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Reading Clerks, Striking Agencies Mark Washington Day
Washington reports a day of near silence as two reading clerks refrain while others, from phone operators to meat and steel workers, push into a volley of strikes and budget talk. President Truman’s 25 000 word budget message looms as a central moment amid inflation talk and labor action.
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