CREATING AN EMERGENCY BOARD TO INVESTIGATE DISPUTES BETWEEN THE AKRON & BARBERTON BELT RAILROAD COMPANY AND OTHER CARRIERS AND CERTAIN WORKERS
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, carriers under Federal management, and certain workers represented by the seventeen cooperating (non-operating) railway labor organizations designated in list B attached hereto and made a part hereof; and
WHEREAS by Executive Order No. 10155 (1) of August 25, 1950, possession, control, and operation of the transportation systems owned or operated by the said carriers, together with the transportation systems owned or operated by certain other carriers, were assumed by the President, through the Secretary of the Army; and
WHEREAS these disputes threaten, in the judgment of the National Mediation Board, substantially to interrupt interstate commerce to a degree such as to deprive the country of essential transportation service, and also threaten to interfere with the operation by the Secretary of the Army of transportation systems taken pursuant to the said Executive Order No. 10155:
NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States including section 10 of the Railway Labor Act, as amended (45 U.S.C. 160), and subject to the provisions of that section, I hereby create a board of three members, to be appointed by me, to investigate the said disputes. Nothing in this order shall be construed to derogate from the authority of the Secretary of the Army under the said Executive Order No. 10155.
No Member of the said Board shall be pecuniarily or otherwise interested in any organization of railway employees or any carrier.
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.
In performing its functions under this order the Board shall comply with the requirements of section 502 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended.
(1) 3 CFR, 1950 Supp., p. 115
LIST "A"
(Eastern Region)
Albany Port District Railroad Company
Akron & Barberton Belt Railroad Company
Akron, Canton & Youngstown Railroad
Akron Union Passenger Depot Company
Ann Arbor Railroad Company
Arcade & Attica Railroad Corporation
Bangor & Aroostook Railroad Company
Barre & Chelsea Railroad
Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad Company
Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad Company
Boston & Maine Railroad Company
Boston Terminal Company
Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal
Buffalo Creek Railroad
Bush Terminal Company
Canadian National Railways:
Canadian National Railway State of New York
Canadian National Railway Lines in New England
Champlain & St. Lawrence Railroad
United States & Canada Railroad
St. Clair Tunnel Company
Canadian Pacific Railways in the United States
Canton Railroad Company
Central Indiana Railway Company
Central Railroad Company of New Jersey
Central Railroad of Pennsylvania
Jersey Central Transport Company
New York & Long Branch Railroad
Wharton & Northern Railroad
Central Vermont Railway, Inc.
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company:
Pere Marquette District
Fort Street Union Depot Company
Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway
Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad
Chicago Union Station Company
Cincinnati Union Terminal Company
Dayton Union Railway Company
Delaware & Hudson Railroad
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Detroit & Mackinac
Detroit & Toledo Shore Line Railroad
Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad
Detroit Terminal Railroad Company
East Broad Top Railroad & Coal Company
East St. Louis Junction Railway Company
Erie Railroad Company
Chicago & Erie
Grant Trunk Western Railroad Company
Hoboken Manufacturers Railroad Company
Huntingdon & Broad Top Mountain Railroad & Coal Company (Penna)
Illinois Terminal Railroad Company
Indianapolis Union Railway Company
Jay Street Connecting Railroad
Lackawanna & Wyoming Valley Railroad
Lake Champlain & Moriah Railroad Company
Lake Terminal Railroad Company
Lehigh & Hudson River Railroad Company
Lehigh & New England Railroad Company
Long Island Railroad Company
Mackinac Transportation Company
Maine Central Railroad Company
Portland Terminal Company
Manistee & Northeastern Railway Company
Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad
Merchants Despatch Trans Corporation
Montour Railroad
Morristown & Eric Railroad Company
Mystic Terminal Company (Charleston, Mass.)
New Jersey and New York Railroad
New Jersey, Indiana & Illinois Railroad Company
New York Connecting Railroad Company
New York Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Company
New York Dock Railway
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad
Patapsco & Back Rivers Railroad Company
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Baltimore & Eastern Railway Company
Jersey City Stock Yards, Inc.
Pittsburgh Joint Stock Yards
Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines
Philadelphia Bethlehem & New England Railroad Company
Pittsburgh & Shawmut Railroad Company
Pittsburg & West Virginia Railway
Pullman Company
Railroad Perishable Inspection Agency
Reading Company
Beaver Creek Water Company
Philadelphia Reading & Pottsville
St. Johnsbury & Lamoille County
St. Louis & O'Fallon Railway Company
South Buffalo Railway
Union Belt of Detroit
Union Depot Company (Columbus, Ohio)
Union Freight Railroad (Boston)
Union Inland Freight Station (New York)
Washington Terminal Company
Western Allegheny Railroad Company
Youngstown & Northern Railway Company
(Southeastern Region)
Atlanta & St. Andrews Bay
Atlanta & West Point
Western Railway of Alabama
Atlanta Joint Terminals
Atlantic & East Carolina Railway Company
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Birmingham Terminal Company
Central of Georgia Railway
Charleston & Western Carolina Railway
Chattanooga Station Company
Chattanooga Traction Company
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
(Chesapeake District)
Clinchfield Railroad
Columbia Union Station company
Columbus & Greenville Railway
Durham Union Station Company
Columbus & Greenville Railway
Durham Union Station Company
East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad
Florida East Coast Railway
Fruit Growers' Express Company
Georgia & Florida Railroad
Georgia Railroad
Augusta Union Station Company
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Interstate Railroad Company
Jacksonville Terminal Company
Kentucky & Indiana Terminal Railroad
Lancaster & Chester Railroad Company
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Lexington Union Station Company
Macon, Dublin & Savannah
Macon Terminal
Maher, Walter C.
Meridian & Bigbee River Railway Company
Meridian Terminal Company
Mississippi Central Railroad
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway
Nashville Terminals Company
Natchez & Louisiana Railway & Transfer Company
New Orleans Public Belt Railroad Company
Norfolk & Portsmouth Belt Line
Norfolk & Western Railway
Norfolk Southern Railway Company
Norfolk Terminal Railway Company
Piedmont & Northern Railway Company
Port Everglades (Broward County Port Authority)
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad
Potomac Yard
Richmond Terminal Railway Company
Savannah & Atlanta Railway Company
Seaboard Air Line Railway Company
Southeastern Demurrage & Storage Bureau
Southern Freight Tariff Bureau
Southern Railway
Alabama Great Southern Railway Company
Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway
Georgia Southern & Florida Railway
Harriman & Northeastern Railroad Company
New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad
New Orleans Terminal Company
St. Johns River Terminal Company
State University Railroad Company
Woodstock & Blockton
Southern Short Lines:
Blue Ridge Railway Company
Carolina & Northwestern
Danville & Western Railway
High Point, Randleman, Asheboro & Southern Railroad
Yadkin Railroad
Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railway Company
Tennessee Central Railway
Tennessee Railroad Company
Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks
Virginia Railway
Winston-Salem Southbound
Winston-Salem Terminal Company
(Western Region)
Ahnapee & Western Railroad
Alton & Southern Railroad
American Refrigerator Transit
Ashley, Drew & Northern
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Dining Car Department
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway
Panhandle & Santa Fe Railway
Atchison Union Depot & Railroad Company
Belt Railway Company of Chicago
Burlington Refrigerator Express Company
Camas Prairie Railroad Company
Cedar Rapids & Iowa City
Central California Traction Company
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
Chicago Heights Terminal & Transfer
Chicago & Illinois Midland Railway
Chicago & North Western Railway
Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad
Chicago, Aurora & Elgin Railway Company
Chicago Car Interchange & Inspection Bureau
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Chicago Great Western Railway Company
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad
Chicago, Terre Haute & Southeastern Railway
Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee
Chicago Produce Terminal Company
Chicago Railroad Freight Collection Association
Chicago Railways Hotel Ticket Office
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Peoria Terminal Company
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway
Colorado & Southern Railway
Colorado & Wyoming Railway
Copper Range Company
Dallas Car Interchange & Inspection Bureau
Davenport, Rock Island & North Western Railway
Denver & Rio Grand Western Railroad
Denver Union Stock Yards Company
Denver Union Terminal Railway
Des Moines & Central Iowa
Des Moines Union Railway
Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway
Duluth, Union Depot & Transfer Company
Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific Railway
East Portland Freight Terminal
Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway
El Paso Union Passenger Depot
Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern
Fort Worth & Denver City
Wichita Valley
Galveston, Houston & Henderson
Galveston Wharves
Green Bay & Western Railroad
Kewaunee, Green Bay & Western
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
Sugar Land Railway
Harbor Belt Line (Los Angeles)
Houston Belt & Terminal Railway
Illinois Central Hospital Department
Illinois Central Railroad
Chicago & Illinois Western Railroad
Steamer Pelican
Illinois Northern Railway
Joint Railway Agency (So. St. Paul)
Joint Texas Division of CRI&P RR Co. & FW&DC Ry. Co.
Joliet Union Depot Company
Kansas City, Kaw Valley Railroad, Inc.
Kansas City Southern Railway
Arkansas Western Railway
Ft. Smith & Van Buren
Joplin Union Depot Company
Kansas City Terminal Railway
King Street Passenger Station (Seattle)
Lake Superior & Ishpeming
Lake Superior Terminal & Transfer Railway
Laramie, North Park & Western
LaSalle Street Stations
Longview Portland & Northern
Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal
Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Company
Louisiana & North West Railroad
Manistique & Lake Superior Railroad Company
Manufacturers' Junction Railway
Manufacturer's Railway
Midland Valley Railroad
Kansas, Oklahoma & Gulf Railway
Kansas, Oklahoma & Gulf of Texas
Oklahoma City, Ada, Atoka Railway
Milwaukee-Kansas City Southern Joint Agency
Mineral Range
Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway
Railway Transfer Company City of Minneapolis
Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie
Duluth So. Shore & Atlantic Railway
Minnesota Transfer Railway
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company
Beaver, Meade & Englewood
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company of Texas
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Missouri-Illinois Railroad
Sedalia Reclamation Plant
Natchez & Southern Railway
Northern Pacific Railway
Northern Pacific Terminal Company of Oregon
Northern Refrigerator Line, Inc.
North Louisiana & Gulf Railroad Company
Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Ogden Union Railway & Depot Company
Ogden Union Stock Yards
Okmulgee Northern Railway Company
Pacific Car Demurrage Bureau
Pacific Coast Railroad Company
Pacific Coast Company
Pacific Electric Railway Company
Pacific Fruit Express Company
Paducah & Illinois Railroad Company
Peoria & Pekin Union Railway
Petaluma & Santa Rosa Railroad Company
Port Terminal Railroad Association (Houston)
Pueblo Joint Car Interchange & Inspection Bureau
Pueblo Union Depot & Railroad Company
Quanah, Acme & Pacific
Rio Grand Southern
St. Joseph Terminal Company
St. Louis-San Francisco Railway
St. Louis, San Francisco of Texas
St. Louis Southwestern Railway
St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company of Texas
St. Paul Union Depot Company
Salt Lake City Union Depot & Railroad Company
Salt Lake Union Stock Yards Company
San Antonio Joint Car Interchange Association
San Diego & Arizona Eastern Railway
Sand Springs Railway Company
Sioux City Terminal Railway
Southern Pacific Company (Pacific Lines)
Southern Pacific DeMexico (In United States)
South Omaha Terminal Railway
Southern Illinois & Missouri Bridge Company
Spokane International Railway
Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway
Oregon Electric Railway
Oregon Trunk Railway
Spokane Union Station Company
Stock Yards (Dist. Agency Chicago)
Sun Valley Operations
Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
Texarkana Union Station Trust
Texas & New Orleans Railroad
Texas & Pacific Railway
Abilene & Southern Railway
St. Worth Belt Railway
Texas-New Mexico Railway
Texas Short Line Railway
Weatherford Mineral Wells & Northwestern Railway
Texas City Terminal Railway Company
Texas Mexican Railway Company
Texas Pacific-Missouri Pacific Terminal Railroad of New Orleans
Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad
Tooele Valley Railway Company
Tremont & Gulf Railway
Tucson, Cornelia & Gila Bend Railroad
Union Pacific Railroad
St. Joseph & Grand Island Railway
Union Railway Company (Memphis)
Union Terminal Company (Dallas)
Union Terminal Railway Company (St. Joseph, Mo.)
St. Joseph Belt Railway Company
Wabash Railroad Company
Walla Walla Valley Railway Company
Warren & Ouachita Valley Railway
Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern Railroad
Western Fruit Express Company
Western Pacific Railroad
Western Weighing & Inspection Bureau
Wichita Falls & Southern Railroad
Yakima Valley Transportation Company
List "B"
1. International Association of Machinists.
2. International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders and Helpers of America
3. International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths, Drop Forgers and Helpers.
4. Sheet Metal Workers' International Association.
5. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
6. Brotherhood Railway Carmen of America.
7. International Brotherhood of Firemen, Oilers, Helpers, Roundhouse and Railway Shop Laborers.
8. Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employees.
9. Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees.
10. The Order of Railroad Telegraphers.
11. Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen of America.
12. National Organization, Masters, Mates and Pilots of America.
13. National Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association.
14. International Longshoremen's Association.
15. Hotel and Restaurant Employees and Bartenders International Union.
16. American Train Dispatchers Association.
17. Railroad Yardmasters of America.
HARRY S. TRUMAN
THE WHITE HOUSE
November 15, 1951