Evening Star Newspaper, December 20, 1934, Page 33

Father of U. S. Retirement Act | Quits Federal Service at 70 Beach One of Foremost Government Actu- arial Experts. Civil Service Commis- sion Ceremony Held in His Honor. John Staats Beach, one of the fore- most actuarial experts in the Gov- ernment, and often Teferred to by his associates as the “father” of the retirement act, is leaving the service today, having passed his 70th birth- day on December 4. A ceremony in his honor was ar- ranged at 2 o'clock at the Civil Serv- ice Commission, where Mr. Beach is ending the career that started in 1890, and hes been broken only by a four-year business venture. Native of New York State. Beach, a native of New Baltimore, Greene County, N. Y., entered Fed- eral employ as a clerk in the census office on October 1, 1890, and three years later was transferred to what was known as the Weshington Pen- sion Agency. In 1902 he was pro- moted to chief clerk, holding office until 1908, when he left to engage in business. Toward the end of this service, Mr. Beach, at the direction of President Theodore Roosevelt, spent a year as pension agent at Con- cord, N. H. When, in 1912, there was created a disbursing office in the Bureau of Pension, Government officials paid Beach the compliment of asking that he re-enter service to assist in set- ting up the new organization, and President Taft reappointed him by executive order. Beach's Work Recognized. At the time the transfer of the retirement unit of the Veterans' Ad- ministration to the Civil Service Com- mission was recommended by Lewis Meriam of the Brookings Institution, who has made a series of reorganiza- tion studies for the Government. He directed attention to the retirement work Mr. Beach had done, in these terms: “He (Beach) played an important part in getting the Federal employes to support a contributory system and in urging that it be placed on a sound actuarial basis,” Meriam wrote. “He fought gratuity pensions. He has contributed materially to the gradual improvement and development of the system. He had the leading part in organizing and installing the system after the first retirement law was passed. He did work quietly, mod- estly and efficiently for a compensa- tion which a life insurance president would regard as a mere pittance for the head of one of his minor divisions.” Has Two Daughters. Beach, who makes his home at the Riverside Apartments, has two daugh- ters, Mrs. Kenneth A. McRae, who is employed at the Navy Department, and Mrs. Fred G. Schifferdecker of Selkirk, N. Y. His wife died nine years ago. On Thursday, Degember 27, Beach will be the dinner guest of the Joint Conference on Retirement, comiposed of representatives of those Federal em- ploye groups aligned with the Ameri- ean Federation of Labor. Panama for Free Trade. PANAMA, December 20 (#).—The assembly of Panama last night passed & free trade measure providing that every article not manufactured lo- cally will enter the country free of duty. The signature of President Har- modio Arias to the bill was regarded as assured. JOHN STAATS BEACH. FEDERAL WORKERS PROTEST DISMISSAL Conference Takes Up Case of Mrs. Myra Callis, Dropped From Relief Post. A resolution protesting the dis- missal of Mrs. Myra Callis, assistant supervisor in the local emergency relief organization, was adopted last night by the Joint Conference for Unity of Governmens Employes, meet- ing at the Thomson School. Copies were ordered sent to Elwood Street, director of public welfare, the District Commissioners and Harry L. Hopkins, Federal emergency relief ad- ministrator. Sympathizers have charged Mrs. Callis was discharged for her employe organization activities. Officials have denied this. ‘The conference adopted another resolution opposing the threatened ouster of N. R. A. Lodge No. 91, from the American Federation of Govern- ment Employes for an attack on the leadership. Miss Mary Van Kleeck of the Russell Sage Foundation will speak under the auspices of the conference, and the N.R. A. and F. E. R. A. lodges of the Federation of Government Employes at Typographical Temple at 8 p.m. Sunday. 18 Reported Killed by Gas. VIENNA, December 19 (#).—The Wiener Journal said today 18 persons had been killed in a poison gas catas- trophe near Berlin, where a leaky tank in a chemical factory had overcome 65 workers. The paper said it happened December 12, but was suppressed by German censorship. TELEPHONE Approved by GOOD HOUSEKEEPING BUREAU Every pound of Goob LUCK carries the Seal of Approval issued by Good Housekeeping Bureau. This fuyther assures that Goop Luck is pure, wholesome, and truthfully adver- tised. For your added protection, it also carries the Seal of Approval of the Committee on Foods of the American Medical Association. 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