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Britain Nationalizes Iron and Steel under Labour
Prime Minister Attlee's government moves to nationalize 92 iron and steel companies and all their works on February 15, placing 300,000 workers under state ownership and transferring $840 million in assets to public control. Steven James Lindsay Hardie named chairman of the Iron and Steel Corporation of Great Britain to oversee the transition.
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London
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Clement R. Attlee
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Labor Party
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Winston Churchill
National Coal Board
Iron and Steel Curation of
Great Britain
Iron and Steel Corporation
George R. Strauss
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Ford Motor Company
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Steven James Lindsay Hardie
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British Oxygen Company
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