The President's News Conference
05/25/1949
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First, it is absolutely necessary, for the safety of the country, that steel production must continue during the emergency.
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,...
I also request you to meet with me in my office at 10 a.m., Saturday, May 3, 1952.
I would not run.