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The Great Ford Myth.

Authors :
Cruden, Robert L.
Source :
New Republic; 3/16/32, Vol. 70 Issue 902, p116-119, 4p
Publication Year :
1932

Abstract

Presents U.S. automobile manufacturer Henry Ford as savior of U.S. at the time of financial crises. Selling of cars without profit to save the nation; Increase in the job production; Employment of younger men at lower wages; Cutting of wages by the Kelsey-Hayes Wheel Co.; Manufacture of few Ford parts by outside firms; Focus on statements of Ford Motor Co.; Exaggeration of Ford's employment figures; Anathema to workers of Ford's Rouge plant; Pressure of work on production workers; Statistics of daily shift production; Focus on the open section in the said plant.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00286583
Volume :
70
Issue :
902
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
New Republic
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
15039133