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    "ocrText": "2nd Draft\nus\n-7-\nUpon certification by the Secretary of Labor to the effect\nthe dispute continues despute\nthat his efforts have failed and that a stoppage of work would\nvitally affect the public interest, the President, or his duly\nauthorized agent, should be empowered to appoint, within ten days\nthersafter, a Fact-finding Board similar to the Emergency Board\nprovided for under the Railway Labor Act.\nI recommend that during these ten days after the Secretary\nof Labor has made the above certificate it be unlawful to call a\nwlock-out,\nstbike or make any change in rates of pay, hours, or working\nconditions, or in the established practices in effect prior to\nthe time the dispute arose.\nThe Board should be composed of three or more outstanding\ncitizens and should be directed to mako a thorough investigation\nof all the facts which it deems rolevant in the dispute. In its\ninvestigation it should have full power to subpoena persons and\nrecords, and should be authorized to oall upon any Government\nageney for information or assistance. It should make its report\nwithin thirty days unless the date is extended by agreement of the\nparties with the approval of the President. The report should\ninclude a finding of the facts and such recommendations as the\nBoard deems appropriate."
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