Today in Labor History Dec 27 President Roosevelt seizes the railroads to avert a nationwide strike

[Omaha Steve]

December 27

President Roosevelt seizes the railroads to avert a nationwide strike. His decision to temporarily place the railroads under the “supervision” of the War Department prompts the five railroad brotherhoods to agree to his offer to arbitrate the wage dispute - 1943

And this: December 27, 1943 - President Franklin Delano Roosevelt seized the railroads to avert a nationwide strike. His announcement that the railroads would be temporarily placed under the "supervision" of the War Department prompted the five railroad brotherhoods to agree to his offer to arbitrate the dispute.

Labor history found here: http://www.unionist.com/today-in-labor-history & here: http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?history_9_12_27_2009