43
Uve up to ther motto of tHe Extension
Division, "T he State is the Caihpus.”
(Condensed from winter issue of
the General E xtension Journal, 1947?)'
"W ater, water everywhere,;,,,
.-¿but not a drop to drink!”
E ditor’s note: T he follow ing editorial
is reprinted fro m Charles A. Sprague’s
colum n, " I t Seems T o M e ,” w hich ap
peared in the February 21, 1948, issue
o f the Oregon Statesman.
The "white collar worker” is* the
su b ject, of economic commiseration in
days of inflation. H is wage is more or
less stationary. As a rule he belongs
to no union organized to obtainer high
er Wages and improved working condi
tions. He becomes the "forgotten man”
in the heap, the one at the bottom of
the pile.
Locally the largest group of such
workers is,.at the statehouse and their
plight was presented to the state board
of control Wednesday. Figures were
submitted showing that 63 per cent of
state employes received less than $19?
a month. While many of these may be
unskilled, clerical workers, the average
compares poorly with wages in private;
industry.
The unfortunate thing for the state
employes is that their chance for relief
is slim. The budget for the, current
biennium was made up in the summer
and fall of 1945. Provision was made
for wage increases and they haye been
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