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TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, White House letterhead, February 8, 1937. Letter to Walter C. Clephane, in full: "You are hereby designated and appointed, under authority conferred by the Railway Labor Act, as a member of an emergency board created by proclamation of the President dated February 8, 1937, to investigate and report to me respecting the dispute existing between the Chicago Great Western Railway (Patrick H. Joyce and Luther M. Walter, Trustees) and certain of its employees, and you are hereby especially authorized to act in conformity with law and my proclamation. The Board will organize and investigate promptly the facts as to such dispute, and on the basis of facts developed, make every effort to adjust the dispute and make a report thereon to me within thirty days from February 8, 1937." In fine condition, with a smoothed fold to the upper left corner and light overall wrinkling.
Written during Roosevelt’s second term, this letter reflects the federal government’s expanding role in mediating labor disputes that threatened the nation’s transportation network. The conflict involved the Chicago Great Western Railway and five operating unions representing engineers, firemen, conductors, trainmen, and switchmen; with a potential strike threatening essential rail service across five Midwestern states, Roosevelt invoked the Railway Labor Act to create an emergency board charged with investigating the dispute and seeking a settlement before interstate commerce was disrupted.
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