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R 1945 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT for BUREAU OF THE BUDGET WASHINGTON, 25, D.C. JUN 281945 My dear Mr. Latta: The Congress has enacted H. R. 2125, "To amend the Canal Zone Code. " Under existing provisions of paragraph (a) of section 93 of title 2 of the Canal Zone Code any employee serving thereunder who shall have attained the age of fifty-five and rendered at least twenty-five years of service, of which not less than fifteen years shall have been rendered on the Isthmus of Panama, may voluntarily retire on an immediate annuity having a value equal to the present worth of a deferred annuity beginning at the age of sixty-two. The bill under consideration would add a provi- sion stipulating that the annuity of an employee retiring thereunder with at least thirty years of service shall have a value equal to the present worth of a deferred annuity beginning at the age of sixty. This provision will bring the Canal Zone voluntary retirement privileges in line with the same privileges under the Civil Service retirement law. A facsimile of the enrolled enactment has been referred to the War Departmer and the Civil Service Commission, and their replies, recommending approval of the bill, are attached. I recommend that the bill be approved. Very truly yours, Thum Director Mr. M. C. Latta, The White House. Enclosures: Letters from War Department and Civil Service Commission. TRUMAN NARA