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In response to the 1946 miners strike, President Truman seized control of the railroads and eventually stated that the government would operate the railroads using army members. He handled the miners strike in a similar way.
He claimed executive order to take control of the mines. Congress voted that he did not have that privilege.
the strikes threatened to cause widespread economic hardship
Harry S Truman was US president at the end of World War 2 in 1945.Harry Truman
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Harry S Truman was US president at the end of World War 2 in 1945.Harry Truman
Miners' strike in Britain in WW2There was a miners' strike at the Betteshanger Colliery in Kent in 1941 or 1942. Even if the other collieries in East Kent were also involved this was very different from a nationwide strike. There must have been other miners strikes. In a correspondence between my uncle and my father, my uncle talks about how things had got better in his RAF camp following the end of the miners strike. My uncle was stationed in Lincolnshire, the date must have been late 43 or early 44
Truman was President at the end of WW2.
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Harry S Truman.
Harry Truman was the U.S President in office when WWII was officially over. Franklin Roosevelt died of a heart attack in Warm Springs, Georgia just four months before the war ended.
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