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The President's Message
By BJARNE ERICKSEN
Every Oregon State Employee As
sociation member should become con
versant with our legislative program
which is very ably summarized else
where in this issue by V. G. O’Neil,
Public Relations Director. It was
adopted at the General Council meet
ing after careful consideration of the
policies involved.
We sincerely believe that it merits
favorable consideration by the legisla
ture as it is constructive, progressive
and reasonable. We feel certain that it
will receive the unqualified endorse
ment of every state employees as its
èbjëctives are to secure the adoption of
principles and practices which have
proven to be beneficial to employees
of other states and private business.
A t the legislature your ; Association
will be represented by our Legal Coun
sel, F. Leo Smith, and by our Executive
Secretary, Forrest V. Stewart. They will
be available to answer any questions
the legislators may ask about our leg
islative program and to see that they
are correctly informed about it. They
will also be alert to detect and inform
the m e m b e r s about any legislation
which would be detrimental to the wel
fare of state employees.
Your Director of Laws and Legisla-
tion, I. A. DeFrance, and his commit
tee will keep in close touch with the
progress of our program. This commit
tee is charged with the duty of assum
ing jurisdiction over legislative matters
and will act in an advisory capacity. We
are very fortunate that our legislative
program will be in the hands of such
sincere, capable and experienced persons.
The benefits to be derived from the
efforts of the Association will be en
joyed by every employee in the State
service. You should, therefore, contact
non-members and secure their active
and financial support through member-
sh ip .I sincerely believe that every con
tractive thinking state employee would
be anxious and proud to affiliate with
the Association if he were informed
about our policies and objectives. Make
a special effort to contact that non
member today.
Board of Directors Meeting
DECEMBER 8. 1946
The meeting of the Board of Direc outlined by President Ericksen, was to
tors of the Oregon State Employees As formulate a legislative program, the
sociation was called to order by Presi pattern of which must conform to the
dent Bjarne Ericksen. L. R. White, resolutions passed by the General Coun
Secretary-Treasurer, called the roll. cil. The legislative program appears in
Those present were: Ericksen, Query, full elsewhere in this issue.
Glenn, White, Q’Neil, Johns, DeFrance,
A t this time Mr. Forrest Stewart
Murphy, Leary, H all and Chidsey. Ab informed the Board members that he
sent were Cooper and Scharffenberg. was going to attend a meeting of the
Also present were Forrest V. Stewart, Board of Control, December 13, 1.946,
Executive Secretary; Jean Brimacombe, on the proposed 40 hour week and
Secretary; T . Leo Smith, Legal Coun would again, present our resolution on
sel; Betty Dotson, Billy Wilson and this matter.
C. C. McKinney, visitors.
Mr. Leo Smith, Legal Counsel, brief
The minutes for the meeting of N o ly reviewed the contents of the 4 8-hour
vember 11, 1946, were approved as law and advised the members present
published.
which procedure might be followed in
The purpose of this meeting, as
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