NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD

THIRD DIVISION

THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY

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

(a) The Carrier violated the Clerics' Rules Agreement, effective May 1, 1942, except as amended, particularly Rules 2-A-3 and 3-C-1, when it denied Earl C. Wilson the right to exercise his seniority in displacing a junior employe in the Office of Auditor Passenger Traffic, under the jurisdiction of the Comptroller, located at 32nd Street Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

(b) Earl C. Wilson be allowed the difference between a Grade "A" rate and a Grade "B" rate beginning November 1, 1957, until adjusted. (Docket 536.)

FINDINGS: The Third Division of the Adjustment Board, upon the whole record and all the evidence, finds and holds:

That the Carrier and Employe involved in this dispute are respectively carrier and employe within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act, as approved June 21, 1934;

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

That hearing thereon was waived by the parties and under date of October 4, 1960, the parties jointly addressed a formal communication to the Secretary of the Third Division requesting withdrawal of this case from further consideration by the Division, which request is hereby granted.

AWARD