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has been notice in th ^ p a p ’e f^K hat they
are going to feu t down on the num ber
of m erit increases because of the in-
crease irir/salaries and th a t they are
considering knocking off two holidays.
The Ass^wBtion m ust be prepared
rither tdr fight "or to -accept.
Hoyd Query, Director of
Laws and Legislation:
Mr. Q uery com m ented on the v’^ i ? '
ous item s which had' been handed to
th e Law s and Legislation CcfflgHtfiee
for atten tio n . H
• -.'Wife - i^ & f w to ci vil service status
of incom e tax auditors, the original
law expires Ju ly 1, 1949 aridias th ere
was nothing fu rth e r d e^S c^ ed , they
go back .toiy’civil service status as of
th at date. I
The m a tte r; o a K o w ing the m ethod
of appointing th e .^Civil Service Com-
m ission was laid on the table, the re a
son being th at the -C om m ittee^id not
^ e lfe.yegit a good th in g to toss into the
K g^O latuajBl w hen it was know n th ere
w ould be a scrap over wages and re -
pti^ m gnt. The Com m ittee also j ^ p o s j ll
¡¡he b i l m f f i S l in by the A.F. of L. on
pis subject.
B ^ M ^ E B lty ^ o m ^ u b .ig li^ ^ B laid on
th e H a le . The spaill .which prohibited
the bnfefowrnerit of any one in state
service who advocated overthrow of
the G overnm ent by force sailed
through.
W ith respect to the In terim Com
m ittee proposal; w hich was approved
by the Council, th e Law s and L egisla
tion Com m ittee tab led ^ if in F eb ru a ry
due to th e fact th a t it was a m atter
w hich pro p erly w as handled by the
Civil Service C om m ittee and cam e u n -
der th eir jurisdiction.
I A nother proposal w hich the Law s
and Legislation Com m ittee re ferred to
the Civil Service Com m ittee for clari
fication and on w hich no action was
taken so fa r as the L egislature was
concerned was the one passed? by the
G eneral Council urging m odernization
of state law s governing dhe'-hiringrand
em ploym ent of young people in O re
gon. This^rhight be a subject for con
sideration later on.
5? ^h e?fC b m m i?t^B cam e close to p u t
ting -into the fedgi'sj^ur^« the proposal
to m ake civil service p art of the S tate
C onstitution. Close to the end of l i e
session, a bill w a ^ in tfo d u c e d to re
peal the civil .sdmi^Blajv and the Com
m ittee held its bill and did not p u t it in
figuring it was a good firecracker.
However, it was determ ined th at the
going to g e t BfiffiC
cient support to pass it and it was felt
the o ther b ill was a good thing to lioldj
in case s.omeone,;got th*e
Dr. E. Boring
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383 COURT STREET
SALEM, OREGON
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P hones 2-9249 and 2-9166
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