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income tax law and a proportionate
property tax measure. Along with al
leviating the increasing demand upon
government services, the passage o f the
sales tax at lèast will give Oregon a
start on matching the progressive
thinking of our coastal neighbors,
Washington and California;”
In the September-October issue of
this magazine we will present a sum
mation of the most important argu
ments both against and m favor of
the sales tax act. Our interests as state
employees lie in being employed by a
•solvent and prospering employer. This
subject seems worthy of our serious
consideration and. intelligent thought.
CANADIAN COMMISSION
BROADCASTS PROGRAM
The Civil Service Commission of
Canada recently went on the air in a
radio broadcast to acquaint Dominion
citizens with its activities. The broad
cast explained classification and pay
policies, and described in detail the
Commission’s examining and recruit
ment procedures. The program was one
of a séries sponsored by the Processional
Institute of the Civil Service pf Canada.
— Civil Service Assembly Newsletter,
July, 1947.
A clinical center has been establish
ed in Ottawa, Canada, to provide facil
ities for giving medical examinations to
Dominion employees, and to review
the requests of employees for sick leave.
— Civil Service Assembly Newsletter,
Juîyy Î947. .
DARN TO O T IN ’— The man who
blows his own horn usually stays at
the little end.—Anon.
SECRET WEAPON—The way to
fight a woman is with your hat. Grab
it and run.— John Barrymore.
You’ll find as you grow o!4er that
you weren’t born such a very great
while ago after all. The time shortens
up.— William Dean H&wells.
Social problems can no longer be
solved by class warfare any more than
international problems can be solved by
wars between nations. Warfare is. neg
ative and will sooner or later lead to
destruction, while goodwill and coop
eration are positive and supply the only
safe basis for building a better future.
— J. Nansen. .