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Letter from S. E. Bramer, Copperweld Steel Company to President Harry S. Truman
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Letter from S. E. Bramer, Copperweld Steel Company to President Harry S. Truman
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Pub. No. 187
COPPERWELD STEEL COMPANY
GENERAL OFFICES AND MILLS-GLASSPORT. PA.
PITTSBURGH INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
GLASSPORT, PA.
FEBRUARY 7, 1946
HONORABLE HARRY S. TRUMAN, PRESIDENT
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON, D. C.
COPPERWELD STEEL COMPANY, GLASSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA PLANT HAS BEEN OPERATING FOR
MANY YEARS UNDER CIO CONTRACT. DUE TO VERY SATISFACTORY LABOR RELATIONSHIP WE
ARE ONE OF THE FEW PLANTS IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA THAT IS NOT ON STRIKE AND HAS
CONTINUED IN PRODUCTION. SEVENTY PERCENT OF OUR RAW MATERIAL IS PURCHASED STEEL
AND WITH THE INCREASED COST OF STEEL OUR RAW MATERIAL COSTS WILL BE CORRESPONDINGLY
INCREASED. ALSO, OUR MEN ARE ENTITLED TO THE BENEFIT OF THE NEW PROPOSED LABOR
WAGE RATE INCREASE. WITH THESE INCREASED IN COST WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CONTINUE
TO OPERATE UNLESS WE ARE PERMITTED TO INCREASE OUR SALES PRICE TO CORRESPOND WITH
THE NEW ADDITIONAL COSTS. THIS COMPANY HAS BEEN IN OPERATION OVER THIRTY YEARS
AND DESIRES TO REMAIN IN BUSINESS.
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S. E. BRAMER, PRESIDENT
COPPERWELD STEEL COMPANY
SEB:DA
TELEGRAM
CONFIRMATION
DATE
2-7-46
TIME
2.30
DAY LETTER
OF TELEGRAPH
WESTERN UNION
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NIGHT MESSAGE
VIA
NIGHT LETTER
MESSAGE
POSTAL TELEG.