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Retirement Law. | | With the Dale bill to libbralize the civil service retirement law promised consideration in the House promptly | after the members reassemble on Jan- uary 3. where it is predicted it undoubt- edly will pass as soon as it is allowed to come up for a vote, each member of the House has been supplied with a copy of a statement prepared some time ago by the Government actuary, Joseph G. McCoy. showing that the Gover ment would actually save a conside able sum annually by having the en- tire expense borne from the Federal Treasury. Robert H. Alcorn, chairman of the joint conference on retirement, repre- | sentative of more than 300,000 Govern- ment employes who come under the re- tirement act, has supplied all members with (1) a statement showing how the | | retirement fund has been built up to a | huge surplus by the contributions of | the employes themselves and how much | | larger it will be in a few vears now | that the Government has -indertaken | annual appropriations to amortize its accrued liability to this fund, (2) the statement by thé Government actuary | showing that in economy and increased efficiency and in building up the morale of the employes, the Government profits in better service and in considerable actual saving under the retirement sys- tem. Bill Approved by Senate. ‘The Dale bill has passed the Senate and the big majority of House mem- | | bers are on record as urging its carly passage. The policy committee of the House has ordered a special rule giving it privileged status. The Republican steering committee in announcing ils program sald that this Dale bill would | be allowed to come up for a vote in the |House after the Christmas holidays. ‘The McCoy statement was prepared at the request of the congressional com- mittee considering this legislation. It was based on figures for the fiscal year 1924. He points out that “in esti- mating the cost to the Government of retiring its employes incapacitated by age, or physical or mental disability, little attention has been given to ‘he incidental saving to the Government.” lIn explanation of this he argued as fol- | lows: “According to the report of the board of actuaries, the entire normal cost of the retirement system under the pres- ent law is 3.82 per cent of the pay roll. Of this, the employes pay 2.50 per cent, leaving a balance to be made up by the Government of only 1.32 per cent. The deficiency cost, however, for some years to come will be 2.55 per cent in addition to this normal cost. Cost ta Government. “This is the cost that must eventual- |1y be met by the Government, and this is the cost that is more than counter- balanced by the saving in increased efficiency and morals due to the retire- ment of those whose productive capaci- ty is reduced by age or disability. This | cost amounted during the fiscal year | 1924 to $5,694,899. On the other hand, the Government has promoted some twenty-five or thirty thousand younger | and more efficient employes, reducing | | the total number of employes, solely because of the retirement law, over 5,000, and bringing into the service, | due to the same law, some 5000 new | employes. The salaries of the 10,550 about $1,500, while their annuities ave- rage about $550 per annum. The sala- ries of the new employes entering the service because of these retirements average probably about $1,100 per an- num. Fiscal Year 1924 Cited. “Thus it is evident that for the fiscal year 1924 the Government, had it paid | directly from the Treasury the entirel cost of all the annuities, would actual- ly have saved some $880,000 in cash. Add to_this the cash value of the increased efficiency and improved morale of the service due to the numerous promo- tions and introduction of new blood, and we may count a gain to the Gov- ernment of not only $880,000, but of, many times the total amount of an-) nuities paid for that year.” S R G FIRE ROUTS GUESTS. Chicago Hotel Blaze Drives Many From Apartments. | CHICAGO, December 26 (#).—Fire | in the Hotel Ambassador East, on the exclusive near North Side, drove many promirent Chicagoans from their apartments late yesterday. The fire confined itself to a paper chute, but it spread all the way up the 16 stories, necessitating the tearing out | of partitions on every flour to make sure that the blaze was entirely out. Among those living at the hotel are Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rertz, owners of | the Kentucky Derby winner, Reigh | Count; Mrs. John W. Gary, John R. Thompson, jr.; George Lytton and the Harold Foremans. Although the word “marionette” is believed to be of Italian origin, figures] with movable limbs were found Egyptian tombs, and puppets were | known among the ancient Greeks and | Persians. The puppet shows today are | all; ular in India and China. A mile-a-minute on the slopes upon the retired list probably averaged | Keel PR TIRT R THE ,EVENING STAR. WASHINGTOX, D. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1928. TODAY'S AMUSEMENTS. ‘The Strange Inteflude.” . (with interval at Poli's—"Well! Well! 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Ambassador—"The Battle of Sexes,” at 6, 7:50 and 9:40 p.m. Tivoli—'The Home Towners,” 3:50, 5:40, 7:30. and 9:20 p.m. ntral—"Lilac Time," 3:30, 5, 6:30, 8 and 9:30 p.m. RESERVE OFFICERS TO MEET TOMORROW Firearms Expert Wlll Give Illus- trated Lecture at Interior Department. 1:45, 3 Columbi the at 2, The Reserve Officers’ Association, De- partment of the District of Columbia, will hold its monthly meeting at the Interior Department Auditorium to- morrow evening at 8 o'clock. The meeting will be in charge of officers from the Ordnance Reserve COrps. Lieut. Col. Calvin Goddard. Ordnance Reserve Corps, international firearms expert, whose work in the Sacco-Van- zetti and many other criminal cases is well known, will deliver an illustrated lecture on the identification of small arms and small arms ammunition. Officers of the Regular Army. the National Guard and the Resarve Corps, as well as the public, are invited to attend. PEACE EFFORTS PRAISED. Called Greatest Service of Women to World in College Poll. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., December 26 (#)—The movement toward the aboli- tion of war was rated the most im- portant service of women to the world in a poll of 1,742 Radcliffe graduates conducted by college authorities, who announced the result of their investi- gations yesterday. World peace was given first place by 398 graduates, education received 330 votes, social welfare, 290: marriage and family, 275; government and citizen- ship, 232; religian and ethics, 176; feminism, 73; prohibition, 29; working conditions and economic problems, 24. fssiii HOME IS BURGLARIZED. Mrs. Thorne, Whose Son Is With Byrd, Suffers Loss. CHICAGO, December 26 (#).—The apartment of Mrs. George A. 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TODAY—ALICE = WHITE “THE IRL. SHOY, GiNEE ToDAY 2:00 n Graduate X Medical Glasses Fitted MeCor g iers yes Examined DR. CLAUDE S. SEMONF.S Eyesight Specialist in 721 100470 "ML Achien Dls. Toth and G S ROUND TRIP MUMMERS’ NEW YEAR'S DAY PARADE PHILADELPHIA TUESDAY, JANUARY 1 SPECIAL TRAIN Leave Washington (Union Station). Returning, (Broad Street Station) Pennsyivania Railroad 6:45 AM. leave_Philadeiphia 7:40 PM. Grippe and “Flu” Believed Keep a box of Luden’s Menthol Cough Drops — take one every now and then. Let it dis- solve -lowly on your tongue and breathe the thol dco'ly and ly. Quickly soothes irritated air pa: sore throats, relieves Tell frie Lu yellow package — Sc — everywhere. LUDEN’S COUGH DION 5 / EVENINGS o Nmom ractic e b a5y preecaine the periormance shich they are assigned. The Theatre Guild of N. Y. Presents EUGENE O'NEILL'S MASTERPIECE “STRANGE INTERLUDE ights, $1.50 to 50c. 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