Executive Order 10340Revoked

Directing the Secretary of Commerce to Take Possession of and Operate Certain Steel Mills

Federal & State Law Editorial TeamLast reviewed: April 2026

Harry S. Truman

April 8, 1952

17 FR 3139

Summary

Directed the Secretary of Commerce to seize and operate most of the nation's steel mills to avert a strike during the Korean War. Struck down by the Supreme Court in Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer (1952), a foundational case on presidential power.

Topics

laborKorean Warexecutive powersteel industry

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