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FDR: “The national interest demands that for the effective prosecution of the war there shall be no strike votes taken, or…”

On the recordMay 21, 1942
The national interest demands that for the effective prosecution of the war there shall be no strike votes taken, or dates fixed for the beginning of strikes, or strikes, lock-outs, or embargoes put into effect.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Executive Order 9172—Establishing a Panel for the Creation of Emergency Boards for the Adjustment of Railway Labor Disputes

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