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    18
Board of Directors Meeting
S e n a to r H o tel
M ay 21, 1949
T he m eetin g w as called to o rd e r by
P re s id e n t L o re n R. W hite. T he fo llo w ­
ing officers an d d ire c to rs w e re p re s ­
ent:
L. R. W hite, U K | § g « H | | B | g
J r . P a s t P re sid e n t; V. G.
O ’N eil,' P u b lic R elatio n s D irecto r; R.
M. S m ith , C ivil
F lo y d W u e rv . L aw s a n d L eg islatio n
D ire c to r; L e ro y B oldt, D irecto r, D is-
tr ic t No. 1; D ave C am eron, D irecto r,
D istric t No. 2; Q W. fcp B g h l ,^D irector,
D istric t N o . 3; C ecil L . W a g n e r, D ire c ­
to r, D istric t No. 5.
A lso p re se n t w e re I F o rre s t V . S tew -
a rt,
J e a n B rim -
acom be, A d m in istra tiv e S e c re ta ry ; an d
L ois M an n in g , ¡^Stenographer.
P.;M . B ra n d t, ^ ^ ^ P h c s ie ie f f l:'(§>. P a u l
Jo n e s, D irecto r, D istric t No. 4; L. A.
M cC roskrie, D irecto r,
6;
a n d F. Leo S m ith , L eg al C ounsel, a r ­
riv e d d u rin g th e e a rly p a r t of f h ^
m eeting .
M otion w as m a d e th a t th e re a d in g
of th e m in u te s be d isp en sed w ith an d
th aff e W m in u te s b e accep ted as p r in t­
ed in th e la st q u a rte rly issu e of th e
official m ag azin e on p age 15. M ffig n
c a rrie d .
R e p o rts of O fficers a n d D irecto rs:
P re s id e n t W hite re p o rte d he w as
v e ry h a p p y o v er th e p ro g ress th e A s­
sociation h as m ad e d u rin g his te rm in
of^ ^ j p a r f i S l a r l y ^ ^ R th e la st B o ard
of D ire c to rs m eetin g .
D u rin g th e
'm onthsjfpf J a n u a r y th ro u g h A pril, 697
n e w m em b ers w e re sig n ed up, none
o f'-w h o m w ere c h a rte r m em b ers or
v e te ra n s. H ow ev er, no n ew c h a p te rs
h a v e been fo rm ed , b u t th a t w as due
to, I th e legisla tiv e session la stin g fo r
p ra c tic a lly a fo u r m o n th period. B e-
pfni^e' S j th e leg isla tiv e session th e re
"lias; I b e e n d e la j ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ B i g an assist -
a n t to th e staff, w h ich w o u ld be th e
n u m b e r one I sub j ect on u n fin ish e d
b u sin ess a t th e m eetin g . He said he
f e lt th e A ssociation h ad com e a long
w a y , b u t h a d a long w ay to go yet;
th a t it w as m oving fa st in 1 he ’ w a y
of secu rin g n e w m em b ers an d th a t
»state em ployees a r e » B B m n g m o re
conscious of
its
effo rts to do th in g s fo r th e em ployees
a n d th e S ta te of O reflfn..
M r. W hite said it w as in te re stin g t o ^ H
n o te th a t th e m e m b e rsh ip in c re a se t h e ^
B t ^ w M H B t h H y e j h ex c e e d ­
ed th a t of th e first fo u r m onths in
1948. F in a n c ia lly th e A ssociation is in I
p re tty fa ir condition. H e ^ sà id h e fè lt
th a t a t th e tim e th e p a y p la n goes into
e f S I M if th e e ffo rt w as m a d e it w ould
h elp in se c u rin g n ew m e m b e rs and
th a t th is y e a r should be a b a n n e ^ ^ S r
-in se c u rin g n e w m em b ers. G roups
w h e ré 'U h e m e m b e I M f i7 i-saBo w should
be v isite d x ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ i- c u la i^ f f o r t being
sp e n t on d e p a rtm e n ts w h e re no c h a p -
te rs ex isted. Som ebody sh o u ld sp e n â
a la rg e p o rtio n of his tim e in the field
^ e 'u r n f g ^ ^ W m em bers.
T he S e c re ta ry ’s re p o rt w as re a d b y
M iss B rim acom be. M otion w traym ade
to ad o p t th e re p o rt a n d m o tio n c a r­
ried . *
V. G. O ’N eil, P u b lic
R elatio n s D ire c to r:
W
M r. O ’N eil said h e w as p rim a rily
co n cerned ov er th e la c k of in te re s t b e ­
tw een leg isla tiv e sessions; th a t th in g s
w o u ld g et I q u it e h o t b e fo re a sessio n ,
in te re st in m e m b e rsh ip in c re a se d and
e v e ry o n e w as on th e b all, th e n a fte r
• th e session w as over th e re w as a d r op
in in te re st a n d e v e ry o n e w o n d e rs how
th e y a re to get th e m e m b e rs out.
T h e re should be som e c o n tin u in g p ro ­
p o sitio n b e fo re th e m e m b e rs a t all
tim e s— one th a t h as b e e n p o in ted o u t
fo r th e association is to ta k e on in te r ­
est in som e sta te a c tiv ity w ith th e aim
of g ain in g p u b lic goodw ill for sta te
em ployees. Som e peo p le sn e e r and
jib e at sta te em ployees, saying th e y
h a v ^ B ^ O s an d a ll th e y do is try
to get so m eth in g fro m th e sta te and
th e pu blic. T he A ssociation sh o u ld
b re a k dow n th a t a ttitu d e , b y p u b ln fly ’
u n d e rta k in g th e sp o n so rsh ip of som e
sta te a c tiv ity w ^ S , w . ^ i m S w ith
a sy m p a th e tic resp o n se f r o m a ll p e o ­
ple. F ro m a local sta n d p o in t, in te re st
could be in local a ffa irs su ch as th e
P e n d le to n R o u n d -U p , th e C h e rry F e s­
tiv a l (b y e n try of a f lo a t) , th e Rose
(C o n tin u e d on p a g e 22)
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