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efforts over the last few years. Many
fine, conscientious and able adminis
trators are happy to work with theif."
employees in the interest of better or
ganization and efficiency. Political
chicanery has always been in but mi
nor evidence in State administrative
functions and can be kept from spread
ing its poison into state personnel re-,
lationships. Employees are a long-
suffering, patient and conscientious
group of people, on the whole. Per
sonnel turnover is on the decrease, a
higher quality of new employee is be
ing obtained, the morale of the em
ployees is better. Hope springs eternal!
Employees Recommendations
The balance between employer and
employee must be one of mutual re
spect- and interests. Labor-manage
ment problems in private industry
were created by selfish, capitalistic
abuses of labor and are being corrected
in part by selfish, laboristic abuses of
capital; tit-for-tat. Such a struggle has
resulted in great losses to both parties,
and especially to the people of the na
tion. Management in industry is learn
ing the hard way that proper personal
consideration of its workers is neces
sary and that operation u n d e r the
Golden Rule is profitable. Labor is'
learning that there must be a balance
of power, and that cooperation is es
sential to its livelihood.
At the state level there has been no
criminal abuse of the employees’ rights
and no unreasoning, revengeful action
against his employer. This may explain
the present tendency of a “do little”
state policy in regards to personnel
policies. Our state policies have been
confined to a small swing of the pen
dulum. To maintain a desirable status
of employer-employee relationships at
the state level, some winding of the
clock is now required, if we are to
improve the efficiency of puWic serv
ice.
By recourse to the activities of the
Oregon State Employees Association,
one becomes fairly well acquainted
with personnel conditions. This As
sociation is made up of employees from
all departments and all classifications
in state service. The members are in
formed about their work and their
working conditions. The gist of their
thinking is aimed to improve public
service, and embodies the following
main points where betterment of exist-* -
ing conditions may be made:
1. A strong Civil Service administra
tion.
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2. Public recognition of the worthgfe
of the Vstate employee and the^J
/'/services he renders.
3. Improved ^administrative and or
ganizational functions;*
4. A new conception of employer-
employee relations whereby recog
nition of the employee as a per
son becomes apparent.
5. A touch of human understanding
and personal interest in dealing
with employees.
6. Square dealing at all levels//and
straight forward approaches to
problems.
The outstanding stumbling block to
all real progress is selfishness and
greed. Employees are not more im
mune to this disease than others, but*
are the examples set for them by their
bosses and supervisors such as to lead
them right? The employefes have in" jfi|l
itiated many a reform pointed to i m - ^ J
proved public service. They feel
though their bosses hS appointing a u
thorities might, for once, initiate a few
such improvements voluntarily. ¿The
employees are* watching their employ
ers for sighs of human and sympathetic
attitude! How'/long will they be kept
waiting?-
, Before the coming of white, men,
historians sIS/what is now the state
of Oregon was the home of more than
60 tribes of Indians. Most^of them
Were west of the Cascade mountains.
Today most Oregon Indians are con
tained witbin the Umatilla, Klamath
and Warm Springs reservations, east
of the Cascades.
Clerk: “These are exceptionally
strong shirts, sir. They simply laugh
at the laundry.”
Customer: “Yes, I know that kind. I
had some come back with their sides
SplitFgl
An executive is a man Who wears a
frown on his assistant’s face.
—Harvey Campbell.