el ▁and ▁in human ▁attitude ", ▁bl amed ▁the ▁company ' s ▁production ▁" b ung ling " ▁for ▁the ▁lay offs , ▁assert ed ▁that ▁" Ch rys ler ▁management ▁has ▁a ▁c ash ▁register ▁for ▁a ▁heart ", ▁and ▁called ▁on ▁the ▁company ▁to ▁cancel ▁the ▁lay offs ▁to ▁save ▁Christmas ▁for ▁the ▁ 1 , 4 0 0 ▁impact ed ▁families . ▁The ▁company ▁respond ed ▁that ▁the ▁ 1 , 4 0 0 ▁workers ▁were ▁temporary ▁workers ▁h ired ▁to ▁meet ▁height ened ▁demand ▁for ▁ 1 9 5 6 ▁models ▁and ▁were ▁no ▁longer ▁needed ▁since ▁deal er ▁stock s ▁were ▁approaching ▁acceptable ▁levels . ▁▁ ▁December ▁ 2 1 ▁- ▁Ford ▁Motor ▁announced ▁that ▁its ▁ 1 1 ▁top ▁execut ives ▁would ▁receive ▁$ 3 . 3 ▁million ▁($ 2 . 4 ▁million ▁in ▁sal aries ▁and ▁approximately ▁$ 9 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁in ▁stock ▁divid ends ) ▁for ▁their ▁services ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 5 , ▁plus ▁$ 8 ▁million ▁in ▁" acc um ulated ▁cred its " ▁( a ▁supp lement al ▁compens ation ▁system ▁paid ▁after ▁term ination ▁of ▁employ ment ) ▁to ▁be ▁paid ▁at ▁a ▁later ▁time . ▁Henry ▁Ford ▁II ▁and ▁Ernest ▁B ree ch ▁were ▁the ▁highest ▁paid ▁execut ives ▁with ▁sal aries ▁of ▁$ 3 2 1 , 0 0 0 ▁and ▁$ 9 2 5 , 0 0 0 ▁each ▁in ▁accum ulated ▁cred its . ▁Ford ▁also ▁dis closed ▁the ▁same ▁day ,