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statement is unqualifiedly false. The following are guaranteed an annuity of not less than $200 per month:

(a) those eligible by reason of a disability incurred in the course of employment as an air line pilot;

(b) those who, in the 36 months preceding the effective date of an annuity, worked as an air line pilot in 18 different calendar months (one flight in each of the 18 months would suffice);

(c) those granted an annuity based on disability at age 50 (i.e., those with less than 10 years in case of disqualification as an air line pilot, or less than 5 years in case of a permanent and total disability) whose active services was terminated by such disability and who, in the 36 months preceding such termination, worked as an air line pilot in 18 different calendar months (one flight in each of the 18 sufficing);

(d) those having 20 years of service (including military service).

(6) In paragraph 8 it is stated that any monetary benefits a pilot might receive from service in World War II are deducted from his pension. That is not so. The only provision is that if military service is credited, that, he gets at Government expense a pension based on his military service, he will not get it both in his pilot's annuity and also directly from the Government. The circular's comment on this point is completely misleading.

(7) The statement in paragraph 9 is the direct opposite of the truth. The method in the bill has been worked out for the specific purpose of not penalizing one pilot for flying fewer hours than another in the base year.

(8) In paragraph 10 several figures are given about what widows and children will draw. On the basis of the illustrations given the figures are somewhat understated though they cannot be checked exactly. If, for example, a pilot worked 20 years and got exactly $750 in each month, the widow's benefit at 60 would be $86.40 and each child would get $54 rather than $57. But the use of these illustration is misleading. The emphasis on the 20 years would make it sound as if a pilot had flown for only 10 years, the benefits would be very substantially reduced. This is not true. Benefits of as much as $67.50 per month can be awarded to a widow from the very first day the ALPA plan begins to operate. The total family benefits which could be paid on the first day of operation would amount to $180 per month.

(9) In paragraph 12 it is stated that:

"Also if you had not been killed in the line of duty your dependents would receive nothing at all unless you had either