The Oregon state employee., March 01, 1945, Page 10, Image 10

Acknowledgment
By LEO SMITH
One cannot express adequate appre­
ciation
everyone who helped in the
passage of this act; many prefer not to
fee mentioned. Without attempting to
exclude anyone but to give credit as
my m e m o r y serves me, we shoüld
acknowledge appreciation for the fol­
lowings Governor Snell’s Statement, in
his message, to the legislature to the
effect, that he believed in the act and
would sign the bill; the Oregon League
of Women Voters with their education
program under the able1- leadership, of/
their legislative chairman, Mrs. Marion
Copeland; and the excellent editorials
w r i t t e n by Ex - Governor Charles
Sprague, editor of the Oregon States­
man, and G. C. Chapman, editor of the
Oregon Voter,
When the bill reached the house
judiciary committee;'/ Representatives
Alex Barry and Riddell Lage spent many
hours testing and working over the act
-before recommending to' the judiciary
committee that the bill do pass. Joining
in their recommendations were Repre­
sentatives Carl Francis, Donald Heisler
and Frank Van Dyke. When the bill
was presented on the floor of the House,
sponsor Earl Hill and Representatives
John Snellstrom, Manley Wilson, Paul
Hendricks, Pat Lonergan, Riddell Lage
arid Alex Barry gave such convincing
arguments that the. bill passed with an
overwhelming vote of 50 to 8.
It is unfortunate, but no one’s fault,
that the Senate did not have the same
opportunity to thoroughly study the
act. The ways and. mean« subcommittee
consisting of\ Senators;, Angus Gibson
and JJN . Jones and Representative Wil­
liam T. Johnson recommended to the
. .committee that the bill be presented to
the Senate without recommendation.;
Senators Çoe McKenna and Fred Lafn-
port presented the bill to their fellow
Senators and short and helpful talks
were* given by Senators William Walsh,
Joel Booth and Frank Hilton. The
Senate voted for )its passage 17 to 12,
Governor Snell has,signed the bill and
it will become effective on June 15,
1945. I |
3 t^ £ e o Smith.
EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTION
RATES
Public Employees Retirement Act
By E. H. CLYMER
. Employee contribution rates
not been established and cannot, be es­
tablished until after a complete‘actua­
rial analysis of the actual .personnel rec­
ords of each department, county and
pity, by the Retirement System actuary.
Employees contributions under the re­
tirement will not start until July 1,
1946.
Ralph R. Nelson, Actuary for the
California State Retirement System and
the San Francisco Municipal Retire/
ment System, computed estimated em­
ployee contribution "rates for state em­
ployees under the proposed Oregon plan
by making an analysis of personnel data
provided him from the Oregon State
Highway Department,' the Orégon Un­
employment Compensation Commission
and several city county and school
groups of Oregqh. The estimated em­
ployee contribution rates are as* follows:
A ge as of J u ly 1, 1946 M isc e lla n ’s.
- / / /
o r a g e a t s u b s e q u e n t (In c. T c h rs .) F ir e m e n &
e n tr y in to th e s y ste m M ale F e m a le P o lice
5.21
4.53
3,76
20/
6.21
4,24
5.20
25
7.51
6.16
30
4.96
9.32
7.49
6.01
35
9.64
6.38
7.85
40
9.98,
8.22
45
6.81
8.63
10,34
7.28
50
9.04
10.71
7.76
55
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9.48
60 ,
8.27