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Harry Truman: It is my earnest hope that the men involved will comply with your request that they return to work while the matter is…

On the recordAugust 26, 1951
It is my earnest hope that the men involved will comply with your request that they return to work while the matter is before the Board and that the utilization of the Board's machinery will thus serve its purpose of restoring to production the facilities necessary to the national defense.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Letter to the Chairman, Wage Stabilization Board, Requesting Investigation of a Strike in the Copper and Nonferrous Metals...

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