Evening Star Newspaper, April 6, 1926, Page 4

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With each vear the proportion the Government must pay will diminish, but will not completely reach the normal cost while there exist annuitants who were in the service prior to August, 1920 This Initial expense of inaugurating the system is called the deficiency cost. “The actuaries have ascertained the total amount of such deficiency cost. have segregated it from the normal cost, which is constant; have spread the deficlency cost in equal payments over a period of 30 years and Fave computed both eosts in percentages of the total pay roll. Figures of Actuaries. “The result Is here set forth Annual cost of retirement and disability fun Normal cost us An'l amt. o Pet. ot ofJuno 50 Group. Railway postal cle Mechanic TOER] e e Payable by employes. . Payable by Government.. .85 “In preparing this estimate, the actuaries have completely fgnored the dsion in the law which permit e8 to remain in active service after retirement age for successive (wo-year periods upon certification of continued efficlency, and have as sumed that every employe will tire at the earliest opportunity fact is that in 1925 3,422 emplo the retirement age were still in the active service as inst 11,689 on the retirement rol Consequently, the above estimate includes the ¥ went during the year of over annuities which actually were not paid, and includes the safie number of contributions from employes on the pay roll. Obviously, this tends sub stantially to inflate the percentages f the total cost and the gross amount and particularly tends to inflate the percenage and amounts for which the Government +s liable. This same in flation exists in similar estimates for nroposed changes in the law. It may he suggested that increased annuities tend to lessen continuance in service beyond retirement age. Retention of Some Urged. “This discrepancy between salaries and annuities even with the proposed increases is still sufficiently drastic to constitute an adequate motive for persons to remain in service w ho are able to carry on their work. The tend- ency is more than offset by the new provision in the bill with respect tc continuances In rious anches of the Government, at varl apparent a pur pose to compel retirement upon ar rival at the age limited by w ithhold ing efficlency certificates, regardless of the ability of the applicant effec tively to continue his work “The bill proposes to remedy this situation by compelling the retention ! after retirement age of willing em ployes when their complete efficiency been demonstrated by a pre seribed procedure. The importance of this feature in the bill in reducing the cost of the retirement system should not be underestimated. cost of an annuity drops materla in each succeeding year toward the close of life, and this lessened cost is enhanced by the continued contribu tion of the employe. “The actuaries were not requested to estimate on the exact provisions of the bill as it is herewith reported.’ For the purpose of comparison, Mr Lehlbach submits a table showing the costs if all employes were eligible for optional retirement. “The bill, in_place of providing re- tirement for all groups of employes at 60 vears of age'' he explained “provides optional retirement after 3 e at the age of 60 ye for the railway postal clerk group. the age of 62 years for the mech group, and at the age of 65 ve for other employes. The Dill e the contribution by employes per cent of their sularies, instes 31, per cent. The bill also regroup the employes, adding a small number to the railway postal group and in cluding laborers with mechanics. The effect of these changes on the totai cost is negligible.” After presenting a series of tabl to show how the cost estimates worked out, Mr. Lehlbach conclude: that: “It i§ reasonable to assume that by the time the deficlency cost is ou! of the way and all beneficlaries arc full contributors, the 4 per cent con tribution will be ample to carry the total cost and the fund will then be self-supporting.” In explaining the financing of the fund, Mr. Lehlbach emphasizes that “no considerations of sound polics dictate the creation of a huge reserve by transferring vast sums of mone from the Treasury to the retirement fund in anticipation of contingent lis bilitles to be met in the remote fu ture. “On the other hand, a policy tha ignores all Government liability an continues to meet all obligations o the fund out of the contributions the employes and thelr earnings wili have this result. Eventually the outgo will exceed the income and th cash balance in the fund will be gone Thereafter, it will be incumbent or the Government to appropriate an- nually to pay all annuities and to r turn all refunds with accumulated in- terest, less only the contributions for that year. To saddle upon future generations such an unwarranted ex- penditure is unconscionable. “The income of the fund will ex- ceed the payments out of it for ap- proximately 16 years under the pro- visions of the proposed bill. Dr. A H. Thompson of the Pension Bureau has estimated that in 1941 the bal- ance to the credit of the fund with a 31 per cent contribution would ex, ceed $175,000,000. It is now approx- imately $50,000,000. Accordingly, a 4 per cent contribution would raise the balance to more than $250,000,000. The earnings of this balance at 1% per cent will be $26,250,000 annually. This is in excess of the total of an- nuities that will then be payable and the difference can be added to the cash balance and enhance the ac- cresions. Peak in 40 Years. “The cash obligation of the Govern- ment to the fund each year is the annuities paid out, less the contribu- The appropriate and dignified combine beautifully in Brewood-engraved Wedding Invitations and Announcements We recommend your earl: conference with us to ug low time for careful at- tention on_ our part to maintain Brewood superi- ority of engraving ‘BRewwmD Stationers and_ Engravers 611 Twelfth Street N.W. k 2T o o X D e~ T T W €< &t D > ke D04 3,400 | tions of the annuitants and their earn- ings. At present, the contributions and earnings are negligible, but will increase each year, constantly lessen- ing the Government’s obligation to fu- ture annuitants. As has before been stated, when the deficiency cost s overcome the contributions are ex- pected to pay for the annuities. On the other hand, the number of annuitants will continually increase until a fixed rate between annuitants and active employes is reached, in about 40 years. The present cash obligation of the Government to the fund is approxi- mately $30,000,000. “Beginnig witn the fiscal year 1928 it is recommended that the Govern- ment appropriate for payment into | the retirement fund interest at 4 per | cent on its actual obligations to the | fund as above defined. This interest, roll ue | L Total cost an— nd age of pay Deficen: U as . Pe 11,466,804 238 merged In the fund's cash balance, will compound itself and thus postpone the time when expenditures may over ake income and also swell the cash alance when such time arrives. he assumption s that the total annual cost of the retirement system under the bill, when it reaches its maximum ‘In about 40 years, will not xceed $60,000,000. The annual con tributions of the employes will then substantially exceed ~ $30.000,000 Hence a fund that will produce gome- what less than $30.000.000 annually, wided to the contributions, will de- fray the cost of retirement for all time. At 414 per cent interest this would require a fund of about $600. 000,000, Eliminating the deficiency cost and the depletion of the fund hrough borrowing by the ent, the employes could about meet ¢ paving interest as recommended, the obligations would remain fixed. The Government would owe no more in 15 or 20 years than at the time | of incurring the obligation. In the meantime knowledge based on ex- perience would supplant estimates ind guesses. Plans for amortizing ccrued Mabilities could be formu- ted. In any event, the accumula- | tlon in the fund should not be allowed to decrease. Should the , after accumulating several hundred mil lions, reach a point where expendi tures exceed receipts, appropriz n addition to interest payments suf | ficient to maintain the fund unimpalr. | ed should be made and the question of | amortization and permanent funding | considered. | This involves for | the appropriation 1ims, as Goverament 1 at no time in the future such as seem implied in actuarial | atlons. Such valuations neces- | sarily involve the hypothesis that | the Government, on any given day, is able to pay out of the retirement tody the present value of all the annuities due retired em | ploves and refund to some 400000 { active employes their individual con | tributions with accrued interest. This | constitutes solvency on the part of a private concern. But { ment need take no | Treasury and place it | ment fund unless and needed. come of trivial xpenditures go, | fund in its until ft Ownerx";f.lv’igéon Eaten by Cat Pays For His Revenge It a cat eats a pet pigeon the act does not justify the pigeon's owner in revening himself on the least that is what' Karl B. 238 Fourteenth street southea found out in Police Court today, when he was fined $15 for shooting a cat owned by his neighbor, Mrs. Anna Favre. Judge George H. Macdonald sympathized with the defendant, who was brought before him charged with cruelty to animals, but stated it was natural for cats to prey upon birds, and though it was unfortunate that the cat's meal had to consist of one of his pigeons, it did not give him the right to kil the offending animal. A charge of discharging fire arms within the fire limits of ihe District of Columbia was dropped. The defendant was arrested by Policeman Eugene Danielewicz of the fifth precinct, upon complaint of J. F. 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[FAVORABLE REPORT URGES NEW FUNDFORBUYING TRIANGLES SOUGHT Plots Available for Park Pur- poses, But Money Is Lack- ing, Expert Says. | The need of increased annual ap- | propriations for the District of Colum- bia with which to purchase small| triangular plots of ground for park-| ing purposes was pointed out today | in discussions of the city and park | planning_committee of the National Capltal Park Commission. | 'here are a number of these | triangles becom!ng available constant- | ly, particularly in the sections of the - |city which now are being developed, | but the small annual appropriation of $5,000 is not sufficient to permit thelir rchase, it was declared by Maj. | Carey H. Brown, chairman of the | comimittee | i The matter came before the com- | mittee in connection with the bill of | Senator Copeland, which would add | $10,000 to the pending District appro- | priation bill for the purchase of | squares 3141 and 3216. These plots | {of ground are located between Kansas wvenue and Seventh street and Sher- man circle and Buchanan on one side and Sherman circle and Decatur on the other. It was the opinion of the | committee that this sum should be | added to the present sum in the bill, | making a total of $15,000. ! Until appropria- | ion carried a prov of $25,000 r the purchase of such lots, it wi pointed out, but in the following year | the amount was cut to $15,000, and for the last two years it has been only $5.000, which is said to be adequate, Although approving the proposed | | extension of Branch road from Ala-| bama avenue to the Dist:ict line, the committee today decided rhat it would not be advisable to do any grading ! in_connectfon with opening this ex- tension until there is some assurance hat the Maryland road authorities would make a connection between | this road and Walker road, which | leads into southern Maryland along | the Potomac River. It would take about $10,000 to do| the necessary grading there and it | would serve no purpose, it was sald, | \lln!e\' the Maryland authorities co- | opera The committee expresed considera. | ble interest in the proposed exten {slon of Rhode Island avenue by di.! ct route to Hyattsville, and directed Maj. Brown to communicate with | State Road Commissioner Mackall of | Maryland and inform him of the in [ terest of the Wa in- | shington committee | ind expressing a desire to co-operate with him in any way possible in| getting this thoroughfare open. ROBERT E. BALL DIES. Special Diepatoh to The Star, CLARENDON, Va., Aprl 6.—Rob- ert E. Ball, 63 years of age and a | lifelong resident of Arlington County '8 t | died Sunday at his home here. . nflr-:’I services were conducted at the ence today at 11 o'elock, with Rev. Willam F. Wright, pastor of ;vhn Mount Olivet Methodist Church of RBallston, officiating. Interment s in the family burlal ground | hera. 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