Henry Ford

             move of his workers, he was very possessive. 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.