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• DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
• INFORMATION FOR USERS
• SUBJECTS
• CONTAINER LIST

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U.S. National Mediation Board Records Regarding Eastern, Western, and Southeastern Carriers' Conference Committee and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, 1907-1954
Collection Number: 5087

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library

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DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

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INFORMATION FOR USERS

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CONTAINER LIST

Container		Description	Date
Box 1		Briefs on Behalf of the Carriers (3 Volumes)
Box 1	Folder 1	Pattern Settlements
Box 1	Folder 2	Adequacy of Engineers' Earnings
Box 1	Folder 3	Historical Development of the Earnings of Engineers
Box 1	Folder 4	The Characteristics of the Work of Engineers and Other Classes of Operating Employees
Box 1	Folder 5	The Factors Responsible for the Changes in Relationships between the Earnings of Engineers and Other Classes of Employees
Box 1	Folder 6	Changes in Wage Differentials
Box 1	Folder 7	Relative Earnings of Newly Promoted Engineers and Job Preferences
Box 1	Folder 8	The Attitude of Employees Regarding Promotion
Box 1	Folder 9	Economic Brief on Behalf of the Carriers
Box 1	Folder 10	Brief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Box 1	Folder 11	Opening Statement of Guy L. Brown, Grand Chief Engineer
Box 1	Folder 12	List of Appearances
Box 1	Folder 13	Index of Witnesses
Box 1	Folder 14	Agreement	1954
		Scope and Contents August 17, 1954
Box 2		Carrier Exhibits
Box 2	Folder 1	The appearances for the Carriers
Box 2	Folder 2	Standard Basic Rates - Engineers Road and Yard Service	1915-1953
Box 2	Folder 3	Standard Basic Rates - Firemen and Hostlers - Road and Yard Service	1915-1953
Box 2	Folder 4	Standard Basic Rates - Conductors and Trainmen Road and Yard Service	1915-1953
Box 2	Folder 5	Earnings of Railroad Engineers	1954
Box 2	Folder 6	Earnings of Railroad Engineers, 1st Supplement.	1954
Box 2	Folder 7	Rules Governing the Classification of Railroad Employees, Reports of their Service and Compensation
Box 2	Folder 8	Wage Movement	1953-1954
Box 2	Folder 9	Pattern Settlements in the Railroad Industry	1937-1953
Box 2	Folder 10	Wage Differentials
Box 2	Folder 11	Differentials - Wage Rates and Earnings
Box 2	Folder 12	Differentials - Wage Rates and Earnings, 1st Supplement
Box 2	Folder 13	Differentials - Wage Rates and Earnings, 2nd Supplement.
Box 2	Folder 14	Excerpts from Report of the Eight-Hour Commission
Box 2	Folder 15	The Rates and Bases of Pay and Working Conditions of Engineers and Firemen	1907-1953
		Scope and Contents Volume I: 1907-1940. Volume II: 1941-1953. 15a. Miscellaneous agreements, Data and Excerpts from Records of Proceedings.
Box 2	Folder 16	Documents and Letters Pertaining to Supplement Number 15 to General Order Number 27
Box 2	Folder 17	History of the Diesel Rules Movement prior to the Second and Third Diesel Cases	1933-1949
		Scope and Contents November 1933-January 1949
Box 2	Folder 18	Documents, Letters, and Data Pertaining to the Diesel Agreement of January 25, 1944 between the Western Carriers and the Employees Represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers	1944
Box 2	Folder 19	Statement Showing Certain Details of the Working Conditions and Arbitrary Payments Enjoyed by Engineers, Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad
Box 2	Folder 20	Earnings Data - Engineers' Extra Boards
Box 2	Folder 21	Job Preference Studies.
Box 2	Folder 22	Job Preference Studies (Supplements).
Box 2	Folder 23	Age Groups of Locomotive Engineers; Earnings of Locomotive Engineers 65 Years of Age and Over
Box 2	Folder 24	Engineers' Job.
Box 2	Folder 25	Material Relating to Promotions Terminal Railroad Association of Saint Louis.
Box 2	Folder 26	Material Relating to Promotions, Saint Louis Southwestern Railway Lines.
Box 2	Folder 27	Map of Louisville and Nashville Lines.
Box 2	Folder 28	Louisville and Nashville Railroad Miscellaneous Data
Box 2	Folder 29	Louisville and Nashville Railroad Firemen's Seniority Rosters.
Box 2	Folder 30	Louisville and Nashville Railroad, Engineers Seniority Rosters
Box 2	Folder 31	Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company - Number of Men in Engine Service
Box 2	Folder 32	Comparisons of Casualties and Casualty Rates of Engineers and Other Operating Employees in Road and Yard Service
Box 2	Folder 33	Service and Earnings of Engineers on the Extra Board
Box 2	Folder 34	Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company - Number of Men in Engine Service
Box 2	Folder 35	Chicago Milwaukee, Saint Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company
Box 2	Folder 36	The Railroad Financial Situation
Box 2	Folder 37	Long term trends, railroads and other industries.
Box 2	Folder 38	Train studies.
Box 2	Folder 39	Supplemental material relating to the current wage movement.
Box 2	Folder 40	Pennsylvania Railroad
Box 2	Folder 41	Pennsylvania Railroad Statement showing number of Promoted Engineers
Box 2	Folder 42	Louisville and Nashville Railroad: Economic and Financial Data
Box 2	Folder 43	Illustrative Examples of Mountain and Desert Differentials Paid to Engineers
Box 2	Folder 44	Total Number of Enginemen and Enginemen Assigned to Passenger Service
Box 2	Folder 45	Statement of William White before Emergency Board 106
		Scope and Contents February 19, 1954
Box 2	Folder 46	Supplement to Carriers Exhibit Number 36: The Railroad Financial Situation.
Box 2	Folder 47	Analysis of Increase in Straight Time Hourly Earnings Engineers and Firemen
Box 3		Union Exhibits
Box 3	Folder 1	Wage Request Notice (page 120)
Box 3	Folder 2	Letter (page 130)	1954
		Scope and Contents January 12, 1954
Box 3	Folder 3	Letter (page 131)	1954
		Scope and Contents January 13, 1954
Box 3	Folder 4	Agreement (page 144)	1952
		Scope and Contents May 23, 1952
Box 3	Folder 5	Amended Agreement (page 146)
Box 3	Folder 6	Basic Rates - Engineers (page 150)
Box 3	Folder 7	Basic Rates - Firemen (page 150)
Box 3	Folder 8	Release - Association of American Railroads (page 156)
Box 3	Folder 9	Rules - Chicago and Northwest Transportation Company
Box 3	Folder 10	"Rules Jersey Central." - New York and Long Branch
Box 3	Folder 11	"Rules Erie"
Box 3	Folder 12	"Rules Santa Fe"
Box 3	Folder 13	"Timetable Chicago and North Western"
Box 3	Folder 14	"Timetable Baltimore and Ohio"
Box 3	Folder 15	Timetable New York City"
Box 3	Folder 16	Timetable Pennsylvania Railroad"
Box 3	Folder 17	"Timetable Pennsylvania Railroad, Phila Terminal"
Box 3	Folder 18	"Timetable Central Railroad of New Jersey"
Box 3	Folder 19	Timetable, Reading"
Box 3	Folder 20	"Differentials"
Box 3	Folder 21	"Difference - Rates and Earnings"
Box 3	Folder 22	"Cost of Living Adjustments"
Box 3	Folder 23	"Occupational Wage Differentials"
Box 3	Folder 24	"Engineers' Wage Differentials"
Box 3	Folder 25	"Engineers' Wage Differentials (Not Narrowed)"
Box 3	Folder 26	"Engineer Wage Differentials (Why and How)"
Box 3	Folder 27	"Jones Book"
Box 3	Folder 28	"History of Differentials"
Box 3	Folder 29	"Steps - Collective Bargaining"
Box 3	Folder 30	"Wage Comparisons"
Box 3	Folder 31	Letter (page 625)
		Scope and Contents February 23, 1954. 31a. "Wadlow to Davisson." 31b. Letter - November (page 625). 31c. "Wadlow to Beattie."
Box 3	Folder 32	"Different Average Earnings"
Box 3	Folder 33	"United States Steel - Job Titles"
Box 3	Folder 34	"Bureau of Labor Statistics Wage Chronologies"
Box 3	Folder 35	"Re-establishing Railroad Engineers' Wage Differentials"
Box 3	Folder 36	"Revised Table 50"
Box 3	Folder 37	"Revised Table 51"
Box 3	Folder 38	"Bulletin Number 1883, March 21, 1950"	1950
Box 3	Folder 39	"Wage Increases of Railroad Engineers"
Box 3	Folder 40	Newspaper Clippings (page 1053)
Box 3	Folder 41	No information available
Box 3	Folder 42	"Differential change"
Box 3	Folder 43	"Adv - Salina, Kansas, May 5, 1954"	1954
Box 3	Folder 44	"Seniority Roster - Allegheny Division"
Box 3	Folder 45	"Price Movement - Dow Jones Averages"
Box 3	Folder 46	"Annual report - 1953 Milwaukee Road"	1953
Box 3	Folder 47	"The Positive Side of the Tracks"
Box 3	Folder 48	"Current Assets and Liabilities, Selected companies"
Box 3	Folder 49	"Trend in Prices, Pennsylvania Railroad and Others"
Box 3	Folder 50	"107th Annual Report of the Pennsylvania Railroad"
Box 3	Folder 51	"Excerpts - Emergency Board Report September 25, 1943"	1943
Box 3	Folder 52	"Annual Report of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company, 1953"	1953
Box 3	Folder 53	"National Income Originating in Transportation and Communication Industries 1939 and 1952"	1939-1952
		Scope and Contents 1939 and 1952.
Box 3	Folder 54	"Railroads' Financial Strength"
Box 3	Folder 55	"Plights of the Railroads"
Box 3	Folder 56	"Statements concerning future outlook from Carriers Annual Reports for 1953"	1953
Box 3	Folder 57	"Summary of Court and Commission Cases on Rate of Return"
Box 3	Folder 58	"Percent Earned on Net Property - 1953"	1953
Box 3	Folder 59	"Wage Differentials to Railroad Engineers" Rebuttal Exhibit
Box 3	Folder 60	Reports Number 3503, 3526, 3533, 3546, 3510, 3532, 3540, and 3551 marked 60-A to 60-C respectively. Reports Numbers 3257, 3265, 3242, and 3281 marked 60-H through 60-K, respectively. Reports Numbers 3437 and 3419 Exparte Numbers 178, 181, 186 marked 60L t
Box 3	Folder 61	Letter from Whitmire to Davison	1954
		Scope and Contents June 24, 1954
Box 3	Folder 62	"Assignment Sheets, Locomotive Firemen, Term." Railroad Association of Saint Louis	1954
		Scope and Contents June 23, 1954.
Box 3	Folder 63	"Table Number 1 - Changes in Hourly Wage Rates, Day Shifts, Chicago Printing Industry."
Box 3	Folder 64	"The Future - What Jim Sims Is Doing About It"
Box 3	Folder 65	"Mr Unterberger's Comments"
Box 4		Transcripts of Proceedings