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Harry Truman: “Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman,President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power vested in me by the…”

On the recordMay 15, 1945
Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman,President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, and by virtue of and under the authority in me vested by section 10 of the Railway Labor Act, amended, do hereby create a board to be composed of three persons not pecuniarily or otherwise interested in any organization of railway employees or any carrier, to investigate the aforementioned dispute and report its findings to me within thirty days from this date.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri
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Proclamation 2653—Emergency Board, Colorado & Wyoming Railway Company—Employees

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