When President Truman took a hard line against striking workers in the years immediately following World War II, he showed that
he knew how to handle labor disputes and keep all the parties involved happy.
would support the good of the American people over special-interest groups.
had little understanding of the plight of laborers in the post-war years.
believed the federal government should not get involved in business.
When President Truman took a hard line against striking workers in the years immediately following World War II, he:
"had little understanding of the plight of laborers in the post-war years."
During the first months of his administration, he became involved in a struggle between coal miners and railroad workers. It took several meetings, and fierce arguments, to get them to agree, and end the strike.
