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- Brochure, "The Case Against the Little White Slaver, Volumes 1, 2, 3 and 4," 1916 - In 1914 Henry Ford published the first of four volumes entitled, "The Case Against the Little White Slaver," his treatise for youth on the evils of cigarettes, aka "little white slavers". Ford had been greatly influenced to take up this anti-smoking crusade by his close friend and mentor, Thomas Edison, who famously stated that he would "employ no person who smokes."
- 1916
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Brochure, "The Case Against the Little White Slaver, Volumes 1, 2, 3 and 4," 1916
In 1914 Henry Ford published the first of four volumes entitled, "The Case Against the Little White Slaver," his treatise for youth on the evils of cigarettes, aka "little white slavers". Ford had been greatly influenced to take up this anti-smoking crusade by his close friend and mentor, Thomas Edison, who famously stated that he would "employ no person who smokes."
- Brochure, "Keep America Out of War," 1939 - The threat of war in Europe grew throughout the 1930s. This brochure reprinted an anti-war article published in the <em>Detroit Times</em> on April 14, 1939, four and a half months before Nazi Germany invaded Poland and ignited World War II. The article called for an amendment to the Constitution forbidding secret alliances and agreements that could lead to American involvement in foreign conflicts.
- April 14, 1939
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Brochure, "Keep America Out of War," 1939
The threat of war in Europe grew throughout the 1930s. This brochure reprinted an anti-war article published in the Detroit Times on April 14, 1939, four and a half months before Nazi Germany invaded Poland and ignited World War II. The article called for an amendment to the Constitution forbidding secret alliances and agreements that could lead to American involvement in foreign conflicts.
- Brochure, "The Case Against the Little White Slaver, Volumes 1, 2 and 3," 1914 - In 1914 Henry Ford published the first of four volumes entitled, "The Case Against the Little White Slaver," his treatise for youth on the evils of cigarettes, aka "little white slavers". Ford had been greatly influenced to take up this anti-smoking crusade by his close friend and mentor, Thomas Edison, who famously stated that he would "employ no person who smokes."
- 1914
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Brochure, "The Case Against the Little White Slaver, Volumes 1, 2 and 3," 1914
In 1914 Henry Ford published the first of four volumes entitled, "The Case Against the Little White Slaver," his treatise for youth on the evils of cigarettes, aka "little white slavers". Ford had been greatly influenced to take up this anti-smoking crusade by his close friend and mentor, Thomas Edison, who famously stated that he would "employ no person who smokes."