RAILROAD RETIREMENT AND RAILROAD UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACTS AMENDMENTS

HEARINGS

BEFORE A

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE

COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTIETH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

S. 994, S. 2055, S. 2228, S. 2300,
S. 2423, S. 2437, and S. 2438

BILLS RELATIVE TO THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT
ACT AMENDMENTS

76478

MAY 19, 20, AND 21, 1948

Printed for the use of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare

UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1948

CONTENTS

I. ALPHABETICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

Bromsen, Archibald, representative, the Railroad Pension Conference.
Fort, Carter, vice president and general counsel of the Association of
American Railroads..

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150

73

Jones, J. R., secretary-treasurer, Nashville Division 473, International · Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.

139

Kennedy, William J., Chairman, Railroad Retirement Board
Musher, Joseph, actuary, Railroad Retirement Board..

2

41

Parmelee, J. H., vice president, Association of American Railroads_-_91, 112, 163
Schoene, Lester P., counsel, Railway Labor Executives' Association..
Schreiber, David B., associate general counsel, Railroad Retirement
Board...

53, 132

48, 166

Squire, Frank C., member, Railroad Retirement Board...

31, 168

Whitley, Mrs. Edythe, chairman, Tennessee Railroad Pensioners

140

II. CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

Wednesday, May 19, 1948:

William J. Kennedy, Chairman, Railroad Retirement Board..
Frank C. Squire, member, Railroad Retirement Board
Joseph Musher, actuary, Railroad Retirement Board

David B. Schreiber, associate general counsel, Railroad Retirement
Board...

Thursday, May 20, 1948:

Lester P. Schoene, counsel, Railway Labor Executives' Association -
Carter Fort, vice president and general counsel of the Association of
American Railroads..

J. H. Parmelee, vice president, Association of American Railroads,
Friday, May 21, 1948:

J. H. Parmelee, vice president, Association of American Railroads_-112, 163
Lester P. Schoene, counsel, Railway Labor Executives' Association-
J. R. Jones, secretary-treasurer, Nashville Division 473, International
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers...

Mrs. Edythe Whitley, chairman, Tennessee Railroad Pensioners..
Archibald Bromsen, representative, the Railroad Pension Conference... –
David B. Schreiber, associate general counsel, Railroad Retirement
Board..

Frank C. Squire, member, Railroad Retirement Board

III. LIST OF STATEMENTS AND COMMUNICATIONS Souby, James M., general solicitor, Association of American Railroads, statement of.

132

139

140

150

166

168

74

Stewart, Hon. Tom, a United States Senator from the State of Tennessee, letter of, addressed to Senator Ives, in re increased pensions for railroad employees.

111

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Hawkes, Hon. Albert W., a United States Senator from the State of New
Jersey, statement of..

171

Lacey, E. F., executive secretary, the National Industrial Traffic League, Washington, D. C., letter of, addressed to Senator Ives, in re railroad retirement and railroad unemployment benefits..

173