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                  MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY


Claim of the General Committee of The Order of Railroad Telegraphers on the Missouri Pacific Railroad that:

        1. The Carrier violated the Agreement between the parties when it failed and refused to compensate B. D. Baldwin for eight (8) hours at the pro rata hourly rate of the position of CTC Telegrapher-Clerk at Gurdon, Arkansas, for each of the following holidays: Thursday, November 25; Saturday, December 25, 1954; and Saturday, January 1, 1955.


        2. The Carrier shall now be required to compensate B. D. Baldwin for eight (8) hours pay at the pro rata hourly rate of the CTC Telegrapher-Clerk position for November 25, December 25, 1954, and January 1, 1955.


OPINION OF BOARD: While existing facts in this claim are not identical with those
 ',present in Docket No. 27, said claim under consideration here involves the same parties and the same rules as were present in Docket No. 27, Award No. 27, previously considered by this Board.

 It is the opinion of the Board that the controlling factual situation here present, when considered in the light of the cited rules, is comparable to that considered and applied in the aforesaid award. For the reasons stated and to the extent indicated in Award No. 27, this claim is denied.

 FINDINGS: The Special Board of Adjustment No. 117, upon the whole record and all the
 evidence, finds and holds: `.

 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 Special Board of Adjustment has jurisdiction:over the dispute involved herein; and,

        That the Carrier did not violate the effective agreement.


        AWARD Claim denied.


                  SPECIAL BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT NO. 117


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C. 0. Griffith ---Em a Member G. 4I. ,7ohnso - Carrier Member
 St. Louis, Missouri--July 26, 1956