' PUBLIC LAW BOARD No. 1838
 Award No. 18
 Case No. MW-PO-77-112
 Parties Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees
 to and .
 Dispute Norfolk and Western Railway Company

 Statement Elmer Kitchen was dismissed from service for conduct unbecoming
 of an employe of the Carrier. Claimant pleaded guilty -we ask
 Claim leniency in this instant case and return Mr. Kitchen to service
 without pay. '
 Findings The Board, after hearing upon the whole record and all evidence,
 finds that the parties herein are Carrier and Employee within
 the meaning of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, that this
 Board is duly constituted by Agreement dated March 1, 1976,
 that it has jurisdiction of the parties and the subject matter,
 and that the parties were given due notice of the hearing held.
 Claimant was dismissed from service, effective October 28, 1977,
 for conduct unbecoming an employee in that he was found to
 be in the possession of alcoholic beverages .and marijuana on
 camp car N&W527144, at approximately 6:00 AM on October 28,
 1977;. and for permitting two (2) unauthorized persons on said
 camp car located at the old P. C. Freight House, Circleville,
 Ohio.
 Claimant was given a formal investigation on November 18, 1977
 and he plead guilty thereto and requested leniency.
 This is a request for leniency. The Board finds in the
 circumstances that it shall dismiss same as a request for
- "An investigation was held on the facts as here outlined







A denial Award will serve as well as a dismissal.
 Award Claim denied.