To Amend the Bureau of Insurance Act So as to Insure the Men in the Army and Navy: Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the House of Representatives, Sixty-fifth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 5723, August 11[-24] 1917 |
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... going to be left to the uncertain chances of future legislation or to the scandals of our old pension system . Every man should know that the moment he is enlisted in the military service of the Government these definite guaranties and ...
... going to be left to the uncertain chances of future legislation or to the scandals of our old pension system . Every man should know that the moment he is enlisted in the military service of the Government these definite guaranties and ...
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... going into the war , namely , the loss of insurability for any man who wants to take it at this time , and that the loss of insurability is a real loss to any man who thinks he wants insurance . Secretary MCADOO . And for which you ...
... going into the war , namely , the loss of insurability for any man who wants to take it at this time , and that the loss of insurability is a real loss to any man who thinks he wants insurance . Secretary MCADOO . And for which you ...
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... going to get . We believe that to cut her off immediately on remarriage would lead to an enor- mous amount of immorality . She doesn't deserve any real pension after she has remarried , and yet to prevent this immorality and at the same ...
... going to get . We believe that to cut her off immediately on remarriage would lead to an enor- mous amount of immorality . She doesn't deserve any real pension after she has remarried , and yet to prevent this immorality and at the same ...
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... going to follow . If a man dies through something entirely different the death benefit does not follow- Secretary MCADOO . For instance , if he is killed in an automobile accident that would not apply . Judge MACK . Exactly , unless his ...
... going to follow . If a man dies through something entirely different the death benefit does not follow- Secretary MCADOO . For instance , if he is killed in an automobile accident that would not apply . Judge MACK . Exactly , unless his ...
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... going to commandeer them , that imposes greater obligations upon us than would be implied if we were fighting the war here upon our own soil . We have all been impressed with the work done already , particularly that done by the ...
... going to commandeer them , that imposes greater obligations upon us than would be implied if we were fighting the war here upon our own soil . We have all been impressed with the work done already , particularly that done by the ...
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25 per cent actuaries advisory ALBEN W amendment amount payable ance Army and Navy Article III August 24 average beneficiaries benefits bill bureau Capt centum CHAIRMAN child commissioners committee on labor compensation compulsory allotment Congress cost course death or disability dependents director DOREMUS draft EKERN election enlisted estimate expense family allowance fund give going Gompers Government increase injury insurance companies Jersey Judge MACK Julian W league less living loss ment military MILLIKEN minimum MOIR month monthly National Civic Federation paid Paragraph PARKER partial disability payment pension law pension system person premium president question RAYBURN reason regulations RICHARD WAYNE PARKER risk salary Samuel Gompers Secretary MCADOO SIMS statement suggest surance temporary censors term insurance THETUS W thing tion total disability Treasury United war-risk widowed mother wife WOLFE
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Page 4 - Any of the district courts of the United States within the jurisdiction of which such inquiry is carried on may, in case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to any corporation or other person...
Page 3 - The director, subject to the general direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall administer, execute, and enforce the provisions of this act, and for that purpose have full power and authority to make rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, necessary or appropriate to carry out its purposes and shall decide all questions arising under the act, except as otherwise provided in sections five and four hundred and five.
Page 3 - The director shall adopt reasonable and proper rules to govern the procedure of the divisions and to regulate and provide for the nature and extent of the proofs and evidence and the method of taking and furnishing the same...
Page 10 - An Act to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes", approved September 7, 1916, as amended, shall extend to persons given employment under the provisions of this Act.
Page 11 - SEC. 401. That such insurance must be applied for within one hundred and twenty days after enlistment or after entrance into or employment in the active service and before discharge or resignation...
Page 4 - ... or to give evidence touching the matter in question; and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof.
Page 11 - The United States shall bear the expenses of administration and the excess mortality and disability cost resulting from the hazards of war. The premium rates shall be the net rates based upon the American Experience Table of Mortality and interest at 3H per centum per annum. This section, as amended, shall be deemed to be in effect as of June 7, 1924.
Page 8 - Whenever the compensation payable to or for the benefit of any person under the provisions of this section is terminated by the happening of the contingency upon which it is limited, the compensation thereafter for the remaining beneficiary or beneficiaries, if any, shall be the amount which would have been payable to them if they had been the sole original beneficiaries.
Page 8 - That for death or disability resulting from personal injury suffered or disease contracted in the line of duty, by any commissioned officer or enlisted man or by any member of the Army Nurse Corps (female) or of the Navy Nurse Corps (female) when employed in the active service...
Page 11 - Subject to regulations, the insured shall at all times have the right to change the beneficiary or beneficiaries of such insurance without the consent of such beneficiary or beneficiaries, but only within the classes herein provided.