Clipper, Vol. 1, No. 3, June 21, 1944

              PAÜ AMERICAN
PERSONNEL NEWS LETTER
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VOL. 1—NO. 3
LATIN AMERICAN DIVISION
JUNE 21, 1944
PAA’S War Bond Drive Under Way, $1,000 Bond Sale Made At Pamsco
An army of Pan American War Bond salesmen went into action this month almost simultaneously with American soldiers invading Europe.
Seeking to influence every wofker to assign part of his or her paycheck to the war effort through regular purchase of ^bonds, members of the National Fifth War Loan Drive committee are trying to reach personally every employee of Pan American in the Miami area.
Those who have already subscribed to the payroll plan are asked to increase their allotment or to buy extra War Bonds to help supply American soldiers now on European soil with all the food and equipment they need.
Where To Buy
A booth has been erected at Dinner Key and Ruth Mitchell has been busy selling bonds to employees at the marine base. At Pan American Field, purchases may be made at the Panair Credit Union trailer. First employee to approach the trailer was James D. Gallagher, mechanic, who started the drive off June 1 by buying eight bonds. Mrs. Susan Schurr, receptionist on the ninth floor of the Ingraham building, and Charlotte Walker, on the fifth floor of the duPont building are also War Bond “arsenals.”
Pamsco unobtrusively began its campaign May 17 and has already piled up quite a record, John H. Webb, treasury representative for the group, revealed. “We haven’t had a real campaign,” he explained, “We just made it easy for employees to buy bonds from Credit Union representatives, and the results were surprising.”
Tony Comes Through
Tony Allgeier, shipping clerk in the Pamsco stock room bought a $1,000 bond and to date 18 purchases of $25 bonds have been made, 14 .employees have signed up for continuous payroll allotments and 10 have signed up for deductions until one bond is purchased.
Departmental representatives of the Latin American division held an organizational meeting June 1 in the Ingraham building. While all bonds sold during the month will be counted in the present drive, the larger departments decided Continued on Page 8
Mrs. Blanche Martin takes advantage of the War Bond booth in a hangar at Dinner Key marine base, Miami, to put $75 in the hands of Ruth Mitchell, Uncle Sam’s representative. In return she receives a bit of paper worth $100 to her ten years from now and worth a great deal more to the boys who are fighting overseas and are in need of the ammunition and supplies her money will buy. Mrs. Martin works in the ignition harness department as a mechanic’s helper. She answered Pan American’s call for women defense workers in June, 1943.
Panam Club to Dance July 1
Panam Club will hold an informal dance Saturday night, July 1 at Dinner Key terminal building, Miami. Gladys McGarrity is chairman of the affair to which Army, Navy and Marine officers stationed in greater Miami have been invited.
Hospital Insurance Plan For Miami Area Added To PAA Benefit Program
Augmenting the extensive social insurance program established for the benefit of all PAA employees, a co-operative Group Hospital and Surgical Expense Insurance Plan is now available to personnel in the Miami area, Latin American Division, it was announced by Wilbur L. Morrison, vice president. This is the plan recently approved by President Juan T. Trippe and the Board of Directors and supplements the group life insurance and pension plans offered employees.
The plan, which is being underwritten by the Travelers Insurance Company who carry the PAA Group Life Insurance, requires that at least 75 per cent of eligible employees in the Miami area make application before it becomes effective. With the System assuming a portion of the premium payment, it assures a low cost to the employee of $1.06 monthly without dependent benefits or $2.18 monthly which includes dependent benefits. In this latter bracket there is no restriction on the number of dependents in an employee’s immediate family.
Worldwide in Scope
“The objective of this plan is to enable our employees to obtain this type of insurance protection, regardless of age or physical condition, at a lower cost than they could purchase similar coverage individually,” Mr. Trippe said. “Furthermore, this insurance is worldwide in scope, thereby granting you protection wherever you may need it and eliminating any waiting period or lapse in coverage should you be transferred or in course of travel from one location to another,” he added.
Under this plan an employee will be paid $6.00 for each day of confinement in any hospital which the patient designates as a result of accident or disease for which the employee is not entitled to benefits under any workmen’s compensation law. The daily benefit will be paid up to a maximum of 31 days during any one period of disability, but there is no limit to the number of periods of disability for which the employee may receive these benefits in any one year. In addition to the daily benefit payment Continued on Page 8