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<blockquote data-quote="browned out" data-source="post: 755750" data-attributes="member: 8105"><p>Ford disliked the administration of President <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt" target="_blank">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a> and did not approve of U.S. involvement in the war. From 1939 to 1943, the War Production Board's dealings with the Ford Motor Company were with other officials in the organization, such as Edsel Ford and Charles Sorensen, much more than with Ford. After the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor" target="_blank">attack on Pearl Harbor</a>, Ford initially refused to convert his factories to war work.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ford#cite_note-39" target="_blank">[40]</a> During this time, Ford did not stop his executives from cooperating with Washington, but he did not get deeply involved. Focusing on his pet projects, he watched as the work progressed.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ford#cite_note-Sorensen1956pp286_292_et_al-40" target="_blank">[41]</a> After <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edsel_Ford" target="_blank">Edsel Ford</a>'s passing, Henry Ford resumed control of the company in 1943.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ford" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ford</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="browned out, post: 755750, member: 8105"] Ford disliked the administration of President [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt"]Franklin D. Roosevelt[/URL] and did not approve of U.S. involvement in the war. From 1939 to 1943, the War Production Board's dealings with the Ford Motor Company were with other officials in the organization, such as Edsel Ford and Charles Sorensen, much more than with Ford. After the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor"]attack on Pearl Harbor[/URL], Ford initially refused to convert his factories to war work.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ford#cite_note-39"][40][/URL] During this time, Ford did not stop his executives from cooperating with Washington, but he did not get deeply involved. Focusing on his pet projects, he watched as the work progressed.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ford#cite_note-Sorensen1956pp286_292_et_al-40"][41][/URL] After [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edsel_Ford"]Edsel Ford[/URL]'s passing, Henry Ford resumed control of the company in 1943. Source: [URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ford[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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