Before becoming a judge in 1966, he was a lawyer for an automobile workers' union.
"Without the returning automobile workers, there wasn't any growth."
Good times are rarely evenly shared, however, as many airline and automobile workers learned - again - this week.
They also say the jobs of thousands of automobile workers at plants that make small cars could be threatened.
The commercial is a clear attempt to sway automobile workers in Michigan, which has a primary on Tuesday.
In the 20s, Jesse Hobbs, an automobile worker, purchased the home.
"We didn't even like 40 miles per hour," said Terry Moyer, an automobile worker who is a leader of the protest.
Timed for a shift change at the sprawling assembly plant, the rally nevertheless failed to attract many automobile workers.
Americans' personal income rose 1.8 percent in October, bolstered by increases in farm subsidies and bonuses to automobile workers.
While their work initially focused on automobile workers in the United States, it had a national and international impact both within and beyond the labor movement.