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Title: The American Legion Weekly (Volume 1, No. 10 (September 5, 1919))
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: American Legion. National Headquarters
Subjects: American Legion periodicals
Publisher: American Legion
Contributing Library: The American Legion National Headquarters Library
Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation

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amending the War Risk Insurance Act,and the American Legion regards this bill favorablywith the one reservation that it be amended so as topermit lump sum payments for term insurance aswell as for converted insurance and so as to placeterm insurance on exactly the same basis as convertedinsurance so far as payments are concerned. Thiswill enable the man who cannot convert his insuranceat this moment when he is lean from long service tohave that opportunity later. Otherwise only theservice man in sound financial condition benefits bythe act. These changes manifestly are necessary in theinterests of equity, justice—and the continuance ofwar risk insurance. When the changes have beeneffected, thus adjusting war risk insurance to a peace-time basis and the wishes of the insured, the presentapathy and even antipathy of former service men toWar Risk Insurance will disappear Let us hopethat Congress will act in this instance without un-necessary equivocation or delay. September 5, 1919 13
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The Last Squad Returns From France 14 THE AMERICAN LEGION WEEKLY S PO RT—Edited by Walter Trumbull The Reds By Frank Graham THERE was nothing about the at-mosphere of the Cincinnati Redstraining camp at Waxahachie,Texas, this spring to presage the successwhich ultimately was to crown the ef-forts of Pat Moran to weld the groupof players under his command into awinning team. It was, as a matter offact, the most gloomy training campthat ever a major league team hasknown. In the first place, Moran, engagedjust a month or two before as the suc-cessor of Christy Mathewson tothe management of the club, hadmuch to learn about the playershe inherited, and they, in turn,knew very little of the methodsof the new leader. Getting ac-quainted with his men was, how-ever, somewhat of a simple taskfor the grizzled Pat, who is, beit known, an excellent mixer.The squad was limited to sixteenmen throughout the training trip,for a number of players wereholding out, and injuries to someof the players wh

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