Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-12
IN j. s. PAY
SYSTEM THURSDAY
Even Dollars Expected to
Facilitate Handling Of
], Deductions.

a new system Of payment for Gov
ernment employees win go into effect
next Thursday, when. for the first
time in the history Of the Govern
ment, every one on the pay roll viii
receive his salary in even dollars only,
with no odd cents change.
L This Is one Of the most marked de-
partures from the old custom, and Is
part of 4 complete change OF system
inaugurated by Controller General Nc
Carl for carrying out provisions Of
the new law providing liberalized re
stirement.
Deduction 3sk Per cent.
The deduction from pay on account
Of the new law is az per cent instead
Of the ~ per cent deducted under the
old law. Under the new bookkeeping
system the deduction is divided equal
" between the two semf-monthly pay
ments TO employees, but in the case Of
the midmonth payment the odd cents
are stricken on, to be added to the
last Of the month salary.
This Is explained in the Official order
from Controller General McCari, to all
|Hovexnnnent departments and estab
tiahnnente as nanktfg the xaid1neith
payment an "aanount In even dollars
next below the amount due after de.
duction for the retirement fund. 4
improvements IN Methods.
The principal reason for changing
the system OF payment was explained
by officials today as making improve.
ments In the methods OF payment and
relieving both disbursing and account
ing officers Of difficulties which obtain
ed In the past.
b For one thing, the elimination of
odd cents in the mid-monthly payment
win bring great relief to disbursing
officers, and greatly simplify the dis
bursting at that time. and handling of
thousands of small coins. It win make
possible also the elimination of ac-
counting of the midmonthly record
by the accounting officers, as records
viii have to be submitted now but
once q month.
To Clear Up Split Cent
The split-cent proposition also viii
be cleared up, under the new plan,
and win obviate the payment of differ-
ent amounts for lalternate months
throughout the year.
Taking, for example, the salary of
81, ,740, which is not far from the
average Government workers income,
according to recent offlcial tabula-
tons. contrast between the old and
new systems will show the difference.
Under the old system a clerk making
VITO q year received $70.69 on most
OF his pay days, except that the second
pay day of every other month was
$7O.68. This detail on account of the
split cent caused much difficulty in
the handling OF accounts and paying
them. 3 4
Under the new. system the same
clerk viii receive, after having paid
into. the Treasury the increased con-
trlbutton to the retirement fund. S69
on the midmonth pay day and SIC. 80
on. the second pay day throughout the
year.
Under the new system the nav ron
will be submitted only once each
month to the office OF the Controller
General for audit instead OF twice
This win be economy and efficiency.
II Is explained, Tor both disbursinr
oflcers and the auditing ONCE.
Another change effected IS that The
Treasury instead of covering into the
retirement fund at the beginning Of
the fiscal year all Of the money forth
coming from deductions from en-.
ployes for the year will cover in this
amount as IL is turned over by dis.
bursing officers from employees during
the year.