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V. PRINCIPLES ESTABLISHED 57seek to represent the same employees." The Board will proceed withits determination of representatives, however, where the employeesin dispute are also claimed by a labor organization unaffiliated withthe same parent body. Thus, in Matter of Long-Bell Limber Company,"the Board stated :It Is to be noted that the I. A. M. and the Sawmill Union, both of whichare chartered by international unions affiliated with and subject to discipline bythe same parent body, are both herein seeking to represent the employees in themachine shop. We have consistently dismissed proceedings wherein two unionssubject to discipline by the same parent body have disagreed over the extentof their jurisdiction. However, since the I. W. A., which is not a party to thejurisdictional dispute, is seeking to represent employees of the Company in aunit which includes the machine shop, we must determine the question concerningrepresentation raised in this proceeding, irrespective of the incidental or collateraldispute over jurisdiction between the I. A M. and the Sawmill Union.2. THE DIRECTION OF ELECTION(A) DATE OF ELECTIONIn the past, the Board usually scheduled an election to be heldwithin 15 days of its direction. To avoid the necessity of applyingto the Board for additional time when an election cannot be conductedwithin the specified period, the Board now provides that the election"shall be conducted as early as possible, but not later than 30 days"from the date of the Direction of Election. But where the company'semployment was seasonal, the Board postponed the election until 60days after the company had resumed work.5°As stated in the last annual report, the Board will delay the conductof an election, where unfair labor practices have been committed,until the effects of the unfair labor practices have been dissipated.51The Board now specifically provides in its Direction of Election thatit will await advice from the Regional Director as to the appropriatetime to conduct the election. The Board will proceed at once, however,if all the parties agree to an immediate election. 52 Where nounfair labor practices have been committed and no other reason fordelay appears, the Board will not, despite the request of a union,postpone the conduct of an election."(B) ELIGIBILITY TO VOTEAs a general rule, the Board determines eligibility to vote on thebasis of the pay roll immediately preceding the Direction of Election."In the absence of evidence establishing the propriety of someother date, the Board has adopted a current pay-roll date even where'a See Third Annual Report, pp. 132-133. Matter of Weyerhaeuser Timber Company andinternational Woodworkers of America, Local No. 107, Boommen and Rafters, et al., 16N. L. R. B. 902.Matter of Long-Bell Lumber Company and International Association of Machinists,Local No. 1350, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor et al., 16 N. L R. B. 892.Matter of Willys Overland Motors, Inc. and The Pattern Makers League of NorthAmerica. 15 N. L R B. 864.Faurth Annual Report, D. 77.Matter of Western Union Telegraph Company and American Communications AssociationLocal 54—B, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, 23 N. L. R. B., No. 87.Matter of Rock River Woolen Mills and Textile Workers Union of America, affiliatedwith the Congress of Industrial Organizations, 18 N. L. R. B., No. 96.M Matter of Alabama Mills, Inc. and Textile Workers Organizing Committee, 14N. L. R. B. 257.