Page Ten
Friday, August- 20, 1943
THE JEWISH NEWS
The Ford may
Of Doing Business
In Wartime
Ford Methods Save
Money And Materials
MAY NOT be buying Ford cars today, but you are still a Ford
customer. Through your government you are spending your tax
dollars and investing in war bonds to buy the bombers, tanks, tank
destroyers, jeeps and other material that Ford is building for Victory.
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Ford Methods Get
The Job Done Quickly
And the Ford organization is working for you on these war orders with
the same high skill . . the same eye toward value and economy that
governed production of over 30,000,000 peacetime Ford cars and trucks.
It always was Ford policy to share the benefits of advanced methods
with employees and customers alike. And that policy is still being
an honest deal for your money.
pursued. You atn1&eqi!. a _E
Keeping Costs Down
Ford keeps down costs on war goods in the same way it kept down
costs on cars — by using Ford mass-production techniques, advanced
A new Ford method of quenching tank armor
plate eliminates later straightening. Dies hold the
plate during the process. Forty hours are saved on
each M-4 medium tank and M-10 tank destroyer hull.
methods, highly - skilled workers and high management efficiency.
Output per employee is high even though thousands of inexperienced
new workers—many of them women—have been placed in jobs which
demand exacting skill. This quick development of proficiency has been
made possible by comprehensive Ford training programs.
Gun mount cradles f or tanks. formerlymade
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of 27 parts, are made today
of only three castings, reducing production time
by two-thirds and facilitating repairs in the field.
Equally important in boosting the output and lowering the costs are
the working conditions in Ford shops. They are the best that science
and constant care can make them. These factors, coupled with the
company's long-known and practiced policy of high wage rates and
fair dealing, create an ability and an attitude toward the job that is
reflected in both the quality and quantity of production.
Difficult Jobs Done By Ford
Ford
is producing gliders by mass production
methods. Among Ford developments is a proc-
ess of quick-drying the glue joints that cuts dry-
ing time from nine hours to one hour on each wing.
The jobs we have undertaken were brought to Ford because your
government representatives knew we would do our best with them.
Automotive production
methods save time
-
in building war weapons. For instance, the Ford
method ofdrying paint on jeeps byInfra-Red lamps
now does the work in minutes instead of hours.
►Ford is a volume producer of heavy horsepower aircraft engines!
This is the most exacting type of precision work.
► Today Ford is a foremost producer of Liberator bombers!
►Ford, in collaboration with government engineers, developed
the amphibian jeep—builds this and the famous land jeep in
huge quantities!
► Ford builds M-1 medium tanks, M-10 tank destroyers, the Ford
tank engine ... and vast quantities of other war materials.
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At Willow Run
the top section of the bombar-
dier's enclosure, formerly made in 13 hand-formed
pieces —is now made in only 3 parts —saving 30
hours in the construction time of each bomber.
► Today Ford is in full production for Victory. The Ford Motor
Company is operating more plant capacity, employing more people,
turning out more goods than ever before.
A horizontal
engine lathe atWillowRun carry-
ing Ford-designed equipment turns a gun-turret
track for a B-24 Liberator. This machine saves
time and holds the work to 1110,000 of an inch.
What This Means To You
Throughout forty years of service to the people Ford has built upon
the solid foundation of practical ideals and technical "know how:'
Today the Ford way of doing business means more value to you,
our customers, and honestly-built materials for our sons at the front.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Ford Mass - Production Lines Deliver Fleets of Weapons
M-4 MEDIUM TANKS • M-10 TANK DESTROYERS • PRATT & WHITNEY AIRCRAFT
The airplane landing gear hinge formerly made
ENGINES • JEEPS • AMPHIBIAN JEEPS • ARMY TRUCKS • CONSOLIDATED
of nine hand-welded parts, is now cast in one
piece, eliminating 50% of the tools formerly used.
Thus again Ford methods save time and materials.
LIBERATOR BOMBERS • TRANSPORT GLIDERS • UNIVERSAL CARRIERS
TANK ENGINES • TRUCK AND JEEP ENGINES • ARMOR PLATE • GUN MOUNTS
AIRCRAFT GENERATORS • TURBO -SUPERCHARGERS • MAGNESIUM CASTINGS
By the Ford method
of using steel dies in
heavy presses, only three dies instead of 160 are re-
quired to form the stripping and interior sections of
bombardiercompartments in Ford-builtLiberators.
RATE-OF-CLIMB INDICATORS
This list does not include other important Victory models now
in production that cannot be named due to wartime conditions.
Listen to "Watch The World Go By." Every night 8:00 p. tn., E. W.T. on The Blue Network.
A forest
Four hours
in manufacturing time and 50 per
cent of steel requirements are saved on each en-
gine by the Ford-developed method of centrifu-
gally casting the aircraft engine cylinder barrels.
FULL PRODUCTION FOR VICTORY
of automotive-type presses speeds the
production of Ford-built Liberator bombers at
Willow Run. One huge press alone saves more
than 100 hours building wing-tips for these planes.