The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-22
TERMS OF THREE
 LABOR BOARD
 MEMBERS EXPIRE

Chicago, April 22.-The terms of three members of the United States Railroad Labor Board expired April IS, marking the first birthday of the ! Federal body as established under { the Transportation Act of 1920. One smember from each of the public, rall- way and labor groups terminates his { 0ne-year appointment.
 The one year members were Henry T. Hunt of Cincinnati, for the public w. L. Park, of Chicago, railway mem her and J. J. Forester of Washing ton D. c. representing labor. They may be reappointed successors appointed by the President, with the confirmation of Congress.
 The Railroad Labor Board con sists of nine members, three in each of the public railway and labor groups When the first appoint
 ments were made on April IS, 1920 one member of each group was aP-
 pointed for one year, one from each
 group for two years and the third
 from each group for three years. Alp pointments as vacancies occur are to
 be for five years.
 Henry Thomas Hunt, is a lawyer
 and former mayor of Cincinnati
 During the war he attended the first
 Harrison, being commissioned first
 lieutenant and subsequently being prmoted to Major in May, 1918.
 Mai. Hunt served with the A. B. F [
 the following January and was member of the War department Board of Contract Adjustment in Washington when appointed to the Labor Board.
 MT. Hunt was born in 1878 and . was graduated from Yale and Cincin-
 natl Law school, being admitted to the Ohio bar in 5c3Oaa++ lsO$, He He ing elected Ito the state legislature in 1906 for two years and serving as mayor of the city from 1912 to 1914
 William Lee Park, railway member, has been a railroad man since 1875, when he entered the service of the Union Pacific as a, brakeman, after studying at Seagroves Academy, , Omaha, Neb. Two years latter. at freight conductor and at 22, was made a passenger conductor He
 continued with the Union Pacific for
 35 years, acjing as superintendent of several western divisions.
 In March, 1910, MT. Park became .vice-presfdent of the Illinois Central and the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroads, in charge of operation, .maintenance of way construction ana hospital departments. In November, i191S. he was appointed vice-president .of the Chicago Great Western Rail- road in charge of all departments, continued with this road as federal manager under the U- s. Railroad Administration
 The Labor member, John J, For rester, was born on a farm in Ohia 6n 1867 and has been q railroad man since 1882 He began on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Cnow the New York CentraD as Q messenger and extra ticket clerk meanwhile teaching school and studying law in his spare hours. After a varied clerical experience on the Wabash and Clover Leaf he returned to the Inke Shore & Michigan Southern in 1902 at Toledo
 In 1904. Mir. Forester became as sistant chief clerk for the general su- perintendeut of the Hooking Valley iRahlroad at Columbus, O, and three years later resigned to accept posi- Eion as organizer for the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks He held various executive positions in the organiza- ton until his election in 1915 as grand president He was reelected Pr Tester ssre"' first st became ssSa a '' member of the clerks organization in 1899 and remained active in their affairs throush the consolidation which grouped all organizations under the n-esent Brotherhood Of Railway and steamship Clerks Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employees.
 Under the Transportation Act. members of the board may be norni- rated upon the occurrence of a va cancy. but no provision Is made for continuing present members on the boards until they are reappointed or until successors arc named.