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chapter on the strength of the new dues.
They felt that if the proper man could he
secured and he used the proper approach,
he should be able to increase the member
ship sufficiently to cover the additional
cost of his salary and show the Association
a profit. If there was a raise on the basic
membership' of about 4000 the Association
could afford to pay an assistant and would
be financially able to take on the proposed
legislative program. Mr. Chidsey said to
him the increase in membership of the As-
sociation was the most vital question before
the meeting. In order to survive, the Asso-
ciation must grow and in order to carry out
the proposed program the Association ob
viously must increase its membership; it
cannot mark time. The legislative program
for next year probably is the most import
ant legislative program which the Associa
tion has ever faced, because the ground
work has been laid for increased wages
and if economic conditions did not stabilize,
he felt sure the salaries through the Legis
lature would be made quite substantial.
Mr Chidsey continued that he felt tne
Association had a very good chance of cor
recting several points in the Retirement
Law which to him seem very important. It
is possible that someone would be interest
ed in working as an assistant, but that there
was not sufficient time at the meeting to
work out a plan and in order to throw the
matter open for discussion he moved a
committee be appointed to investigate the
situation, interview prospective employees
and submit a concrete program to I this
Board for action. He stated he would hesi
tate to grant the committee full power to
act and hire a man, but that a matter such
as this is so important that a special meet
ing of the Board of Directors could be
called to settle it or it could be settled
over the phone or by mail. Motion seconded.
Mr. Query brought up the point that he
did not believe the Directors had any direc
tive to increase the dues until the General
Council had taken such action. He express
ed, as his personal opinion, that if the As
sociation hired a man as assistant then he
should be hired for the Association and if
the insurance company wanted to hire a
man to sell insurance they should get their
own man. The Association is after member
ships and the insurance company is after
money.
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Mr. Erickson agreed that the Association
was at the crossroads; that it had been
successful in getting the 40 hour week, the
$20 increase and vacations. The Association
has something to sell and it needs some
thing to sell. He said he believed the best
person to sell it was the employee himself;
that when they wanted to organize their
chapter, he asked Forrest Stwart to come
in and lay the groundwork and the chapter
was formed and almost immediately they
had a large membership. He said he be
lieved the Association should authorize the
employment of an assistant for Mr. Stewart.
Now is the time to sell the Association, we
have the institutions right around Salem,
the Colleges, the Normal Schools, all ripe
for selling. They should have an active part
and they should belong to the Association.
If we don’t go ahead and employ this assist
ant we are missing the boat. We should take
constructive action now; authorize some
body to find a person.
The person who seconded the motion rel
ative to appointing a committee to work on
the employment of an assitsant withdrew
the second at this time and Mr. O’Neil rose
to a point of order stating that the motion
had been made and seconded and Mr. Chid
sey also stated that the second could not at
this time be withdrawn as it had been
through discussion. Objection was with
drawn.
Mr. R. M. Smith offered an amendment to
the motion; that rather than a committee
being appointed that the officers study the
situation with power to act. If they have to>
make a survey and interview men, wouldn’t
it be ethical for the officers to go ahead
and act?
Mr. Hall expressed the thought that the
Roseburg Chapter had behind the sugges-
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