(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Henry Ford testified to his change of mind with regard to the Jewish people in an interview he granted today to a representative of the “Jewish Youth Magazine,” a London weekly newspaper.
“Although some people don’t believe it, the fact of the matter is that I have the greatest admiration for the Jewish people,” Henry Ford declared. “The Jewish people have great merchants and captains of industry who have kept the world’s business going. People are often lazy and when Jews’ initiative easily causes them to reach the ladder’s top, by devotion to duty and high principles, their neighbors are jealous and prejudice grows.
“The Zionist movement will play a great part,” Mr. Ford stated in reply to a question about the Palestine work. “I do not believe that the whole Jewish people desires to return to Palestine, but it will be the home of the Jews who are persecuted in backward countries and an inspiration to Jews everywhere. The Jews should, in my opinion, keep firmly to their faith and render their full service to the business life of the world,” he said.
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