EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 29

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 27, bearing date of the 20th of December, 1950, and signed by me, did direct the Treasurer of the State of New Jersey, Walter T. Margetts, Jr., to take possession of the plants, offices, facilities and equipment of the Public Service Electric and Gas Company, a corporation of the State of New Jersey, located at the following gas production centers:

• Paterson Gas Works, 200 East 5th St., Paterson, N.J.
• Harrison Gas Works, South 4th St., Harrison, N.J.
• Jersey City West End Gas Works, Foot of St.Paul's Ave., Jersey City, N.J.

or such part or parts thereof as might be necessary to the operation of such plants, offices, facilities and equipment in order to maintain the production of necessary and essential gas for home and industrial purposes and that the public interest, health and welfare might not be interfered with; and

WHEREAS, the aforesaid Executive Order was issued because the aforesaid Company and the Federation of Paterson Gas Workers, Independent; International Chemical Workers of America, Local #268, A. G. of L.; and United Association of Journeymen & Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of U.S.A. and Canada, Local #274,, the representatives for collective bargaining purposes of the employees in the above named gas production centers of said Company, had not reached a final agreement as to all conditions of employment effecting such employees through collective bargaining, and the dispute between said parties had resulted in a strike which interrupted the effective operation of the Company's gas production service thereby jeopardizing the public interest, health and welfare; and

WHEREAS, by the terms thereof, the said Executive Order was issued pursuant to authority conferred by Chapter 38 of the Laws of 1946, as amended by Chapters 47 and 75 of the Laws of 1947,and Chapter 14 of the Laws of 1950, and as supplemented by Chapter 308 of the Laws of 1949, in order to protect the public interest, health and welfare; and

WHEREAS, the aforesaid dispute between the said parties has now been settled by direct negotiation and collective bargaining and an agreement in writing has been signed by the said parties, as a result of which the labor dispute which interrupted the operation of the aforementioned gas production centers has been and is now settled: