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the governor and the^ e cretary of
state, after which the very volu­
minous financial^, statement is ready
for publication in the drastically con­
densed form as shown.
The retiremenf|law requires that
an annual financial statement be pub­
lished and made Jidvailable . to the
membership, and that at least once in
every four yearsmn actuarial survey
or evaluation report be made and
submitted to all participating .em­
ployers. The actuaries for the system
are currently engaged in making t l g fe
evaluation surveSvhich will be based
on the financial statement as of June
30, 1949, and which should be avail­
able for distribution late this year.
As employes, employers;,and all of
us for that matter, become more f?jg
miliar with our accounting .prSg]
dures, it is to be expected that we
may be able to get out this financial
statement a little^sooner than has
been possible in the past, bu||B |
doubtful if it will ever be available
short of from .eight to ten months
after the end of the fiscal year in
question.
Veterans’ Activities
By LARRY QUINLIN
Dept. of Veterans Affairs
Many state employes will be num­
bered among those scheduléd for call
into the armed forces as a result
of the war in Korea. When that time
comes they will naturally be con­
cerned about such problems as in­
come, the support of their families
while they are in service, keeping up
payments on the home and car, med­
ical care for the wife and children,
insurance, compensation in the event
of disability, and a lot of other mat­
ters, not the least of which is the
question of whether their jobs will
await them on their return.
The Oregon State Department of
Veterans’ Affairs has turned its at­
tention this month to answering some
of these important questions in a
special issue of the “Oregon Veterans’
News Letter,” which is normally de­
voted to gag^v.waig^ oM K íéfits af-
Ecting^ ^^ ^ ^^ ^nen of W or Id W ar
II and previous wars. Copi.es|of this
publication are B ailable r a the De­
partment’s offices at 305 State Li­
brary Bldg., Salem, mg|l|415 S.W.
.llthB gm ue, Portland. S'ubjects^c^v-
ered include:
Today’s armed forces pay scale. A
private with four /months’ duty, for
example, draws $80 a month basic
ps B hut until«l«B^B|Eakes
will get no family allowance. Pay ad­
vances come every two ^ a r^ ^ q w ,
instead of three'.- Altoi^^^^^^tiStmta
at $198.45 (less than two years’ serv­
ice) ^ 9 1 goes as high as $294 if he
^etsj^bugl^^earsTin.^lso, all grades
but the three lowest I may draw al-
lowance for quarters for supports of
dependents, ranging from $67.50 in
$ 150
for a general. These pay scales, and
B y m ents for foreign duty and haz­
ardous duty, aré listed in the news
letter.
Disability and death compensation.
Although the United States is not
officraH at war, injuries received “as
a direct result o^^arnéd'iS^j^Sjjiin
the Korean fighting warrant payment
of \\ W i w f 5 »plof B B b ilit y com­
pensation up BgBl!50i E B l00 percent
disability, and death incurred in ac­
tion
^^MMime -ratB
of death compensation to the widow
and children or dependent parents.
The soldier’s and sailor’s civil re­
lief act. This lBMenacnllBor the
protection of the legal and property
rights of World War II servicémen,
is again Jnjforce for today’s military
personnel. While it does not forgive
deb'ts and other obligations, it enables
the serviceman to postpone or to
lessen his debt pay^^^Es if his ability
to meet his current obligations has
been affected by reason of his serv­
ice. How to obtain proper legal as­
sistance is explained in the news
lette^H
State civil service preference and
reemployment. StateQiaw does not
presently grant .veterans’ preference
in civil service examinations to men
who enter service after Dec. 31, 1946,
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