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

On the recordDecember 3, 1952
I feel it is necessary for me to exercise the final authority in the coal case.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Letter to the Administrator, Economic Stabilization Agency, on the New Wage Agreement in the Coal Industry.

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