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LEGISLATURE PASSES
H.B. 294 AND H.B. 344
The recent legislature enacted the
Public Employees Retirement Act, H.B.
344, and the State Civil Service Act,
H.B. 294. These measures will promote
stability in employment and standardize
employee relations for the state. Both
will be of great benefit to the state as
a whole, to the employing agencies and
to the public employees.
The bills received very favorable con
sideration in the House of Representa
tives. The vote on H.B. 294 was 50 for
and 8 against, and recorded as follows:
T hose v o tin g y e a : A dam s, B ain , B a ld e rre e ,
B a rry , B e n g n sto n , B e n n e tt, B ull, C had w ick ,
C hase, C ondit, D ickson, D u n iw ay , E llis, E r
w in, F ra n c is, F rish ie , G ile, G leason, G re e n
w ood, H all, H a rv e y , H eisler, H ellb erg , H e n
d ric k s, H esse, H ill, C arl C., H ill, E a rl H.,
H im e lw rig h t, Jo h n so n , J. O., Jo h n so n , W il
lia m T., Jo n e s, K im b e rlin g , L age, L an d o n ,
L ie u a lle n , L i n d b e r g , L o n e rg a n , M eyers,
M oore, N isk a n e n , P e te rso n , P ie r, P oole,
Sem on, S n e llstro m , T h o m as, V an D yke,
W ells, W ilson, Jo e , W ilson, M an ley J . T hose
v o tin g n a y : B r a d y , C allaw ay , F re n c h ,
M orse, S n y d e r, S ta p i e s , S te e lh a m m e r,
M arsh. A b se n t: A llen a n d C h in d g re n .
On H.B. 344, the Retirement Bill,
the vote in the House was 56 for and
3 against.
T hose v o tin g y e a : A dam s, B ain , B a ld e rre e ,
B a rry , B en g tso n , B e n n e tt, B ra d y , B ull, C al
law ay , C h ad w ick , C hase, C h in d g re n , C ondit,
D ickson, D u n iw a y , E llis, E rw in , F ra n c is,
F risb ie , G ile, G leason, G reen w o o d , H all,
H eisler, H ellb erg , H e n d ric k s, H ill, C a rl C.,
H ill, E a rl H., H ile m w rig h t, Jo h n so n , J . O.,
Jo h n so n , W illiam T., Jo n es, K im b e rlin g ,
L age, L a n d o n , L ie u a lle n , L in d b e rg , L o n e r
gan, M ey ers, M o o r e , M orse, N isk a n e n ,
P e te rso n , P ie r, P oo le, S em on, S n ellstro m ,
S n y d e r, S tap les, S te e lh a m m e r, T hom as, V an
D yke, W ells, W ilson, Jo e ., W ilson, M an ley J.,
M arsh . T h o se v o tin g n a y : F re n c h , H arv ey ,
H esse. A b se n t: A llen.
In the Senate, H.B. 294, the Merit
Bill, brought forth some opposition and
the vote was quite close with 17 voting
yea and 12 voting no.
T hose v o tin g y e a : B oo th , C arso n , C hess
m an , E n g d ah l, G ibson, H ilto n , L a m p o rt, M c
K e n n a , P a rk in so n , P a tte rs o n , P a u l L „ P e a r
son, S ta d e lm a n , W alk er, W alsh, W h eeler,
W inslow , Z ü rc h e r. T hose v o tin g n o : B u rk e ,
C o rn e tt, E l l i s , Jo n e s, M ah o n ey , M oser,
N e w b ry , P a tte rs o n , L ee, R an d , S tra y e r,
W allace, B elto n . A b se n t: F a tla n d .
The Senate vote on H.B. 344, the
Retirement Bill, was 27 for and 2
against.
T hose v o tin g y e a : B o o th , B u rk e , C arson,
C h essm an , C o rn e tt, E llis, E n g d ah l, F a tla n d ,
G ibson, H ilto n , L a m p o rt, M cK enna, M oser,
N ew b ry , P a rk in so n , P a tte rs o n ,-L e e , P a tte r
son, P a u l L „ P e a rso n , R an d S ta d e lm a n ,
W alk er, W allace, W alsh, W h eeler, W inslow ,
Z ü rc h e r, B elton. T hose v o tin g n a y : Jo n es,
S tra y e r. A b se n t: M ahoney.
PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS
Mr. R. H. Baldock, State Highway
Engineer, advises that the State High
way Department will show on each
payroll check the amount of each of the
several deductions made for such items
as federal withholding tax, bond pur
chases, industrial accident insurance,
hospital association fees, etc.
Unless unexpected difficulties or de
lays in printing develop, the showing of
these deductions will begin May 1.
This arrangement was made in re
sponse to a resolution adopted at the
Oregon State Employees General Coun
cil meeting on December 2-3, 1944.
All employees except wardens of the
California State prisons came within
civil service jurisdiction on January 1,
1945. The extension of civil service to
this group of employees was a result
of a law enacted by the 1944 state
legislature revising the state’s entire
penal system.
The 9,000 active credit unions in the
United States made more than one and
one half million loans to their three
million members in 1943, amounting to
considerably over 211 million dollars,
according to a study made by the Bur
eau of Labor Statistics. Total assets of
these cooperative credit associations
amounted to nearly 362 million dollars.
PLANTING PROGRAM
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a sign which reads as follows: “This
tree marks the spot where Tillamook
fire started August 1933. Planted on
March 4, 1945, by Oregon lumbermen
and State Forestry Department in co
operative roadside planting project.”