Stephen L. Kempinski v. J. J. Greene, Regional Operations Director, Post Office Department, 30th and Market Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

STALEY, Circuit Judge.

In a delegation of authority, does the phrase “review and disposition of disciplinary actions” include the power to discharge an employee of the Post Office Department, and did regulations of that department require that the delegation of such power be in writing ?

Appellant, Stephen L. Kempinski, a covered postal clerk at the Philadelphia terminal of the Postal Transportation Service, which is part of the Philadelphia postal region, appealed his discharge therefrom, effective October 28, 1957, to the United States Civil Service Commission where it was upheld. Thereafter,…