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.