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About The Oregon state employee. (Salem, Oregon.) 1944-195? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1944)
11 outstanding records in the war production program, the United States Spring & Bumper Company has inaugurated a Health Plan for their benefit. In contributing to the welfare of its employees, the company has established medical, surgical, and hospitalization bene fits—the entire cost of which is being paid for by the company. The Plan requires no physical examination for enrollment. It entitles each employee to the services of the best surgeons from a list of 5,000 doctors in the California Physicians Service. Hospital services, in any one of seven hospitals, up to 21 days per year for each illness or accident are allowed. Hospital services also include operations and clinical laboratory services and diagnostic X-Ray while hospitalized. 'In providing this Health Plan for the men and women of our company,’ says John B. Rauen, President of U. S .Spring & Bump er Company, 'it is my sincere hope that it will add to their happiness and relieve them of the burdens and demands which often ac company illness and accidents’.’’ Private industry is bidding high for the best of the skilled and technical men of the country. A recent ad in a local paper’s want ad column read as fol lows: If you figure you’re as good as the next man in your trade, we’ve got some special openings right now in your craft. Wken we say these are good jobs, we have more in mind than just good pay. They’re jobs with men you’ll like and with these extras: fine pension plan, medical services, jobs with a permanent company. Liberal age limit. The cities and counties of Oregon and the State of Oregon also require skilled and technical men but in this highly competitive manpower market officials are finding themselves serious ly handicapped by the lack of compar able incentives to offer public service employees. Riverside, California Riverside, California, voters will bal lot in November on the request that city employees be put under the state retirement plan. The plan has the sup port of the local newspaper and city council. LEON M. NICKERSON Salem Chapter No. 1 lost a mem ber of long standing through the death of Leon M. Nickerson on Sep tember 11, 1944. Mr. Nickerson, who was born in Iowa in 1887, had been in the State service since March, 1938, serving since August 1, 1943, as a weighmaster in the highway de partment. He had also worked for the highway department during the summer of 193 5 on an oiling crew. Mr. Nickerson had been on an assignment that had taken him to Marshfield and on the return trip to Salem was suddenly taken ill at Florence. His death was caused by a heart attack which occurred shortly after he retired to his hotel room. The members of the Association, of whom many had known and worked with her husband, take this opportunity of expressing their heartfelt sympathy to Mrs. Kathern M. Nickerson, who survives him. MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM IN PENNSYLVANIA ’ The Pennsylvania general assembly established a state-wide municipal em ployees’ retirement system made effec tive in September, 1943. Cities are not required to join the system but once they participate they cannot withdraw. If a city does not join, the employees, by petition, may require the council to put the question to a city vote, and a favorable vote will require the city to join the fund. The fund will be set up when 25 or more cities having an aggregate a^ least 250 eligible city employees, elect to join. A five-member retirement board will supervise the sys tem. Under the law cities will be re quired to pay a prior service credit for each employee and employees will be required to make a similar payment.
