MANDELBAUM, District Judge.
Respondent has moved for an order striking from the libel all allegations of negligence on the ground that jurisdiction to enforce a cause of action for negligence is under Section 33 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (U.S.C.A.Title 46, § 688), and said statute specifically states: "Jurisdiction in such actions shall be under the court of the district in which the defendant employer resides or in which his principal office is located...
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