Private Law 81–677

That the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs is authorized and directed to pay to Mildred Smith Butler, of Jasper, NcTrorkrthe proceeds of national service insurance policy numbered XXXXXXX issued to John Cronin, late sergeant, Third Student TnffwiKegiment, Fort Benning, Georgia, whose death occurred in line of duty on March 16, 1944. Although Fred Butler was designated by the insured as beneficiary of such policy, his claim for payment thereunder was disallowed by Veterans’ Administration on the ground that he did not stand in loco parentis to the insured within the meaning of the National Service

54 Stat. 1008.

38 U. S. C. § 818; Sup. Ill, § 802.

Life Insurance Act of 1940, as amended. Mildred Smith Butler, legally adopted sister of John Cronin, and wife of Fred Butler, beneficiary of said policy, is next in line to receive insurance.