Evening star., 1953-07-15
Board 10 Invite
Presentation OF
Transit Case
Fuct-Finders to
Sound out Union
And Capitol Transit

S~ ~ PaN0u tb0uSbN
When the fact-finding board
in the Capital Transit Co. dis
pute is to get down to work de-
pended today on the readiness
OF the company and the transit
union to present their cases.
Still unanswered was the ques-
ton of the company's attitude
toward the fact-f1nding proceed
ure. The company has not said
it would cooperate, nor has it
said it would not. The union has
promiself full cooperation.
Vice Admiral Oswald S. Col
clough. USN, retired, chairman
of the board, said one of his
first steps would be to get in
touch with counsel for the COM
pany and the transit workers
union to find out their ideas on
procedure in presentation of their
cases.
Admiral Colclough was re-
minded there would be public
interest in the replies of the two
sides, particularly that of the
company. He said he would be
in no position to make such in
formation public until the other
board members are here.
Presently Away.
The other members, Thomas
w. Holland and John j. Corson,
are out of the city. Admiral Col
clough said they would return
to Washington as soon as they
are needed.
How soon they will return"
he added, depends to a certain
extent on the readiness and de-
sires of the company and the
union"
The boards membership rep
reSentS experience in a variety
Of f1elds-labor relations, law,
pensions, industrial management
and economics. The dispute be-
fore the board concerns the
unions demands for increased
pensions. denied by the COM
pany, and its contention that
the pension contract provides for
arbitration in case such a dis
pute is unsettled, which is also
denied by the company.
Admiral Colclough is dean of
faculties Of George Washington
University and former dean of
the law school. He was born 54
years ago at Monroeton, Pa. The
name is pronounced coalcluff.
He was graduated from the
Naval Academy in 1920 and re-
ceived his law degree from
George Washington in 1885. He
was Judge Advocate General Of
the Navy in 1945. His home Is
at 25 Grafton street. Chevy
Chase, Md.
In Public Interest.
On his appointment, Admiral
Colclough said: "This proceeding
is undertaken in the public in
terest. I hope the board will be
accorded good will and under
standing"
Mr.. Holland is an industrial
relationS-c conSultant and until
recently was chairman of the Re-
view and Appeals Board of the
Wage Sterilization Board. He is
So and lives at 200 Rosemary
street, Chevy Chase, Md.
A member of the District Bar,
he holds a law degree from CO.
lumbia and a ph.d. from the Uni
versity of Wisconsin. He has
taught labor problems at Cath
olic University and other uni
versitieS.
Once assistant labor manager
of Hart, Shaffner & Marx in
Chicago, Mr.. Holland has held
a variety of posts in Govern
ment. In World War II he was
chief of the employment division
of the War Relocation Authority
and was chairman of the truck
ing commission and the appeals
and review committees of the
War Labor Board. In 1948 he
was chief of the Division of In
ternational Labor, Social and
Health Affairs of the State De-
partment.
Specialist in Economies.
Mr.. Corson, associated with
McKinsey & Co., management
consulting firm, once worked on
newspapers in Richmond. He is
At. He was economist for a Vir-
ginia State investigation of elec-
trio utilities and from 1888 to
1888 was professor of economics
at Richmond University.
In Washington he has served
as executive director of the So
cial Security Board, director of
the Bureau of Old Age and Sur
vivors Insurance in the late 1930s
and early 1940s, and director of
the United States Employment
service. He was deputy director
general of UNRRA in 1914 and
1945.
Mr.. Corson was assistant busi-
ness manager of the Washington
Post from 1945 to December,
1850, when he joined McKinsey
& Co. He is a former president
of the American Society for Pub
lie Administration. He lives at
3601 North Abingdon street, Ar
lington.
The board members are to be
paid at the rate of SITS a day
from funds of the Federal Me-
diation and Cancellation Service.