Show ASK ARY ANNUITY SYSTEM I Postal Clerks Vote Against Pension for Superannuated Members DEDUCTION FROM INCREASE Favor Fifteen Per Cent Ad Ad- Ad Advance Advance Advance vance Provided for in Austin Bill i THE iii National nal o of Post Post- I Clerks esterday yesterday In cOn e convention conven conven- U tion at t Moose voted voted against gi t the theS S' S hai ri oZ a ro or s super superannuated clerke lt anti and In I f t favor or or of of the bill Introduced In Congress b by Austin of ot Tennessee which provides provide for tor a 15 Iii per cent Increase in salary for tor postal and tIle the de deductions deductions de of or sufficient to provide pro pro pro- vide vido an annuity for tor the aged clerks The Jhc Austin bill favors the tho Increase In salary for all who receive le less s than J 2500 p per pep r annum At the time ago age of 60 60 65 63 or 70 years ears according according- to th the department department depart depart- ment meat In which the clerk clark works he Is retired with tho the annuity The President President Prest- Prest dent of ot the tho United States Is 18 given hen power pow pow- er or to classify the retiring age I of ot the thc of ot each department If It the employee leaves he lie is entitled to the mone money which the government keeps for tor him out of his Increase of oC salary alar The debate at yesterdays yesterday's s session lasted more than two hours and brought out the facts that un under er the straight civil pension rule only ono one In eight would get th the bene bene- fit tit Also It was feared that the establishment of ot a pension would prevent pre an Increase In salary The most Important Important important Im Im- im- im feature brought out was waD that under the tho civil pension system an m em em- pIon nearing his time for tOI retirement ml might ht fear discharge and become serIJ servile ser ser- IJ vile to his superiors who ho could always ls l's hold the thc whip hand over ocr him Jon Kator X W S Time The convention convention- by resolution also suggested an entirely new system of ot bonding the clerks on the ground that lint present rates tire are too lOD hl high t. t Tho The plan ilan of oC Thomas Thonmas J. J Atkins post- post Continued on Page 2 2 Column 3 ASK ARY ANNUITY SYSTEM Continued from Page One master of ot St. St Louis for tor the establishment establish establish- ment meat of ot a fidelity department b by Congress Congress Con Con- gress for tor government so was as warmly advocated In the Interest of health the clerks passed a resolution requiring the tho thorough h cleaning of ot mall sacks s at stated periods The sacks dragged all allover allover over tho the country countr arc are said to o be bo dangerous dangerous dangerous dan dan- spreaders spreader of ot tuberculosis Other resolutions were sere assed passed as follows In Iii appreciation of ot the governments government's promotion merit-promotion plan which permits clerks clerIcs to rise above the 1200 lOO per Ier annum annum an an- num nuni grade Opposing the tile use of ot the open end b of ot envelope elope by business men because the annoyance thc they give II tho clerk clork In Inthe Inthe inthe the and the tIle damage damaso the they do dothe dothe the time cancelling machinery Opposing the use of ot tho the window envelope en on the ground that the thc window win inlOW in dow lOW Is not always transparent and because the they dela delay the work of ot the clerk The furnishing by the time government g to clerks of at daters s and amid other oIlier apparatus used by them and nd now furnished at their own expense Requesting the tile department to furnish books of oC one cent stamps salable at 49 19 and 97 n cents At present present pres pres- ent ant the those hooks books are arc on only I sold at 2 25 cents and anti the tho picture postal card necessitates necessitates necessitates ne ne- ne- ne a greater grealer use uso of ot one cent stamps Many Offered OUt I The TIe officers of ot the time federation were Instructed to tal take e up UI with the tIme pas tot tot- Ice flee department their failure to enforce enforce enforce en en- force the regulation demanding addressers addressers ad ad- dressers of ot letters to write streets and numbers lumbers of oC addresses on envelopes en Instead of at sending letters to John Smith Oshkosh for tor Instance This Is said old to be one o of the greatest inconveniences incon Incon- with which postal clerks have to deal The session yesterday r was as one of ot the most Important nt In the history of ot the order Most dost ost of ot tho the odd sixty resolutions resolutions resolutions offered were dl disposed po ed of ot some seine after heated debates Today loday the thc closIng closing clos cbs ing session session- of the convention will be devoted to the tho remainder of ot tho resolutions resolutions reso reso- and the annual election of oC of officers ot- ot Two resolutions commending the administration administration administration ad ad- ministration o of President Oscar F. F Nelson were ere read yesterday It Is the consensus of ot opinion that It If President Nelson will accept another term termas as president ho will be elected elected elected elect elect- ed toda today During Mr Ir Nelsons Nelson's year one tenure of ot office the clerks have been granted the hour eight-hour rIa lay day by Congress time the re removal re- re moval of ot the tile gag rule which prohibited pro- pro to speak in their own defense and tho the right of appeal to higher officials Mr l Nelson elson sal said last night that ho ma may not run for tor time the presidency When hen I left Chicago ho said ald I III promised m my wife I wouldn't bo be president president president dent any more Tho The work keeps me rue aWa away from home too much and amid as I Iam Iam Iam am editor a of the time organizations organization's paper my my- presence at Its headquarters is de desirable de- de If It I can arrange for Cor a division division divi divi- sion slon of oC labor Jabor the tho pr presidency will be he bemore bemore hemore more satisfactory but at present I find it too much for tor one man alan to handle President Nelson and tho time Los Angeles Angeles An An- geles delegates expect to leave for tho tile south at this afternoon unless to today's today's to- to days day's ses session Jon proves longer than cx- cx The Tile election toda today will 1 be e for tor all of offices ot- ot flees but who will be chosen for tor the several trusts Is as yet ct unknown |