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Notes on the Opening Session of the Steel Meeting in the White House, May 3, 1952 (10:00 A.M. to 11:45 A.M.) In Attendance: For the Government The Presi dent Secretary Charles Sawyer Charles S. Murphy, Special Counsel to the President Dr. John R. Steelman David H. Stowe For the CIO Philip Murray, President Arthur Goldberg James Thimmes David McDonald Joseph Moloney Joseph Germano For the Steel Companies Ben Moreell Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation Frank Purnell Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company Benjamin Fairless United States Steel Corporation T. F. Patton Republic Steel Corporation A. B. Homer Bethlehem Steel Corporation Clarence Randall Inland Steel Company John A. Stephens United states Steel Corporation Lewis Parsons United States Steel Corporation The Presi dent, after shaking hands with each person in the room, made the statement attached. After the statement by the President, the President, Mr. Sawyer, and Mr. Murphy left the room and Dr. Steelman presided. Dr. Steelman opened by requesting any general statement anyone cared to make. Mr. Fairless suggested that a small group would be more satisfactory for negotiating.

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