Goodwin

This is an action under Section 205(g) of the Social Security Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 405 (g), brought to review a final decision of the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare denying plaintiff’s claim for a period of disability and for disability benefits under Sections 216 (i) and 223 of the Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 416 (i), 423. A certified copy of the record developed before the Social Security Administration is on file and both parties have moved for summary judgment.

The plaintiff, Charlie B. Goodwin, is a sixty year old male who has, since 1927, made his living as a longshoreman. As a youth he worked on his stepparents’ ranch, performing a variety of routine agricultural tasks. After leaving the ranch, and before beginning work on the waterfront, he held a variety of unskilled and semi-skilled jobs. He unloaded box cars, worked on an automobile assembly line, drove an ice truck, and worked as a locomotive fireman. Since beginning work as a longshoreman he has, during slack periods, performed some carpentry and mechanical work. Plaintiff left school after the tenth grade.

During the course of his working life, plaintiff has sustained a long series of injuries. In 1939,…