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U A. Legislative Pregram
Designed te Strengthen Civil
Service and Retirement Acts
supported ONLY those measures point
By V irgil G. O’N eil
ed to such purpose. Its Record is clean
I The Oregon legislature meets next and I methods are abovÉYeproach. It
January to consider and pass on bud stands for honesty, integrity, effici
gets, appropriations and?.,statutory matj- ency, loyalty and merit. The public
H H of concern to the welfare of, the right fullyWxpectsthese attributes from
jétate. Oregon® rapid growth presents its public service^we aim to see that
many problems not hitherto appreciat they are thus maintained. I
ed. The cosf$ of public« service are on
Administrators of , public service,
the increase, the need of . expanding those who are truly interested in doing
services is increasingly apparent. A a good job, are dissatisfied with present
clear conception of Oregon’s proper conditions. They want steady, reliable
place in the growth of the Northwest-. help and more of it. State employees,
I is (needed. A full understanding of how
those interested in doing a good job, are
to gain that position i n essential. I
also in many ways dissatisfied. They
To grow in stature, Oregon’s state Want more pay and the removal of in-
¿government requires elements^similar equitiefflBoth can beljatisfied by ¿work
to those required by nature in-, ¿the, . ing together!
growth of a; healthy crop; good soil,
The way to get good help- is by pay
I good seed, nourishment, and cultivation. ing its price.-The way to M
S°°d
¿In terms of governmental administra
help is; to make the service attractive
tion, these become: ' public service rec and to reward ^faithfulness and long-r
o gnized as an honorable; career, stocked
with ample qualified people, P ^ e r l ÿ evity in service.
¿paid for t h é i r and 'rewarded No Shortcut to Success
Oregon had no definite policy-of em-
for faithfulness and initiative. The
harvest is an efficgnf personnel, ade ployer-employee relations for 86 years.
quate* service to the public, economy in Oregon lags behind other states in the
I government and a steady flow of people N orflt^||tj iri’’ development of its po
I into public service and later- retirement tential wSRh. The state employs about
into leisurely living as members’ of so- ’A 'O'OO^and sees 3,000 new employees
ciety with much to cofïtribut^ thereto come ‘and GO each year! Its college
graduates enter private industry, N O T
but, with no need for alms tW |B om.
state careers. Those who feel that the
OSEA Aims and State Needs
As the Oregon State Employees As Retirement Act, Civil Service" A ct and
sociation comprises employees from all- i^ B e n K ” token’ ^ a v raises will fix I up.
departments and from all classifications old man’ Oregon in a year or two aré
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State employment, it trulyjrepre- w rongI Those who think thát. holding
_sents the majority?pf ' mature thinking feTOér-agá%mpl'p^^in service, up-grad-
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by those who know public service re ingld^lassifications to- '
quirements best— those who’ fill them. I salaries’, holding examinations to I dis
Since 1943, the OSEA policy has been c o v e r talent -and promising to "do
to promote the welfarqjpf employee and something soon”—that these will fix
the State, alike. It has sponsored and things— they,-also are wrong!