(Jewish Daily Bulletin)
Whether a settlement out of court of the Ford-Sapiro libel suit is forecast by the statement attributed to Mr. Ford was only conjectured at here. A proposal put forward by the Detroit Board of Commerce that the case be taken from Federal Court and settled by arbitration through a committee appointed by the board was accepted by counsel for Mr. Sapiro shortly after the mistrial declared in the suit by Federal Judge Fred M. Raymond. Ford counsel, however, rejected the proposal.
Negotiations looking toward the publication of Henry Ford’s statement that all articles in his “Dearborn Independent” hostile to the Jewish people had been ordered discontinued, have been going on for some time. William Henry Gallagher, chief counsel for Aaron Sapiro in the latter’s libel action against Mr. Ford, said today.
Mr. Gallagher added that he “confidently expects” that the libel suit will be “settled out of ourt.” Walter F. Lynch of Chicago, law assistant of Mr. Sapiro, has been in Detroit for two weeks in connection with the matter of the statement credited to Mr. Ford. Mr. Gallagher said.
Mr. Galiagher added that he has had a copy of the Ford statement in his office for some days.
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