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The Longer Kilt,

D'ye

Ken

By J. W. TAYLOR

THERE'S "High":"jinks Avoynodices is eminently suit- going up in Scotland oble from the point of view of Judging. A competent judge has

in

over the suggestion no difficulty in judging the foot- of the

Official workt Scottish

of girls dressed Board of Highland Dancing Aboyne dress.

to lengthen the kilt. They

He finally claims that the say that the long skirt of Board's proposal to lengthen the the Aboyne dress for kilt was going to add pounds women is not so suitable for in weight to the garment which, dancing compared with the long kit recommended by the Board.

Chief 'crilic of the Aboyne dream

Mr H. Farley. 14 Edinburgh, chairman uf the Board, who told a press ent ference that a stabilised technt que of Highland dancing, which eliminates all unorthodox varia- tions, had been devised by the Board and was soon to be pub lished in n textbook.

would

THE CHINA MÁIL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1956.

The

PART THREE HENRY HAS TO THINK AGAIN AS RIVALS PUT ON PRESSURE

Fabulous LIZZIE LOSES LEAD

H

made.

Fords

By DON IDDON-

ENRY FORD, the the dealers threatened a mass

would that

Have

Second isn't making boycott

wrecked the company.

the mistakes that his grandfather

★ STORMS IN THE COURTS

Ho nover had faith in doctors, When his son, Ediel, was dying of cancer he suggested that the trouble was milk polsoning and threatened to have his herd of enltle destroyed. Mrs Ford was a great influence on her hus band.

but Ford's righthand man, Harry Bennett, had more. Violent articles

★ HUNGER MARCH AT RIVER ROUGE

The appearance of the Model of the paintings and went to mariager: 'have a million in A caused a

is Edsel's ncar-rlat, in and see Ford in a delegation. They goid here, but this outside Madison Square Garden, said: "This album is for you." 21st birthday, and I want him

to have it." and 23,000 people queued up in

Ford replied: "Well, this is St Paul in sub-zero weather.

What a beautiful Ford's reputation was so great wonderful.

Other gifts were thrust on that 1,000,000 Model A's were book. These pictures are lovely Edsel by his father, and when but really, gentlemen, I cannot he died he held huge blocks of

a' gift from com-

stock. Edsel was a designer in his own right and was respons- ible for the elegant Lincoln

ordered unseen.

in

car,

were, often

When he launched the Model accept ruch He also had trouble with his

A, Ford was employing more parative strangers." than 100,000 men at the River director-stockholders. Ford pro- at the end of the day,

After a good deal of double- Continental. This was perhaps posed that still be of the same length as

instead of dividing

Reuge plant alone. He con talk the dealers told him of which also

trolled 35 branches the their plan and said the album America's most beautiful the Aboyne skirt,

The present young (he is $10,000,000 among them, which

United States, 13 branches was merely a sample,

but it was plagued with mech- reached below the knee.

anical trouble, 88) bons of the mammoth had been his practice, he would

merely divide $1,200,000 and THE wife and Ford's chief ad-

abroad, Including Great Britain, Feminine champion of the war company changes the look

Ford said: "But what would viser and closest companion and ho owned his own timber- spend $100,000,000 on expanding

Edsel's orders to be waged against the Board's

melters and I do with the paintings, spend- models

ore mines, every year, his factory, The directors wers rarely spoke to each other, Mrs

land, Bennett decision is Mrs Jenny Buchanan, of his

Ford felt that heresy,

was mills, ships, a railway, scores of ing all that money when I have countermanded by Bennett and mother and

If he had manager of frequently retools and intro- Indignant, Catriono,

holder of the High- duces streamlined new cars and they brought Ford to trial. scheming to take over the Ford subsidiary manufacturing fac- these lovely pictures in the frequently ignored.

empire. She also blamed Ben- tories, and

庭 6,000,000-acre album as a gift?**

a stronger character ho land dancing world title. Sho

nett for Ford's extraordinary

arrested the decline The Model A sensation

in Ford's business. campaign against the Jews, says: "The excuse that the knee such as the rakish Thunder- length kill is a traditional male bird.

A didn't last long, and the V-B. dress is ridiculous. The short

with which Henry hoped to age of boy dancers is all the

challenge - General Motors, was only partially successful.

more reason

the why

Jodles

His policies are paying off. I see that the Ford Motor Company built a should wcor the traditional record 2,014,559 cars and dress, otherwise there is a dan-lorries last year-well over ger of it becoming extinct at the total In 1954, which was competitions.

below 2,000,000.

As for the wonen dianeers' dress. Mr Fairley Butt! the Board suggested a kilt, slightly longer than that worn by men, doublets. He and two choices

that the

proposed considered dress would give judgen every of

the seeing opportunity dancers' foot and leg action.

of

have to

Ford the First stuck to the Model T against all opposition long after the public had ceased to want it.

This

до

FOR much of his life Ford was in and out of the courts. He won some victories the notable triumph against Solden Patents, who were straitjacketing the Industry--but usunily he lost.

which

court by

He lost the case director- stockholders

In against him. caused

a senanlion

As owner of the Dearborn In- dependent, Ford was responsible the violent anti-Jewish for articles which had such titles as "The Gentle Art of Changing "What Jows Jewith Nemes,"

When They had Attempted Power," "The All-Jewish

the Names." "The All-Jewish Mark brought on Red Russia.”

he say-

READY TO FIGHT

"MANY mothers

Ford never closed his payroll I skip and scrape for

to Jews, but often blamed them Lake the

their As to the possibility of con-

daugh- The Ford dealers protested ing: "After the employees have

Many Jowish flict with the dress suggested ters!

In-that the intest Chevrolets were had their wages and a share of 1o his associates. dancing careers.

ila my duty profits more modern,

to firms stopped buying his pro- more the three years ago by the organi- stead of bothering about change i smarter, vers of the Aboyne Games, he of dress the Board should be efficient, and leaving the Lizzie take what remains and put it ducts, and a boycott began,

back into the industry to create

his more

work for more men

Once, when at

Bome of higher wages."

trasters were zeized in Berlin. Ford said: "I blame it on the Told that this was idealism, Jewish businessmen," Ford said: "No, It's simply good business,"

thought there would be some discussion on the two styles, but maintained that the long skirt of the Aboyne dress was not so suitable for dancing.

LL

ADD POUNDS

the well behind.

giving more thought to welfare of young people who travel from Games to Games."

He was furious

MOR

take

#

new

car

dividend,

He was plagued with political ambitions and In 1918 he ran for Senator but was defeated, He was never impressive in public appearances, but as the rustic Rogers type delivering a Wil

he scored with

World Highland champion dancer Catriona herself, who is engaged to a kelit maker, ia

a time he blamed the ready to fight the Board's de- dealers,

His associates got their huge Once he drove cision just as two years ago she

but Fard Burddenly the

Aboyne Games his Ford (It was his practice to resigned and threatened to form boycotted

from long "Asher- been strongly because of the this has

a new company. He then took of dress A challenged by Colon W.

woman" type

which the assembly the each day) into station for

over, as, sole boss. Ford service Lilburn of Coull, Captain of the was ruled as the only one to boa

worn by competitors. She feels adjustments. Aboyne Games. He boldly de- clares: "It is entirely wrong that that the Board's latest ruling

The mechanie, not recognising dancing a threat to Highland women should wear the kill, for

the industrialist, yawned in ls the kilt is man's dress. Although and says: "Young folk have had

face and said the Ford agent we regret that other people do enough chopping and changing

If it goes on was too busy to see him. Ford, not follow the Aboyne dress we in recent years."

All ulamed

his fury, longer, they'll just give | in no much have prescribed, we have

dancing alfo- dealers fo: this Incident and intention of forcing our views up competitive

the decline in sales. on anyone. But we do find that gether." our dress is pleasing to almost to the everyone and especially dancers. who find it extremely light and very much cheaper

the ulit It works

at quarter price of this long kilt tulness."

The Colonel adds: All our so thes Judges have assured us that the

Latest comment in the con- troversy which still rages comes from Mr Fairley,

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He thundered to his execu- {lves: "I'll put new Ford who retter [agencies opposite the old ones ates: "We have had no serious right across the country; criticism of the longer skirt. We will show them." consider the dress best suited ladies for competitive

dancing."

that

He went ahead with this plan, but finally abandoned it when

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As the wealth poured in Ford haj moved into Fair Lane, an mansion that was astonishing supposed to have cost $250,000 but ultimately cost $2,000,000.

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Finally, $1,000,000 ̊suit (yet brought against another) was him by a lowyer, Aaron Sapiro, who claimed that Ford's Dear- born Indopentent had libelled him.

A mistrial

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FTER two months wrangling A the sult declared

was misulal

Issued and Ford sweeping apology to the Jowish people and said no more anti- Semitic articles would be pub lighed. Some said that Ford was apologising because he was bringing out a new car,

them had been

ROYAL GUEST: The Duke of Windsor, as Prince of Walos, visited the great motor works at Detroit and is hore soon with Henry Ford (right) and Edrol, the son 'who preferred to take a back seat.

rubber-producing

Brazil.

Plantation in

He kept the album showed the dealers the

been

might have

Harry Bennett seems to have known almost nothing about making motor-cars. Ho good,

however, at breaking

heads.

Wore masks

was

WHEN the depression hit the

United States Ford thought he could bring back prosperity by raising wages and cutting prices his old formula. So ho boosted wages to $7 a day and was amazed when the alum continued.

HO AVAN

oven guilty of much stupidities as saying: "There's and plenty of work for everyone it

the men want to work." door.

Altogether 600,000 men were He hoped by these examples to directly or indirectly in Ferd's mould Edsel, but Edsel didn't employ, His only son, Edsel, learn. had the title of President of the Ford Company for a quarter of a century, but exercised little power.

march A hunger

of about ended in 3,000 unemployed death and bloodshed. Sorbe called it the River

Rouge Massacre. Four men were killed and about 50 wounded in 4

between battle

the hunger marchers and Ford's (or rather Bennett's) police assisted by local police and firemen,

He was painfully shy, and when the Duke of Windsor, as Prince of Wales, was enter tained in the Ford home it was He lacked his father's drive, Edsel's Jab to escort the Prines shrewdness, and ruthlessness. to a private club for lunch.

Henry Ford WES

Windows were shattered, cara He took him to the door and moat eccentric

of his Life,

then said: "I shall have to go overturned, tear gas and hoses but the streak of kindness was

Thanks greatly, but here were used, against the hunger now. there also.

Police opened -- fire, marchera. One spring when ne

and there was panic and pande- headliners, mantum.

an

sword

Perhaps he still had political bird was hatching in its nest, it's father's party.” ambitions. In the early twenties just outside the front door of

Edsel hated. talk of Ford his house Ford used to creep show-offs, and roughnecksų, for President; but he grace out of the back door so as not He couldn't abide the tough At the funeral in Dearborn IJE and his wife, Claza, were fully withdrew.

to disturb it and forbade anyout Harry Bennett. He was happy men and women and children deeply devoled to each

A new Ford car

with his wife, three zone, and paraded In masics so that Ben- was badly to use the front entrance, When, he was asked:

were de nett's stormtroopers would not have verdue, and so the industrialist

He was It like to

also imtown to send daughter, and they

them. recognise

Many It was anonymous gifts

of food and voted to him. "Don't be damn süly," and then about time, Model T'had lasted clothes to the poor in Detroit,

red hats and distributed. Com- $1,000,000,0007" he said at first; launched the Model A

It is probable, indeed almost munist literature. It wus, a almost 20 years. added: "Well, mother no longer

but he hated to be bamboozled.

certain, that Edsel warned black day for Ford, does the cooking and I'm not

Ford was never goed at spot-

group

for York art Henry II about the fight of New getting the good food I used to ting trends. He used to say:

I don't like the fancy "If the car suits me it will suit dealers, knowing Ford's interest power that was going on in the

sell him Ford factory. in pictures, tried to the pubile,"

"the world's hundred greatest

Perhaps Edsel had too much paintings."

money. On his 21st birthday claborate his father took him to They prepared an album containing reproductions troit bank and said to the

stuff."

Actually he raroly ate He didn't realise that Ameri- elaborate food and in later years cans wanted a brand new model nibbled at carrots

and drank not every few years but every.

year.

fruit juices.

RUSSIAN RETURN

N the eight months of

I

.1917 which

separated the first (democratic) revolu-

tion in Russia of March

COMMUNISTS IMPERIALISM

TO

By RAYMOND POSTGATE

a De-

TOMORROW

Now Ford Loses Millions --The Struggle for an Empire - Henry tho Second Takes Over.

the

Party,

A foundation. 'nember of British Communist and editor in 1922 of its official organ. Ray- mond Potgate. Left

the

party in 1023 because he disapproved of its tactics and Poller.

He was for some years Foreign. Sab-editor_of_the Daily Herald, and. Depart mental Editor of the last complete edition (1929) of Encyclopaedia

However, in 1951, an article in Pravda announced the reversal of this

trend.

Poople who defended Kulakovsky were

the anti-Marxist," denounced

and the use of "archale images ancient folklore was from the socnod (Bolshevik) There has been an almost complete reversal of Soviet policy formy now, the Yokut revolution of November, towards minority pooples sinco. 1917 whon Lenin wrote. font has

language

been

heavily Lenin had to write in articles defending the Latvian people against Russian Russified; every seventh word. numerable articles, em- colonizare. Today Russian colonisers are encouraged used in contemporary Yakut is phasising the difference bo by the Soviet Government to settle in Latvia, and calculated to be Russlan tween genuine Socialist re- measures are being taken to break up other small volutionary principles and national groups such as the Yakuts and the Uzbeks. the various imitations which And in spite of this the Soviet Union still sets itself wore current. In all he

up 43] the champion of oppressed picked upon the country called Courland to make his point.

peoples.

The most effective weapon in

шо

Britannica.

Ho

was born at Cam bridge in 1896, con of the then famous clamionl gcholar, Dr J. P. Pontgate, and married 'in 1918 · the daughter of the late RS Hon. George Lansbury,

breaking up the Yakut nation

The Rector of its Central has been an official publication of the Yakut bhurch of tho

of Sciences called Asiatic University, Umarov, in Academy

Influence of 1940 had to make this humlitat- "The Progressive the Creat Russian Nation on ing statement; "The whole the Development of the Yoku! Uzbek people, young or old, People,"

will remember for all time. that "Our enemies cannot un-

The chapter headings of this it owes its achievements to the of a' King authoritative work are these: Party derstand why the attitude rosult of the Nazl-Soviet Pact, the restoration

of Lenkt and Stalin, The great Russian people, its elder brother the Russian taken up to the problem of the Russians once again took Charles. The Rucalan Revolu

control of Latvia, and in 1945 tion has ended similarly, but elder brother of the Yakut people, and to the leader and Courland is essential."

when they reconquered It with one difference which con- people....The positive results teacher of all nations, the great Courland has rarely been

from the Germans.

fuses the simple-minded, The of Russian rolonisation in con- Stalin." mentioned in the press in recent

As a result of these two samo revolutionary phrases are nection with the necession of years. If you look at a map reoccupations, accompanied (in used is as if King Louis Yakutia to the Rumian State... of Europe you will see, on the

Lenin's phraso) by pseudo- XVIII had had to pretend to be Russian peasants as pioneers south coast of the Baltic, a Socialist slogans, not only has a Jacobin or King Charles II a of agriculture among Yokuta great promontory Bilec Russian Imperialiam returned, Puritan. rhindleron's horn in what us to Russia

but a large proportion of the

A

be called Latvia. It is the size inhabitsints has been deported,

KIBAK

+

In Asia

Threo

The help of the Russian poople

Compulsion

Doot

in the industrialisation of Soviet Daghestan, In the Caucasus, Yakutia... The leading role of his or had a flourishing Merary of England without Wales; that, and its place taken by Russlan

the Russian people in the tradition of Arab origin, is Courlandi,

colonlets numbers large

development of Yakutia's means mont prominent contemporary enough to make any revival of The change is most clear in of communications....The pro- writer, tho

Effendi Latvian independence effective Asia,

instances will gressive Influence of the Kaplyer, No Compromise

writes in his novel ly improbable.

make the essence of it obvious, Russian poople on the The Foot" thou great The history of this forgotten Take first the Yakut area, that development of musical culturo Russian tongue, I kneel before The reason why Courland outland is important, not on which was for so long neglected

vost district of Eastern Biberia of the Yakut people, etc. Russian longue, I kneel before

pare thee. but because it is wh

...I belong to a very ́sma.l It is interesting to compare Lenin ex-in was a touchstone,

is now highly prized, for its

its there iitics with what the significant that

of the change in plained,

people lost in the mountains. genuine

Commissariat of Nationalites But I find thee and I am no de- Russian policy in the last 30 gold mines. Socialist

revolutionaries

From 1913 until 1928. Yakut wrote in its bulletin in August more an orphan," manded, quite blankly, and with yours. Whether the change no 'compromiso, that the good or bad one is another literature and Yakut nation 1921, when Lenth was silve: Russians should evacuate what matter there may have been Hem were tolerated and oven The Yakuts know, the Ruslane Sovice writers ask that their

Latvian land, more to ba buld in- defency, of 'encourago), 'in decordance with, oa' epad merchant"

as corrupt. of country's cultural record should

· was 'obviously, Other Bartles,

and ex- be compared with Western, Im in ingenious importallam than I have ever Leninist Ideas; Yakut writors, Belals, as

on exiled criminais "periečiain, and they are quite pabudo -- Bocialist Parares, discovered but the essential among whom the most eminent pos

coded. Kulakovsky, whiculed all their best right to do so. It would be maingod to find some reason thing for any student of modern was

oven alowed to attack feelings and committed acts of interesting if they could point for holding 011 to Courland. politics is to establish the fact, were

" violence,

any instances where, No matter how plausible their the fact is, then, that there as Russian nationalism. double-talk,

Briksh officiel publications and poussets who oppressed they

boсn a thereby been an almost complete re There seems to have boo showed themselves. to be im versal of Human polley back revival of nationalist tendencies Nor is this chando conded to British force is used not only perialists, he said.

· and "désirby “Arab -ta. Twarist times

In the Herature during the backward nations like the to denigrate Courland has rarely appeared This is not unboard of, The Second World War, owing to Yenite, Ashion the Uzbek or Had Uignaturk and tradi In the press ainee, se I said, French Revolution ended in the the relaxation of some of the capital, we as old malty s mag klona, ribal 2010 - compel naive botn zoentioned restoration of a King Louis, and more severe aspects of Soviet Moscow, and the centre of us scholars to act as lagoats in 1940 · wh

the kagumi Hayolution ended in cultural policy a

thele own humiliation, oid ·á civilimution

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