Executive Order 10048 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 10048—Creating an Emergency Board To Investigate a Dispute Between the Southern Pacific Company (Pacific Lines) and Certain of its Employees

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Wednesday, March 30, 1949

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1 min read (235 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

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This executive order, signed by President Harry S Truman on 1949-03-30, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Creating an Emergency Board To Investigate a Dispute Between the Southern Pacific Company (Pacific Lines) and Certain of its Employees." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

Constitutional Assessment: This action represents an orderly exercise of Article II administrative discretion, managing the internal machinery and personnel of the executive branch without abridging the ancient liberties of the people.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ 160), I hereby create a board of three members, to be appointed by me, to Investigate the said dispute.

▪ No member of the said board shall be pecuniarily or otherwise interested in any organization of employees or any carrier.

▪ The board shall report its findings to the President with respect to the said dispute 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 the Southern Pacific Company (Pacific Lines) or its employees in the conditions out of which the said dispute arose.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People

Total Words

235

1,402 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

16.8

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 10048, Harry S Truman (Mar 30, 1949). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10048-creating-emergency-board-investigate-dispute-between-the-southern.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

Whereas a dispute exists between the Southern Pacific Company (Pacific Lines), a carrier, and certain of its employees represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, a labor organization; and Whereas this dispute has not heretofore been adjusted under the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended; and Whereas this dispute, in the Judgment of the National Mediation Board, threatens substantially to interrupt interstate commerce to a degree such as to deprive a large section of 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 dispute. No member of the said board shall be pecuniarily or otherwise interested in any organization of employees or any carrier. The board shall report its findings to the President with respect to the said dispute 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 the Southern Pacific Company (Pacific Lines) or its employees in the conditions out of which the said dispute arose. HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, March 30, 1949.