| Show II AGED EMPLOYEES ARE BEING RETIRED THOUSANDS OF OLD FEDERAL CLERKS ARE FORCED TO LEAVE THE SERVICE Government Goven Expected to Pay Out In Pensions About a Year to Faithful Servants of Past Years Washington Washington More More than od old clerks men and women passed out of ot the government service on August 0 O under the new retirement law No more dismal o occasion In the annals annals annals an an- nals of ot tho the federal sen service Ice is remembered remembered remembered by the old oldest st employee employee- Many of the clerks particularly particular particular- ly the women frankly wept as the theother theother theother other In the various bureaus and departments gathered around them at the noon hour to say good- good by Bureau chiefs tried to Inject a little cheer Into the situation but a dreary rain that persisted all day and utter within seriously hampered their efforts Celebrations were held but they fell flat In e every bureau Although more than are to be retired only 1423 had been certified to the pension bureau and It will only be these who will receive a I pension check on September 1 The others will have to wait walt for several se days or perhaps weeks before i receive their pensions on account of the delay in the departments in sending sendIng sending send send- ing in their certifications es who who are ure retired will re- re elvo var varying amounts according to their pay pa and length of service b but t they tIleY will average about a year jear ear It has been een estimated This will mean that the government will pay payout out in pensions about a year jear ear to the retired while It has been estimated estimated estimated es es- that the amount paid Into the retirement fund olund by the tho government go es at the rate of 2 per cent of ot their salaries will be more than II a year jear |
