Description: JOHN F. KENNEDY. Notes handwritten by John F. Kennedy as President unsigned while resolving the 1962 Steel Crisis. During a meeting with Secretary of Labor Arthur Goldberg, President Kennedy asked him to fly to New York to talk with U.S. Steel Finance Chairman Robert Tyson writing, “Tyson - Goldberg,” on his personal stationery in what-would-be a successful trip to convince the company to not raise their steel prices. Measures 5.125 by 3.875 inches and in pristine condition with a pencil notation on the verso, “Apr. 12, 1962.” NOTES HANDWRITTEN BY JOHN F. KENNEDY AS PRESIDENT WHILE SUCCESSFULLY RESOLVING THE 1962 STEEL CRISIS Accompanied with copies of a letter of authenticity from Kennedy’s personal secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and other documentation explaining the provenance and history behind the 1962 Steel Crisis: “The handwritten notes and papers, which you now have in your possession deal with the 1962 steel price dispute. Any rise in price would affect balance of payments and anti-inflation efforts. On Tuesday, April 10, 1962 the last major contract in the steel industry had been signed without any price increases. However, Roger Blough, U.S. Steel Corporation Chairman asked for an appointment with President John F. Kennedy at 5:45 p.m. on that day, at which time he handed the President a press release announcing that U.S. Steel was increasing their price for steel. Many meetings and conferences, plus telephone calls, took place on that day and the next two days. On April 12, 1962 Kennedy asked Arthur Goldberg, Secretary of Labor, to fly to New York to talk to U.S. Steel Finance Chairman Robert Tyson (See handwritten note #1). On April 13, 1962 officials of the Inland Steel Company of Chicago (Joseph Block, Inland Steel Company’s President was in Japan at that time) announced that they would not raise prices. (See handwritten note #2, which was handed to Kennedy at his desk in Oval Office). Kennedy called Edgar Kaiser, President of U.S. Steel. Arthur Goldberg called President Kennedy from New York. (See card #3 with Kennedy’s handwriting). 3:30 p.m. Edgar Kaiser called me and dictated the press release (See #4). It took President John F. Kennedy 72 hours to settle this dispute.”
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Industry: Presidential
President: John F. Kennedy
Signed by: John F. Kennedy
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