(Brotherhood of Railway, Airline and Steamship ( Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and ( Station Employes PARTIES TO DISPUTE: (Reading Company ( Andrew L. Lewis Jr. and Joseph L. Castle, Trustees

(a) The Carrier violated the Clerks Agreement when on May 8, 1973 it suspended D. E. Cofield, Clerk at Rutherford, Pa., from duty for a period of ten (10) days.

 (b) D. E. Cofield be compensated for all wage losses sustained and his service record be cleared.

 OPINION OF BOARD: Claimant found it necessary to be absent on April 18,
 1973 and had a friend call to advise Carrier that he
 would not be in. The crew caller testified that he spoke with the person
 who called and was advised that Claimant would report for duty on April 19,
 1973. This advice came after the crew caller specifically asked whether
 he would be in on that date and the calling party left the telephone, ap
 parently checking this point with the Claimant.

 Claimant did not appear on April 19 and it was necessary for Carrier to make other arrangements Claimant at the investigation was that the party who called did not advise the crew caller that he would report for duty on April 19. Carrier obviously chose to credit the direct testimony of the crew caller, which was not subject to challenge on cross no procedural infirmity in the record. Carrier's decision was based on substantial evidence and no r






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: ~0& 0 is of
 x ecutive Secretary

        Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 30th day of September 1975.