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To: Broken_Clock who wrote (49663)	7/29/2013 4:22:16 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

The Sorensen paragraphs in the book this was taken from are below: "Mrs. Ford was horrified. She said she could not understand my doing anything like that [in reference to shutting the plant down over the union threats]. If that was done there would be riots and bloodshed, and she had seen enough of that. And if I did that, she would leave me. She did not want to be around here and see me responsible for such trouble." "She became frantic about it. She insisted that I sign what she termed a peace agreement. If I did not, she was through." "What could I do? I'm sure now she was right. The whole thing was not worth the trouble it would make. I felt her vision and judgment were better than mine. I'm glad that I did see it her way. Don't ever discredit the power of a woman." "Those were his final words on the subject." -- Charles E. Sorensen ======== So, Ford recognized that the threat of violence and bloodshed made it "right" to deal with the unions. NOT that he thought the unions were in any way, shape or form good for business as you suggested. He believed he did the right thing to avoid riots and bloodshed. And only for that reason. This is not some kind of endorsement of labor unions as you have suggested. It was a statement of acquiescence, that if he had not done it people would have been hurt and/or killed. While Ford's reliance on Bennett as his enforcer may have contributed to the problem, there is NOTHING in Sorensen's book that would suggest Ford believed unions were good for the automotive industry. Only that he had been backed into a corner by the unions.