[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 30, Number 35 (Monday, September 5, 1994)]
[Page 1728]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Letter on Appointments for Presidential Emergency Board No. 225

August 30, 1994

Dear Mr. Twomey:

    Pursuant to section 10 of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, I 
established by Executive order an Emergency Board to investigate a 
dispute between the Soo Line Railroad Company and certain of its 
employees represented by the United Transportation Union. The functions 
and the duties of the Emergency Board are set forth in the Railway Labor 
Act, as amended, and in the Executive order creating the Board.
    I am pleased to learn that you are willing to serve on this 
Emergency Board, and I hereby appoint you as Chair. This letter will 
constitute your appointment and your authority to act in that capacity. 
Each Member of the Board is to receive compensation at the rate of 
$429.00 per day for each day that you are actually engaged in the 
performance of your duties or in travel in connection therewith. In 
addition, each Member of the Board will be allowed per diem in lieu of 
subsistence while so engaged away from your home or your regular place 
of business.
    Sincerely,
                                            William J. Clinton

Note: This letter was sent to David Twomey, Chair, and similar letters 
were sent to Richard P. Kasher and Elizabeth Neumeier, members of the 
emergency board established to investigate the dispute between the Soo 
Line Railroad Co. and the United Transportation Union. This letter was 
released by the Office of the Press Secretary on August 31.