While the United states Armed Forces (private mercenaries) are in Korea, “champion[ing] liberty wherever the tyranny of communism is the aggressor,” Commander-in-Chief Truman issues Executive Order 10340, directing the Secretary of Commerce to seize steel mills across the nation, to avert a possible strike.
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Authority:
“Law of the Jungle”
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References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed., The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 376.
“Today in History,” Orange County (California) Register, 8 April 2011, News:5.
Harry S. Truman: Executive Order 10340—Directing the Secretary of Commerce to Take Possession of and Operate the Plants and Facilities of Certain Steel Companies
www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=78454&st=&st1=
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