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On the recordJuly 18, 1946
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to maintain customary working conditions in the mines and customary procedures for the adjustment of workers' grievances
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Executive Order 9758—Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to Take Possession of and to Operate Certain Coal Mines

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