OSEA Board Minutes
T he first m eeting of th e 1951 B oard
of D irectors w as held in the S enator
H otel in Salem on '^iturd^vS Decem
b er 16, 1950. The follow ing is.\a con
densed record of th e m inutes.
The m eeting wad; OLled to order by
P resid en t R obert M. A shby at 10:15
a.m.
P rese n t at the session w ere th e fol
low ing bffird m em b e|s: E. F. Chidsey,
Jr./¿ p a st p r g id en j l l L o B R. M anning,
secretary-r trea su rer; W heeler English,
public relatio n s director; F. Gordon
S h attuck, directo r of civil- serv ile : WiM|
la rd Law less, in su rance director; P. M..
B ran d t, law s and legislation director;
Jo e W aller, altern ate director, D istrict
No. 1, R obey R atcliffe, director, bisgi
tric t No. 2; W alter K ruger, director,
D istrict No. 3; C lyde G illm or, director,
D istrict No. 4; L. C.
D istrict No. 5.
H e a d q u a rte rs . w as re p resen ted by
F o rre st S feg'art. executive secretary,
Eugene F. Schm idt, assistant execu t e;
secretary , and Jea n B rim acom be, iS s
m in is tra tS M ^ a p ^ arraM
A fter discussion of ¡all item s bro u g h t
to th e atten tio n g f th e B oard, th e fol
low ing actionsW vere tak en ;
A pproved a m otion in stru ctin g .‘the
Law s and .Legislation! C om m ittee to
follow BB w I m endations of th e R e
tirem en t B oard as* Jong as th ey are"
in accord w ith th e policies of th e As-
socition set "up by th e council, p e r
tain in g to th e increasing of p rio r se r
vice from $2.50 to $4.00.
Discussed resolution on retirem en t
w hich called for increasing the am ount
of salary w hich th e S tate w ill m atch
to $4200. A pgrdved a mo't’i on au th o riz
ing th e
Legislation com
m ittee to w ork for state m atching to
fu ll salary w ith an option of com pro
m ising on $4200.b
In stru ct ^ p th e Law s and Legislation
com m ittee to procee^&with caution on
resolution calling for a c tu a rial equiv
alent of emnloyferJ B B B p | in re tire -
Mr. Robert Ashby, president of
OSEA for 1951, presenting Mr. William
Stiffler, first president of the OSEA
in the years 1943 and 1944, w ith the
gold membership pin which was pre
sented to the following past presidents
at the General Council banquet: A. J.
Ford, 1944; I. A. DeFrance, 1944, 1945;
Floyd Query, 1945, 1946; B jam e Erick -
sen, 1946, 1947; L. R. White, 1947, 1948;
Ed Chidsey, 1949, 1950.
m en t fu n d plys^-equal am ount from
t h B |||E || to go tontfeneficiary in ‘case
of death afte r 10 years of service but
^ ^ » e f r e tir e m e n t.
A pproved a m otion to in s tru c t, the
com m i^e’e .'/fp iu s ^ tt^ ir own discretion
on subm ission of bill to Egfgislature
w hich low ers from 15 to 10 years the
service req u irem en t for non-sjUjrice
connected disability.
In stru cted th e Law s arid Legislation
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‘c p m m it^ e' to use th e ir discretion on
subm ission of a bill to provide for re
tirem en t afte r 30 years of service and
before 60 years of age.
D eferred action? on fiHvil S ervice R e-