Evening star., 1926-01-23
FAIR RETIREMENT
MEASURE SOUGHT.
% New York House Mem
berS Hold Present Law In
adequate and Unjust.

The - peHorTati" u"uiterS ~ The
New York delegation III Che House
yesterday ISSUED formal statement
setting forth amendments they advo
ate TO the civil serVtre retirement law
Fhey insist chat ih,.~" amendments
would make It NOR. auetluitt"ly
Justly and c,lnnleteiy Iuii, the pun
pose for which II w',s ,-.-,s -.i TO IL
!gOrate the Federal 'i"il aeryt".- hE
etirine the aged ana HHrm and MAX
ug place therein i"I' th" YOUNG. alert
nd intelligent candidates from the
wi servir" lists the statement
Eoints out Jhat:
The retirement or pension ltW -
most effective instrument Epr n" con-
,entmeut ur Government employees
L encourages Industry, !EsI'treS '"u-
fdence and is :. sllisli ;erainst poverty
and diversity III old a=~.
Points 10 Parallel
Tie retirement md pension %
Veterans a1u disabled workers IN The
civilian branches ~ ,E- Government
IS just - vital ..al rr'ugridn- "s the
%, tirem-ut ;sI3 i..It-5"I, ri Veterans - i
disabled Il. tia. naval ANA ui!ttNy
pranchee"
The presoL, .rrm.ut law became
effective ~ au-wsr. 100. nui Las
thus been iu "p~slig" q little more
rhan five Years. Nihh that p@riod
lhousalid; "f #,,f5.i,~.tiuu> For arUri-
f'es have h,v2, H.~,i. while more thaU
400. 90" employees vorsr within It's IUr-
view
The present I."ns'pn hill i htgi!y
iCadequate. H." ~tt'-!aeut 90 the
Eew York l'ctautIs.. .r w"lnb"rs EN-
itRa~iIes. II r.,'i@ ..rt-Hiiuu that The
lAsxiuulu aHuui,g olio,Ec,l Is S,uo per
auIluu. ana there j. ma GS-d mint
rlum. TLe average ;,uuuity Is ybout
$500. The auHuil" should and must he
II"rea sed {" "a 7naAilu-un of xl.@o".
4 Is 3 real hardship To- Iu-i and WuIu-
en, often with dependents ami long
IN thu service. fn fur,. them ont with
les Srhan q Hrn. Subsistence. Al
though Tia. iu"r,s>. To- III; Nimum
annuity or s. -" Is sill Insufficient, It
= Il decided Improvement and Il step
in the light direction
Favor 3G-Iear Clause.
I uder Tie present act railway
mail clerks retire St iG Years Of age;
mechanics. lily and rural letter car
riers ami l,ust utli". clerks At TO years
of age and All other employees at -
Years OF age. There should be pr0vtGed
Il 3o-year upLi"ual retirement clause
Whereby the employees, .fter serving
the Government faithfully for SO years,
snail be permitted 70 retire, provided,
however. ~ucE employees shall have
reached the Il =" rf 80 years. OF being
employed as q, I.e"ilanic. laborer. city
y rural leJt~t- carrier. post Office clerk
ana railway IuaN "!.rh provided they
shall have reached the age Of % years.
Many employees Aty" been In the serv-
lCa 20 years. auj ca2lrot retire. be
s;-use they have not reached the = ge
Limitations provided Tor II the present
.aw. They Crag oUt u miserable eX-
.stenae AMI fairly totrer u their
daily work, practically crumbling
within. but gTiIuly holding on with the
aope that they may win the race
against time and reach the age limit
when they may retire. Oftenrimes they
,ose the race aud death comes years
before the required age l. reached.
IF the retirement system IS 70 BE-
made futua L ana rnerclCUl It must con
ain this conditional 3Q-rear optional
clause"