Press Release of Executive Order 10340, Directing the Secretary of Commerce to Take Possession of and Operate the Plants and Facilities of Certain Steel Companies, with Related Material
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IMEDIATE RELEASE
APRIL 8, 1952
EXECUTIVE ORDER
DIRECTING THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
TO TAKE POSSESSION OF AND OPERATE THE
PLANTS AND FACILITIES OF CERT^IN STEEL
COMPANIES
WHEREAS on December 16, 1950, I proclaimed the
existence of a national emergency which requires that the
military, naval, air, and civilian defenses of this country be
strengthened as speedily as possible to the end that we may be
able to repel any and all threats against our national security
and to fulfill our responsibilities in the efforts being made
throughout the United Nations and otherwise to bring about
a lasting peace; and
WHEREAS American fighting men and fighting men of
other nations of the United Nations are now engaged in deadly
combat with the forces of aggression in Korea, and forces of
the United States are stationed elsewhere overseas for the
purpose of participating in the defense of the Atlantic Community
against aggression; and
WHEREAS the weapons and other materials needed by
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our armed forces and by those joined with us in the defense of
the free world are produced to a great extent in this country,
and steel is an indispensable component of substantially all
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of such weapons and materials; and
WHEREAS steel is likewise indispensable to the carry-
ing out of programs of the Atomic Energy Commission of vital
importance to our defense efforts; and
WHEREAS a continuing and uninterrupted supply of
steel is also indispensable to the maintenance of the economy
of the United States, upon which our military strength depends;
and
WHEREAS a controversy has arisen between certain
companies in the United States producing and fabricating steel
and the elements thereof and certain of their workers repre-
sented by the United Steel Workers of America, CIO, regarding
terms and conditions of employment; and
WHEREAS the controversy has not been settled through
the processes of collective bargaining or through the efforts
of the Government, including those of the Wage Stabilization
Board, to which the controversy was referred on December 22,
1951, pursuant to Executive Order No. 10233, and a strike has
been called for 12:01 A. M., April 9, 1952; and
WHEREAS a work stoppage would immediately jeopardize
and imperil our national defense and the defense of those joined
with us in resisting aggression, and would add to the continuing
danger of our soldiers, sailors, and airmen engaged in combat
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