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On the recordNovember 15, 1949
I hope that this story will be brought to the attention of people throughout the Nation.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Remarks Upon Accepting Report of the U.S. Committee for the U.N. International Children's Emergency Fund.

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Dec 3, 1952

I feel it is necessary for me to exercise the final authority in the coal case.

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Nov 24, 1952

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 91 of the act of April 30, 1900, 31 Stat. 159, as amended by section 7 of the act of My 27, 1910, 36 Stat. 447, it is ordered as follows:

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Dec 3, 1952

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.

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