Smith Unemployment Compensation Case

Opinion by

Ross, J.,

This is an unemployment compensation case in which the claimant has appealed from a decision of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review disallowing compensation. The board found that the claimant had left his employment without good cause within the meaning of section 402(b) of the Unemployment Compensation Law as amended, 43 PS 802(b), and he took this appeal.

The claimant, employed as a truck driver by Scott Brothers, Inc., of Philadelphia, left his employment on or about November 29,1948, to campaign for election as business agent of his union. He remained away from…