Railroad Retirement and Railroad Unemployment Insurance Legislation

Bevan, David C., financial_vice president, Pennsylvania Railroad Co-
Blatnik, Hon. John A., a Representative in Congress from the State
of Minnesota__

307

Burdick, Hon. Usher L., a Representative in Congress from the State

of North Dakota_

Byrd, Hon. Robert C., a Representative in Congress from the State

of West Virginia_.

Calhoun, Leonard J., consultant, Association of American Railroads. 391, 427

Cole, Hon. Sterling, a Representative in Congress from the State of

New York..

Davis, Hon. James C., a Representative in Congress from the State

of Georgia..

Dorn, Hon. W. J. Bryan, a Representative in Congress from the

State of South Carolina_

Fain, Guy F., grand president, National Association of Retired and

Veteran Railway Employees--

304

Finney, Gerald D., general attorney, law department, Association of

American Railroads.

391

George, Hon. Myron V., a Representative in Congress from the State

of Kansas..

Habermeyer, Hon. Howard W., Chairman, Railroad Retirement

Board

Harper, Hon. Horace W., member, Railroad Retirement Board__
Healy, Hon. Thomas M., member, Railroad Retirement Board.
Hyde, Hon. DeWitt S., a Representative in Congress from the State
of Maryland..

Jennings, Hon. W. Pat, a Representative in Congress from the State
of Virginia_.

Loomis, Daniel P., chairman, Association of Western Railways_

Macdonald, Hon. Torbert H., a Representative in Congress from the

State of Massachusetts__

Monroe, J. Elmer, vice president, Association of American Railroads,
and director, Bureau of Railway Economics___.

391, 443

Myers, Robert J., Chief Actuary, Social Security Administration_-_-

Niessen, Abraham M., Chief Actuary, Railroad Retirement Board.--

Oliver, E. L., economic adviser, Railway Labor Executives' Associa-

tion and Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers_.

255

Perkins, Hon. Carl D., a Representative in Congress from the State
of Kentucky-

126

Poff, Hon. Richard H., a Representative in Congress from the State

of Virginia___-

101

Rabaut, Hon. Louis C., a Representative in Congress from the State

of Michigan__

100

Rhodes, Hon. George M., a Representative in Congress from the State

of Pennsylvania_

Rice, W. Thomas, president, Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac
Railroad___.

Schoene, Lester P., representing Railway Labor Executives' Associa-

tion and Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.

383

188, 204

Stack, Thomas, president, National Railroad Pension Forum, Inc___

280

Statement of-Continued

Staggers, Hon. Harley, O., a Representative in Congress from the
State of West Virginia__

Page

Thomson, Hon. Keith, a Representative in Congress from the State
of Wyoming

107

Tollefson, Hon. Thor C., a Representative in Congress from the State
of Washington__.

Van Zandt, Hon. James E., a Representative in Congress from the

State of Pennsylvania

Additional information submitted for the record by-
Association of American Railroads:

Vursell, Hon. Charles W. a Representative in Congress from the

State of Illinois_

249

Zelenko, Hon. Herbert, a Representative in Congress from the State

of New York.......

100

Letter from Gerald D. Finney, transmitting additional informa-
tion_.

474

Percent Federal income taxes of net income reported to Inter-
state Commerce Commission, 1956, letter from Gerald D.
Finney.

Bennett, Hon. Charles E., letters from__

405

82, 491

Breeding, Hon. J. Floyd, letter from, transmitting correspondence
from several constituents__

109

Celler, Hon. Emanuel, letter from.

Grand Association of Veteran Railway Employees, Inc., statement

of J. R. Taylor, president_-_-

Harris, Hon. Oren:

107

491

Comparison of benefit provisions and average benefits awarded

and being paid in January 1957 under the Railroad Retirement

Act and the Social Security Act, table.

120

List of bills pending before committee.

114

Principal provisions and level costs of bills pending before House
of Representatives, March 5, 1957, table--

117

Monroe, J. Elmer:

Additional annual payroll taxes that would be payable under

provisions of H. R. 4353, table_

453

Annual cost of increases in labor expenses and material prices

since January 1, 1955, table_-_-

Gross revenues and net earnings, railroads of class I in the

Statement of Walt Sands, public relations-research director_

295

Oliver, E. L.:

Revealed at area meeting-What the Engineers Are Doing from
Railway Age, March 11, 1957.

Rabaut, Hon. Louis C.: Proposed amendment to H. R. 900_.

Railroad Retirement Board:

101

Assumed percentages of future retirants under the Railroad

Retirement Act who will also be eligible for a social security

old-age benefit, table...

176

Effect of permitting earnings up to $1,500 or $1,800 a year with-

out suspension of survivor's annuity under the Railroad Retire-

ment Act.

146

Letter from Howard W. Habermeyer, Chairman, transmitting

information on pension plans in the transportation industry

other than railroads..

495

Additional information submitted for the record by-Continued

Railroad Retirement Board-Continued

Letter from Howard W. Habermeyer, Chairman, with respect to

retirement plans under the jurisdiction of the Federal Govern-

ment_

Page

183

Letter from Howard W. Habermeyer, Chairman, with respect to

supplemental pension systems..

290

Letter from Thomas M. Healy, member, with respect to supple-

mental private pension plans....

161

Schoene, Lester P.:

Financial Impact of Pension Costs on the Railroad Industry, by

Robert J. Myers, reprinted from Labor Law Journal, May 1956..

Information with respect to unemployment benefits paid to

railroad employees.

237

227

Supplemental statement of.

461

St. George, Hon. Katharine, letter from, referring to testimony of

June 2, 1954_

108

Van Zandt, Hon. James E.:

How railroad retirement and survivor benefits compare with

social-security benefits____

Statement by the President__

RAILROAD RETIREMENT AND RAILROAD UNEMPLOY

MENT INSURANCE LEGISLATION

MONDAY, MARCH 11, 1957

ROUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMERCE AND FINANCE

OF THE COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE,

Washington, D. C. The subcommittee met at 10 a. m., pursuant to call, in room 1334, New House Office Building, Hon. Peter F. Mack, Jr. (chairman of the subcommittee), presiding.

Mr. MACK. The committee will be in order.

Pursuant to the direction of the distinguished chairman of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, the Honorable Oren Harris, of Arkansas, the Subcommittee on Commerce and Finance is meeting this morning to hear from the Members of Congress who have introduced legislation pending before this committee to amend the Railroad Retirement Act and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act.

There are 44 such bills pending before the committee, and they were introduced by 30 Members of Congress. The list of bills and the authors of such bills are as follows:

H. R. 583, by Mr. Celler, of New York.

H. R. 850, by Mr. O'Brien, of New York.

H. R. 880, by Mr. Poff, of Virginia.

H. R. 900, by Mr. Rabaut, of Michigan.

H. R. 1008, by our colleague on this committee, Mr. Williams, of Mississippi.

H. R. 2033, by Mrs. St. George, of New York.

H. R. 2164, H. R. 2165, and H. R. 2166, by Mr. Powell, of New York.

H. R. 2233, by Mr. O'Konski, of Wisconsin.

H. R. 3115, H. R. 3116, H. R. 3420, H. R. 3421, and H. R. 3422, by Mr. Van Zandt, of Pennsylvania.

H. R. 3545, by Mr. Zelenko, of New York.

H. R. 3755 and H. R. 3756, by Mr. Cunningham, of Iowa.

H. R. 3855, by Mr. O'Konski, of Wisconsin.

H. R. 3974, by Mr. Dorn, of South Carolina.

H. R. 4187, by Mr. Burdick, of North Dakota.

H. R. 4194 and H. R. 4195, by Mr. Davis, of Georgia.

H. R. 4312, by Mr. Vursell, of Illinois.

H. R. 4353, by our distinguished chairman of this committee, Mr. Harris, of Arkansas.

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