Executive Order 9987—Creating a Board on Inquiry to Report on Certain Labor Disputes Affecting the Maritime Industry of the United States

WHEREAS there exist certain labor disputes (other than those referred to in Executive Order No. 9964 of June 3, 1948, entitled "Creating a Board of Inquiry to Report on Certain Labor Disputes Affecting the Maritime Industry of the United States") between employers (or associations by which such employers are represented in collective bargaining conferences) who are (1) steamship companies or who are engaged as operators or agents for ships engaged in service from or to North Atlantic ports from Hampton Roads, Virginia, to Portland, Maine, or from or to other ports of the United States or its Territories or possessions, (2) contracting stevedores, (3) contracting marine carpenters, or (4) other employers engaged in related or associated pier activities, and certain of their employees represented by the International Longshoremen's Association (A.F.L); and

WHEREAS in my opinion such disputes threaten to result in strikes or lockouts affecting a substantial part of the maritime industry, an industry engaged in trade, commerce, transportation, transmission or communication among the several States and with foreign nations, which strikes or lockouts, if permitted to occur, will imperial the national health and safety:

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 206 of the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947 (Public Law 101, 80th Congress), I hereby create a Board of Inquiry, consisting of such members as I shall appoint, to inquire into the issues involved in such disputes.

The Board shall have powers and duties as set forth in Title II of the said Act. The Board shall report to the President in accordance with the provisions of section 206 of the said Act on or before august 20, 1948.

Upon the submission of its report, the Board shall continue in existence to perform such other functions as may be required under the said Act, until the Board is terminated by the President.

HARRY S. TRUMAN

THE WHITE HOUSE,

August 17, 1948