Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
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 Employees' Conference Committee composed of 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 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 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. Richard Nixon THE WHITE HOUSE, October 3, 1969. LIST A EASTERN RAILROADS Akron, Canton & Youngstown Railroad Company Ann Arbor Railroad Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad Company Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad Company Boston and Maine Corporation Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal Buffalo Creek Railroad Canadian National Railways-- Great Lakes Region--Lines in the United States St. Lawrence Region--Lines in the United States Canadian Pacific Railway Central Railroad Company of New Jersey Central Vermont Railway, Inc. Chicago River & Indiana Railroad Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad Chicago Union Station Company Cincinnati Union Terminal Company Cleveland Union Terminals Company Delaware and Hudson Railway Company Detroit and Toledo Shore Line Railroad Company Detroit Terminal Railroad Company Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad Erie Lackawanna Railway Grand Trunk Western Railroad Indianapolis Union Railway Company Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Lehigh & Hudson River Railway Company Lehigh and New England Railway Company Lehigh Valley Railroad Maine Central Railroad Company Portland Terminal Company Monongahela Railway Monon Railroad Montour Railroad Newburgh and South Shore Railway Company New York and Long Branch Railroad Company New York Dock Railway New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad Norfolk and Western Railway Penn Central Company Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad, including Lake Erie and Eastern Railroad Reading Company Philadelphia, Reading and Pottsville Telegraph Company River Terminal Railway Toledo Terminal Railroad Company Washington Terminal Company Western Maryland Railway Company WESTERN RAILROADS Alton & Southern Railway Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company Belt Railway Company of Chicago Butte, Anaconda & Pacific Railway Camas Prairie Railroad Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Chicago & Illinois Midland Railway Company Chicago and North Western Railway Company Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad Company Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company Chicago, West Pullman & Southern Railroad Company Colorado and Southern Railway Colorado & Wyoming Railway Davenport, Rock Island and North Western Railway Company Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company Des Moines Union Railway Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway Duluth Union Depot & Transfer Company Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific Railway Company Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Company Fort Worth and Denver Railway Company Galveston, Houston and Henderson Railroad Company Great Northern Railway Green Bay & Western Railroad Houston Belt & Terminal Railway Company Illinois Central Railroad (including the Chicago and Illinois Western and Paducah and Illinois Railroads) Illinois Northern Railway Illinois Terminal Railroad Joint Texas Division of CRI&P-FW&D Railway Kansas City Southern Railway Company Kansas City Terminal Railway Company Lake Superior Terminal & Transfer Railway Los Angeles Junction Railway Company Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Company Manufacturers Railway Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway Minnesota Transfer Railway Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company Missouri Pacific Railroad (Including Gulf District) Missouri-Illinois Railroad Norfolk and Western Railway Company Northern Pacific Railway Northwestern Pacific Railroad Company Peoria and Pekin Union Railway Company Portland Terminal Railroad Company Port Terminal Railroad Association St. Louis-San Francisco Railway St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company Saint Paul Union Depot Company San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway Company Sioux City Terminal Railway Company Soo Line Railroad Southern Pacific Company (Pacific Lines and Texas and Louisiana Lines) South Omaha Terminal Railway Company Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway Company (System Lines) Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis Texas & Pacific Railway Fort Worth Belt Railway Kansas, Oklahoma & Gulf Railway Weatherford, Mineral Wells & Northwestern Railway Texas Mexican Railway Company Texas Pacific-Missouri Pacific Terminal Railroad of New Orleans Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad Union Pacific Railroad Company Union Terminal Company (Dallas) Western Pacific Railroad Company Yakima Valley Transportation Company SOUTHEASTERN RAILROADS Atlanta and West Point Rail Road Company,-- The Western Railway of Alabama Atlanta Joint Terminals Central of Georgia Railway Company Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company Clinchfield Railroad Company Georgia Railroad Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Jacksonville Terminal Company Kentucky & Indiana Terminal Railroad Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company New Orleans Public Belt Railroad Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad Norfolk and Western Railway Company Norfolk Southern Railway Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Company (Including Potomac Yard) Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Southern Railway Company The Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway Company The Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad Company The New Orleans Terminal Company Georgia Southern and Florida Railway Company St. Johns River Terminal Company Harriman and Northeastern Railroad Company LIST B International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Sheet Metal Workers' International Association International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers