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Headquarters Digest
By FORREST STEWART, Executive Secretary
With the 44th Legislative Assembly have not joined the 6 . S. E. A. They
and a New Year already upon us the will be equally benefited by any suc
entire membership of the O. S. E, A. cess the O. S. E. A. may have. They
should review the work and accomp most Certainly should share in the ef
lishments of the Association. Members fort and expense. There is only one way
should take stock of what the Associ to get their membership and that is to
ation has done for state employees as go after them, individually and col
a group and what it hopes to do this lectively. All major state departments
year.
except the State Police have a chapter,
Legislative Program
or are affiliated with one. The field for
The legislative program has been in new members is wide open! We have a
the hands of chapter officers for some new supply of information leaflets. This
time. It is the duty of those officers leaflet is designed for prospective mem
to acquaint their chapter members with bers. Let us know how many you need.
this program. Whether the association
The group of people generally Called
is successful in getting a favorable re "white-collar” workers, and publie em
action from the legislature depends a ployees in particular, have been caught
great deal upon the individual mem in the economic "squeeze”, caught be
ber. Your representatives and senators tween a fixed salary and a rising cost
are interested in you as a citizen of their of living. This situation is being rec
county or district. If you as a state ognized nationally and there is consid
employee feel that the program is of erable publicity being given to the mat
benefit to you and to the state then ter.
tell it to your legislator. Either talk to
State employees have an excellent op
him or write him a letter, an individual
portunity, right now, of getting fav-’.
letter, not a "canned” letter.
orable consideration by the legislature
Your O. S. E. A. representatives and regarding salaries. This is a good talking
officers will do everything they pos point when approaching new members.
sibly can while the session is in progress
During 1946 there were 115 0 state
but a word from the folks at home is
employees
who joined the Association.
equally important. As you know the
This number does not include the mem
services of Mr. Leo Smith have been
bership of two new chapters mentioned
retained for this session of the legisla
below. Can we get 2000 more in 1947?
ture.
Our paid up membership is well over
The Governor has signed the Pay
the 3000 mark now. To hit 5000 by
Plan proposed by the Civil Service Com
mission, including the Highway De 1948 is a real challenge to the chapters
and to the members.
partment supplement. It is now up to
We are happy to report the forma
the legislature to provide the funds to
put the plan into effect. It is up to the tion of two new chapters in Portland.
Association to encourage the legisla Bob Glenn, Vice-President of the As
ture to provide those funds and to do sociation and a member of the Corval
so as soon as possible. Copies of the plan lis chapter, and your executive secre
will be sent to all chapters as soon as tary spent a few days at the University
it is made available to us by the Civil of Oregon in an effort to organize a
chapter. We are glad to report that we
Service Commission.
were favorably received and that: a
Membership Emphasized
chapter there is now in the making
Now is the time to "put the finger” Your executive secretary attended a
on that group of state employees who
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