Da kulminearbejdere gik i strejke i foråret 1946 truede Truman med at indkaldte minearbejderne til hæren hvis ikke de gik i arbejde igen, eller bruge tropper fra hæren til at erstatte dem.<ref name="mccullough">{{cite book |title= Truman|last= McCullough|first= David|author-link= David McCullough|publisher= Simon and Schuster|pages= |url= http://books.google.com/books?id=8fp1A2s6aQwC&pg=PA605&lpg=PA605&dq=truman+coal+strike+draft+miners&source=bl&ots=6caAdm9Bbh&sig=qbJfte3eVtohR6WwR3YCJolSxqE&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=8&ct=result}}</ref><ref name="'70s 41">{{cite book |title= How We Got Here: The '70s|last= Frum|first= David|author-link= David Frum |date= 2000|publisher= Basic Books|location= New York, New York|isbn= 0465041957|page= [https://archive.org/details/howwegothere70sd00frum/page/41 41]|pages= |url=https://archive.org/details/howwegothere70sd00frum}}</ref><ref name="gmu">{{cite book |title= “Word Has Just Been Received”: Truman Speaks on the Railroad Strike|last= |first= |author-link= |publisher= George Mason University|pages= |url= http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5137/}}</ref>
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