DETROIT MICH NOV. 18 -- 1915 11 AM
MADAM SCHWIMMER HAD AN INTERVIEW WITH HENRY FORD YESTERDAY. MR FORDS ATTORNEY WAS PRESENT, WAS HOSTILE, SKEPTICAL AND EVEN SEEMED DOUBTFUL OF MADAM SCHWIMMER. WOULD YOU KINDLY WIRE ME AT OUR EXPENSE FOR PUBLIC OR PRIVATE USE A STATEMENT AS TO HER WORK AT THE HAGUE CONFERENCE AS YOU OBSERVED IT, HER GOING WITH YOU OR WITH OTHERS TO THE DIFFERENT GOVERNMENTS OF EUROPE ON PEACE MISSION, THE FACT THAT SHE CAME TO THIS COUNTRY AS A DELEGATE TO SEE THE PRESIDENT, THAT IS IF THESE ARE THE FACTS AS YOU UNDERSTAND THEM, ADDING ANY OTHER FACTS THAT YOU MAY [page 2] SEE FIT, KEEPING THE ATTITUDE OF MR. FORDS ATTORNEY CONFIDENTIAL FOR THE TIME BEING. OUR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT HAS ARRANGED WITH THE PRESIDENT FOR AN INTERVIEW WITH MADAM SCHWIMMER AND MRS. SNOWDEN TO TAKE PLACE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. IN THE MEANTIME WE ARE ANXIOUS TO HAVE THE PRESS OF THE COUNTRY TAKE A MORE FRIENDLY ATTITUDE TOWARD THE PEACE MOVEMENT. THE DETROIT NEWS WILL UNDERTAKE TO SEND TO ABOUT 700 DAILY PAPERS OF THE COUNTRY STATEMENTS FROM MADAM SCHWIMMER, MR. [LOCHNER] AND OTHERS REGARDING THE ATTITUDE OF OUR COUNTRY AND WHAT IT SHOULD BE. WE WOULD BE PLEASED TO HAVE YOU SEND US A STATEMENT TO BE PRINTED IN OUR OWN PAPER AND FORWARDED TO THE OTHERS. IF YOU COULD FOLLOW YOUR TELEGRAM REGARDING MADAM SCHWIMMER WITH A LETTER IN THIS AFTERNOONS [page 3] MAIL TO BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE WE WOULD BE PLEASED TO HAVE YOU DO SO. IF YOU CANNOT PREPARE IT IN TIME TO GET IT IN THE MAIL PLEASE WIRE IT TO US TONIGHT AT OUR EXPENSE
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