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FDR: If any employees of the railroads now strike, they will be striking against the Government of the United States.

On the recordDecember 26, 1943
If any employees of the railroads now strike, they will be striking against the Government of the United States.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Statement on the Executive Order on Possession and Operation of the Railroads

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