SPECIAL BOARD OF ADJUSTIENT N0, 173 Award No, 21
 Case No. 22
 PARTIES TO DISPUTE: Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clmrks~



STATEMENT OF CLAIM: "Claim of the General Committee of the Brotherhood of Railway
 and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station
 Employes that the Carrier violated the Clerks' Agreement:

 (a) When they arbitrarily assigned January 2nd, 1956., as a vacation day each for Clerks J, C, Thompson and J, J. Colvin, both employed at the Carriers Los Angeles Freight Office.

 (b) That Clerks J, C. Thompson and J, J. Colvin be compensated at the rate of time and one-half at the rate of positions they were working, for January 2nd, 1956, in addition to the compensation received for the day,"

 FINDINGS: The Boardi, upon the whole record and all the evidence, finds that:

 The Carrier or Carriers and the Employee or Employees involved in this dispute are respectively Carrier and Employee within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act,, as approved June 21, 1934.

 The Board has jurisdiction over the dispute involved herein. The parties tp said dispute were given due notice of hearing thereon.

 The disposition of this case is governed by Award No, 2. Case No, 7., Special Board of Adjustment No, 173,

 AWARD: (a) That in scheduling January 2p 1956, as a vacation day for
 Los Angeles Freight Office Clerks J. C. Thompson and J. J. Colvin., the Carrier did not violate the Clerks' Agreement,




                        Ch rman


                    /s/ A. J. VanDercreek

                        Carrier Member


                    Is/ Stanley B. Eoff

                        Organi at on Member


Salt Lake City., Utah June 20, 1958