At the trial it was proven that all these statements were false. All the Ford workers who were drafted to Mexico had their wages paid to their families while they were away. On the other hand it was shown, through the testimony of Joseph Medill Patterson, one of the editors of the “Tribune,” and a renegade Socialist, that he had ordered the stopping of the pay of all those “Tribune” men who were drafted to Europe! I quote the testimony.
“How many of your employes went to the great war?”
“About two hundred and sixty-eight.”
“None of them drew salaries?”
“No.”
“But you drew your salary when you went over-seas, didn’t you?”
“Yes.”
“And your salary is about twenty thousand dollars a year, isn’t it?”
Witness admitted that it was.
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