Audio of the April 11, 1962 press conference in which President John F. Kennedy directly took on the executives of U.S. Steel for what he believed were unfair and undeserved price increases, which JFK felt would be inflationary and harmful to American consumers and national defense interests. Kennedy ultimately won the showdown when the company announced it was reversing the previously announced price hikes.

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