Raymond J. Donovan, Secretary of Labor, U.S. Department of Labor v. United Steelworkers of America, Afl-Cio. Appeal of Frank J. Valenta

ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from the denial of incumbent union officer Frank J. Valenta’s motion to intervene in an action by the Secretary of Labor under Title IV of the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (LMRDA), 29 U.S.C. § 482(b), seek ing to set aside the election for the office of district director. 1 A number of questions relating to intervention are presented, but in the view we take, it will be necessary to review only the district court’s determination that Valenta’s motion to intervene was not timely. 2 For the purposes of our analysis we assume,…