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I DENIES EMPLOYES
PAY ANNUITY COST
j Lehlbach Says Increased
Contribution Does Not Cov
er Retirement Pay.
i
While the increased contribution by
government employes from per
cent to 3’ 2 per cent under the new re
tirement bill is expected to "absorb
a very substantial part of the in
creased cost under the changes pro
j posed,” Chairman Lehlbach of the
j House committee on the civil service,
I who is author of the new bill, said in
his report today:
1 ‘‘lt is untrue and silly to assert that
J tho cost of the retirement system is
| borne wholly by the employes and to
1 allude to the temporary cash balance
j in the retirement fund as a surplus.”
| Chairman Lehlbach today submit
! ted to the House the report un&m-
I mously ordered by the civil service
j committee, urging prompt enactment
| of the new retirement bill,
j Discussing in this report the pur
! pose and scope of the retirement sys
j tern. Chairman Lehlbach says:
"Congress in 1920 instituted the
present retirement system in the
| classified civil service in order to pro
mote efficiency, eliminate .inconipe
j tency due to superannuation, and
. extend to the employes of the gov
ernment that recognition for pro
j tractcd faithful service which pri
j vate employers generally extend.
1 Congress did not intend to engage in
j the insurance business, selling an
, unities below cost proportioned to
the premium paid.
Underlying Principle.
. “Tho principle underlying the gov
ernment plan Is as follows; Govern
ment employes, like other people,
should make such provision for old
ago and the resultant impairment of
earning capacity as their circum
stances will permit. Hence, there is
deducted from the salary of such em
ploye a. certain percentage, which he
can well afford to invest to this pur
■ pose. This deduction of* contribution,
as it is called, is held in trust for the
employe and earns interest at the rate
' f 4 per cent compounded annually.
Moderate annuities arc provided,
varying with length of service and
average salary, hut with a maximum
limit barely sufficient for mainte
nance without actual want,
i “Generally, the sum contributed h\
j the employe is less than the cost of
j the annuity and the difference is
j paid by the government. The higher
1 the salary of an employe, the greater
j his own contribution toward his
1 annuity and the less the government
i must pay.
"These deductions are returned to
1 the employe for whom they are held
I in trust iu every possible contingency,
! either in annuity payments or in
’ cash. Hence, any employe who deems
• his proposed annuity inadequate, may.
I instead of retiring when his term
; of service is ended by the law, resign,
; withdraw his contributions with
i compound interest iu cash, and make
j his own provision for his closing
years.”
C ost of Retirement System.
"Thus far. no appropriations for the
i retirement fund have been made. This
l iuir been possible by using the money
; held iu trust for contributors still in
• active s-rvice to pay the annuities
!• of those retired. The money thus
borrowed must, of course, be return
ed with cotn;>ound interest out of the
, United States Treasury. As th<»
amount of contributions for the time
being exceeds the annuity payments
and withdrawals this system of bor
rowing-Js feasible. But the time will
come when the cash balance in tho
retirement fund will be wiped but
THE E VEXING STAR, WASHINGTON', D. C„ FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1924.
and tho government will be called
upon to return to the fund the money
thus borrowed from the contributing
employes.
"The government’s liability on this
score was, as of Juno 30. 1923, about
112.000,000. It Is untrue and silly to
assert that the cost of the retirement
system Is born wholly by tho em
ployes and to allude to the temporary
cash balance in the retirement fund
as a surplus.”
Estimate* From Report.
"Under the changes proposed in the
new Lehlbach bill both the normal
and deficiency costs are substantially
increased. At the time of writing
this report Information is not as yet
available as to the approximate per
centage. The bill, however, provides
for an increase in tho contributions
by the employes from 2% per cent to
34i per cent, which is an Increase of
14,315.230 In employes’ contributions.
This will absorb a very substantia!
part of the increased cost under the
changes proposed. Your committee
expects to have definite estimates to
present to the House at the time the
bill is under consideration.”
Explaining proposed changes in the
retirement law, Chairman Lehlbach
says: "The ages for retirement with
a provision for two- years’ extension
Carried in the existing Igw. remains
. unchanged. There is provided, how
ever. a system of optional retirement
' after thirty years of service at the
■ age of sixty years for general em
ployes and at the age of fifty-five for
mechanics. laborers, city and rural
• letter carriers, post office clerks and
railway postal clerks.
, "Tho classes of employes to whom
the act applies have been broadened
to include the employes in tho Pan
ama Canal Zone, fourth class post
masters and civil service employes
who have been promoted to unclas
sified positions, such as service post
master.
"The method of computing annui
ties has been changed, resulting gen
erally in a somewhat higher scale of
' annuities, and the maximum has been
I raised from $720 oer annum to $1,200.
“The act of 1922 amending the re
tirement act for deferred annuities
or scaled down present annuities,
in cases of involuntary separation
after fifteen years of servloe and at
tho age of flfty-flvo years, has been
' further amended to provide for a
certificate of deferred annuity for
thoMe involuntarily separated be
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POINCARE CHOOSES
PAREOFCABINET
Marsal Selected to Be Fi
nance Minister and Is Re
ported to Have Accepted.
By the Associated Pres*.
PARIS. March 28.—M. Poincare’s cab
inet, as reconstituted, will probably be,
in part. as follows, it was indicated at
noon today:
M. Poincare, premier and minister of
foreign affairs; M. Francois Marsal,
finance. M. Maglnot, war; M. Le TToc
quer, public works; M. Loucheur, com
merce ; Daniel Vincent, hygiene and la
bor; Henry de Jouvenel. education;
Lieut. Col. Jean Fabry, colonies; Paul
Mercier, Justice; M, Bokanowski, navy;
M. Rimbert, agriculture; ig>uis Marin,
undersecretary for devastated regions;
Georges (possibly), interior.
M. Mercier, Lieut. Col. Fabry and
M. Marin are deputies, and M. Rim
bert was recently appointed food con
troller.
It was officially, announced shortly
tween the ages of forty-five and
fifty-five.
"The change in tho method of
computing annuities is made ap- i
pllcablc to those already on the re- I
tired rolls.
"This bill further includes changes!
In methods of administration relating j
to disability retirement regulations, '
records to be kept, systems of ac
counting and similar subjects. These
changes were prepaxed by the. bu
reau of pensions, charged with the
administration of the retirement sys
tem, and Incorporated In the bill at
the request of the Secretary of the
Interior."
after noon that M. Fran cols-Marsal
had accepted the portfolio of finance
and that MM. Loucheor and Bokanow
ski had accepted “In principle" the
commerce and navy portfolios, re
spectively.
On the other hand. It was stated
that Justin de Selves, who had been
mentioned in some lists as probable min
ister of the Interior, has refused that
posi, declaring he preferred to re
main president of the senate commlt
teu on foreign relations.
TENCARS DERAILED.
CHICAGO, March 28.—Ten cars of
the Broadway limited of the Pennsyl
vania railroad were derailed at Ham
let, Ind., sixty-four miles cast of Chi
cago, at 8 a.m. today, but none of the
cars turned over and no one was hurt,
according to Information received at
the railroad offices here.
Tho derailment occurred at a cross
over. No cars were damaged and the
eastbound traffic was not affected.
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j Even Chronic Rheumatic Swelling*
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! Peoples Drug Stores and every live
druggist has It.
I 1 it’s a low price remedy, to be
i 1 sure, but that doesn’t stop it from
! j taking the kinks, lameness or tor
j | ture out of your troubled joints.
Joint-Ease is the name, so-called
because It Is compounded solely for
the purpose of relieving all Joint
ailments.
Just rub it on the tormented,
| lame joints and In just a few sec
TAX SALE PURCHASE
CHANGE IS DEBATED,
Proposal to Ban Redemption After
Deed Is Requested, Brings
Opposition.
Whether property owners whoso
real estate has been sold for non
payment of taxes are sntltled to re
deem It at any time before a deed
actually is Issued to the Individual
buying: the property at the tax sole,
was arirued at a hearing- before the
city heads today.
Under existing law. the men who
make a regular practice of buying
property at the annual tax sale inuet
hold it two years, at the end of
which they may apply to tho com
missioners for a tax deed.
ends it will penetrate to the bone
and blessed comfort comes quickly. I
It absorbs instantly and is so I
clean and stainless that you can rub i
it on often and get thereby results
much more quickly, when the joint j
is inflamed and the agony Intense, j
Being such a powerful counter •
Irritant, it cannot help bringing :
speedy and helpful results in con- j i
gextion. sore throat, chest colds, j t
lumbago and neuralgia much I
quicker than almost any remedy j
you can buy.
But you must remember that it i
is for Joint afflictions that it is (
mostly dispensed and its helpfulness -
will astonish you after all ordinary )
liniments and other treatments have
failed.—Advertisement. I
In 1918 a former board of Commis
sioner* ordered the tax collector to
.aJlo*' the original owner to redeem
at any time prior to the actual de
liverance of a deed to the buyer at a
'tax sale.
The present Commissioners have
proposed a change under which re
demption could not be made after ap
plication for the deed has been re
ceived.
S«w Order Protested.
W. H. Manogue, Chapin Brown and
a number of other Interested parties
appeared today to protest against the
new order. C. B. Rout, on behalf of
the tax sale buyers, argued that the
Commissioners have a right to issue
the order.
Under existing law if real estate
tax for any year is not paid by the
following March it is advertised for
sale, and the persons whp "buy” it
merely pay the tax due and received
a certificate.
If the original owner redeems
within the succeeding two years, he
pays the tax due plus-12 per cent a
year to the person who bought at
the sale.
MBRGDKS &(D
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Wool crepe peat- if
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Mr. Manogue deplored the fact tha* '
Congress, a few years ago, required
the Commissioner* to sell instead or
to give away the pamphlet* In which
are listed the properties to be sold
He declared that at this year’s tax
sale there were 16,000 pardels listed,
and that only four persons attended
the sale, buying property, to the ex
tent o-f 1350.000 in taxes.
He asserted that on this year's list
there were many names of prominent
residents, including members of Con
gres, who had overlooked, perhaps
half of last years tax, due to the
S*} anße to twlce-a-year payments
J here were many others on the list
ne said. Whose property was sold for
the non-payment of a small special
assessment for water mains.
Mr Manogue told the Comrtiiseion
ers there were three clauses of the
tax sale law in conflict and that a
suit probably would be instituted soon
to let the courts settle the doubtfu!
features of the law.
Mr. Rout told the Cammissionerv
that if there is dissatisfaction with
the law the people should lake step*
to have it changed.