The Washington times., 1926-03-31
Congress Should Pass Liberal
lied Retirement Bill

The report of the board Of actuaries on plans
iberaze and the recommendations OF
Secretary thereon will only to muddle the efforts
fair minded humanitarian statesmen to increase the puly
small annuities paid under the present act
regrettable executive officials Of such great and
wealthy nation this should apparently get cold feet over
prospects the Government itself may be eventually
called on participate the payment of annutes now
ng he pockets of poorly paid workers for this
great Government 81
The actuaries show concluvely that every far
PAID out has come the pockets of employees not
penny of it out of the pockets of the taxpayers Of the union
theoretically, as guardian of the annuity trust fund.- the
Government liable future operations and that liability
annues increased result IN the Government finally
having to 90 into its pockets make appropriations
And suppose it does This dreadful danger is not suf
fcently imper plans OF the
for few years and certainly seems reasonable that
fair minded American will agree that the Government
should do something have given all their
it. particularly when this something viii be
comparatively small
The actuaries report makes attempt to estimate the
gains to the Government in retirement of supeannuated
men and become Inefficient and the substitution
In their places of young and efficient employees.
Before the retirement passed executive official
of the Government was hearted inhuman
dismiss old and WORKOUT employees They simply hung on to
the Government pay rolls doing what little they could until
physical ncapacy death automatically removed
them from their positions
act was to free this situation and enable
it to humanely retire those who reached that untitled
pressed Congressional hearings and speeches Congress
that the retirement Of these workers the
Government would profit immensely in actual money and in
the opportunity actually reduce the number Of workers
pIoyed.
Every large American industrial banking business
tablshment with pension system understands that Is the
gamer by substitution Of youth and efficiency for old
and nefency All these establishments recognize humane
and loyal obligation to those who have aided over long
periods years financial Of these
view growing national feeling that faithful
animated employees should their last years
nothing short national shame that statesmen others IN
public life should hesitate minute IN doing for the workers
of Uncle private establishments doing for
their employees.
Government has not participated
In the payment of annuities all the why
should begin example to this nation that Uncle
the largest employer Of and women in the United
States willing set the in fair and generous treatment
of all who must work for living.
There are official hints that the proper thing IS to let the
employees continue pension themselves and to aid them
by giving better salaries In these days Of economy
proposition the salaries of civil service workers
would be jumped on mercilessly
The proper and thing do is for Uncle Sam
contribute his fair proportion to the annuity funds and give
to employees at least half enough to live In
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