PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 600 -JUNE 23, 1938 Board may be removed by the President for inefficiency, neglect of duty, malfeasance in office, or ineligibility, but for no other cause. Principal, etc., of- "(b) The Board shall maintain its principal office in the District of Columbia, but it may meet at any other place whenever it deems Rules and regula- it necessary to do so. The Board is hereby authorized to adopt all necessary rules and regulations to carry out the powers, duties, and Seal. functions vested in it by this title. The Board shall have a seal which shall be judicially noticed. Experts, and other "(c) The Board may (1) appoint such experts and assistants to act personal services. maylotr epCo° 1 in a confidential capacity and, subject to the provisions of the civil- service laws, appoint such other officers and employees, as are essential Supp. III §§ 73,67c to the effective transaction of the work of the Board; (2) in accord- ance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, fix the salaries peCnstingent ex- of such experts, assistants, officers, and employees; and (3) make such expenditures (including expenditures for rent and personal services at the seat of government and elsewhere, for law books, periodicals, Printing and bind- and books of reference, and for printing and binding, and including expenditures for salaries and compensation, necessary traveling expenses and expenses actually incurred for subsistence, and other necessary expenses of the Board) as may be necessary for the execu- tion of the functions vested in the Board, and as may be provided for by the Congress from time to time. All expenditures of the Board shall be allowed and paid on the presentation of itemized vouchers therefor approved by the chairman or by any employee of the Board designated by the chairman for that purpose. Assignment ofwork, I business, or functions. "d) The Board is hereby authorized by its order to assign, or refer, any portion of its work, business, or functions to an individual member of the Board, or an employee or employees of the Board, to be designated by such order, for action thereon; and by its order at any time to amend, modify, supplement, or rescind any such assign- ment or reference. All such orders shall take effect forthwith and remain in effect until otherwise ordered by the Board. In conformity with and subject to the order or orders of the Board in the premises, any such individual member of the Board or employee designated shall have power and authority to act as to any of said work, business, or functions so assigned or referred to him for action by the Board. "MEDIATION Mediation. "SEC. 1008. (a) It shall be the duty of the Board, upon request of either the duly selected representatives of a maritime employer or employers or its or their employees who are parties to the making of a labor agreement, to encourage and assist in the making of such agreement, or, upon the request of both parties at interest, to assist in the interpretation of the provisions of an agreement already in existence. "(b) The parties to a dispute between an employee or a group of employees and a maritime employer or group of maritime employers, may request the Board to act as mediator in such disagreements. The Board may proffer its services in case any maritime labor dispute is found by it to exist at any time. When a request for mediation is granted by the Board, or when the Board on its own initiative proffers such mediation, the Board shall promptly put itself in communica- tion with the parties to such dispute and shall use its best efforts by mediation to bring them to agreement. "ARBITRATION Arbitration. "SEC. 1009. If the Board should be unable through mediation to bring the parties to a dispute to agreement in whole or in part, it shall, as its last required action, use its best efforts to secure the assent of both parties to arbitration of the matter or matters in dispute. 968 [52 STAT.
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