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one is free if it is news. Official action
the board of directors on any sub
ject would come under tpis !Clas;Sifica-
tion. a
Mr. French suggested the appoint
ment of a publicity committee might
he in order.
Mr. O ’Neil said he believed the tim
ing of publicity was most important.
Mr. Stewart said the publicity should
be directed to the public and not the
state?, officials.
Mr. Ericksen? mentioned that the
article in the newspaper by State Treas
urer Scott had people wondering why,
with the big surplus, the employees
cbuld not get the requested increase. '
?Mr. O ’Neil said he; believed publicity
should be kept impartial, that all the
pointsN'should be made, but' names
mentioned only when*- gain ¡ could be
made thereby. H e said he was learn-;
ing that the objective must be sold by
appeal to the emotions as much as1 by
appealto brains.
Mr. Morelock agreed and said he
believed-there never was a better time
for the Association to take off the
gloves and swing.
Mr. R. M. Smith stated that with
reference .to the subject of publicity
hb felt whoever had been giving the
articles to the papers deservd a vote
of thanks as the Association had been
receiving more publicity the last month
than ever before. Credit was given to
M r./O ’Neil and Mr. Stewart. It was
mentioned that the press in general had
been’ very sympathetic toward the em
ployees’, cause. '
Mr. Chidsey asked that when pub
licity was given out it be ready, for the
first edition, then the .upstate papers
could copy it; .At the time of the
General Council meeting the Salem
paper Carried a full column, but when
he returned to his home there Was noth
ing at all in his home paper.
President W hite asked about the ac
ceptance of funds from local chapters
for the publicity campaign and Mr.
O’Neil said the Association should be
willing to accept such funds. Mr. Chid
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sey Was n o t in favor of paid. ads in
the papers as he believed it branded
the publicity propaganda right away.
It was Mr. Stewart’s suggestion that
the, district directors from upstate see
that properly printed news appears in
upstate papers. Mr, O’Neil suggested
that if; the papers distorted the neWss,
and did n o t, prin tx it straight then re
sort should be made to paid ads. Mr..
Smith thought that paid ads might
hurt the campaign, that if one paper
received such ads, then the other papers
might feel they should also have paid
ads,
Mr. R. M. Smith also, expressed the
thought that possibly it would do no
harm to pass a resolution ,to call ad
special meeting of the board to con
sider the. problem of salaries,, in case
of an; adverse report from th e,, state
officials.
Legislative Matters to Be Worked Up
In Advance
Resolution from Cevil Service Com
mittee with respect to initiative petition
to amend the Oregon constitution by
making civil service law a part thereof.
Mr. R. M. Smith , said he believed
action on this resolution should be de
ferred until the next meeting of ; the
board inasmuch as there was plenty of
time and at present the Association
should not complicate its program by
starting anything new that would de
tract from present activities, >
Mr. Morelock said he believed that?
all of the things which should be taken
up at the next legislative session should
be referred to the laws and legislation
committee so they could ,be set up in
a program to present at the next or
second or third board meeting. Mr. Leo
Smith added that legislative matters
should be referred to the proper com
mittees immediately. For example, the
wage matter. There is no use talking
about wages effectively after the leg
islative session starts. The time to talk
is before the money'is put in the bud
gets and it takes a lot of work and a
lot of time and the earlier work is
started the better the opportunity for
success.