FDR: “But if I am mistaken and the miners do not accept the Board's…”

On the recordOctober 28, 1943

But if I am mistaken and the miners do not accept the Board's proposals, I shall take decisive action to see that coal is mined.

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Democratic · New York

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Letter on Seizure of the Coal Mines

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