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FDR: “I hereby create a board to be composed of three persons not pecuniarily or otherwise interested in any organization of…”

On the recordApril 25, 1937
I hereby create a board to be composed of three persons not pecuniarily or otherwise interested in any organization of railway employees or any carrier.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Proclamation 2235—Emergency Board, Pennsylvania; Long Island; Baltimore and Ohio; Reading; Central Railroad of New Jersey;...

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