Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-11

! in service and do efficient work they
might be retained for two years. The
| very act of little self-denial to pro-
vide this fund would strengthen them.
| he said. The very fact that they were
proving the need of such fund by
providing it themselves would win
| them greater sympathy from govern
ment officials and Congress when they
| sought increased wages.
I List of the Guests.
Among the guests were William F.
GUIDE, president, and Thomas Grant, sec
rotary of the Chamber of Commerce
William H Singleton, president of the
Board of Trade; officers of the Wash
| ington navy yard and of the United
| States Retirement Association, William
| II. johnson, George Preston, John G..
Smith, S. Edward Beach, James O'Con-
nell of the federal industrial relations
| commission: Edward Furman, Daniel
Leane, George G. Seibold, Charles B.
! Cameron. DR.. Llewellyn Jordan, r.
| Stone Jackson. William J. Manning, N.
p. Alifs. Cornelius Ford, public printer;
| Joseph NJ. Tighe, James Deviny, Charles
II. Mccarthy, Arthur Holder, Elisha
Hanson, T. A. Carroll, NJ. +. O'Dono-
ghue. Thomas Lincoln Townsend. j. f.
Victory, w. II. Sabofish. H. A. Thayer
Charles G.. johnson, Robert Whitney
! Senbrie, John Ct. Sim, Dr. a. b. Jane
son. George f. Winkleman, Arthur H
Dadmun. George A. Boswell, Clyde
Reed, Charles T. Edgerton, p. j. Con-
| Ion and Charles Burdette Matthews.
The chairman of the general commit
tee of arrangements was J. w. McCon-
| nell; the vice chairman, w. H. Smoot;
the treasurer, Arthur B. Suit, and the
secretary, DIR. c. Elder Reed.
The other committees were:
Finance and tickets-J. +. Mcclure,
| chairman, tool shop; Arthur B. Suit,
| miscellaneous shop; c. Elder Reed, ac-
counting division: w. X. Adams, plan
{. A. Chism, forge shop; c. A. Johnson,
east gun carriage shop; Walter II.
| White. foundry; D. J. Jones. construe-
ton and repair.
chairman, erecting shop: Harry Rigby,
breech mechanism: Bernard Laid,
sight shop: w q. Crawford, pattern
shop; II. c; Lybrand. general store
keepers office; George S. Foreman,
| Speak+ng-J. w. Mcconnell, chair
| man, south machine shop; W. H.
Smoot, erecting shop; W. NJ. Escaville,
| Press and invitations-H. T La Glare,
chairman, erecting shop: F.. A. De
| Groot, west gun carriage shop.
| Music-S q. McAlister, miscellaneous
shop.
Floor Committee.
| Those who acted as floor committee
under j. F. Mcclure, as chairman, were:
Frank A. De Groot, Harry Rigby O. F.
BEAUMONT j. A. Hollinger II. r. La
Clair, Max kimberling, w. f. Love, W.
NJ. Williams, George S. Foreman. l.. A.
Brooke, S. j. Martin, C. A Chism, Peter
| Suit, r. j. Bresnahan, John Sheeha n,
Steward j. McCollister, W. q. Avery. G.
d. Fry, w. f. McDonough, Charles w.
Keil, $. c. McAiister. Max w. Fisher.
| William r. Adams, L. A. Branch. d. J..
Jones' J. +. Sheehan, T. j. Bresna han. r.
Ct. Ladd, j. Y. Hughes. J. p. Cullen Will
liam NJ Williams, James Hyde. NJ. w.
Kimberlins and l.. ID. Donaldson.
Benefits of Telephone Plan.
p. T. Sylvan, author of the Bell tele-
phone system plan of employees PEN
| sions, disa bility and death benefits,
stated that after being in operation but
| one full year, this scheme had proved
so successful in giving increased eff
cheney, better public service and as a
| safeguard to the workers at a cost in
| finitesimal in proportion to the pay
/ roll that it had been found desirable to
| extend the provisions of the plan.
| THE retirement of Superannuated
| employees" said Mr.. Sylvan, has been
a topic of discussion and investigation
| for many years. 1t has been particu-
| larly important in late years because
| of the changed conditions in industrial
| and governmental affairs. AS organi-
| cations became enlarged with the adj
| vent of the modern corporations, per-
, sonal touch between owner and en-
| ployes has grown more difficult, and
| some plan of handling this important
matter had to be devised.
| in the Bell system plans for relief
| of the sick or injured and retirement
| of the superannuated employees have
| been under consideration for many
| years. Various plans were adopted in
| the separate units of the system, no
! two being alike in scope or methods of
| operation.
| Scope of the Plan.
| With view to improving conditions
| a general plan was evolved as fol-
| lows:
| "Object-The company undertakes to
| establish, maintain and administer a
| fund to be known as the employees
benefit fund for the payment of definite
| amounts to it's employees when they are
| disabled by accident or. sickness or
| when they are retired from service, or,
in the event of death, to their depend
ent relatives.
| Observation-Disclosures on pension is
provided for employees coming under
] the classes listed below. Employees in