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Omaha Steve Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-27-08 10:35 AM
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Today in labor history Dec 27 resident Roosevelt seizes the railroads to avert a nationwide strike

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December 27, 1943 - President Franklin Delano Roosevelt seized the railroads to avert a nationwide strike. His announcement that the railroads would be temporarily placed under the "supervision" of the War Department prompted the five railroad brotherhoods to agree to his offer to arbitrate the dispute.
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-27-08 10:37 AM
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