The Washington herald., 1918-06-04
TWO BILLS TO
RETIREGERKS
UP In HOUSES
Senate Bill introduced by
Mcclellan; House Bill
by Keating.

Two bills for the retirement of
classified civil Service employees, long
fought for by government employees,
have at last made their appearance.
One was presented IN the House by
Representative Keating. of Colorado,
and the other In the Senate by Sem
ator McKellar, of Tennessee.
Mr.. Keating's bill Is q graded bill.
carrying retirement at sixty-ive and
sixty-eight. no person to receive
more than 800, and all civil service
employees to contribute not less than
1-2 per cent of their yearly salaries.
Both Bills Similar.
Senator McKellar's bill differs very
little from that of Representative
Heating except that 1t goes into more
detail The employees, in Senator Nc
Kellar's bill, are divided into four
classes:
Glass A includes all employees who
have served the United States for a
total period of thirty years or more.
Glass B includes all employees who
have served twenty-five years or
more, but less than thirty years.
Class c, those who have served
twenty years or more, but less than
twenty-five years.
Class d, fifteen years or more. but
less than twenty-five years.
These classes are to receive, at the
retirement age of sixty-eight, annui-
ties as follows:
The annuity to a retired employe in
class A Is to equal so per centum of
such employees average annual basic
salary. pay or compensation from the
United States for the ten years next
preceding the date on which he or she
retired. In no case shall an annuity
in this class exceed $500 per annum.
The annuity to a retired emPloye in
class B is to equal 40 per centum, not
to exceed $40 per annum.
The annuity to a retired enploye in
class c is to equal 30 per centun, not
to exceed $3.50 per annum.
Class D, not to exceed $40 per
annum.
Subject to other provisions of the
act, the period Of service of Gn en-
ploye in the classified civil service is
to be computed from original employ
ment, whether as a classified or un-
classified employe in the civil service
Of the United States, and shall include
periods Of service at different times
and services in one or more depart
ments, branches, or independent Of
fices Of the government. and shall
also include service performed under
authority of the United States Beyond
seas, or honorable service in the
army. navy or Marine Corps of the
United States, either regular Dr ".'l-
unteer.
The benefits include employees of
the Library Of Congress and the Bo-
tanic Garden. expecting such as may
be appointed by the President and
confirmed by the Senate, and may
be extended by executive order up
on accommodation of the civil Ser
vice Commission to include any en-
ploye or group OF employees in the
civil service of the United States not
classified at the time of the passage
of this act. The President shall
have power. in his discretion, to
exclude or include therein any en-
ploye or group of employees whose
tenure of offlce is intermittent or OF
uncertain duration.
g. All employees to whom this act ap-
plies shall, on arriving at the age
Of retirement, be automatically sep
arated from the service. II not less
than ninety days before the arrival
Of an employe at the age of retire
ment the head Of the department
branch or independent office of the
government in which he or she is
employed certifies to the director OF
the bureau Of war risk insurance
that by reason of his or her eff
cheney and his or her willingness to
remain in -&e civil service of the
United States the continuance OF
such employe therein would be ad-
vantageous to the public service
such employe may be retained for a
term not exceeding two years upon
certtfication by the director of the
bureau of war risk insurance.
Retirement Obligatory.
At the end of two years he or she
may. By similar certification, be con-
tinued for an additional term of two
years. and so on. However, at the
end OF ten years after this act be-
comes effective no employe shall be
continued in the civil service of the
United States beyond the age Of re-
tirement for more than four years.
Each employe who may become
eligible for retirement, as provided
in this act shall, not less than sixty
days before reaching the retirement
age, file with the director of the
Bureau OF War Risk Insurance, in
such form as he may prescribe, an
application for an annuity.
Beginning on the first day after the
second month in which this act is
approved, there shall be deducted and
withheld from the basic salary, pay
or compensation of each person to
whom this act applies a sum equal to
21A per centum of such persons basic
salary, pay or compensation,