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Washington, Tuesday, June 22, 1948

TITLE 3 THE PRESIDENT
EXECUTIVE ORDER 9969
S uspension of E ight -H our L aw as to W ork by the Alaska R ailroad, D epart ment of the I nterior
WHEREAS the Alaska Railroad is the only means by which substantial quan tities of vitally needed materials and sup plies can be transported to interior points in the Territory of Alaska;, and WHEREAS the protection of our na tional security through the maintenance of military posts in Alaska is dependent upon the transportation by the Railroad of vitally needed materiel, supplies, and equipment for our armed forces; and WHEREAS the essential services per formed by the Railroad in the transpor tation of freight and passenger traffic are also of critical importance to the citizens of Alaska and to its economic develop ment; and WHEREAS as a result of the tremen dous burden of traffic transported by the Railroad during the war years immediate and extensive rehabilitation of track and roadway facilities is necessary for the safe and continued operation of the Rail road; and WHEREAS climatic conditions within Alaska preclude such rehabilitation ex cept during the short outdoor working season; and WHEREAS it is essential to the fullest and most effective utilization of such limited period that laborers and mechan ics employed by the Railroad be per mitted to work in excess of eight hours a day; and WHEREAS by section 1 of the act of August 1, 1892, 27 Stat. 340, as amended by the act of March 3, 1913, 37 Stat. 726
40 U. S. C. 321, the service of all la borers and mechanics employed by the Government of the United States upon any public work of the United States is limited to eight hours in any one calendar day except in case of extraordinary emergency; and WHEREAS I find that by reason of the foregoing an extraordinary emergency exists:
NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 1 of the said act of August 1, 1892, as amended by the said act of March 3, 1913, and as President of the United States, I hereby suspend for a period of five months, effective immediately, the above-men tioned provisions of law prohibiting more
than eight hours of labor in any one day by laborers and mechanics employed by the Government of the United States as to all work performed by laborers and mechanics employed by the Alaska Rail road, Department of the Interior, on any public work within the Territory of Alas ka with respect to which the Secretary of the Interior shall find such suspen sion to be essential to the accomplish ment of the purposes of this order: Pro vided, that the wages of all laborers and mechanics so employed by the Alaska Railroad shall be based on an adminis trative workwork of forty hours with overtime to be paid at time and onehalf for all hours of work in excess of forty hours in any such administrative workweek.
H arry S. T ruman T he W hite H ouse ,
June 19,1948.

F R. Doc. 48-5626; Filed, June 21, 1948;
10:48 a. m.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 9970
C reating a B oard of I nquiry to R eport on a L abor D ispute Affecting the B i
tuminous C oal I ndustry of the U nited S tates
WHEREAS there exists a labor dispute, other than that referred to in Executive Order No. 9939 of March 23,1948, entitled Creating a Board of inquiry to Report on a Labor Dispute Affecting the Bitu minous Coal Industry of the United States, between coal operators and asso ciations signatory to the National Bitu minous Coal Wage Agreement of 1947
and certain of their employeesrepre sented by the International Union, United Mine Workers of America, also signatory to the said agreement, involv ing wages and terms and conditions of employment; and WHEREAS in my opinion such dispute threatens to result in a strike or lockout affecting a substantial part of the bitu minous coal industry, an industry en gaged in trade and commerce among the several states and with foreign nations, and in the production of "goods for com merce, which strike or lockout, if per mitted to occur or to continue, will im peril the national health and safety:
NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 206 of Continued on p. 3335

CONTENTS
THE PRESIDENT
Executive Orders
Page
Alaska Railroad, Department of the Interior; suspension of eight-hour law as to work----- 3333
Bituminous coal industry of U. S.;
creation of board of inquiry to report on labor dispute---------- 3333
EXECUTIVE AGENCIES
Agriculture Department
Proposed rule making:
Milk handling in Chicago, HI., area______ I -------------------- 3342
Rules and regulations:
Plums in California; regula tion by grades and sizes 5
documents__ 3335, 3336,3337, 3338
Alien Property, Office of
Notices:
Vesting orders, etc.:
Abrahamson, Edmund, and Robert Abrahamson--------Dahms, Elizabeth------------Fink, Jo h n ---------------------Fischer, Henry and Minna Gregoire, Jean Albert------- Holcomb, Marie L-------------Kageyama, Teru---------------Keil, Bertha, et al-------------Sachs, Margaretha----------- Schott, John N-----------------United Aircraft Products, Inc_

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Army Department
Rules and regulations:
Bridge regulations---------------Danger zone regulations--------

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Atomic Energy Commission
Rules and regulations:
Domestic uranium program;
temporary allowances, Colo rado Plateau area carnotitetype and roscoelite-type ores-

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Civil Service Commission
Rules and regulations:
Competitive service; lists of positions excepted------------- 3335
Federal employees pay; war transfer_________________ 3335
Coast Guard
Rules and regulations:
Marine engineering and mate rial specifications for mer chant vessels:
Arc welding and gas welding- 3341
Piping systems------------------ 3341
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