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Most of the prospects are unknown
personally to the Committee entrusted
w ith the selection. This fact required
contacts w ith various public officials
and citizens for their recommendations
to assist in arriving at our selection by
the process of elimination. Your Com
mittee has selected a man whose name
should not be announced untii it is def
initely known that the Selective Service
System will not upset our plans.
The other subject, that of wages
and hours, requires handling w ith
diplomacy—primarily due to our limit
ed membership. However, following
our General Council Assembly, the sub
ject was taken up w ith the Assistant
Chief Highway Engineer who suggest
ed dealing direct with the Chief High
way Engineer, pending the time when
a hired legal representative of the As
sociation was available. Upon contact
ing the Chief Highway Engineer, a
promise was obtained that he would
make a study of Wages and Hours upon
his return from a three week assign
ment in Washington, D.C.
This promise was fulfilled, and a
wage schedule which has been ap
proved by the Budget Director for the
State of Oregon will, we feel safe in
predicting, be approved by the State
Highway Commission this week.
The new schedule may be disappoint
ing to a few, but bear in mind it repre
sents an increase acceptable to the Bud
get Director, the Highway Commis
sion, the Board of Control and the
Governor. It provides for adjustment
of certain inequities in the old schedule
with some benefits for all classifica
tions below Division Engineers in the
State Highway Department.
Further progress in the selection of
an Association Counsel and in wage
rates and classification investigation
for other state departments, will be re
ported on as information is available.
CHAPTER NEWS
meeting of the General Council. Mem
bership was the subject of much dis
cussion which apparently has taken
root as several members have been
signed since the last meeting.
George Kayser and H orton H ughlett
served the coffee and doughnuts.
William Bihl and Carl Bewley left
this month for service in the army.
Chet Paulsen is anxiously awaiting
the spring run of Chinook Salmon.
Spring weather has Jerry Farrar all
excited about a victory garden. Jerry
raised a dinger last year.
Ester Rickey, our very capable Re
cording Secretary, has left the State
for greener fields in the logging indus
try. Marjorie Judson, an up-and-com-
Chapter news is incomplete this
issue as most of the Chapters were
unable to submit news.
We hope to hear from each
Chapter hereafter.
CH A PTER N O . 1— SALEM
Salem Chapter meets the second Fri
day of each month, at the Moose Hall,
South 12 th and Bellvue streets. All
State Employees are cordially invited.
The last meeting was very interest
ing and forty-tw o members were pres
ent. Jim Smith and Buck DeFrance
had excellent reports on the February
Signed:
W. W. STIFFLER, Chairman
E. H . CLYMER
L A. DeFRANCE