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15 B when the Retirement Board w ith- ■ drew its request to discontinue the ■ excess contribution privilege. 4. We supported the Civil Service B Commission proposal to blanket in ■ present employees after learning th a t B Veteran Organizations felt this would bejtter aid, the veterans than B would the requiring of examinations, ft ; We did not present a bill to estab- lish the 5 day 40 hour week or one relative to overtime 5 for State em- ployees on the advice of our Legal Council, our Executive Secretary B a n d others, all of whom told us the request would be denied and we would find ourselves in a worse B B uation than we are in at present. This advice has proved to be cor rect so fa r in the m atter of the 5 day 40 hour week. 6. The A. F. S. & M. E. presented sev- eral bills which were not on our legislative program and which cov- ered I administrative matters, that ■ sh o u ld ' have been presented to the ■ C iv il Service Commission. We were unjustly assailed as "opposing the interests of the employees” when we maintained a neutral positions 7. The A. F. S. & M. E. also proposed to remove the "open back door” clause in the. Civil Service A cf. The Association pledged itself to sup port the "open back door” policy in 1945 and we reaffirmed the position S in, this instance. . ■ 8; Much of the Legislative Committees’ and the Legal Counsel’s time was taken up in defense of our present personnel legislation. A m ultitude of amendments were introduced, some harmful, some not harm ful b u t few beneficiaL This phase of our legis lative work will increase in im port ance as time goes on. 9. The necessity for the constant at tendance of, our legal counsel at the session was proven at this session. Mr. F. Leo Smith, as our Legal Counsel, was invaluable and 1 wish to commend , him to you most high ly. I attach hereto a copy of his report. 11 Fraternally, I. A. D e FRANCE Counsel Tells of Difficulties in Pressing Legislative Program Bo the Board of Directors ®regon Stâte Employées Association A t Salem,,Oregon on April 20, 1947< î Ç' Gentlemen: The following is my report to you re- garding matters effecting your interest as i state employees, which were under consideration bÿ the 44th Legislative Assembly. I was confronted w ith the task , of working in support of some Wvil' service bills, resisting other civil service bills, likewise supporting and resisting retirement bills, and support ing and resisting wage and hour legis- lation. There was a total of 22 ¡bills and in addition, several other issues, which did not ripen into bills, which required work and attention. In commenting upon the specific bills, I will divide them into four categories; Civil Ser vice, Retirement, Wages and Hours, and Miscellaneous. CIVIL SERVICE I ,S. B. 127, a bill to amend the Civil Service A.ct, Was prepared by the Civil Service Commission. The State Em ployees Association assisted the Com mission in presenting the bill. The bill as adopted, provided: First, that the Commission may, when it appears clearly 9to the best in terest of the state, require that certain professionàl, technical or administrative positions be opened to Competitive ex aminations rather than permitting them being filled by promotion. Second, that in filling vacancies, the number of names to be certified shall be three in case of ’one vacancy, four in case of twç> vacancies, and for more
