HEARINGS

RELATIVE TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1939

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEVENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS

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COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

ROBERT L. DOUGHTON, North Carolina, Chairman

THOMAS H. CULLEN, New York
CHRISTOPHER D. SULLIVAN, New York
JOHN W. McCORMACK, Massachusetts
JERE COOPER, Tennessee

JOHN W. BOEHNE, JR., Indiana
WESLEY E. DISNEY, Oklahoma
FRANK H. BUCK, California
RICHARD M. DUNCAN, Missouri
JOHN D. DINGELL, Michigan
A. WILLIS ROBERTSON, Virginia
PAUL H. MALONEY, Louisiana
PATRICK J. BOLAND, Pennsylvania
MILTON H. WEST, Texas

RAYMOND S. MCKEOUGH, Illinois

ALLEN T. TREADWAY, Massachusetts
FRANK CROWTHER, New York
HAROLD KNUTSON, Minnesota
DANIEL A. REED, New York
ROY O. WOODRUFF, Michigan
THOMAS A. JENKINS, Ohio
DONALD H. McLEAN, New Jersey
BERTRAND W. GEARHART, California
FRANK CARLSON, Kansas

BENJAMIN JARRETT, Pennsylvania

MILTON COOPER, Clerk

MARION Y. MCCANLESS, Assistant Clerk

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CONTENTS

(Complete index appears at end of this volume, p. 2501. Complete table of contents appears at end of

this volume, p. 7597)

A

Statements of-

Page

2435

Adams, Ray R., president, Interstate Conference of Unemployment

Compensation Agencies.

Altmeyer, Arthur J., chairman, Social Security Board.. 2163, 2185, 2215,

2233, 2240, 2242, 2253, 2280, 2305, 2324, 2379, 2407, 2425, 2465

Ansell, Samuel T., representing the American Federation of Musicians. 1814

Ansley, Mrs. Katherine M., executive secretary, American Home

Economics Association, Washington, D. C.----

B

Bigge, George E., commissioner, Social Security Board..
Boothby, C. S., Chicago, Ill....

2106

2488

1887

Brower, Mrs. Lorraine C., representing the Individual Store Owners

Association, New York, N. Y..

Case, Hon. Francis H., a Representative in Congress from the State

of South Dakota_

2125

Coffee, Hon. John M., a Representative in Congress from the State

of Washington_ -

1989

Collins, J. W., representing the Electrical Contractors Association,

Chicago, Ill.

1906

Collins, Hon. Ross A., a Representative in Congress from the State

of Mississippi.

2129

Colmer, Hon. William M., a Representative in Congress from the

State of Mississippi- - - - -

2120

Cook, Roy L., vice president, Interstate Conference of Unemploy-

ment Compensation Agencies..

2435

Coyle, David Cushman, Washington, D. C.

2160

Craig, Dr. David R., president, American Retail Federation...

2319

D

Davis, Hon. Nathaniel G., Chief of Foreign Service, Department of

State-

2141

Davis, Walker B., Board of Trade Building, Chicago, Ill.

1908

Dimock, Hon. Marshall E., Second Assistant Secretary of Labor.--

Dunn, Hon. Matthew A., a Representative in Congress from the

State of Pennsylvania.......

2146

2068

E

Emerson, Ralph, legislative representative, joint maritime legislative

committee of the maritime unions affiliated with the Congress of

Industrial Organizations---

2462

F

Fisher, Walter D., legislative representative of the Maritime Federa-

tion of the Pacific..

2236, 2459

Ford, Hon. Thomas F., a Representative in Congress from the State

of California.......

2007

French, Mrs. Mary N., president, the National Board of Young
Women's Christian Associations of the United States of America.. 2145

Fuller, Walter D., representing the National Manufacturers Associa-

tion....

2069

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