The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-30

the secretary of the treasury; w. G.
Delaney, director of the Bureau of
War Risk Insurance; Hendon Chubb.
W.. N. Davey and William R.. Hedge.
constituting the advisory board OF
the Bureau of War Risk Insurance;
r. M. Little chairman of Federal Gil
vii Employees Compensation board;
John K. Gore, vice-president Pruden-
tial Insurance company; Henry Moir,
actuary Home Life Insurance COM
pany; James D. Craig, president Cas-
ualty Actuarial and Statistical society
and assistant actuary of the Metro
politan Life Insurance company, and
Charles F. Nesbit, superintendent OF
Insurance of the District of Column
bia.
The plan has not yet assumed de-
finite form, it was said. When 1t
has been worked out in all it's funda-
mentals and details, Secretary Nc
Adoo will present the matter to the
president for his approval and if ap-
proved, the recommendation will be
submitted to the congress at an early
date for it's consideration. The COM
mittee will meet again Wednesday,
when the final plans will be discuss
ed. The treasury announcement
stated;
THE whole proposition is based on
the fundamental idea that the gov
eminent should, as a matter Of JUS
| tice and humanity, adequately pro-
tect its fighting men on land and sea
and their dependent families. It aims
to hearten the families of the men
lwho go to the front and at the same
time $40 give our soldiers and sailors
the comforting assurance that what
lever may be their fate, their loved
ones at home will not be left de-
pendent upon charity. It is propos
ed to impose on the public treasury
the obligation of indemnifying justly
the men who have entered, or are
about to enter the American army
and navy to fight in the cause of lib
erty. With our men on the soil o.
France and hundreds of thousand
of others about to enter the service
of their country, the question is ont
of justice and fairness and the plal
should be as liberal as it is possible
for a just and generous republic t.
make.
Under the plan discussed it i
suggested that provision be made TO
the support of dependents of soldier
and sailors by giving them an allot
ment out of the pay Of the men; an
also an allowance, by the govern
ment; that officers and men be in
IDENTIFIED against death or total o
partial disability; that a system of re
Mobilization and re-education of dis
abled men be inaugurated; and tina
the government insure the lives o
> sailors and soldiers on their applica
ton at rates Of premium based upo
!. ordinary risks.
> 1.-The new system would be admin
!, istered by the Bureau of War Ris
/. Insurance of the Treasury Depart
I ment, which is already writing wa
!, risk insurance on masters, Officers
7 and crews of American merchant yes
. sells and on American hulls and car
goes.
Dependents of soldiers and sail
: ors in service would be provided fo
:. through allotments from their pa.
supplemented by family allowance
I, by the government. The amo1nt {
! the government allowance would dc
!, pend upon the size of the family, an,
: as to others than the wife and chi
: dren upon the actual dependency VI
on the men. The family allowane
would be made only if the soldier
: sailor makes an allotment for his d.
:, lpendents out of his pay.
u .The risk of death or disabilit
: would be compensated for somewhs
!. on the analogy of workmen's. CON
n pensation acts, with the compenss
=. ton measured by the mems service
: the size of the families, and the 10.
: to the family. Partial :. disabilitit
would be compensated for upon
. percentage of the compensation Il
total disa bility. The cost 7fof tn