Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09

in the civil service. power :. alec -.
served TO the President To excI,,de anv
employe or group Of empIoves whose
tenure OF ONCE is intermittent or of
uncertain duration. -'''e'' u -
Optional Retirement Provision.
There Is included in the Iehlbach
OIL provision for optional retirement
Cwo years In advance Of the automatic
retirement age-70, IS or SO vears-if
the employe has 80 years of service
The annuity of a retired emnlove
Lehlbach bill: "' uiiUei 'iie
D A sum equal to $40 for each year
VI service not exceeding 80 years.
90 TIe amount of annuity purchas-
able with the sum to the credit of the
employees individual account.
There Is included a specific provision
That the total annuity paid shall in no
case De less than an amount equal to
the average annual basic nav not to
exceed $1,000 year received bv the
employe during any five consecutive
years OF allowable service at the option
OF the employe, multiplied by the num-
and divided by 40.
Chairman Lehlbach also includes In
his new bill a provision that anv en-
ploye at the time OF his retirement
may elect to receive in lieu of the life
annuity reduced annuity Of eouiva-
lent value which shall carry a proviso
Tor the return of the unpaid principal
upon the annuitant's death.
Computation Of Service.
The basis for calculating the amount
Of an annuity would be computed from
the date OF original EMPLOYMENT.
whether as classified or unclassified
employe, and would include periods of
service at different times and in one
or more departments and also periods
of service performed overseas and
periods Of honorable service in the
military branches Of the Government
Any employe who becomes totally
disabled by reason of disease or injury
shall upon application or upon the re-
quest of department head be retired
on an annuity. Proof must be shown
OF freedom from vicious habits, intem-
perance or willful misconduct for a
period Of more than five years preced-
ing the disability.
Every annuitant retired for disability
would be required at the expiration of
one year from the date of retirement
and annually thereafter until reaching
retirement age to be examined under
the direction Of the Commissioner of
Pensions by service surgeons or duly
qualified physicians. If an annuitant
RECEIVERS before reaching retirement age
and be restored to an earning capacity
which would permit him to be appoint
ed to some appropriate position fairly
comparable in compensation to the
position occupied at time of retirement
payment of the annuity would be con-
tinued temporarily to afford the annui-
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able position.
No person would be entitled to an
annuity under the Lehlbach measure
and under the employees compensation
commission at the same period Of time,
but this provision Is not intended to
bar the right of any claimant to the
greater benefit conferred under the
compensation fund at any part Of the
period of disability.
Fees for examination by physicians or
surgeons who are not medical officers of
the United states would be fixed by the
commissioner Of pensions and would be
paid as would also the employees, reason
able travelling expenses for such ex-
aminations out Of appropriations for
administering the civil service require
ment act.
Involuntary Separation.
Should any employee SIS years Of age
after having served not less than Is
years and before becoming eligible for
retirement become involuntarily Sepa-
rated from the service, not on account
of misconduct or delinquency, he may
have his choice of payment as follows:
(a) The amount Of the credit to his
individual account.
(b) An immediate life annuity be-
ginning at the date Of separation from
the service, having a value equal to the
present worth of a deferred snnuity
beginning at the age at which he would
otherwise have become eligible for
retirement.
Co A deferred annuity beginning at
the age at which he would otherwise
have been eligible for retirement with
the right to such deferred annuity
shown by a certificate under the seal
Of the Department of the Interior.
Any employe after service of Is
years, who is As years or over and less
than IS years and who becomes sepa-
rated from the service other than on ac-
count Of misconduct or delinquency
would be entitled to q deferred an
might elect to receive an immediate an
nuity at the present worth Of the de-
ferred annuity.
Should an annuitant be re-employed
in the Government service the annuity
would cease.
Benefits are extended to those already
retired. The Lehlbach bill provides
their annuity should be computed under
the provisions of the liberalized law, but
1t shall not be construed so as to re-
duce the annuity.
Credit is allowed for past service.
Any person who may be brought under
the provisions of the retirement act
would be required to deposit in the
Federal Treasury a sum equal to ga
per cent of the employees basic salary
for services after July 81, 1920, and
prior to the effective date of the
pending legislation, and 81 per cent
of the basic salary from the effective
date Of the Lehlbach measure with in
terest at the rate Of per cent. The
amount so deposited, less 81 for each
would be credited to the employees in
dividual account. When this deposit is
made the employe shall be entitled to
credit for the period of service involved,
but failure to make such deposit shall
not deprive the employe of credit for
any passed service prior to August /,
1920, to which otherwise entitled
Beginning as of July /, 1926, the
Lehlbach bill proposes to deduct from
the basic salary of each employe sum
equal to 3la per cent. The amount so
deducted would be deposited in the
Federal Treasury to the credit of the
civil service retirement and disability
fund, which fund is automatically APP
propriated for payment of annuities,
refunds and allowances.
Investment Authorized.
The Secretary of the Treasury is
authorized under the Lehlbach bill to
supplement the individual contributions
of employees with moneys received as
donations, legacies, requests, ETC., and
to invest them for the benefit of the
civil service employees.