Sopko Unemployment Compensation Case

Per Curiam,

This is an appeal by claimant from the decision of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review. Claimant had been employed for approximately forty years by J. G. Curtis Leather Company, Ludlow, Pennsylvania. During most of that period he worked as a machine operator. In May, 1950, however, the department in which he worked was temporarily closed. In order to make work available for claimant, as well as for several other employes, the company, during such period, assigned them to temporary work around the plant such as cutting grass and weeds and cleaning up. For this work…