Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

The national interest demands that for the effective prosecution of the war there shall be no strike votes taken, or dates fixed for the beginning of strikes, or strikes, lock-outs, or embargoes put into effect.

Context

Executive Order 9172—Establishing a Panel for the Creation of Emergency Boards for the Adjustment of Railway Labor Disputes

05/21/1942

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