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...three-day week. Ford had already laid off more than 45,000 men. General Motors Corp., after scouting feverishly, found enough coal to keep open its big foundry at Saginaw, Mich, for another five days. If the Saginaw plant shuts down, all Chevrolet production in the Flint-Detroit area (about 38,000 workers) would stop within a week for lack of castings. Iron-foundrymen, supplying parts for autos, farm implements, housing and a long list of other scarce products, saw widespread closings only a few days off. And when they closed, hundreds of those they supplied would have to close...
...dream. His genius begins to glow. One day, while holding some skins about a fire, he notices the smoke rising straight in the air. A great moment in history: "He did not realize that he was making the first chimney." Another great moment: Raven idly chips away with a flint knife on a fallen log, decides to try an experiment...
...same story, at the same hour, in other sections of Detroit, at Fleetwood Plant, at Chevrolet Gear & Axle. It was the same at the iron foundry in Saginaw, at Fisher Body Plant in Flint, at Delco-Remy in Muncie, Ind., at Delco Radio in Kokomo. It was the same at the warehouses in Los Angeles and Denver, at 80 G.M. plants in more than 50 cities in 19 states. A button had been pushed in Detroit and 175,000 U.S. men & women laid down their tools. Reconversion would have to wait...
Most interesting find at Hassuna was a sickle made of flint chips set in bitumen, and still sharp enough to cut grain. It proved that the ancient inhabitants were not mere hunting savages. They had passed the most important milestone on the road toward civilization: sowing and reaping crops...
Bennett fought hardest to protect the empire from unionism, yet when he lost he was the first to advise Old Henry to sign up. In his long role as guardian, squat, flint-hard, bow-tied Mr. Bennett (he never wore a four-in-hand for fear someone would use it to choke him) was shot at, beaten up and stoned (see cut). He took all this as part of his watchdog job, relaxed by painting in oils, never questioned anything which Mr. Ford wanted done. He saw no reason to question. Said he: "I believe in the things that...