Executive Order 9918

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.

Harry S. Truman⁠

The White House,

December 31, 1947.

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LIST A⁠

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  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

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  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
  

  
  

Notes

Revoked by:

• Executive Order 12553, February 25, 1986

See Related:

• Executive Order 9929, January 27, 1948
• Executive Order 9957, May 10, 1948