Biography of Henry Ford

Secondly, Ford began to .

             fire older workers and hire younger workers. His ideology was that .

             the younger workers could work more productively and more efficiently. .

             Which in turn would send more money flowing into his pockets. What .

             resulted was quite humorous in fact. Black hair dye became a hot .

             seller in the Detroit area . Older workers tried to disguise their .

             age by dying their hair black. Ford"s manipulation of his workers was .

             immoral and unjust. There was no industrial democracy, workers were .

             forced to do what they were told or would be out of a job. .

             Henry Ford"s controversial behavior reflected badly on himself .

             and on the Ford Motor Company. The Anti-Semitic views expressed by .

             Henry Ford could never be denied. It was common knowledge in fact .

             that Henry Ford was prejudice. He wrote an article in the Dearborn .

             Independent expressing his ideas that Jews were the cause of many .

             peoples problems. Henry Ford was sued by a man by the name Aaron .

             Sapiro in the early 1930"s. Sapiro had evidence that Ford threatened .

             himself with Anti-Semitic sentiments. Ford was recorded as saying, .

             "Sapiro is a shrewd little Jew. The bible says Jews will return to .

             Palestine, but they want to get all the money out of America first. .

             Sapiro should be kicked out because he is trash." The result of the .

             trial was humiliation for the Ford company and Henry Ford himself. .

             After a hung jury in the first trial, the case was dropped when Ford .

             wrote a lengthy retraction and apologized for his statements. Ford"s .

             was declining in profits and production among the worlds best. All .

             as a result of Henry Ford"s ego. Thus, by 1931 Ford lowered in the .

             ranks, controlling only 28% of the market 2nd to GM with 31%. .

             Henry Ford was the godfather of the automobile industry in the .

             early 1900"s. The development of his River Rouge plant was considered .

             a "industrial .

             Cathedral." Hundreds waited month after month in front of the .

             employment building hoping to be hired.

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