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Leaflet with the speech given on April 22, 1952 by Walter P. Marshall, President of The Western Union Telegraph Company over the Columbia Broadcasting System radio network in which he discusses the strike and the consequences for the general public.

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Booklet with the address of Clarence B. Randall, President of Inland Steel Company, made before the National Press Club about the decision of President Truman to seize the steel industry.

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Booklet with the radio and television address given by the President of the United States, Harry S. Truman, about the steel crisis. He explains the government's positon about the imminent strike and the crisis in the steel industry. In his address to the American people, the President explains the problems for the nation of this shut down, and why he decided to seize control of the steel industry.

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Booklet with the radio and television address by Clarence B. Randall, President of the Inland Steel Company, about his position on the steel crisis, in response to President Truman's intent to seize control of the steel industry.

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Mini comic booklet stating the position of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America demanding repeal of the McCarran law.

Scope and Content Copy of the Michigan Labor Mediation Act. Act No. 176 of the Public Acts of 1939 as emended by Act No. 318 of the Public Acts of 1947. This law created a board for the mediation of labor disputes, and to prescribe its powers and duties; to provide for the mediation and arbitration of labor disputes, and the holding of elections there on; to provide for the creation of arbitration boards; to regulate the conduct of parties to labor disputes and to require the parties to follow certain...

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Pamphlets from unions and the United States goverment advocating for and/or condemning the seizure of the steel industry in 1952. Also included in the collection is a copy of the New York State Labor Law of 1927, a magazine of the 11th Convention of the UAW-CIO, and a pamphlet published by the Telephone workers union about their strike.

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Booklet published by the steel companies explaining their position on the steel industry situation in 1952. In a group of arguments that they called "the facts of the steel industry", they explained how steel profits have declined since 1951.

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Pamphet published by UE Publications explaining the position of the union in favor of equal treatment for all, and elimination of discrimination by sex or color of skin.

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Booklet published by Steel Companies in the Wage Case. In this publication there are a group of editorials and articles from different newspapers with the position of these companies against the position of the government. The items are from November 13, 1951 to December 29, 1951.