09/05/1950
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"I share your concern about the magnitude of Federal expenditures."
"I do not care to comment on that situation until I have a chance to discuss the matter with the Secretary of State."
"We have not reached the point--and I hope we never reach it--of compulsory arbitration, where we substitute Government dictation of wages and working conditions for collective bargaining."
"We are placing our faith in the capacity of responsible parties to help work out solutions to their problems in the national interest."