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AFFILIATED WITH THE A.F. of L. "SCHEDULE WITH SAFETY" COPY AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL 3145 WEST SIXTY-THIRD STREET CHICAGO 29 TELEPHONE HEMLOCK 5015 28 Squirrel Hill Rd [[stamp]] 537 [[/stamp]] Roslyn Heights, N.Y. February 2, 1948 Mr. Clarence N. Sayen 1320 N. Prairie Ave. Dallas, Texas Dear Mr. Sayen: Your letter of January 24th is being forwarded to Mr. Latimer along with a few others including similar questions, so that he may prepare the correct answers to all. Mr. Latimer is in the process of preparing a pamphlet answering many of the questions that have arisen during recent weeks. All members should have this by the end of next week. In the meantime, I will do my best to answer your questions: First, you ask whether or not, under the occupational disability, a pilot could collect a minimum annuity of $200.00 per month and gave another source of income. As the proposed bill is now written, he could have any other source of income that he could not work for an air line and draw the annuity. The annuity would be suspended during any ground employment with an air line but would reinstate itself if the ground employment with the air line was terminated. Second, the Interim Retirement Committee, Headquarters, and the counsel engaged by the Association for this project, do not feel that Congress would enact a law which would provide security for the retirement of air line pilots unless all air line pilots were included. Third, railroad employees who are covered by the Railroad Retirement Act do not participate in any of the benefits of Social Security nor do they pay the Social Security tax. The proposed plan for air line pilots was drafted so that all individuals covered by the plan would have the full benefits of Social Security as well as being required to pay the Social Security tax. As to taxing the pilot double and the air line only once or not at all in regards to Social Security, Mr. Latimer will have to cover this particular point for you. Fourth, actually it's expected, when the survey is completed within the next few weeks, that the contribution required from the