human
There's an army of spies in Detroit, a manufacturer declared to Potter.
gpt
Every plant is full of them--and how can we prevent it? Detroit was made to their order. Our growth has compelled us to scour the earth for labor, and we have imported labor by the excursion-train. In ten years half a million strangers have come to Detroit.... They haven't been watched. In some countries, I'm told, the police have the _dossier_ of every citizen. In America the commissioner of police of a great city probably hasn't the _dossier_ of the chief of the force. My plant is full of spies, your plant is full of spies, and before God I see no remedy for it or protection against it.
human
I was confident of delivering motors in November, Potter said.
gpt
Maybe now I can make deliveries in January.... If that isn't equal to a victory in a pitched battle, then I'm an imbecile.
human
Nobody realizes it. The Liberty Loan did something toward bringing the war home to our people, but it was only a beginning. Detroit rushed and pawed to make up its quota--but, after all, it was only a pocketbook affair. It brought no suffering, only benefits to most. It introduced the man with fifty dollars to investment. It made men fancy they could be patriots for a fifty-dollar bill. But it was a step toward arousing the people. We're nearer.
gpt
When they give their sons--
human
It will come closer then. The draft was a big step--and the people's attitude toward the draft was an eye-opener. I've a notion we men who like to think we're the most important thing in the nation, we wealthy men, don't really know what the people are thinking about. Maybe they're more serious than we think? Maybe there's more genuine love for America in them than we think.... A year ago I would have said an attempt to draft would have brought on a revolution.
gpt
Thank God for the people!
human
But even they won't feel the war--not when their sons march off to training-camps ... not until the cables bring home lists of the dead. Then America will know it is at war.