Show A ajr lit U IOU by the president of the united states during the world war the united states government insured at an a 11 exceedingly low premium rate nearly members of the armed forces of the country against death or total permanent disability the insurance insurance thus granted was for the greater protection of the insured and their dependents than was afforded in the compensation independently of insurance rance and unconnected eted therewith which was provided for death or disability resulting from personal injury or disease contracted in the military sen service ice statutory provision was made for the continuance of this war risk insurance alter after the termination tenni nation of the war arid and its conversion within a limited time into such form or for fornis forms nis of insurance usually issued by life insurance companies as the insured might request many veterans do not seem to have the knowledge of this continuing privilege and for one reason or another have permitted their war risk insurance to lapse under the ter terms ins provided for the re establishment or of lapsed insurance normal health conditi conditions oms will permit reinstatement upon the payment of two monthly premiums and for those whose service disabilities render them othen otherwise vise P not ot insurable and who are not permanently or totally disabled pro provision vision i 19 is made for reinstatement upon the payment of premiums premius Ls and interest fo for the period of the lapse even these payments may be tempo temporarily mrily waived for those whose resources do not permit immediate compliance the law provides that no reinstatement of war var risk life insurance in surce which hafl lapsed shall be made after july 2 1927 7 after that date such war risk term tenn insurance cannot be reinstated on or prior to that date therefore such insurance must be rein reinstated and converted at the election of the applicant into one or more of the seven standard forms of life insurance provided by the government if such in insurance urance is now in force the insured must convert it into one of the forms for ails above mentioned on or before the above date the potential protective value of the ir insurance thus provided is apparent as affecting the future economic and domestic welfare of veterans and their dependents provision is made for extended insurance paid up values loan values cash surrender values and dividend participation no pram premium ailini is charged luring during total or permanent disability thousands of our national al defend defenders eVs are passing on each year all veterans of the world war should be generally and fully informed of their right to procure the safe are and certain protection for themselves and their dependents of the insurance afforded by the government detailed anfor information with le ie ference to such insurance may be obtained from office of the united states veterans bureau washington wagging ton D C or from it its regional offices located throughout the country wherefore I 1 calvin coolidge president of the united states do hereby designate the period from january 31 to february 7 1927 as a time luring during wl which deli special effort should be made to inform all veterans of the world war of the right they have to reinstate lapsed war risk life insurance and to convert it into united states government life insurance and tb that at all such veterans may in some manner he be properly informed I 1 urge all ci citizens particularly employers the press labor organizations organization a associations professional groups and civics and patriotic bodies to secure full information and use of such means of informing the veterans as may be most effective LN IN WITNESS WHEREOF I 1 have hereunto set my hand ban and caused the seal eal of the united states to be affixed done at the city of washington this eleventh lay day of january in the year of our lord one thousand nine nine hundred and twenty seven and anal of the independence of the united states the one hundred and fifty first SEAL CALVIN COOLIDGE by the president r county attorney ferdinand erickson in submitting to us the above proclamation with ajic request for publication writes us in the accompanying letter 1 I shall personally ally be pleased to assist any ex cr service serice man who at this this time bontem contemplates a renewal or conversion of the insurance carried during the late war |