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The resolution was adopted unani
mously.
At this time Mr. DeFrance suggest
ed that the council take it upon them
selves to recommend that the method
of deducting individual account ex
penses be, simplified. There was some
discussion as to whether the O.S.E.A.
should do this or whether it should be
done by the Retirement Board. Mr. De-
France pointed out to the delegates at
the General Council the saving it would
be to the State of Oregon, not only in
time but money, if the expenses of the
Retirement System were handled in
some other manner.
Mr. DeFrance presented the follow
ing resolution:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RE
SOLVED, that the expenses of the
Retirement System be deducted
for interest earnings before the in
terest is prorated to the various
accounts.
The resolution was adopted, there
being only two dessenting votes.
Following a 15 minute recess the re
port of the Nominating Committee was
given by J. E. Morelock. Nominations
were as follows: President, Bjarne
Ericksen; Vice-President, R. M. Smith
and Bob Glenn; Secretary-Treasurer,
Max F. Rogers; Public Relations Di
rector, V. G. O’Neil; Law and Legis
lation Director, J. D. Patterson, Billy
Wilson and E. F. Chidsey; Civil Ser
vice Director, Claude M. Johns, L. R.
White and W. F. Leary. Motion adopt
ed that the nominations be open from
the floor till after the election of each
office.
Forrest Cooper, Chairman of the
Salary and Wages Committee, submit
ted the following report. This commit
tee had received 18 resolutions, the ma
jority of these covering state wages in
general.
The following resolution was sub
mitted with the recommendation that
it do pass:
WHEREAS, Oregon State salaries are
considerably below those of the
neighboring states, Federal agen
cies and industry,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RE
SOLVED, that wages for Oregon
State employees be increased to a
scale comparable to that in effect
for Washington, California, and
Federal employees.
The resolution was unanimously
adopted.
It was the recommendation of the
committee that the many resolutions
presented establishing regular pay days
be left to the Board of Directors for
action. They felt that this was a de
partmental discrepancy rather than a
matter of general policy. Motion was
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