MSNBCW Alex July 6, 2024
in 1952, in the middle of the korean war, the united steel workers of america threatened to strike. but before they, could president truman shocked the nation with a televised address announcing he was seizing control of the steel plants so as not to interrupt the war effort. within half an hour of that address, lawyers for the steal companies had driven to a district court judges home in washington, d. c., and gotten the judge to set a hearing for the next morning. a hearing as to whe...
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