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Executive Order 11443 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 11443—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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Monday, January 13, 1969
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3 min read (600 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 1969-01-13, 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
600
4,151 characters
Estimated Read Time
3 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
30.5
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations 

Exec. Order No. 11443, Lyndon B. Johnson (Jan 13, 1969). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-11443-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 January 13, 1969 LIST A EASTERN RAILROADS Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company (Including former BR&P territory and Strouds Creek and Muddlety Railroad) Central Railroad Company of New Jersey Delaware and Hudson Railroad Corporation Detroit and Toledo Shore Line Railroad Company Grand Trunk Western Railroad Lehigh and New England Railway Company Lehigh Valley Railroad Maine Central Railroad Company Monongahela Railway Monon Railroad New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad Norfolk and Western Railway Company (Lines of Former New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company) Penn Central Company (Formerly New York Central Railroad Company) Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad, including Lake Erie and Eastern Railroad Reading Company WESTERN RAILROADS Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company Camas Prairie Railroad Chicago and North Western Railway Company Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company (System) Colorado and Southern Railway Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway Company Great Northern Railway Company Illinois Central Railroad Joint Texas Division of CRI&P–FW&D Railway Company Kansas City Southern Railway Company Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Company Kansas, Oklahoma & Gulf Railway Company Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company Missouri Pacific Railroad Company Missouri-Illinois Railroad Company Norfolk and Western Railway (Lines formerly operated by the Wabash Railroad), 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 Company (Except NEO District) San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway Company Soo Line Railroad Southern Pacific Company Pacific Lines Texas and Louisiana Lines Spokane International Railroad Company Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway Company (System Lines) Texas and Pacific Railway Company Union Pacific Railroad Company Western Pacific Railroad Company SOUTHEASTERN RAILROADS Central of Georgia Railway Company Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company Clinchfield Railroad Company Georgia Railroad Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company Norfolk and Western Railway Company (Atlantic and Pocahontas Regions) Norfolk Southern Railway Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Company (including Potomac Yard) Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Company Southern Railway Company Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway Company Georgia Southern & Florida Railway Company New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad Company