
    BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, and Switchmen’s Union of North America, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.
    Nos. 9892, 9924.
    United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.
    Argued April 14, 1949.
    Decided April 25, 1949.
    Mr. Carl McFarland, of Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Ashley Sellers and Kenneth L. Kimble, both of Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellants.
    Mr. Joseph M. Friedman, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, with whom Messrs. H. G. Morison, Assistant Attorney General, Roscoe L. Barrow, Attorney, Department of Justice, and Samuel K. Abrams, Attorney, Department of Justice, both of Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee. Messrs. Edward H. Hickey, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, and George Morris Fay, United States Attorney, of Washington, D. C., also entered appearances for appellee.
    Before CLARK and PROCTOR, Circuit Judges, and ARTHUR F. LEDERLE, District Judge, sitting by designation.
   PER CURIAM.

In our opinion, the controversy involved in these appeals has become moot and, consequently, the orders of the District Court on review herein must be, and are, vacated and these cases remanded to the District Court with instructions to dismiss the com* plaint.

Remanded with instructions.  