Word: forded
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...swelling chorus of businessmen demanding a reduction in U.S. tariffs the voice of Henry Ford II was added this week. The U.S., said Ford Motor Co.'s boss in a speech scheduled before the Inland Daily Press Association, "can and should step forth boldly and lead the free world toward freer trade" by elimination of all tariffs and other restrictions. In turn, "if foreign countries want American private capital, it's fair to ask that they act in a way which will encourage the American investor" by "guarantees against expropriation of property and the elimination of inequitable double...
...Said Ford: "I believe this trade program can and should be sold on the basis of the practical self-interest it represents. Rightly or wrongly, the American people and most foreign peoples feel that American business will be a more powerful force in the councils of the new Administration. Rightly or wrongly, the Republican Party and industry are associated . . . with high tariffs and isolationism...
...Three months ago, the Detroit board of commerce, of which Ford and other automakers are members, also came out with a proposal to scrap all tariffs, said that free trade is "inevitable" (TIME...
...last entry is an engagement note: "Allow Mr. Ashmum & friend to come in at 9 a.m. tomorrow. A. Lincoln." It was an engagement the President never kept, for the note was signed at 8:30 p.m. on April 14, 1865, minutes before he left the White House for Ford's Theater, where John Wilkes Booth waited...
...program produced by the Ford Foundation...