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OSCA News & Notices
The OSEA H eadquarters report of
our financial condition at the end of
A ugust shows 979 ■ rifewt -mem'B l so
f b a l a f i c e
of $2882,
and a fu rn itu re and fixture inventory
o f $1,033. A total of $18,011 has been
received during the first 8 months of
the year.
M ary Laughlin,
er,‘: has \ been?;
tion w ith the OSEA asffisnffifraBB to
attend the G raduate School of ¿¡oral
Economy and Social Research at Bryn
Mawr.
Lois Marifiing, employed w ith the
Insurance D epartm ent
gl g EA worker, has been appointed by
the B oard of Directors to> f i l l ' o f -
fice the rem ainder odfefgMHBBW
The Oregon State Highway D epart
m ent in conjunction w ith the Extefi-
sion I Division of the itd || fgdn State
System of Higher Education, are of
fering a KalsseS of d n s s s ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ m in g
in B‘Elem entary College M athem atics”
to Highway D bparW g|i| employees,
startin g early ini ■ ^ to b ^ ri' A.t this
w riting nearly 30 have signed up for
t h ^ ^ M rse^ This action is in line w ith
ith e i^ ^ P jS e rv ic e ,7CoiTOfis,s.ioWp r ( ^ S m
for in -gsewice tr-a in in g ^ jfc g ra^ ' -Em-
ployees and is a commendable activ
ity. B g ^O S E aB is proud
in havin^ybrought these opportunities
for employee im provem ent to fruition
through its sponsorship and support
of the Civil Services Aci.\\;
The Public Employees Retirem ent
Board held a hearing in S afem lm ?Au-
gust 12th prelim inary to its adoption
of a mew, complg^ffs ^ of ^ ^ ^ ^ w n ter-
preting the R etirem ent Act on a
policy and adm inistrative basis. F or
rest Stew art represented the|||O IE A
and State employees 'a t the b&jBnff.
?Ofily three of the proposed rules met
w ith any objection from the iem-
pl
/of thjfse
S S I mod11 i i ^ 8 B ^ B 5 ! W 5 Î H E « the
B oard,fin line w ith our recom m enda
tions.
^ ^ ^ » a n n u ^ ^ ^ i ^ ^ j ^ ^ B a l iSpuncili
m eeting is scheduled to b e ' held in
Portland*, on November 18th, 19th and
20th. ^ ^ S p tffs will be busy in stru ct
ing their
and discussing the
resolutions which will be brought up-
at the meeting. Every OSEA m em ber
out to his C hapter
meetings in the interim and voice his
regarding the issues. Some
thought should be given t<X t - h ||B |B -
tion of OSEA officers for 1950, as they
^ ^ B elcg fO ^ fro iw B ^ ^ ^ M g ^ B B E ta y te r
delegates. Eye ^ ^ ^ e l ^ S ^ ^ ^ m M have
some ideas about who the S tate offi-,
cers should be, and a little
activity betw een now and "then could
b J r a ^ S t h a a n d interesting thing.
The Roseburg C hapter No. 2, OSEA,
held its regular m eeting Ju n e 7. Rep.
P aul Geddes was our guest of the
gave a very eduçatioifaT
talk on the OSEA and the presentation
of its problem s to the legislature. Mr.
Geddes discussed the im portance of
lobbyist, and told th at they w ere
trem ely valuable at the legislature but
S |||® B ^ B S h o m < ^ H Ig iÆ O B ^ B being
most effective also. Form ulate a pro-
gram early in the season, w ork on it,
talk it over w ith legislators at home,
was recommended. Mr. G è d è O ® o ll|æ |
ed the bill from its presentation
throug^ S h j^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ H m r h ij^ ^ ^ to H ||
acceptance or rejection. We receivec
;sôme versagM M thoughts for the nex
i |j s K f t u r e from this speech. R efresh
m ents w ere served later w hich are
always m uch enjoyed.
On August 7, the OSEA picnic was
lhefi| at the Rod and Gun club grounds.
We had a fine tu rn o u t w ith everyone
having a good time. We find w e have
is@meByec^good horseshoe players and