Harry Truman: “The country is in desperate straits as a result of the recent strike…”

On the recordMay 15, 1946

The country is in desperate straits as a result of the recent strike of the coal miners.

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Democratic · Missouri

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The President's Special News Conference on the Coal Strike

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Harry Truman: “The country is in desperate straits as a result of the recent strike of the coal miners.”