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14 Special Meeting of the Board of Directors The Board of Directors held a special meeting at the Deschutes County Court House in Bend, Oregon, on the 20 th day of August, 1944. The meeting was called to order by the President, Mr. A. J. Ford, at 10:45 A.M., w ith the following members present: Mr. A. J. Ford, Mr. I. A. DeFrance, Mr. Tom Edwards, Mr. E. H . Clymer, Mr. Ivan Dakin, Mr. W. P. Laws, Mr. E. F. Chidsey, Mr. Forrest Cooper, acting for D istrict 4, and Mr. Forrest V. Stewart, Executive Secretary. Members absent were: Mr. W. W. Stiffler, Mr. Leroy Boldt, and Mr. C. B. Clifton. Among the visitors present were: Miss Peden, Miss Elder, Mrs. Dakin, A. A. Fossen, Floyd Query, E. E. Johnston, Mervin Clinton, and Herman Kehrli. Mr. Ford introduced Mr. Herman Kehrli, Executive Secretary of the League of Oregon Cities and Director of the Bureau of Municipal Research of the School of Political Science of the University of Oregon, who addressed the meeting on a proposed pension plan for state and local government em ployees of Oregon, following which there was an open discussion of the subject. A fter the discussion a motion was made by Mr. Edwards, seconded by Mr. DeFrance, and carried by unani mous vote of the Board, as follows: That the Board of Directors go on SINCE 1851 . . . a&e <0teaoni^ «Statesman has reported state capital news, follow ing the capital from Oregon City to Salem to Corvallis to Salem. It still is reporting the news—all of it—fresh with your morning coffee. PHONE 9101 FOR A START record as indorsing the move initiated by the League of Oregon Cities-toward enactment of retirement legislation for public employees in Oregon, and that President Ford be instructed to appoint a committee to work w ith the League of Oregon Cities and other groups in the preparation of a suitable retirement bill to be presented to the next legis lature. Mr. Ford expressed the appreciation of the entire group to Mr. Kehrli for his explanation of the fundamentals in volved in pension legislation. A fter a brief recess the meeting reconvened. On account of Mr. C. B. Clifton, Director for D istrict 4, being inactive, by a motion made by Mr. Edwards and seconded by Mr. Chidsey, Forrest Coo per was named to act as Director for District 4. The Secretary announced that the Board of Directors, by mail ballot, had granted a charter to Portland Chapter No. 17, composed of state employees employed in the various departments working in the Oregon Building in Portland. An application was read requesting a charter for Marion Chapter No. 18. This application, made over the signa ture of 34 state employees employed in the various departments located in the State Office Building, was ap proved and a charter granted. A letter from the Bend Chapter was read relative to broadening National Social Security legislation to include public employees. A fter some discus- (Continued on page 30) Anderson Bros. Lumber Company Manufacturers of Ponderosa Pine LAKEVIEW, OREGON
