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title: Notice to employers, employees, and labor representatives of the motor transport industry
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/notice-motor-transport-industry-1942/
description: Text-only notice in a red and black border, signed by the Director of the Office of Defense Transportation. Tagged by technique, with source and rights.
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# Notice to employers, employees, and labor representatives of the motor transport industry

Text-only notice in a red and black border, signed by the Director of the Office of Defense Transportation. It recalls the December 1941 no-strike, no-lockout pledge and Executive Order 9017, and calls on the motor transport industry to comply. The technique is faint here: the one emotional frame is the claim that any stoppage threatens the security of the armed forces.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
NOTICE
To Employers, Employees, and Labor Representatives
of the Motor Transport Industry
On December 17, 1941, representatives of labor and industry met in Washington and agreed that there would be no strikes and no lockouts for the duration of the war.
In the main, employers and employees in the motor transport industry have lived up to this agreement. Nevertheless, there have been numerous blots on the record.
Any stoppage of transportation service, however short, is a threat to the continuous production which is essential to the security of our armed forces and the safety of our country. With orderly procedures for settlement available, no disputes between employers and employees can justify such action.
Executive Order 9017, issued by the President on January 1, 1942, sets forth these procedures for the adjustment of labor disputes:
The parties shall first hold direct negotiations or employ the procedures provided in their collective bargaining agreement.
If not settled in this manner, the parties shall notify the United States Conciliation Service.
If not promptly settled by conciliation, the Secretary of Labor shall certify the dispute to the National War Labor Board, which shall finally determine the dispute.
On behalf of the Army, the Navy, the War Production Board and the Office of Defense Transportation, I call upon every employer, employee, and labor representative in the motor transport industry to comply with the President's Order.
[signature: Joseph B. Eastman]
Director
Office of Defense Transportation
[imprint: U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 495495]
```

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