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NUMBER 31

Washington, Wednesday, February 16, 1949

TITLE 3 THE PRESIDENT
PROCLAMATION 2827
R ed C ross M o n t h ,
1949

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS the American National Red Cross serves as a medium through which the people of this Nation can par ticipate effectively in the alleviation of human suffering whenever and whereever disaster strikes; and WHEREAS, specifically, the Red Cross expended $12,000,000 during the last fiscal year in helping 312,000 individuals whose communities had been ravaged by floods, fires, tornadoes, or other dis asters; and WHEREAS the Red Cross stands at the side of our troops wherever they are stationed throughout the world, and also provides invaluable assistance to those war veterans who are still disabled or are maladjusted to civilian life; and WHEREAS, in order to help meet a growing post-war need, which would be multiplied in the event of a national emergency, this agency has inaugurated a national blood program intended to ensure eventually the availability of life saving blood to the entire Nation; and WHEREAS the American National Red Cross through its 3,746 chapters contributes immeasurably to the health, welfare, and safety of our people and, acting in concert with its 65 sister so cieties, brings material comfort to the less fortunate of other lands; and WHEREAS for the continuance of its missions of mercy in the next fiscal year the Red Cross is appealing for voluntary contributions amounting to $60,000,000:
NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S.
TRUMAN, President of the United States of America and Honorary Chairman of the American National Red Cross, do hereby designate and proclaim the month of March 1949 as Red Cross Month; and I urge every citizen to re spond during that month as generously as possible to the humanitarian appeal of this organization.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have here unto set my hand and caused the Seal
of the United States of America to be affixed.
DONE at the City of Washington this 12th day of February in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sea l forty-nine, and of the Inde pendence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventythird.
H arry S. T ruman By the President:
D ean A c h eso n ,
Secretary of State.

P. R. Doc. 49-1261; Filed, Feb. 15, 1949;
9:18 a. m.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10037
C reating
an E m erg en cy B oard T o I n
vestigate a D is p u t e B e t w e e n th e D e n
ver & Rio G rande W estern - R ailroad C om pany and C ertain o f it s E m plo y ees
WHEREAS a dispute exists between the Denver & Rio Grande Western Rail road Company, a carrier, and certain of its employees represented by the Switch mens Union of North America, a labor organization; and WHEREAS this dispute has not here tofore been adjusted under the pro visions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended; and WHEREAS this dispute, in the judg ment of the National Mediation Board, threatens substantially to interrupt in terstate commerce within the States of Colorado, New Mexico and Utah to a de gree such as to deprive those states of essential transportation service:
NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 10 of the Railway Labor Act, as amended 45
U. S. C. 160, I hereby create a board of three members, to be appointed by me, to investigate the said dispute. No mem ber of the said board shall be pecuniarily or otherwise interested in any organiza tion of railway employees or any car rier.

The board shall report its findings to the President with respect to the said dispute within thirty days from the date of this order.
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CONTENTS
THE PRESIDENT
Proclamation
Red Cross Month, 1949________

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Executive Orders
Creation of emergency boards to investigate disputes with em ployees :
Carriers represented by Eastern Carriers Conference Commit tee, Western Carriers Confer ence Committee and South eastern Carriers Conference Committee_______________
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Co------------- -------

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EXECUTIVE AGENCIES
Agriculture Department
See also Rural Electrification Ad ministration.
Notices:
Sugar; delegation of authority.
Surplus property; designation of representative to determine equitable adjustment under sales or transfers_________
Rules and regulations:
NavaT stores conservation pro gram, 1949_______________
Warehouses:

Dry beans-----------------------S irup------- ---------------------

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Alien Property, Office of
Notices:
Vesting orders, etc.:
Kassman, Joseph____ _____
Mahr, Pauline, and George Mahr__________________
Trauer, Bernard---------------Usui, Mitsuo______________
Wolframerz A. G--------------

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Federal Power Commission
Notices:
Servicios Electricos de Piedras Negras, S. A., and Central Power and Light Co.; application for authorization to export electric energy_____
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