"That Rule 18, Paragraph (f) of the Agreement between the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees and the New York Central Railroad Company (including the Grand Central Terminal and Ohio Central Lines) was violated when the Carrier laid off its Track and Bridge gangs for short periods instead of first laying off the junior men in such gangs."
FINDINGS.-The Third Division of the Adjustment Board, upon the whole record and all the evidence, finds that:
The carrier and the employes involved in this dispute are, respectively, carrier and employes within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act, as approved June 21, 1934.
This Division of the Adjustment Board has jurisdiction over the dispute involved herein.
This dispute was jointly certified to the Third Division of the Adjustment Board.
The parties to said dispute were given due notice of hearing thereon.Hearing began December 11, 1936, and it is not as yet concluded, the parties, at their request, being granted additimnl time in which to supplement their statements. Under date of February 26, 1937, the parties jointly addressed a communication to the Board requesting that they be permitted to withdraw the case from further consideration by the Board, which request is hereby granted.