Nine Senators Could Make AAore Through Retirement
By ARNOLD SAWISLAK
United Preu Inierneiionel
Washington -UIPU- It is said
that many members of Con
gress could make more money
in private business. But there
is a small group of lawmakers
who might collect about $350
a week by not working at
all.
The group consists of nine
senators and house members
who have served in Congress
for 32 years or more. If they
have contributed to thei con
gressional penison system for
all their service these mem
bers could collect $18,000 a
year. That would be 80 per
cent of their present $22,500
government salaries.
Actually, any congressman
retiring now at $18,000 prob
ably would have more income
after taxes titan if he con
tinued on the job at full pay.
This is because the lawmakers
-like others under similar re
tirement systems-do not pay
income taxes on their benefits
until they have drawn out
the full amount they contri
buted. But don't look for many
congressmen to take advant
age of the fact. The glamor
and prestige of the job is
such that congressmen rarely
retire. Unless, of course, the
voters insist.
May Refuse System
Congressmen and their em
ployes are covered by the
Federal Civil Service Retire
ment system. Unlike other
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last night.
Man and Space
Project Mercury
May Continue in
Space Test Role
By ALVIN B. WEBB JR
Cape Canaveral - IUPI) -Project
Mercury, the U.S.
man-in-space program that
had been expected to get the
ax after the flight of As
tronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr.,
may yet win a stay.
The reason: Under the
original scheme of things,
the United States has sudden
ly found itself facing an 18
month eclipse of manned
space flights.
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That sort of lag could be
difficult to explain, particu
larly in light of this nation's
$20 billion pledge to put men
on the moon about five years
from now. Eighteen months
is nearly one-third of that
time - a long stretch to do
without so much as one prac
tice run In space. -
Project Mercury, the $500
million effort that first put
America in the man-in-space
business, had been scheduled
to end with a successful
flight by Cooper.
Shift Into High
Plans called for an imme
diate shift into high gear on
Project Gemini, the program
designed to put two-man
teams of . astronauts into
earth orbits for periods up
to two weeks, and a result
ingly stronger push for the
man-to-the-moon Apollo Pro
ject. But, as a poet once said,
"the best-laid plans of mice
and men" oft go astray. There
has been some question as to
whether the U.S. manned
space flight plans have been
the best, and they certainly
have gone astray - particu
larly in the realm of Project
Gemini.
D. Brainerd Holmes, direc
tor of manned spaceflight for
the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration, recent
ly told Congress that the first
manned flight in the Gemini
program has slipped into the
last quarter of 1964 - which
means that project is further
in the future now than it was
six months ago.
Some sources have pinned
the blame on the refusal of
the Kennedy administration
to appropriate supplemental
funds for the program in' the
fiscal 1963 budget.
Reshuffle Li' .ly
Whatever the reason, a full
scale reshuffling of Amer
ica's man-in-space effort is
shaping up along three fronts:
-There is a strengthening
drive within NASA's ranks
for at least one more Mercury
flight to help fill the gap be
tween now and Gemini.
- -Gemini itself is caught in
a squeeze. With a stretched
out. Mercury J program and
with the Apollo Project es
sentially on time, Gemini's
role in NASA's grand scheme
is rapidly eroding. There Is
a chance the whole works
may be palmed off on the
Air Force before the first
two-man spaceship ever
leaves the ground.
-Apollo is the kingpin. A
push is under way to chan
nel still more money and
manpower into this budding
giant, even at the expense of
Gemini, to get the first Sat-
urn-boosted Apollo flights off
the ground and into earth
orbits for rehearsal flights
by 1965.
The Mercury program al
ready is gearing up for its
part in such a situation. Two
more bell-shaped capsules of
the Cooper variety are being
readied at Cape Canaveral,
and a pair of Atlas booster
rockets are' stored in San
Diego, Calif., just in case.
government workers, how
ever, they may exclude them
selves from the system.
If they do not contribute to
the fund, they get no pen
sions. If they du participate,
they must kick in 7Vs per
cent of their pay, or $1,687
a year at present scales.
Congressmen were brought
into the pension system in
1946. As a result, none
has paid into the fund longer
than 17 years. However, mem
bers who held other Federal
jobs before coming to Congress
can have such service cred
ited to their record by mak
ing retroactive contributions.
Under the law, pension
fund officials are not per
mitted to disclose whether a
member of Congress is either
eligible for a pension or how
large his benifits will be. How
ever, Sen. Carl Hayden, D
Ariz., is at the top of the list of
congressmen Avho are in line
to collect the maxium pen
sion, provided he has met all
the requirements. Hayden's
51 years of service-15 in the
House and 36 in the Senate-
means he had completed 34
years in Congress before mem
bers even were brought into
the retirement plan.
Hayden won a new six-
year term last fall and gives
no indication he is thinking
of retirement.
Members of Club
Other members of the elite
32-year club are Reps. Carl
Vinson, D-Ga., 48 years; Sen.
Lister Hill, D-Ala., 40 years
(House and Senate); and Rep.
Clarence Canon, D-Mo., 40
years; Emanuel Cellcr, D-N.Y.,
40 years; Joesph W. Martin,
R-Mass., 38 years; Speaker
Jonn W. McCormack. D-Mass
34 years; Rep. Wright Patman.
D-T'ex., 34 years; and Howard
W. Smith, D-Va., 32 years.
Of course, these nine vet
erans are not the only con
gressmen who could collect
pensions if they retirod now.
The plan provides a long list
of options, some of which
permit retirement as young as
50 with reduced benefits.
However, any member aged
62 who has five years of ser
vice can retire and collect
his pension at the full rate
for his service, a member
can quit at 60 without finan
cial penalty.
Pensions Described
The full rate for congres
sional pensions is 2Vi per cent
of the average salary over a
five-year period multiplied by
the number of years of con
gressional service. Other gov-
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Grievances Over
Adminstration of
Laws Are Aired
Grievances rcgardilig the
administration of trespass
regulations on federal timber
sales were aired at the May
meeting of the timber com
mittee of the Southern Oregon
Conservation and Tree Farm
association this week.
John O'Connor, Double Dee
Lumber company, chairman
of the committee, noted that
due to tne number ot com
plaints recently by logging
operators who have run afoul
of the regulations, the com.
mittee called the meeting to
clarity the situation.
Donald Scoficld, manager,
Medford district office, bureau
of land management, explain.
ed the purpose of the trespass
laws and outlined the policy
of the local office In admin
istering them'.
From Misunderstanding
He said he believed that
many of the complaints arose
out of a misunderstanding of
the trespass provision in the
timber sales contracts or a
lack of communication be
tween the operator and the
BLM. Scofield noted that
there had been no major
change recently in policy but
that there has been a change
in the sales contract which
might tend to alleviate future
trespass difficulties.
Operators countered with a
request for a speedup in the
processing of requests for the
addition of certain trees to the
sales contracts when the trees
have to be cut for practical
reasons in properly logging
the sale.
One spokesman explained
that in some instances, delays
of several days or even weeks
have occurred from the time
a request is made and the re
ceipt of the formal written no
tice of approval. These delays
can be costly to the timber
purchaser, the spokesman add
ed, and should be eliminated
if possible.
Committee members and
BLM representatives agreed
that some progress was made
at the meeting in understand
ing their mutual responsibili
ties in operating under the
present timber trespass laws.
ciment service is credited at
a rate ranging from Hi to 2
per cent.
One reason for the disparity
is the fact that a political!
cannot be as firm in plan
ning his career as an individ
ual in private business.
With House members re
quired to stand for re-election
every two years and Senators
every six years, a pension
plan tied to longevity alone
would attract few contribu
tors. One of the attractions of
tile retirement system is that
a member can get credit for
lower - paid military and gov
ernment service performed be
fore entering Congress while
his pension, after five years
in Congress, is based on the
$22,500 member salary.
For example, Rep. Albert
Thomas, D-Tex., is leaving
Congress in 1965 after 28
years of House service. As
suming he has participated
in the pension plan, he will
get' credit also for the six
years he worked as an assist
ant U. S. district attorney in
the 1930s.
This would put him in the
32-year class. The non-con
gressional service is credited
at 2 per cent, however, and
he would get less than the
$18,000 maximum.
Top Pension Earned
Another member. Rep. Phil
ip J, Philbin, D-Mass., could
get the top pension even
though he has served only 20
years as a House member.
Philbin would qualify because ;
congressional employees get j
the full 2 Mi per cent rate on I
the first 15 years of their serv-!
ice. Philbin was a Senate aide I
for 19 years before winning ;
election to the House.
Rep. Krank Karstcn, D-Mo
who was a House committee
clerk for 12 years before start
ing his 17 year congressional
career, would get similar full
credit.
Members get the top rate
for military service performed
while they are serving in
Congress (some members look
leaves, for example, to serve
in World War ID, and for-up
to five years of military serv
ice before serving in Congress.
Under that clause, Senate)
majority leader. Mike Mans
field, Mont., who has 20 years
in the House and Senate, also
could get the top rate for his
two years in the Nsvy, two
years in the Army and one of
his two years in the Marines.
Only his sixth year In tha
military would be credited at
a lower rate.
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