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New Membership Director
States Objectives
By J. D. WILSON
Director of Membership
The strength of: any organization is
measured by the number of the mem
bers in relation to . the potential num
ber who are eligible to join. Member
ship in any worthwhile organization is
a privilege. Membership in the Oregon
State Employees Association is both a
privilege and a duty. It is an individ
ual duty that we owe not only to our
fellow workers but to ourselves. A
large active membership is the life
blood of any organization, \espeeialM
ours.
During the past year the OSEA
membership has made a good ||O|^
Each month more and more state em
ployees havé decided that the objec
tives of the ÔSEA are worth backing
up and fighting for. It is up to us to
put over the idea to those who have
not yet joined that the following ob
jectives are worth fighting for.
Article II of the OSEA Constitution
In order to render the most effective
service to the United States of Ameri
ca, the State of Oregon, and the people
thereof, it is the object of this Associa
tion:
foster and preserve in the
hearts of its members a constant
dedication to the principles of
I constitutional democracy, as re
flected by the American form of
government.
2. To encourage among the state em
ployees a sense of civic responsi
bility.
3. To maintain high standards of
employee conduct in government
al affairs.
4. To disseminate a knowledge of
departmental activities a m o n g
state employees to the end that
cooperation, efficiency, and har
mony may prevail.
5. To . unite the employees of the
Utv
Oregon for the purpose
Btgf exerting an effective influence
with respect to matters concern
ing employees which are compat
ible with therrest interests of state
government.
6. To advocate and support.a merit
W e stern' of
serwiaa in state
government.
7. To urge and support the effective
administration of the laws of the
State of Oregon.
8. To cooperate! with other organiz
ations in the civic development
and the economic? growth of the
I State of Oregon, and to promote
the substantiârÉ progress* and de
velopment of the state and its re-
sources.
9. In so far as action by this Associ
ation is “compatible with the best
interests of the people of the State
of Oregon, to'^ S ^ ^ Eind support
II legislation beneficial to state em
ployees, and to oppose legislation
detrimental to their interests, and
promote the welfare of the
memb er ship of the Association.
There is no magic formula for se
curing new members. It can be accom
plished, however, if each one of us
w ill, become member-conscious. Get
a copy of the pamphlet “What Has
OSEA Ever Done For State Em
ployees?” from your chapter secre
tary and review whatjr the OSEA has
Accomplished;, .¡brush up on the ob
jectives; explain them to new workers;
and talk W ip to^all. Make it a resoluW
tion to|'sign up at least one new mem
ber yourself. The getting of new mem
bers? is the magic formula to accom
plish the objectives of the organization,,
which can be done only with, ablarge
and growing membership.
What bachelors do with their money
has always been a mystery to us, so we
asked one, and he didn’t know either.