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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.”
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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.
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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.”
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Quisenberry's
Central Pharmacy
Guardian Bldg.
Salem, Oregon
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