Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Leland Merritt Ford (March 8, 1893 - November 27, 1965) was a U.S. Representative from California.Born in Eureka, Nevada, Ford attended the public schools. He also took various courses at the University of Arizona at Tucson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute at Blacksburg, Sheldon Science of Business, Chicago, Illinois, and the University of California, Los Angeles. He was a surveyor for Southern Sierras Power Co. in 1909 and 1910. Afterward that, he was an employee of the Southern Pacific Railroad in California in 1911 and in New York in 1912 and 1913. He moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1915 and was employed by the Union Pacific Railroad. He then moved to Lynchburg, Virginia, and engaged in farming and livestock breeding from 1915 to 1919. In 1919, he moved to Santa Monica, California and engaged in the real estate business. He served as a member of the planning commission of Santa Monica, California from 1923 to 1927. Later, he was a county supervisor of Los Angeles County, California from 1936 to 1939.Ford was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth and Seventy-seventh Congresses (January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1943). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1942 to the Seventy-eighth Congress. He then resumed his real estate business. He was a resident of Pacific Palisades, California. He died in Santa Monica, California, November 27, 1965 and was interred in Woodlawn Cemetery."Ten Golden Rules of Business and Conduct"By: Hon. Leland M. Ford, March 14, 1941“Warning Signs on the Road to Prosperity.”1. You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.2. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.3. You cannot help small men by tearing big men down.4. You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.5. You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.6. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income.7. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.8. You cannot establish sound social security on borrowed money.9. You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man’s initiative and independence.10. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.. }
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- Leland_M._Ford abstract "Leland Merritt Ford (March 8, 1893 - November 27, 1965) was a U.S. Representative from California.Born in Eureka, Nevada, Ford attended the public schools. He also took various courses at the University of Arizona at Tucson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute at Blacksburg, Sheldon Science of Business, Chicago, Illinois, and the University of California, Los Angeles. He was a surveyor for Southern Sierras Power Co. in 1909 and 1910. Afterward that, he was an employee of the Southern Pacific Railroad in California in 1911 and in New York in 1912 and 1913. He moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1915 and was employed by the Union Pacific Railroad. He then moved to Lynchburg, Virginia, and engaged in farming and livestock breeding from 1915 to 1919. In 1919, he moved to Santa Monica, California and engaged in the real estate business. He served as a member of the planning commission of Santa Monica, California from 1923 to 1927. Later, he was a county supervisor of Los Angeles County, California from 1936 to 1939.Ford was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth and Seventy-seventh Congresses (January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1943). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1942 to the Seventy-eighth Congress. He then resumed his real estate business. He was a resident of Pacific Palisades, California. He died in Santa Monica, California, November 27, 1965 and was interred in Woodlawn Cemetery."Ten Golden Rules of Business and Conduct"By: Hon. Leland M. Ford, March 14, 1941“Warning Signs on the Road to Prosperity.”1. You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.2. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.3. You cannot help small men by tearing big men down.4. You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.5. You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.6. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income.7. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.8. You cannot establish sound social security on borrowed money.9. You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man’s initiative and independence.10. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.".