According to several " Independent " employees, including Pipp and Black, Liebold manipulated Henry Ford and fomented his hatred of the Jews : Pipp stated that " the door to Ford's mind was always open to anything Liebold wanted to shove in it, and during that time Mr . Ford developed a dislike for the Jews, a dislike which appeared to become stronger and more bitter as time went on . . . In one way and another, the feeling oozed into his system until it became a part of his living self . " Fred Black asserted : " If I were to put the number one blame [ for Ford's antisemitism ] on anyone, I would put it on Liebold ."
