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 PROCLAMATIONS-SEPT. 10, 1941 WHEREAS the President, having been duly notified by the National Mediation Board that certain disputes between the carrier listed on the attached exhibit "C" and certain of its employees as they are represented by the following labor organizations: Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employes International Association of Machinists International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths, Drop Forgers and Helpers which disputes have not heretofore been adjusted under the pro- visions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, now threaten sub- stantially to interrupt interstate commerce to a degree such as to deprive the country of essential transportation service; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, and by virtue of and under the authority in me vested by section 10 of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, do hereby create a board to be composed of 5 persons not pecuniarily or otherwise interested in any organization of railway employees or any carrier, to investigate the aforementioned disputes and report its findings to me within 30 days from this date. The members of this board shall be compensated for and on account of such duties in the sum of seventy-five dollars ($75.) for every day actually employed with or upon account of travel and duties incident to such board. The members will be reimbursed for and they are hereby authorized to make expenditures for expenses for themselves and of the board, including traveling expenses and in conformity with Public, No. 212, 72d Congress, approved June 30, 1932, 11:30 a. m., not to exceed five dollars ($5.00) per diem for expenses incurred for subsistence. All expenditures of the Board shall be allowed and paid for out of the appropriation "National Mediation Board Appropriation Act, 1942" on the presentation of itemized vouchers properly approved by the chairman of the board hereby created. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this 10th day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty- [SEAL] one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-sixth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President CORDELL HULL Secretary of State. 44 Stat. 577. 45U.S.C.S§151- 188. Creation of board to Investigate disputes. 44 Stat. 586. 45U. s. C. J160. Compensation. Expenditures. 47 Stat. 382, 405. 5U.S. C.§ 823. Fund available. Ante, p. 495. EXHIBIT "A" CARRIERS Eastern Region Akron & Barberton Belt Railroad Akron, Canton & Youngstown Railway Ann Arbor Railroad Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad Co. Boston and Maine Railroad Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal 55 STAT.] 1675

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