Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
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 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. 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. 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. 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