CREATING AN EMERGENCY BOARD TO INVESTIGATE DISPUTES BETWEEN THE AKRON & BARBERTON BELT RAILROAD COMPANY AND OTHER CARRIERS, AND CERTAIN OF THEIR EMPLOYEES
WHEREAS disputes exist between the Akron & Barberton Belt Railroad 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 railway 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.
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.
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 its employees in the conditions out of which the said disputes arose.
LIST A
Akron & Barberton Belt Railroad Co.
Akron, Canton & Youngstown Railroad Co.
Ann Arbor Railroad Co.Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co.
B&O Chicago Terminal Railroad Co.
B&O New York Terminal Railroad Co.
Dayton & Union Railroad Co.
Strouds Creek & Muddlety Railroad Co.
Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad Co.
Boston & Maine Railroad Co.
Boston Terminal Company
Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal
Bush Terminal Railroad Co.Canadian National Railway Co.
Canadian National Railways-New York
Canadian National Railways-New England
Champlain & St. Lawrence Railroad Co.
United States & Canada Railroad Co.
St. Clair Tunnel Co.
Canadian Pacific Railway Co.
Central Railroad Company of New Jersey
Central Railroad Company of Pennsylvania
Central Vermont Railway, Inc.
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company-Pere Marquette District
Fort Street Union Depot Co.
Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway Co.
Chicago Union Station Co.
Cincinnati Union Terminal Co.
Dayton Union Railway Co.
Delaware & Hudson Railroad Corporation
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.
Detroit & Toledo Shore Line Railroad Co.
Detroit Terminal Railroad Co.
Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Co.
Erie Railroad Co.
Grand Trunk Western Railroad Co.
Jay Street Connecting Railroad
Indianapolis Union Railway Co.
Lehigh & New England Railroad Co.
Lehigh Valley Railroad Co.
Mackinac Transportation Co.
Maine Central Railroad Co.
Portland Terminal Co.
Monongahela Railway Co.
Montour Railroad Co.
New York Central (Full Line Agreements)
New York Central Railroad Co.-Buffalo & East
New York Central Railroad Co.-West of Buffalo
Michigan Central Railroad Co.
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.
Peoria & Eastern Railway Co.
Louisville & Jefferson Bridge & Railroad Co.
Boston & Albany Railroad Co.
Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Co.
Chicago River & Indiana Railroad Co. (Chicago Junction Railway)
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Co. (Lake Erie & Eastern Railroad)
Cleveland Union Terminals Co.
Troy Union Railroad Co.
Federal Valley Railroad Co.
New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.
New York Connecting Railroad Co.
New York Dock Railway
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co.
Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
Baltimore & Eastern Railroad Co.
Long Island Railroad Co.
Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines
Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railway Co.
Pittsburgh, Chartiers & Youghiogheny Railway Co.
Reading Company
Philadelphia, Reading & Pottsville Telegraph Co.
Beaver Creek Water Company
Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway Co.
Union Depot Company (Columbus, Ohio)
Union Freight Railroad Company (Boston)
Union Island Freight Station, N.Y.
Washington Terminal Co.
Western Allegheny Railroad Co.
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Co.
Loraine & West Virginia Railway Co.
Alton and Southern Railroad Co.
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Co.
Panhandle & Santa Fe Railway Co.
Belt Railway Company of Chicago
Burlington-Rock Island Railroad Co.Camas Prairie Railroad Co.
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Co.
Chicago & Illinois Midland Railway Co.
Chicago & North Western Railway Co.
Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad Co.
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co.
Chicago, Great Western Railway Co.
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Co.
Chicago, Terre Haute & Southeastern Railway Co.
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway
Colorado & Southern Railway
Colorado & Wyoming Railway
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Denver Union Terminal Railway
Des Moines Union Railway
Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway
Duluth Union Depot & Transfer Company
Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific Railway
Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway
El Paso Union Passenger Depot Company
Fort Worth & Denver City Railway
Wichita Valley Railway
Galveston, Houston & Henderson Railroad
Great Northern Railway
Green Bay & Western Railroad
Kewaunee, Green Bay & Western Railroad
Gulf Coast Lines-Comprising
Asherton & Gulf Railway
Asphalt Belt Railway
Beaumont, Sour Lake & Western Railway
Houston & Brazos Valley Railway
Houston North Shore Railway
Iberia, St. Mary & Eastern Railway
International-Great Northern Railroad
New Iberia & Northern Railroad
New Orleans, Texas & Mexico Railway
Orange & Northwestern Railroad
Rio Grande City Railway
St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico Railway
San Antonio Southern Railway
San Antonio, Uvalde & Gulf Railroad
San Benito & Rio Grande Valley Railway
Sugar Land Railway
Houston Belt & Terminal Ry.
Illinois Central Railroad
Kansas City Southern Railway
Arkansas Western Railway
Ft. Smith & Van Buren Railway
Joplin Union Depot Company
Kansas City Terminal Railway
Louisiana & Arkansas Railway
Manufacturers Railway
Midland Valley Railroad
Kansas, Oklahoma & Gulf Railway
Oklahoma City-Ada-Atoka Railway
Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway
Railway Transfer Company-Minneapolis
Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad
Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railway
Mineral Range Railroad
Minnesota Transfer Railway
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company of Texas
Beaver, Meade & Englewood Railroad
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Missouri-Illinois Railroad
Northern Pacific Railway
Northern Pacific Terminal Company of Oregon
Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Ogden Union Railway & Depot Company
Oregon, California & Eastern Railway
Peoria & Pekin Union Railway
Port Terminal Railroad Association
Pueblo Union Depot & Railroad Company
St. Joseph Terminal Railroad
St. Louis-San Francisco Railway
St. Louis, San Francisco & Texas Railway
St. Louis Southwestern Railway
St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company of Texas
St. Paul Union Depot Company
San Diego & Arizona Eastern Railway
Southern Pacific Company (Pacific Lines)
Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway
Oregon Trunk Railway
Oregon Electric Railway
Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
Texarkana Union Station Trust
Texas & New Orleans Railroad
Texas & Pacific Railway
Abilene & Southern Railway
Fort Worth Belt Railway
Texas-New Mexico Railway
Texas Short Line Railway
Weatherford, Mineral Wells & Northwestern Railway
Texas Mexican Railway
Texas Pacific-Missouri Pacific Terminal R.R. of New Orleans
Union Pacific Railroad
Union Railway Company (Memphis)
Union Terminal Company (Dallas)
Wabash Railroad
Western Pacific Railroad
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co.
Atlanta & West Point Railroad Co.
Western Railway of Alabama
Atlanta Terminal Co.
Central of Georgia Railway Co.
Charleston & Western Carolina Railway Co.
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. (Chesapeake District)
Clinchfield Railroad Co.
Florida East Coast Railway
Georgia Railroad Co.
Augusta Union Station Co.
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio /Railroad Co.
Southern Region
Northern Region
Jacksonville Terminal Co.
Kentucky & Indiana Terminal Railroad Co.
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co.
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Co.
Norfolk & Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad Co.
Norfolk Southern Railway Co.
Norfolk & Western Railway Co.
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad Co.
Richmond Terminal Railway Co.
Potomac Yard
Seaboard Air Line Railway Co.
Southern Railway Co.
Alabama Great Southern Railroad Co.
Cincinnati, Burnside & Cumberland River Railway Co.
Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Co.
Georgia Southern & Florida Railway Co.
Harriman & Northeastern Railroad Co.
New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad Co.
New Orleans Terminal Co.
St. Johns River Terminal Co.
Virginian Railway Co.
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 Masters, Mates & Pilots of America
National Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association
International Longshoremen's Association
Hotel and Restaurant Employes' International Alliance and Bartenders' In. League of America
Railroad Yardmasters of America
HARRY S. TRUMAN
THE WHITE HOUSE,
October 18, 1948