IV 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 100
Recognizing the 100th anniversary year of the founding of the Ford Motor 
Company, which has been a significant part of the social, economic, 
and cultural heritage of the United States and many other nations 
and a revolutionary industrial and global institution. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 18, 2003
Mr. MCCOTTER (for himself, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. UPTON, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. 
ROGERS of Michigan, Mr. CAMP, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. KNOLLENBERG, Mr. 
KILDEE, Mr. SMITH of Michigan, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. EHLERS, Ms. KIL-
PATRICK, Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. BASS, Mr. 
GRAVES, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. SCHROCK, Mr. QUINN, Mr. 
OXLEY, Mrs. NORTHUP, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. FLETCHER, Mr. PORTMAN, 
Mrs. EMERSON, Ms. MCCOLLUM, and Mr. BROWN of Ohio) submitted the 
following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the 100th anniversary year of the founding of 
the Ford Motor Company, which has been a significant 
part of the social, economic, and cultural heritage of 
the United States and many other nations and a revolu-
tionary industrial and global institution.
Whereas on June 16, 1903, then 39 year old Henry Ford and 
11 associates, armed with little cash, some tools, a few 
blueprints, and unbounded faith, submitted incorporation
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papers to Michigan’s capital, Lansing, launching the 
Ford Motor Company; 
Whereas Ford began operations in a leased, small converted 
wagon factory on a spur of the Michigan Central Rail-
road in Detroit; 
Whereas the first commercial automobile to emerge from 
Ford was the original 8-horsepower, two-cylinder Model 
A vehicle in 1903, which was advertised as the 
‘‘Fordmobile’’ and had a two speed transmission, 28 inch 
wheels with wooden spokes, and 3 inch tires; 
Whereas between 1903 and 1908, Ford and his engineers de-
veloped numerous models using letters of the alphabet, A 
through S, with some of these cars being experimental 
models only and not available to the public; 
Whereas on October 1, 1908, Ford introduced its ‘‘universal 
car’’, the Model T (sometimes affectionately called the 
‘‘Tin Lizzie’’), which could be reconfigured by buyers to 
move cattle, haul freight, herd horses, and even mow 
lawns, and Ford produced 10,660 Model T vehicles its 
first year, an industry record; 
Whereas, while in the early days all automakers built one car 
at a time, the idea of moving the work to the worker be-
came a reality when parts, components, and 140 assem-
blers stationed at different intervals inaugurated the first 
automotive integrated moving assembly line at Ford in 
1913, and a new era of industrial progress and growth 
began; 
Whereas Henry Ford surprised the world in 1914 by setting 
Ford’s minimum wage at $5.00 per an 8-hour day, which 
replaced the prior $2.34 wage for a 9-hour day and was 
a truly great social revolution for its time;
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Whereas that same year, 1914, Henry Ford, with an eye to 
simplicity, efficiency, and affordability, ordered that the 
Model T use black paint exclusively because it dried fast-
er than other colors, which meant more cars could be 
built daily at a lower cost, and Ford said the vehicle will 
be offered in ‘‘any color so long as it is black’’; 
Whereas, upon its completion in 1925, Ford’s self-contained 
Rouge Manufacturing Complex on the Rouge River en-
compassed diverse industries that allowed for the com-
plete production of vehicles, from raw materials proc-
essing to final assembly, and was an icon of the 20th cen-
tury and, with its current revitalization and redevelop-
ment, will remain an icon in the 21st century; 
Whereas, in 1925, the company built the first of 196 Ford 
Tri-Motor airplanes, nicknamed the ‘‘Tin Goose’’ and the 
‘‘Model T of the Air’’; 
Whereas consumer demand for more luxury and power 
pushed aside the Model A, and on March 9, 1932, a Ford 
vehicle with the pioneering Ford V-8 en bloc engine, cast 
in one piece, rolled off the production line; 
Whereas, while Ford offered only two models through 1937 
(Ford and Lincoln), due to increased competition, the 
first Mercury was introduced in 1938, with a distinctive 
streamlined body style, a V-8 engine with more horse-
power than a Ford, and hydraulic brakes, thus filling the 
void between the low-priced Ford and the high-priced 
Lincoln; 
Whereas one of the largest labor unions in the Nation, the 
United Automobile Workers (UAW), was formed in 1935, 
and after a rather tumultuous beginning, won acceptance 
in the late 1930s by the auto industry and became a po-