service, Finfer was entitled to the procedural safeguards of the Veterans Preference Act, 5 U.S.C.A. § 863, in regard to any proposed adverse change, in his employment status with the IRS.


2
In compliance with the Act, Finfer was notified by the District Director of Internal Revenue on March 29, 1960, that he was to be suspended for thirty days and that his subsequent discharge was contemplated. This notice detailed the charges against him. Finfer made an oral reply to the Director relating to these charges on March 31st. On the same date Finfer was indicted on the bribe charge. On April 1st Finfer was notified by the Director that his oral explanations did not satisfactorily refute the charges and that he was suspended from the IRS for thirty days.Finfer was informed by the same notice that he had the right to appeal his suspension to the Civil Service Commission or through administrative channels within the IRS. Finfer exercised neither of these rights of appeal.


3
On April 21, 1960, a hearing was held in the office of the District Director to allow Finfer to contest his proposed removal. Through his attorney Finfer flatly denied the truth of the charges against him and asserted that he was the victim of a "frameup." He then rested on these defenses, without offering any concrete further evidence to rebut the charges against him. On May 5th Finfer was notified that his defenses had been rejected and that he had been removed as of that date. In this notice he was again advised