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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,.