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II. THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ; BOARD 9 3. EXPEDITION OF FORMAL PROCEEDINGS The new policy in relation to hearings in representation cases adopted during the prior fiscal year has been continued. 5 In uncomplicated cases, for the purpose of expeditious handling, employees attached to Regional Offices are assigned as trial examiners to hear formal representation cases. The assignment is made by the Chief Trial Examiner, and Trial Examiners from Washington are sent into the field only in cases involving complex factual or legal problems. All representation cases are transferred immediately to the Board after hearing. In complaint cases, after a formal hearing, the Trial Examiner is aided in the preparation of his Intermediate Report by attorneys attached to the staff of the Chief Trial Examiner in Washington. It is the function of these attorneys to familiarize themselves with records heard by the Trial Examiners, and assist in the preparation of the Intermediate Report. They compare findings of fact in the Intermediate Report with the record and prepare memoranda relating to the legal, procedural and other problems in the case. Review attorneys examine the record of the proceedings after exceptions have been taken to the Intermediate Report. They examine the formal transcript to bring to the attention of the Board any discrepancy between the Intermediate Report and the Record, and the exceptions to the Intermediate Report raised by any party to the proceedings.° The Board, in deciding the case thereafter, has before it the record, the Intermediate Report, the exceptions thereto, the briefs of the parties, and the memorandum submitted by the review attorney. The procedural changes set out above have speeded the time between hearings and final decisions in both representation and complaint cases. Cf. Chapter VIII, Fifth Annual Report, p. 123. 4 Cf. Chapter 4, Part A, Final Report of the Attorney General's Committee on Administrative Procedure.
CHAPTER III STATISTICAL RECORD OF BOARD ACTIVITY 1 SUMMARY OF BOARD ACTIVITY The fiscal year 1941 was marked by a great increase in the number of new cases filed with the National Labor Relations Board. There were 9,151 charges and petitions involving 2,373,361 workers filed with the Board during the year, or over 50 percent more charges and petitions than the 6,177 filed in 1940 (table 2). Not only did the number of new cases received in 1941 greatly exceed the number received in 1940; it also exceeded the number received in any year in the Board's history except the fiscal year 1938 when the Supreme Court decision validating the National Labor Relations Act evoked a flood of new cases (table 2). The increase in Board activity was accelerated during the course of the year. The number of new cases received increased from month to month. During the first quarter, the Board received a total of 1,721 new cases; in the second quarter, the number increased to 1,886; in the third, to 2,513; and, in the fourth, to 3,031 (table 3). There was a much greater increase in the number of representation cases than in the number of unfair labor practice cases filed. Only 22 percent more unfair labor practice cases were filed in 1941 than in 1940-4,817 compared with 3,934—but almost 100 percent more representation cases were filed in the later year than in the earlier- 4,334 compared with 2,243. Indeed, the number of petitions filed in 1941 exceeded the number filed in any earlier year in the Board's history, not excepting the fiscal year 1938, the previous peak year (table 3). The year was also marked by an increase in cases closed. There were 8,396 cases, involving 2,082,036 workers, closed in 1941. In 1940, 7,354 cases, involving 1,488,020 workers, were closed. The number of cases closed in 1941 exceeded the number closed in any previous year in the Board's history except the fiscal year 1938, when 8,851 cases were closed. As in cases filed, the increase in representation cases closed was much more marked than the increase in unfair labor practice cases closed. Only 1 percent more unfair labor practice cases were closed in 1941 than in 1940-4,698 compared with 4,664. In contrast, the number of representation cases closed in 1941 exceeded the number closed in 1940 by 37 percent-3,698 compared with 2,690. Indeed, a greater number of representation cases were closed than in any previous year in the Board's history, not excepting 1938 (table 10). Despite the substantial number of cases closed in 1941, the increase in cases received was so great that there was an accumulation of cases on the Board's docket during the year. There were 2,911 cases pending in the regions and before the Board at the beginning of the Statistics on Board cases are given in tables on pp. 20-39. A list of the tables is given on p. V. 10
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VI. LITIGATION 101 Other procedural
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APPENDIX A REGIONAL OFFICES—LOCAT
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APPENDIX B CASES HEARD DURING THE F
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APPENDIX B 115 Western Printing Co.
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