Buxton, G. H. E., director of the safety bureau, New York Shipping Byrne, Walter J., accompanied by Charles Scarlett, Jr., president, Field, Fred R., Jr., secretary-treasurer, Local 856, International Long- shoremen's Association (independent) __. Gleason, Thomas W., general organizer, International Longshore- men's Association (independent) - Goldblatt, Louis, secretary-treasurer, International Longshoremen's Horn, A. J., manager, research and tax department, Washington 144 Kibre, Jeff, Washington representative, International Longshoremen's Mason, Walter J., legislative representative, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations; accompanied by Thomas H. Burke, legislative representative, United Auto Workers, Massey, Ralph A., South Atlantic and Gulf Coast District, Interna- tional Longshoremen's Association (independent). Moriarity, Joseph, vice president, Local 1418, International Long- 94, 105 Shapiro, Alvin, vice president of American Merchant Marine In- 84 Starling, Howard M., manager, Washington office, Association of Stern, Julius, welfare officer, local 10, San Francisco, Calif. Wainwright, Hon. Stuyvesant, a Representative in Congress from the Barden, Hon. Graham A., chairman, Committee on Education and Labor, and a Representative in Congress from the State of North 2 Letters, prepared statements, etc.-Continued Bennett, Hon. Charles E., a Representative in Congress from the Dewey, Ralph B., in behalf of Pacific American Steamship Associa- Hampton Roads Maritime Association, Inc., submitted by H. M. Hussey, Fred G., chief clerk, Committee on Education and Labor__ Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America, King, Hon. Cecil R., a Representative in Congress from the State of Landrum, Hon. Phil M., a Representative in Congress from the State Lumber Mutual Casualty Insurance Company, plaintiff-appellce v. Injury frequency per million man-hours worked__ Number of weeks of compensation allotted for various losses___ Average hours and earnings, shoreside, all ports of Pacific coast___ Jurisdictions having waiting periods shorter than the Longshore- men's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act---- Jurisdictions having provisions superior to Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act relative to durations of com- pensable injury before compensation is retroactive to date of Payments under the Federal Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, as amended__ Total cost of temporary total disability and so-called permanent partial disability under paragraphs (1) through (12) of section 8 (c) of Federal Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensa- tion Act as it now exists, as it would be amended by S. 2280, and as it would be amended under the proposal of the American Mer- Wage rates for Pacific longshoremen industry, basic hourly rates for selected longshoremen occupations, general cargo, effective date Basic hourly rates paid longshoremen for handling general and pen- alty cargo, effective date June 13, 1955, west coast.. Basic hourly rates for longshoremen in New York, N. Y., area, effective Wage rates for Pacific Coast shipbuilding industry, basic wage rates for selected occupations at west coast new construction and repair 99 Statistics-Continued Wage rate of Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. Atlantic-coast yards (Boston, New York City, and Baltimore), effective date July 23, 1955 Page 100 Jurisdictions having waiting periods shorter than the Longshoremen's 100 120 Benefits for temporary total disabilities (maritime States) 139 Maximum benefits for widows plus children in death cases (maritime Workmen's compensation, essential benefit features of the laws, District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia___ 147 Bureau of Compensation, Department of Labor, statement showing anatomical location and nature of injury in nonfatal cases-- 164 AMENDING THE LONGSHOREMEN'S AND HARBOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT MONDAY, MARCH 12, 1956 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR, The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10 a. m., in room 429, House Office Building, for the consideration of longshoremen's and harbor workers' compensation act bills, Hon. Cleveland M. Bailey (subcommittee chairman) presiding. Present: Representatives Bailey, Green, McDowell, Smith, and Coon. Also present: Fred G. Hussey, chief clerk; John O. Graham, minority clerk: James M. Brewbaker, general counsel; Kennedy W. Ward, assistant general counsel; and Russell C. Derrickson, chief investigator. Mr. BAILEY. The subcommittee will be in order. The clerk will read into the record the authorization for the creation of this subcommittee, and the necessary changes that have been made since the original appointments were made. Mr. HUSSEY. Mr. Chairman, this letter is dated February 24, 1956, to Hon. Cleveland M. Bailey, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C.: DEAR MR. BAILEY: The chairman has directed me to notify you that by virtue of the authority vested in him as chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor, he has appointed you as chairman of a special subcommittee to hold hearings and study S. 2280 and other bills pending before the committee relating to the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act. The special subcommittee will consist of the following members of the Committee on Education and Labor: Hon. Cleveland M. Bailey, chairman; Hon. Phil M. Landrum; Hon. Harris B. McDowell; Hon. Frank Thompson, Jr.; Hon. Wint Smith; Hon. Albert H. Bosch, and Hon. Sam Coon. Sincerely yours, FRED G. HUSSEY, Chief Clerk. I have a letter, Mr. Chairman, dated March 9, 1956, to Hon. Graham A. Barden, chairman, Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C.: DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: It is respectfully requested that I be permitted to resign as a member of the special subcommittee appointed to hold hearings and study S. 2280 and other bills relating to the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act. I shall be grateful for your consideration in this matter. Cordially, (Signed) FRANK THOMPSON, Jr. |