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"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.