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:° 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
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