Evening star., 1915-04-04

were shown through the dlHerent utNl-
| SionS each day.
/ Mrs. L. Sharer. a clerk in the chief
clerks Office. left for California last
| Wednesday night. where she will visit
the exposition Mrs Sharer expects to
be gone for a month.
/ George l.. Rose. chief of the engrav-
ing division, is reported to be enjoying
his vacation in New York and the New
/, England states.
Miss Fannie l.. Taylor of the wetting
| division. who has been away from the
| Office for some time on account of sick
| ness. is much better and hopes soon to
! return to her duties.
I Chief of the Surface Division Edwa rd
A. Baulsir. has just completed thirty
| six years of service in the bureau.
! Miss V. Moore, forewoman in the sur
| face division, is still confined to her
| home by illness
| Frank +. Cunning of the wetting
division will spend a week with rela-
| tives in Baltimore
Louis L. Bradford of the engraving
| division is making an appeal to the
| musical talent of the various divisions
for the purpose of organizing an or
| chestra.
"
| division is spending two weeks of his
annual leave at his home in Virginia
| Philip +. Milton of the plate printing
| division is taking eight days leave Of
| absence.
Miss Julia a. Seames of the surface
| division has been called to her former
| home. in Asheville. n. c., on account Of
| Illness of her sister.
!
division has been granted leave of alb
sence for four days. He will visit At
| lantic City.
Marcus W. Baldwin of the engraving
| division left last Thursday to spend the
| Easter holidays at the seashore.
Thomas n. Montgomery of the plate
printing division began period of
| leave, extending ten days. April |.
| Robert Warren of the engraving divi-
| sion is conyalescing from his recent
! illness and expects to return to work
| soon.
Miss Ella o.Leary.. for number of
years an employe of the bureau, died
! Tuesday after a long illness
| William 7. Brown of the wetting
! division is taking four days leave of
absence.
| Mary E Fitzgerald and Mary Gleason.
| both of the examining division, took
! two days leave last week.
| r. s. Stalcup of the wetting division
| is detained a his home with an attack
| of grip.
! At meeting of the Federation of
Labor held in Baltimore last week +.
| j. Ryan Of the executive committee of
the local plate printers union. No. =.
| dali EArh
of the local order also made a speech.
| William E. Gedney. who has been con-
| fined to his home for some time
through sickness. is rapidly recover
| ing his health and expects to return
| to his duties at the bureau at an early
date.
| Miss Mary a. Loring OF the wetting
division is away from the bureau owing
! to illness of her mother
| William Holder international presi-
dent of the plate printers union. was
| in this city last week on business for
the organization. He visited the bu-
reau in the company of President John
j. Deviny of Local No. 2, and was later
! a guest of the Social oyster Club. Mr..
Holder is member of Local No. of
New York and he returned to that
| city last Tuesday night.
| J. c. Bean of the wetting division is
! absent from the bureau on account Of
an injury to his arm. which is causing
him considerable pain.
The bi-nonthly edition of the plate
printers paper went to press last Fri
day. This number is of unusual in
terest to the plate printers. as IL con-
/ tains special article contributed by
Joseph p. Higgins of Boston order.
No. 3.
Jacob r. DeHart of the chief clerk s
office has been elected general solicitor
for the Treasury Beneficial Associa- :
ton.
j. 4. Frank of the wetung division.
who has been away from the bureau
because of sickness. has returned to
work.
Harry ]. Carroll, president Of the
Monument Lodge, Independent order
Firth Abraham. who delivered an ad
dress to the plate printers recently on
Currency and Engraving. has been
requested by another Jewish society
of New York to repeat his speech to
that organization.
| Miss Anna Rapaport was absent from
! the bureau for some time with an at
tack of grip. but has recovered and
returned to work in the wetting di-
vision.
The following is Jacob B. DeHarts
solution to the much debated plan OF
getting the old age pension bill before
Congress. He also offers suggestions
; as to the ways and means OF securing
and distributing the pensions. Mr.. De-
Hart is employed on the clerical force
at the bureau and Is secretary OF
I, the bureau branch of the United States
Civil Service Retirement Association:
"The call for old age pensions arises
from the fact that some men arrive
2 at the unproductive period of life with
E out having made adequate provision
E for IL, and because at the present time
: there is no satisfactory system OF
dealing with cases Of need resulting
from this fact. What is the demand for
an old age pension: to what extent
does old age dependency exist; should
a pension be based upon need, OF
should II be extended to all. regard
less of need: We must first create
: a general demand for pension and
then unite on definite plan, whether
| il is to be cOntributory or non-c
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