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The State Budget Director stated
that he thought the general pay plan
was fundamentally sound but, of
course, not perfect, and felt that the
men who administered it were reason
able and have the interest of the em
ployees, as well as the state, at heart.
Mr. Aiken did not believe there would
be a reduction in wages.
Mr. Aiken told of the work that was
being done by the T ax Study Commit
tee in trying to find some method to
present to the legislature.
Following Mr. Aiken’s discussion the
members of the General Council had
the privilege of asking questions. Mr.
Aiken was very generous with his time
and information, and left many worth
while suggestions with the O.S.E.A.
Executive Secretary, Forrest Stew
art, said in his opinion the growth of
the Association in the past year had
been remarkable. The addition of two
new chapters, in the near future, prov
ed that public employees are vitally in
terested in the welfare of the O.S.E.A.
He suggested that the General Council
give extensive thought to the blanket
ing in of conditional employees, espe
cially in regard to returned veterans.
The Executive Secretary felt that we
should request again, to the Board of
Control, for. a 5 day 8 hour work week.
There should be no discrimination
among departments and if one depart
ment is entitled to time and one-half
for overtime the other departments
should also have that privilege. Mr.
Stewart recommended that a six step
pay schedule be kept and felt that the
elimination of this would unbalance
the very purpose of a Civil Service sys
tem. He enumerated the problems that
had arisen with reference to hourly
wage schedules^ and said that if all em
ployees could be put on a monthly
basis it would probably solve our prob
lems. The suggestion of raising o ffi
cials’ salaries was sanctioned favorably
by Mr. Stewart, as he believed this
was one of the flaws encountered in
setting up our present pay standards.
The problem of the 48 hour law now
on the statute books should be amend
ed to cope with the present employ
ment situation and to remove the in
equities against some departments. Mr.
Stewart believes that personal contact
means much to the Association espe
cially during legislative session and
urged members to contact legislators in
their particular communities. During
the past few months he has had an
opportunity to come in contact with
labor groups and suggested that we
should be mindful of public attitude
toward these groups and not throw our
own weight around too promiscuously.
McMILLAN’S
FOUNTAIN LUNCH
Kimball Brothers
Lumber Co.
Sandwiches & Cold Drinks
1949 State Street
Salem, Oregon
Douglas Fir and Red Cedar
Lumber
Mr. Cbidsey, chairman of the Ways
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OREGON
WILSON & SH O FF TIRE CO.
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McKenzie Highway
Springfield, Oregon