Executive Order 9918—Creating an Emergency Board to Investigate Disputes Between the Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad Company and Other Carriers, and Certain of Their Employees

WHEREAS disputes exist between the Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad Company and certain other carriers designated in list A attached hereto and made a part hereof, and certain of their employees represented by the seventeen cooperating nonoperating labor organizations designated in list B attached hereto and made a part hereof; 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 the said disputes. Each of the carriers involved shall be given independent consideration in such investigation, and the said labor organizations shall be permitted to function as a unit in proceedings before the board. 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 report of the board shall contain separate and independent findings with respect to each of the carriers involved. 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 any of the carriers involved or their employees in the conditions out of which the said disputes arose. LIST A Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad Company Atlantic and East Carolina Railway Company Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad Chicago, Aurora and Elgin Railway Company Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railway Company Colorado and Wyoming Railway Company Columbus and Greenville Railway Company East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad Company Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad Company Georgia and Florida Railroad Louisiana and North West Railroad Company Macon, Dublin and Savannah Railroad Company Meridian and Bigbee River Railway Company Midland Terminal Railway Company Mississippi Central Railroad Company Port Utilities Commission (Charleston) Tennessee Railroad Company Wichita Falls and Southern Railroad Company LIST B International Association of Machinists International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders and Helpers of America International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths, Drop Forgers and Helpers Sheet Metal Workers' International Association International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Brotherhood Railway Carmen of America International Brotherhood of Firemen, Oilers and Maintenance Mechanics, A.F. of L. Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employes Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes The Order of Railroad Telegraphers Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen of America National Organization Masters, Mates, and Pilots of America National Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's Unions, C.I.O. Hotel & Restaurant Employees' International Alliance and Bartenders' International League of America American Train Dispatchers Association Railroad Yardmasters of America HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, December 31, 1947