The Winslow mail., 1919-11-07
WAR RISK AMENDMENT

Washington, D. c., Nov. 5.-The
house has passed a bill amending the
War Risk Insurance Act which great
ly liberalizes the Compensation fea-
lures of that law. Section 302 of the
original act is amended as follows
IF and while the disability is rated
as total and temporary the monthly
compensation shall be the following
amounts
ca If the disabled person has
neither wife nor child living, $50
under the present law, $780,
(b) If he has wife but no child
living, $50, while the present law pro-
vides only $45.
Co If he has wife and one child
living, $95, but the existing law gives
them only $55.
(d) If he has a wife and two or
more children living, $1O0; but under
the present law they would receive
$75.
(e) If he has no wife, but one child
living, $50, with SIS for each additional
child up to two. The present law
would give them $40, with $40 for
each additional child up to two.
f) If he has a mother or father
they would receive the same as under
the present law, if dependent upon
him for support.
If the soldiers disability is total
and permanent he receives a compen-
sation of $100 per month and for dou-
BILE total permanent disability, where
both eyes and feet or both arms an6
feet are lost, he receives 5000 pei
month as compensation. In the event
there is constant need of a nurse an
additional sum not to exceed $40 per
month is allowed.
In addition to the above compen-
sation the injured person is furnished
with medical and surgical service and
hospital accommodations and is given
free necessary artificial limbs"
! When the bill was under considera-
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gressman Hayden of Arizona, was
adopted which makes the compensa,
| tion features retrosctive to April 6
| 1917. The Hayden Amendment will
benefit all soldiers, sailors and ma
rines who suffered disabilities in line
of duty between the declaration of war
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War Risk Act was first passed, thus
putting them on an equality with al
others who entered the service tc
fight for the same cause. Heretofore
the only relief that could be granted
in such cases was the small amounts
payable under the general pension
laws.
IF this bill is passed by the Senate.
converted insurance may be paid in q
lump sum or in SO monthly payments
at the option of the insured. In the
debate on this question Congressman
Hayden said:
"The returned soldiers resent the
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gress seem to entertain that they need
guardian to care for their welfare,
even though that guardian be benev-
olent and paternal Government. Many
of them may have been mere boys
when they were called to the colors,
but hard experience, than which there
is no better teacher, has made them
men. They are the veterans of the
greatest war in all history, and to say
that such men do not know what is for
their own best interest is, an insult to
their intelligence. One who was fit to
fight for his country ought to be at
least credited with sense enough to
know how to attend to his own per-
sonal business.
Now that the fighting is over and
these soldiers, sailors and marines
are again engaged in the peaceful pur-
suits OF civil life there can be no
sound reason why the insured should
not be permitted to designate whether
| hi, insurance, either term or a con-
verted policy. should be paid in one