OVERSIGHT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF
THE BLACK LUNG PROGRAM, 1977
COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES
UNITED STATES SENATE
NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS
EXAMINATION OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BLACK LUNG
PROGRAM
Printed for the use of the Committee on Human Resources
U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES
HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR., New Jersey, Chairman
JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia
CLAIBORNE PELL, Rhode Island
EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts
GAYLORD NELSON, Wisconsin
THOMAS F. EAGLETON, Missouri
ALAN CRANSTON, California
WILLIAM D. HATHAWAY, Maine
DONALD W. RIEGLE, JR., Michigan
JACOB K. JAVITS, New York
RICHARD S. SCHWEIKER, Pennsylvania
ROBERT T. STAFFORD, Vermont
ORRIN G. HATCH, Utah
JOHN H. CHAFEE, Rhode Island
S. I. HAYAKAWA, California
STEPHEN J. PARADISE, General Counsel and Staff Director
MARJORIE M. WHITTAKER, Chief Clerk
ROBERT R. HUMPHREYS, Special Counsel
JAY B. CUTLER, Minority Counsel
HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR., New Jersey, Chairman
JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia
CLAIBORNE PELL, Rhode Island
GAYLORD NELSON, Wisconsin
DONALD W. RIEGLE, JR., Michigan
JACOB K. JAVITS, New York
RICHARD S. SCHWEIKER, Pennsylvania
ROBERT T. STAFFORD, Vermont
MICHAEL GOLDBERG, A88ociate Counsel
DON ZIMMERMAN, Minority Counsel
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES
Erlenborn, Hon. John N., a representative in Congress from the State of Page
Illinois, accompanied by Michael Chapin, press secretary.
Bird, Bedford, M.D., deputy director, Department of Occupational Health,
United Mine Workers of America, accompanied by Kenneth Yablonski,
compensation attorney, district 5----
Floyd, Anise, president, Miners Wives and Widows Organization,
Charleston, W. Va.; Charles Carter, McDowell, W. Va.; Willie Anderson,
Logan County Black Lung Association, Holden, W. Va.; Donald Bryant,
president, West Virginia Black Lung Association; and Edgar Workman,
disabled miner, Holden, W. Va.; a panel of disabled miners and
widows
Bagge, Carl E., president, National Coal Association, accompanied by
Robert Bein, vice president, Johnson and Higgins; and John Gibson,
legislative representative___
Flockhart, Robert W., counsel; James L. Kimbie, associate counsel, Amer-
ican Insurance Association; Andre Maisonpierre, vice president, John
D. Stringer, counsel, American Mutual Insurance Alliance, an insurance
panel
Elisburg, Donald, Assistant Secretary for Employment Standards, Depart-
ment of Labor, accompanied by June Patron, Director of the Office of
Coal Mine Workers' Compensation; and Mark Solomons, Counsel for the
Black Lung Program in the Solicitor's Office___
Warden, Richard, Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of
Health, Education, and Welfare, accompanied by Elmer Smith, Associ-
ate Commissioner, Social Security Administration; William J. Rivers,
Director, Bureau of Disability Insurance, Social Security Administra-
tion; and Herbert Blumenfeld, M.D., Chief, Medical Consulting Staff,
Bureau of Disability Insurance, Social Security Administration
Owens, James I., Acting Assistant Commissioner for Accounts, Collection,
and Taxpayer Service, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the
Treasury, accompanied by David Dickinson, Chief Counsel's Office_____
Morris, Andrew, executive board member, district 31, United Mine Work-
ers of America__.
Blumenfeld, Herbert, M.D., Chief, medical consulting staff, Bureau of Dis-
ability Insurance, Social Security Administration__
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