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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JUNE 9, 1952
The President has today sent the following letter to the
Honorable Alben W. Barkley, President of the Senate of the United
States:
Dear Mr. President:
I am informed that the Senate may take some action
today with respect to the current dispute in the steel indus-
try. If the Senate should do this, the results might be very
harmful.
TRUMAN
The parties to the dispute are now negotiating for
a settlement of the dispute No one can be sure of the out
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come of these negotiations. However, the parties on both
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sides appear to be earnestly seeking a settlement, and there
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is at least a reasonable hope that they will be successful --
unless something is done on the outside to upset the present
bargaining situation.
Everyone must agree that a settlement by the parties
is by far the best thing that could happen in the national in-
terest. When we may be on the verge of achieving that, any
action which prevented it would be tragic. In the present
circumstances, any action by the Senate even though it would
not become applicable immediately or even though it might be
only an expression of the Senate's views -- could so alter the
situation or the attitudes of the parties in this case as to
cause a breakdown in their negotiations.
I earnestly ask the Senate not to do this.
Sincerely yours,
HARRY S. TRUMAN
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