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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