Leslie E. Martlew and Wife, Emma N. Martlew v. Anthony J. Celebrezze, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare

HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, affirming the decision of the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, that appellant, Leslie E. Martlew, was not entitled to “old-age insurance benefits”, and, consequently, that his wife, appellant, Emma N. Martlew, was not entitled to “wife’s insurance benefits” under Section 202(a) and (b) of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 402(a) and (b). In the decision complained of, the Secretary held that the husband had failed to file sufficient returns reporting…