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| Harry Bennett and Henry Ford |
The Ford Motor Company was having none of it. On the Ford payroll was one Harry Bennett. Harry had a special assignment - he was to coordinate resistance against the United Auto Workers and their leaders like Walter Reuther, who had his head busted open with a tire thumper while striking against Ford at "The Battle of the Overpass" across Miller Road. Bennett had hired local gangsters to rough up the strikers or worst. He was Henry Ford's hatchet man.
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| Thugs closing in on Reuther and UAW officials |
The property was surrounded by an iron fence and gun turrets were evident in the design of the estate, all made from Ford cement and steel. There were several out buildings and there was a compound on the sprawling property for lions and tigers, which it was said were there to protect the grounds if need be.They weren't there to represent Detroit's professional sports teams.
The Huron River abutted the property, so Bennett could made a hasty retreat through an escape tunnel if he found himself under attack. He had a boathouse with a boat gassed up and ready to go on a moment's notice. In an emergency, it would take only an hour to reach Lake Erie.
See the link for more information. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0jyOfSg0P8
Greg, Here is a link to a Bing map of the Estate as it looks today......
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I am working on a book for the Desert Hot Springs, California, historical society. We need a photo of Harry Bennett to illustrate our article about his time in our city. If you have rights to the photo of Bennett and Ford, would you allow us to use it in our book?
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