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About The Oregon state employee. (Salem, Oregon.) 1944-195? | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1947)
removal of the 20 year limitation on prior service credit/ Wàsÿ unselfishly made in behalf of only 4 out of every 100 employees, many of .whom, on ac count of extreme âge would n,ot be here two years later, at’which time the legislature agreed to- reconsider ’the request. I Wages I The I action granting a deficit I ap propriation. to make the pay plan ef fective March 1, 1947,, was a most commendable recognition of a situa tion which was effectively presented by our legal’4 jcounsel,.\F. Leo Smith. State employees are justified in retain ing complete /'Confidence in the con sideration they will receive from Ore gon legislators when they have a real case to present and when they present it B Q respectful and dignified m an ner. Every O.S.E.A. member may feel proud of the courteous and effective manner in which this presentation was made and every »state employee who is not an Association member is in debted to Association in this matter. I The action of the legislature in rais ing salaries of the Governor and other elected officials, and the unclassified service in g énéral was in accordance w ith the recommendations of^ the O.S.E.A. General, Council. Equity, fairness and economic peed, as well, as a desire to continue to attract higher type public officials justified this ac tion. The ^action has removed that ar tificial ceiling which in so many in stances interfered I with I the proper graduation of the classified service 'pay plan. Sales Tax State employees should- recognize their interest in the proposed sales tax measure. The O.S.E.A. General Coun cil, in November, pointed out that the welfare of sta te service and iB^fu- fcure growth, and prosperity of the state Q a I whoie depended upon the adop tion, of a fair and equitable plan for 5 the, distribution of the tax burden. State employees are, I know, patriotic !and unselfish enough to desire to carry their rightful share of this cost of, gov ernment as a duty of citizenship. The Legislature' presents the sales tax plan as the ihost equitable plan to distribute the tax burden and provide adequate financial support for governmental ac tivities. State employees should all rec ognize thg necessity of supporting the plan, proposed and recommended by the legislature in every way possible. Conclusions • In concl^sjoU. I would say that Stafe Employees received ¿¿yety considerate treatm ent by the 44th Oregon Legisla tive- Assembly. The Civil Service A ct and the Public Employees Retirement AcT> were amended but in practicably every case to improve and make them more effective. The principle of merit in the Tubhc Service was* reendorsed. The reputation of the O,S.E.A. with the legislators remains, one of high regard for the B Q welfare as ^ell^as for employee welfare. The views and requests of the ’Association were pre sented Q a courteous and dignified mann^t and pur representatives at- the legislature, deserve5 commendation for their hard Work and their courteous and dignified presentation in our be- halL RAISE MILEAGE ALLOW ANCE Newspaper editorial workers, gener ally regarded as the lpwest paid profes sional people in the nation along- w ith public I workers, received higher car, mileage allowances .in Houston rendh-tf ly. Texas Week' reported that workers on the Houston P m s signed a new e x tr a c t recently' that called for seven cents a mile, instead of six cents. /■/—The Texas Public Employee M aterial,/for magazine received by May 21 will appear in May-June issue. Send contributions to OSE A, 1,41 Pa.- gific Bldg., Salem.
