Now for the Details -- Picket J. W. Rodgers and plant guard Clarence Fletcher settle down in front of the main gate of the Jones and Laughlin steel plant to read the U.S. Supreme Court decision that President Truman seized the steel industry illegally.

Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Now for the Details -- Picket J. W. Rodgers and plant guard Clarence Fletcher settle down in front of the main gate of the Jones and Laughlin steel plant to read the U.S. Supreme Court decision that President Truman seized the steel industry illegally.

Associated Press · [ca. June 1952]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Labor: Strikes: Steelworkers

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