The Crittenden press., 1920-04-02
CATCH UP ON
WAR WORK

bllity for the burea to mail 10 each
of the 4,G10,3S3 men on Its list, lnfor-
nation relative 10 the changes IN rul-
ings. etc.. rs rapidly us they were
issued TO make even one complete |
mailing to each Of the millions Of adj |
dresses aud at the same time to cope |
with the work 81 the bureau was an |
almost lnupcruble task, Naturally.
much complaint developed on the |
ground that service mon were unable
to get Information about what the
bureau Of war risk insurance was Of
ferlng or wns doing.
Handcaps Overcome.
Very serious handlcnpS in the nd
dressing of the men have just been
overcome. Through special GpprOpri-
alton mude by congress, the bureau
has hecn enabled to put It's entire list
Of former service men on addressO-
graph plates Il task which has requIr-
ed several months and which has com
pletely monopolized the plate-maklng
section 0f great factory. In the
bureau Of war risk insurance itself
over nine hundred people have been
employed In putting the names and
addresses on the plates.
In addition to enabling the bureau
TO make full mnllings Of Its most i'm
portant Information to former service
men and women. the sending out Of
premium notice has been enormous
Is facilitated. The new system Of
printing both the premium notice and
the premium receipt AT the same time
from the addressograph plate and by
filing the returned nddressograph no.
tice In place Of the premium receipt
10 credit the individual account with
the remittance. reduces TO minimum
the possibility OF misnpplicatlOn Of
premiums received Additional safe
guard rests In the fact that each adj
dressogrnph plate carries the certii-
cate or policy nImber and the amount
Of premium regularly due from the
, service man. This prevents the er'
rors that previously occurred through
repeated copying with typewriter
In n great business where there are
more than thirty million records, In
Guiding the names Of more than NIFTY
thousand IOhnstons. J0hnSonS, etc.
: md proporlonntcly large numbers o
u Smiths. and Browns. occasional er
rors and misunderstanding wer'
bound 10 develop. but the ironng-ou
process IL now So well under way tina
even such discrepancies will be rapid
ly corrected.
Difficulties Reduced.
The promptncss with which rr'
Y MUM notices can now he mailed Is eN
! prctcd to ohvinIe largely the dli'icn
y ties md voynt'ons which hlthert
y have been occaSioned hy premium M
= tIccs being mailed whore the payment
" had already been made Prompt n
.e ceiptlng for premiums. witch now
IL pnSSihlc and will he carried ont. WI
v largely do away with this difficult
y except. of course. where notices s'l
'" ont In previous month, are forwar
u cd before the current payments cou
, be credited.
Nv Issuance of the insurance pollc'
WI for The permanent fconvertcd COVER
y" ment lie insurance. which are d
W sired by all the men who are insure
!" has been DELAYED pending the compl
W zion. which now has been passed
= The new policies are now being co'
~ rle'cd by the actuarial and LEGAL {
~ rcrts and sent 10 the goNernme
"' nrintInc office. and It is expected III
" they win be- mailed out before June
~ with the insurance business Of I
" bureau on current basis. II Is M
u, ANTICIPATED that former service m
y" who have been deferred from kecpl
III M their insurance by reason Of the I
laws which they had experienced
ou the handling ~ their accounts. "
=" take advantage of the very liberal NJ
Nv visions fnr the reinstatement NJ "
"" risk Insurance by the payment " Z
os' monthly premiums and satlsfnctC
'h' statement " health and Will get bu
" on the hooks,
W" The new law has made the ms
~ ance very attractive by eularrlng
vs. llst of permitted bcnchciuricS TO