TLS as president, one page, 7.5 x 9.5, White House letterhead, May 14, 1957. Letter to George S. Bradley, in full: “In accordance with the provisions of the Executive Order of May 14, 1957, issued by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 206 of the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 (Public Law 101, 8th Congress), you are hereby appointed as a member of the Board of Inquiry created to inquire into the issues involved in the labor-management dispute which exists between the Goodyear Atomic Corporation and the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, Local 10689, at the Portsmouth, Ohio, plant of that company. A copy of the Executive Order creating the Board of Inquiry is attached.” Nicely cloth-matted and framed with two engraved plaques and an image of Eisenhower to an overall size of 31 x 21. In very good to fine condition, with overall light mottled toning.
On February 5, 1957, the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union went on strike at the Goodyear Atomic Corporation in Portsmouth, Ohio, with issues related to seniority, fringe benefits, a health and safety clause, length of contract, and an hourly pay increase of eight cents. With the Cold War at its height, President Eisenhower was determined to keep Goodyear, one of three free world producers of nuclear component U-235, operational, knowing that a strike threatened production and national safety. As a result, Eisenhower invoked the Taft–Hartley Act, a labor-management relations measure that authorized an eighty day federal injunction whenever a strike imperiled national health or safety. The use of the statute forced the union back to work on May 16, 1957. Oversized. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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