9
MEETING OF THE BOARD
OF DIRECTORS
November 9, 1946
Marion Hotel, Salem, Oregon
The meeting of the Board of Direc
tors of the Oregon State Employees
Association was called to order by
President Floyd Query. Those present
were: Query, Smith, Erickson, Johns,
Broadwell, Clark, Chidsey, Rogers and
Cooper. Also present were Forrest Stew
art, Executive Secretary and Jean Brim-
acombe, Secretary. Absent was I. A.
DeFrance.
The minutes of the meeting of July
28, 1946 were read and approved. Com
munications were read from Mr. R. H.
Baldock, thanking the Association for
their thoughtfulness and from F. Leo
Smith with regard to renewal of his
legal contract.
Bjame Erickson, Director of Civil
Service Committee, gave his report. He
informed the members that Mr. Will
iam Colman would be the speaker at
the afternoon session of the General
Council and that they should not be
bashful about asking questions which
were of vital interest to the Associa
tion. Mr. Erickson was interested in the
proposed pay scale and felt that the
interim pay plan much too low and
in fact even lower than the tentative
pay plan. He also reiterated that the
5 -day 8-hour week should be again
discussed and presented to the Board
of Control for reconsideratoin.
It was the general feeling that the
O.S.E.A. had made great strides since
the beginning of the year, and that the
reputation of the Association as a
whole was very good, not only with the
legislature, but with the public. Al
though we have not gained all that
we wanted we have not lost anything.
Our Association gains will have to be
made in small amounts.
Mr. Clymer, Public Relations Direc
tor, reported that the magazine had
gone in the red the past year, but be
lieved that about eight pages of ad
vertising would put it on a paying
basis. It was pointed out that we must
realize the cost of printing the maga
zine had gone up as well as the cost of
paper. It was suggested that we try and
find an advertising concern which
would be able to make some personal
contacts with our advertisers as that
seems more profitable. Mr. Clymer also
suggested that he felt it would be more
beneficial to have larger ads rather than
so many small ones. Better to print
news rather than history. Mr. Clymer
felt that as a whole the Public Rela
tions Committee had done remarkably
well the past year.
Mr. Claude M. Johns, Law and Leg
islation Director, felt that the letter
that was sent out about the tentative
rules was food for thought.
The Board of Directors discussed the
last contract of Leo Smith’s and Floyd
Query informed the members that Mr.
Smith would like to have more money.
A motion was adopted that the Presi
dent appoint a committee of three men
to interview Mr. Leo Smith and pre
sent their finding at the next Board
of Directors meeting.
It was brought to the attention of
the Board of Directors that it might
prove profitable for the association to
support a bill raising officials* salaries.
It was deemed advisable to bring this
particular problem before the General
Council in the form of a resolution for
further action.
There being no further business the
meeting adjourned.
Until someone has lighted on the
secret of making men’s minds more
accurate, all the progress that can be
made in the discovery of truth will not
prevent their reasoning falsely; and
the further anyone attempts to speed
them beyond the common notions, the
more he will lay them open to error.
—Vauvenargues.