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President Harry S. Truman's Radio and Television Address to the American People on the Need for Government Operation of the Steel Mills. Earlier that day the President had signed Executive Order 10340 "Directing the Secretary of Commerce to Take Possession of and Operate the Plants and facilities of Certain Steel Companies" (3 CFR, 1949-1953 Comp., p. 861). This order was ruled unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court on June 2. This recording was made by ABC radio and is in two parts; part two partially duplicates the end of part 1, but continues with the Star Spangled Banner, then network commentary by Elmer Davis, speaking from Washington, DC. After the commentary, there is an excerpt of some play-by-play from a St. Louis Cardinals baseball game.