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About The Oregon state employee. (Salem, Oregon.) 1944-195? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1948)
11 "Listen te Us" • - News A irian’s+^face appears from behind his | newspaper. “Listen to this!” he claims to his wife. ‘H sii’t this interesting!” H It’s just what should be done ’’here,” declares a woman looking up from her maga zine. Every day we eagerly inipart ar bit of news, a liew idea, a scrap of in formation , to the willing, and often, unwilling, family ear. “Uh-hdh,” is the impartial'* answer as the would-be listener settles back to his Own book. If it’s employee news, cost of ¿living information, changes in civil service rulings4, news o f Oregon state goveph^ ment or a dozen other similar items, w£' assure you an eagerly listening ear —that of ¿the Oregon State Employee1 staffh^'" g *.j I "Share the Wealth" If you like yOur employees’ maga zine, and the Staff ^sincerely hopes yod do, share your wealth of ideas with the other OSEA members. If you see ar ticles in magazines, pamphlets or any other, readily available publication, note the name of the publication, date of the issue and page for us. If it’s- some thing you' can clip, do $o and mail it to Association Headquarters (311 Ore gon Bldg., Salem). .'We’ll do 1 our best to use as.'many of/ yoqr 1contributions as. possible. If you have a gripe or a new idea, just send it right along at any time. Any thing that arrives at our Salem office will reach the« staff. This request is not just a device to kieep members interested ip the maga zine. It is an honest request for the assistance'. which will help us make our publication a constant source of interest and information. New Magazine Policy Starts Observant readers w ill. notice that this is the first issue of the Oregon State Employee to be published on a quarterly basis. It is the hope of the staff that your magazine will be of real interest and of more value to you with each 'succeeding issue. New Policy Described Along with the change in magazine policy^ the director of public relations ^Wi'rgil O’Neil) has agr'eed to publish at frequent intervals bulletins .¿regard ing special matters of interest to OSEA. .These bulletins Will be mailed to each member to help keep him posted on S^hat the Association is doing to ob- ^lin the things which we want and feel entitled to.. It is planned to keep all members up fo date on “what goes” in their interests. Changes Contemplated in Magazine Contents Now that this magazine is to come out " quarterly, I some , of the personal itje^ii.drdinarily.-appearing will be old néws by the time they appear in print. Therefore, the staff is asking chapter press i coprespondents 'to send in more chapter happenings—-important personal notes and news of what members are thinking and talking .about—in other words, things of interest to all members! Advertising Solicitations ■ The costs of publishing your- maga zine cornés ¿froth our advertisets. The Association has no paid solicitors ’and does-' not obtain its ? advertising ’ by “blind” telephone calls. A llo f it isob- tained by personal contact by sonie member, -on a voluntary basis. As we need mope advertisers, the Chapters’ press correspondents will be asked to see yhat business concerns in their areas. Will be given a chance^ to subscribe. They will be furnished, rates, extra copies of the magazine and other data to help them secure the business. We want every, area of the state to .b e represented by advertising.
