Why did Truman veto the Taft-Hartley Act?

a. He hated the bill.
b. He wanted to hold the support of organized labor for the 1948 election.
c. He wanted a provision that would allow the president to force strikers back to work.
d. He considered labor relations an issue for state governments to handle.


ANSWER: b

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