The nature of Henry Ford.

Henry Ford is an odd person. He never cared about money, nor did he need to know that his capital was growing rapidly.

Henry Ford (right), Charlie Taylor (middle right), Orville Wright (middle left),

One day, he went to a bank and withdrew $ 150,000 in cash, he counted suspiciously and went to another window of money, transferring all the money he had just spent on his account. You only control it!

Henry Ford is a strange person.He only believed in him and no one could make him realize that he was mistaken. At the Fair Lane mansion in Dearborn, Henry Ford gave electric heating to bathing bird pools because he believed that if people provided warm water birds, the birds in the area would no longer migrate. the South in winter.

Henry Ford loves birds and popular dances. He collected violins, books and historical relics of the United States. He also has prejudice about hygiene and eating habits. Sometimes he ate carrots for several days and once again, he liked soy so that all the dishes had soy inside: any soybeans, soy porridge, soya beans . Hygienic conception, Henry Ford banned all people from smoking in the office, in the factory . His decision was sometimes very odd. One person complained to him that the company currently lacks an experienced metallurgical engineer. At that time there was a laborer working in the room, Henry Ford immediately pointed to him and said: "Make this brother become a metallurgical engineer!" and it is strange that he himself became a famous metallurgist afterwards.

In 1929, on the occasion of the 50-year anniversary of the electric light, Henry Ford organized a great party to pay tribute to Thomas Edison. Henry Ford invited both President Hoover and more than 500 prestigious figures from all over the world. It is said that with such a party, he spent more than 1 million dollars!

After the banquet, Mr. Ford asked artist Irving Bacon to paint a picture of the guests. It took many years for Bacon to complete a 2-meter-long, 5-meter tall painting containing the portraits of 266 guests. The reason for that time lasted because sometimes Mr. Ford entered the studio, pointed to the image of a company director's wife and ordered the painter: "Delete this lady, my wife cannot stand her me! "

Henry Ford and his wife - Clara

Henry Ford also often leads visitors to see paintings. He pointed to the picture of Mrs. Clara and said: "Amongst them, this one is the most beautiful!" In important decisions for the car company, Clara at least got merit in once. That time occurred in 1941 when the Union of Car Workers (UWA) of the Federation of Industry Workers (CIO) strikes to fight for employees of Ford Motor Company to establish a union. At that time, Henry Ford did not like to hear the word "Union" and at gate 4 of the factory in River Rouge had bloodshed. Henry Ford declared white that he never agreed with the Industry Workers Federation and he would close the factories completely.

The next day, the situation changed completely. Henry Ford stated on the radio that he gave in to the Federation of Workers by allowing unionization in Ford's factories and, more surprisingly, he also increased wages for workers, a lover. books that no one dares to demand. The reason for this change was because Ms. Clara threatened to leave home if he did not seek to delay the Union. Henry Ford confessed: "My wife told me that there were bloody riots and she did not want to see those things happen again. Today, I know for sure she is right!".

Formerly in 1913, Henry Ford built the white stone fairway of Fair Lane, reigning on a 554-hectare plot of land close to where Henry and Clara had spent the first years after their marriage. Mr. Ford has set up a billiard room with indirect lighting, this is the first design done in Detroit. In the mansion of Fair Lane, there is also a bowling alley, a 30,000-dollar pianoforte, a swimming pool with stone chairs fitted with an electric fireplace inside so that swimmers can not catch a cold, an entertainment room. and an ice skating lake. Mr. Ford built this mansion because of Edsel's only son.

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