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Minutes of the meeting of the Gen
eral Council, held June 20, 1943, were
read and approved.
General Council Committees were
announced and Committees directed to
consider resolutions referred to them
and make recommendations or else con
solidate and present alternate resolu
tions.
Mr. DeFrance read the report of the
Rules Committee which was adopted as
read.
The Secretary briefly reviewed reso
lutions which had been presented and
which were referred to the various
committees.
The Secretary-Treasurer reported:
Membership: June 20, 1943, 11
Chapters, 609 Members; February 12,
1944, 16 Chapters, 988 Members (60%
Increase).
General Fund: Receipts, $2,919.23;
Disbursements, $722.00; B a l a n c e ,
$2,197.23.
Revolving F u n d : R e c e i p t s ,
$1,129.11; Disbursements, $688.31;
Cash on Hand, $440.60.
Reserve Fund: No Reserve Fund had
been set up.
Mr. Ford, Chairman of the Audit
Committee, read the following report:
"The Committee examined the books
and found everything in order.” The
Council adopted the financial reports
and the Audit Committee Report.
The Secretary reported: (1) That
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he had prepared Bulletin No. 1 but
had been unable to put out other issues
dues to the lack of a standing com
mittee for this purpose; (2) That he
had attended two hearings held by the
Interim Committee and had prepared
and presented an affirmative brief for
Civil Service. Miss Rickey also attend
ed and took notes. The brief and notes
had been mimeographed for distribu
tion; (3) T hat other educational ma
terial on Civil Service and Retirement
Plans had been mimeographed and dis
tributed. Work along this line was also
limited by lack of a standing com
mittee; (4) T hat letters, as ordered
by the last General Council, had been
sent to members of the Legislature who
had voted in favor of Civil Service, to
members of the Interim Committee and
to the League of Women Voters; (3)
That resolutions had been prepared, as
ordered by the 1943 General Council,
conferring honorary membership on the
members of the State Board of Con
trol and the State Highway Commis
sion.
The President reviewed the growth
of the Association. He said the duty
of the delegates to this Council is to
decide what our future course and poli
cy is to be. The officers cannot deter
mine the policy of the organization
as that is the function of this Council.
The officers can only carry out the
program or policies adopted by the As
sembly. We cannot continue along the
lines we have been following and ac
complish our aims: (1) We have no
well defined method of contacting, as
an Association, other state departments
and the Legislature. We definitely need
a representative who can talk for the
organization. (2) We need more mem
bers. Our strength depends upon our
membership. (3) Improved manage-