Nation: Reverberations

"This," said the voice on the telephone, "is Roger Blough. the man you've been reading about." Thus, with a humor rare in him, U.S. Steel's board chairman last week arranged for another appointment with President Kennedy—and he found the President a gracious victor.

Both in private conference and in public declaration, Kennedy was anxious to assure U.S. industry that he intended to bear no grudge as a result of his winning war against a steel price increase. "I want business to do well." he told a White House visitor. "If they don't, we...

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