Middletown transcript., 1919-05-10
FORD CO. HELPS GOVERNMENT

Without going into particulars, the
following items will give some idea of
the value the Ford Motor Company was
to the Government of the United States
| in it's call for the sinews Of war:
More than 1000, 600 steel helmets.
Order for 5000 12-cylinder Liberty
Motors. Over 1,5OO had been delivered
| when the armistice was signed, and we
| were Just striking our producing ca
pacity.
10000 Caissons, mainly for 155 nm.
guns. Something over 5000 delivered.
Order for 112 eagle" boats, 200
feet long. Is feet beam. Something
like Is delivered, when the order was
| reduced to 62. The balance will be fin
ished by the 1st Of August.
More than 5000 trucks. More than
25, 900 regular Ford cars. More than
5000 ambulances.
100000 cylinders for Liberty Motors.
Because Of the superiority of the work
on this article, the Government placed
the or ler with the Ford Motor Company
to make all the cylinders for all the
Liberty Motors made in America. The
origina! order was practically completed
when the armistice was signed, and
new order for 300, 600 had just been en-
tered.
100000 Bearings for the Liberty Mo-
tor. Here again the Government recog-
nized the superior quality Of the bear
ings made by this Company, and placed
the order with US for all the bearings
for all the Liberty Motors made in the
United States. On this order over
4OO, 900 bearings had been delivered
v7nn nOO n,,l:rIo~ Eornr;,,rrc foS. ;hor%,,
Motors. Once again the Government
recognized the superiority Of Ford
W ork, and placed orders with the Com
pany for all the cylinder forgings for
all the Liberty Motors made in Amer
lea. Over 100000 had been delivered.
A large volume Of experimental work
was done in building three ton military
tanks, and the Government had just
placed orders for $1,000 Of the small,
two man, military tanks, and 5000 Of
the six ton. military tanks. Cancella-
ton came before more than dozen or
so tanks had been delivered. But the
| foundations had been laid and the super
structure almost completed for an enor-
nous building in which we intended
making tanks alone. Of course, this
building comes in mighty useful in the
enlargement of our business.
Motion picture reels in behalf of Lib
erty Loans, Red Cross and Patriotic
Fund work were made by the Company
and supplied to the Government in SUI
ficient quantities to serve the entire
United States in Motion Pictures. Mo-
ton picture reels in volumes sufficient
to serve the armies of the United
States in France, Italy and Palestine
were furnished by the Motion Picture
Department Of the Ford Motor Com
pany.
We also did more than 81, 600, 900 Of
work in the production of special de.
vices for the Naval Department Of the
British Government.
We also furnished the Government
with 275 skilled mechanics for work in
France.
4 We also, through our Chemical Labo-
ratory, co-operated with the manufac.
turers of gas masks tor the United
States Army.
An average of "a, 900 men and women
were employed by the main factory al
Highland Park; $500 men at the Ship
Building Plant on the River Rouge;
1000 men employed at the new Blast
Furnace in course of construction on
the Rouge; 25O men employed at the
Carburator Plant, or an average Of Is,
600 employees, practically all on 10C
ner cent. Government work, under q
standard eight-hour day and a minimum
wage Of S. day.