Evening star., 1934-07-22
RAIL PENSION HEAD.
NAMED BY RADIO.
President Sends New Ap-
pointments From Ship
in Mid-PacifiC.

President Roosevelt again yes'er-
day used the radio from the cruiser
Houston in mid Pacific % execute the
order of the Eeventy-jhird Congress
This time the President transmitted
10 Washington MS appointments 70
Che new National Railway Mediation
Board. which is n handle railway
labor disputes, and designated also
the Governments representatives Of
the Federal Commission now being
Ert up to administer the newly en-
acted rail labor pension act
For membership on tho Mediation
Board the President selected DR. VIII
liam NJ. Leisorson as chairman. James
w. Carmalt and John Carmody. Mur-
ray Latimer, ct present associated
with James p Eastman. Federal CO
ordinator Of railroads. was nominated
as the neutral and Federal rcpresen-
tative on the three-menber commis-
sion which Will supervise the railway
pension set up
Pension Commission and hts two as
sociates viii be- designated by tho
railroad executives and the railroad
labor organizations. II Is understood
that J. T. Williamson Of the Burling-
ton Railroad will be The choice Of
the roads and Lee NJ Eddy vice prcsi
dent OF the order Of the Railway
TeleFraphers, will serve for the en-
ployes.
DragOoned Into Service.
Or. LeiSerson. who will head the
Mediation Board, virtually found him
self dragooned again into Federal
service. He is now chairman of the
Petroleum Policy Labor Board from
which he rendered his resignation
today effective August for the direct
purpose of returning to Antioch Col
lege at yellow Spring. Ohio, There
Dr. Leiserson intended to resume his
career as professor OF economies.
The fact is the news Of Presidents
appointment OF Dr. Leiserson to his
new post crossed the educators
formal statement of his retirement
from public life and return TO college
halls He quickly backtracked, how
ever, with the following brief state
ment.
'AS I had advised Administrator
1ckeS, had fully intended to return
to my professional duties at Antioch
College between August l and Sep
tember ! after a brief rest However,
President Roosevelt has paid me the
hAFanp Of ra1anft..sr &
the Railway Labor Board. consider
II a command to continue in the
Government service and shall accept
the appointment"
Carmalt, Eastman Aide.
Carmalt, who is a Washington at
torney and former chief examiner OF
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
has been one of Eastmans principal
aides in charting railroad co-ordi-
nation.
Carmody, now chief engineer of the
Federal Emergency Relief Administra-
tion, formerly was a mediator for the
National Labor Board. When the
bituminous coal code went into effect
last year he served as chairman of the
Pittsburgh Regional Board.
The new Mediation Board is de-
signed to act as sort of supreme
court in railway labor disputes. exer-
cising a number of powers not DOS
sessed by the board which pre-
ceded It.
Latimer, who will represent the
Federal Government as neutral
member of the Pension Commission,
also has been associated with the CO.
ordinator of transportation for the
last several months and is described
there as an expert on industrial pen
sions. He has written a number of
books on the subject and has advised
various industrial firms on pension
plans. A former instructor at Har-
ward University, he came to Wash
ington from New York.