Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-01-29
INSURANCE MEN
FAVOR FEDERATION
Vermont Underwriters Join
Those of Other States in Com
batting Tendency of Govern
ment to Take Over Important
Interests in Nations Life

Action was taken Thursday afternoon
by the insurance men of Vermont, in
Guiding life underwriters. fire and
casualty insurance men. in session at the
| 1Iotsl Vermont roof garden, toward the
/ formation of the Insurance Federation
OF America. now participated in by "A
States of the Union. The action Thurs
day was the direct result of meeting
held about two months ago in st. Adams,
when n committee was appointed to con-
slider whether il would be bost for Ner-
mont insurance men to unite with the
national federation.
Following addresses by James II Car
nsy, president Of the Insurance Fedora
/ ton of America, and Arthur a. Lawson,
, chairman Of the executive committee or
the Insurance Federation of Massa-
, chusetts, A. C. Mason of Rutland, chair
man of the committee elected at ST.
Adams, reported that this committee had
| unanimously agreed that the insurance
men of Vermont should federate for the
purpose of protection against any and
all influences tending to break the in
+ surance business The special danger
which this federation seeks to guard
against is to keep the government from
going into the insurance business on
Independent companies
With the report of this committee, Mr..
Mason presented proposed list of Off
GERS. executive committee and board of
directors, which was adopted by the
meeting, together with the proposed con-
stitution. The executive committee was
empowered to petition the Insurance
| Federation of America for a charter
with the understanding that the Vermont
federation will meet whatever require
ments may be imposed by the national
federation. This meeting was presided
over by Arthur G.. Sprague of st. Johns
bury.
The officers, executive committee and
board of directors of the new Insurance
Federation of Vermont. elected Thurs
day, are as follows. President Thomas G.
Cheney of Morrsville; vce-presidents.
l.. D. Taylor of Brattleboro. r. w. HUI
burd of Hyde Park, Hugh Phillips of
Montpelier and r. B. Denny of Mont
pelier; secretary and treasurer w. A.
Clark of Rutland: executive committee,
A. C. Mason of Rutland, n. n. Atwood
Iof st. Adams, j. c. Durick of Fair Haven,
, +. A. Rousseau of Burlington, A. q.
Sprague of st. Johnsbury, w r. Bliss
of Burlington and H. S. Parks of Barre.
Board of directors. Addison county. j.
NJ Burke and r. +. Pinney: Chittenden
county, F. A. Rousseau. w. X. Bliss and
II. Fl. Hickok; Bennington county, Joseph
w. Fowler and Emery $. Harris; Franklin
. county, n. ~ Atwood. s. S. Watson and
C. Z. Schoff; Lamoille county, r. w.
. lHulburd, r. c. Cheney and II. NJ. Nc
, Farland; Grand Isle county Juan Robin
son; Essex county. X. T. Brown, L. A.
Cobb and George A. Dyer; Orleans
county George f. Root Harry Dickens
and II. G. Blanchard; Orange county
. H. w. Eaton and II. y. Madison; Rut-
, land county, A. g. Mason, j. c. Durick
F. NJ. Burnham. w. A. Clark and Earle
S. Kinsley; Caledonia county, A. G
Sprague, w. A. Dutton, f. j. Blodgett
y and a. B. Noyes; Washington county
c. c. Graves, S. S. Ballard, B. a. Sumner
and II. L. Campbell; Windham county
, l.. D. Taylor, +. S. Leonard and +. L.
Walker; Windsor county, Gilbert r
), Davis, Edwin Davis and j. G.. Sargent.
, Directly following the general meeting
q the life underwriters of Vermont held {
meeting in the roof garden and the fol
lowing insurance men were elected tt
, membership. w. j. Gaudet of Bristol
Edward A. Greene of Burlington Arthur
a l.. Maynard of Brattleboro and G. +
q Rushford of St. Adams. At this meeting
. resolution was passed declaring it t,
be the sense of the meeting that no in
q surance man or company in the organiza
ton should hire n man who was at tn
time in the employ of any other insuranc,
man or company in Vermont. Vice-Presi
dent Harry A. Butler presided at th
- meeting.
T banquet Of the life underwriters, I,
which all insurance men were invited
. was served in the main dining room of tn
= Hotel Vermont at six o'clock, followin,
which the assembly was addressed b,
U Stewart Anderson of New York, superin
;, tendent of the literary depa rtment of tn
q Mutual Life Insurance company.
n The talks by Messrs. Carney and Law
II son at the opening of the general meet
=, ing in the afternoon outlined the pur
=, pose and plans of the Insurance Fedora
ton of America, and warned against tn
. socialistic tendencies which are gainin
! so much Roadway in this country to-day
- causing more and more favorable tai
a about the taking over by the government
~ of important interests in the nation
!. life, including the railroads. telephon
q and telegraph, coal lines, insurance com
panies, etc. Mr. Carney declared tina
it was not Gods plan for this world tina
q it should be conducted on social leve
- and that this socialistic tendency /
V every form should he combated to tn
n end.
As an example of what the eovernmer
has been trying to do in the insuranc
line, Mr.. Carney cited the great wa
risk insurance plan. which, he said, tn
government had contemplated extendin
re- it to railway clerks and other govern
ment employees, until it might soon hav
IN included the general public. The FEEDER;
,a Farm Loan Bureau is another eXamp
~ of this activity of the government