James Thompson v. Anthony J. Celebrezze, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare

McALLISTER, Senior Circuit Judge.

Appellant was a man 54 years old at the time of his application, in 1961, for disability benefits under the Social Security Act, Title 42 U.S.C.A., §§ 416 (i) and 423.

When he was 16 years of age, he started working at the clay mines in Kentucky. He had a third-grade education, but could not read. The mines, in which appellant worked, are entered through a shaft on a hillside. From them clay is extracted, which is used to make firebrick. Appellant served in the Army in 1944 from February to November, and was given a discharge with 20% disability, resulting from…