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11 BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING November 11, 1946 Marion Hotel, Salem, Oregon The meeting was called to order at 6:30 P.M. by President Bjarne Erick- sen. Members present were: Ericksen, Glenn, Query, White, Johns, De- France, O’Neil, Murphy, Leary, Hall, Cooper, Chidsey and Scharf fenberg. Also present were Forrest Stewart, Ex ecutive Secretary, Jean Brimacombe, Secretary and F. Leo Smith, legal cotmsel. The m atter of renewal of a contract for the legal cotmsel was the first order of business. A fter listening to the terms presented by Mr. Smith he was asked to retire so that the Board members could assimilate the contents of his offer. There was much deliberate discussion as to the extent of legislative program that we would present and as to the other needs for legal cotmsel. It was decided by the Board of Direc tors that a one year, flat rate contract, be offered to Mr. Smith. The contract to be drawn up by the Board of Direc tors. Mr. Smith accepted the offers, and requested that contract Agreement Forms be mailed to him as soon as pos sible. A motion was made and adopted that the other matters passed by the General Council be referred to the Ex ecutive Secretary for further action. A motion was made and adopted that a Board of Directors meeting be held, December 8, 1946, at 9:00 A.M., at the Marion Hotel, for the purpose of drafting a legislative program. There being no further business the meeting adjourned. The effects of our actions may be postponed but they are never lost. There is an inevitable reward for good deeds and an inescapable punishment for bad. Meditate upon this truth, and seek always to earn good wages from Destiny. — Wu Ming Fu. PORTLAND CHAPTER GIVES A PARTY Portland Chapter No. 17 held, what was probably the year’s most outstand ing meeting. Mr. Irving Ail of the Portland Chapter was appointed by Chapter Chairman “Bill” Burns as chairman of a special committee. The committee was charged w ith the responsibility of contacting every state employee in Portland and inviting them to a party as guests of the chapter. The meeting was held in the W.O.W. Hall in Portland, on Monday, Novem ber 18. Approximately 200 people at tended this meeting. Mr. Max Manchester from the office of the Retirement System discussed the Retirement A ct and William G. Col man, Director of State Civil Service discussed the progress of the Civil Service Commission. A t the end of each of the above discussions the topic was opened for discussion and questions from the audience. Two reels of in teresting motion pictures were shown. Forrest V. Stewart, Executive Secre tary, discussed the objectives of the Oregon State Employees Association. Following the meeting refreshments were served by Mr. Ail and his com m ittee Congratulations to Mr. Ail and his committee and to Portland Chapter No. 17 for a fine meeting and the splendid effort they made to acquaint the state employees in Portland with O.S.E.A. The uprisings of 1789 cost Louis XVI some prerogatives, but four years later a valueless currency most him his head. Germany’s inflation of the Nine teen Twenties laid the foundation upon which H itler built. Indeed, a runaway inflation is the goal of revolutionists. The maximum of that apostile of revol ution, Lenin, was “Debauch the cur rency!” — Edgar M. Queeny.