Executive Order 10286 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 10286—Creating an Emergency Board to Investigate a Dispute Between the Pullman Company and Certain of Its Employees

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Thursday, September 6, 1951

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1 min read (251 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 Harry S Truman on 1951-09-06, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Creating an Emergency Board to Investigate a Dispute Between the Pullman Company and Certain of Its Employees." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

Constitutional Assessment: Scrutinized through Article II, Section 2, this action exercises the President's constitutional role as Commander in Chief. Early Framers recognized broad executive discretion in commanding military forces during conflict, provided it remains bounded by congressional declarations and respects civilian domestic courts.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ 160), I hereby create a board of three members, to be appointed by me, to investigate the said dispute.

▪ No member of the said board shall be pecuniary or otherwise interested in any organization of employees or any carrier.

▪ The board shall report its findings to the President with respect to the said dispute 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, to change, except by agreement, shall be made by the Pullman Company or its employees in the conditions out of which the said dispute arose.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments

Total Words

251

1,480 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

17.5

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 10286, Harry S Truman (Sep 6, 1951). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10286-creating-emergency-board-investigate-dispute-between-the-pullman.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

WHEREAS a dispute exists between the Pullman Company, a carrier, and certain of its employees represented by the Order of Railway Conductors of America, a labor organization; and WHEREAS this dispute has not heretofore been adjusted under the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended; and WHEREAS this dispute, in the judgment of the National Mediation Board, threatens 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 dispute. No member of the said board shall be pecuniary or otherwise interested in any organization of employees or any carrier. The board shall report its findings to the President with respect to the said dispute 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, to change, except by agreement, shall be made by the Pullman Company or its employees in the conditions out of which the said dispute arose. In performing its functions under this order the Board shall comply with the requirements of section 502 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended. HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, September 6, 1951