Evening star., 1921-03-23
FUND
DRAWN ON BY 10000
Employees Separated From
Government Jobs Seek Re-
fund of Their Payments.

; Twenty thousand applications Tor re-
r,;,+,nce Of quotas paid into the civil
service retirement fund have been made
| to the bureau of pensions since iast Au-
gust, it was learned today.
This enormous number Of applications,
ranresenting a like number OF reslsna-
tiOns and other separations IIolir 49,
Sans civil service. come from an pa 70
~ the country. 1t is estimated that
about 1000 applications represent ioi ihei
employees in the District.
Under the retirement law an empioye
| cannot get back his 21z per cent con,
tribution to the retirement 1und uiii,
, ne is separated from tHe ,;tior "''0
i then only after proper appilcatioh'
Each Must BE o. I'D.
That there was any such number OF
/ such applications was not realized
Generally until the figure 2o,Ooo was
sscertained today. Each one OF these
annIications has to be o. KID by the
| Civil Service Commission oe1ore IL cah
be paid by the pension bureau. +.
The treasury Department. when IS
bandlinp- the actual finances or the re-
tirement fund, is being kept busy
aoinp over the cases of those asking
for remittances, making the payments
available and generally supervising
i the fund. 49,, l..
! re.u of pensions is now on nrm
! working basis. three great rooms IN
the Office building at 5th ana " stIeets
being devoted to the work OF hanolins
The retirement cases. One OF the
rnoms is occupied by the section Which
| takes care of the remittances, ana inns
! section has "its hands full, caring 1or
tho 20 600 cases, which number IS
daily augmented.
| Task for New Commissioner.
! The new commissioner of pensions
! will find one of his first offcIal dutles'
/ in all proba ability. Will nave TO GO WIN
! ~ saIection of a board of actuaries
|! to survey the operation of the retire.
mant law. and make d full report 10
Congress. .. tho
| 'rhe government actuary at the
Treasury Department is to pc one %
F., the board, the two other members 70
h.. saIected by the commissioner OIL
! II is expected that this board VIII
! make full recommendations TO Con
gress as to changes needed IN tue
| tirement law, as revealed py the oP
Grafton of the statute since IL went
! into effect last summer.
Those working for increased annu
! ties to those retired probably Wlii
| place their cases before the Doaro o!
acfuaries. in the hope that the board
! in turn will put the matter be1ore
Congress.
; Claim Annuity insufficient.
; II has been claimed that the annui.
ties granted under the law are not
/ enough to allow an annuitant to i've
| on properly, in view of the fact ina!
| the cost of living has not declinen
materially from general STANDPOINT.
| II is even claimed that did the cost
! Of living return to II pre-war hgure
; the penSi ons granted retired employees
would still be inadequate.
| Material gathered by the board OF
the atfIl3l. ODpr3flOn
J Of the payment of 2la per cent OF the
employees salaries into the retirement
; fund is awaited with much interest.
| Before the passage or the la"
ma sses Of statistics were presented TO
| Congress tending to prove the eco
nomicaI sides of the scheme, and the
! sctual figures Of the operation Will
| be scanned eagerly