Index
| Aerocar Company, 53 |
| African American employees, 72, 121, 196 |
| agitators, 193–94 |
| Aircraft Division, 178–80 |
| alcohol, Fords' consumption of, 8, 129,
287, 288 |
| “America fever,” 2 |
| American Federation of Labor (AFL), 229,
247 |
| American Jewish Committee, 149 |
| Anderson, John W., 48, 53, 107 |
| anti-Semitism, 141–53 |
| “Arrow,” 45, 52 |
| assembly lines, 61, 73–76, 93, 179, 195 |
| Association of Edison Illuminating
Companies, 26 |
| Association of Licensed Automobile
Manufacturers (ALAM), 65–67 |
| Autobahn, 151 |
| automobile industry, 19–22, 30–31, 190 |
| automobiles | costs of, 37 | | development of, 19–21 | | negative impact of, 62–63, 180–81 | | production of, 61–62, 63, 73–75 | | racing of, 21, 38–39, 42–44, 45–46,
51–52 |
|
| Avery, Clarence, 74 |
| aviation, 172–80 |
| Bachus, Jim, 163, 214 |
| Bacon, Irving, 27–28, 120, 121, 144 |
| banking crisis of 1933, 212–14 |
| Bardelli, Al, 159, 245 |
| Barthel, Oliver, 23, 43 |
| batteries, electric, 20 |
| Battle of the Overpass, 224–28, 231–32,
234–37 |
| Bell, David, 28 |
| Beltaire, Mark, 154 |
| Bennett, Charles, 48, 53 |
| Bennett, Harry, 142–43, 154–64 | and Battle of the Overpass, 227–28,
234, 235 | | and Bugas, 267–68, 269–71 | | and Edsel, 171, 200, 229–30, 258 | | firing of, 271 | | and Henry's will, 269–70 | | and Hunger March massacre, 200–202 | | and Kefauver Commission, 288 | | and Liebold, 262 | | sexual behavior of, 129 | | and Sorenson, 113, 255, 262–63 | | and unions, 222, 228–29, 244–45,
248–49 |
|
| Benz, Karl, 19 |
| bicycles, 18–19 |
| “Big Three,” 190, 215 |
| Bishop, Jim, 23, 24 |
| blacklist, 193–94 |
| “Black Tuesday,” 188 |
| blast furnace, world's largest, 107 |
| bomb, robot airplane, 93 |
| bombers, 252–53, 255 |
| brakes, hydraulic, 215 |
| Breech, Ernest, 285 |
| Brisbane, Arthur, 150, 155 |
| Brooks, Harry, 178 |
| Brown, George, 132–33 |
| Bryant, Clara Jane. See Ford, Clara Jane
Bryant |
| Bugas, John S., 267, 269–70, 271, 288–89 |
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Book title: Henry and Edsel: The Creation of the Ford Empire.
Contributors: Richard Bak - Author.
Publisher: Wiley.
Place of publication: Hoboken, NJ.
Publication year: 2003.
Page number: 307.
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