ARTICLE XIII - GENERAL PROVISIONS Section I - Court Approval

     This Agreement is subject to approval of the courts with respect Co participating carriers in the hands of receivers or trustees.

Section 2 - Effect of this Agreement

     (a) The purpose of this Agreement is to fix the general level of compensation during the period of the Agreement and is in settlement of the dispute growing out of the notices served upon the carriers listed in Exhibit A by the organization signatory hereto dated on or about February 2, 1981 and February 12, 1982, and the notices served on or about February 2, 1981 by the carriers for concurrent handling therewith.

     (b) This Agreement shall be construed as a separate agreement by and on behalf of each of said carriers and their employees represented by the organization signatory hereto, and shall remain in effect through June 30, 1984 and thereafter until changed or modified in accordance with the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended.

     (c) The parties to this Agreement shall not serve nor progress prior to January 1, 1984 (not to become effective before July 1, 1984) any notice or proposal for changing any matter contained in:

     (1) this Agreement,

     (2) Section 2(c) of Article XV of the Agreement of January 27, 1972, and

     (3) proposals of the parties identified in Section 2(a) of this Article.

and any pending notices which propose such matters are hereby withdrawn.

     (d) Pending notices and new proposals properly served under the Railway Labor Act covering subject matters not specifically dealt with in Section 2(c) of this Article and which do not request compensation may be progressed under the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended.

     (e) This Article will not bar management and committees on individual railroads from agreeing upon any subject of mutual interest.

SIGNED AT WASHINGTON, D.C. THIS 15TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1982.