¶ Henry Ford has been making steel for years but never enough to build all his automobiles. When the steel code stopped the discounts which steel's biggest customers were getting on their orders, a rumor spread that other motormakers would take a tip from Henry Ford and buy or build their own plants. Last week it was reported that Mr. Ford himself had started a $10,000,000 steel expansion program. United Engineering & Foundry Co. of Pittsburgh announced that he had ordered a complete set of rolling mills for his River Rouge plant....
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