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On the recordSeptember 19, 1979
I'm today appointing an emergency board, under the Railway Labor Act, to intervene in the labor dispute that has crippled the Rock Island Railroad since August 27.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Emergency Board To Investigate a Railway Labor Dispute Remarks Announcing Establishment of the Board.

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