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vent our salaries from leading in a
national land slide of wage cuts. John
Philpot Curran, Irish orator, once
stated: “The condition upon whiwWBod
hath given to man is eternal vigilance;
. which condition, if he breaks, servi-
tude is at once the consequence of
his crime and the punishment of n||
guilt.”
the goal ten thousand and try to
achieve that goal. It\can be done if
the employees of the state really want
it badly enough to exert the necessary
effort.
A SUPERVISOR WRITES
TO SANTA
D ear S a n ta :
Membership Problem
I W ANT A W ORKER
Our present and m o pressing mat-
W
ho 1 i lu ^ ^ ^ S i oblW
■
^^ea^a^larg^a membership. We hayel
made great progress through the ef- Who know s his job.
forts of a small group of loyal and
h im self p h y sic a lly fit.
industrious employees. If such gains W ho w an ts to do a d a y ’s w o rk for a
can ke made with a m e m l o f
d a y ’s pay.
^ess ^ian 25 per cent of our state em E ||S w an ts to get ahead.
ployees what would be the. possibility Who is a lw a y s on the job unless e x
of this association with a member
cused.
ship of some ten thousand employees. Who is ch eerfu l— not sullen.
California has successfully obtained W ho w o rks sa fe ly — w ith due consider
the membership of more than 9 H M
ation for h im self and his fello w
cent of the state employees in that!
w orkers.
state and there is no reason why we
I H Oregon should not attain the same’ W ho gets along w ith his fe llo w w o r k
ers.
Percentage. All that is required is a Who gets a bang out of a job . w ell
little H B k by each present member
done.
see to it that those employees with Who tries to avoid w a ste and cut
whom he works are also members of
costs.
the association.
Cooperation Appreciated
We have within this association a
igroup of loyal, conscientious, hard
working employees, who contribute
their timé and their effort to carry
° Ut. the working Pr°gram of our as
sociation. T h g K n e n d hours óf their
time night after night working on
committees, publishing our
collecting (HljSand helping in any
way they can to secure further bene
fits for you who are the employees
of the state o« gi|g|)n. B M I M
no monetary pay for this work. Théir
job well done. A ll they ask is tB
whole-hearted support of their em
ployees who' benefit from the fruit of
their labors.
I would leave you with one thought
in mind that for the next six months
the most important job of this as
sociation is to increase our member
ship, not only to the six thousand as
set up in our quota, but let’s make
W ho looks for a b etter w a y to do the
W ho tells the tru th ; w ho is sincere. £
Who gripes little and looks forw ard .
Who keeps a sp irit o f team w ork.
Who asks questions w h en he needs
help.
Who is w illin g to fa ce his personal
problem s sq u arely.
Who tries to put h im self in .m y place
now and then.
Who feels that his job is a p r i v i l e g e -
no t a right.
I WOULD GIVE A WORKER LIKE
,D
TOO!
Dear Santa,
I w^Krb A BOSS
Who had something t() do with hiring
me and who wants me to work for
him.
Who helos me when I am new to get
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