Evening star., 1951-09-15

pay And no deductions for retirement,
or reductions for age.
GS-11 pays into the Civil Service Re-
tirement fund, by law. per cent of his
salary. If he should retire with 20
years service, his retirement before
age and survivorship deductions would
be 30 per cent of salary. With 80 years
service, his retirement would be less
than so per cent, before deductions.
Official figures show huge accumu-
lation of money in the retirement fund
increasing steadily year by year. But
for some unexplained reason the re-
tired civil service employe appears to
come out of the small end of the horn.
His retirement is based on u per cent
of his average best consecutive years
salary multiplied by the number of
years service. From the same fund,
others in law enforcement, etc., retire
on per cent factor. Members of Con-
gress retire on 2la per cent factor.
It's all from the same fund. All pay
6 per cent of salary; no cost to the tax
payer anywhere along the line.
Civil service retirement benefits
should be equalized for the good of all,
in keeping with the American way, since
all pay is on an equal percentage basis.
DefenSeleSs.
should, as military man, like to
address the following remarks to Mr.
Hayden.
Let us take 100 civil servants and 100
captains and follow them over the years.
The captains in 1941 would have been
second lieutenants and by now a con-
siderable number of them would have
been killed by bombs bullets or bayonets.
How many GS-11s would have died in
like manner?
Since 1941, the captains would have
lived at Hickam Field, through the
Pearl Harbor raid; on Guadalcanal;
maybe at Gila Bend, Ariz, and then
Okinawa. Would the civil servants still
be safe and sound in Silver Spring?
Since 1941, the captains would have
been separated from their families, or
perhaps would have been moved every 18
months or 3 years from South Carolina
to North Africa, ad inf1nitum, and heard
their children say, Daddy, when are we
going to settle down where we can make
friends with people?"
have made my point. On Page of the
same edition of The Star an article by
Joseph Young stated that Federal EN-
ployeS are due to get Senate considera-
tion for fiat $400 pay increase. There
apparently is no such increase proposed
Tor the military. and even if there was,
believe it is more than overdue.
HOratiO.
Mr.. Hayden did not tell the whole
story.
The captain serves any required part
OF 1853 hours per week without extra
recompenSe, whereas the civil servant is
protected by laws allowing him over
time pay for any time over 40 hours per
week.
The captain goes anywhere in the
world, as and when required without
regard to the abnormal expense of such
a life ap@ with major separations from
his family, whereas the civil servant
cannot be sent anywhere without his
own agreement
The captain does anything required
OF him, including risking his life when
necessary, whereas the civil servant is
carefully protected by his elaborate lob
description from doing anything un-
befltting his grade, or which deserves
higher salary rate. E. B. r.
Most captains earned their commits
sionS after long and faithful service:
GS-1l is open to any person who can
pass an examination. Captains are sub
Ject to the uniform code of military
justice, GS-11s are not. Captains are
on duty and subject to orders "a hours
per day, GS-11s are not. Captains are
subject to movement orders without
notice and to transportation beyond the
seas at the whim and fancy of their
SuperiorS; GS-11s are not subject to
movement orders of any kind Captains
must perform any order issued to them:
GS-1ls obey no orders not included
within their job description. GS-I1
is subject to trif1ing punishment for dis
obedience, captains are subject to pun
lShment as a court-martial may direct.
Captains are required to die in battle
when their Superiors SO require; GS-l1S
remain at home.
You should be, ashamed to presume to
compare these positions. 1t is a fair
guess that you do not have the qualifi-
cations to be captain in the Army, but
If you do and you consider that position
favored one, allow me to say that the
Army can use you, possibly in Korea.
Paul Revere.