The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-27
LOYAL EMP[OYES
 ID GET INSURANCE
 FROML. & N. ROAD
Brotherhood IndemnitieS and Financial Protection to Be Carried By Road at Same
 Figures Men Now Pay

Brotherhood insurance carried by Louisville and Nashville railroad men will be continued by the road at the same cost to the employe who remains loyal should the threatened strike take place.
 Vice President c. F. Evans has sent to the train and yard service men the following communication, dated Louisville, Ky, October 24:
 The Communication
 Following the issuance of my cir cular letter to you of October 22, 1921, many inquiries have come to the management directing attention to the fact that by remaining loyal to the management at thls time you would in all probability sacrifice cer- tain insurance protection you now have for your families through the organizations with which you are connected.
 It is not desired that you shall suf- fer loss in this way. and in the event of your being forced to give up these insurance benefits as a result of your Loyalty continuing work. the Louisville and Nashville Railroad company makes this proposition to you:
 To those who are carrying, or
 are entitled to carry, brotherhood
 reorganization insurance, of
 whatever form. the company
 agrees that 1t will afford you in
 lieu of your brotherhood insur-
 ance the same protection you
 now have by procuring for you the same amount and form of in-
 surance in n good and solvent
 insurance company, at cost to
 you not greater than Nyou are
 now paying, or would have to
 pay. to your respective brother
 hood.
 To new employees of the class above named, who hereafter enter the company's service the company makes a like proposition.
 The plan to accomplish the above result is that the company will pay the premiums for insurance so pro- cured on each man, whatever they may be, but each man Is to pay to the company only so much as he Is paying, or would have to pay, to the brotherhood for the same amount and form of insurance.
 But along with this insurance question it is proper to say that many of you have been in the com pany's service many years. during which time you have worked your way up to the positions of priority you now hold and which are of much value to you. including the benefits you are privileged to receive under the established voluntary pension practices of the company. By leav- ing the service you would automat- ically sacrifice these pension benefits and lose the rights you have ac- quired through years of service.
 The rights of those remaining fn' or entering the service during the strike, will be protected. Further more, they will be given all prac- tical protection in the performance of their duties.
 Against Government I ask you to remember that the kaction you have been called upon to take is not against the railroad or merely against the railroad; 1t is against the findings of a government body, and based solely upon a re- fusal to accept the decision of the Tinted States railroad laboresboard. taking off only part of the increase in wages granted you by that poaro' effective May 1, 1920.
 Do not permit yourself to be mis- lied. The Louisville and Nashville Railroad company has observed the provisions of the transportation act in it's negotiations with your repre- sentatives; it has accepted the de- cisions of the United States railroad labor board, and expects to continue to do so. The problem you have to decide involves along with your duty to yourselves and your families, your loyalty not only to the railroad com pany, but the United States railroad labor board, and to the government | itself. Yours very truly, "G. E. EVANS, Vice President"