to tell his editor first, and other people afterwards, when he decided on a change of policy. Instead he appears to have sought out another editor, not for purpose of consultation, but for purposes of publicity. At all events, Cameron says that he didn’t know there was to be any change of policy in the Independent until he read it in the newspapers. Campaign a Fizzle These details are more interesting than important. Indeed, the whole episode is more interesting than important. Henry Ford has become big enough in the Industrial affairs of this country to make anything he does or says interesting. • When you have said that you have about covered the situation. The attacks which his magazine has made on the Jews did not do them any harm, or him any good. This repudiation of those attacks probably will not do him any harm or them any good. During the entire time this controversy has been going on between the Independent and the Jews I do not know of a single Jew who has refused to buy a Ford, though I know several who have bought Lincolns. Neither do I know of a single Gentile that has bought either a Lincoln or a Ford in appreciation oi the magazine’s anti-Jewish campaign. The Jews were hurt and humiliated. of course, just as any race or group of people would be if subjected to such a. bitter and uncalled for attack. They were hurt in their feelings, however, and not in a social, industrial or political way. The entire campaign has.-proved a complete flz-le which measure* the value of its repudiation. . ’ Dark Brown Taste * .

Like other publications that have permitted their columns to be used in the interest of class, racial and religious antagonism, the Dearborn Independent has accomplished nothing but to enhance in a small way one of those prejudices which have come down to us from the middle ages. f In the beginning it attracted some attention because people were surprised that anyone of reasonable good standing would drag out the hoary trash which It. paraded. In. the end, it left little but a dark brown taste in the public mouth. Everyone is pleased that Henry Ford has called a halt to such a profitless waste of paper and ink. He deserves credit for having the courage to change his mind, but he would deserve more, if he had not allowed himself to be put in a position where he felt obligated to do so. In calling on the telephone should one say he wishes to “speak with” or “speak to” a person? . Either is correct, but/“speak to” ia preferred.