Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-09
SUPPLEMENTARY STATEMENT.
Facts and Figures in Regard to Super
animated Clerks.

The House appropriations committee to-
day gave out a supplementary statement to
the hearings on the legislative. executive
and judicial appropriation bill. which con-
tains In detailed form the facts and figures
upon which the committee based It's recon-
mendations contained in the bill reported
today that the salaries of clerks In the ex-
ecutive departments of sixty-lve. sixty
eight and seventy years be limited to 81, 400.
81 200 and $40. respectively. and that after
1913 clerks of seventy years be dismissed
from the service.
The statement given out today by the
committee on this subject contains data
showing the number of clerks In each ex-
ecutive department who are over sixty-five
years of age and also over seventy years.
The statement shows that there are 1,G0T
employees in Washington who have reached
the age of stxty-f1ve years and who receive
an aggregate annual compensation of ST.
9S6 171.O6, or an average annual compensa-
ton of 81 1855, and that there are 5S5 en-
ployes who are seventy years or older, who
receive an aggregate annual compensation
of $727, 671 03 which Is an average annual
compensation for this class Of 81. 243.SS.
Waht the Figures Show.
The figures presented show that en-
ployes sxty-f1ve years and over are dis
tributed throughout the executive depart
ments as follows; Department of Justice,
10; State Department, 10; Agricultural De-
partment 125; Navy Department, %:
Smithsonian Institution. 8; civil service
commission, /; interstate commerce COM
mission, 8; Department of Commerce and
| Labor, 81; Treasury Department, 40; war
Department, 1919; Post Office Department.
| rs; Interior Department, Adj: Government
| Printing Office, 231; Library OF Congress ~
The aggregate annual compensation of
| employees sixty-flye years and over in the
various departments is as follows: Depart
| ment of Justice. $26, AGO. State Department.
| $40, $50; Agricultural Department $l32,6o2;
| Navy Department. So, $40; Smithsonian In
| stitution, So 449. so; civil service commits
| sion 81 900: interstate commerce commits
! sion, $40; Commerce and Labor. $3.50;
| Treasury Department. $525, 40: War De-
| partment S24S, 14S; Post Office Department
| 500 040: interior Department. 1913, 210
| government printing office, $236'512o6; LII
| brary of Congress. $15. 14o.
The figures showing the average annuai
compensation Of clerks of sixty-five years
and over in the departments show that the
| highest annual average Is that paid by the
Department of Justice. 81 653f IS. The low
| est is paid In the Navy Department 1913. %.
The other departments range between these
| two amounts. and are as follows: state De-
partment. S1.09S: Agricultural Department.
| 81, O61 21; Smithsonian Institution, 81. O684 AZ;
civil service commission, $500: Interstate
commerce commission. 81. 1SS; Commerce and
Labor, 81, 267. 49, Treasury Department, ST.
2s1:52; War Department, 81. 246I; Post
partment. 81 1884 90: government printing
Office. 81 ,023.ss; Library OF Congress. ST.
6S222
The number of employees in the various
departments who have reached the age of
seventy or more are distributed in this way:
Department of Justice. Z: State Depart
ment, B: Agricultural Department. q; Smith
sonian Institution. 8; Navy Department. 10;
civil service commission, 1; Interstate COM
merce commission, 4; Commerce and Labor,
II; Treasury Department. 1853; War Depart
ment, 6S; Post Office Department. 10; Inte-
rior Department, III; government printing
Office, 10; Library of Congress, 8.
The Interior Department pays $3.50. $50 a
year to employees over seventy years old.
The other departments pay lesser amounts,
as follows: Justice. $1,000; State S2740;
Agriculture. $24,500; Navy, S17,OO7. 81;
Smithsonian institution. 81 40; civil service
commission, 81 600: Commerce and Labor.
$20,SO0; War. $S4 sos: Post Office, SIT 100;
Treasury. 1910. 315: government printing
office, $I903051 Library Of Congress, $9,-
400.
Average Salary to Those Over Seventy.
The average annual compensation paid to
employees who are 20 years and more is
higher than that paid to employees who are
sfxty-fiye years or more Again, the De-
partment of Justice leads In the average
annual salary paid to these supposedly SUI
perannuated employees with $19SS57. and
this time the Smithsonian institution fs at
the foot of the list with SSSS. The average
in the other departments is: State $9l3. .sS;
Agriculture, $l.113.63; Navy. 81, 133. SIS: civil
service commission. 81 800; interstate COM
merce commission. 81, 100; Commerce and
Labor, S1,229. Al; Treasury, $1,244. 40; War,
Sl,as.o5; Post Office, 81. 1O8.25; Interior.
81. 40; government printing office. ST.
o39s7; Library of Congress-, $1,ss4.
The statement issued by the COMMITTEES
gives the names and salaries of every per-