10
General Council Meeting
November 9, 10, 11, 194$
Marion Hotel, Salem, Oregon
The meeting was called to order by
President Floyd Query. The invocation
was given by Rev. Lewis White, min
ister of the Knight Memorial Congre
gational Church, Salem, Oregon.
Ermal Owens gave the report of the
Credentials Committee. Salem Chapter
No. 1 is entitled to four delegates; La
Grande Chapter No. 4, two delegates;
Rose City Chapter No. 5, two delegates
and Portland Chapter No. 17, two
delegates, other chapters were entitled
to one delegate each. Delegates that
were not at the Council Meeting were
Roger W. Wright from Klamath Falls
Chapter No. 12, Walter V. Poole from
Crater Lake Chapter No. 16 and Sam
uel Miller from Forestry Chapter No.
25. J. E. Morelock, alternate delegate
from Bend Chapter No. 3, was present
in place of the chapter delegate, Earl
H. Woodley, alternate delegate from
The Dalles No. 9, was present in place
of their chapter delegate and Edward
Heenan, alternate delegate from O. S.
P. D. No. 27. The report of the Cre
dentials Committee was approved.
The roll was called by Max F. Rogers,
Secretary-Treasurer and visitors were
introduced by Mr. Floyd Query.
The minutes as published in the
March-April, 194$ issue of the maga
zine were approved.
Bjarne Erickson read the report of
the rules committee. The report was
adopted as read.
Mr. L. R. White, chairman of the
Resolutions Committee, gave his re
port. The committee divided the reso-
llutions into groups. There were 7
resolutions covering Ways and Means;
1 resolution covering insurance and
hospitalization; 7 resolutions covering
retirement and disability; 13 resolutions
covering salaries and wages; 11 resolu
tions covering working conditions. A
brief summary of the resolutions was
given by L. R. White after which they
were handed to the chairman of the
several committees as follows: Ways
and Means, Edward F. Chidsey; Insur
ance, J. D. Patterson; Retirement, I. A.
DeFrance; Salaries and Wages, Forrest
Cooper; Working Conditions, Bjarne
Ericksen. The Resolutions Committee
report was adopted as read.
Floyd Query then introduced the
speaker of the afternoon session, Mr.
William G. Colman, State Civil Ser
vice Director. Mr. Colman stated that
he had had many opportunities in the
last year to meej with the different
chapters throughout the state and an
swer questions relative to the many
problems on Civil Service. The subject
of his speech was “What Had Been
Done, What Was Being Done and What
Was to Be Done in the Future.” The
first step in the process of setting up
the State Civil Service in Oregon was
the draft of the Tentative Rules and
Regulations. They were sent out to the
various state departments for study and
later a public hearing was held to con
sider suggestions. The final form was
then adopted and filed with the Secre
tary of State, becoming law after 10
days. At this point Mr. Colman stated
that the Commission disagreed with
our Association on the points of vaca
tion and 5 day 8 hour week.
The next process was the establish
ment of position classification. This
procedure was under the supervision of
the Public Administration Service.
Questionnaires were sent out to the
different state employees in which they
designated the type of work they were
doing. From these questionnaires the
various jobs throughout the state were
classified. Following the distribution
of the tentative Plan for Position Clas
sifications a public hearing was held.
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