My Forty Years with Ford

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Index Addison, Christopher, 238 "African Golf," 185-186 Akron Rubber Company, 211-215 Allison, Fred, 120 Americana, Ford's interest in, 20 American Federation of Labor (AFL), 268 American Peace Foundation, 150 Amtorg, 207, 208 Anderson, John, 166 Armed Ship Bill, 162 Arnold, Gen. "Hap," 292, 299, 328, 332 "Arrow, The," 71 Assembly branches, Ford, 170-171 Assembly line: in aviation industry, 288 moving, 117-118, 125, 156 wartime significance, 273 see also Mass production Association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers, 119-121 Astor, Lady, 16 Automation, 103, 115 Automobile, low-cost, see Low-cost car development Automobile industry: New Deal code, 258-272 in Russia, 197-216 wage policies, 147 wartime program, 278-279 Automobile race, first, 70 Automobile shows: Detroit (1906), 84 New York (1906), 80-81 Avery, Clarence W., 46, 130 Aviation Building, 277 8-24 bomber, 4, 179, 280, 281, 284, 288, 314 production figures, 290 Bald, Eddie, 65, 66 Bankers, Ford and the, 166-168, 3103 " Barthel, Oliver E., 68,74 Baruch, Bernard, 295 Batt, William L., 210 Beaverbrook, Lord, 275 Bennett, Harry, 8, 27, 146, 288, 291, 311, 314, 320, 321, 322,325, 328, 329 fearless personal courage of, 256 in Ford labor relations, 255-272 as peacemaker, 260-261 Berghoff, Breedo, 237 Bethlehem Steel Company, 174 Bicycle racing, 65-66 Birds, the Fords' interest in, 16-17 Black and Germer Stove Works, 61 Blast furnaces, 158-164, 170, 174 Bloomfield Hills Country Club, 226 "Bodies by Fisher," 81 Bonbright, Howard, 265 Botsford Inn, 20 Bowers, Joseph, 167-168 Brakes, Ford, 224 Breech, Ernie, 249 Bricker, Mead L., 234,237, 329 Briggs, Walter, 264-265 Briggs Body plant, 263-266 Brisbane, Arthur, 27-28 British Ford Motor Company, see Ford Motor Company, Ltd. British War Mission to the United States, 236 335 MY FORTY YEARS WITH FORD 336 Bryant, Marvin,233 Bryant and Berry pattern works, 68, 69, 72 Buffalo, N. Y., Sorensen's early life in, 61, 65-69 Buick, the, 218 Buick Company, 226 Bullitt, William C., 208 Burke, Edmund, 215 Burroughs, John, 18, 19 Cadillac, the, 116 Cameron, William J., 3, 142, 143,176, '93 Campsall, Frank, 13, 245,246, 270, 304, 309,315, 316, 324, 325, 329, 33' Canton, Ohio, 98, 99, 102 Capizzi, J. A., 268, 325 Carlson, 195 "Cast-Iron Charlie," 4, 80, 107, 163, 2 43 Central Steel, Ohio, 235 Chamberlain, Neville, 29 Chapin, Roy, 68 Charity, Fords attitude toward, 2123 "Chauffeur," Ford as, 70 Chevrolet, the, 218 Chiropractor, Ford's, 318 Chorley, Kenneth, 185 Christian I, King, 60 Chrysler, Walter, 226 Chrysler Corporation, 91, 226 Churchill, Winston, 16 Coal, Ford sources of, 152 College story, Sorensen's, 63-64 Committee for Industrial Organization (CIO), 31, 268,270 Communists, big-city demonstrations and, 254-256 Connecting rod,Model T, 105 Consolidated Aircraft, 279-280,285, 288, 289,290, 314 Consumer, Ford's attitude toward, Z 54 Consumer credit, 148 Conveyor system, 128-131, 170 Cooper, Tommy, 66, 69, 70, 71 Copley, Frank Barldey, 41 Coronado Hotel, 281, 283 Coulter, Dr. L. B., 18, 266 Couzens, James, 15, 32, 36, 43, 45, 48, 49, 72-79, 84-88, 94-95, 302-304, 310-313 as director, 160-161 efficiency incident, 39-41 in evolution of mass production, 119-123, 128-130 five-dollar-day development and, 139-140 Ford and, 86-87, 94 low-priced car development and, 85-87 resignation of, 152-154, 157 row with Sorensen, 188-189 stock of, 166 Cowling, Bill, 26 Craig, B. J., 311, 325 Crankcase, Model T, 105-106 Crankshaft development, 177 Model T, 105 V-8, 230 Crap-shooting, Ford and, 185-186 Crawford, John, 235, 237,244, 329 Crowther, Samuel, 3, 52-54, 116, 142, '43. '93 Curtiss-Wright, 278 Cuyahoga River, 156 Cylinder block castings, 78-79 Dagenham plant, 277 Dahlinger, Ray, 151 Dancing, Ford's interest in, 20-21 Dearborn, 158 Ford farm at, 15 tractor development at, 154 Dearborn Laboratories, 19, 255 Dearborn-River Rouge area, 137 the Fords' affection for, 154 natural advantages of, 155-156 De Dion engines, 66 Deer, Ford's, 17 Degener, August,52 Depression, Great, 174, 225,253-272 Detroit, as automobilecenter, 68 Detroit Athletic Club, 226, 248 Detroit banking situation, 310-311 INDEX 337 Detroit & Ironton railroad company, 184-192 Detroit Lubricating Company, 88 Detroit River, 156 Detroit Stove Works, 67 Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad, 26, 52 Ford's ownership of, 180-192 roadbed experiment, 187-188 special train...