The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-04
LIFE men GET
BEHIND SECOND
LIBERTY LOAN
Also Give Their Approval
To Federal Insurance of
Men In Service


A. F. 'Colwell, state manager Of the
Union Central Life Insurance Co.,
has just returned from New Orleans
where he attended the annual con-
Ventton Of the National Association
of Life Underwriters.
Perhaps never before in the his
tory OF the country has a convention
OF this famous organization, so calm
ly and deliberately dealt with the
problems of the day. President Will
son sent as his personal messenger
the secretary of the interior, Franklin
X. Lane, to address the convention
on the grave issues OF the hour,
realizing the great part which the
life insurance interests of the coun-
try played in the last Liberty Loan
sale, not only through their purchas-
Ing power but through the great
campaign which was systematically
carried on through the length and
breadth Of the land, by the field
mems organizations. The secretary
spoke with great feeling, and held
his audience spelIbound, as he charg-
ed those men and women, as to their
responsibilities in the coming cam
patgn. He talked for one hour, then
returned to Washington.
1t was reviewed with deep regret
that the national association had
been misrepresented before the coun-
try, not only by the press, but by a
member Of the cabinet as well, in
circulating the impression that the
life insurance interests of the coun-
try were opposed to section of the
proposed insurance bill before con-
gress, and in order to set at rest all
future mistakes and possible mis-
representations. the following reso!u-
tons were unanimously adopted:
Resolved by the National Asso-
citation OF Life Underwriters in con-
vention assembled: ---
THAT we heartily commend the
purpose of our government to
indemnify our soldiers, sailors and
nurses against disability or death
caused by, this war and especially to
provide for their dependents on an
adequate and modern basis. ..
I'VE consider the pending bill, as a
whole, to be the most liberal and
wise measure ever proposed by any
government, and confidently hope
that in its final form it will fully ac-
complish, with as little error as
possible, its intentions to provide in
advance definite and clearly under
stood indemnity, in lieu of the tardy,
unsystematic and much abused PEN
sion provisions Of the past.
For the first time in history has
a government taken up in advance
this insurance against future risks
by the largest life insurance trans
action ever proposed.
1--WE hope that as finally passed, It
will be still further liberalized, so as
to provide entirely, at government
expense, for the families of soldiers,
sailors and nurses, upon an equitable
basis, adjusted to the dependency OF
each officer and man. "
I'VE hail this step toward the day
OF universal life insurance, volun-
tarily assumed by the millions OF
Americans, whose total already is
more than all the rest of the world
combined, and now to be augmented
by this national provision for those
who are engaged in its service, at
great personal hazard and cost, to
wage battle for the liberty and
democracy OF the world"
The next convention will be held
in New York in September, 1918.
The officers elected were:
Lawrence Priddy, New York, presi-
dent; M. ]. Dillon, st. Paul; Orville
Thorpe, Dallas, Texas; ]. T. Wilson,
Halifax, N. s.. president Canadian
association, vice presidents; J., w.
Bishop. Chattanooga, treasurer; Geo.
L. Dyer, st. Louis, secretary.