Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-07-19
PENSION CHIEFS
DISCUSS RETENTION
OF SUPERANNUATES
Announcement of Policy Ex-
! pected Following Cabinet
/ / Meeting Tomorrow.

Chiefs of the pension bureau today
conferred on the matter of retaining
in the government employ such OF its
SUP Srannuates who may be efficient
following word from the acting Secre-
tary of the Interior that this step
should be taken.
When the word got around that this
action was TO be taken additional ap-
plications for retention in the service
began to flock into the Office of the
commissioner of pensions, so that by
the close of business today the office
expects to have 100 applications.
May Be Decision Tomorrow.
Announcement of a definite policy
which will be followed in retaining or
replacing government employees who
expected to follow the cabinet meet
ing tomorrow, when it is understood
the question will be discussed by the
department heads.
Acting Commissioner of Pensions
Frederick D. Byington, accompanied
by Guy o. Taylor, disbursing clerk of
the pension bureau, and Alfred u.
Wilkinson, chief clerk, called at the
White House today and had brief
conference with Secretary Tumulty in
regard to the retirement act AT the
request of President Wilson no ruling
Will be made by department or bureau
heads unit lsome plan has been
reached for dealing with all govern
me NJ employees on the same ground.
The President is opposed to any ruI-
ing that would force the retirement
OF government workers while they are
Still able to perform their duties.
only elghty-eight employees of the
tension office, including many Union
spiders, had applied for retention re-
certly, and 1t was this group that had
Deen denied retention by the commits
Sioner.
Post Office Men Meet.
Ofhcials of the Post Office Depart
ment and of the Washington CITY
post office met today TO give further
consideration to superannuates who
are still efficient, following the order
from the Postmaster General Satur-
day.
AT the city post office heads of di-
VISIONS met with City Postmaster
nance TO go over the list of first
superannuates, and to see which mem
bers given notices of separation from
the service might still be certified as
efficient.
Patrons Plead for Carrier.
AT least one carrier of the city post
once stan has had petition sent in
by residents along his route, the petit
tion asking the city postmaster to re-
tain the carrier on account of his
efficiency. Owing to the fact that the
stand OF the Post Office Department
until Saturday had been adamant. the
CITY postmaster to that time had no
choice in the matter.
1oday- however, things were Diff
1erent in the Post Office Department
1tsei1, the city post office and the
pension bureau. Officials of all three
establishments seemed to be deter
mined to get at the retention matter
IN earnest, and to make their recon-
mendations to the Civil Service Com,
MISSION by the required day, We'd
nesday.
There seemed little doubt TODAY
tnat no employee hitherto denied re-
tention in the departments named
wou,o suHer by reason of the lateness
OF the matter. According to the re-
irement law. requests for certifica-
tion as to efficiency must be in the
hands of the Civil Service Commits
sion by Wednesday.
Old Soldiers Case Interests.
The case of many old soldiers of
the civil war who are employed in
the pension Office. and who were
among those denied retention NV
commissioner Saltzgaber, is attract
ing attention.
II had been hoped that an executive
order would be made in the case of
Inese oio soldiers, giving uhem
preference, so that the Job of certi-
Tying them as still efficient would he
an easy one.
Choer the retirement law the Civil
service Commission has the final word
IN tne matter of retentions, and must
oecloe from the records of the appli-
cant whether he or she is still eff
cient and may thus be retained for
q two-year period.