PER CURIAM.
This is a petition for a mandamus to compel a deputy commissioner under the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (chapter 18, §§ 901-950, title 33 USCA), to hear an application to increase an award. The petitioner, a longshoreman, was injured during his employment, and the deputy commissioner granted him an award for a term which had already expired when it was granted. At that time his injuries were thought to be slight, but later...
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