07/06/1949
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"I therefore request you, as a loyal American, to do everything you can to restore the steel plants to full operation as quickly as possible, in order that we may obtain the steel we must have for our ..."
"I also request you to meet with me in my office at 10 a.m., Saturday, May 3, 1952."
"If I refuse the nomination, I couldn't be elected."
"Why certainly. Unimpeded. I have no ambition to be a dictator."