In 1943, Smith was working at Ford Motor Company's Rouge plant in Detroit.

The Rouge plant was an automotive ore to assembly complex between 1917 and 1928.

Ford officials insist that the new Rouge plant makes economic and business sense, although they concede that it will cost about 10 percent more than a conventional plant built on a rural site.

Guarantees of employment in Ford's contract with the United Automobile Workers Union would make it difficult to leave the Rouge plant, he said.

In 1927, main Ford operations were transferred to the Rouge plant.

According to the June 15, 1935 newspaper "Detroit Saturday Night," Peter E. Martin was in charge of the Rouge plant.

At the meeting, Henry was more interested in the tale of the street fight than the business at hand and offered Bennett a security job at the Rouge plant.

Said Berry laughed when asked if any of the union stewards at Ford's Rouge plant are Arab American.

For a view of modern auto technology, a bus takes visitors from the museum to Ford's nearby Rouge plant, which offers a catwalk view of pickup truck assembly.

Time was when the Ford Motor Company's huge River Rouge plant was a wonder of the industrial economy.