(Russell D. Lamping PARTIES TO DISPUTE: (Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company

 STATEMENT OF CLAIM: This is to serve hotice, as required by the rules of
 the National Railroad Adjustment Board, of my inten
 tion to file an ex parts submission on November 8, 1973, covering an un
 adjusted dispute between me and the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Com
 pany involving the question of whether I should be restored to my job as
 store keeper, which job I had previously been guaranteed.

 OPINION OF BOARD: The herein claim was the subject of direct conversa
 tions and phone talks between the Claimant and various
 Carrier and Organization officials; however, the claim was never submitted
 in writing to any Carrier official prior to the filing of Ex Parte sub
 missions with this Board. Such handling on the property self-evidently
 does not meet the requirements of Rule 45 of the Agreement under which all
 claims or grievances "must be presented in writing" and all appeals of
 denied claims must also be "in writing". On these facts, and the whole
 record, it is clear that the claim as submitted to the Board has not been
 presented and progressed on the property in accordance with the requirements
 of Section 3 First (i) of the Railway Labor Act, Circular No. 1 of the Na
 tional Railroad Adjustment Board, and Rule 45 of the applicable Agreement.

 In view of the foregoing the Board has no alternative but to dismiss the claim.



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;

 That this Division of the Adjustment Board has jurisdiction over the dispute involved herein; and









                        By Order of Third Division


ATTEST: L'fi(fV l
 Executive Secretary

 Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 31st day of July, 1974.