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PROCLAMATIONS-DEC. 12, 14, 1944 Ante, p. 568. Appropriation available. Ante, p. 568. December 14,1944 [No. 2634] they are hereby authorized to make expenditures for expenses for themselves and of the board, including necessary transportation expenses, and in conformity with Public No. 373-78th Congress, approved June 28, 1944, not to exceed six dollars ($6.00) per diem in lieu of subsistence while so employed. All expenditures of the Board shall be allowed and paid for out of the appropriation "Arbitration and Emergency Boards, National Mediation Board, 1945" on the presentation of itemized vouchers properly approved by the chairman of the board hereby created. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington this 12 th day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and [SEAL] forty-four, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-ninth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President E. R. STETTINIUS, Jr. Secretary of State EMERGENCY BOARD, SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY-EMPLOYEES BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, the President, having been duly notified by the National Mediation Board that a dispute between the Seaboard Air Line Railway, a carrier, and certain of its employees represented by the following labor organization: Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen which dispute has not heretofore been adjusted under the provisions 44 Stat. 57. of the Railway Labor Act, amended, now threatens substantially to 45U. .C.{151- 88; Supp. ii, c.' interrupt interstate commerce within the States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Florida to a degree such as to deprive that section of the country of essential transporta- tion service; Creation to boardto NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Presi- dent of the United States of America, by virtue of the power vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, and by virtue of and under the authority in me vested by Section 10 of the Railway 44stat. . Labor Act, amended, do hereby create a board to be composed of 4U. S. C. three persons not pecuniarily or otherwise interested in any organiza- tion of railway employees or any carrier, to investigate the afore- mentioned dispute and report its findings to me within thirty days from this date. compensation of The members of this board shall be compensated for and on account members of such duties in the sum of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) for every day actually employed with or upon account of travels and duties incident to such board. The members will be reimbursed for and they are hereby authorized to make expenditures for expenses for themselves and of the board, including transportation expenses, and Ant, p. 668. in conformity with Public No. 373-78th Congress, approved June 28, 1944, not to exceed six dollars ($6.00) per diem in lieu of subsistence while so employed. App 0 ropriation Al expenditures of the Board shall be allowed and paid for out of the appropriation "Arbitration and Emergency Boards, National [58 STAT.