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good government^ when properly ad
ministered, depends upon competent,
contented and ambitious employees. Ci
vil Service administration must be dy
namic and alert to the personnel needs
of the operating departments, ,as well as
aggressively alive to the problems of the
employees themselves.”
"I am convinced that only through
the cooperation of farsighted manage?/
ment and the industry of able, loyal
employees may we achieve that stand
ard of governmental performance so
desired by the people.”
Governor Chauncey Sparks, Alabama
"Never- before has there been such
urgent need for. sound constructive
policies for handling public personnel
problems.”
Governor1 Earl Warren, California
"We are living in an age of great'
service and one in which employees in
government should be given irfcreasing
confidence that they can advance'
through the procedure of the merit
system and ram accordarice with their
own abilities. . . . It has always- been!
fny belief public appreciation of the
merits of civil service can best be en
couraged by inspiring performance and
I am always happy to lend encourage-
SINCE 1851 . . .
Orefion^^tatoraan
has reported state capital news,, follow
ing the c a p it^ f ^ o in I Oregon City to
•Salem to Corvallis to Salem.
It still is reporting the , news—all Ira
it—fresh with your morning coffee.
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ment to groups which are seeking to in
crease efficiency by making rules which
protect' all who are giving honest and
efficient service to their State.”
Governor Raymorid E. Baldwin,
Connecticut
"The state service has had its share
of these (wartime) difficulties con
nected with turnover of personnel and
the temporary loss of many key people
in state departments.. . . . I am glad to
report to you that the merit system,
as administered in Connecticut, has
proved adequate to the (wartime) sit
uation and essential state services have
been maintained in a planner that
cause'for pride.”
PENNSYLVANIA GRANTS
lifp W A G E INCREASE
, Pennsylvania Governor Edward Mar
tin granted ip per Ctot wage -increases/’
to State employees earning $3,000 (base
pay) or less per year. The increases af
fect 25,000 State employees and will
cost $4,000^10 to $5,000,000 annu
ally.
A wage increase of I a per cfen’t was
granted .State employees earning $3$ 000
o r’lfess in October, 1942. The present
increases making a total increase o f 25,
per cent h/s been granted the lower I
paid workers. The increase was granted
in view of a recent survey of living
costs which indicated that the Cost of
some clothing and essential foods have ■
risen 40 per cent or more above .prices
quoted an’ January, 1941.
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