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Harry Truman: I therefore request you, as a loyal American, to do everything you can to restore the steel plants to full operation as…

On the recordMay 1, 1952
I therefore request you, as a loyal American, to do everything you can to restore the steel plants to full operation as quickly as possible, in order that we may obtain the steel we must have for our national safety.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Telegrams to Industry Leaders and to the Union President Calling a Meeting on the Steel Strike.

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