The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-20
Secretary MacVeagh Trans
mlts Request of Employees
for Retirement on Pay
OFFICIAL APPROVAL
GIVEN TO PROJECT
Rearrangement Of Salaries Based
on Work Performed, Is
Suggested.

The appeals Of more than 10000
I Government clerks in all sections OF
T the country for the passage OF a law
70 retire sUperannuated civil service
employees were sent 70 Speaker Can
non today. bearing with them the IN
F qualified approval Of the Secretary OF
/ the Treasury
The petitions, for the appeals are IN
( that form. were signed BY 15.o86 civil
Z service clerks employed IN Washing
ton and $500 clerks OF all classes. in
Guiding postal employees from all the
+ larger cities Of the country Secre-
tary NacVeash's letter Of transmittsl
ane the bulky petition were referred
4 10 the Committee. on Reform in the
/ Civil Service.
ct have the honor 20 transmit here
with" Secretary MacVeagh wrote the
. Speaker, "a petition 70 the Congress.
81 Ened by i6.QS6 employees in the exec
. utlve departments and separate bu-
re4us inv gtOu.fOr the enactment
OF laws tC- the retirement OF super
annUaJed civil service employees based
upon cOnCribUrOry plan. and fOr~E
reclaSsi6 i6CaCiou OF salaries upoEeHfhe
basis OF character and quality q work
performed The petition has nly warm
approval
No Other Way, Says MacVeagh
The subject Of a retiring allowance
for civil service employees was discussed
By me in ny report 10 Congress Of De
cember. 1873. and the views therein ex-
pressed are again urged upon Congress
after several months Of inquiry into the
I need Of the Government 10 take the
step which VIII result in anal economy
and efficiency in the classified service,
and which can be reached by no other
I me -Lud, and. ar The same time. 70 pro
woe immediate relic . sUcn emploEes
as are now supe-aT dated and IN cir
cUc-sr1rces requiring the aid ef a law
proE-aluE a rerl-.nE allowance
The petition Irrm employees outside OF
IN aS-t1E-oG wh'ct was tIansr1itted with
secretary AaCN--2 IN s letter contained
the names OF cierEs In New York Chi
cage, Boston Philadelphia PiJrsbUrC.
N-W Orleans s. Louis. Cincinnati, Buf-
tal l1, Augusta. Ne, and Knoxville Tenn
LU taking the position he does on the
retirement scheme, Secretary NacNeaEh
voices the sentiment OF the Taft At-
r--n-s-ra-i0u and puts the question
Gua-ely Up 20 Congress The Secretary
OF tho Treasury is absolutely uneQuivo-
cai ard leaves no chance for doubt as 70
has stand
1T seems 70 me-" wrote Mr.. Mac
EeaEh. 81 the December report which
be Uentiy red in tOday's letter, that
" a.
really efficient SERVED is out Of the
question without a method Of honor2bly
and justly retiring persons whose
( efficiency IS seriously impaired"
American Att, tude UNIQUE.
. Comparing the attitude Of the United
states toward its employees with the
. attitude Of other governments, Nj Mac
Weigh remarks
The United states is the only nation
that has no general legal retiring pen
| sion for the employees Of its civil service.
We have this unique position in the
world. along with reputation for great
wealth and for otherwise liberal ex-
ueuCitCres- The entire world has shown
great and growing recognition Of pen
S-1uS and retiring allowances and while
. the United states is SO far behind the
rest OF the world in civil pensions. II
has by far the largest pension list among
the nations.
IN conclusion. the Secretary calls at
rsu-ion % the fact that this question
has been before Congress a long time
III the policy were TO be adopted at
this time " he saws. 1T would Undoubt-
edIv give q strong impulse 10 that i'm
/ provemenr Of every branch OF the ser
vice which IS now so much desired by
( the people. and which is a matter Of 50
much interest 70 Congress and the Ad-
miuiStraLiOn