PARTIES TO DISPUTE:

BROTHERHOOD OF RAILWAY & STEAMSHIP CLERKS,
FREIGHT HANDLERS, EXPRESS & STATION EMPLOYES

GULF COAST LINES; INTERNATIONAL-GREAT NORTHERN RR. CO.; THE ST. LOUIS, BROWNSVILLE & MEXICO RY. CO.; THE BEAUMONT, SOUR LAKE & WESTERN RY. CO.; SAN ANTONIO, UVALDE & GULF RR. CO.; THE ORANGE & NORTHWESTERN RR. CO.; IBERIA, ST. MARY & EASTERN RR. CO.; SAN BENITO & RIO GRANDE VALLEY RY. CO.; NEW ORLEANS, TEXAS & MEXICO RY. CO.; NEW IBERIA & NORTHERN RR. CO.; SAN ANTONIO SOUTHERN RY. CO.; HOUSTON & BRAZOS VALLEY RY. CO.; HOUSTON NORTH SHORE RY. CO.; ASHERTON & GULF RY. CO.; RIO GRANDE CITY RY. CO.; ASPHALT BELT RY. CO.; SUGARLAND RY. CO.



STATEMENT OF CLAIM: Claim of the System Committee of the Brotherhood that:


(a) The Carrier is violating the Clerks' Agreement at Austin, Texas, by requiring clerks, who hold seniority rights exclusively in Group 1, to perform Group 2 porter work. And


(b) Claim that the Carrier be required to assign the Group 2 porter work to employes who hold seniority rights and work in Group 2. Also


(c) Claim the employes who hold seniority rights and are working in Group 2 and who have been denied the right to perform and be paid for the Group 2 porter work be compensated for all losses sustained.




That the dispute was certified to the Third Division of the Adjustment Board ex parts by the complainant party; and


That no hearing thereon has been held, and under date of February 21, 1950, the complainant party addressed a formal communication to the Acting Secretary of the Third Division requesting withdrawal of this case, which request is hereby granted.



ATTEST: A. I. Tummon
Acting Secretary

Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 2nd day of March, 1950.