Emergency Board To Investigate a Railway Labor Dispute Appointment of the Membership.

The President today announced the three persons whom he will appoint as members of the Emergency Board to investigate the Long Island Rail Road dispute. They are:

James J. Reynolds, of Washington, D.C., a former Assistant Secretary of Labor and Under Secretary of Labor in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. Reynolds was president of the American Institute of Merchant Shipping until his retirement in 1978. He will serve as Chairman of this Emergency Board.

Ida Klaus, of New York City, an arbitrator and mediator with more than 40 years' experience in the labor relations field. She has served as special arbitrator under the U.S. Steel agreement since 1975. She was executive director of the Office of Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining of the New York City Board of Education from 1962 to 1975.

Nicholas H. Zumas, of Washington, D.C., an attorney and arbitrator who has been in private practice since 1965. He is a member of the District of Columbia Board of Labor Relations and has served as assistant to the Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.