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Show NEW BOARD FINDS MEMBER DISQUALIFIED Oversight Not Serious, and Mediation Work Will Begin Monday. WASHINGTON. July When the new federal board of mediation met today to organize and begin adjustment ad-justment of the wage dispute between the eastern railroads and their train men, it was confronted by the discovery discov-ery that one of its members Assistant Secretary Post of the department of labor was legally barred from serving. serv-ing. The Newlaods law provides that in addition to the federal i-ommisaioner, the members shall be officials of the government who have been appointed to their original offices with the confirmation con-firmation of the senate. The assistant secretary of labor does not come under this classification. President Wilson's attention was railed to the oversight and word rime from the White House today that while someone would be appointed in Mr. Post's strad. the situation did not embarrass em-barrass the board, as the law provided that the president n.l appoint, in addition to a commissioner and an n'-i-tpnt. "not more than two" suh officers. Under that construction the appointment of another member see;n to be optional with the president. Commissioner William 1-ea ham hers, Assistant "omimi ;sioner Ha Hirer ;in. Judge Martin Knapp, the other mem Iters of the board received urgent requests todav from the railroads and the trainmen to begin work. Later it was announced that I'oni-ni I'oni-ni inner 'hambers, .Wff-tant ( om missioner Hanger end Judge Knaprt would go to New York tomorrow and bepin their work with the trainmen and the railroads Monday morning. |