Letters from President Harry S. Truman to Senator Alben Barkley and Senator Burnet Maybank
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FILED BY
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THE WHITE HOUSE
MR. HOPKINS
WASHINGTON
JUN 11 1952
June 9, 1952
Dear Senator Maybank:
I am informed that the Senate may take some action
today with respect to the current dispute in the steel indus-
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try. If the Senate should do this, the results might be very
harmful.
The parties to the dispute are now negotiating for a
settlement of the dispute. No one can be sure of the outcome
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of these negotiations. However, the parties on both sides ap-
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pear to be earnestly seeking a settlement, and there is at
least a reasonable hope that they will be successful -- unless
something is done on the outside to upset the present bargain-
ing 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
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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.
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Very sincerely yours,
(Hed) HARRY 6. TRUMAN
Honorable Burnet R. Maybank, xpp71069
Chairman,
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Committee on Banking and Currency,
United States Senate,
Washington, D. C.
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