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PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
RETIREMENT PLAN
(Contniued from page 26)
We are told, that the placing of
public employees under the Federal
Plan has been prevented by serious
legal barriers, that the probability of
the "States Rights” obstacle being
overcome is very small and that legis
lation will be long delayed permitting
the Federal Government to tax State
and Municipal Governments as em
ployers under the operation of the Old
Age and Survivors Insurance Act. A
proposal to make coverage optional
with the States is now being studied in
Congress but the matter of "States
Rights” does not appear to have been
disposed of by the plan.
All public employees and all public
officials would no doubt welcome the
protection which the Federal Plan af
fords should a solution of the prob
lems involved be discovered. Employees
and officials should distinguish how
ever between the purposes and benefits
of the Federal Plan and the State Re
tirement Plan. The benefits of the
State Retirement Plan are of great val
ue in conjunction with the Federal
Plan, but are even more valuable in
the absence of the federal coverage.
The State of Oregon should adopt the
Statewide Retirement Plan for the
benefits which it alone can achieve. The
extension of Federal Old Age and Sur
vivors Insurance to public employees
will achieve other desirable results.
When the Federal Plan is finally made
available the two plans can be coordin
ated to achieve the most desirable com
bination of benefits.
Anderson Bros.
Lumber Company
Manufacturers of Ponderosa Pine
LAKEVIEW, OREGON
O .S .E .A . B o a r d o f
D ir e c to r s
The Board of Directors met in Port
land Sunday, October 29 th, at 12 noon
for a luncheon meeting. Those present
were A. J. Ford, W. W. Stiffler, I. A.
DeFrance, E. F. Chidsey, E. H . Clymer,
Ivan Dakin, LeRoy Boldt, W. P. Laws
and Forrest Stewart, Executive Sec
retary. Tom Edwards and Forrest Coo
per were absent. F. Leo Smith, A ttor
ney, was a guest. After lunch the
meeting was continued in the law of
fices of Leo Smith, 615 Pacific Bldg.
The petition of Oregon Chapter No.
22, composed of employees of the State
Unemployment Compensation Com
mission in Salem, was considered and
granted. A fter considerable discussion,
an agreement was completed for the
employment of Leo Smith as Legal
Counsel for the Association on a re
tainer basis for a period of 2 years. The
next general Council Meeting was sche
duled for December 2 and 3 in Salem.
There being no further business the
meeting was adjourned.
There, is no greater obstacle in the
way of success in life than trusting for
something to turn up, instead of going
to work and turning up something.
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