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Both the unions and the Big Three prepared for battle in the mid 1930s. GM spent close to $1 million from January 1934 to July 1936 for private detectives and guards to patrol its plants. The Ford Service Department, headed by Harry Bennett, may have been the most violent and corrupt. The Service Department was virtually a gang of thugs and spies with the sole purpose of intimidating Ford workers at the massive River Rouge plant. Bennett and Ford despised unions and used every means at their disposal to keep activists away from River Rouge. On 26 May 1937 UAW leaders Dick Frankensteen and Walter Reuther attempted to hand out flyers at the overpass leading to the main gate but were intercepted and trapped by a group of servicemen. The two union leaders were beaten unmercifully, along with women, reporters, and photographers who were also on hand. The highly publicized...
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