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Show SEEK CUT IN PW OF OF 10 EOS $7,000,000 Saving Is Possible Under Proposal By RAYMOND CLAPFKK (Copyright 1933, By United Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 (U.R Reduction of payments now averaging $900,000 a month under the emergency officers retirement act is being be-ing advocated by those favoring fa-voring sharp reductions in the 1,000,000,,000 annual veteran expense as an alternative to higher taxes. Under the act, which was passed over a Calvin Coolidge veto, World war volunteer officers who are rated not less than 30 per cent permanently disabled resulting from war service shall be paid foi life 75 per cent of their war-time la-y. ' Those payments amount to n,-tK,5,000 n,-tK,5,000 a year. Were this pay abolished, abol-ished, the officers would revert t.: Iheir normal compensation status which would leave a charge estimated esti-mated by the National Economy ' league at about $4,000,000 a year - making a net saving of $7,000,001 a year and still leaving any volun tier officer injured in war service receiving, the same compensation as enlisted men injured under sim ilar circumstances. The veterans bureau, estimates the saving at about half this figure. In criticizing these payments, tin National Economy league says that many emergency officers 30 per cent disabled receive more pay than enlisted men totally disabled. "This legislation has resulted in 6,106 men receiving more, because they served as officers, than they would have if they had served as enlisted men," the economy league asserts. It says repeal of the 'egis-lation 'egis-lation would remove from the rolls 4,000 temporary war-time ofiicers receiving an average retirement pay of $139 a month. Previously under regular compensation benefits bene-fits they averaged $51 a month. This group includes "presumptive f'isability" and also a number of men whose disability occurred after the armistice the war legal ly continued uncll the first summer sum-mer of-the Hording administration, when on July 2, 1921 the separate treaty of peace with Germany was concluded. 1 |
