"Seizing Power: The Steel Seizure Case Revisited" [videorecording], 2003

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Stanford University
Abstract:
Examines the 1952 decision by President Harry S. Truman to seize the nation's steel mills to maintain steel production in order to support the American war effort in Korea. The move infuriated steel industry leaders, who sued the President of the United States to get their property back. Narration is by Kathleen Sullivan; Supreme court panelists are portrayed by Sandra Day O'Connor, William Rehnquist, and Gerhard Casper; the advocates are portrayed by Charles Koob and Karen Stevenson.
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0.125 Linear Feet (1 volume)
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Preferred citation:

"Seizing Power: The Steel Seizure Case Revisited" (V0297). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

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Scope and content:

Examines the 1952 decision by President Harry S. Truman to seize the nation's steel mills to maintain steel production in order to support the American war effort in Korea. The move infuriated steel industry leaders, who sued the President of the United States to get their property back. Narration is by Kathleen Sullivan; Supreme court panelists are portrayed by Sandra Day O'Connor, William Rehnquist, and Gerhard Casper; the advocates are portrayed by Charles Koob and Karen Stevenson.

Biographical / historical:

This program, an unscripted, unrehearsed retrial of Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company, et al. vs. Charles Sawyer, was presented during Stanford University Law School's Alumni Weekend in 2002.

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Preferred citation:

"Seizing Power: The Steel Seizure Case Revisited" (V0297). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

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Stanford University Archives, Green Library
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Stanford, CA 94305-6064, US
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