Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

By virtue of the power vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, I do hereby create a board to be composed of those persons not pecuniarily or otherwise interested in any organization of railway employees or any carrier.

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Proclamation 2224—Emergency Board, Chicago Great Western Railroad (Patrick H. Joyce and Luther M. Walter, Trustees),...

02/07/1937

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