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O.S.E.A. LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM
. (Continued from page 6)'
on legislative appropriations made for
two years in advance of actual needs.
Conditions now change rapidly,-'- and
accurate foresight is difficult in bud
get -making. California has for several
years included such a ¿fund in its leg
islative ; appropriations.
8. Increased Salaries for Elective Officials
To .support any bill which proposes
to reansonably increase the salaries of
thé Governor, other elective 'officials,'
appointive officials and others nbt in
cluded in the classified service'u n d er
the Civil Service.Act.
The O.SÎÎJ-A. has been criticized for
itjs ' position on this m atter, but all
who fill, thçse positions ate employees
of the State. The Association is pledged
"to promote the welfare, of state, em
ployees I in all ways compatible w ith
the best interests of the State.” In gov
ernment' I sèrvice as elsewhere, one re
ceives pretty much the value § one I is
willing to. pay for. Oregon is fortun
ate to have had so m any fine men in iti
im portant offices: To insure having
more officials of high calibre in these
positions of trust and -responsibility
and to-giyei< them a fair remuneration,
the monetary compensation should be
increased" commensurate with th e dig
nity and dutjes of the office.
Our I presentWsituation'. is-‘ revealed
when we compare our Governor’s an
nual salary ©f $ ^ 0 0 w ith -th e•-$ 12,0OR
paid our representatives, to Congress
Surely the Governorship of this state
carries duties, and responsibilities at
leastequa] to, those of our"Congression
al representatives! Comparisons of many
Other-.salaries., in this state with those
pardxfqr comparable positions in fed
eral service and neighboring state gov
ernments^discloses the disparity of pres-
ent salaries- set by law in Oregon. I
9. Tax Measures
We would evade our responsibilities
as employees in the public service and
our duties as members of the O.S.E.A.
idpwe were not willing to take positive
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