Show BUREAU ON BUM B um BUT HOPE LEFT TO ASSIST BOYS BOY 0 war aar risk flik i Is A kol go I 1 thins tiling fine wrong it athas has suf I 1 U forel much in lit reputation h 13 association a boci soci t lon with ith tie ti e bu wit of 0 f tin aare mare nan t this Is I 1 the tile substance of the ameri amerl cin Le giona instigation of the bu reau of 0 war risk rik insurance ahk th first installment of which beels to I 1 published pub lishe I 1 to d daiy diy ty in lit ta tie a I 1 legion ebion weekly the official magazine of the veteran et erans the legion howett ho weir ap all peal peals to ex service nan to continue tonti outi nue their lus insurance urance with all iti its fault faults of red taie tale lu in competence and an growth it says war risk insurance is too valuable to ie to turned in with rifles lacke lacks and u nes kit kits I 1 ou on may b it now ani an t probably Iro bably are but the thing tiling to do i is to look ahead ahe ad if you let bour insurance all la now you will regret it later if you ever feel the need for buium neo an all I 1 ir in a ear from front now it will be to lati latt if you want gool goo I 1 c e 1 ty up find and git I 1 lack ack in lit kid ind ae as situation ie Is tin re I 1 hope for general improvement T the ile bill which sheild bacome 1 a rt law ALI goon soon an a the league of nations issue liars the sanate nate will more than dou blo on oil the a arai unit a all I 1 I 1 macy det deucedly attractive new fixtures fia tures to insurance 11 in part the first fird on oil the tile ie 10 gione gions pays of thu tile 4 53 lovicie lo 1 policies licie written under the war risk insurance ranco ait at or about ST 87 I 1 ier er cent of tl tie whole 11 hive lve lapsed eijiu e tie armistice that is t ti altu ution in lit the fare face of ta tie e constant eft tm tx the bureau to per duale the vite rati to t his in aurance ani ant cavert coivert it into government of which eix six different policies are issued similar in form and benefits to thone those of th oil line companies ali anclin Ant it lin ing ti atiat at I 1 I 1 bounds sound like war risk dofsen t very gool goo to the tile former service man and that t h it ie I 1 one le of the reasons why wh y 87 i 1 cr er cent bf 0 them pulled out soon after die dis charge when the amount for premiums pre mums no longer automatically was as deducted from their monthly pir the american I 1 ebion weekly we kly I 1 ae as sought an explanation of tins this tion it has studley the war nik risk in lit urance bureau in thi effort to answer dieso questions I 1 la Is war risk insurance a good thing 2 are the affairs affair i of the tile bureau being competently 3 should tho the faith of the veteran bo be restored in lit war mar risk insurance and khouli I 1 he lie be he urged to keep up hia is in and anda if lie has fallen pay ua i convert an I 1 a carry a as much in aurance Oura uce ia its he lie can afford t our to tie first ani ant third questions qu e actions ie is ie I 1 em Ile Re garling the tile question this nin may y be sal ball I 1 tho tito bureaus bure aua affairs I 1 avo live not been competently admi nitten 1 el I in the tile past and C G jone jones tho the i resent director I 1 as not ea er fit to give sufficient figure figures from his ills records to enable us u to frame fraine nn an unqualified answer us as to tie tl effiel tiley of the presket administration which dates back to last may undoubtedly progress is being mada ho however eer and a situation that once wai the tile despair lo 10 of f the treasury trea eury department is slowly clearing two things seem to be responsible for the tile veterans neglect of lie its ic jr lih ills lack of confidence in any thing tiling vita tie name of war risk In insurance burance ani rol second the tile psychological situation which invests invest the tile sudden release of four and u half million from the tumultuous occupy tiona of military and and naval to civilian pursuits pura tho veterans pter atile lick lack of faith in tho the burbatt is the product of his hi own ex lerwence leri eric nce ence the experience ofies of Is buddies and anti tho the general hearsay ari art ing tin re arm in tins of thousands thou of cases the bure bureau in has failed to lay ay allot brents and allowances wade made by sol tiers liers in the fiel fiell 1 ant sailors with tho the fleet ani an I 1 the tile mens families have buffered suffered in consee a then too much money has been beem erroneously jail out to persons not entitled to ceide ri it premiums have been reported un paid when they have I 1 ken cen paid men have submitted their complaints in writing or have written to the tile bureau jn dit an effort to adjust complication complications regarding regan ling their own ease case or to request information and their letters h hive ave lain long unanswered the tile story of the tile dispiriting delays which crippled men have had to bear before thiv coull collect their dis als ability compensation would fill a book that woul I 1 be a poor tribute to the ef fi fici clency eney of the war riak risk insurance bu renu reau these theme men frequently have I 1 een abandoned for months totally without support from the government before they collected the awards they had every to expect would be forthcoming as soon as they were Us its charged from the tile hospital lio pital such men aften relinquished td their insurance naturally officials ficiala of of the bureau prefer to believe the psychological situations 1 la the principal cause for lapsit ions it is true that on di di charge the majority of u mer v te not properly perly advised as to tho desirability of continuing insurance and how to go about it to do it that task wn delegated to army and anti navy officers who in the rush of discharge details had many othir things to think about there was not enough personal or in contact I 1 the present jumbled condition of the bureau records may bu be traced di erectly to the confusion which possess ed everything during the first weeks ft of me bureaus bure aue history on october tap 8 1917 tile war nek risk insurance act a legislators dreama became a law three weeks later the war risk inser ine ir ance bureau tl went into er istance 11 ering without zm tion personnel 1 preparation or prece dent a taek task which illch v staggers the imag illation the result was chaos |