READING COMPANY , . . .


STATnfENT
 OF CLAIM: "Claim of the General Committee of The Order of Railroad .
 Telegraphers on the Reading Company, .that:

              ·1. Carrier violated the parties' Agreement because it failed and refused to allow R. S. Meyer to exercise his rights to displace on the Station -66'gent position at Sphrata, Pennsylvania,


            2. Carrier shall compensate R. S. Meyer the difference

              in wages between the amount earned and what he would.

              have earned had his displacement been allowed (including -

              express commissions), commencing November 11, 1961; the

              · amounts due to be determined by a joint check of Carrier records,


FINDINGS: Even if we were to find that the':claimant was privileged
 to exercise displacement rights under the agreement of'October
 10, 1961, it is clear that he did not . do so within the time
 limited by Article 27 as he received riotice:.of the.changefi
 affecting him on October 13, 1961, so the claim cannot be
 sustained,

 AWARD: Claim denied., SPECIAL BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT N0.° NO.~591fe?)PIsl Dudley E. Whiting
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                    /s/ Dudley E. Whiting

                    DUDLEY . WHITING, CHAIRMAN .


/s/ John T. Finnegan /s/ V. W. Bigelow
 JOHN T. FINNEGAN ' ' . W. BIGELOW
 Organization Member Carrier Member
 PHILADELPHIA, PA. ,·
 J AN 1 ~ 1966 . ..