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IBVIEW OF PKlposALs TO USE
OlEENNICH CIVIL TIME ON -E CIEUITS
In seved i.rmtanoes during the past four or ftva ysam the use of Orem
lrich Civ-ll Time as the standard of time for all teletgpe tRnsmissiOM ha8
been pmposed. Soon aftsr the establishment of Sohedule C, the matter 1od
brought up and It was agmed to use Omanrrich Time for o e W of the purely
meteomlogical trtlnmdssiona ouoh as mobs and p1baI.s.
TMs is atill be*
done and is found to be a useful arran&ament ldnw the oollection of thee
data mors a largo number of time SOME.
Rscentlp a propoeal was made by the CAA to use Omesfnrioh Tlma ibr olltrurs.
missiona on Sohedules A and C. TMs pmpoeal was wferrsd to most d ti8 agen-
cies and interests oonoerned, 5.nd.uding the Air Tmsport A860CiJitiOn, Air
Pilofa Aswoiation, individual alrllnes, cM.(IIM UeteOrologl~dl SSrpLOe
and other Canadian aviation interests, the Pnqv and the Navy. There was wl&
differonce of opinion and come Strpng obje&oM rere ~ s e d , p . r t i O U U ~
the operating personnel of the airlines.
Because of the grept importance of Utarg O ~ ~ X U ~ ~ O M
at this the, the
apMons of military rspresaentatires were given aonddemble wsight. They
favored continuance of tlm present myatem until auoh A time aa the chagc
Over would be less disturbin& to the opsmtiona of military pimruft, and it
Ras aglaed to defer actlon on the pmposel.
FUJITI OF ANMIITAnr IN ElTWHp PVW)
Artioles explaldng nm prodsio~ aontained In tha mended Ciril Servloe
RetirrPsnt Law, appmvrd Januarg 24, 1942, Publlo IDm 411, 77th Congrass,
appearad in ismer of TKCS AND PEIBONNEL for the Months ef LBroh, W,h,
Saptiamber Md Ootober, 1942. In the Limes of April, June, w.pd -st
1945, there appeared notides and alroulara am~tlng fxvm tln Brtirsment Mc
Wdon of the Cirll Ssroloe Cdsdon. Within the last h* days there uas
lspiled to hgiotsl Offices $or dlatrlbution to all mgular &ations a pe@&
sntitlud qour mti-anf Sptd issued by the Civil Service Comaisdon 00sisting
of questiolu and andnsxn.
Tho artiole in June 1942 isme was on the aubjeot of rstimment fund oontrlbutto~,
~nd dealt primarily with the prcnrision oontainmi in Sootion 4 of
the Amended Aot of August 4, 1989, whioh pmvides for mluntav oontributiona
to tb retiranant M for the purobne of annuity in -tiion to that prct
‘rided by the monthly puyroll deductions taken from the ealztry of eaoh e-
Phy‘ee and depodted to his aooount In the ratirannnt M, less $LOO monthly
(oalled tontine) whlah is dapar1t.d to the acoount of tha Oovoment.
Inoident to the recent duntam mtiranent of sersml emplaywe of tho
&mu, the question hos adsen as to how long a retired a a p m rOt&ns M
qWiy in his lstirment hd. This questlon is indlmotly rn~mlrd in the
UUatmtAon on page 36 of the moent pmphlet ieeued by tha CeSisSion. Tbe
Purpbre of this article is to anauur that question in auoh a my that eaoh
“nmritnnt can compute the length of time he continues to have an equity in
fund, and the anaunt of hi8 equity saoh gsar during the perlod.
0nl;V those annuitants who de& to take nonforfeiture annuity at ‘tha tine
Of retirsment retain an equity in the fund afier retixwmnt. TM~
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