
... 1952 (60 years ago today), in a speech to the American people, President Harry S. Truman said the U.S. government would seize control of the steel industry in order to avert a national strike, an event he contended would imperil the security of a country whose troops then were engaged both in armed conflict in Korea and in anti-Soviet containment efforts in Europe. On June 2 of the same year, the U.S. Supreme Court

(Prior April 8 posts are here, here, here, here, and here.)
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