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8 Donald E. Hardcastle is acquiring his basic training close at home. He is now at Camp Adair. Cecil W. Head was inducted into the U. S. Army in October of 1942 and fought the “Battle of Oregon” until recently, being stationed while in Ore gon at Camp White and Camp Adair. Cec recently left Oregon for overseas duty. a good place to see “active duty” al most any time now. Capt. John Beakey, T. C., former State Highway Traffic Engineer, now in England, writes to Art Kneass that he went to the dog races. He says it cost him one and a half “Quid’* to find out that the British dogs are just as undependable as their canine cousins across the seas. J. M. Williams is also stationed at Camp Adair. However, the Williams family is still represented among Ore gon State Employees. Mrs. Williams is employed in the office of Ernie Umph- lette, S t a t e Highway Engineer, at Eugene. Carroll Robinson enlisted in the Sea- bees in October of 1942 and received his basic training at Norfolk, Virginia. Unfortunately, Carroll did not experi ence a period of duty overseas in that he was confined to a hospital in the States with asthma and was discharged in February of 1943. He is at present employed as computer in the traffic engineering division. Lt. Hilbert Young, Seabees, is on active duty in England. That should be The SERVICE NEWS in this issue is of necessity very limited. The editor was unable to gather as much news about our servicemen and women as he wished to publish. You undoubtedly know several em ployees of the State of Oregon now in the service. Send in names and addresses, news, excerpts from let ters or whole letters, and all other items of interest, to Salem, Oregon. We believe SERVICE NEWS will be appreciated, both by regular em ployees and employees now in the service. Copies of OSE will be sent free to all employees now in the service provided the correct ad dress is received. The Statewide Merit System of Civil Service The Statewide M erit System of Civil Service Bill did not pass the last Legis lature. However, the w ork in its be half was not wasted. Education is necessary concerning any new bill and it will be in a better position to pass the next Legislature. There were tw enty-six aye votes counted when thirty-one were needed to carry. An Interim Committee was created to study a m erit system of Civil Ser vice and to make a report to-the next Legislature. The Committee is com posed of Representative Leo Smith, Chairman; Representative W. W. Chadwick; Representative Earl H ill and Senators Lew Wallace and Jim Jones. The Interim Committee held a m eet ing in Portland, A ugust 30, 1943, at which time George Aiken, Budget D i rector, and D r. W illiam C. Jones ap peared at a private meeting. A public hearing was held in Portland, N ovem ber 8, 1943, at w hich tim e interested parties were invited to appear. Those
