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:
Robert BARTELS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NEW YORK LITHOGRAPHERS’ AND PHOTO-ENGRAVERS’ UNION NO. ONE-P, formerly known as New York Photo-Engravers’ Union No. One, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 26, Docket 34675.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Argued Sept. 17, 1970.
Decided Sept. 17, 1970.
Solomon D. Monshine, New York City, for appellant.
Moss K. Schenck, Schenck & Schenck, New York City, for appellee.
Before WATERMAN, MOORE and KAUFMAN, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
After argument and in open court we affirm the judgment below upon Judge Levet’s findings of fact and conclusions of law, reported at 306 F.Supp. 1266.

Question: What party initiated the appeal?

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

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