1969 Press Photo Walter Hickel and others at mine safety hearing in Washington

Secretary of Interior Walter Hickel and congressmen pose today at a mine safety hearing with a chart showing coal mine fatality rates. From left: Lewis Evans, head of the United Mine Workers safety committee and former Pennsylvania superintendent of mines; Representative John Dent, D-PA, chairman of a House Labor subcommittee holding the hearing; Hickel; Representative John Erlenborn, R-IL and Representative Marvin Esch, R-MI. The subcommittee is studying proposed mine safety bills.

Photo is dated 1969.

Photo measures 10.25 x 8.25 inches.