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About The Oregon state employee. (Salem, Oregon.) 1944-195? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1947)
16 not only the official policies of the As sociation and its officers hut also the opinions of every member of every chapter. They are anxious to have your expression of opinions about Association policies, state service, retirement, civil service, wages, working conditions, etc. They are asking you also to submit ar ticles and information which will be timely for publication in the magazine. The magazine staff and Association of ficers want and need your encourage ment and contributions. Send all communications to the Ore gon State Employees Association, 14b Pacific Buildings Salem. Material must be received by ¿the/7th day of March, May, July, September and November. SIX. DAY SERVICE W ITH FIVE-DAY WEEK FOR CITY EMPLOYEES I Excerpt from The American' February, .4 941 I City employees of Saginaw, Mich., are working under an arrangement which combines the five-day/week with Saturday service tp^kntizens, the Inter national City> Managers’,- Association states. All salaried eniplby'ebs 'of the Michigan city now have three out of every four Saturdays off and the City Hall offices which have contact ¿with the public maintain skeleton forces on Saturday morning. Regular work hours are from 8 to 5 o’clock, w ith an hour for lunch Tive-days a-week. Each em ployee works every fourth Saturday, Under the new scheme, all employees work the same number of hours a month as* before. More) work is accom plished, city official say/ because /of an earlier start each day (8 o’clock instead of 8:30), and employees have a longer week-end for rest and ^creation. There have been no complaints from citizens; instead, officials ’say there have been favorable comments because of the con venience of having city' offices open at 8 o’clock six days a week/ | COVER PICTURE By E. A. Rostell Borne by ,the sea from the coast of far-off Japan, where, it had broken aw ay/from a fishing net, this glass ball float came to rest on an Oregon beach folio win g a journey of an esti mated seven years across the Pacific. During , this time barnacles had attach ed themselves Ito; the float for a free ride. The ball, the white surf and the sand offered unusually artistic composition which could / h o t be resisted by Ralph Gifford, Highway Commission Travel Information photographer. Mr. Gif ford’s scenic pictures long ago- achieved national recognition for their artistry. A fiy^fdayf 3 714 hour week has been instituted in New York state de partmental offices. While I offices will be open ph Saturday, they- will be manned, by skeleton staffs, and em ployees pn duty will receive compensa tory time off.— Civil Service Assembly^ Newsletter, Dec. 1946. TW O NEW CHAPTERS WELCOMED 'The granting of charters to two new O. S. E. A. chapters was .announced in December. This news was welcomed with enthusiasm by officers and mem bers of the other chapters. H Chapter 30, which is naméd thç SueA cess Chapter, includes members of the Portland branch of the Unemployment; Compensation Commission. Jack, N or ton ^was elected president and M. Fen- seth, secretary. Chapter 31, the Public Welfare Com mission Chapter, was presented with an O. S. È. A. charter at the first, chapter meeting pn January 23./ A representa tive of the 'Association attended the meeting to welcome these new mem bers. Mary De Santis was chosen t a serve as president. Duties of the secretary will be, handled by W. D. Clarke.
