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Public Service and
Future of Oregon
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to provide an adequate system of old-
age retirement benefits , for the em
ployees of the governmental and edu-
cational agencies of the State of Ore
gon and its local governmental units.”
With such organizations taking such
action in recognition of. the present
handicaps to public employment there
can be no doubt that the problem is
of great- concern. Public work of all
kinds is now being deferred and upon
the termination of , the war a vast ac
cumulation of deferred work will cla
mor for immediate' performance. The
present staff of the public service will
be inadequate and must of necessity be
materially increased. The Armed Forces
now include the strength and vigor of
our country, both of brain and brawn.
When the war is ended, J f t h e public
service is to,secure its just proportion
of the traiiied and skilled men return
ing to peace-time pursuits, it must be
better prepared to meet the competition
of private industry. The welfare of the
'State and its future for decades depends
upon the type of personnel attracted
to the pub^c'service', after the war.
ANTICIPATION
(Cover Picture)
Looking forward to the time
When Peace> Goodwill and Cheer
Come again to all mankind,
Replacing hate and fear.
When rubber tires and gasoline
Are here again to stay-,
And fishermen the same old liars2
With the big one that got away.
When Hitler is surrounded
By bursting bombs and shell
And the Army, Navy and Marines
Have blasted the Japs to Hell!
When all the peoples of this earth
Have nothing more to fear,
And the sunset of each joyous dayf I
Brings Peace, Goodwill and Cheer.
When once again we take our rods '
And - hie to a steelhead stream
Out i'ji a country, that is God’s,' 1
When life is more than a dream.
—Riz/pA G ifford
1945.
Up to October 1, 1^44, 12,000 . ap
plicants for education or'training under
the| 'f|Sl. Bill of Rights’? have been de
clared eligible»; and more than 3,000
have entered educational institutions.
CAPITAL CITY TRANSFER
Loren Loose
Local and Long Distance Hauling, Furniture Storage, Crating
and Packing, Best Grade Oil and Briquets
(Agents - BEKINS VAN LINES)
Day Phone 7773
Night Phone 2-1140
226 State Street
Salem, Oregon