Deak v. Pace, Jr., Secretary of Army. Patton v. Pace, Jr., Secretary of Army

PROCTOR, Circuit Judge.

Appellants in these consolidated appeals were civilian employees of the War Department at the Army Finance Center, St. Louis, Missouri. They were summarily removed from their positions by the Secretary of War, acting under authority of Section 3, Act of December 17, 1942, 56 Stat. 1053, 5 U.S.C.A. § 652 note,1 upon the ground that such action was “warranted by the demands of national security.”

As we view the case it is reduced to the simple question whether the Secretary complied with the requirement of the statute that the discharged employees “be fully informed of the…