CREATING AN EMERGENCY BOARD TO INVESTIGATE DISPUTES BETWEEN THE ATLANTIC & EAST CAROLINA RAILWAY COMPANY AND OTHER CARRIERS, AND CERTAIN OF THEIR EMPLOYEES
WHEREAS disputes exist between the Atlantic & East Carolina Railway Company and certain other carriers designated in list A attached hereto and made a part hereof, and certain of their employees represented by the sixteen cooperating non-operating labor organizations designated in list B attached hereto and made a part hereof; and
WHEREAS these disputes have not heretofore been adjusted under the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended; and
WHEREAS these disputes, in the judgment of the national Mediation Board, threaten substantially to interrupt interstate commerce to a degree such as to deprive the country of essential transportation service:
NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 10 of the Railway Labor Act, as amended (45 U.S.C. 160), I hereby create a board of three members, to be appointed by me, to investigate the said disputes.
Each of the carriers involved shall be given independent consideration in such investigation, and the said labor organizations shall be permitted to function as a unit in proceedings before the board.
No member of the said board shall be pecuniarily or otherwise interested in any organization of railway employees or any carrier.
The board shall report its findings to the President with respect to the said disputes within thirty days from the date of this order. The board may, to the extent it deems necessary or desirable, make separate and independent findings with respect to each of the carriers involved.
As provided by section 10 of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, from this date and for thirty days after the board has made its report to the President, no change, except by agreement, shall be made by any of the carriers involved or their employees in the conditions out of which the said disputes arose.
HARRY S. TRUMAN
THE WHITE HOUSE,
August 11, 1950.
LIST "A"
Atlantic & East Carolina Railway Company
Barre & Chelsea Railroad Company
Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad Company
Chicago, Aurora and Elgin Railway Company
Chicago, South Shore & South Bend Railroad
Columbus & Greenville Railway Company
Cooper Range Railroad
Denver Union Stockyards Company
Des Moines & Central Iowa Railway Company
El Paso Union Passenger Depot Company
Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad Company
Galveston Wharves
Huntington & Broad Top Mountain Railroad and Coal Company
Lancaster & Chester Railway Company
Meridian & Bigbee River Railway Company
New Orleans & Lower Coast R.R. Company
Ogden Union Stockyards Company
Old Point Comfort Joint Agency
Rio Grande Southern Railroad
St. Johnsbury & LaMoille County Railroad
Salt Lake Union Stockyards Company
Sioux City Terminal Railway Company
Stockyards District Agency of Chicago
Tennessee Railroad Company
Texas Pacific, Missouri Pacific Terminal Company of New Orleans
Winona Railroad Company
LIST "B"
International Association of Machinists
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders and Helpers of America
International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths, Drop Forgers and Helpers
Sheet Metal Workers\' International association
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America
International Brotherhood of Firemen, Oilers, Roundhouse and Railway Shop Laborers
Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employees
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees
The Order of Railroad Telegraphers
Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen of America
National Organization of Master, Mates & Pilots of America
National Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association
International Longshoremen's Association
Hotel and Restaurant Employees' International Alliance and Bartenders' Int. League of America
Railroad Yardmasters of America
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