Executive Order 11876 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 11876—Creating an Emergency Board to Investigate a Dispute Between the Carriers Represented by the National Railway Labor Conference and Certain of Their Employees

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Tuesday, September 2, 1975

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1 min read (268 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 Gerald R. Ford on 1975-09-02, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Creating an Emergency Board to Investigate a Dispute Between the Carriers Represented by the National Railway Labor Conference and Certain of Their Employees." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

Constitutional Assessment: This action represents an orderly exercise of Article II administrative discretion, managing the internal machinery and personnel of the executive branch without abridging the ancient liberties of the people.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ 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 finding to the President with respect to the dispute within 30 days from the date of this Order.

▪ As provided by Section 10 of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, from this date and for 30 days after the 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 dispute arose.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

268

1,674 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 11876, Gerald R. Ford (Sep 2, 1975). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-11876-creating-emergency-board-investigate-dispute-between-the-carriers.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

A dispute exists between the carriers represented by the National Railway Labor Conference, designated in lists attached hereto and made a part hereof, and certain of their employees represented by the Railway Employees’ Department, AFL-CIO; International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers & Helpers; Brotherhood Railway Carmen of United States and Canada; International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and the International Brotherhood of Firemen & Oilers; This dispute has not heretofore been adjusted under the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended; and This dispute, in the judgment of the National Mediation Board, threatens substantially to interrupt interstate commerce to a degree such as to deprive a section of 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 this dispute. 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 finding to the President with respect to the dispute within 30 days from the date of this Order. As provided by Section 10 of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, from this date and for 30 days after the 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 dispute arose. GERALD R. FORD The White House, September 2, 1975.