Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-07-21
FIRST EMPLOYEES
TOGET PENSIONS
KNOWN AUG. q
Bureau to Issue Certificates
on That Date-Firs,,. Pay
ments September /.

First certificates showing those gov
eminent employees entitled to annui-
ties under the retirement law will be
issued August 81, according to an
nouncement by officials of the PEN
sion bureau today.
Full organization of the retirement
division of that office has resulted in
such progress of the work in hand
that officials today had no doubt that
the first certificates showing those
entitled to annuities will be ready by
in The Star, first payments of an
nuitleS will be made September l.
300 Claims Presented.
Nine hundred claims for annuities
from superannuates from all parts of
the country are today in the hands
of officials of the retirement division,
and ADJUDICATION of claims will begin
tomorrow or shortly thereafter.
The number of claims is far short
of what officials had anticipated, it
having been announced last May when
the retirement act became law that
between 1000 and 5000 annuitants
were expected from all parts of the
country.
Large numbers of retentions for
two-year periods, as provided in the
law, have materially cut down the
number of those who will have the
honor of being the first government
clerks to be retired under Uncle Sam
retirement law.
With harmony among cabinet Off
Gals seemingly restored as the result
of the cabinet meeting yesterday
when the department heads came to q
n a arlf
policy of retirement upon the ground
of the only test shall be the good
of the service" the pension bureau
is ready to take up the adjudication
of all the cases in it's hands.
No "MuddIe'' in Division.
1t should be stated that there has
been no "muddle" in the retirement
division itself. no matter how much
of miX-up' seems to have resulted
from the lack of a uniform policy OF
retention among the heads OF depart
mentS.
The retirement division is now fully
organized, with personnel of about
fifteen workers. and is hard at work
on the preliminary examination of
claims. The division has begun to
call upon the Civil Service Commits
sion for certificates of service. which
that body must make in the cases of
claim can be granted by the pension
office.
Such forms are being returned
promptly by the Civil Service Com
mission to the retirement division of
the pension bureau, and the adjudica-
ton of claims will be taken up in
earnest tomorrow or shortly there
after, as stated.
Experts to Handle Cases.
The board of review of the pension
bureau, which has passed upon claims
of civil war and other pensions for
years, will pass upon the claims of
the superannuates after they have
been adjudicated by the retirement
division. Thus the famous board will
also have a hand in the retirement
work.
From the board Of review the cases
will pass to the commissioner of pen
sions for his o. K. Superannuates
who are dissatisfied with the decision
Of the board and the commissioner,
in case it is adverse, may have the
right of appeal to the Secretary of
the Interior.
Cornelius Ford, public printer, an
nounced today that out of 800 en-
ployes of the government printing
Office eligible for retirement he had
certified 1853 for retention, based on the
fact that they are still capable of
doing a fair days work. Most of
those to be retained are printers.