Word: forded
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Dodd's attack on this Ford Foundation subsidiary were valid, Henry Ford's empire would have turned full circle from the early 1900's when "Old Henry" and ultra-Americanism were synonymous...
...founder of the Ford Motor Company tried to settle the Great War and impose order on the powers of Europe. Today, the same spirit of humanitarianism impels his heirs in their huge educational and philanthropic venture, "the world's greatest helping hand." The aims are the same--to bring peace and to make the world a better place for all--but the Ford Foundation has set out to accomplish these ends in a realistic manner which may bring far more success than ever greeted Henry Ford. Where the man sought to cure symptoms, the institution attacks fundamental causes...
...undertaking humanitarian programs is not the concern of the Ford Foundation alone. The American people donate an average of $5,600,000,000 annually to charitable organizations. Less than 3 per cent of this money comes from Ford and other big foundations like it--Rockefeller, Carnegie, Russell Sage, Guggenheim, and approximately sixty others with more than $10,000,000 in capital. Still more comes from small endowments and outright gifts from individuals...
During the two-day affair, the local drivers took three of the hill climbing events. Pete Magie (Flat) won the Class H; Jeff Barach (Volkswagen) Class G; and Rod Nerney (Ford Thunderbird) Class...
...some previous bargaining sessions, such as 1946. when it won 18½? plus some "fringe'' benefits. But Detroit automen estimated that the union's demands would cost upwards of 28? an hour, might add more than $1 billion a year to the combined General Motors and Ford wage bill. This week the bargain-battling was due to start in earnest, with D-day not far off. G.M.'s contract expires May 29, and Ford's ends June...