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Edison Street near Woodward before
to apologize for his anti-Semitic mis-
Ford built his legendary Fair Lane estate
deeds in the form of a "retraction" in
in Dearborn. Ford tried to curry the
the Dearborn Independent, prepared
rabbi's favor by giving him a Model T
by aides. He said he realized the
car as just "a gift to a friend," which
Protocols were "gross forgeries," and
Rabbi Franklin accepted, but then gave
that it was "not in my nature to inflict
back to Ford after the latter began his
insult ... and pain on anybody, and it
anti-Semitic diatribes and reprinted the
has been my effort to free myself from
The Protocols of the Learned Elders of
prejudice."
Zion in his newspaper.
But the damage was done. Over the
The infamous Protocols is a spurious
years, embarrassed Ford dealers in
Russian document. Based on a book by
New York and the Miami area even
Sergei Nilus, it purports to be the min-
dropped the word "Ford" from their
utes of the first Zionist Congress in
advertising, simply trying to sell vehi-
Switzerland in 1897, allegedly planning
cles as Thunderbirds, Mustangs and
world domination by Jews. Ford, of
pickups.
course, accepted it as truth and perpetu-
When Ford's only child, Edsel, died
ated it throughout his anti-Semitic
of cancer at 49 in 1943, the elder
career, providing a valuable "hate" tool
Ford's grandchildren turned against
for other anti-Semites.
`him. They blamed their father's early
Other Jews with
death on Ford's
whom Ford was
browbeating of
involved were Detroit
Edsel, whom he pub-
architect Albert Kahn,
, licly insulted many
who designed the
times in the latter's
company's Highland
role as company
Park plant and Rouge
president.
Manufacturing
Grudgingly
Complex, and
remarking that
Chicagoan Julius
"maybe I pushed the
Rosenwald, chairman
boy too hard," Ford
of Sears whom Ford
sank into depression
vilified for helping
and in 1945 gave the
Negroes migrate from
company's reigns to
the South to Chicago.
grandson Henry
Aaron Sapiro of
Ford II, who
California, a champi-
returned from the
on of farm co-ops,
Navy at 28 to
sued Ford and his
become chairman.
newspaper for libel
The elder Ford died
Author Neil Baldwin thought,
because the latter gave
two years later at age
"This can't be true," as he began
"explicit gentile claim
83.
to the birthright of the researching the automaker's anti-
Ford II did a
Semitism.
soil," saying "the Jew is
remarkable job turn-
not an agriculturalist,"
ing the company
and that "Jewish millions" would take
around and removing all vestiges of
control of America's farmlands.
anti-Semitism. He became a friend of
Ford found perfect allies in Father
Jewish leaders and made many per-
Charles E. Coughlin of Royal Oak, who sonal contributions to Jewish charita-
spewed anti-Semitic venom on weekly
ble causes. In the 1960's, he spear-
national radio broadcasts; anti-Semitic
headed the affirmative action program
Southern preacher Gerald L.K. Smith;
at the company, bringing in minority
and aviation hero and onetime Nazi
employees, dealers and suppliers.
admirer Charles Lindbergh. Lindbergh
Baldwin compares Ford II's rescue
revered Ford and his "stimulating ideas"
of the company with what his
and both men received medals from
nephew, William Clay Ford, Jr., must
Adolf Hitler in 1938 as "distinguished
now go through to try and get the
foreigners." During World War II, how-
firm out of troubled waters. "History
ever, Lindbergh served as a paid con-
repeats itself," Baldwin said.
sultant to Ford Motor when the compa-
"It was easy to see that Mr. Nasser
ny built bombers for the war effort.
couldn't last too long as a hired CEO.
Blood is thicker than water. It was
inevitable that someone with the Ford
An Apology
name would return to the helm. But
After being battered by national lead-
the family, and the company, have
ers and others, and facing more law-
suffered long and hard with the legacy
suits, Ford, to his credit, finally agreed of old Henry Ford." ❑

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