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extension of time for justifiable cause, such request will be com- piled with.
 Article XIV - Vacations
 Section 1. The Employer hereby agrees to grant 8 vacation of one CD week with pay to all employees having between twelve (12) months and five (5) years of ser vice with the Employer; and to grant vacation of two (2) weeks with pay to all employees having five (5) or more years of service with the Employer. Length of service will be figured between July and October 1 inclusive. In- terrupted service will be additiVe subject to the provisions of Article VII of this Agreement.
 Section ?. The vacation pay is to be based on the normal rate of the employee at the time 1t Is received by him and shall be calculated at straight time for the standard work week of the plant as of July 1st, except i'm the event that the stand ard work week of the plant should be changed between October 1st of the previous year and July list. In the event the standard work week Is so changed, then the vaca- ton pay will be calculated on the average of the standard work week between October 1st of the previ- Ous year and July 1st. The vaca- ton pay will be paid on or about July list to employees then eligible and will be paid on or about Octo- Der 1st to employees who become eligible between July 1st and De- tOber 1st.
 Section 3. Vacations shall be ta- ken between June 1st and October 1st, except when special arrange mentS are made. 1t shall b0 the policy of the Employer to grant time off for vacation purposes In granting time off every effort will be made by the Empiyer to meet the desires of an employee as to the time of his vacation. I'm the event of conflicting requests, the employee with greater length of service shall have the preference. Subject to the above, vacations will be taken by an employee at . time approved by the head of the de- partment in which the employee Is working. If production require ments prevent time off during the regular vacation period, arrange ments shall be made to give the employee time off at anOther time. The employer shall have the right to shut down the plant for vaca- ton purposes.
 Section 4. Employees who are inducted into the Armed Forces of the United States while in the employ of the Employer shall re- ceive prOrate vacation pay when due, for the period worked.
 Section 5. Employees laid off or terminated for lack of work prior to July 1st, and who at the time of Iay-Off are eligible for vacation pay as provided i'm the first sentence of Section l, and who did not receive a vacation, or pay in lieu thereof, during the previous vacation perl cd, shall be given their vacation pay at the time of lay-Off.
 Section 6. Employees who do not receive their vacation pay because they are unable to work due to lll- ness or injury, certified by doc tors certificate, at the time vaca- ton pay is distributed and who are eligible for vacation as prOvid- ed in Section 1, will be sent their vacation pay. This section shall not apply to employees who do not work within three (3) months prior to the date when the vacation pay is distributed.
 Section 2. Employees who did not receive vacation pay because they were terminated for lack of work during the ten QO) week period prior to July l, 1945, and who would be eligible for vacation as provided in Section 1, will be given their vacation pay if they are re- called to work before October l, 1945, after they have worked at least thirty (3O) days following their recall.