Frank A. Siclari v. Marion B. Folsom, Secretary of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare

This case, here on appeal from the district court, involves an application by appellant for Old Age Insurance benefits, which application was filed in 1955 and was disallowed by a bureau of the Social Security Administration on the ground that the applicant lacked the “quarters of coverage” needed for a fully insured status under the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C.A. § 401 et seq.). Upon appellant’s request for reconsideration the initial determination was affirmed, the bureau stating that the sole employment which he had shown, namely, employment with certain Federal agencies and with political subdivisions or agencies of the State of New York, was in no instance rendered in a covered employment. (The agencies and political subdivisions in question are named in the footnote below, together with the period of time during which appellant was employed in each. As to the first five jobs mentioned it appears that appellant, who is a lawyer, was assigned to them by the Works Progress Administration and that his wages were paid by that agency.)

A hearing before a referee of the office of the Appeals Council of the Adminis tration was then granted appellant and the referee in his turn…