The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-09-04
pEuoCR,Cy-s DUTY TO IT'S
DEFENDERS.

The plan for furnishing our sol
ldicrs and sailors life and indemnity
Insurance and allowances to depend
lent families. embodied In n hin now
pending In congress. seems to meet
WIN the cordial appreciation Of the
people and the press Of the
Some extracts from editorials in vari-
Gus papers follow:
The Philadelphia Public Ledger;
when we draft the wage Garner.
saws secretary McAdoo. we call not
only him hut the entire family 20 the
flag This Is the fundamental aren-
ment for the war-insurance bill now
before congress-. II ~ the absence W
any provision for those left behind
which leads 81 many who would glad
Nv give themselves to their country %
ash exemption.
when military service Is obliea-
tory other things are obligatory, too.
The national conscience. ms the sec
rotary puts 1t. win moi permit Ameri-
cas- soldiers and their dependents to
iso ~unprovided with everything that a
I Just. generous. and noble people can
do 20 compensate them for the sur
! ferlngs and the sacrifices exacted
from them. That has never been the
American way.
THE aim Of the war-insurence bill
Is 20 do justice TO the soldiers with.
out doing injustice 10 the taxpayers
Under the title that heads this arti'
Gle the New York Times SAYS;
"Not a dollar OF the billions given 70
she deserving Is regretted. II the pro-
posed plan shalt secure hat only tho
deserving shan he carried upon the
icountry's resources. even billions
would be paid and leave stili a debt
unpaid There can he no real money
indemnity for death or disability. The
telling % duty done aud appreciated
by countrymen rs all that can he %
fercd against such suffering"
The New YORK World calls army in
'surance - square deei for our fight
.ne men n comments.
what the CHIEF industrial stG,es
arc aoing In insurance and compensn-
ltlon of workers in peace the federal
government NOW proposes TO do with
IL fighting men IN war. No one could
know wha, the old pension system
Iyouid-e%s al Applied sin- this war.
80 ono could know what the old pen
sion system would cost as applied in
this war. Under his plan the cost
win be known as We go along Even
handed Justice will he assured Polri-
cal and personal favor viii go for
.rcthine. There should be no doubt
.of its adoption"
The Richmond Times Dispatch in.
.dorseg h plan
since the government has henovo-
lently insured ships and cargoes. sea-
men ana pilots engaged In porilous
war enterprises. il seems rminently
proper that officers and men Of the
ara uavy who run immeasura-
bis greater risks, should be gener-
,olsly Unidentified in case 81 manning
or death. The proposed legislation Is
designed a. a substitute FOR postw ar
pensions. a circumstance which fur
ther conn ends il 20 US"
The Atlanta Journals closing para
graph Of an editorial commencing the
plan is as follows
The needs anticipated by tho bin
are so numerous ana the mantle OF
rrotcction which II would throw about
the country'- defenders and then"
T. milics is so broad that only AN OK
%t'nsive review could do It Justice. hut
pa great principles rcal, need mo-
concentration They speak for them
selves. and they Will appeal. We feel
rrr" 90 tho mind aud heart Of CON
lrress as they do 90 the mind and heart
o. the country This deeply Important
measure. ~ typical ~ the govern
mcuts soiicitudo for the men 81 calls
10 the colors, should bee prcssrd
promutit a. enactment"
To these may be added the indorsc-
mcut ~ col Roosevelt
~ puts the United States whct"
90 oush, geo be-, as standing In the
fof cfront among the nations Boa DOING
Justice 90 our defenders
now THE MONEY MAS SPENT
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