Evening star., 1955-11-29

ployeS Win 81 years or more Q
age, without taking too much
studied by the Senate Civil Serv
Government employe group
legislation to permit optional
annuities after 80 years service.
regardless Of age.
However, there is strong senti-
ment in Congress against such
legislation, and there seems no
immediate prospect that this
type of bill can become law.
Instead, the Senate commit
tees staff is working on another
approach to the problem, which
might have a chance Of winning
the approval Of Congress. 1t
would be in the nature Of a COM
promise.
At the present time, employees
with 30 years or more of service
can retire at age SIS, but with q
penalty Of a 3 per cent reduction
year In annuity for every year
between age 55 and so, which is
the age when they can retire at
full annuities. Thus. an employe
with 80 years Of service who re-
tires at SIS takes a is per cent
cut in his annuity.
The Senate staff is consider
ing measure to reduce the s.
per-cent-a year financial penalty
There is some discussion Of trim
ming 1t to Ia per cent. Thus.
an employe who retires at SIS
with 30 years of service would
have his annuity cut 7l2 per
cent, rather than IS per cent.
This is not the ideal solution
as far as employe leaders are
concerned. They feel employees
with 80 years of service should be
permitted to retire with full an
nuities at SIS. But they and
Senate committee members may
indorSe the compromise being
worked on as at least an i'm
provement over the present law
WHERE ELSE?-The SUPER
secret Central Intelligence Agen-
Icy does not permit its employees
to divulge where they work, even
when applying for charge ac-
counts at department stores. AL
they can say is that they work
for the United States Govern
.ment.
Recently a CIA employe ap-
piled for credit at a department
store here and. In answer to the
credit girls questions about en-
Iployment, dutifully replied that
he was employed by the United
States Government.
Another one," sighed the girl
as she wrote on his credit form
Central Intelligence Agency"
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CAREERISTS HONORED --
The District Commissioners have
proclaimed this Friday as Fed
|eral Government Employe Ca
reer Day" in honor Of the FIRST
annual awards program Of the
National Civil Service League,
which win honor 10 outstanding
careerists at a dinner that night
in the Sheraton Park Hotel,
The names and backgrounds of
the winners are contained In a
story on another page of today's
Star. Our warmest congratula-
tions b all of them,
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JOBS-The Army Department
needs purchasing agents, Grade
II: librarians with two Ian
guages, Grades 5 to o: account
ants, Grade 8: mathematicians,
Grades 5 to Z; regulation ana
lysts personnel and writing ex-
periencel. Grade IL; placement
officer male, with recruiting ex-
perience). Grade IL. and stenog-
rapherS, Grade 4. All the Jobs
are in the Washington area.
Apply TO Room 10. Old Post Of
flee Building. Twelfth street and
Pennsylvania. avenue NV.
Regions here Of the General
Services Administration needs
clerk-typists at s3,l75 a year at
Its Parr-F r-Franconia. Warehouse,
located 6 miles below Alexan-
dria on the Shirley highway.
Call Republic 7-7500. extension
8591.
CSC--It's beginning to appear
that Civil Service Commissioner
George Moore will remain in his
present position instead of being
appointed deputy administrator
of the General Services Admin
istration.
The administration has
reached no final decision on the
matter and could yet assign Mr..
Moore to GSA to help reorganize
the agency. However, the storm
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