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Captain G. D. Goss

Finally, it would seem advantageous for us to know with some degree of assurance whom we may expect as participants in the hearing before approaching the Secretary of Transportation for the purpose of designating a hearing panel as provided in Section 27(c) of the Petition. The nature and content of the Committee's contacts with the Secretary may be directly affected by the extent and content of the response to our letters of invitation, and by other factors which are likely to confront us in the coming weeks

The Committee may wish to consider the establishment of a rough timetable and sequence of events for this program, and one such possibility is the following:

May 10 Letter to all MEC's suggesting management contacts and support for Association position

May 20 Transmission and publication of letters of invitation to all prospective participants

June 15 Last day for scheduled receipt of responses to invitations

Week of June 17 Committee meeting

Week of June 24 Committee representatives meet with Secretary Boyd to consider selection of arbitration panel

Late June-Early July Selection and establishment of arbitration panel

Week of July 8 Meeting of Committee. Transmission of notices of prehearing conference to panel and participants

Week of July 22 Prehearing conference

Week of August 15 Commencement of hearing

With kind regards.

Sincerely,
[[signature]]

cc: Age 60 Committee
Donald W. Madole
James E. Meals
enc.