ON 1/4/88, RESPONDENT ANSWERED THE COMPLAINT AND RE- QUESTED AN INFORMAL SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE. ON 1/20/88, ALJ MARVIN E. JONES WAS DESIGNATED TO PRESIDE OVER THIS PRECEEDING. ON 1/28/88 ALJ MARVIN E. JONES SET 2/24/88 AS THE DATE WHICH THE PARTIES HAD TO ADVISE IN WRITING ON THE STATUS OF SETTLEMENT AND 3/25/88 AS THE DATE BY WHICH TO RE- SPOND TO THE PREHEARING EXCHANGE CONTAINED IN HIS LETTER.