Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-13
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Meeting OF ASSOCIATION
Elmer Paine Tells How Judges Came
to Decision.
OFFICIAL SUPPORT IS CITED
President Neagle Refers to Ad-
vocacy Of Secretary Straus and
of Gen. Darlington.

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| Prominent speakers last night before
the meeting of the United States Civil
Service Retirement Association at old
| Masonic Temple advocated retirement on
pension for government employees
Cash prizes offered by the association
for the best essays on the subject of Re
tirement of Civil Service Employees were
awarded Enthusiasm was aroused by
| the speeches and the announcement of
| the winners.
Plckens Neagle. president Of the asso-
citation. told of work done by the orSani-
cation toward the accomplishment of its
purpose. and spoke enthusiastically upon
the possible outcome. He referred to the
recommendation made by Secretary
Straus of the Department of Commerce
and Labor in his annual report for 1907
| In which he suggested the retirement plan
| for government clerks. He also referred
70 MAJ. Gen. Darlington. inspector gem
eIal OF the army. recommending the re-
tirement and pensfoning of those in the
classified service.
second assistant postmaster general: A.
b. Hayes. former solicitor Of internal rev.
enue, and Elmer E. Paine, a newspaper
man.
Mr.. Paine was one of the board Of
JUDGES or the essays offered in the contest
and announced the winners from the Mat
form last night.
Winners of Prizes.
The winners were:
First prize. s5O-Joseph F. Seaman,
clerk, United States customs service. Bos-
ton.
Second prize, $25-w. A. Poyck, letter
carrier. Wilkesbarre, Pa.
Third prize. $25-Joseph B. Quinlan,
clerk, classification division. Post Office
Department
Fourth prize; s2O-Edson L. Whitney,
clerk. pension Office.
Fifth prize. STOP. ]. Hutchinson, let
ter carrier. Boston, Mass.
Sixth prize. $lO-Jacob w. Starr. clerk,
Seventh prize s1O-Elisha c. Vose. OBJ
server United States weather bureau,
Concord N. H.
In speaking of the contestants Mr.. Paine
said:
Every one of them bears evidence OF
thought and ability. The judges. to
be perfectly frank about the matter were
somewhat at a loss In the making of the
awards of prizes. Among so many pa
pers as were submitted to the board it
which were the best.
In the consideration of the papers sub
mitted the judges individually examined
them. Each judge marked the essays
entirely independently of every other
judge. When we came together finally
to consider our marks and make the
awards of prizes the various estimates
were placed by the actuary of the board,
Mr.. Mccoy. in columns.
An exponent. or a weight. of seven
was given to the first prize; an exponent
of six was given to the second; an ex-
ponent of five was given to the third,
and 80 down to the seventh prize BY
this arrangement the judges were ena-
as 1t may seem. of absolute unanimity.'
People Should Be Educated.
Lauding the purposes of the association
Mr.. Paine said:
For a considerable time l have been
interested in the work this association Is
doing. In the examination of the papers
submitted to the board of judges it was
evident to all of US that the writer's were
following along beaten paths In the con-
sideration of this matter Of retirement
30 important to every civil service employee
I'm the view of many of us the time has
come when educational influences should
be brought to bear to induce the American
p<oPIC W CouSCut W d CIVIL pension l1St.
Throughout the country strong sentiment
exists against the establishment of a civil
pension list, but that sentiment exists,
believe, because of a lack of definite in
formation concerning its advantages.
Without committing any member of
| the board of judges in any way, l wish to
urge upon the membership of this associa-
ton the desirability of working for civil
pensions to such an extent as may be en-
tirely proper
Those who served as judges to award
the prizes follow: Gen. Robert Shaw
Oliver, assistant secretary of war; Charles
II. Treat, Treasurer OF the United States
Prof. Willis l.. Moore, chief OF the
weather bureau; MIR. Edward b. Moore,
commissioner Of patents; Elmer f..
Paine, Associated Press; Joseph e. Nc
Coy, actuary, Treasury Department. and
George r. Wales, assistant chief exam
liner United States civil service commits
sion.
In his address Assistant Postmaster
General Stewart said 1t is no reflection
upon the character or ability of man
when he enters the government service
and doesn't leave 1t.
1T should be to his credit he said.
1T shows fidelity and loyalty And such
men should be remembered by the gov
eminent for their faithful labors
II am heartily in favor of the retirement
plan and wish it all possible success Go
on with the movement that has been so
strongly started. Keep at your task as
though the success you are aiming for
was already In your grasp