What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals. Your task is to identify what party initiated the appeal. For cases with cross appeals or multiple docket numbers, if the opinion does not explicitly indicate which appeal was filed first, assumes that the first litigant listed as the "appellant" or "petitioner" was the first to file the appeal. In federal habeas corpus petitions, consider the prisoner to be the plaintiff.

Opinion:
SOUTHERN S. S. CO., Appellant, v. Augustus P. NORTON, Deputy Commissioner, Third Compensation District, and Benjamin Moultrie, Appellees.
No. 7918.
Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
Argued May 4, 1942.
Decided May 20, 1942.
George F. Blewett, of Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.
J. Barton Rettew, Jr., of Philadelphia, Pa. (Gerald A. Gleeson, U. S. Atty., and E. Herman Fuiman, both of Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellees.
Before BIGGS, JONES, and GOODRICH, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM.
The judgment of the court below is affirmed upon the opinion of Judge Kalodner, D.C., 41 F.Supp. 108.

Question: What party initiated the appeal?

Choices:
Original plaintiff
Original defendant
Federal agency representing plaintiff
Federal agency representing defendant
Intervenor
Not applicable
Not ascertained

Answer: 6