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Dwight Eisenhower criticizes Pres. Truman's handling of the steel strike, and comments on deficit spending during 1952 campaign speech

CU Dwight Eisenhower, Republican candidate for US President, at microphone during speech at the Detroit Olympia, SOT re steel strike; "I know nothing about the facts lying back of this great struggle and I am certainly not going to stand here and pretend that I have enough facts ... but it is absolutely certain we've had inept leadership in the attempt to solve this problem"; comments on Truman's seizure of steel plants being found unconstitutional; "the forebears of most of us came to this country to escape the divine right of kings" / MS SOT re cost of government; "whenever any estimate of expenditures goes to 85 billion, if the business executives of Detroit couldn't find ways to save money...they wouldn't be having the jobs they do now"; need to apply business sense, frugality, efficiency, thrift, "of course we can save money...the first thing we must do...is to stop these recurring deficits"; relationship of deficits to inflation / Note: exact day not known
CU Dwight Eisenhower, Republican candidate for US President, at microphone during speech at the Detroit Olympia, SOT re steel strike; "I know nothing about the facts lying back of this great struggle and I am certainly not going to stand here and pretend that I have enough facts ... but it is absolutely certain we've had inept leadership in the attempt to solve this problem"; comments on Truman's seizure of steel plants being found unconstitutional; "the forebears of most of us came to this country to escape the divine right of kings" / MS SOT re cost of government; "whenever any estimate of expenditures goes to 85 billion, if the business executives of Detroit couldn't find ways to save money...they wouldn't be having the jobs they do now"; need to apply business sense, frugality, efficiency, thrift, "of course we can save money...the first thing we must do...is to stop these recurring deficits"; relationship of deficits to inflation / Note: exact day not known
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Editorial #:
1070233088
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
June 01, 1952
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Clip length:
00:02:20:08
Location:
Detroit, Michigan, United States
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QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr003238_01_03.mov