THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1973.

NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD

WITNESSES

DAVID H. STOWE, CHAIRMAN

GEORGE S. IVES, MEMBER

THOMAS A. TRACY, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

ROY J. CARVATTA, ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER

1 Selected resources as of June 30 are as follows: Undelivered orders, 1971, $87 thousand; 1972, $137 thousand; 1973, $137 thousand; 1974, $137 thousand.

WITNESS INTRODUCTION

Mr. FLOOD. We now have the National Mediation Board. The presen

tation will be made by David H. Stowe, Chairman.

I see, Mr. Stowe, you have a statement here. Do you have a biographical sketch?

Mr. STOWE. Yes, sir.

[The information follows:]

DAVID H. STOWE

Born in New Canaan, Conn., September 10, 1910. Married Mildred Walker, Chapel Hill, N.C. Children: David H., Jr., and Richard W. Educated at Washington and Lee University, Duke University. A.B. Duke University, 1931; M.Ed. Duke University, 1934.

Professional experience includes: Member, National Mediation Board, confirmed December 2, 1970; full-time labor arbitrator (1953-70); public member of the President's Missile Sites Labor Commission (1961-67); member of Atomic Energy Labor-Management Relations Panel (1962-73); Director, Manpower Utilization-Job Security Study of the Atlantic and Gulf Coast Longshore Industry, U.S. Department of Labor (1963-64); organizational disputes arbitrator industrial union department, AFL-CIO (1955-70); member of four Presidential Emergency Boards (various dates).

Prior Government experience: Administrative Assistant to the President of the United States (1949-53); deputy to the Assistant to the President of the United States (1947-49); U.S. Bureau of the Budget (1941-47); Chief Examiner, U.S. Bureau of the Budget (1943-47); assistant state director, North Carolina State Employment Service (1937-41). Other experience: Teacher-history and economics in junior colleges in North Carolina (1931-37).

Member of National Academy of Arbitrators and American Arbitration Association.

Democrat.

Residence: 7402 Glenbrook Road, Bethesda, Md. 20014.

GEORGE S. IVES

Born Brooklyn, N.Y., January 10, 1922. Son of Irving McNeil and Elizabeth Skinner Ives. Married Barbara K. Turner, August 14, 1948. Children: Elizabeth and Nancy. Graduate, Norwich High School, Norwich, N.Y., 1939; the Taft School, Watertown, Conn., 1940; Dartmouth College, 1943 (A.B.); and Cornell University Law School, 1949 (LL.B.). Admitted New York State bar, 1949 and the bar of the District of Columbia, 1959. Legal Assistant to Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board, 1949-50; associate attorney with Simpson, Thatcher & Bartlett, New York City, 1950–53; administrative assistant and legal counsel to former U.S. Senator, Irving M. Ives (N.Y.) 1953-58; private practice of law and labor arbitration, Washington, D.C., 1959-69; appointment by the President and confirmation by Senate as member of the National Mediation Board, September 19, 1969, to serve term expiring on July 1, 1975. Military service in U.S. Naval Reserve (Lt. S.G.) with active duty 1943-46. Member American, New York, and District of Columbia Bar Associations, National Academy of Arbitrators, and American Arbitration Association. Republican. Residence: 5969 Searl Terrace, Washington, D.C. 20016 (Bethesda, Md.).

Mr. FLOOD. How do you wish to proceed?

Mr. STOWE. I would like to read the statement if I may, Mr. Chairman, into the record.

Mr. FLOOD. Suppose you do.

GENERAL STATEMENT

Mr. STOWE. Mr. Chairman, members of the subcommittee, I appreciate your invitation to appear before the subcommittee and to discuss with you the National Mediation Board's budget for the fiscal year 1974.

The Railway Labor Act, first established by Congress in 1926, and composed in its present form in 1934, is administered by the National Mediation Board. This statute is designed to provide orderly procedures for the settlement of labor disputes in the railroad and airline industries. Additionally, the National Mediation Board handles questions of representation as they arise in these industries and interprets agreements made in mediation.