Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-14

been held st Cleveland. This will be
understood more readily by the aver
age reader if he will recall that the
vast majority of the railroad traffic
centers about the section in which
Cleveland is located.
But there is large item in trans
ferrfng documents and records 10 th@
convention city as well as the trans
portation OF the personnel from the
headquarters offices to the same point
and that item will this year add
$4,000 to the additional expenses.
The foregoing changes affect more
directly the financial policy of the
brotherhood. One of the changes
turns directly to the humanitarian
side. It is one affecting the policy
OF the department that looks to the
welfare of members afflicted with
tuberculosis. There are just now
about 400 in that group. It has been
the policy OF the organization to pay
from the treasury an allowance OF
$75 month il the member was not
able to work. 1t also has been pre-
viding travel expense to sanitarium
and an additional allowance of SIS
month with all hospital expenses
paid for the treatment 1t is now
proposed to make hospital treatment
for the period OF six months COM
pulsory This, Mr. Jones explains,
is advocated because it has been
found that practically all cases yield
to treatment and that it is 10 the
advantage OF the member himself
to have the rule invoked
The brotherhood would continue it's
policy generally, and where one was
found whose case failed to yield to
treatment he would be given as
liberal treatment as now is provided
But if the treatment secured the
desired results then the member
would be in position to return to his
work when treatment had been found
effective and adjusting himself to any
climatic changes that might be fa-
vored by his doctors, he would have
a chance to become self-supporting
again as well as to enjoy life in the
avocation for which he was trained.
Financial affairs of the Brother
hood OF Locomotive Firemen and
Enginemen are in excellent condi-
tion," said Mr.. Jones. Our COM
mittee had occasion to make pains
taking inquiry into them and we were
pleased to find that there is now
assets exceeding $l70o0,0OO and that
these assets are in excellent condi-
tion.''
1t is the statement Of Mr.. Jones,
also, that the committee urges upon
the coming convention the inaugura-
ton OF an insurance plan that will
accommodate the older members who
from some cause or other failed to
avail themselves of insurance in the
present insurance department when it
was economically to! ltheir advantage
to do So The plan is on the mutual
basis and the individual will pay
for his insurance in proportion to
the risk he brings to the organization.
But it will be operated upon basis
that will make it possible for him
to acquire valuable insurance and
one that will develop a cash surrender
value at the end of two years.
Mr. Jones will leave Douglas shortly
for San Francisco to attend TO some
organization work. His committee will
assemble there on June just ahead
of the meeting of the brotherhood
convention. That will afford the
committee time to re-check the.
matters before it and handle any
problems that may require its at
tention before the final presentation
of it's report to the convention
sessions