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Harry Truman: I hereby create a board of three members, namely, Grady Lewis, of Washington, D.C., Walter V Schaefer, of Chicago…

On the recordJune 2, 1948
I hereby create a board of three members, namely, Grady Lewis, of Washington, D.C., Walter V Schaefer, of Chicago, Illinois, and Curtis W. Roll, of Kokomo, Indiana, to investigate the said disputes.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Executive Order 9965—Creating an Emergency Board to Investigate Certain Disputes Between the National Airlines, Inc., and...

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