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President Truman's 299th news conference, held in the Indian Treaty Room (Room 474) in the Executive Office Building at 10:30 a. m. on Thursday, April 10, 1952. Topics discussed include President Truman's announcement at the Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner that he would not seek another term; resolutions to the steel dispute; possible resignation of General Eisenhower as Supreme Commander of NATO; recommendations of the Wage Stabilization Board; the successor to Charles E. Wilson as Director of Defense Mobilization; appointment of Raymond McKeough to the Federal Trade Commission; appointment of replacement for John Russell Young as a member of the Board of the Commissioners for the District of Columbia; the cuts in the Defense Appropriation Bill; appointment of W. W. Herron to the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals; Executive order granting Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer the power to negotiate wages and conditions; will Truman attend the Democratic National Convention, and his plans to campaign for the nominee. Individuals mentioned include: Estes Kefauver, Adlai Stevenson, Charles Wilson, and John Russell Young, Raymond McKeough, and John Russell Young.