Gladys Carroll, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross v. Secretary, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Defendant-Appellant-Cross

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

Mrs. Gladys Carroll, widow of Lewis Carroll, brought this suit pursuant to § 205(g) of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), for review of the final decision of the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare denying her claim for disability and surviving widow’s insurance benefits. The underlying Social Security claim has been shuffling between HEW and the courts for almost five years. When, if ever, the curtain drops on this litigation, it will certainly stand as a monument to babelized bureaucracy. It is therefore with great reluctance that we must add to this…