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White House Press Release, Statement by President Harry S. Truman
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JANUARY 26, 1946
STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT
I have just received a telegram from the National Media-
tion Board, reporting on the conclusion of mediation proceedings
in Chicago. A wage dispute between all the 134 principal railroads
of the nation and the railroad labor unions had been in process of
TRUMAN
mediation for the past three weeks,
NARA DERRY
The telegram informs me that an agreement to submit the
dispute to voluntary arbitration in accordance with the Railway
Labor Act has just been concluded between the railroads and eighteen
of the twenty railroad labor unions. About 1,300,000 employees are
covered by the agreement. As the Mediation Board pointed out, "this
is another demonstration that collective bargaining is still
functioning in this industry that has operated under the Railway
Labor Act for the past twenty years. 11
I am highly gratified at this report from the National
Mediation Board and congratulate the Board and the parties concerned
on their fine accomplishment.