The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1920-03-25
WAR RISK IS ON
CURRENT BASIS
ALLOTMENT DIVISION WILL BE
ABLE TO CLOSE ITS DOORS
IN A SHORT TIME.
CONFLICT OF NAVAL VIEWS
American Experts Do Not Consider
the sattleship Obsolete, but Reeoo-
nize Fully the Great Importance Of
Aviation In Naval Warfare.
BY JAMES p. HoRNApAy.

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BY JAMES p. HoRNApAY.
Washington.-The government Is be
ginning TO see daylight In Its financial
dealings with the 100000 men who
entered the world war. Within a shorr
Time the allotment division of the wal
risk bureau will be ready to close It's
doors. With the passing OF that ac
uvity the governments financial re
sponsibility TO the service men will be
through the Insurance agreements II
has made with them. Issuance of the
Insurance policies for the permanent
tconverfed) government life insurance,
which are desired by all the men who
are Insured, has been delayed pending
the completion of legislation which
now has been passed. The new poll.
Giles are now being completed by the
actuarial and legal experts and sent to
the government printing Office. and II
Is expected that they will be mailed
out before June 1.
With the insurance business of the
bureau on a current basis II Is now
anticipated that former service men
who have been deferred from keeping
up their Insurance. by reason of the
delays which they had experienced In
the handling OF their accounts, will
take advantage of the liberal provi.
sions for the reinstatement of war risk
Insurance by the payment OF two
monthly premiums and satisfactory
statement OF health and will get back
on the books.
Attractive Features Of New Law.
The new law has made the insur-
ance more attractive by enlarging the
list of-permltted beneficiaries TO In.
clude parent. grandparent, step-parent,
parent through adoption, wife or hus-
band, child, grandchild. stepchild.
adopted child. brother, sister, half
brother. half-sister. brother through
adoption, sister through adoption.
stepbrOther. stepslster, uncle, aunt.
nephew, niece, brother-in-law. sister.
in-law, a person who has stood In the
relation of n parent to the Insured
for a period of one year or more prior
10 the insured's enlistment or Undue
tion, the children of such person. spar-
ent, grandparent, step-parent or par
ent through adoption Of tine insured's
wife or husband.
II Is also anticipated that the pro
vision OF the new law which permits
lump sum payments at the 6tion of
the insured or converted policies Tor
binary life. twenty-payment life. thir-
ty-payment life. twenty-year endow-
ment. thirty-year endowment. and en-
dowment at age sixty-two) will great
ly Increase the number of conversions
into the permanent forms of govern
ment life Insurance.
How to Obtain Reinstatement.
Many of the service men, II seems,
20 not know how TO go about making
an application for reinstatement of
war risk insurance. The war risk bu-
reau offers this advice:
Former service men desiring to re-
instate war risk Insurance which has
l6psed or been cancelled or to convert
their insurance In case where II is now
In force. should apply TO any post OF
the American Legion. the Veterans of
Foreign Wars. or other organizations
of former service men, army. navy and
marine corps, recruiting stations. state
insurance commissioners. any home
service section Of the American Red
Cross, Salvation Army. Knights of Co
lumbus. Jewish Welfare board. Y. NJ.
G. A., or 10 the fraternal or welfare
organizations which are In position
TO furnish blanks and necessary infor-
nation. Or, II they prefer to do so.
they should write directly TO the in
surance division. bureau OF war risk
insurance, Washington. u. c."
Former service men are assured
that they will be answered promptly
from now on with real letters, instead
OF with form paragraphs or unsatis-
factory form letters, In all cases which
require detailed and specific answers.
Strides of great importance to the
millions OF former service men and
their relatives and benefic' - 1--we
been made toward bringing the insur-
ance business of the bureau 10 an alb
solutely current basis In the prompt
answering OF mail and acknowledge
ment Of premiums paid. The records
OF accumulated work disposed OF show
such an enormous and
distinctive Improvement In the expe-
dlting of the business that II is be-
lieved that within the next month the
Insurance division viii be giving as
rapid and accurate service as do any
managed organizations In
life.
Opinions az to Navy DIN =.
The two houses OF congres viii |
have TO Iron out many q afiIct-
ng views In regard 10 the ma
val building program that is TO be
provided for In this sessions naval |
bill. In one camp are
he big navy men. In another the little
navy men. and In between is a camp
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