The Washington times., 1905-07-22
RETIREMENT PLAN
is MADE CLEAR
Basis Proposed by Civil
Service Association.
3 PER CENT PRO RATA TAX
With This Revenue 1t Is Thought
That the Organization Will
Be Successful,
3 PER CENT PRO RATA TAX

The main question now before the
United States Civil Service Retirement
association is. On what basis shall the
disabled or superannuated civil service
employees be retired?
1t is the opinion of a majority of the
members Of the association, as well as
of its offspring. the Treasury branch
that all employees should be retired with
the one rate OF pay.
The advantages of the one-rate-on-re-
tirement plan set forth by the members
are; Every empIoye should be treated
alike. The one rate plan would as
simulate the workings Of the organtza-
tion, and it Is the only plan. they be-
Heve. upon which Congress would take
action.
An official of the Treasury branch
and member of the parent organiza-
ton said yesterday:
We propose to formulate a bill to re-
tire those who have reached the age of
seventy years. or those who. having
served ten or moro years. irrespective Of
age, shall be or become permanently in
Capacitated
The plan We have in mind at the
present time. and one which 1 am quite
sure Will meet with favor among the
members of the Treasury branch. and
also the members of the parent organt-
cation, under whose constitution we
We're created. is the levying of a tax Of
3 per cent upon the earning capacity of
every member in the Treasury Depart
ment of the United States.
Estimated Yearly Income
Statistics show that in 1902 there were
about 1890 members OF the civil service
III the employ OF the Treasury Depart
n1ent or Il would be better and more
FAR reaching to say 152,O00 civil service
employees throughout the United States,
ana the average yearly salary paid to
the employees was 81 200. which. at the
per cent plan. would mean a yearly
income for the retirement association OF
50. 400. 600, or from the Treasury branch
alone of $685., 900.
Prom these figures it can readily be
seen that by retiring the old or. dis
abled employees o. basis of $500 per
per cent of the average yearly salary
Of one hundred employees (placins the
yearly salary at S1,10) that six en-
pioyes c0ulC. be retired. The capital need
ed for the yearly expenses of the asso-
citation, 1t Is expected, will be derived
from q per capita tax of % cents a
nue. derived by the 3 per cent tax to be
used exclusively for the paying Of the
retired employees.
will be no help from the Government,
and that no man will be retired until
after three years from the date the
bill goes into effect. the latter fact
which IS necessary 10 obtain an accu-
muIaIive fu.d.
Other Bills That Failed.
From the retart OF the parent or
ganization, under date of March g, 1868,
/, will be seen that as far back as 1888
and in every Congress since that time
bills have been introduced looking TO
the retirement OF the superannuated
employees OF the civil service. Not one
OF these bills had basis of fact upon
which TO rest. and it is with that de-
ficiency plainly obvious that we are
working. planning 10 prepare q bill
which will be complete in every detail,
and upon which we hope Congress. ir
its next session. viii recognize.
This organization and the parent
one will work harmoniously TO obtain
that end, an4 having already had the
official recognition OF the President of
the United States, we cannot see any
thing but success ahead for US"