When Henry Ford decided to produce his famous V-8 motor, he chose to biuld an engine with the entire eight cylinders cast in one block, and instructed his engineers to produce a design for the engine. The design was placed on paper, but the engineers agreed, to a man, that it was simply impossible to cast an eight-cylinder engine-block in one piece. Ford replied,''Produce it anyway.

] that book by Henry Ford "The International Jew. Symphonic composer Ferde Grofe composed a tone poem in Henry Ford's honor (1938). He contributed substantially to the community building a chapel and schoolhouse and employing numerous local residents.

As owner of the Ford Motor Company he became one of the richest and best-known people in the world. Ford left most of his vast wealth to the Ford Foundation but arranged for his family to control the company permanently. Ford had a global vision with consumerism as the key to peace.