United States. Presidential Railroad Commission documents
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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
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
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca NY 14853