Show i ti i j COMMENT I 1 th iia iljan AGED washington oct 9 special Corre Correspond spOn donee enca the comprehensive detail of 0 the civil service retirement bill introduced by representative richard W austin ot of tennessee is the result of long study of the subject and a an n earnest endeavor on the part of 0 its author to formu formulate a plan ot of retirement that will be fair both to the government and the old employees whom it is intended to benefit mr austin begins by raising the salary ot of evory every civil service employee 16 15 per cent and then provides that each person shall contribute a monthly sum which added to an equal contribution on the part of 0 the united states will purchase from the government an annuity when the person reaches the retirement age ot of 65 years equal to 1 12 1 2 per cent ot of his salary tor for every year ot of service between the date ot of passage of the act and the date ot of re tl remont it has come to be recognized that any civil service retirement bill that will meet the approval of 0 congress must contain a contributory tribu tory system similar to the austn ausin plan but in order that such a scheme may not bear too heavily on the younger man in the service mr air austin has proposed the increase 1 in salary which he hopes will become a part ot of the general plan |