William Lyman Dew v. Najeeb E. Halaby, Administrator, Federal Aviation Agency

*583WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge.

This is a civil service case. Appellant is a discharged Government employee, who seeks a declaratory judgment that his discharge was invalid, and reinstatement to his former position or one of like grade and tenure. He has appealed from a final order of the District Court denying relief.

The background of the ease is this. Appellant served in the United States Air Force in 1951-55 and thus became entitled to the benefits of the Veterans’ Preference Act of 1944, 58 Stat. 387, as amended, 5 U.S.C. § 851 et seq. (1958). He obtained employment thereafter in the Central…