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tion. I quote from Mr. Stewart’s re
port: "The CSEA is housed in one of
¿he state office buildings on the Capi-
lo l grounds. The state charges them
rent at the rate of $140 per month.
"The CSEA staff consists of a Man
ager, Assistant Manager, Attorney, a
Research Consultant and about five of
fice girls. The association has approxi
mately 22,000 members in 82 chapters.
"W ith the staff they now have they
are able to give good field service to
chapters and keep in close personal con
tact with the members. The overall or
ganization within the association is
more complete than OSEA but it
must be kept in mind that they have
been functioning since 1931, a period
of 15 years.
"The accomplishments of CSEA
have been many and they also have
rendered many fine contributions to
^the state service. The CSEA is well
known to all public agencies in Cali
fornia and enjoys the respect of all
branches of state government. It was
pleasing to note the high caliber of the
CSEA staff and officers.
"In comparing the Oregon State
Employees Association with the CSEA
it can truthfully be said that the OSEA
can well be proud of their accomplish
ments to date and the contributions it
has made to the welfare of both the
State of Oregon and to the state em
ployees.”
Tuesday evening the conference
delegates attended a dinner dance. I
did not attend but visited a fraternal
meeting and incidentally got caught in
the rain with a straw hat and no rain
coat.
The Wednesday morning breakfast
round table discussion I sat in on con
cerned "Operating problems of the new
Civil Service Agency.” It was pointed
out that employees reacted unfavorably
to excessive paper work and to super
technical classification and allocation
procedures. It was recommended that
employees be carefully and thoroughly
advised relative to classification, the
need for and its use, how made, its
effects, etc.; also that forms required
be reduced to the absolute minimum
and that all forms be carefully ex
plained both as to their need and use.
After the breakfast session Wednes
day morning there was a general con
ference session on Pay problems. It was
pointed out (1) that few firms or
agencies control their wages but con
form to a pattern set by one or two
others, (2 ) that gathering pay data is
difficult when job titles mean different
things in different places; (3) that pay
data must compare same kinds of jobs,
(4) that objective is to pay wages
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