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On the recordMarch 14, 1948
NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 206 of the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 (Public Law 101 80th Congress), I hereby create a Board of Inquiry, consisting of such members as I shall appoint, to inquire into the issues involved in such dispute.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Executive Order 9934-A—Creating a Board of Inquiry to Report on a Labor Dispute Affecting the Meat-packing Industry of the...

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