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About The Oregon state employee. (Salem, Oregon.) 1944-195? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 1944)
16 Over the Secretary's Desk Governor Thomas E. Dewey ad dressed a meeting of representatives of public employees in Albany, May 2 8 to 30. In his message, Governor Dewey said, “I promised last year, as one of my objectives, to do everything possible to promote the merit system. We have made, I think, substantial progress, thanks to the cooperation of civil serv ice employees themselves.” * • * si- Representatives of Wisconsin state employees, at their annual meeting held at Wausau, June 11th, voted to spon sor an amendment to the municipal em ployees retirement pension system, pro viding for a county employees pension system. The proposed county employee system would be patterned on the m u nicipal system which provides for com pulsory retirement at age 65 w ith pen sions of $60-$ 100 per month for 20 years of service. Employees w ith less than 20 years of service would be eli gible for $3 a m onth for every year of service. The city council of Kaukauna, Wis., is considering a pension plan for city employees which would provide a pen sion of $10 per month minimum and a maximum of 50% of final earnings. The maximum pension would be for employees 65 years of age w ith 3 5 years of service. The plan includes death benefit and total disability benefits. $ * * The city of Alhambra, Calif., has voted to place city employees under the state retirement system as provided by the California legislature. The proposal was adopted by a vote of 2 to 1 in the election June 6. Vice President Raimist of a technical engineers, architects and draftsmen’s as sociation spoke as follows in a recent radio address: " It is strange how technical and white collared employees are blinded by the dignity of professional titles at tached to their jobs, and forget the economic necessities that make for a decent standard of living. " It took the depression of the 30’s and the present kicking around to make the technical and white collar employee "union” conscious. For the first time he has realized that the banker has a "union”— the Bankers’ association; the manufacturer has a "union”— the N a tional Association of Manufacturers. Yes, even profession physicians and at torneys have very strong "unions”-— the Medical association and the Bar as sociation. The technical employee cer tainly has as much brains, intelligence, common sense- and ingenuity as the banker, the manufacturer and the phy sician. The technical employee even has perception— only he has permitted it to lie dormant while the bankers, the man ufacturers, physicians and lawyers have organized themselves into their respec tive "unions.” Through these organiza tions the banker, the manufacturers, the physicians and lawyers are able to receive the highest possible price for their services or products. "Too many technical men have sold, and continue to sell their services for professional titles. Unfortunately, you cannot pay off the landlord, the gro cer, or the butcher with these profes sional titles.” D Quisenberry's Central Pharmacy Guardian Bldg. Salem, Oregon R DRUGS G S 410 State
