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About The Oregon state employee. (Salem, Oregon.) 1944-195? | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1945)
39 and Lynn Holladoy; Capital Chapter, Elsie Barnard, J. B. Joung; Siac Chap ter, Claude A. McPherson, Mrs. Kath leen M. Caplan; Library Chapter, Win ston Purvine, Barbara Ortman; Willam ette Chapter, Maxine Rasmussen, John H. Carkin; Salem Chapter, W. O. Wid- dows, F. B. Crandall; Forestry, Chap ter, Lynn F. Cronemiller; Oregon /Chapter, John Anning, E. C. Payne. The appointment of the Laws and Legislation Committee was completed and approved as follows: C. T. Terril; chairman, E. E. Stream, B. A. Martin, E. E. Johnston, and E. F. Chidsey. The president reported that the com mittee appointed at the last General Council Meeting consisting of Ren shaw, Gemmell, Query, Jones and Er ickson had not been activated during the legislative session; that no one of the members wished to accept chair manship and that Resolutions 9 and 10 of the General Council Meeting of De cember 2-3, 1944 had been forwarded by the Executive Secretary. The presi dent read a letter written by the budget director in reply to General Council Resolutions No. 9 and 10. Newspaper clippings were exhibited relative to increases in State employee payrolls authorized by the legislature through appropriations in the new bud get. Due to the lack of definite infor mation it was agreed that the president appoint a chairman for the above com mittee and that this committee as semble data on: (1) salary and wage scales in various state departments institutions in Oregon (2) salary and wage scales in neighboring states (3) working hours and overtime pay in various Oregon departments and in other states ( J ) the rise in the cost of living. It was ordered that in order to clarify the confusing newspaper re ports that inquiry should be made of the budget director and of department heads relative, to wage and salary in crease plans of various departments. A committee to prepare proposed constitutional amendments was ap pointed and approved as follows: Max Rogers, chairman, Virgil O’Neil, and Miss Loretta Fisher. Mr. Clymer suggested uniform chap ter dues as desirable and beneficial. It was pointed out that each chapter was self governing and could levy chapter dues as it sees fit. A constitutional maximum was suggested but the mat ter was left for consideration of the General 'Council': Mr. Query s t a t e d that a dividing of District 2 making Yamhill,, Marion and Polk counties one district and Clatsop, Tillamook, Lincoln, Benton and Linn another district was b e i n g dis cussed. No action was taken. By motion the Board of Directors extended a vote of thanks and appreci ation for work and effort in behalf of the Retirement and Merit System bills ’to legislators, editors and others as fol lows, and ordered a letter of appreci ation to each: 1. For work in behalf of the Retire ment bill: Senator Paul Patterson, Rep resentative Frank Van Dyke, Fred Ink ster, President of the League of Oregon Cities, Dr. Carl Kossack, Professor of Mathematics, University of Oregon, Herman Kehrli, Director of Bureau of Municipal Research, W. M. Sylvester, President of the Oregon Municipal Fi nance Officer’s Association, and J. W. McArthur, Supt. of the Eugene Water Board. 2. For work in behalf of the Merit System Bill: Representatives Alex Ber ry, Paul Hendricks, Earl Hill, Manley Wilson, Riddell Lage, Pat Lonergan; Senators W. E. Walsh, Coe A. McKenna and the Oregon League of Women Vot ers. 3. For work in behalf of both bills: Ex-governor Charles Sprague, editor of the Oregon Statesman, C. C. Chapman,.
