One day last week, Speaker Joe Martin sat in his suite in Washington's Hay-Adams House and explained how he had brought about the end of the 29-day coal strike.
Gentlemen, I Said. "I had been worried about this strike," said Joe. "As quietly as possible and without attracting anyone's attention, I nosed around and found out everything about it. I came to the understanding that if somebody would move in, the thing could be adjusted. And it was time for somebody to move in. The Administration wasn't doing anything. I said to myself,...
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