The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-23
Blocking Increased Annuities
for Retired Employees
Rv BILL PRICE.

The Senator or Senator'S Representative
may responsible for the possible failure of the passage
by this session of Congress of the bill providing increased
employees of the Government will earn and
deserve the lasting stigma OF talrmlnded humanity every
where.
There is no question of economy the Government in
the passage of this measure Government isn't paying
cent to these nneranuaed employees who ask nothing more
than adequate annuties to exist There is opposition
from the thousands Of ndeaid workers for the
contribute their meager salaries the funds that
these annues Their of justice and decent treatment
for aged and women who are being retired overcomes
feeling they may have that they i'll the
deductions from slim pay envelopes
It is nothing short of national shame that rich and
powerful nation refuses cent toward these retirement
funds when industrial and business establishments throughout
the country maintain pension systems at their
that long faithful service the part of their workers
may recognized only do they do this for Of
decency and humanity but because mighty good business
to retire the uperannuated and substitute for them young and
vigorous who will before them the incentive
of hard and real achievement in the knowledge that
they too when old age shall have reached them will be
warded by retirement with reasonable income
actuary appearing before Congressional committees
has shown where the United States Government actually
money through retirement but officials of executive
departments and bureaus force
from present annus to keep body and soul together The
hardeboiled business of the nation hats when he
reaches the point of dschargng employee who has been
with him for years and aided In his financial and
business prestige That why private business
now carries its pension systems and finds them be
good business
In the lamenable failure of
great Government to give financial assistance toward the
retirement of its workers statesmen stand in Congress
qubbe minor details to the point of threatening the
passage of just and useful bill.
There isn't any justification earth for national egis
lator to swell the point of dictatorship everything
concerning the affairs Of civil service workers Any Senator
or Representative who doesn't like bill submitted by
mee of Congress has tie right offer amendments and call
for record votes He has the right to explain why he
this ne defeated he should accept his medicine but he
SHOULD NOT deliberately because of anger or
The neglect to have him O. K. everything.
All OF US back to the days of bohood
when boy would quit playing the game wanted play
simply because we did not play to suit him We
dence day Of the subbornness sehness on
an effort to have their not play the game like
real mengve and take That sort of thing though hurts
nobody but the himself in the his felowmen
There be nothing but widespread condemnation the
attitude OF statesmen who stand in the way of fair and
square treatment for thousands of former workers for
United States who being paid inadequate
the pockets Of their former coeagues-NoT OUT OF THE
UNITED STATES TREASURY. And even if the Treasury
did bear the entire expense the Government would
the right thing