02/22/1949
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"This case presents a unique situation."
"The same reasons which keep other workers from wishing to become coal miners also keep them from expecting---or their employers from offering--wage increases to match every increase the miner receives..."
"In this celebration let us join with the peoples of the other free nations of the world in recognition of our common purpose to defend and further the rights and freedoms of all people as proclaimed i..."
"I am concerned that the program outlined above be initiated at the earliest practicable date."