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The FDR Administration Was Having None of This
Ten people were killed in the Memorial Day Massacre at a Chicago steel plant. The union quickly braided the event, and held a mass funeral for the dead. Then another riot broke out,. at another Republic plant, this time in Youngstown, Ohio. By October, the National Labor Relations Board had ordered the companies to reinstate more than 7,000 workers with back pay.