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Dean Walker Speaks
At OSC Chapter Meet
Mr. John C. Burtner, Director of
College News Bureau and active OSEA
member of Chapter No. 29 at Corval
lis, reports on Chapter affairs in a very
interesting and enlightening manner as
follows:
"An up to date report on state fi
nances was given by Senator Dean
Walker of Independence in an address
before more than 100 members of the
Oregon State College Chapter at its
monthly meeting held November 9.
"Dean Walker held that the actual
state surplus in the income ta.x fund is
far below the figures ■ that have been
used.
"Despite the serious financial diffi
culties that face? the forthcoming leg-
islature the picture is probably not as
bad as some have painted it, Dean
Walker added. He believes that with
good judgment the state can get along
without sacrificing essential ^ services
and that the needs of state employees
will receive fair consideration. He men
tioned particularly that he had always
Bound the ^ ficers^)^. the State Em
ployes Association to be reasonable in
their general relationships with the leg-
m ature and the interim emergency
board. He has always found them will
ing to work with the State offiders> for
the general welfare of the state rather
than making unreasonable demands.
"He added, however, that he hoped
the employees r ^association would, in
turn, realize its responsibility in helping
to see. that any poor or inefficient em
ployees were not allowed to reduce the
returns the state gets for salaries and
wages spent. He said he would much
prefer to see higher salaries paid to effi
cient workers than to spread the salary
budgets over an additional number of
employees who were not producing
their share.
'The Oregon State College Chapter
has increased its membership materially
and is having well attended meetings.
An election at the October meeting re
sulted in the following KWj^of offenS^S
being chosen: P. M. Brandt, President;
Ralph Harding, Vice-President; Mrs.
Vida Bower, Recording Secretary ; ,C. T.
Yerian, Membership Secretary; Mrs.
Gladys Schloeman, Treasurer.
"Delegates to the I general" council
meeting in Portland in November were
Grant E.
Ralph M. Harding,
and P.
Brandt. Alternates were Ir
win Barklow, Vida Bower and Fred M.
Shideler.
"The K S itu tio n of I the? Oregon
State C dlM B chapB - has been amend
ed t’o. add the office of Membership
Secretary.
"This chapter has contacted B e two
legislative candidates in Benton County
concerning their support of the pro
posed program of* the State Employees
ABggiti<£ii.” I
Engineers Organize;
Tell Aims, Progress
In the belief that the forming of pro-
fessipnal ^ ganizations with aims akin
to those of the Oregon State Employees
Association may prove of interest to our
membership, the; editorial staff imprint
ing herewith an article prepared by
Claude E. Pfifer, one of our members,
and Secret^w-TreasurcrVof this new
Oregon Association *>of Engineering
Employees. Mr. Pfifer’s article followsS
"Early in the Spring of this year, a
smalk.group of State Highway Engi
neers met and decided to issue a general
notice to all State? employed engineers
and technical men to meet in Salem,
with the idea of forming, an Associa
tion of Engineering Employees for the
purpose of improving their professional
status. This called for increasing salar
ies commensurate with those paid else
where, and promoting greater oppor
tunities for advancement under Civil
Service; classifications. In achieving
these objectives, not only the engineers