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Henry Ford


He believed that this would lead to more money coming into his company. What resulted was quite comical in fact. Black hair dye became a hot seller in the Detroit area. Older men were dying their hair black to see if they could maintain there job at his company. Ford's treatment of his workers was considered cruel and unjust, but he wanted to be able to control his workers however he pleased.
             Henry Ford's controversial behavior reflected poorly 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 people's problems. Henry Ford was sued by a man by the name Aaron Sapiro in the early 1930's. Sapiro had evidence that Ford threatened him 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." What resulted of this trial was not good for Ford at all. He later apologized and wrote a formal letter to Sapiro. Ford cars were declining in profits and production among the world's 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 main contributor to the automobile industry in the early 1900's. The development of his River Rouge plant was considered an "Industrial Cathedral." Hundreds waited month after month in front of the employment building hoping to be hired. To foreign immigrants it meant hope and a successful future. The River Rouge plant employed over 50,000 employees. Henry Ford cared dearly for his employees, teaching the illiterate how to read in a small school he set up for his employees.


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