solution No. 1 u n til such tim e as action
w ould seem m ore appropriate.
P assed a m otion endorsing the p rin
cipal involved in R etirem ent Resolu
tion, R-22, providing for S tate p ay
m ent of contributions to th e re tire
m ent fu n d for em ployes in m ilitary
service, and in stru cted the com m ittee
to use its best judgm ent in assisting
in th e enactm ent of an act w hich 'w ill
be practicable in effecting th e resblu-
tion.
Cast a unanim ous ballot for Mr.
Lyle S acre for th e positionLof a lte r
n ate director, D istrict No. 2.
A ppointed Mr. South w ick chairm an
of a com m ittee to completò retirem en t
p rogram for OSEA staff.
R eferred Civil S e r v i c S Resolution
CS 13, to am end V eteran’s ’p re fere n ce
clause of the Civil Service Law to in
clude v eteran s! of p resen t conflict to
th e Legislative Com m ittee for action.
R eferred "resolution asking Legisla
tu re to provide em ergency funds for
in terim salary in c re a s |f| to the E x
ecutive S ecretary for action, at his
discretion.
R eferred salaries and w ag g llre solu-
tion, SW 18, continuing th e « w sbffiof
lining increase beyond M arch 1, 1950,
to th e Legislative Com m ittee for ac
tion.
A pproved m otion referrin g resolu
tion increasing salaries of State offic
ials w h ere set by statute, to the Legis
lativ e C om m ittee for action.
Passed a m otion instructing the Leg
islative C om m ittee to carry out resolu
tion calling for an increase in mileage
allow ance for p riyam ly owned cars
from 6 cents to 8 cents a mile.
F eferred R esolution R 7, providing
fo r spouse in case of d |||H b e f o r è re
tirem en t to E xecutive S jHyeta ry and
L egislative C oinm ittee for action.
’ In stru cted th e Legislative I C om m it
tee to ca rry out the intent offeesb'lù-
tion R-16, asking S tate to absorb ad
m in istrative costs of re tir,eB m lf|p ro -
gram .
A m ended A rticle IV, Section 5, of
the C onstitution to read “unless elect-
ted as a delegate or as an im m ediately
re tire m en t officer or district director,
a m em ber shall not be O hgibl p W w W i old
office during the succeeding fiscal
y e a r, except as otherw ise provided.”
A m ended A rticle VI, Section 1, by
adding (c) an im m ediately re tirin g of
ficer or district director.
A ppointed Jack N orton a s C hairm an
pro tern of I Insurance;.. C o m m l S in
Mr. Law less’s absence in th e service.
D eferred action, on th e balance of
resolutions passed by th e G eneral
Council u n til the n e x t m eeting of the
B oard of Directors.^'?
Traffic Violations
During 1950
Oregon courts found motorW fem cle
operators g u ilty |o f 37,676 ‘,tr‘^ S viola
tions during 1950, S ecretary of S tate
E arl T,
rep o rted today'; A n
other 2,935 d rivers h a d th e ir licenses
revoked afte r court convictions of
.driving w hile in W ^ ig ® d £ negligent
homicide, m anslaughte^ g B t and ru n
and other sim ilar serious charges.
J ^ ^ ^ ^ w ^ O ^ g o n law , N e w b r y s a id ,
|||s g ^ w f f « f o r these offenses is m an-
datory.
T 1 ^ 1 9 M figures show a slight de
c e a s e from 19.49 in th e 'm ^ allall num -
ber of violations, b u t an increase in
t h ^ i u m l f g of revocations for serious
traffic offenses. C ourts are required
by law to re p o rt convictions for tra f-
fic offenses to the secretary of state.
The breakdow n show"s^>2,^04 revoca-
tions for driving w hile intoxicated, 274
for driving w hile o p erato r’s license
was suspended, 241 for driving while
operator’s license w as revoked,- 2 for
in^gli^ent hom icide, 2 for m anslau'gh-
ter, 6 for g ran d th e ft a n d 6 for hit
a n d ru n accidents involving personal
injury.
In addition to the revocations, 724
suspensions of d riv in g p r iv ile ^ S ; w ere
m eted out upon court B|rosg®tion .ctnd
recom m endation or action b y the sec
re ta ry ’s office.
T w e n ty six d riv e rs w ith re c o rd s of
repeated O :c i| g » | h ad their- licenses
suspended after exam inations and in
te rv ie w s indicated they w ere “accid
ent prone?’;
We are a lw g B j||im for o u r suspicion
by. finding wheal! we suspect.
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