The evening world., 1911-01-11
PENSION SYSTEM
PLANNED FOR ALL
I CITY EMPLOYEES
Boz
COMMITTEE of the Citizens
Union Makes Report After
Exhaustive Study.
W -
ECRITIClSES OLD PLANS.
SITS Forth Sound Principles
Upon Which the Payments
..aA Should Be Made.
CRlTlClSES OLD PLANS.

a committee OF the Citizens Union,
appointed n year ago TO prepare and
recommend a comprehensive pension
system fyr civil service employees o..
the city, submitted AN elaborate report
to-day. The findings and recomrcnia-
tons or the committee arc based upon
careful study q about every pension In
operation. foreign as wei az native.
The committee has NJ praise for tho
present pension system of the Board OF
Education. the Fire Department and
the Police Department, the funds Of
wMvh are gathered from varied and IN
.frect sources. +. Is the sense a. the
investigators that the city's s'ire In
pe1sloning employees should be paid by
direct appropriation a an item OF eNpen-
dbture in the annual budget. By that
plan tho people could see what they
we're paying for pensions In the way Of
axes.
Firemen's System Criticised.
The Fire Department system allowing
the retirement OF a fireman after
twenty years OF service at half nav
- ilS pug SlNdl Cpll1ltlDn IL
criticised. largely because iremen so
retired are allowed to Engage in other
business. t Is within the range of
possibility, the committee says. that IL
continued on the present basis the
pension rolls OF the Fire Department
vii lin time, reach or exceed the active
payrolls.
The committee recommends that
Legislature pass without delay, n
pension law applying to civil service
employees OF the city based on tho
following principals:
The fundamental consideration in
any pension plan supported in any part
by public moneys should be the inter-
est Of the whole public. not the interest
OF n particular class less h the
whole public.
The public interest can be served by
a plan which frs; attracts to public
employment persons OF superior char
scter. ability and industry. and. second.
fetains such persons in public employ
,naent so long as their efficiency con-
tinues.
The public interests will be injured
by the retention in public employment,
of employees OF inferior efficiency.
Need Of Sound Principals.
!. "Pubiic expenditures for pensions
should be based on principles OF sound
economy. No plan should be adopted
suntil the cost to the public treasury
is definitely ascertained. The public
can pay too much FOR increased et1c-
iency.
NO form Of pension should be
adopted which does not include a con-
|trlbution by the beneficiary.
b no pension plan should he adopted
swhich would impede the right OF the
City % discharge inefficient employees.
tiut I'm the event of discharge or resig-
.natlOn the contributions Of the en-
ployeo should be returned TO him with
sle interest earned thereon.
: ANY pension plan adopted should be
based IN ne length Of service OF the
employee and "A certain attained age OF
Retirement.
''The plan. when adopted. should APP
ply alike to all employees in the COM
patitive service OF the city.
ANY scheme of, pensions with contr!-
Buttons from employees should be OBJ
ligatory and based upon a uniform per-
centage OF the wage or salary received.
= IAN contributions for pensions made
by the city should he derived from the
usual sources Of city revenue and APP
pear as a single item IN the city's an
nual budget.
ANY pension plan should provide that
IN me case of death before reaching the
age % retirement the employees con
t~ributions with all interests credited
thereon should be paid to his next Of
kin.
y Pensions Of the Injured.
Z In the event of temporary injury IN
the performance OF duty. salary or
wages should be continued "a the in
jurcd employee: in the event Of perma-
nent disability resultiny from injury a
pension should begin Immediately; In
the event OF death from Injury in the
performance of duty. reasonable provi-
sion should be made for the dependents.
allowances should be provided
fIom the public treasury.
q Provision should be made for a
Board of Pensions which should re-
eelve m administer all funds from
whatever source derived and applicable
to the payment OF pensions.
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