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Nominating Committee Reports
In accordance with the provisions
of the Constitution of the Associa-
tion, the Executive Committee at
its meeting on July 21, 1942, selected
a Nominating Committee consisting
of former presidents of the Associa-
tion as follows: William F. McDo-
nough, Chairman, Mrs. Beulah
Bailey Thull and John A. Cromie.
The nominating Committee, after
giving full consideration to all facts
and petitions presented to it by in-
dividual members and groups of
members, filed with the Secretary of
the Association on August 15, 1942,
the following report:
Nominating Committee Report
“The undersigned Nominating
Committee as selected by the
ecutive Committee at its meeting
July 21, 1942, having considered all
matters coming before it relative to
candidates for the year 1943, respect-
fully submits the following candi-
dates for offices and membership on
the executive committee for the year
1943:
Officers
For President, Harold J. Fisher, De-
partment of State
For First Vice-President, Charles L.
Campbell, Department of Civil
Service
For Second Vice-President, John L.
Livingstone, Hudson River State
Hospital, Poughkeepsie
For Third Vice-President, J. Earl
Kelly, Department of Taxation
and Finance
For Secretary, Janet Macfarlane, De-
partment of Mental Hygiene
For Treasurer, Earl P. Pfannebecker,
Department of Taxation and Fi-
nance.
Executive Committee
Department of Agriculture and Mar-
kets—William F. McDonough
Department of Audit and Control—
Benjamin F, Newell
Department of Banking—Elizabeth
Staley
September
Department of Civil Service—Helen
H. Houle
Department of Conservation—Ar-
thur S. Hopkins
Department of Correction—Harry
Fritz
Department of Education—Wayne
W. Soper
Department of Executive—Charles
H. Foster
Department of Health—Clifford C.
Shoro
Department of Insurance—Harry S.
Deevey
Department of Labor—Christopher
J. Fee
Department of Labor—Francis C,
Maher
Department of Mental Hygiene—
Patrick J. McCormack
Department of Public Service—Wil-
liam J. Hunt
Department of Public Works—Ed-
ward J. Ramer
Department of Social Welfare—Jesse
B. McFarland
Department of State—Harold J.
Fisher
Department of Taxation and Fi-
nance—John A. Cromie.
“Signed by: Beulah Bailey Thull,
John A. Cromie and William F. Mc-
Donough, Chairman; Nominating
Committee.
“Dated, August 15, 1942.”
Provisions of the Association’s
Constitution relative to the nomina-
tion and election of officers and
members on the executive committee
with which all Association members
should be familiar are:
“Section 2, Independent Nomi-
nations. Nominations for officers
may be made, subscribed with the
names of not less than ten per cent
of the eligible members of the Asso-
ciation, and nominations for mem-
bers of the Executive Committee may
also be made subscribed with the
names of not less than ten per cent
of the eligible members in the de-
partment making such nomination,
and the names of such candidates
shall be printed on the official ballot,
if such nominations are filed with
the Secretary not less than thirty
days prior to the annual meeting.”
Annual Meeting and Election
“Section 3. Officers and members
of the Executive Committee shall be
elected by ballot at the annual meet-
ing which will be deemed to con-
tinue from nine o'clock A.M. to
eight o’clock P.M. on the third Tues-
day of each October. When the meet-
ing is not actually convened, the
headquarters of the Association shall
be open to receive properly prepared
ballots either by mail or in person
from any cligible member of the
Association. Ballots with the names
of all duly nominated candidates
printed thereon shall be distributed
in the official magazine or other-
wise made available to members at
all offices or locations designated by
the Executive Committee, at least
ten days prior to the Annual Meet-
ing date. The ballots or the enve-
lopes in which ballots are enclosed
by the member shall be marked ‘bal-
lot,’ and such envelope or ballots
shall also bear the signature of the
member and the name of the de-
partment in which he is employed.”
Board of Canvassers
“Section 4, The Executive Com-
mittee shall appoint a Board of Can-
vassers of at least three members of
the Association to determine the ya-
lidity of nominating petitions and
to count the ballots. The persons re-
ceiving the greatest number of votes
for the respective offices or positions
shall be duly elected for the ensuing
year. Any person whose name is
printed on the ballot may be present
during the canvass of the ballots, In
case of a tie vote, a new ballot shall
be taken under rules established by
the Executive Committee.”
State Workers’ Service
With appropriately impressive
ceremonies a service Hag, honoring
all State employees serving with the
Nation’s armed forces, was dedi-
cated on September 4th. The flag
was presented by the Association,
and will hang continuously from
the second floor balcony over the
front steps of the State Capitol for
the duration of the war. Governor
Herbert H. Lehman made the dedi-
cation address and the flag was un-
furled by Mrs. Lehman, The flag
now shows that 3,452 State employ-
ces from all branches of State gov-
ernment are in military service, and
this figure will be changed from
time to time as the number increases.
‘The ceremony itself was preceded
by patriotic carillon music by Floyd
Walters, played from the Albany
City Hall Tower, during which de-
tachments of the State Guard and
Military Police Unit stationed in Al-
bany, as well as uniformed repre-
sentatives of the U. §. Navy, Army,
arines and Coast Guard, the State
Police, veteran organizations and
other groups were orderly arranged
about the Capitol steps. National,
State and military flags were carried
by color bearers and guards wearing
the uniform of their respective mili-
tary unit. All in all the gathering
presented a very colorful spectacle.
The ceremonies were broadcast
over Radio Station WABY, Al-
bany, and loud speakers were ar-
ranged so that the entire program
would be audible to the hundreds of
State workers, who, in spite of the
rainy weather, gathered in front of
the Capitol to witness the proceed-
ings.
The Association’s Service Flag
Committee, appointed by President
Harold J. Fisher, which arranged
the outstandingly successful event,
included: William F. McDonough,
Chairman, Assistant Director, Divi-
sion of Milk Control, Department
of Agriculture and Markets; James
J. Mahoney, Acting Secretary to the
Governor; John J. McNulty, Super-
intendent of Division of Public
Buildings, Public Works Depart-
ment; Thomas E. Stowell, Assistant
Director of Public Health Educa-
tion, Health Department; Capt.
George P. Dutton, Assistant Super-
intendent of State Police; Col. Fred-
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erick A. Thiessen, Assistant Adju-
tant General, State of New York;
Arthur F. Maloy, Senior Budget Ex-
aminer, Division of the Budget; and
John Burgin, Head Account Clerk
in the Department of Public Works,
As the ceremonies opened, Miss
Annette McCullough, of the Bureau
of Motor Vehicles, a well-known
radio artist, sang “A Soldier
Dreams,” accompanied on the piano
by John VanLack of the Division of
the Budget. State department heads
and officials then proceded down the
front steps of the Capitol and took
their places. Governor and Mrs.
Lehman, accompanied by Brigadier
General Ames T. Brown and a mili-
tary escort, proceded to the platform
from which the ceremonies ensued.
Mr. McDonough introduced the
Very Rev. Henry W. Roth, Dean of
the Cathedral of All Saints, who
represented the Protestant Diocese;
Rabbi Bernard J. Bamberger, Con-
gregation Beth Emeth, representing
the Jewish Diocese; and Rev. Wil-
liam H. Hunt, pastor of St. John’s
Church, representing the Catholic
Diocese; each of whom offered a
brief prayer for the employces in
military service. Father Hunt wore
the uniform of a U. S, Army Chap-
lain, as he was scheduled to leave
for military service immediately fol-
lowing the dedication ceremonies.
President Fisher's Remarks
Governor Lehman was introduced
by President Fisher who said:
“These Capitol steps have been the
scene of many patriotic and stirring
events. In 1918, Governor Alfred
E. Smith here presented medals to
members of the State service who
distinguished themselves in the First
World War fight for freedom—a
war nobly won. Today we gather in
solemn ceremony to pay tribute to
many of our fellow workers now de-
parted on another crusade to pre-
serye human freedom.
“The first World War was a
mighty struggle. It tried the souls
of civilized peoples and found them
true. Today’s conflict is another
great trial. It finds the soul of
America bravely alert. It, too will
be won with honor.
“The Association, of which I
have the honor to be President, has
been, I am proud to say, in the fore
front of the citizenry devoted to
making America strong. The files
of the President of the United States
and the records of Congress contain
copies of a resolution passed by our
Association in 1940 urging prepared-
ness and cooperation with the forces
of freedom throughout the world
and pledging our wholehearted sup-
port to such action.
“The flag we unfurl today is a
symbol of the answer of our fellow-
workers to re-establish God’s King-
dom and justice on earth and also
of our love and respect for our fel-
low-workers now and hereafter as-
signed to active war efforts.
“This flag is well made. It is
tough and strong of fibre and fabric.
It represents our fighting brothers
whose entry into the armed forces
of the Nation it commemorates.
They are strong of spirit and heart.
But as the flowers ‘that wreath the
sword makes not the blade less
strong’ so we recall these men for
their peaceful virtues and their good
services to their State and society.
May they soon return to these ways.
“With deep feeling we sadly
record that at least two of these stars
of blue have already changed to
gold.
“Long before Pearl Harbor, the
esteemed Governor of this State
foresaw the gathering storm and ex-
tended himself to meet it. There-
fore, it is not only a great pleasure
but most fitting and gratifying to
the Association that he, our State
Commander-in-Chief, and our gra-
cious First Lady, Mrs. Lehman, shall
dedicate and unfurl our service
flag.”
Governor Lehman’s Address
The following is Governor Leh-
man’s address at the dedication:
“This is a very proud moment for
me. It is a high honor to be privi-
leged as Chief Executive of the State
to dedicate this Service Flag to the
brave men and women in the State
service who have entered the armed
forces of our country.
“More than 3,400 Civil Service
employees of the State have already
left their civilian posts to enter mili-
tary service. We, the other servants
of the State, who must remain at
our civil task are proud of our fel-
low workers who fight on the battle
The State Employee
Flag Dedicated Sept. 4th
fronts for the survival of our coun-
try and for the preservation of the
freedoms which alone make life
worth living. We know that they
will give their utmost in toil, hard-
ship and suffering and, in some
cases, in life itself. Wherever they
may be, whatever duty calls them,
they will carry with them our loyal
affection and our high gratitude.
On behalf of all the people of the
State I send them a message of ap-
preciation, loyalty and goodwill.
“J am proud too that thousands
of other civil servants, who have not
been able to enter the armed forces
because of age or dependency or
physical disability are in every de-
partment of State government car-
rying on their own work and fre-
quently the work of those who have
left, with impressive vigor and in-
dustry and det ion. Great
added respon: ies have been
placed on them, Increased demands
on their time and effort have been
made, They have loyally met every
sponsibility and every demand.
They re that if democracy as
we know it is to survive, we on the
home front must maintain our stan-
dards of government and back up
to the fullest extent possible the men
and women who are risking their
lives every day on the field of battle.
“We meet here at a time of dire
danger and stress in American life.
Our very existence is threatened by
attack both on the Pacific and on the
Atlantic by ruthless, power-crazed
enemies who respect neither the
laws of God nor of man. The pre-
servation of civilization itself hangs
in the balance. Nazism and freedom
cannot live side by side. We must
win this war or become slaves. We
must win this war or freedom will
disappear utterly from the face of
the earth. There cannot be any com-
promise until we have carried
through the task we have under-
taken. Men cannot compromise with
the forces of evil.
“We must recognize that there
are grave and bitter days ahead.
Suffering and death are inevitable.
No one of us can escape paying a
price in life and limb or in tears and
suffering.
“We have had a lot of bad news.
Let us face that fact without equi-
September
vocation. We are going to suffer
other black discouragements. Let
us concede that too.
“I am confident, however, that
we can and will win this war if we
face the situation courageously and
honestly and act as brave and deter-
mined men not only on the battle-
field but on the home front.
“But we will win only if each
citizen in each country of the United
Nations is bound closely to his fel-
low citizens in a common compel-
ling cause and if each nation is
linked with every other nation fight-
ing for freedom, justice and security,
in an unshakeable determination to
smash Hitler and his allies. We only
delude and render ourselves impo-
tent if we continue to think that
victory will come easily. Wishful
thinking is not going to help us.
Wishful thinking is not going to
break the enemy. Victory will come
to us only if we are joined together
in a common resolve so great that
it cannot be weakened, and by a
purpose so high that it cannot be
questioned. Nazism and Fascism
and all other evil works must be
destroyed and wiped utterly from
the face of the earth. I am certain
that this is the spirit of America.
I am confident that each one of us
Mrs. Herbert H. Lehman unfurls the service flag, as Governor Lehman,
Brigadier General Ames T. Brown, Association President Harold J. Fisher,
and Chairman of the Service Flag Committee William F. McDonough, and
representatives of the Nation’s armed forces look on.
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will see our task through, regardless
of effort or cost or sacrifice. We will
carry through to a successful con-
clusion the holy task to which we
have pledged our lives, our fortunes
and our sacred honor. We will not
falter; we will not draw back.
“Thirty-four hundred of our fel-
low workers in the State service are
risking their lives on many fronts in
this crucial struggle for the life of
our beloved country. Lip service
and glib expressions of admiration
for them are not enough. They will
get us nowhere. We in the State
service and all the millions of other
loyal men and women throughout
the Nation who cannot serve on the
battle fronts must dedicate their lives
to an unshakeable and militant sup-
port of our just and holy cause.
“We must serve with hearts and
minds and souls and hands. We
must shrink from no sacrifice; we
must be dismayed by no risk; we
must refuse no responsibility or ef-
fort. Like our brothers and sisters
who have gone forth to war we must
give our all. And we must give all
in no grudging spirit but willingly,
nay eagerly. I am absolutely con-
fident that that will always be the
spirit of the splendid men and wo-
men in the State service, with many
of whom I have had the great privi-
lege of working for fourteen years,
ae to whom I shall always be grate-
ul.
“With the help of God we shall
persevere to the end of the hard
road, confident that if we do our
duty victory will come to us and to
our allies. And when that happy
time comes, as it surely will come,
we will again build a world of peace
and justice and goodwill among na-
tions and individuals—a world of
security in which every man may
worship his God according to the
dictates of his conscience, and in
which he will be able to think and
to speak and to act as he sees fit, so
long as he does not use his freedom
or his strength to injure his neigh-
bor.
“That is the cause for which our
fathers fought in °76.
“That is the cause for which we
older men fought a quarter of a
century ago.
“That is the cause for which our
sons are fighting now.
“On behalf of my fellow State
workers and myself, I give a solemn
pledge to the men and women who
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have temporarily gone from our
ranks and in whose honor we are
dedicating this Flag today, that we
will never fail them.”
When Governor Lehman’s ad-
dress ended, Mrs. Lehman and Presi-
dent Fisher ascended the Capitol
steps to the second floor landing, and
Mrs. Lehman pulled a cord which
automatically unfurled the flag. The
ceremonies were concluded by the
singing of the “Star Spangled Ban-
ner,” led by Miss McCullough.
The service flag itself is about
18’ x 15’, white with a wide red
border. The numerals representing
the employees in military service are
formed of blue stars on the white
center of the flag. The numerals pre-
sently appearing on the flag are
“3452.” To secure this total Presi-
dent Fisher wrote to the head of
each State Department, institution,
commission and authority, to the
Senate and Assembly, asking that
the Association be advised at the
end of each month as to the accu-
mulative total of employees of each
State agency in the armed forces.
Each agency is also requested to ad-
vise as to the names of employees
who die in military service so that
each such employee may be properly
honored by the placing of a gold
star on the service flag. The Asso-
ciation seeks the cooperation of de-
partments and institutions in this
matter so that the numerals in the
service flag may be revised properly
and that due homage may be paid
to all State workers devoting their
time and effort, and even their lives
if necessary, to protect the Ameri-
can way of life.
The service flag was procured and
presented in accordance with a re-
solution adapted by the Executive
Committee of the Association at
their meeting on July 21st.
The 3,452 total employees in mili-
tary service is broken down into de-
partments and institutions as fol-
lows:
Dept. of Agriculture & Markets.. 21
Dept. of Audit & Control 55
Dept. of Banking oy)
Dept. of Civil Service B
Dept. of Conservation (Proper). 59
Long Island State Park Com... 12
Niagara Frontier St. Pk. Com. 4
Alleghany State Park Com... 4
Finger Lakes St. Pk, Com....... 18
Taconic State Park Com. 8
Cent. N. Y. St. Pk. Com.......... 1
Thous. Is. St. Park Com. 3
Dept. of Correction (Proper)...... 8
Albion St. Training School...... 1
Attica State Prison . 18
Auburn State Prison. Seeareiny 10)
Matteawan State Hospital........ 55
Westfield State Farm... 4
Great Meadow Prison.............. 13
Dannemora State Hospital...... 13
Elmira State Reformatory....... 8
Napanoch State Institute.........._ 9
Clinton Prison aD
Sing Sing Prison 32
W. Coxsackie St. Institute... 17
Walkill State Prison , 8
Woodbourne State Prison........ 20
Dept. of Education (Proper)...... 23
Albany Teachers College 3
Buffalo Teachers College 1
Oswego Teachers College 1
Plattsburg Teachers College... 1
Potsdam ‘Teachers College..... 1
Ithaca College of Agriculture., 47
Ithaca Veterinary College........ 3
Ithaca College of Home Econ. 1
State College of Forestry &}
State College of Ceramics 1
Agricul. Experiment Station... 9
Merchant Marine Academy... 19
Farmingdale Agricul. School. 4
Executive Chamber vows
Div. of Parole 13
. of Alcoholic Bey. Con..... 15
of Standards & Purchase 3
. of State Police 164
iv. of Military & Naval Aff. 42
iv. of Commerce 6
. of the Budget. yn)
Dept. of Health (Proper)... 41
Div. of Lab, & Research. 33)
Buffalo Health Institute 10
Homer Folks Hospital... 1
Hermann Biggs Hospital... 3
Ray Brook Hospital.......0.0... 15
Mt. Morris Hospital... 4
W. Haverstraw Recon. Home 11
Dept. of Insurance
Dept. of Labor (Propet)... 40
Div. of Unemploy. Ins.........188
State Insurance Fund 83
Bd. of Stand, & Appeals... 2
Labor Relations Board.......... 3
Dept. of Men. Hygiene (Proper) 2
Binghamton State Hospital... 57
Brooklyn State Hospital............138
Buffalo State Hospital ............. 46
Cent. Islip State Hospital........146
Gowanda State Hospital. 60
Hudson River State Hospital. 136
Kings Park State Hospital .....120
Manhattan State Hospital........ 46
Marcy State Hospital................ 59
Middletown State Hospital...... 50
Rochester State Hospital 72
St. Lawrence State Hospital... 44
(Continued on Page 196)
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WAR BONDS
TO BE AWARDED
IN “BETTER BUSINESS IN STATE GOVERNMENT” CONTEST
At the March 3rd meeting of the
ecutive Committee of the Asso-
ciation the following resolution was
adopted unanimously:
“Whereas, it is the duty of offi-
cers and employees of government to
maintain high efficiency at all times,
and
“Whereas, changes in business and
governmental needs and opportuni-
ties are occurring continually with
the expansion and growth of our
democracy, and
“Whereas, it is a fundamental
concern of this Association to saf
guard and promote the highest type
of public servic
“Therefore, Be it resolved, that
this committee directs the President
to appoint a sub-committee to study
and submit to the Executive Com-
mittee a definite plan of awards for
members of the Association who sub-
mit ideas or plans, the adoption of
which in the opinion of a proper
award group, result in increasing
the efficiency of functioning of any
bureau, division, office or depart-
ment of State government.”
Tn accordance with this resolution
President Fisher announced the ap-
pointment of the following sub-
committee; Arthur S$, Hopkins, De-
partment of Conservation, Chair-
man; William F. McDonough, De-
partment of Agriculture and Mar-
kets; and Clifford C. Shoro, Depart-
ment of Health.
‘The following plan was submitted
to the Executive Committee at its
meeting on July 2lst, and was ap-
proved and a vote of thanks was
tended to the sub-committee for
its good work:
Better Business in State Government
Contest
‘The Association of State Civil Ser-
vice Employees of the State of New
York, Inc., in order to aid in main-
taining the highest efficiency in State
government particularly during the
war period as well as permanently,
announces the following contest for
definite ideas or plans which will
promote the functioning of any bu-
September
reau, division, office or department
of State government. This contest
will be governed by the following
rules:
1. Who May Compete. Any mem-
ber of The Association of State Civil
Service Employees of the State of
New York, Inc., may compete ex-
cept officers, members of the Execu-
tive Committee or any State em-
ployee selected as a judge.
2. Awards. The Association will
award defense bonds in the face
amounts of $150, $100, and $50 re-
spectively, for the ideas or plans ad-
judged first, second and third. In
the case of ties for first, second or
third place, duplicate awards will
be made. Other meritorious sug-
gestions may receive honorable men-
tion at the discretion of the judges.
The decision of the judges will be
final.
3. Judges. All entries in this con-
test will be judged by a board of six
judges. Invited to act as judges in
the contest will be the Governor, the
State Comptroller, the Attorney
General, the Speaker of the Assem-
bly and a representative of the
Senate. The President of the Asso-
ciation will also act as a judge.
4. Judging. Entries will be judged
upon the following points:
A. Originality.
B. Need as indicated by increased
efficiency.
Accuracy in setting forth con-
ditions to be improved.
D. Clarity and completeness of
plan.
5. Length. Entries may be of any
length required to set forth the pro-
posed plan.
6. Submission. All entries must
be submitted in triplicate to the of-
fice of The Association of State Civil
Service Employees, Inc., before 5:00
P.M. (EWT) on December 31, 1942.
Manuscripts must be typewritten on
one side of the paper only, and each
one shall be signed by a nom de
plume. Attached to each entry must
be a sealed envelope endorsed on
the outside, with the title of the pro-
posed plan, the nom de plume of the
contestant, and must contain a sheet
of paper setting forth the title of the
plan, the nom de plume, the real
name, address, department and posi-
tion of the contestant. Each such
manuscript in triplicate and enve-
lope shall be submitted in a sealed
envelope or package which will be
endorsed on the outside by the As-
sociation with the date of its re-
ceipt. No such envelopes or pack-
ages will be opened until after Janu-
ary 1, 1943, and the identity of the
contestants will be kept secret until
after the judges have rendered their
decision,
7. Announcement of winners. An-
nouncements of the winners and the
presentation of awards will be made
at the annual dinner of the Associa-
tion in Albany during the winter of
1943. Subsequent to the announc
ment of the winners, the winning en-
tries and any receiving honorable
mention will be referred to the head
of the department concerned. No
announcement will be made of the
names of any competitor except those
winning one of the awards men-
tioned above.
In accordance with the rules and
provisions of the contest, all members
of the Association are invited to
prepare and submit their proposals
for increased efficiency to the Asso-
ciation’s Headquarters, Room 156,
State Capitol, Albany, N. Y., before
5:00 P.M. (EWT), December 31,
1942,
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State Comptroller
The progress of the State payroll
deduction plan towards the 10%, goal
set by the Federal government con-
tinues to be slow.
During March of the present year,
purchases by employees were at the
rate of $2,880,000 a year. In July,
the last month for which comp!
data are available, the figure had in-
creased to about $4,400,000. Since
the State payrolls from all funds
amount to more than $95,000,000
annually, we are obviously—even
after making due allowance for tem-
porary employees—just about half-
way to the goal.
The reasons for this failure on the
part of State employees to respond
fully to the call of their country are
difficult to discern, While it is true
that nation-wide purchases of war
bonds have thus far fallen short of
the monthly quotas set by the Trea-
sury Department, the margin of
failure there is nowheres near as
large as it is for State employee:
New York State, as you know,
JEARY
was one of the first—and, probably,
the first—large governmental unit
in the United States to put a pay-
roll deduction plan into operation.
Apparently nothing has been neg-
lected to acquaint employees with
the benefits they will derive from
buying war bonds. It has been
repeatedly shown that _ patriotic
considerations and selfish interests
unite in making the duty to buy
war bonds one of first importance.
Can it be possible that any State em-
ployee fails to realize this now?
There is no doubt, of course, that
the average employce of the State i:
just as patriotic, just as determined
to back up his country in its fight
for freedom and security, as is any-
The lists of those now serv-
ing in the armed forces—the rolls of
honor of the various departments—
prove this. Nevertheless, for some
reason or another, the impelling
need for civilian sacrifice in order to
win out seems not to be fully under-
stood. For how else can we explain
the failure to heed the 10% call at
this time?
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Employees of any State bureau, division, department or institution should
not be content or satisfied until they qualify to be awarded the certificate pic-
tured above, which is awarded by the State Comptroller if 100%, of employees
enroll in the Comptroller’s Payroll Deduction Plan for the purchase of
War Bonds.
188
It is true that the United Nations
are not going to lose this war even
if you, or you, or even all of us fail
to buy the 10° quota of war bonds,
fixed by the government. Greater
than the inadequacies of any indi-
vidual, or group of individuals, is
the determination and will of the
people as a whole. The war must be
financed; and if one way—the vol-
untary way—fails, others will be
tried and will succeed. Of this, each
of us may be absolutely certain,
But granting all this, the effort to
sell bonds on a purely voluntary
basis is a test of and a challenge to
our democratic prov ; those very
processes, it may as well be noted
now, out of which the civil service
laws of this State haye evolved, and
by which, alone, you, your family
and your job are protected.
No one can dispute that for most
employees the loan of a substantial
part of their income to the govern-
ment represents a real sacrifice. This
is true even although the return of
loan, with interest, is absolutely
guaranteed. It is true even although,
in the long run, those who make the
immediate sacrifices to buy bonds
are going to be better off than those
who do not. For it means going
without many things that we Ame
can people have come to regard as
necessities.
And yet, what do these small sac-
rifices mean when placed beside the
mother’s sacrifice of her son; or the
soldier’s willingness to sacrifice his
life? The question answers itself,
What we civilians, shielded from
the dangers of actual combat, can
and should do to help win the war
pales into insignificance when com-
pared with the sacrifices of those di-
rectly touched by the conflict. Is
not this alone, if there were no other,
sufficient reason for us to determine
now to do the little that is asked
of us in the way of buying war
bonds?
And now a few words along dif-
ferent lines to all purchasers of
bonds. Many inquiries have been
received regarding apparent delays
in the delivery of bonds and other
similar matters. The following set
of questions and answers relating to
the more common of these inquiries
should help to clear them up:
The State Employee
Q. When will my War Bond
for which I authorized a deduc-
tion, be delivered to me?
A, It will be dated the first day of
the month in which final payment is
made, but ordinarily will not be de-
livered for several weeks thereafter.
In checking the date of the bond,
please note that deductions
the last day of any month are count-
ed as paid during the following
month, Thus, if the last payment is
made for the payroll period Septem-
ber 15-30, the bond will be dated
October Ist.
as of
Q. Why isn’t my bond deli-
vered to me directly after I am
paid? Why wait several weeks?
A. Because many payrolls do not
reach the Comptroller's Bond Unit
until some time after the close of the
payroll period. After payrolls are
received, thousands of accounts must
be credited with the deductions;
then bonds must be ordered from
the issuing Bank; and, finally, the
bonds must be issued and mailed.
All these procedures are necessary
for your protection.
Q. Does this interval between
final payment on a bond and its
delivery reduce interest?
A. No! Interest starts on the
date shown on the bond, which is
the first day of the month in which
the bond is paid for.
Q. Can't some of us call for
our bonds, thus saving registered
mail costs!
A. This would result in consider-
able confusion, as it would involve
a trip to the issuing bank and
making proper identification, all of
which would make more work.
Mailing is quicker and easier.
Who pays the cost of reg-
vd mail delivery?
A, The Federal Reserve
cost, They suggest and prefer this
method,
Q. May I have my bond sent to
my office as there is no one at
home to receive it?
A. Yes! Write to the State Comp-
troller, te Office Building, Al-
bany, making request to mail bonds
to your office address.
Q. What is the most frequent
cause of unusual delays in de-
livering bond?
September
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First of State Bureaus to receive 100°% War Bond Purchase Certificates.
In the picture above are Joseph T. Byrne, Deputy Commissioner of Social
Welfare, Dr. Edward S. Godfrey, Commissioner of Health, William J.
Doughterty, Executive Assistant to the State Comptroller, and Francis J.
Burns, Deputy State Comptroller.
A. Failure to fill out the author-
ization card properly, particularly
the name or names of the parties
to whom the bond is to be isued.
If in doubt, consult your payroll de-
partment on this point.
The Capitol's Fire Engine
Intricate enough to hold the in-
terest of any visiting firemen, the
State Capitol’s up-to-date home-
made fire engine was unveiled at
the first daytime air raid drill in the
seat of State government at Albany
Jast_ month,
State government ceased to func-
tion for twenty minutes as employees
hastened in orderly fashion to desig-
nated “safe areas“ in hallways, and
air raid wardens manned
gency posts, Cynosure of all ey
was the fire apparatus designed by
John J. McNulty, superintendent of
public buildings, and Frank Colli-
gan, chief guard.
Pushed by four employees with
Charles Murphy, captain of the fire
watch, as chief, the engine mounts
extinguishers, searchlights and hose
lines,
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That Golden Star
“Our air forces attacked enemy
positions last night. Two of our
fighters are missing”—“Only one of
our motor gunboats suffered slight
damage. Casualties were few.” The
news is brief.
Every time a man goes down
fighting, a golden star flashes in the
heavens. We try to catch the glory
of it with a golden star in our home
window or on our service flag.
We prize the gold star as a sym-
bol, It brings the old familiar foot-
steps, the laughter, the caress more
often to our minds. It will make us
more thoughtful of the living all
about us. It will help to do away
with fault-reminding and careless
hurts of comrades of the hour:
“So many little faults we find—
We see them for not blind
We see them, but if you and I
haps remember them some by and by
They will not be
Faults then, grave faults, to you and me,
But suse odd ways, mistakes, or even
less—
Remembrances to bless.
Days change so many things—yes, hours;
We see so differently in suns and
showers.
Mistaken words tonight
May be so cherished by tomorrow's light,
We may be patient, for we know
There's such a little way to go.”
Those who die in defense of our
life and liberty are sanctified by the
everlasting praise “Greater love hath
no man than that he lay down his
The State Employee
life for his friend.” No symbol we
prize is so personalized as the gold
star. The comrade it immortalizes
walks all the way with us to guide,
to counsel, to encourage. “If we
break faith—” but we shall never
break faith with those who died
whether in Flanders fields or Solo-
mon Islands, or New Guinea. We
shall not lose our way because of
the lustre of golden stars!
A golden star will be placed upon
the State workers’ service flag for
each State employee who dies in
military service.
Action — Not Words!
Only an active people could pro-
duce the abundance of words that
pile up daily on the pages of news-
papers, magazines and books in this
land of the Free. If wars were won
with words, if production were a
matter of quantity of expression, if
seeds were nourished to maturity
with printer’s ink, most of the cares
of today would be at an end.
We know, however, that action
really records more substantially
than words. We know that men of
today stepping from active career
to active career and with a ready
spirit to undertake any work re-
quired is the way to victory. Let
history be replete with words; let
the present thrill to action. We can-
not stand too much speech or too
many lines of type when what is
needed is action.
In thoughtful moments we real-
ize how easily any and every human
action may be directed with few
words, Long arguments in court,
lengthy opinions by judges, solemn
word-long sermons on virtue, pages
of political discourse—all boiled down
to conciseness and clarity of expres-
sion would be a welcome relief to
millions of Americans. There is no
doubt but that peaceful years have
led the world to too many words.
‘There is no question that we should
forego them now. This applies to
presidents and peoples alike.
‘The New Testament is not arbit-
rary in directing or teaching the
Christian Religion, yet it is brief. It
is full of apt illustrations and is
simplicity itself as compared with a
government bulletin or a columnist’s
profuseness of criticism, or a volume
of court decisions.
For those in the service of each
arm of government, national and lo-
cal, the call is to prompt, intelligent
action, day in and day out. We are
September
face to face with a situation which
calls for sacrifice. But it must not
be the kind of sacrifice that is con-
tent with words. It must be
more work, harder work—sacrifice
through effort—sacrifice through
creative action.
Tf we feel that the work we are
doing is not creative, helpful, neces-
sary, then we should not hesitate to
change to work that we honestly
believe is more constructive. If we
doubt that we are lending our ut-
most in our talent and physical
strength, then we should study and
plan to achieve such a result. This
is not the psychology of war alone.
It applies in peace as well. It is
pathetic to find the evening of life
mocking a man with the poverty of
accomplishment, and the time ele-
ment limiting any catching up. Now
is the zero hour to do—for—
“Yesterday is only a dream, and tomorrow
is only a vision;
y, well lived, makes every
Jay a dream of happiness,
morrow a Vision of
The Front Cover
Take a good look at the front
cover of this month’s issue of “The
State Employee,” for many of our
State employees may, in the not too
distant future, be availing them-
selves of the same type of transporta-
tion facilities as are the attractive,
“easy to look at” bicycling models.
Take it from these young ladies,
who are actually State employees—
Alma Duffy of the Department of
Audit and Control (on the front
seat of the bike), and Marguerite
“Connie” Condon of the Bureau of
Motor Vehicles, that bicycling to
work is refreshingly healthful, and
besides, it’s patriotic in these days of
tire and gasoline rationing.
Throughout the State these days,
State employees are doing their
patriotic bit, and getting to work as
of yore despite the strict rationing
program. Thousands are cooperating
in the “Share-the-ride” program
with fellow State employees and
neighbors, who are fortunate enough
to have a fairly up-to-date car and
tires to match.
Thousands of others, in the larger
cities, are riding to work standing
on crowded buses which formerly
had always afforded them seats. Still
others have wheeled out their victory
bikes, just as have the Misses Dufly
and Condon on the front cover. It
is also reported that several State
workers now roller-skate to work,
but this may not be advisable for all
employees.
The girls assure us that it’s a lot
of fun, and much more conducive
to a healthful complexion than any
of the lures the cosmetic shops hold
out. Although our models on the
front cover are taking their chances
by wearing the “real things,” the
old bane of the girl bicyclist has
even been solved—the run in the
silk stocking. Many sport “liquid
stockings,” which leads us to wonder
just what other changes this old war
is destined to bring about.
When it was reported that the
Misses Duffy and Condon were cyc-
ling to work, Tom Stowell, our well
known entertainment and publicity
arranger for the Association, was
asked if he could get a picture for
our Front Cover. As you can see,
Tom came through with “some-
thing.” The photo was taken by
William Kennedy, cameraman on
the staff of the State Health Depart-
ment.
Ballots In Next Issue
Ballots for use of members of the
Association in voting for officers and
members of the Executive Commit-
tee for 1942 will be printed in the
October issue of “The State Em-
ployee.”
Members are urged to use their
voting franchise. It must be remem-
bered that the success of the Asso-
ciation in securing the improvements
in working conditions sought by its
members depends always upon an
active membership and _ intelligent
leadership democratically selected,
Upon receiving your October issue
of “The State Employee,” use the
ballots contained therein and send
them to Association Headquarters
promptly. Urge your fellow em-
ployees to do likewise.
WIN WAR BONDS
“Better Business in
State Government”
Contest
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Story of State Government
DIV. of MILITARY and NAVAL AFFAIRS
CHAPTER XXIV:
The following is the twenty-
fourth and final chapter of a
series of articles devoted to
New York State Government.
This series is in charge of our
Editorial Board Member, A.
K. Getman, of the State Edu-
cation Department Staff. This
story is being published in
book form by the Association,
as explained elsewhere in this
By Bric. Gen. Ames T. Brown
The Adjutant General, State of
New York
As the President of the United
States is Commander-in-Chief of all
the armed forces of the country, so
the Governor is Commander-in-
Chief of all the armed forces of the
State. The Adjutant General serves
not only as Chief of Staff for the
Governor as Commander-in-Chief
but in his capacity as advisor to him
on military and naval affairs serves
also in the capacity of Secretary of
War and Secretary of the Navy of
the State. All orders, directives, etc.,
are issued by him “by command of
the Governor.”
‘The appointment and duties of
‘The Adjutant General are prescribed
by the constitution and laws of the
State. The constitution provides that
the Governor shall appoint The Ad-
jutant General and the law prescribes
his qualifications and duties. Brief-
ly, he must be a commissioned of-
ficer of the National Guard of the
State and by virtue of his office shall
have the rank of Brigadier General
but if he has held the rank of Brig-
adier General in the National Guard
of the State for a period of not less
than five years, three of which have
been served as Adjutant General, the
Governor may at his discretion and
with the consent of the Senate pro-
mote him to the rank of Major
General.
The duties of The Adjutant Gen-
eral are:
1, He shall superintend the pre-
paration of all returns and reports
required by the United States of the
State.
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2. He shall keep a register of all
the land and naval forces of the
State and file all records and papers
pertaining thereto.
3. He shall cause to be prepared
and issued all books, forms, etc.,
necessary for proper administration
of the armed forces,
4. He is charged with the safe-
keeping and repairing of all arms,
ordnance and equipment of the mili-
tary and naval forces belonging to
the State or issued to it by the United
States,
To carry out his functions the law
provides that The Adjutant General
Mes T. Brown
Adjutant General
shall have such assistants, clerks, em-
ployees and laborers as may be neces-
sary who shall be appointed by him
and removable at his discretion.
‘The present organization of The
Adjutant General’s Department is:
The Assistant Adjutant General,
Executive Officer.
An Assistant Adjutant General in
charge of equipment and supply.
The Finance Bureau.
The Personnel Bureau.
‘The Bureau of Grounds and Struc-
tures.
The Bureau of Veterans
Soldiers Affairs.
and
The War Records Bureau.
The Bureau of World War Rec-
ords.
The Bureau of Files, Mail and
Distribution.
The functions of these officers and
bureaus are quite clearly indicated by
their titles and any detailed analysis
of their functions would be super-
fluous.
Aside from the day to day fune-
tioning of the department in carry-
ing on the present operations of the
armed forces of the State, it must be
borne in mind that records made
and maintained there are to a very
great extent of a permanent char-
acter, not for use just today but for
generations to come. ‘This requires
a high degree of accuracy in their
preparation and careful handling
and storage, as certain of these rec-
ords once lost or destroyed cannot
be replaced. It is likewise nec
that these records be so main
that they are immediately a
for reference, otherwise their value
is materially lessened, This fact has
been particularly demons
the entry of this country into the
war; thousands of men who were in-
ducted into Federal service, by Presi-
dential Executive Order, or who
have since joined the armed forces
through the Selective Service Sys-
tem or otherwise and who had had
prior service in the New York Na-
tional Guard, have called upon this
department for records of such ser-
vice. If such records could not have
been furnished the former members
of the armed forces of the State
would have been placed at a serious
disadvantage as regards their Fed-
eral service,
Upon the nomination of Governor
Herbert H. Lehman, President Roose-
velt appointed Brigadier General
Ames T. Brown, the present Adju-
tant General, State Director of Se-
lective Service for the State of New
York, in which capacity he was in-
ducted into Federal service on Octo-
ber 7, 1940. Since his induction Gen-
eral Brown has served in the dual
capacity of Director of Selective Ser-
vice and as Adjutant General of the
State,
The State Employee
Civil Service Notes
By Treropore Becker
New York State Department of
Civil Service
Pay Differentials
According to a recent decision by
the Court of Appeals, a public em-
ployee who enlisted in the United
States Marine Corps Reserve after
the war was declared, but prior to
April 2, 1942, with full knowledge
that he would be ordered to report
for active service immediately upon
enlistment was held entitled, never-
theless, to receive the pay difleren-
tial provided under Section 245 of
the Military Law. (Williams v.
Walsh). The Court decided also
that departmental orders prohibiting
such enlistment without _ consent
could not bar such pay differential.
Still undecided by the higher
courts is the matter of pay differen-
tials for public employees who, after
service as draftees, were released
from active duty and placed in the
Enlisted Reserve Corps prior to
April 2, 1942, and who were there-
after ordered back into active service.
‘Two lower courts have rendered con-
flicting de on the right of such
persons to receive pay different
Substitute Appointments
Recent amendments to the Mili-
tary Law (Section 246, subdivision
3) and to the Civil Service Rules
(Rule VIII-12) have clarified the
manner of filling military leave va-
cancies by substitute appointments
and the rights and privileges of such
appointees, Substitute appointments
are made on a temporary basis not
to extend beyond the period of the
military leave of the permanent em-
ployee whose position is filled. This
period may extend beyond the ter-
mination of the war where the per-
manent employee's enlistment ex-
tends beyond the end of the war.
Appointment must be made from
appropriate preferred or promotion
lists, if such lists are available. Where
no appropriate preferred or promo-
tion lists are in existence, the ap-
pointing officer or body may eithe;
(a) use the appropriate open compe-
titive lists, or (b) nominate persons
in the direct promotional line for
non-competitive examinations by the
State Civil Service Commission.
September
In the absence of any appropriate
lists, substitute appointments may be
made by the selection of any persons
nominated by the appointing officer
or body and found qualified by the
Commission after non-competitive
examination, Should an appropriate
eligible list become available after a
substitute (not appointed from a
list) has been appointed, he need not,
at the discretion of the appointing
officer or body, be discharged to
make a place for a person on the
eligible li
‘The salaries of substitute appoint-
ees, On appointment, cannot be
greater than the salary being received
by the lowest paid employee recciy-
ing less than the “Feld-Hamilton”
minimum, nor can it exceed the
minimum salary of the grade, ex-
cept as otherwise provided by sec-
tion 41 of the Civil Service Law. A
substitute employee, however, is en-
titled to receive the same annual in-
crements in his substitute position
that are provided for the permanent
employee.
A permanent employee who is
given a substitute appointment,
whether in his own or in another de:
partment, entitled to receive a
mandatory leave of absence from his
permanent position for the duration
of his substitute appointment. In
addition, he is entitled to the same
rights and privileges he would have
been entitled to receive if he had
continued to serve in his permanent
position, and such substitute appoint-
ment cannot prejudice his rights
with reference to promotion, trans-
fer, reinstatement or retention in the
service.
Persons interested in substitute ap-
pointments, who, in the past, ha’
indicated their unwillingness to ac-
cept ordinary temporary appoint-
ments from eligible lists should ad-
vise the State Civil Service Commi
sion that they wish to be considered
for temporary substitute appoint-
ments.
Temporary War Appointments
Following the lead of the United
States Civil Service Commission,
the New York State Civil Service
Commission has adopted a rule
(Rule VILA) authorizing “tempo-
rary war appointments” not to ¢x-
tend beyond six months after the
termination of the war. Such ap-
pointments must be especially au-
thorized by the Commission and
can be granted only in cases where
vacancies occur in positions requir-
ing special physical, technical or edu-
cational qualifications. Before such
authorization will be allowed by the
Commission, satisfactory evidence
must be presented that competitive
examinations or competitive cligible
lists will not produce personnel of
the standard of quality obtainable
under normal conditions. Temporary
war appointments are made in the
same manner as substitute appoint-
ments. A permanent employee oc-
cupying a position to which the Civil
Service Rules apply, who accepts a
temporary war appointment with
the consent of his present appoint-
ing officer, must be granted a leave
of absence from his former position
until the termination of such ap-
pointment, and the temporary ya-
cancy resulting from this leave of
absence can be filled only on a tem-
porary basis for a like period.
Military Leaves
The Attorney-General has ren-
dered several formal opinions re-
cently relating to military leaves of
absence under Section 246 of the
Military Law.
In his opinion of July 7, 1942, it
was held that public employees who
become members of the Women’s
Army Auxiliary Corps are entitled
to be protected in their civil service
employment and rights under Sec-
tion 246 of the Military Law. ‘This
means that such employees must be
given mandatory leaves of absence
for the duration of their military ser-
vice in the WAACS and must be
reinstated if they make demand for
reinstatement within sixty days after
their discharge. In other words, wo-
men in the public service who join
the WAACS have the same protec-
tion as men who enlist in or are in-
ducted into the regular army. No
formal opinion has been rendered
regarding the status of public em-
ployees who join the WAVES.
In an opinion rendered on July
3, 1942, the Attorney-General ruled
that members of the Army Specialist
Corps will not be engaged in the
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performance of military duty as de-
fined in the Military Law, and,
therefore, are not entitled to the man-
datory leaves of absence accorded to
the WAACS and other members of
the Federal armed forces. However,
since the Army Specialist Corps will
be in the employ of the Federal gov-
ernment, they are eligible to receive
renewable one year leaves of ab-
sence, provided for in Civil Service
Rule XVI-1b, in the discretion of the
appointing officer or body and with
the approval of the Budget Director.
On August 24, 1942, the Attorney
General held that while members of
the U. S. Coast Guard Reserves who
are ordered to active duty as per-
forming military duty under the pro-
visions of Section 246 of the Military
Law, so as to entitle them to leaves
of absence from public employment,
members of the Coast Guard Aux-
iliary who absent themselves to per-
form active duty are not so entitled.
The Coast Guard Auxiliary is ex-
pressly declared by law to be a non-
military organization. However,
leaves of absence for the periods coy-
ering the tours of active duty of
members of the auxiliary can be
granted by appointing officers or
bodies with the consent of the Bud-
get Director under Civil Service
Rule XVI-1b.
Public employees who absent
themselves from their public em-
ployment to work in war industries
are not entitled to military leaves of
absence as a right, although such
leaves may be granted under Civil
Service Rule XVI, according to an
opinion of the Attorney General
dated August 19, 1942. Such leaves
may be granted to temporary em-
ployees in the exempt class but “such
leave would not continue in exis-
tence a position of a temporary char-
acter where the need for such ser-
vices subsequently ceases to exist.”
Seniority for Lay-off Purposes
The seniority of persons affected
by a lay-off is computed from the
dates of their original appointment
in the service, provided such service
has been continuous and unbroken
since original appointment. Accord-
ing to a recent ruling by the Court
of Appeals, one of the ways in which
such service can be broken is by a
resignation, even where such resig-
nation is followed by a reinstate-
ment within one year as authorized
by the Civil Service Rules, After
such reinstatement, the length of
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service for lay-off purposes must be
measured from the date of rein-
statement (Doering y. Hinrichs).
In computing the seniority for lay-
off purposes of a person who was
originally appointed to a position in
the exempt class and who was there-
after transferred to the competitive
class upon the re-classification of his
position to the competitive class, the
date of transfer to the competitive
class, rather than the date of appoint-
ment to the exempt position, consti-
tutes the date of original appoint-
ment in the service, according to a
recent opinion of the Attorney Gen-
eral (July 20, 1942).
Odds and Ends
Did you hear the round-table dis-
cussion on the subject of “State Civil
Service Rights of Men and Women
in the Armed Forces” conducted by
members of the State Department of
Civil Service and broadcast over
radio station WNYC, New York
City, last month? If so, your com-
ments are solicited by Jean Erlanger
of the Evaluation Unit of the de-
partment who arranged the pro-
gram. Participating in the discus-
sion were Eugenia G. McLaughli
Chief of the Examinations Divi
Joseph Schechter, Counsel to the
Commission; Joseph A. Kretchmer,
Administrative Supervisor of Civil
Service Records; and O. K. Weaver,
Associate Personnel Technician.
Joseph P. (Joe) Tammany, the
Association’s Exec Committee
member from the Civil Service De-
partment, who has been in the Navy
for several months, writes that he
feels fine (despite a summer in
Cuba) and sends his regards to
friends in civil service. Joe’s one
aim right now, he says, is to render
the Axis some very “uncivil” ser-
vice,
Promotion Eligible Lists
The following are State promotion
lists promulgated recently:
Assistant Account Clerk, Depart-
ment of Audit and Control, No.
3245.
Assistant Audit Clerk, Depart-
ment of Audit and Control, No.
3205.
Assistant District Engineer, De-
partment of Public Works, No.
3228.
Assistant File Clerk, Department
of Insurance, No. 5055.
Assistant File Clerk (Albany Of
fice), Department of Social Welfare,
No. 5065.
Assistant Statistics Clerk (Albany
Office), Department of Insurance,
No. 5047.
Associate Special Tax Investigator
(Special Investigation Bureau), De-
partment of Taxation and Finance,
No. 5019.
Assistant Statistics Clerk (Albany
Office), Department of Social Wel-
fare, No. 5001.
Assistant Stenographer, Depart-
ment of Civil Service, No. 5039.
Captain, Department of Correc-
tion, No. 3172.
Chief Clerk (Office Appliance),
Administration Division, Depart:
ment of Taxation and Finance, No.
5149.
Head Account Clerk (Tax and
Wage Records Bureau), D.P.ULL,
No. 3125.
Institution Steward, Department
of Correction, No, 3161.
Junior Assistant in Marketing, De-
partment of Agriculture and Mar-
kets, No. 3243.
Junior Civil Engineer (General),
Division of Engineering, Depart-
ment of Public Works, No. 3058.
Junior Civil Engineer (High-
ways), Department of Public Works,
No. 3113.
Lieutenant, Department of Cor-
rection, No. 3171.
Principal Law Clerk, D.P.ULL,
No. 5504.
Principal Statistics Clerk (Albany
Office), Department of Education,
No. 5050.
Principal Stores Clerk, Depart-
ment of Social Welfare, No. 5136.
Senior Personnel Technician, De-
partment of Civil Service, No. 3231.
Senior Special ‘Tax Investigator
(Special Investigation Bureau), De-
partment of Taxation and Finance,
No. 5018.
Senior Stenographer, Department
of Correction, No. 5060.
Senior Stenographer (Rehabilita-
tion), Department of Education, No.
5037.
Senior Stores Clerk, Department
of Social Welfare, No. 5092.
Sergeant, Department of Correc-
tion, No. 3170.
Special Attendant (Clerk), De-
partment of Mental Hygiene, No.
5030.
Special Attendant (Dietitian), De-
partment of Mental Hygiene, No.
5073.
Special Attendant (Stenographer),
Department of Mental Hygiene, No.
3175,
The State Employee
fie Capicr Beal :.. aa
Unemployed workers in New
York State received unemployment
insurance benefits totaling $9,311,-
323 in the form of 642,122 individu-
al checks during July, Industrial
Commissioner Frieda S. Miller re-
ports.
New York City’s unemployed
workers received 82.5 per cent of
the grand total, approximately the
same proportion of the total they
had received during June, Commis-
sioner Miller said.
ras
Tt hasn't been recorded how many
State employees the news should af-
fect, but there'll be no open season
in the State this year on snow geese,
Roos’s goose, swans and Wilson’s
snipe or jacksnipe. And inciden-
tally, the Conservation Department
reports, this year’s season for wild
ducks, geese, including brant, and
coots, rails and gallinules, is seventy
days. Which means the hunter has
ten days more than he did last year.
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Incorporated stock companies char-
tered in New York State in the first
seven months of 1942 totaled 5,693,
compared with 8,999 in the corres-
ponding period of 1941. The July
total was 627, as against 1,187 in
July, 1941. Said Secretary of State
Michael F, Walsh, who made pub-
lic the figures: “I can only repeat
what I have said on several previ-
ous occasions this year. We do not
expect any change for the better
while the country is at war.”
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Somewhat grimly, the Division of
Standards and Purchase announced
it was scrutinizing bids from seven-
teen firms who would sell New York
State identification tags to be worn
by children of the State. The State
War Council already has given the
go-ahead signal to the plan worked
out by William E. Cashin, identifica-
tion director, State Department of
Correction. The tags, of processed
fibre bearing each child’s name and
serial number, would be purchased
by county and local war councils for
about one cent each.
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Leaye it to John L. Halpin, effi-
cient secretary of the State Conser-
vation Department, to dig up the
unusual stories. He reports many
September
of Conservation’s employees are ac-
tively aiding the war eflort, but it
remained for Game Protector Ches-
ter Griffith of Schenectady to do it
in aanner somewhat out of the
. In the report of extra-cur-
ticular activities of the protectors,
filed with Commissioner Osborne,
was this notation after Griffith's
name: “Three da ng in the
harvesting of hay and oats on farms
in Schenectady County, gratis, on
days off.”
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plate refunds, Comm
Splain reports. The owners were
those called into the
Motorists in this
in their plates
with a twelfth of the original regis-
tration fee deducted for each month
since the date of registration, le:
$1.
Encouraging is the report from
Industrial Commissioner Frieda S.
Miller that factory employment in
New York State increased by 1.6
per cent between mid-June and mid-
July, with factory payrolls 3.1 per
cent higher in the same period. Said
Commissioner Miller: “Thousands
of additional workers employed by
food canners in the State accounted
for a large part of the net increase
for the month.”
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New face in an old job is that of
William M, Foss, provisional ap-
pointee to the post of head of the
Bureau of Pest Control, Division of
Lands and Forests. Conservation
Commissioner Osborne appointed
Mr. Foss to the position vacated re-
cently by Henry L. McIntyre, re-
tired after thirty-five years’ State and
Federal service. Mr. Foss, who had
been supervising forester for the last
twelve years, had been in charge of
all CCC work under Conservation
Department’s jurisdiction since its
inception in 1933.
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Since the last issue of “The State
Employee” went to press in June,
events transpiring on Capitol Hill
include:
Daniel R. Spratt, thirty years a
State employee and deputy commis-
sioner and director of local asst
ments and special franchise tax yalu-
ations in Taxation and Finance, re-
tired and headed for his home at
Poughkeepsie and a well-earned rest.
To fill the vacancy Tax Commis-
sioner Carroll E, Mealey announced
the provisional promotion of Ray-
mond B. Slack, who had been Mr.
Spratt’s assistant.
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Walter T. Brown, seven years sec-
retary to Governor Lehman, closed
his desk and entered active duty as
an army captain, In his stead Goy-
ernor Lehman appointed, as acting
secretary, James J. Mahoney, familiar
figure about the executive offices for
thirty years and the Governor’s as-
sistant secretary for nineteen years,
and David J. Walsh, has become
acting assistant secretary,
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Dr. George D, Stoddard became,
on July 1, president of the Univer-
sity of the State of New York and
State Commissioner of Education.
To Commissioner Stoddard, regard-
ed as one of the nation’s foremost
authorities in the field of child de-
velopment, “The State Employee”
extends best wishes for a happy and
successful administration, He suc-
ceeds Dr. Ernest E. Cole, who, hay-
ing reached the retirement age of
seventy years, announced he would
continue the practice of law in Al-
bany.
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Walter W. Westall of White
Plains, former assemblyman and
State senator, became counsel to the
State Economy Commission, He was
chairman of the Legislative Reorgan-
ization Committee of 1926, which
carried out recommendations of the
commission headed by Charles
Evans Hughes.
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Comptroller Joseph V. O'Leary
reported that the State’s invested
funds totaled $323,195,017 at the
close of the fiscal year June 30, an
increase of $21,935,283 over the pre-
vious year. Far and away the largest
single fund was that of the State
Employees’ Retirement System, with
investments totaling $167,650,914 as
compared with $151,510,967 a year
ago.
195
To the $4,800 post of executive
secretary to the State Commission
for Post-War Planning of Public
Works went Holden A. Evans, Jr
of Albany, by appointment of J.
Buckley Bryan, State budget director
and chairman of the commission.
Well-known in State circles is Mr.
Eyans, former associate of Abbot
Low Moffat, Assembly Ways and
Means Committee chairman, in fis-
cal work,
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The not-so-lowly tomato, source
of valuable vitamins, came into its
own during “Tomato Week,” desig-
nated officially as the week of Au-
gust 17, The State told of the to
mato’s value, urged its canning.
Girl Scouts, as a Tomato Week fea-
ture, handed out tomatoes and even
salt from shakers, in downtown Al-
a bout Capitol Hill. First
his tomato was Dr. Ed-
ward §, Rogers, State Health De-
partment, who knows the tomato’s
value,
to receiv
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The State Highway Department
revealed it had placed, at traffic
light intersections on main high
ways near Albany, a new type “anti
skid” highway coating. Specifically,
the “safety mat” ions entail the
use of ore mine ngs, or stone
waste from Adirondack mines. Au:
thor of the plan, designed to reduce
skidding accidents, is J. Willard
Holler, Albany district. engineer.
The ore tailings, laid on tar and
rolled, already have proven their ef-
ficacy, t. Arthur W. Brandt,
State highways superintendent, dis-
closed in announcing the plan would
be broadened to include other high-
ways.
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The State took official cognizance,
at vacation’s end, of the farm labor
shortage and its effect on the State’s
milk yield. With many a young
farmer turning to war plants with
their higher wages, milking ma-
chines have become the order of the
day. To initiate the younger farm
children in the intricacies of the ma-
chine, Ralph C. S. Sutliff, super-
visor in the Bureau of Agricultural
Education, announced plans for
school courses under joint Health
and Education Department auspices.
Milking machine salesmen will be
on hand with their equipment for
practical demonstrations, with teach-
ers doing the instructing.
196
Rochester Parade
Members of the Rochester Chapter of the Association joined their fellow
citizens in Rochester's War-Week Parade held recently, About 50,000 cit-
izens participated in what proved the largest parade ever staged in Rochester.
The line of march covered approximately four miles and was seven hours
in passing. A float entered into the parade by the Rochester Chapter is pic-
tured above. On the float are Audrey Gilson, Fannie Tandler and John
Lyons of the State Division of Highways, and Sylvia DeLaeger, Patricia
Laurim and Marion Kleisley of the State Insurance Fund. The floats entered
by State employees were conceived by Neil J. Goodman and Raymond
Munroe and built by members of the State Department of Public Works.
State Workers’ Service
Flag Dedicated
(Continued from Page 186)
Utica State Hospital
Willard State Hospital
Creedmoor State Hospital
Harlem Valley State Hospital
Rockland State Hospital
State Psychiatric Institute
te Psychopathic Hospital
Pilgrim State Hospital
Letchworth Village
Newark e School
Rome State School
Syracuse State School
Wassaic State School
Craig Colony
Dept. of Public Service
Dept. of Public Works
State Bridge Authority
Dept. of Social Welfare
Dept. of State
Dept. of Taxation & Finance
State Senate
State Assembly
TOTAL
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The State Employee
Local Government in N.Y.
TOWN STRUCTURE
It is more difficult to reconcile ef-
ficiency with home rule in the town
than in any other unit of local gov-
ernment, for the town is less of a
functional area than the city, the vil-
lage, or even the county, No unit
is more embedded in tradition than
the town. The New York State Com-
mission for the Revision of the Tax
Laws after an exhaustive study of
local government found that high-
way construction and maintenance,
assessment of property and the col-
lection of taxes, police protection and
the administration of health and wel-
fare could be discharged more cheap-
ly and efficiently by the county than
by the town,
Tf these functions were handed
over to the county there would be
very little left of the town as a po-
litical entity, The essential elements
of a system of local government
near to the people and subject to lo-
cal control would be largely lost.
The determined stand of the Asso-
ciation of Towns of the State of New
York against any move which might
destroy the essentials of home rule
shows that the people are very much
aroused less they lose self govern-
ment. The Association has sought
and secured legislation which has
removed many of the obstacles stand-
ing in the way of a more efficient
administration of town functions.
Apparently there is a great deal of
vitality in the township concept in
New York State.
There is no one answer to the
township problem in New York.
The 932 towns of the State vary in
population from less than 100 to
more than 180,000. Some need re-
organization badly, while others pre-
sent no problem whatever.
Organization and Structure of
Town Government. Since the Con-
stitution contains no reference to the
organization of towns, the Legisla-
ture has full powers in regard to
their formation, alteration, or aboli-
tion. Only one officer, the justice of
the peace, is required by the Con-
stitution. Aside from this office the
remaining structure of town govern-
ment is determined by statute. Far-
reaching changes were effected by
September
the enactment of the New Town
Law in 1934. This law seeks to pro-
vide a form of government better
adjusted to the individual needs of
the various towns, by dividing all
towns into two classes, chiefly on
the basis of population, and provid-
ing a somewhat different form of
government for each.
Towns of the first class comprise
all towns of 10,000 population and
over, but exclude towns in Broome
and Suffolk counties and include all
the towns in Westchester county.
Appearing on this page is
the second of a series of three
articles dealing with local gov-
ernment under the authorship
of W. Seward Salisbury,
Head of the Social Studies
Department, Oswego State
Normal School. Dr. Salisbury
from his wide studies in the
field of local and State gov-
ernment is making a unique
contribution in the present
services. His clear analysis of
the current trends and issues,
his graphic outlines and his de-
votion to high standards of
citizenship are certain to im-
press our readers.
A. K. Getman,
Editorial Board Member.
TOWN STRUCTURE:
fRec.or Taxes | [7
Be ASSESSES) [iowa SERS
ELECTORATE
Any town, if it has a population of
5,000 or more, or adjoins a city of
300,000 or more, has an assessed
valuation of $10,000,000 or more,
may clect to become a town of the
first class. Forty-eight towns of the
State necessarily fall into the cate-
gory of first class towns. Approxi-
mately 75 others may change from
second to first class category. There
are over 800 towns which have a
population of less than 5,000.
Elective Officials Required. The
present law requires the election of
a town supervisor and an additional
supervisor in towns with a popula-
tion exceeding one-half of the coun-
ty population. Two justices of the
peace must be elected in towns of
the first class, although this number
may be raised in towns having a
population of 35,000 or over to four.
Up until 1939 second class towns
were required to elect four justices
of the peace. These towns may now
elect two justices and two council-
men. In towns of less than 300 pop-
ulation and with taxable property
assessed at less than $100,000 the
number of justices is reduced to one.
Four councilmen who are mem-
bers of the town board and perform
the functions formerly performed by
justices of the peace in this respect
must be elected in towns of the first
FIRST CLASS
‘SUPT. OF
HIGHWAYS:
JUSTICES OF
THE PEACE (a)
MAY BE MADE
‘APPOINTIVE
ASSESSORS
197
class. Towns may choose to increase
the number of councilmen to six.
A town clerk must be elected, al-
though the office may be made ap-
pointive in both first and second
class towns by resolution of the town
board subject to a permissive refer-
endum. Similarly, a town superin-
tendent must be elected although
this office may likewise be made ap-
pointive subject to a permissive re-
ferendum.
The offices of collector and school
district collector are abolished in
first class towns and a receiver of
taxes and assessments is elected or
appointed to perform their func-
tions. A collector of taxes is elected
in towns of the second class, al-
though this office may likewise be
abolished and the functions trans-
ferred to the town clerk by resolu-
tion of the town board.
Three assessors are elected in
towns of the second class, although
any town may by resolution of the
town board subject to permissive re-
Bowling
ferendum make these offices appoin-
tive. Any town by action of the
town board subject to permissive re-
ferendum may also elect to have
only one appointive assessor. As-
sessors in towns of the first class are
appointed by the town board.
The town board consists of the
supervisor and the town councilmen
in towns of the first class, and the
supervisor and justices of the pea
and councilmen in towns of the
second class. The town board is also
the board of health.
Appointive Officials Required. In-
spectors of elections and clerks must
be appointed for the respective elec-
tion districts. Towns of the second
class may choose to make the office
of assessor appointive with either
three or one assessors. In towns of
the first class the assessor or asses-
sors must be appointed. In both
classes the superintendent of high-
ways and the town clerk may be
made appointive officials.
Champs
Champions of the State Insurance Fund Bowling League this year was
the Payroll Audit five, which was awarded the trophy donated by the State
Fund staff. The trophy was awarded at the league’s bowling dinner, climax-
ing the regular season. Runner-up in the competition was the Misfit-Orphan
team, which had to win a roll-off game to finish in second place. E. Rein-
ecker, of the Underwriting Team, received the prize for the highest indi-
vidual average.
The Payroll Audit Team of the State Insurance Fund Bowling League,
which won the season’s honors. Left to right, front: Bonchetto, Kotasek and
Blayha, and rear: Onorato, Pirk and Franz.
198
The Public Welfare Law requires
the appointment by the town board
of a public welfare officer, although
the supervisor may be authorized to
act as such. The Public Health Law
requires the appointment of a regis-
trar of vital statistics. The town clerk
and the local health officer are eli-
gible for this office. If the town is
not a part of a consolidated health
district, the Public Health Law re-
quires the appointment of one local
health officer. The Agriculture and
Markets Law requires the appoint-
ment of one or more enumerators
to prepare a list of dog owners, ex-
cept in Nassau county where such
enumeration is the responsibility of
the county police.
Optional Town Officials. There
are no optional elective officials un-
der the new Town Law. The town
board may appoint a temporary au-
ditor for a periodic audit of the
town fiscal accounts. In first class
towns the board may appoint a town
comptroller, First class towns may
appoint a town attorney, a town en-
gineer, a police commissioner or
commissioners, a police department,
a zoning commission, and a plan-
ning board.
Second class towns which have
adopted the budget system may like-
wise appoint a town attorney, town
engineer, as many constables as
necessary, a zoning commission, and
a planning board. Other minor of-
ficials may be appointed where there
is felt to be a need of their services.
Functions of Town Government.
he supervisor is the executive head
of the town. He has important fi-
nancial duti town treasurer, d
burses town moneys, keeps books of
account, must report annually on the
town indebtedness to the county
board of supervisors, files a finan-
cial report annually with the State
Comptroller and with the town
clerk, and is held in strict account-
ing for funds appropriated in ac-
cordance with the annual budget in
towns operating under the budget
system. He must attend the meet-
ings of the county board of super-
visors.
The town clerk has custody of
town records, is the clerk of the
town board, is tax collector in second
class towns which have abolished
the office of collector, issues licenses
and permits, performs various other
clerical duties which may be con-
ferred upon him by the town board.
The State Employee
‘The town board exercises the legis-
lative powers of the town. It has
complete control of the town finan-
ces, may acquire or convey real prop-
erty, determines in most cases the
compensation of town officers, may
fill vacancies in any town office, may
award town contracts and grant
franchises, and the like. The town
board may enact ordinances, rules
and regulations covering a variety
of subjects ranging from the elimi-
nation of nuisances to the installa-
tion of electrical equipment. The
board may engage in almost any ac-
tivity which it believes will promote
the general welfare. Under the new
‘Town Law the powers of boards of
commissioners for the various spe-
cial districts are vested in the town
board.
Beginning January, 1943, a bud-
get system is compulsory for all sec-
ond class as well as first class towns.
The town board is charged with the
preparation and adoption of this
budget. The board conducts a pub-
lic hearing and makes an annual
estimate based on detailed estimates
of expenditure submitted by the ad-
ministrative officers, boards, depart-
ments and commissions of the town
and of the various districts in it of
the revenues and expenditures of
the town and of each district sepa-
rately, for the next fiscal year.
Recent Developments in Town
Government, In recognition of the
fact that towns have an unusual op-
portunity to improve the administra-
tion of town services, local officials
have organized themselves into an
Association of Towns of the State
of New York. This Association has
been responsible for the inaugura-
tion of a broad program of training
schools for town officers. Such train-
ing schools as those for town wel-
fare officers, for justices of the peace,
for town highway superintendents,
for town clerks, have been held to
instruct town officials in the best
means of discharging the responsi-
bilities of their offices efficiently and
economically.
‘Another forward step has been the
abolition of the fee system of com-
pensation through the requirement
that all towns run their fiscal affairs
upon a budget basis beginning,
January, 1943. Under the budget
plan all fees collected by town of-
ficers and employees must be paid
to the supervisor and deposited in
the general fund.
September
The requirement that towns as
well as other local units of govern-
ment select their employees accord-
ing to a merit system meeting the
approval of the State Civil Service
Commission should generally raise
the standard of local services.
Many towns are improving the
assessment of property by taking ad-
vantage of the permissive legislation
which allows the appointment of
one assessor in place of three elected
assessors. This does not automatic-
ally improve assessment, but it does
make it possible to pay the indivi-
dual assessor more than is paid each
of three assessors. In these circum-
stances it is usually possible to ob-
tain a better qualified official. With
adequate property maps and better
records of taxable property such an
official is in a position to perform
a more fair and scientific appraisal
of property for tax purposes.
Some towns have abolished the
office of tax collector and given his
duties to the town clerk. Collection
by the town clerk usually results in
a more efficient use of the clerk’s
time as well as being of a decided
conyenience to the people of the
town.
Some towns have chosen to fill
the offices of town clerk, highway
superintendent, and assessor or as-
sessors by appointment rather than
by election. Opinion differs as to
the relative merits of appointment
versus election for these officers.
These towns believe, however, there
is a better chance of securing com-
TOWN STRUCTURE:
petent officials through appointment
and that there is less likelihood of
turning capable employees out with-
out cause.
Some towns have increased the
effectiveness of the town highway
superintendent through cooperative
arrangements with the county high-
way superintendent. In Monroe
County the justices of the peace hold
their courts at stated and regular in-
tervals. The county assigns an assis-
tant district attorney to meet with
the respective justices’ courts to ad-
vise the judge and assist with the
prosecution of the cases. Other coun-
ties are likewise taking steps to im-
prove and standardize the work of
the justices of the peace on a county-
wide basis.
VILLAGES
‘The Constitution expressly author-
izes the Legislature to provide for
the organization of incorporated vil-
lages. But an amendment of 1874
prohibits the Legislature from pass-
ing a private or local bill incorporat-
ing villages. The Legislature cannot
incorporate a village by special act
and the boundaries of villages incor-
porated since 1874 can only be ex-
tended or diminished by action of
the locality involved. The general
Village Law prescribes the procedure
for the dissolution of a village, upon
the adoption of such a proposition
by the electors of such village.
Structure of Village Government.
There are no village officers required
by the Constitution. The general
Village Law established the general
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structure of village government and
provides for the formation, altera-
tion and dissolution of villages gen-
erally, upon petition of residents or
taxpayers, Villages are divided into
those of the first, second, third, and
fourth class, on the basis of popula-
tions consisting respectively of (1)
5,000 or more; (2) 3,000 to 5,000;
(3) 1,000 to 3,000; and (4) less
than 1,000. First class villages may
operate under home rule status.
‘There are some advantages accruing
to villages under home rule organ-
ization which are not available un-
der the general Village Law.
There are 554 incorporated vil-
lages, which vary in population from
less than 100 to more than 22,000.
They are municipal corporations re-
latively independent of the other
local units of government, although
their property is subject to the town
tax, The village is distinctly a func-
tional unit, and under the Village
Law is capable of a high degree of
adaptation to modern village prob-
lems.
Required Officials. All village of-
ficers are appointed by the village
board of trustees, with the excep-
tion of a board of trustees itself, a
police justice, and in a few instances
a receiver of taxes and assessments.
‘The board of trustees consists of a
mayor and four trustees, except that
the board may resolve to have six
trustees in villages of the first and
second class, or two in villages of the
third and fourth class. The mayor
and trustees are required officials
in all villages. The police justice is
a required elective official in every
village of the first class, and may be
elected in any other village upon re-
solution of the board of trustees.
Other required officials appointed
by the board of trustees are a vil-
lage treasurer, a village clerk, either
one or three assessors, and inspectors
of election. The Public Health Law
requires the appointment of a regis-
trar of vital statistics and a health
officer.
Permitted Officials. A large num-
ber of other officials and employees
are permitted to be appointed ac-
cording to the needs of each village;
engineers, clerks, auditor, stenog-
raphers, firemen, planning board,
pound keeper, park commissioner,
etc.
‘The compensation of all village
officers or boards, other than the
mayor, trustees, and members of
separate boards of commissioners
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may be fixed by the board of trus-
tees. The mayor, trustees and boards
of commissioners serve without com-
pensation except that members of
the board of trustees when acting
either as inspectors of election or as
village assessors or board of review,
are entitled to compensation fixed
by law for inspectors of election and
town assessors. The board of trus-
tees may, however, subject to per-
missive referendum, fix the annual
compensation of the mayor, or trus-
tees, or both, or members of separate
boards of commissioners, at sums
not to exceed; (1) in villages of the
first class: mayor, $1,200; trustees,
$600; commissioners, $300; (2) in
villages of the second class: mayor,
$600; trustees and commissioners,
$300; (3) in villages of the third
and fourth class: mayor, $300; trus-
tees and commissioners, $200.
Functions of Village Government.
The mayor is the executive officer of
the village and responsible for the
enforcement of the laws, prosecu-
tion of offenses, recovery of penal-
ties, and supervision of police and
other subordinate village officers. He
may also recommend the adoption
of necessary measures to the board
of trustees.
The powers and duties of the
board of trustees extend generally
to all matters relating to the gov-
ernment of the village, the manage-
ment of its business, and the pre-
servation of good order, peace,
health, safety and welfare of its in-
habitants and protection of their
property. They may enact ordinances
regulating all such matters.
The board of trustees exercises
practically all the financial powers
of the village, including the levy of
special assessments, audit of bills,
accounts and claims against the vil-
lage, the assessment, levy and col-
lection of village taxes, and the bor-
rowing of money and contracting
of indebtedness, subject, of course,
to the 9% percent constitutional
limitation on assessed valuation. The
board is charged with the adoption
after a public hearing, of an annual
village budget, which must not,
however, exceed the 2 per cent con-
stitutional limitation of the total of
taxable property.
The village treasurer is the chief
fiscal officer, having charge of the
receipt and expenditure of village
moneys, etc. The village clerk is cus-
todian of all village books, records,
papers and reports. The receiver of
taxes and assessments, in villages
having such officers, has all the pow-
ers and duties exercised by either
the collector of taxes or the treasurer
of such villages. All fees collected
by him belong to the village and are
paid into the general village fund.
The police justice is the village
judicial officer, with exclusive juris-
diction over violations of village or-
dinances, He has criminal jurisdic-
tion over misdemeanors, over the ex-
amination of persons charged with
commission of a felony, and over
charges of disorderly conduct or
vagrancy. He has the same powers
as a justice of the peace in issuing
warrants for the arrest of persons
charged with the commission of a
crime or disorderly conduct in a
county including any portion of such
village. He has the same civil juris-
diction as a justice of the peace in
any civil action to which a resident
of the village is a party, except that
the limitation on the amount is
$500 instead of $200. The town clerk
furnishes him with jury lists in the
same manner as justice of the peace,
In villages operating under the vil-
lage. manager plan, all legislative
powers are vested in the boards of
trustees, consisting of the mayor and
town trustees, while administrative
and executive powers are vested in
a village manager, appointed by the
board.
SPECIAL DISTRICTS
In response to a demand for more
services, particularly in outlying
areas adjacent to the centers of pop-
ulation, the Legislature has provided
for the creation of additional politi-
cal units in specified areas. These
districts permit the performance of
certain functions rather than the ex-
ercise of the miscellaneous powers
of government. The special improve-
ment district seemed the best means
of meeting new demands without
completely overhauling the tradi-
tional pattern of local government.
Many special districts have been
added since the first were author-
ized in 1880. There are over 2,700
special districts in New York State
at the present time covering a wide
range of purposes: water supply,
fire protection, street lighting, waste
collection, sewage disposal, streets,
sidewalks, health, drainage, park,
public dock, and others. Most of
these districts are in the highly ur-
banized counties—Erie, Monroe,
Westchester, and Nassau.
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The State Employee
Our Group Plan
OF ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS
By Beuran Battery THutt
Chairman, Group Insurance
Committee
Nothing in this world is un-
changeable, even our own group
plan of Accident and Sickness In-
surance is subject to minor changes.
Your insurance committee thought
it wise to print annually in “The
State Employee” (our primary me-
dium for reaching the entire asso-
ciation membership) a simple state-
ment of the coverage, the cost and
the pertinent facts pertaining to our
Accident and Sickness Insurance.
Our present Group Plan of Acci-
dent and Sickness Insurance became
effective June 1, 1936. The policies
are underwritten by the Commercial
Casualty Insurance Co., 10 Park
Place, Newark, N. J. The under-
writing agent is Ter-Bush & Powell,
Inc., 423 State Street, Schenectady,
N. Y. The claim adjustors are:
J. C. Morrison, 75 State Street, Al-
bany, N. Y.
M. H. Pawley, White Building,
Buffalo, N. Y.
J. F. Kirby, 55 John Street, New
York City.
Henry A. Metzter, Lincoln Alli-
ance Building, Rochester, N. Y.
This means that one of the above
offices must be notified within ten
days after your disability starts. If
you are prompt in notifying the com-
pany, the company will be prompt
in paying you. Since June 1, 1936,
the company has paid over $620,000
in claims to the members of our
group insurance. It would seem
that as a group we could never win
a Health Medal.
Classification
For the purpose of Accident and
Sickness Insurance the State employ-
ees are divided into two general
classifications: (1) Clerical and of-
fice employees; (2) All other em-
ployees.
Likewise there are two forms of
Insurance available to employees
who belong to our association. Both
forms are identical as far as sick-
ness is concerned but differ in acci-
dent coverage. The forms are (1)
Full occupational and non-occupa-
tional accident coverage and full
September
sickness indemnity for one year; (2)
Non-occupational accident coverage
and full sickness indemnity. In this
one the accident coverage is for five
years, but the sickness coverage is
one year.
Form (1) means that the policy
covers all accidents which occur any
time, anywhere, anyhow, with a few
exceptions, and all sicknesses.
Form (2) covers only accidents
which happen while you are not on
the State’s time, but like Form 1
covers all sicknesses. All State em-
ployees must be covered by Work-
men’s Compensation. Thus if Work-
men’s Compensation covers the em-
ployee while at work and the group
policy covers him while at home or
at play, even under Form 2, the em-
ployee has twenty-four hours per day
of accident coverage.
Accidents
The coverage for accidents which
make it impossible for one to go to
work starts on the day of the acci-
dent. It continues until one is able
to return to work, that is if said time
is not more than a year under Form
1, and five years under Form 2. If
an accident is a non-disabling one
which does not prevent one from
being on the job, the company will
reimburse the insured for physician
or surgical expenses incurred to a
maximum of one week indemnity
under the policy. That is if your
policy provides for $20 a week pay-
ment then you could get surgical or
doctor’s expenses up to $20 for a
non-disabling accident. Accidental
death and dismemberment is paid
for in accordance with the terms of
the policy issued to the individual
members. No payment is made for
death due to natural causes.
INSURANCE
Sickness
In sickness one must be sick seven
days with no compensation. The
compensation from the insurance
company starts on the eighth day of
disability and can continue for a
year, if one should be sick that long.
One does not need to be house con-
fined to claim the indemnity, that is,
unless one is on vacation or leave
of absence, but it is mandatory that
one see a licensed physician for pro-
fessional services at least once every
seven days during the period of dis-
ability. This rule applies to disabil-
ity from accidents as well as sick-
ness. Remember that the maximum
payment for sickness disability is
‘one year.
The fact that an employee is kept
on the State payroll during a period
of illness or accident disability has
no effect whatever upon the benefit
moneys received from the insurance
company. This is one time when it
is legal to be on two payrolls at one
time.
Payment of Premiums
In the majority of cases we have
payroll deductions for the Accident
and Sickness Insurance. However,
if one does not wish a payroll de-
duction, an annual or semi-annual
premium may be paid directly to
Ter-Bush & Powell, Inc. Also if a
member of the group plan is off the
State payroll because of leave of ab-
sence (military leave excepted) pay-
ment of premiums may be made di-
rectly to Ter-Bush & Powell, Inc.
Members leaving State _ service
should notify Ter-Bush & Powell,
Inc., if they want to continue their
insurance. It is up to the discretion
of the company whether or not it
may be continued.
Amount of Insurance and Cost
Semi-Monthly
Premiums
(Office Full Non-
& Clerical occupational occupational
Monthly — Workers, coverage coverage
Indem- Class 1 (Class2, (Class 2, Form 2)
Annual Salary nity Form 1) Form1) (Green app. card)
Less than $600......... . $30 $.50 $.75, $.50
$600, less than $1,000. 50 80 1.20 80
$1,000, less than $1,200... 60 1,00 150 1,00
$1,200, less than $1,600... 75 1.20 1.80 1.20
$1,600 and over............ 100 155 2.35 155
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Pointers
If an insured employee rides on a
transport passenger plane as a pay-
ing passenger he is covered, but
stunt-flying, private flying, or any
other kind of Aying is not covered.
Tuberculosis is limited to twelve
months in the aggregate.
One can not be
nity for two dis:
the same time—that is you cannot
collect at the same time for both ac-
cident and sickness,
There is no indemnity for child
birth unless the policy has already
been in force ten consecutive months.
Also the company will only pay four
weeks for any one pregnancy but
they might be persuaded to pay
double for twins.
The insurance does not cover
death, disability or loss sustained
while in the military service or
caused by war. It would seem that
accidents from bombings are exclu-
ded.
One must put in a benefit claim
within twenty days of the date of
accident or ten days of being taken
sick.
The company has the right to
have you examined by their own
doctors, Sometimes family doctors
are too lenient with the patient.
Employees Eligible for Insurance
‘All employees of the State of New
York who are members of the Asso-
ciation, or eligible for membership,
may apply for insurance under this
plan. The policy issued under the
plan will be void unless the appli-
cant is on duty and regularly em-
ployed at the time the insurance be-
comes effective. Applications are
accepted or declined on the basis of
the information contained in the ap-
plication and at the sole discretion
of the insurance company.
No Medical Examination—Correct
Application
No medical examination is neces-
sary. However, it is important that
the questions on the application re-
lative to medical history are an-
swered truthfully and completely be-
cause if a claim is submitted at a
later date and is investigated, and
if the medical information given by
the application is incorrect, or in-
complete, the insurance company has
the right to refuse to pay the claim
and continue the insurance cover-
age. This is the time for the “whole
truth and nothing but the truth.”
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Effective Date—Insurance Policies
The insurance issued under the ac-
cident and sickness insurance plan
is put into effect as soon as possible
after the application is approved by
the insurance company. A policy is
issued to each member insured un-
der the plan. Loss of this policy
should be reported to Ter-Bush &
Powell, Inc., so that a replacement
may be furnished,
Termination or Cancellation of
Insurance
Insurance issued under the plan of
accident and sickness insurance may
be cancelled by the insurance com-
pany only when (a) policyholder
ceases to pay premiums due, (b)
policyholder attains age 70, (c) poli-
cyholder ceases to be a member of
the Association or (d) all policies
issued under the group plan are can-
celled. The insurance can be can-
celled by the policyholder by noti-
fying the State Comptroller, State
Office Building, Albany, N. Y., to
stop deductions from his salary to
cover premiums due on the insur-
ance,
Necessity of Membership
Maintenance of membership in
the Association is necessary for con-
tinuance in the Group Plan of Ac-
cident and Sickness Insurance. After
a reasonable time, continued failure
of a policyholder to maintain mem-
bership will result in the Associa-
tion’s notifying the State Comptrol-
ler to cease deductions from the sal-
ary of the insured. When such de-
ductions cease the insurance termi-
nates, Reinstatement can then be
made only at the discretion of the
insurance company and if the one
time member joins again.
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He relays, to the public and to
State workers generally, the appeal
of Lieut-Col. William E. Whitting-
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more civilian volunteers to man
plane spotting posts. Says Mr.
Potoker:
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The State Employee
Our Representative’s “Handbook”
So that Association representatives
may be in a position to ade
advise members of their pri
and rights under Civil Service,
Workmen’s Compensation, and Re-
tirement Laws and other rules and
regulations affecting them, the Ex-
ecutive Committee of the Associa-
tion at its meeting on March 3rd,
adopted the following resolution:
“Be it resolved, That the Presi-
dent be authorized to appoint a spe-
cial committee to compile a hand-
book for Association representatives,
containing information relative to
rules and regulations affecting em-
ployees and any other information
of value to employees.”
President Fisher subsequently a)
pointed Charles H. Foster of the Di
vision of the Budget as Chairman of
this special committee to be assisted
by: Charles L. Campbell, Civil Ser-
vice Department; William Kilian,
Civil Service Department; Dr. Al-
bert Hall, Education Department;
Dr. Frank L. Tolman, Education
Department; Patrick McCormack,
Mental Hygiene Department; John
W. Henry, Labor Department;
Louis Drexler, Civil Service Depart-
ment; Warren Welch, Public Works
Department and Edmund Schreiner,
Health Department.
A detailed outline of the material
to be contained in the handbook was
prepared by Mr. Foster and his com-
mittee, and assignments to prepare
particular sections of the book were
given to members of the committee
and other persons in key positions in
State service who are experts on the
subjects covered in the section of
the book assigned to them.
Many sections of the proposed
handbook have already been tenta-
tively prepared, and it is hoped that
the first copies will be available at
the Association’s Annual Meeting on
October 20, 1942.
Information covering the follow-
ing subjects will be contained in the
handbook: Career opportunities and
responsibilities; the organization of
the Association treating its right to
organize, its history, constitution,
organization, its work as representa-
tive of employees, and a detailed ex-
planation of its services such as “The
State Employee,” group insurance,
hospitalization, etc.; what State
September
Civil Service is; procedure for ap-
pointment to civil service positions,
explaining transfers, reinstatements,
promotions, demotions, etc.; a state-
ment as to how civil service exam-
inations are conducted; an article on
fication and reclassification of
positions and employees’ rights
therein; information as to the Feld-
Hamilton Salary Plan and other sta-
tutory salaries and employees’ rights
therefor; an explanation of service
record ratings, in service training,
lay-off and dismissal procedure; a
statement on working conditions
treating leaves, hours of work, over-
time, tardiness, etc.; articles on work-
men’s compensation laws and regu-
lations, retirement rules and regula-
tions, the rights of employees in mil-
itary service, and the fiscal organiza-
tion of the State.
Because of the broad scope of the
proposed book, and the probability
that the finished product will be of
considerable size, it is quite certain
that copies will not be made avail-
able for all of the Association’s 35,-
000 members throughout the State.
It is planned, however, to distribute
copies to chapter officials, representa-
tives and generally enough to assure
that a copy will be available for
reference in all State offices, bureaus,
divisions, departments and institu-
tions. Because of the fact that it
cannot be distributed to all mem-
bers, it is also planned to print vari-
ous sections of the handbook in
issues of “The State Employee” and
if these issues are retained for refer-
ence the employees will have the in-
formation contained in the hand-
book readily available at all times.
A tentative draft of Section VII of
the Representatives Handbook has
been prepared and follows:
Association Representatives
Handbook
Section VII—The Feld-Hamilton
Salary Career Plan
Purpose The Career Law was en-
acted to increase the effi-
ciency of the service of the State,
“to attract unusual merit and
ability to the service of the State of
New York, to stimulate higher effi-
ciency among the personnel, to pro-
vide skilled leadership in adminis-
trative departments, to reward merit
and to ensure to the people and to
the taxpayers the highest return in
service for the necessary costs of
government.” The wage policy of
the State is defined as “Equal Pay
for Equal Work, regular increases
in pay in proper proportion to in-
crease of ability, increase of output
and increase of quality of work de-
monstrated in service.”
The law provides what is believed
to be a fair entering wage and ad-
vancement with increasing pay
where earned, to a maximum salary
for the job. Promotion to higher po-
sitions of greater responsibility and
higher pay rates is made probable
by the provisions of the Civil Service
Law that vacant positions shall be
filled by promotion wherever pos-
sible.
Howit To understand the working
Works of the law, it is necessary
to know the work of the
two chief agencies concerned with
the administration of the salary plan,
The Classification Board in the Civil
Service Commission and the Tem-
porary Salary Standardization Board
appointed by the Governor.
‘The salary plan is based upon and
conditioned by the necessary civil
service procedure of the State.
Sound classification of positions,
proper descriptive titles and accurate
job analysis are necessary to its pro-
per functioning.
As explained in the previous sec-
tion, classification has the function
of sorting and grouping all the
thousands of individual positions
into a smaller number of “classes”
of positions with simple uniform
descriptive titles, most of which have
grade designations as part of the
title as Junior Clerk, Assistant Clerk,
Senior Clerk, etc.
Temporary The determination of
Salary salaries to be paid the
Standard- —_ various kinds of “class-
ization es” of positions is en-
Board trusted to the Tempo-
rary Salary Standardi-
zation Board.
The Salary Board is not free to
determine arbitrarily individual sal-
aries. The Legislature has erected a
general framework within which the
Standardization Board must operate
and has provided certain general di-
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rections to the Board as to where
different kinds of jobs shall be allo-
cated.
This framework, consists of gen-
eral salary scales and increments for
“occupational groups” or closely re-
lated or similar kinds of positions
in the State service.
The Salary Board is directed by
law to place each different kind or
“class” of position in an appropriate
service and salary grade as provided
by in the law. The resulting salary
is the same as that shown in the sal-
ary tables in the law for the service
and grade established by the Salary
Board,
Let us see if we can get the fun-
damentals of allocation clear by a
few examples.
Suppose you are a Senior Clerk
in the Department of Taxation and
Finance. Your job is similar to that
of many other Senior Clerks in other
departments. All these belong to
the “class” Senior Clerks and bear
the same title. All clerks by defini-
tion in the law belong in the Cleri-
cal Service with the Symbol III. The
grade is determined by the Salary
Board on the relationship of the
duties, responsibilities, etc., of Senior
Clerk to other classes of clerical po-
sitions, both lower and higher. The
Salary Board has determined grade
2 as the “appropriate” grade of the
clerical service for all Senior Clerks,
so the allocation is III:2, or Service
III Grade 2, Salary $1,600 to $2,100,
Annual Increment $100.
All titles of positions in the com-
petitive and non-competitive classes
of the classified service have been al-
located to “appropriate” salary ser-
vices and grades and the allocations
are printed in the annual reports of
the Salary Board. If any new titles
are created or approved by the Civil
Service Commission, the Salary
Board allocates those titles. The Bud-
get and Appropriation Act carry the
allocations also. All new appoint-
ments are made at the minimum ex-
cept where the first temporary sal-
ary adjustment provision comes
into play.
Temporary When the salary plan
Adjustments was put into effect,
the financial situation
of the State did not make it possible
to increase the budget in the amount
required to increase each employee's
salary to the sum to which he was
entitled on the basis of his mini-
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mum rate plus increments corres-
ponding to his years of service in the
position. The Feld-Hamilton Law
included an adjustment feature by
which he was advanced from his
current salary each year by the
amount of his increment until he
reached his maximum. This meant
that he would start at his current sal-
ary instead of the minimum and if
below the minimum he would re-
ceive more than five increments un-
til he reached his maximum salary.
As many employees were far below
the minmum this salary adjustment
often involved a process of many
years duration. The Feld-Ostertag
Law was therefore designed to bring
employees receiving less than the
minimum to their proper salary
more rapidly by providing a further
temporary adjustment. When a po-
sition became vacant the law directed
that present employees should be ad-
vanced as far as budget items at or
below the minimum permitted and
that the new appointment must be
made at the lowest salary in the ad-
justment series.
For purposes of such salary adjust-
ments each department is divided
into salary adjustment units consist-
ing of a bureau, division unit or
some combination of these, within
which the salary adjustments take
place.
Annual The
Incre-
ments
annual increments
provided in the law are
in general five per cent of
the entering salary except
that a minimum limit of $100 in-
creases this percentage to over ten
per cent in the lower grades.
Increments accrue on July 1 each
year to those with an additional year
of service. Persons at the maximum
receive no increments. Persons near
the maximum where the increment
would exceed the maximum receive
the amount required to bring them
to the maximum. Persons appointed
before January are credited with a
year’s service. Persons appointed
after January 1 do not receive their
first increment until July 1 of the
following year.
Increments are paid only as earned
by satisfactory performance of the
job. Service ratings must be satis-
factory. Unsatisfactory ratings, ap-
proved by the Civil Service Commis-
sion, result in canceling of the in-
crements until a satisfactory rating
is earned.
(Continued on Page 213
First Lieut. Theodore Williams
Another prominent figure in State
employee organization activities has
left for military service. He is First
Lieutenant Theodore Williams, for-
mer Sergeant at Sing Sing Prison,
who is on active duty at Fort Ogle-
thorpe, Georgia.
Lieut. Williams began his civil
service career at Sing Sing on June
6, 1932, as a prison guard, as a re-
sult of receiving highest rating on
the State-wide civil service eligible
list for that position, On February
1, 1938, he was appointed to Ser-
geant,
Lieut. Williams is a veteran of
World War I, having enlisted in
1915, and was twice wounded in
action. In 1923 he was honorably
discharged from the Royal British
Army. He is well known in Asso-
ciation activities, having been the
first president of the Sing Sing Pri-
son Chapter when it was organized
in 1940.
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The State Employee
A New State Activity
Newest adjunct of the New York
State government, the State Type-
writer Repair Bureau, already has
proven its worth by effecting a sub-
stantial savings in the cost of main-
taining typewriters in use in vari-
ous State offices.
The bureau, created by order of
Governor Lehman and a special act
of the 1942 Legislature, now occu-
pies the top floor of the Plaza Build-
ing in downtown Albany. The bu-
reau is under supervision of John
T. Higgins, commissioner of stan-
dards and purchase, who has ap-
pointed Farren A. Liqued, one of
his aides, to head the division.
The State, faced with the realiza-
tion that no new typewriters would
be available, and aware its 7,000
typewriters (2,154 in Albany, 1,900
in New York City, the remainder
in other State offices) must meet the
State’s need for the duration, con-
ducted surveys preliminary to setting
up its own repair bureau. Studied
by Commissioner Higgins and his
aides were New York City’s muni-
cipal repair bureau, and that of the
General Electric Company.
Under the State’s present plan all
typewriters not in regular use must
be pooled; all surplus machines
picked up and stored with the re-
pair unit; all spare parts picked up
and stored, and pooled machines
used on a 90-day loan basis when
regular machines are being repaired.
“Riding herd” on the State type-
writer supply are four repair men,
three clerks and a laborer. The bu-
reau by September 1 had collected a
surplus of fifty typewriters, built up
a substantial stock of repair parts
and installed a compressor-type
laundry by which the machines are
steamed and chemically-cleaned.
During August, first month of
operation for the bureau, the unit
reported 231 repair calls at a total
cost of $277, compared with an esti-
mate of $462 if the work had been
done by private firms. During the
month eighteen typewriters were
overhauled at a cost of $119, as
against an estimated cost of $324.
The repair men, recruited from
typewriter companies whose opera-
tions were curtailed or cancelled by
the government's typewriter freez-
ing order, are familiar with the va-
rious makes of typewriters used by
the State,
September
Education Courses
As this magazine was placed in
the mails the first classes of educa-
tional courses sponsored by the Asso-
ciation at Siena College, Loudon-
ville, N. Y., were meeting. These
courses, as planned by the Education
Committee of the Association, re-
cently appointed by President Fisher,
will be conducted by the College
Faculty and are available to State
workers in the Albany area, wherein
no such opportunity has existed
heretofore. The courses offered were
designed to be of practical value and
to meet the definite needs of em-
ployees and help them prepare for
promotion in their civil service
careers,
Each course will consist of one
class of two hours duration each
week for fifteen weeks. State em-
ployees satisfactorily completing
courses will receive Regent’s Public
Service Training Certificates by the
Bureau of Public Service Training
of the State Education Department.
Such certificates, when submitted
applications for civil service exam-
inations, will be recognized by the
State Civil Service Commission.
The courses offered are Effective
Writing; Effective Speaking; Per-
sonnel Administration; Staff Super-
vision; State Government and Bac-
teriology. The courses in Personnel
Administration, State Government
and Staff Supervision will be sup-
plemented by lectures to be given by
persons holding key positions in
their particular field in State gov-
ernment and private industry. The
first meetings of the classes will take
place during the week of September
14th.
The Education Committee which
arranged the educational program
consisted of: Eugenia McLaughlin,
Chairman, Chief of Division of Ex-
aminations of the Civil Service De-
partment; Lottie Edward, Assistant,
Teacher Certification, Education De-
partment; Dr. Albert Hall, Director
of Office of War Training Programs,
New York War Council and Chief
of the Bureau of Public Service
Training, State Education Depart-
ment; Dr. Istar Haupt, Associate
Examiner, Civil Service Department;
Dr. David Schneider, Director, Bu-
reau of Research and Statistics, So-
cial Welfare Department; Catherine
Shanahan, Senior Personnel Tech-
nician, Civil Service Department;
Elizabeth Slattery, Bureau of Motor
Vehicles; Dr. Frank L. Tolman, Di-
rector of Division of Adult Educa-
tion and Library Extension, Educa-
tion Department; and Beulah Bailey
Thull, Tax Research Assistant, Tax
Department.
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Local Activities
Letchworth Village
Activities
Posted on the bulletin board of
the Letchworth Village Community
Club is the annual report of Letch-
worth Village Chapter for 1941-42,
which indicates that a total of 660
employees of the institution have
joined the State-wide association in
1942, Eighty per cent of these mem-
bers are also members of the local
employees’ chapter.
The Chapter’s executive commit-
tee met on August 20th and selected
a nominating committee for the
election of officers in October. A
resolution was adopted providing
for the sending of writing portfolios
to the chapter’s members in the
armed forces, which totals thirty-six
in the various branches.
A corn roast, sponsored by the
Chapter, was held at the Real Folks
Rest, Mt. Ivy, on August 25th. The
roast was well attended and the net
proceeds will be used to buy gifts
for the institution’s employees in
military service. The committee in
charge of the affair included: Mary
Kitchen, Chairman; Leslie S. Ware,
David Roche, Louis Marx, and
Harry Hansen. Assisting the com-
mittee at the roast were: Joe Pru-
dente, Alex Hitsman, Alfred Balde-
schweiler, Harry Branson, Daniel
Hughes, Charles Fader and Hugh
Grant. Mina Hardt was ably assisted
by Sue Avery and Genevieve Rutski
in seeing that all were served plenty
of corn and other refreshments.
To Association Members:
When you have finished read-
ing this issue of “The State Em-
ployee,” loan it to any fellow
State employee who is not a
member of the Association. In
this way non-members may be
acquainted with the work and
services of the Association and
their membership support ob-
tained. Membership is important
to the success of the Association
and the recognition accorded it
by government leaders.
The Editor.
206
Miss JosepHINE JeERUM
Two Stars More
The first two stars honoring wo-
men employees were added Friday,
August 28th, to the service flag of
The State Insurance Fund by Lt.-
Col. Nicholas W. Muller,
Director of the Fund, wl
came known that Josephine Jerum,
Law Clerk, and Mrs. Harriet Wes-
tin, of the Actuarial Department,
had been sworn in as members of
the W.A.A.C. Their enlistment
brought the total of State Fund em-
ployees in military service to eighty-
five.
Miss Jerum has been employed in
the legal department of the State
Fund for the last five years. Mrs.
Westin was a temporary employee
in the actuarial department of the
fund and was active as an air raid
warden when she enlisted.
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Manhattan Chapter
Honors Employees in
Military Service
A placque bearing the names of
thirty-four employees of Manhattan
State Hospital who are now in mil-
itary service was presented to the
hospital at ceremonies in the newly
decorated Amusement Hall on the
grounds of the hospital on August
6th. President of the Manhattan
State Hospital Civil Service Em-
ployees Chapter, Sam W. Silver,
read each of the names of employees
in military service. Mr. Silver was
chairman of the committee on ar-
rangements of the affair.
i
ns
ee
Dr. John H. Travis, Superinten-
dent of the Hospital, accepted the
placque on behalf of the hospital.
The placque was made possible
through the cooperation and gen-
erosity of employees and staff of the
hospital and friends.
When the name of Richard Fitz-
gerald was announced, the follow-
ing telegram was read: “Washing-
ton, D. C., June 23, 1942, Mrs, Ma-
tilda Nuehlmeyer, 1728 Hunter
‘Avenue, New York City; Deeply
regret to inform you that your
nephew, Corporal Richard J, Fitz-
gerald, has been reported missing in
action at sea since June 7th. Letter
follows. (Signed) the Adjutant-
General.”
The State Employee
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‘There was hushed silence after the
telegram had been read, and Ernest
DeMarco, director of the orchestra
which furnished the music for the
event, rendered a bugle solo, playing
“Taps.”
After the dedication of the
placque, a Victory Dance and Lawn
Party was conducted, with refresh-
ments being served on the lawn of
the institution. Invited guests in-
cluded Congressman Vito Marcan-
tonio, State Senator Charles Muzzi-
catto, Assemblyman Hamlin O, Cat-
tanacio, and others.
Among the messages of regret for
non-attendance, which Chairman
Silver read, was one from the chap-
ter’s staunch friend, Dr. William
Seaman Bainbridge, retired army
surgeon in the Naval Reserve.
Oneonta Chapter Picnic
One hundred and_ seventy-five
members of the Oneonta Chapter of
the Association enjoyed a picnic at
Wilber Park on Sunday, June 28th.
The committee in charge of arrange-
ments was headed by Erma Cham-
berlain on the staff of the Homer
Folks State Tuberculosis Hospital at
Oneonta.
Coxsackie Service Flag
The Coxsackie Chapter of the As-
sociation recently purchased a ser-
flag to honor the employees of
the State Vocational Institution who
entered the armed forces of the Na-
tion, Presentation of the flag was
made by Walter 'T. Mason, President
of the Chapter, and was accepted on
behalf of the institution by Super-
intendent D, D. Scarborough. At
the date of the presentation the flag
contained seventeen stars, and addi-
tional stars will be added from time
to time as more employees of the in-
stitution leave for military service.
Elmira Election
At the Annual Meeting of the
Elmira State Reformatory Chapter
of the Association held recently, the
following employees were elected as
officers to serve for the ensuing year:
President, William T. Murphy;
Vice-President, John Gallagher,
Treasurer; Thomas Jones, Secretary,
Francis Weaver. Mr. Murphy was
selected as the Delegate of the Chap-
ter to attend meetings of the Asso-
ciation.
September
Ogdensburg Notes
A number of employees of St.
Lawrence State Hospital, Ogdens-
burg, recently spent several days in
training at Camp Smith, Peekskill,
N. Y., as members of Company F,
6th Regiment, New York Guard.
Those attending included: Warren
T. Reilly, C. Gilbert Beck, Robert
F. King, M. Howard Wainwright,
Harold B. Northam, Thomas King
and two former employees; Elmer
Sears and James Heagle. From all
reports, the camp session proved
most interesting and instructive.
Social events during August fea-
tured the local employees’ Associa-
tion fall picnic and outing held at
Camp Laurent on the St. Lawrence
River. Under the capable direction
of the Committee in charge, headed
by Eleanor Thayer, and assisted by
Matt Roshirt, Roy Smith, Janet
Brainard, Bill Vines and Carl Dow-
dall, a picnic lunch of hot dogs, cof-
fee, doughnuts, etc., was served at
7:30 P.M., followed by dancing in
the club house.
Among the hospital employees
who have enrolled in the radio tech-
nical school offered by the Signal
Corps of the Army at the Ogdens-
burg Free Academy are Larry Leg-
nault, Wilfred Landry, Mary Taylor,
James F. Robinson, Robhert F. King
and C, Gilbert Beck. Enlistment in
the Signal Corps is a prerequisite of
the course which takes eight months.
At the completion of the course,
members are called to active duty
with the Signal Corps.
Recent visitors at the hospital were
the following employees now in mil-
itary service: Pvt. George Travis,
Lt. Commander Harold Berman,
and Wesley Baker.
Woodbourne Chapter
News
Members of the Woodbourne
Prison Chapter of the Association
were grieved at the loss of Samuel
Andrews, kitchenkeeper at the
Woodbourne Institution, who passed
away at Monticello Hospital after a
very brief illness. On the evening
of August 10th an assemblage of
fellow employees honored his mem-
ory.
State Employee
Distinguishes Himself
Dr, Harry L. Freedman, who was
up until his enlistment into military
service, the representative of the As-
sociation at Clinton Prison, Danne-
mora, is contributing something
worthwhile to army life, according
to an article contained in “The Sig-
nal Corps Message,” a weekly news-
paper published at Fort Monmouth,
N. J.
The article in part states: “Pio-
neering in the field, the Signal Corps
Replacement Training Center has
set up a Classification Clinic, with
Ist Lieutenant Harry L. Freedman,
Medical Corps, a psychiatrist, as Di-
rector, Here men who are having
difficulty in adjusting to Army life
are helped with their problems and
are thus enabled to get the most from
their army training. In setting up
such a Guidance Center, the Signal
Corps Replacement Training Center
has taken another step in using the
most advanced educational and psy-
chological techniques in the training
of Signal Corps men. Education,
business and other institutions have
been finding increased efficiency in
their personnel after the
tion of such clinics, which have
helped students or employees make
a good adjustment to the school or
job.”
Wassaic School News
Lyda Monroe, Secretary of the
Wassaic State School Chapter of the
Association, writes that due to the
fact that James Sweeney, Editor of
the School News, the monthly pub-
lication of the Chapter, is scheduled
to join the armed forces during Sep-
tember, that the Executive Council
of the Chapter will publish the
School News until a successor to Mr.
Sweeney has been named,
The Chapter would welcome ex-
change items from the publications
issued by employees of other State
institutions.
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Poughkeepsie Activities
As this i:
ue goes to press the
Graduation rcises of the Hud-
son River State Hospital School of
Nursing at the Assembly Hall, on
evening, September 11th is
being arranged. Presiding at the
event will be Dr. John R. Ross, Su-
perintendent of the hospital. Invo-
cation will be given by Rey, Francis
B. Whitcomb, May V. Jerrell, Assis-
tant Principal of the School of Nurs-
ing, will give the Nightingale
Pledge. Prizes will be presented by
the Principal of the School, Gladys
E. Russell. Presentation of diplo-
mas will be made by Mrs. Charles J.
Corbally, President of the institu-
tion’s Board of Visitors, and Hon.
Charles J. Corbally will address the
graduates. Benediction will be given
by Rey. Charles Schmidt.
Members of the nursing school
who will receive diplomas are:
Catherine Ballard, Estelle K. Chup-
ka, Helen C, Dudek, Helen M.
Opitz, Florence G. Wadlin, E
K. Walley, Francis Cuda, Leo E.
Darmody, Harold E. Hodder and
Charles Leedecke,
Employees of H. R. S. H. gave a
farewell party on ee 14th for
Walter G. Murphy, Social Worker,
and Margaret B. Murphy, Occupa-
tional Therapist, at the hospital, who
retired from State service on August
31st. A chest of sterling silverware,
a set of cathedral Bronze book ends
and a huge basket of flowers were
presented to Mr. and Mrs. Murphy.
Rev. Charles F. Schmidt; John
Livingstone, President of the H. R.
S. H. Employees’ Association; Dr.
Wirt C. Groom; Mrs. Emma Han-
lon; and Andrew J. Delaney, took
part in the program. The commit-
tee in charge of the affair included
Mr. Lviercone, Louis I. Garrison,
! fargaret L,
Mary Jane
The Hudson River State Hospital
Men’s golf team defeated Harlem
Valley State Hospital’s team recently
and at the same time the women’s
team from Poughkeepsie defeated
the women’ n from Harlem Val-
ley. In a special match Andrew J.
Delaney, Steward at H. R. S. H. d
feated Joe Anderson, Assistant Stew-
ard at Harlem Valley.
A farewell party is being arranged
by the H. R. S. H. Employees’ As-
sociation for Mary allagher and
Julia A. Mannis, on September 18th.
Miss Mannis retired on September
Ist after havi most thir-
ty-four y Gallagher
i st after com-
pleting forty-two years service.
The Annual F
eld Day and Car-
Employees of the Building Department of Hudson River State Hospital
gave a farewell party at the Yacht Club on Saturday, August 22nd, for John
Hogan, who left the institution to join the armed forces of the Nation.
Guests at the party included Chief of Police of Poughkeepsie George Lead-
bitter and Philip Mylod, member of the Dutchess County Draft Board.
Harry Yerry and William Beck were co-chairmen of the committee on
arrangements for the affair.
208
nival of the Hudson River State
Hospital took place at the Hospital
Recreational Field on August 26th.
A successful program, enjoyed by
patients as well as employees, was
held. Music was furnished by the
Patient’s carnival band. Features in-
cluded morning exercises by the
physical training classes, dashes by
both women and men patients, stilt
walks, shoe races, obstacle races,
hurdle races, and a roll out the bar-
rel race,
The Annual Meeting and elec-
tion of officers of H. R. S. H. Em-
ployees’ Association will be held on
September 16th at 8 P.M. The an-
nual report of the treasurer of the
yas recently distributed
A meeting of the Dutchess Coun-
ty Medical Society is scheduled to
be held at the Hudson River State
Hospital on Wednesday evening,
September 9th. Golf will be played
during the day prior to the meeting
and dinner and the meeting will be
held at Ryon Hall on the institution
ee at 7:30 P.M. A scientific
“Tuberculosis and Collapse
Therapy In All Its Phases,” will be
given by Dr. Louis R. Davidson,
Post Graduate Hospital, New York
City.
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The above delegates representing employees of the State Mental Hygiene Institutions attended the Annual
Meeting and Electi of the Association of Employees of the Department of Mental Hygiene of the
State of New York held in Albany on September 10th.
ed as officers of the Association for the ensuing year were: President, John A. McDonald, Rochester
I; Vice-President, John L. Livingstone, Hudson River State Hospital, Poughkeepsie; and Secretary-
asurer, Mrs. Lucy S, Baumgrass. A complete story of the proceedings of the meeting will be carried in the
October issue of “The State Employee.”
In the picture above are, reading from left to right, front row: Milton Davis, Gilbert Beck, Roscoe Grif-
fith, Robert Colburn, George White, Alexander Maran, Sam W. Silver, John L. Florence and Andrew Harri
Second row: Jesse Davis, Anne Nichols, Arthur Gifford, Katherine Collins, Catherine Jones, Lucy $. Baumgrass,
August Eitzen, Louis Garrison, Norman Mahar and David Roch. Third row: William Kondrat, Ruth Stedman,
Charles Sandwick, Richard Gilmer, Herman Redmond, Louis Illig, Ellis Truax, J. M. Johnson and Joseph Scholl.
Fourth row: Andrew Steward, E. J. Holley, Andrew Augustine, Fred Walters, Willis Markle, Leo Gurry, Samuel
Decker and Tracy Wilmarth, Fifth row: Lance Blydenough, Patrick Clerkin, Leo Crotty, John McDonald, Harry
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September 209
Your Retirement System
Judging from the number of in-
quiries received at Association Head-
quarters, many employees lack gen-
eral information concerning the
splendid retirement system of which
they are members. Much informa-
tion in little space is contained in
“Information Relative to the New
York State Employees’ Retirement
System,” an eight page pamphlet
issued by the State Comptroller.
So that Association members may
become more familiar with the bene-
fits of their retirement plan, a por-
tion of the pamphlet referred to
heretofore is printed herewith:
Benefits of State System
The benefits of the State Retire-
ment System are as follows:
(a) Superannuation retirement at
age 60 regardless of years of service.
The retirement age
60 will be approximately 1/70 of
one’s average salary for last five
years of service or any five con
tive years of service when an act
member for each y
a member has had 25 years of servic
and if final average salary has been
$1,800 his retirement allowance will
be approximately 25/70 of $1,800 or
$642.86 at age 60. Members may
arrange to pay extra contributions
to retire at age 55 and receive 1/60 of
final average salary instead of 1/70.
Retirement is compulsory at age of
70 except as provided in subdivision
2 of section 62.
(b) If a member of the State Re-
tirement System becomes physically
or mentally disabled, and so deter-
mined by the Medical Board of the
Retirement System, after completing
15 years of allowable service, he will
receive a retirement allowance of at
least one-fourth of final average
ary except in a few instances. Using
the above example 25 years of ser-
vice would produce a retirement al-
lowance equal to 25/70 of $1,800
multiplied by 9/10 or $578.57.
(c) If a member of the State Re-
tirement System who has not at-
tained age 60 becomes disabled by
accident sustained in the perform-
ance of duty his retirement allow-
ance will equal the annuity pur-
chasable by the contributions of the
member plus a pension amounting
to three-fourths of final average sal-
210
ary. Using the example under (a)
the retirement allowance on account
of such accident would be $1,350
per annum and the annuity, of
course, would depend on the amount
of money to the credit of the mem-
ber in the System. If a member has
attained age 60 the benefit payable
is the same as for superannuation
retirement, item (a).
(d) If a member of the State Re-
tirement System is killed in the per-
formance of duty, the retirement al-
lowance to the widow or children
or dependent father or mother is
equal to one-half final average sal-
ary as long as the widow remains
unmarried or as long as the children
are under 18 years of age. Using the
example under (a) the benefit pay-
able would be $900, together with
return of contributions.
(e) If the services of a member
of the Retirement System have been
discontinued through no fault or
delinquency of his own after 20
years of service, a retirement allow-
ance is payable. Different condi-
tions as to kind of service produce
different amounts of retirement al-
lowances.
(£) If a member of the State Re-
tirement System dies from ordinary
causes while in service or within
12 months after leaving service if
not employed in such 12 months, a
member haying at least one year
of member service, one-twelfth of
his salary for last year of service will
be paid for each year of service up
to 50 per cent of last year’s salary
to the person named as beneficiary.
This means that if the member has
had six years of service and if his
last year’s salary was $1,800, the
beneficiary would receive not only
the contributions, see (h), made by
the member to the funds but also
a single payment of $900. Either
the member, or on the death of the
member, the person nominated by
him to receive his death benefit,
may provide by written designation
duly executed and filed with the
comptroller that the above men-
tioned death benefit shall be paid
to the person designated in the form
of an annuity, the amount thereof
to be determined atthe time of the
member's death on the basis of the
age of the beneficiary at that time
as the actuarial equivalent of the
death benefit.
(g) A member under 60 years of
age with three years of member ser-
vice may borrow, with the approval
of the Comptroller, an amount not
to exceed 50 per cent of his contribu-
tions, or any lesser amount which
can be repaid before attaining age
60 in installments. Such member
must begin at once to repay with in-
terest the amount so borrowed in
installments of not less than his nor-
mal contributions.
For the purposes of this feature
member service in a local plan taken
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The State Employee
A Special Low Cost Group Plan of
Accident and Health
INSURANCE
August 10, 1942
Loyalty Group
75 State Street
Albany, N. Y.
Gentlemen:
I wish to thank you for my check received this
morning covering my accident. I only filed my
claim on Friday, August 7th, and today is the 10th.
T also would like to thank Mr. J. C. Morrison for
the courtesy shown me on Saturday morning
when I telephoned the office for some information
regarding my claim.
In my estimation this accident and sickness policy
is well worth the deductions from my salary each
month. It is something no one should be without,
especially a State Employee.
Very truly yours,
(Signed)
Albion, N. Y.
August 7, 1942
Ter Bush & Powell, Inc.
General Insurance
423 State Street
Schenectady, N. Y.
Dear Sirs:
I would like to thank you for the prompt attention
you gave my claim during my recent illness. You
can be sure that I will do my part in interesting
those persons who are employed by the Staté and
have not taken advantage of your offer.
I can truthfully say your organization is fair and
most considerate. My illness and the payments
I received from you are perfect examples to prove
to those who do not have your insurance, that it
is a really good thing to buy.
Very truly yours,
(Signed)
NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION
April 25, 1942
Loyalty Group
Rochester, N. Y.
Gentlemen:
I have received your check for my recent disabil-
ity and wish to sincerely thank you.
Cordially yours,
(Signed)
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September
211
Albion News
May I. Carothers is the new presi
dent of our Albion Chapter. She
succeeds Mrs. Lula A, V. B. Bell.
Other officers elected at the same
time were Blanche Lawton, vice
president; Nellie E, Brooks, secre
tary; and Elizabeth L. Dean, trea
surer.
Sixty-three members of the chap
ter who attended a dinner at the
Van Vleet Tea Room were afforded
a special treat—they were delight
fully entertained by the men of the
organization. ‘The dinner was. fol
lowed by a short program, George
L. Neidert acting as toastmaster and
introducing the speakers: Judge
Bernard Ryan of Albion, and Mrs.
Hlizabeth V, Robinson, assistant
superintendent of the Albion State
Training School, Later cards and
dancing were enjoyed by all.
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Additions
In carrying the list of employees
of State departments, institutions, di
visions, commissions, boards and au
thorities in military service in the
June issue of “The State Employee,”
the Association made every possible
eflort to include all employees.
However, in securing the necessary
information from so. many. sources
it is manifestly impossible to be cer
tain that full information is ob
tained,
It has been called to the Associa:
tion’s attention that Jack Burgan,
U, S. Navy, Harry J. Kapp, U.
Army, and Salvatore Mazzara, U.
Coast Guard, all employees of the
State Division of Commerce, were
not included in the list of employees
now with the armed forces carried
in the June issue of “The State
Employee.”
Also missing from the list in the
June issue was John J. Wetzel, of
the Public Service Department, who
was inducted into the Navy as a
Lieutenant in Janua 1941; also
Howard Brummer, U.S. Army, an
employee in Local Office No. 17 of
the Division of Employment and
Unemployment Insurance.
The total employees of Pilgrim
State Hospital in military service as
appearing in the June issue should
have been 129 instead of 34
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The State Employee
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Handbook
(Continued from Page 204)
Maintenance ‘The salary
and the ‘Temporary Sal
Commutation ary Standardization
Board is a total sal
ary. Where the employee. recei
part of his pay in room, board or
meals, laundry, ete. the value of
such services or goods is deducted.
Thus far such deduction has been
made by a differential, generally the
difference between the full. salary
of the position and the salary of the
next lower grade of position.
xed by
cs
The Budget Bureau has made
careful studies of costs of mainte
nance and plans to. establish fair
and reasonable charges whieh will
be paid by the employee either in
cash or by deduction from his salary
cheek. All commutation in lieu of
maintenance will of course be can
celed,
The Feld-Hamilton annual inere
ments will after July 1, 1943, super
sede the old Mental Hygiene plan
of time service and increments,
‘Tempor The Feld-Hamilton
and Law excludes certain
Part s types of positions.
Employees ‘These are:
I. Positions whose
salaries are otherwise fixed by. sta
tute, Many such statutes have been
repealed. Others doubtless will be,
as it seems to be the policy of the
State to have a single uniform salary
plan for the entire service,
II, Exempt and labor positions as
not in the competitive or non-compe
titive class,
IIL, Part-time, temporary and sea
sonal positions.
It should be noted that the Divi
sion of the Budget has followed the
practice of making salary increases
in N.S. (non-statutory) positions
(those not covered by the Feld
Hamilton Law) in general con
formity with the Feld-Hamilton
Plan.
sin the State service are al
to pr Most of
the pressure from outside State ser
vice is for the lowest possible pay
for the fewest possible persons.
Some of the pressure is for high
for certain individuals without much
regard as to the nature of the posi
tion,
September
The principles of equal pay for
equal work and for carcer opportuni
ties in the State service can only be
maintained by an alert, intelligent
and highly efficient State staff, con
scious of its obligations and its just
deserts,
A Salute
Private First’ Class Charles J.
Kearsey, an employee of Wassaic
State School, now. serving with the
U.S. Army, sent the above photo to
the editor of “The State Employee.”
He asks us to say that he salutes
with his rifle all members of the
Association and especially his many
good friends at Wassaic.
Buy YOUR Copy
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Local Government
(Continued from Page 200)
In general, districts are formed by
petition to the town, county, or vil
lage board, signed by owners of one
half or more of the taxable property
within the proposed unit. Originally
these special districts were governed
by a board of commissioners, ap:
pointed or elected. More recently
there has developed a tendency to
vest the administration of the affairs
of the special district in the county,
town, or village board. Construc
tion maintenance costs are assessed
upon the property in the district
cither according to the assessed valu-
ation or the benefits received,
Further creation of independent
units has been substantially limited
by the recent revision of the Consti
tution. With the opportunity for
general reorganization of local gov
ernment special units appear to. be
of diminishing value, They tend to
contuse rather than to simplify. gov
emment and are frequently of
doubtful value,
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213
Your Retirement System
(Continued from Page 210)
over by this system shall be con-
sidered as member service in this
system.
(h) If no form of retirement has
been attained by a member on leav-
ing service for any cause all con-
tributions made by the member plus
interest at 4 per cent compounded
annually will be returned to the
member on his demand. However,
if the member withdraws his con-
tributions, thereby ceasing member-
ship, on return to service and mem-
bership, he will do so as a new en-
trant without credit for service ren-
dered prior to last date of entry, ex-
cept as provided in subdivisions 1
and 5 of section 61 of the retirement
law.
Tf one returns to service after with-
drawal, subdivision 1 of section 61
permits the redeposit of such with-
drawn amount in installments, as the
member may elect, except that such
payments shall be made within a
period no greater than the number
of months involved in the member
service lost by such withdrawal, and
on completion of payment of such
withdrawn amount the member
shall be credited with all allowable
service rendered prior to such with-
drawal, provided, however, that said
member shall render at least five
years of member service after first
day of re-entry into service after last
withdrawal.
A member who has attained age
60 with less than five years of allow-
able service, may elect to withdraw
his contributions in lieu of a retire-
ment allowance.
The contributor may designate a
beneficiary to receive the contribu-
tions in lump sum or in the form of
an annuity. On the death of the
contributor, the person nominated
by him to receive his accumulated
contributions, may provide by writ-
ten designation duly executed and
filed with the Comptroller that the
contributions shall be paid to him
as an annuity, the amount thereof to
be determined at the time of the
member's death on the basis of the
age of the beneficiary at that time
as the actuarial equivalent of the
accumulated contributions.
Maintenance Values
The maintenance value for insti-
tution employees who receive main-
214
tenance is considered for contribu-
tion and retirement purposes in the
State System as one-half the value
of the cash salary.
Optional Benefits
At the time of retirement each
member of the State Retirement
System may elect how he desires
to have his retirement allowance
paid, that is:
0. Without optional modification,
which means all payments to cease
on death.
1. Option No. 1, which provides
for a lump sum amount of the re-
serve not paid to the member to be
paid to the beneficiary designated
by the member or the estate of the
member.
2. Option No. 2, which provides
that the same amount shall be paid
to the beneficiary as is paid to the
member should the beneficiary sur-
vive the member.
3. Option No. 3, which provides
that one-half the amount paid to
the member shall be paid to the
beneficiary on the death of the mem-
ber should the beneficiary survive
the member,
4. Under Option No. 4, a mem-
ber may elect to have the payments
made in accordance with any desire,
the same meeting with the approval
of the Comptroller and being actu-
arially correct.
The beneficiary under any option
must have an insurable interest in
the life of the member.
If the retirement allowance is
$1,000, and if the member is 60
years of age and the beneficiary 60
years of age, the optional benefits
will be approximately as follows, all
payments monthly except lump sum
under Option 1.
Option 1. $833.50 to member dur-
ing life and if $10,384 has not been
paid to member at the time of his
death, the balance would be paid to
beneficiary or estate of member.
This means that if a member retires
and selects Option 1 and lives but
a year, $9,550.50 would be paid to
the beneficiary or estate in one lump
sum. If beneficiary dies without
member naming a new beneficiary,
amount is paid to estate.
Option 2. $733.30 per year pay-
able to the member for life with
same amount to beneficiary after
death of member should beneficiary
survive member.
Option 3. $846.10 per year pay-
able to member for life with $423.05
payable to beneficiary after death of
member should beneficiary survive
member.
Different ages would produce dif-
ferent amounts.
Testimonial
Unsolicited and dramatic in its
simplicity, here is a compliment paid
by a State employee to the advan-
tages of Health and Accident Civil
Service Employees’ Insurance.
The State employee is E. Lillian
McWenie, assistant —_ supervising
nurse in the State Health Depart-
ment at Utica, who writes to the
editor of “The State Employee”:
“Following two fracture accidents
caused by falls on slippery pave-
ments in 1941 and 1942, $889 was
paid to me in $100 monthly install-
ments until I was able to return to
my work. The validity of each claim
was established without inconveni-
ence or embarrassment to me or my
family.
“T appreciated receiving the sub-
stantial amount of money during a
long period of illness and. conval-
escence, and I feel that the purchase
of this low cost insurance should re-
ceive the serious consideration of
every State employee who does not
now have it.”
Game Protectors Meet
On August 18th the Game Pro-
tectors’ Chapter of the Association
held its Annual Meeting and Elec-
tion of Officers. Chester Griffith,
Schenectady, N. Y., was reelected
President for the ensuing year. Se-
lected to assist Mr. Griffith were
Vice-President, Everett Larkin, Cla-
rence, N. Y. Secretary, Everett
Rogers, Stillwater, N. Y.; Treasurer,
Dwinal Kerst, Schroon Lake, N. Y.
Mr. Griffith was also elected as a
delegate to represent the chapter at
Association meetings.
The chief item of discussion was
the extension of the Feld-Hamilton
Civil Service Law to the Game Pro-
tectors effective July 1, 1943, which
was provided by a statute enacted
into law during the last session of
the Legislature.
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Available ONLY to State Workers through the
GROUP PLAN sponsored by your Association
CONSIDER THESE SPECIAL FEATURES:
1, LOW-COST made possible by wholesale purchasing—$1,000 of insurance
for 30c a pay day for members 39 years and younger.
2. NO WAR RIDER. Payment is made for death due to any cause whatso-
ever. NO EXTRA RATES because of the war hazard.
3. EASY PAYMENT through payroll deductions.
4. NO MEDICAL EXAMINATION if application is made within first 90 days
employment with State, otherwise a medical exam is necessary without
expense to the applicant.
5. CONVERSION PRIVILEGE without medical examination.
6. SAME RATES APPLY regardless of occupation, whether applicant is a
prison guard, clerk, state trooper, typist or hospital attendant.
7. CLAIMS ARE PAID usually within 24 hours of the time the Association is
notified. Over $625,000.00 paid to 400 beneficiaries since the Group Plan
was established in 1939.
This LOW-COST Life Insurance is available ONLY to State Workers
through the GROUP PLAN sponsored by The Association of State Civil Ser-
vice Employees of the State of New York, Inc.
Could there be any better reasons why you should make application
for the protection accorded by the Group Plan of Life Insurance? MAKE
APPLICATION FOR IT TODAY!
If you ARE NOT protected by the Group Life Plan, fill out the coupon
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Story of State Government _
STATE OF NEW YORK |
PUBLISHED BY
THE ASSOCIATION OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, INC.
A publication containing a non-technical description of the organization, services and ac-
tivities of the eighteen departments of government of the State of New York, prepared under
the direction of the chief executive officers of such departments, as carried in THE STATE
EMPLOYEE magazine from November 1939 to September 1942, and with each chapter {nn
brought up to date. ia is fs
The document has been edited by Charles A. Brind, Jr., Counsel, New York State Education P ne
Department, Editor of THE STATE EMPLOYEE, and former president of The Association of Si] 3
State Civil Service Employees, and Arthur K. Getman, Chief, Agricultural Education Bureau ©" [f=
of the New York State Education Department, and Associate Editor for the “Story of State z ial =
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Chapter TABLE OF CONTENTS 4
I EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT VIl_ DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION
By HON. WALTER T. BROWN, Secretary to the By HON. LITHGOW OSBORNE, State Commissioner
‘Governor ‘of Conservation | m
Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control Vill DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION
By HON, HENRY E, BRUCKMAN, Chairman, By HON. JOHN F. TREMAIN, Secretary, State Com: wa
Dison of bre Boaeal missioner of Correction
Direct IX DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
BY Fee aap eeee Si WERER, Normaps Diecior By HON. GEORGE D. STODDARD, State Cominis-
Division of C ce
By HON. M.-P, CATHERWOOD, State Commis: X DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
sioner of Commerce By Pi EDWARD S, GODFREY, State Commissioner
Division of Military and Naval Affairs of Hex
By BRIGADIER GENERAL AMES T. BROWN, XI DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE
Adjutant General By HON. LOUIS H. PINK, State Supt. of Insurance
Division of Parole XII DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
By HON, FREDERICK A. MORAN, Chairman, By HON. FRIEDA S. MILLER, State Industrial Com-
State Board of Parole missioner
Division of Standards and Purchase MEI
By HON, JOHN 7. HIGGINS, State Commissioner ll! DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HYGIENE ot
Di ‘of Standards — Mental Hygiene Statistics
pion ee bicie, Eevee 3 XIV DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE
By HON. SAMUEL CAHAN, Assistant Secretary,
State Public Service Commission
Il DEPARTMENT OF LAW
By HON. JOHN J. BENNETT, Attorney-General XV DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
Ill DEPARTMENT OF AUDIT AND CONTROL By HON. A. W. BRANDT, State Superintendent of
By HON. JOSEPH V. O'LEARY, State Comptroller aes oa °
IV DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE & MARKETS XVI DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE
By HON. HOLTON V. NOYES, State Commissioner By HON, DAVID C. ADIE, State Commissioner of
of Agriculture and Markets Social. Weltare. _
Vv DEPARTMENT OF BANKING XVII. DEPARTMENT OF STATE "3
By HON. WILLIAM R. WHITE, State Supt. of Banks By HON. MICHAEL F. WALSH, Secretary of State
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL SERVICE XVIIl_ DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE
By HON. GRACE A. REAVY, President, State Civil By HON. CARROLL E. MEALEY, President, State
Service Commission ‘Tax Commission
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