SUPERANNUATED CIVIL SERVANTS

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 8, 5 October 1920, Page 7

SUPERANNUATED CIVIL SERVANTS

Sir,—lt is some time new since our legislators recognised tho justice of increasing tho salaries of all classes in the Civil Service, but excluding from the scheme of general relief thoso of us on the retired list. Now that they have considered it equally necessary to add 50 per cent, to their own salaries, they will surely, in common fairness, see that we obtain scmo measure of relief before tho session ends. While tho war was on we mude no complaint, and willingly accepted the general sacrifice of tho momont, but when the time for readjustments came we confidently looked for tho "square deal." After -10 to 50 years of public service, at admittedly small salaries, we find tho modest retiring .allowances we acquired during those years have shrunk to less than one half 'their supposed values. The position for the family man is a cruel one, and the injustice is greatly accentuated by the fact that men recently retired from the very positions 6omo of us formerly held, are drawing pensions based, of course, on the new and greatly increased salaries, and therefore, considerably in excess of ours.—l am, etc., SUPERANNUATED WTER OVER 48 •YEARS' SERVICE.