S. 157, 281, 633 BILLS FOR THE RETIREMENT OF EMPLOYEES IN THE JULY 11, 12, 19, 26, AND AUGUST 8, 1917 Printed for the use of the Committee on Civil Service and Retrenchment HARVARD 1960 WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1917 142M TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page. S. bills 157, 281, and 633, retirement of civil-service employees__ Article, "The pension problem and the philosophy of contributions RETIREMENT OF EMPLOYEES IN CLASSIFIED CIVIL SERVICE. WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 1917. UNITED STATES SENATE, COMMITTEE ON CIVIL SERVICE AND RETRENCHMENT, Washington, D. C. The committee met, pursuant to call, at 11.15 o'clock a. m. in room 266, Senate Office Building, Senator Kenneth D. McKellar presiding. Present: Senators McKellar (chairman), Johnson, and Wolcott. Also present: Mr. Robert H. Alcorn, Mr. Daniel Goldschmidt, Mr. Llewellyn Jordan, Mr. J. M. McConnell, Mr. Edward Murphy, Mr. Arthur E. Holder, and Mrs. Ruth De Havens. The CHAIRMAN. The committee will come to order. I was detained by a roll call of the Senate. There are several bills pending in committees of both branches of Congress relating to the subject now under consideration. I shall incorporate in the record the three that have been so far introduced in the Senate (S. 157, 281, and 633), each of which are very similar. (The bills referred to above are here printed in full, as follows:) S. 157. A BILL To provide for the retirement of employees in the civil service. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, beginning with the first day of July next following the passage of this act, all employees in the classified civil service shall be eligible for retirement as hereinafter provided. SEC. 2. That any employee in the classified civil service who has served the United States for thirty years or more shall, upon his or her request, be retired from the service on an annuity of fifty per centum of his or her annual salary based upon the average annual salary, pay, or compensation he or she may have received for the five years next preceding retirement. Any employee in the classified civil service who has served the United States for a period of from twenty-five to thirty years shall, upon his or her request, be retired from the service on an annuity of forty-five per centum of his or her annual salary, based upon the average annual salary, pay, or compensation he or she may have received for the five years next preceding retirement. Any employee in the classified civil service who has served the United States for a period of from twenty to twenty-five years shall upon his or her request, be retired from the service on an annuity of forty per centum of his or her annual salary, based upon the average annual salary, pay, or compensation he or she may have received for the five years next preceding retirement. SEC. 3. That no employee provided for in this act shall be retained in the service after arriving at the age of seventy years. SEC. 4. That the payments provided for in this act shall be paid quarterly throughout the life of the employee. SEC. 5. That any employee to whom this act applies who has served the United States for not less than five years, and who, by reason of accident or illness not due to vicious habits and without fault or delinquency on his or her part, has become disabled shall be retired from the service on certificate from the head of the department or independent office in which he or she is 5 |