Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-24
.LEHLBACH PRESSES
RETIREMENT BILL
Hopes for Quick House Ac-
ton Despite Stand
of Workers.

Although the joint conference on re-
tirement, representing large organized
groups of Federal employees, decided to-
day to hold to its insistence that the
House take action on the Dale bill to
liberalize the civil service retirement
law, Chairman Lehlbach of the House
civil service committee said that he
hopes his committee tomorrow will ia
vorably report the new Lehlbach bill re-
vising the retirement law.
With the President personally de-
clared in favor of the Lehlbach bill
and threatening veto of the Dale bill,
Mr.. Lehlbach said today that in antici-
patton of favorable action by the Re-
publican majority of the committee to-
morrow, he will confer today with
House leaders from whom he expects to
get a promise of early consideration
by the House on the Lehlbach bill.
AIcorn to See Hoover.
The conference directed its chairman,
Robert H. Alcorn, to endeavor to ar
range for a meeting with President
Hoover to acquaint him with the re-
scented by the conference.
If the House leaders give him as
surance he anticipates, Chairman Lehl-
bach believes that the Republican ma
iority of his committee would be
strengthened to act favorably on the
Lehlbach bill, meeting the wishes of
the President.
Mr.. Lehlbach did not go to the White
House to confer with the President to-
day, as members of his committee had
requested him to do, because he feels
very certain of the Presidents attitude
as expressed to him at former con-
ference. He intends to lay the entire
situation before his committee tomorrow
morning at 1890 o'clock.
In the meantime the full executive
committee of the joint conference on
retirement at a conference today agreed
to new plans that were intended to
remove the objections stated by Presi-
dent Hoover to the Dale bill. Their
first proposal is to make no deductions
from any part of employees salaries
in excess of $4,000 a year. Thus, the
higher paid employees would not have
to pay the higher contributions assessed
against them, which was an objection
to the Dale bill voiced by President
Hoover. Under this plan the maxi
mum annuity would remain $1,000, as
sis fixed in the Dale bill
The second proposition suggested by
the conference is to incorporate into
the Dale bill the plan outlined by the
Government actuaries in their report
to Congress in 1926, under which the
higher paid employees would benefit in
greater proportion to their contribu-
tons.
Certainty Replaces Uncertainty.
This plan provides for a life annuity
Of $40 for each year of service, not ex-
ceeding 80 years, and in addition per
cent of the annual salary multiplied by
the years of service.
This applies equally to every employe
and establishes certainty where uncer-
tainty, as to the amount of the annuity,
exists under the new Lehlbach bill, its
sponsors claim.
Furthermore, it is also designed to
meet the Presidents views by giving
higher annuities to those who appor-
tionately contribute more.
The joint conference on retirement
expressed disapproval on the tontine
and forfeiture features of the Lehlbach
bill, which are eliminated under this
plan.