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United States. Presidential Railroad Commission documents

 Collection
Identifier: 5003

Scope and Contents

Consist of the transcript of the hearings, exhibits presented by carriers and unions, and studies prepared by the staff of the Commission.

Dates

  • 1960-1962.

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

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Conditions Governing Use

This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.

Biographical / Historical

The U.S. Presidential Railroad Commission was established by Executive Order No. 10891 of November 1, 1960, to consider a controversy between carriers represented by the Eastern, Western, and Southeastern Carriers' Conference Committees and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, the Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen, the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, and the Switchmen's Union of North America.

Specifically, the controversy surrounded the assertion by the carriers that firemen were not needed on diesel locomotives and that their positions should be eliminated. The unions, on the other hand, maintained that modern diesel locomotives were much too complex to be operated by one engineer and that firemen were necessary to ensure safety. Seventy-nine witnesses appeared before the Commission and statements were filed on behalf of one hundred and fifty-five additional witnesses.

Extent

40.06 cubic feet

Abstract

Consist of the transcript of the hearings, exhibits presented by carriers and unions, and studies prepared by the staff of the Commission.

Arrangement

I. Proceedings, 1960-1961.
Boxes 1-15
II. Labor union exhibits, 1960-1961.
Boxes 16-25
III. Carrier exhibits, 1960-1961.
Boxes 26-35
IV. Staff documents, 1960-1961.
Boxes 38-41

Related Materials

5526. United States. Presidential Railroad Commission. Arbitration Board 282.

Quantity:

15.3 linear ft.

Forms of Material:

Transcripts, exhibits, and studies.

General

Contact Information:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives Martin P. Catherwood Library 227 Ives Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3183 kheel_center@cornell.edu http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/kheel
Compiled by:
Ann L. Mann
Date completed:
1969
EAD encoding:
Casey S. Westerman, August 15, 2002
Title
United States Presidential Railroad Commission documents
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by Ann L. Mann
Date
August 15, 2002
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Revision Statements

  • 02/23/2024: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)
  • 2007-05-29: converted from EAD 1.0 to EAD 2002

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

Contact:
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca NY 14853