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Executive Order 11356 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 11356—Creating an Emergency Board to Investigate Disputes Between the Carriers Represented by the National Railway Labor Conference and Certain of Their Employees

Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon B. Johnson
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Tuesday, May 30, 1967
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3 min read (634 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

Early Statesman synthesis distilling legal jargon into practical meaning, statutory anchors, and structural constitutional impacts.

This executive order, signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson on 1967-05-30, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Creating an Emergency Board to Investigate Disputes Between the Carriers Represented by the National Railway Labor Conference and Certain of Their Employees." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

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 these disputes.
▪ No member of the board shall be pecuniarily or otherwise interested in any organization of railroad employees Or any carrier.
▪ The Board shall report its findings to the President with respect to the 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 the carriers represented by the National Railway Labor Conference, or by their employees, in the conditions out of which the disputes arose.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People
Total Words
634
4,388 characters
Estimated Read Time
3 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
34.5
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations 

Exec. Order No. 11356, Lyndon B. Johnson (May 30, 1967). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-11356-creating-emergency-board-investigate-disputes-between-the-carriers.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →
WHEREAS disputes exist between the carriers represented by the National Railway Labor Conference, designated in List A attached hereto and made a part hereof, and certain of their employees represented by the Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen, a labor organization; 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 these disputes. No member of the board shall be pecuniarily or otherwise interested in any organization of railroad employees Or any carrier. The Board shall report its findings to the President with respect to the 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 the carriers represented by the National Railway Labor Conference, or by their employees, in the conditions out of which the disputes arose. LYNDON B. JOHNSON The White House May 30, 1967 LIST A EASTERN RAILROADS Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, (Excluding BR&P Territory) Strouds Creek and Muddlety Railroad Company Central Railroad Company of New Jersey Delaware and Hudson Railroad Corporation Detroit and Toledo Shore Line Railroad Grand Trunk Western Railroad Lehigh & New England Railway Company Lehigh Valley Railroad Maine Central Railroad Company Monon Railroad Monongahela Railway New York Central System New York Central Railroad Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Including Lake Erie & Eastern Railroad New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad Norfolk and Western Railway Company (Lines of former New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company) Reading Company WESTERN RAILROADS Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company Camas Prairie Railroad Chicago and North Western Railway Company Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Chicago Great Western Railway Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Company (System) Colorado and Southern Railway Company Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway Company Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Great Northern Railway Illinois Central Railroad Joint Texas Division of CRI&P—FW&D Railway Company Kansas City Southern Railway Company Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Company Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company Missouri Pacific Railroad Company Missouri-Illinois Railroad Company Norfolk and Western Railway Company (Lines formerly operated by the Wabash Railroad Company, identified as Lines West of Detroit) Northern Pacific Railway Northwestern Pacific Railroad Company Oregon, California & Eastern Railway Company Pacific Coast Railroad Company St. Louis-San Francisco Railway San Diego & Arizona Eastern Railway Company Soo Line Railroad Company Southern Pacific Company Former El Paso and Southwestern System Texas and Louisiana Lines Spokane International Railroad Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway Company (System Lines) Texas and Pacific Railway Company Abilene & Southern Railway Company Kansas, Oklahoma & Gulf Railway Company Texas-New Mexico Railway Company Weatherford, Mineral Wells and Northwestern Railway Company Union Pacific Railroad Company Western Pacific Railroad Company SOUTHEASTERN RAILROADS Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company Central of Georgia Railway Company Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company Clinchfield Railroad Company Georgia Railroad Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company Norfolk and Western Railway Company (Atlantic and Pocahontas Regions) Norfolk Southern Railway Company Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Company Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company Southern Railway Company Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway Company Georgia Southern and Florida Railway Company New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad Company Tennessee Central Railway Company