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About The Oregon state employee. (Salem, Oregon.) 1944-195? | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 1947)
19 :° ful assistance of Mr. Bill Coleman and i- Mr. Bob Johnson, Director and Acting i- Director of the Civil Service Commis- i, sion. The legislation which they pfo- :e posed coincided with your legislative n program. Mr. Coleman, gave valuable le information, which assisted me in pre is senting to the sub-committee of yhe Ways and Means, the arguments which t resulted in making the pay plan effec- d tive March 1st, instead of July lst£ ill and in all other.matters, both were co- 0®erative and helpful. Mrs. Rassmusseri ] of the Oregon League of Women Vo f ters was. generous with her time in t j making studies and obtaining the sup 1 port of her members in opposition to proposals which . would have injured the civil service act. She made several valuable appearances before various committees. I hesitate in singling out the names of any particular legislators, because practically all of the legislators were considerate to any proposals which I had to submit. Nevertheless, I did find that Senator Alien' Carson and Repre sentatives John Snellstrom and Alex Barry gave an exceptional amount S time and study and were understand ing and helpful to. the state employees in their*1 legislative program. Respectfully submitted, : 'i . LEO SMITH, Legal Counsel Oregon State Employees Association Monthly Bulletin Announced By Public Relations Director During thç 1 past year, the Public Relations j Committee consisting' of Elizabeth Dotson, Ellis Jones, Cecil Head and Max Rogers, cooperating with your Director of Public Relations as chairman, has endeavored to foster arid promote a feeling of goodwill towards the Association and its objectives. K i t has been our aim to acquaint the state administrators, public officials and the public with our objectives and to gain their respect for the integrity and high purpose of our conduct as an Association. We feel that some progress has been made along this line. Through the magazine, Thé State Employee, we have, striveri to present Association views on matters of gen i a l concern and issues worthy of mem- bers consideration. We have attempted, through this medium, to provide data useable by the members in their indi- vidual efforts to boost for Association progress. THE MAGAZINE Your offiical magazine has been ably produced by Elizabeth Dotson, Literary Editor, Ellis H. Jones, Managing Edi- tor, Cecil W. Head, Advertising Man- ager, Magdalene Erpelding,. Editor of Chapter . News, and Myron C. Woods, Proof Reader. Special credit is due Leo Ordway, Highway Dept. Road Magnet Operator for his splendid work in ob taining many new advertising con ta c ts, and to’ the Chapters for similar activity. Acknowledgement is also made to the Chapter correspondents and the many others who have contributed ma terial during the year. The cooperation of the Civil Service and Retirement System administrators has been very helpful in bringing actions and reports of those agencies to the membership'. The steady and reliable; assistance of Forrest Stewart and Jean Brimacombe, our Headquarters Staff, has been in valuable and is gratefully acknowl edged. It has been our airii to make the ma gazine self-supporting, mainly by paid advertising and incidentally by paid subscriptions. The magazine is free to each member arid to each retired mem ber, and is also sent gratis to over 300 non-members such as advertisers, state, county and city officials, legislators, libraries, exchanges, etc.; the average circulation is 4,000. Printing costs this Continued on page 42)
