Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-19
PROVIDE MORE BENEFITS
SWEET BILL EXPLAINED
By CONGRESSMAN SWEET
Converted Insurance May Now He Paid
In Lump Sum In
stallmcnts.
IRx Associated Prcsal


WASHINGTON. Jan. 1S.-How month
ly benefits paid under tho war risk in
suranco act have been increased and
the recently enacted Sweet bin was ex-
planned today by It's author, Iicpres6n-
tative Sweet, OF Iowa.
IN lump sum or in installments for
tion Of the policyholdcr, Mr.. Sweet
payable to any OF tho followinE:
Parent, grandparcnt. step parent,
parent pan, through adoption, husband; wife,
brother. brother through adoption,
SSt rn,3ns.. uncle. aunt, nephew. niece,
son who was in the relation OF q par
cnt to the insured for ono year before
the insured's enlistment, tho children
or such person. and parent through
adoption Of the insurcd's wife or hus-
Compensation Doubled.
Inc monthly compensation pa id un-
der the new law" said Mr.. Sweet, us
moro than doublc.almost trebIe--that
pa'd In the past This nad which
year 10 the amounts paid by the gov
sarnment to the disabled cx-scrTtco
men and their families.
"By the retroactive provisions of tho
low, all payments OF compensation will
% increased to the new basis Pay
ments now are being made BY the War
between tho old rate Of oompensation
ana the new one: This Is an Immediate
s sna ars %So0 0snSt sd 70
tributed. For instance. an unmarried
soldier who has been drawing $50 a
ssSo At doT the las, year will receive
By. the new law being Increased By
$50 in his case"
A. rsroside for Disabled Men.
MI Sweet also explained the perna-
ncnt monthly increases provided FOR all
disabled cx-servicc men. For total
temporary disability the new compen-
To the Unmarried Veteran. 81,
month. an increase from $50
To the victorian with a wife. $50 q
month. an increase from $40
To the veteran with a wife and child
s95 a month. an incresse form $50.
TO the veteran With wife and two
or crease sFa from sl1'd ,s5. 500 month an In
ono, child, 500 n month, with SIS for
each additional child, an increase from
TO TO the veteran with dependent pa
month for each Is also granted.
Of course. all disabilities will not
come within the rating Of tota! tom
porary," Mr.. Sweet said. and 40 the
s neT law sW provides that al disabilities
reau. These other ratings are: partial
and temporary. total and permanent
ana partial and permanent, and for
each the monthly compensation ehall
be a percentage OF the degree of re-
auction in earning capacity resulting
IRON this disability. The reduction In
earning capacity must be at least 10
per cent before one can receive any
com pensation.
For total permanent disability the
compensation is fixed at 500 a month
The Law specifically provides that the
ioss or both feet or both hands, or the
sight or both eyes. or the loss OF one
1907 and one hand. or one foot and one
eye, or one hand and one eye. or be-
coming permanently bedridden shall be
deemed 10 be total permanent disabil-
~. Then, too. double tota! permanent
disability entities one to 1900 month
as long as he lives. For instance, this
ioublc payment Is for tho few men
who lost both eyes. one hand and one
FOOT. or both eyes and both hands or
both eyes and both feet.
Tho hc!pfessly disabled arc further
cared for under the new law by the
provisions directing the War Risk Blu
reau to allow an additional $50 q month
to those veterans in need os an at
tendant.
NO penalty Is imposed by the law
OH those disabled men for their !fdi-
vidual success in overcoming the han
dicap OF Il permanent injury. The law
directs that disability ratings shall be
oased as far as practicable upon the
average imparments Of earning capac-
lily resulting from injuries in civil oc-
ment OF earning capacity in each indi-
yidIal case"