Gerald Adamietz v. James G. Smith, Postmaster, Pittsburgh, Pa

STALEY, Circuit Judge.

This appeal raises the question whether the members of the Civil Service Commission are indispensable parties to an action by a discharged postal employee for reinstatement following dismissal by the local postmaster and affirmance of the dismissal by the Civil Service Commission.

Appellant, who has veteran’s preference status, was employed as a substitute mail handler at the post office in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Pittsburgh police arrested him on October 27, 1954, on a charge of “public indecency.” Ap-pellee, James C. Smith, Postmaster, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,…