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Retirement System
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27. Q. What are the provisions for
voluntary service retirement?
A. The voluntary service retirement
provision does not become effective un
til after June 30, 1951. After that
date a police officer or fireman who is
a member and attains the age of 55 or
any other employee who is a member
and attains the age of 60 shall be re
tired upon his written application. His
allowance, of course, is less than if he
worked until the compulsory retirement
age of 65.
28. Q. Upon retiring from service
at the compulsory retirement age of 65,
what service retirement allowance will
I receive?
A. The total service retirement al
lowance will be the amount of his pen
sion provided by prior service ($2.50
per month for each year of prior ser
vice with a maximum of 20 years) plus
approximately 1-30 of half pay for
each year of future service. (Service
after July 1, 1946.)
Meeting of Directors
(Continued from page 17)
Max F. Rogers
Several employees in State Office
Building dissatisfied with salary situa
tion, and feel that the Board of Direc-
The Sportsman's Shop
Fishing and Hunting Supplies
George Wilkins
Hebo, Oregon
Tillamook Hotel
Tillamook. Oregon
Headquarters for All Occasions
tors negligent in not bringing mat
ters to a head.
Claude Johns
Employees in his territory very dis
satisfied. Promised increase was fell
inadequate by employees.
K. M. Smith
Our efforts to secure an increase in
wages for our members and other State
employees have for the past three
months met with almost complete frus
tration. This, coupled with the mount
ing costs of living, and the stale-mate
on all the other resolutions adopted at
the General Council, renders a serious
situation.
The wage now paid to the majority
of the state workers is below his living
expense. His ability to remain in State
service is measured by his good for
tune in securing subsistence from some
other source. He is now unable to sup
port himself and family on the money
derived from his labors alone. Thd
number of workers leaving the State
service has reached an alarming rate.
There can be no justifiable excuse for
this condition which is not found in
the states to the north and south of us.
It would be a serious disaster to the
State of Oregon, should the minimum
wage scale be set below a living wage.
How could the State hope to fill the
ever mounting vacancies? The State
service would swiftly degenerate into