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Harry Truman: I hereby create a board of three members, to be subsequently appointed by me, to investigate the said dispute.

On the recordMay 21, 1945
I hereby create a board of three members, to be subsequently appointed by me, to investigate the said dispute.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Executive Order 9553—Creating An Emergency Board to Investigate a Dispute Between the River Terminal Railway Company and Its...

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