Obviously people not always supported Ford. Actually, there are a tremendous amount of critics that say if it weren’t because of Ford’s controversial issues his company could have gotten much farther than it is today. By the mid twenties the Ford cars were already the world’s most successful automobile company, but their great reputation w

ould soon decline. Ford’s $5/day plan for all employees signified the overwhelming success of the company. Many believed this success was short-lived with the new policies dealing with the workers which soon followed. With the need to increase production and lower costs, in the mid 30’s Ford cut all Ford worker’s wages in half.

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.

Ford expected all workers to work more efficiently. The heads of department were ordered to ban all talking and whistling while they were working. All of this was a plot by Ford to make sure he knew what all of his workers were doing, he was very possessive. Secondly, Ford began to fire old workers and hire young workers. His ideology was that the younger workers could work more productively and more efficiently. 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 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 e

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