Presidential Press Secretary Jim Hagerty reads an executive order from President Eisenhower to newsmen here today invoking the Taft-Hartley Law in the dock strike. The President, acting at his vacation headquarters in nearby La Quinta today invoking the Taft-Hartley Law in the 6-day old dock strike, opening the way for the Government to seek an 80-day back-to-work order.

Photo is dated 1959.

Photo measures 10 x 7.5 inches.