McKeon Unemployment Compensation Case

Opinion by

Woodside, J.,

The appellant was denied unemployment compensation because the Board of Review found his unemployment was due to his discharge for willful misconduct connected with his work. See §402(e) of the Unemployment Compensation Law, 43 P.S. §802(e). Prior to the decision of the board, the bureau and a referee also denied the appellant compensation for the same reason.

The claimant had been a provisional or probational employe of the federal government at the United States Naval Supply Depot, Mechanicsburg. On March 4, 1959, he was discharged from his employment because of his…