Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 280, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1912 — EX-PRESIDENTS TO BE GIVEN PENSIONS [ARTICLE]

EX-PRESIDENTS TO BE GIVEN PENSIONS

Tlie Carnegie Corporation to Grant Annuity to Future Presidents or Their Widows. Future ex-presidents of the United States are to be pensioned in the sum of $25,000 each annually by action of the Carnegie corporation of New York Thursday. The grant is provided for with the idea of enabling former executives of the nation to devote their, unique knowledge gained in public affairs, to the public good, free from pecuniary cares. A similar amount is to be paid widows of ex-presidents as lcng as they remain unmarried. The pensions are to be promptly offered to the{/ex-presidents or their widows, so that no application will be required from them. Payment is to be continued so long as the recipients “remain unprovided for by the government.” The announcement followed the second annual meeting of the corporation held at the residence of Andrew Carnegie in New York and attended by the corporations’ eight trustees. It will pay you to come in and investigate the pricey I am offering at my remodeling sale. SIMON LEOPOLD.