The Oregon state employee. (Salem, Oregon.) 1944-195?, January 01, 1948, Page 24, Image 24

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Directors Contìnue Fight for Detter
Stute Puy Scute
December 20, 1947
The meeting of the board of direc­
tors in the headquarters office * at Sa­
lem was Called to order by President
L. R. White at 10:00 a. m., who stated'
that this meeting was scheduled by the
November meeting of the directors.
The roll was called by the secretary
and the following officers and direc­
tors were present: L. R. White, presi­
dent; Bjarne Ericksen, junior past presi­
dent; J. E. Morelock, vice-president;
Ruth Jaynes, secretary-treasurer; V. G,
O’Neil, director of public relations;
Floyd Query, director of laws and
legislation;. Allen French, director of.
District No. 1; R. W. Southwick,
alternate director for District. No. 2;
Frank L. Hall, director, of district No.
3; E. F. Chidsey, director of district
No. S; E. E. Johnson, director of dis­
trict No. 4, and Hugh Taylor, director
of district No. 3, arrived later.»
President White called for the read­
ing of the minutes of the previous
meeting. Mr. Ericksen made a motion
that the reading of the minutes be dis­
pensed with and that if there were
any corrections that they be noted on
the mimeographed copy handed to each
officer and director. Motion carried.
Mr. Chidsey asked that a correction
be, noted in the last paragraph on the
first page of the mimeographed copy
of the minutes. His statement that “he
thought it possible to retain Mr. Smith
at a lower figure” should have been
followed by the words “if he could af­
ford it.” Mr. Chidsey explained that he
did not wish Mr. Leo Smith to think
that he was instigating a move to re­
duce his salary. Correction was so noted.
R. M. Smith, director of civil serv­
ice, and L. A. McCoskrie, director of
district No. 6, arrived.
C o m m u n ic a tio n s
The secretary read a letter from Sa­
lem Chapter N o ., 1, dated Decembe?
18, 1947, as follows: -
Mr. Loren White
President, O.S.E.A.
Salem, Oregon
Dear Sir:
At a regular meeting of , Salem
Chapter No. 1 held December 19, 1947,
the following motion as amended was
unanimously adopted: ;
'That the board of directors be re­
quested to instigate a state-Wide news­
paper publicity campaign in support of
thè employees’ objectives and with par­
ticular reference to salary problems. If
it becomes necessary to use paid space,
Salem Chapter expresses its willingness
to cooperate in the cost thereof.’ |
It is requested that this matter be
presented to the board of directors a |
their December 20, 1947, meeting and
that positive action be taken at this
meeting.
Very truly yours,
(SGD) EDWIN A.- PEASE -
President
Salem Chapter No. 1, O.S.E.A.
Secretary also read a communication
of December 10, 1947, from the Board
of Control to President White relative
to the requested increase of $42 as
cost of living' adjustment, which re­
quest was presented to the Board of
Control on December 9 by represen­
tatives of the Association. The Board
of Control stated they were in sym­
pathy with the request, but that at
present there were no funds for such
an increase.
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President White stated he also had
received a communication from Gov­
ernor Hall but that he did not have
the letter with him but would present
it before the meeting was over. The
governor had expressed himself as be­
ing highly in accord with the Associa­
tion’s request for salary increase and