NEW YORK
C NOV-~7 1941
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STATE EMPLOYEE
OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE ASSOCIATION OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
CHARLES A. BRIND, Jr.
President Elect
“‘As the President of this Asso
ciation it is not only my duty but
my ambition to make effective
policies which seem for the best
interest of the Association.”
BEULAH BAILEY
Retiring President
“The Association has a record
of accomplishment that promises
well for future successful service
to the State and to those who
serve the State.”
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VOL. 4.
OCTOBER, 1935
NO. 7.
The New President’s Message
Under the Constitution of the
Association of State Civil Service
Employees it is made the duty of
the President to “make effective the
policies which seem for the best in-
terests of the organization.” The
Association now boasts of a mem-
bership of over 12,000 State em-
ployees who are scattered through-
out the entire State. That number
represents phenomenal growth.
As a mere member of this Asso-
ciation in the past and not an offi-
cer, it has been my observation that
this growth is due to two major
causes. The first cause rests square-
ly upon the capabilities and ener-
gies of my predecessors in office
and the committees who have striv-
en to broaden the field of activity
so as to make it worth while for
State employees to be members of
this Association. For the nominal
dues of one dollar per year a State
employee who is a member of the
Association receives a magazine de-
voted to his interests, a paid counsel
who is available for all matters af-
fecting the interests of civil service,
organization headquarters where in-
formation can be secured in any
way concerning his status, partici-
pation in a credit union, participa-
tion in insurance through a group
plan insuring a smaller premium
and a wider coverage than can be
obtained elsewhere, instruction in
courses of collegiate grade, and
various social activities and con~
tacts which are of considerable
value.
The
second reason for the
strength of the organization is due
to the necessity, to put it bluntly,
of the existence of a real live or-
ganization to protect the interests
of civil service employees. The laws
establishing civil service were not
enacted primarily to care for in-
dividual employees. More than half
a century ago the people of the
State foresaw that it was essential
that the bulk of the public servants
be given tenure of position in order
that the ordinary processes of gov-
ernment continue smoothly with
well trained, well experienced em-
ployees who could perform services
day in and day out without fear of
molestation, These reasons are just
as potent today but they must be
continually reiterated, that their
Continued on Page 5
The Annual Meeting—October 1, 1935
‘The Annual Meeting of this Asso-
ciation, held in the State Office
Building, October 1st was largely
attended by delegates of employee
groups throughout the State. On
the afternoon of the same day a
business meeting of the delegates
from the various groups and mem-
bers of the Executive Committee
was held, at which meeting State-
wide organization and resolutions
for presentation at the Annual
Meeting were discussed.
Reports of the various officers
and committee chairmen were pre-
sented to the gathering and form-
ally accepted. The resume of the
Treasurer's Report will be found
elsewhere in this magazine.
The Board of Canvassers selected
by the Executive Committee re-
ported that the following officers
were elected by popular ballot of
Association members, for the en-
suing year:
President, Charles A. Brind, Jr.,
Department of Education.
Vice-President, Charles L. Camp-
bell, Department of Civil Serv-
ice.
Secretary, James A. Conboy,
Dept. of Agriculture & Mark-
ets.
Treasurer, Frank O. Bauer, Dept.
of Mental Hygiene.
The Board of Canvassers also re~
ported as to the Executive Com-
mittee elected. The Executive Com-
mittee of the Association for the
ensuing year is found on another
page of this issue.
The following resolutions were
adopted at the Annual Meeting and
constitute the foundation of the As-
sociation’s program for the coming
year:
Abolition of Long Day
“WHEREAS, the State of New
York by reason of its traditions,
history, natural advantages, wealth,
progress in promoting art and sci-
ence, and the cosmopolitan and
democratic character of its people,
stands foremost among the great
units of government of the World,
and
“WHEREAS, the State of New
York has taken a progressive stand
in its treatment of the problems of
private employment, and
“WHEREAS, the State of New
York should as a serious responsi-
Continued on Page 4
THE STATE EMPLOYEE
October
Annual Meeting — October 1, 1935
bility adopt the role of a model em-
Ployer in the conduct of its own
business, and
“WHEREAS, a Legislative body
has presented the results of a sur-
vey of employment conditions in
State institutions which reveals the
employment of thousands of work-
ers on a long day basis extending to
twelve hours and more, and has rec-
ommended the abolition of this long
day, and
“WHEREAS, the Legislature of
1935, representative of all of the
people of the State did by passage
of bills unanimously approve the
adoption by the State of a maxi-
mum eight hour day for State em-
ployees in institutions,
“THEREFORE BE IT RE-
SOLVED, that this Association
which has continuously urged upon
the people and their representatives
in the Legislative and Executive
branches of Government the need
for this honest reform in State em-
ployment practices, hereby again
dedicates itself to an intensive
campaign to further enlist public
and official aid of its efforts to se-
cure the establishment by July 1,
1936, of the maximum eight hour
day in every institution and branch
of State government, and does here
call upon the Governor to make fi-
nancial provision for this honest
and just reform, and
“BE IT FURTHER’ RE-
SOLVED, that copies of this reso-
lution be sent to His Excellency,
the Governor, to members of the
Legislature and to the press
throughout the State.
Advisory Salary Commission
“WHEREAS, the need within
the State Government of an agency
devoted to careful and compre-
hensive attention to the salaries
paid to State employees to the end
that such salaries shall be fair and
equitable and adequate in all lines
of work and in all branches of State
Government has long been recog-
nized as a fundamental need of any
sound employment policy, and
“WHEREAS, the Legislative sur-
vey for which was expended over
$100,000 recommended that this
was an essential and crying need
of State Government, and
Continued from Page 3
“WHEREAS, present conditions
among many groups of employees
indicate the need for scientific and
fair attention to State salaries to
bring about adjustments which will
preserve equity and maintain high
morale among workers,
“THEREFORE BE IT RE-
SOLVED, that this Association
urge upon the Governor of the
State the establishment of an Ad-
visory Commission on State Civil
Service Salaries to consist of one
representative of each branch of the
Legislature, the Division of the
Budget, the Department of Civil
Service, and the civil service em-
ployees, all to be selected by the
Governor, the duties of which shall
be to recommend to the Governor
the rates and scales of pay which
shall apply in all lines of State
service not now provided for by
law, and
“Be IT FURTHER RE-
SOLVED, that the Governor be re-
quested to make available to such
a Committee appropriate and ade-
quate facilities within the State De-
partment of Civil Service and the
Division of the Budget to determine
any facts desired by the Commit-
tee along the line of their work.”
Restoration of Public Works Salary
Scales
“WHEREAS, approximately
April 1, 1932, the State Depart-
ment of Public Works had seen fit
to demote a number of employees
in this same Department, Division
of Highways, as a matter of eco-
nomic necessity, and
“WHEREAS, as a further step
toward economy, the State Legis-
lature, in 1933, passed a bill author-
izing certain reductions in salaries
of employees receiving $2000 or
more per annum, and this same bill
was made operative during 1934,
and as the last session of the Legis-
lature did not continue this bill,
thinking the emergency had ceased,
which automatically restored the
salaries of these employees to their
previous levels, and
“WHEREAS, those employees
who were demoted in 1932 have not
yet been restored to their former
rank,
“THEREFORE BE IT RE-
SOLVED, that this Association
take action to progress the speedy
return of those employees to their
1932 level.”
Continue List
“WHEREAS, in 1932 the State
Department of Public Works saw
fit to demote a number of employ-
ees in that department as a matter
of economic necessity, and
“WHEREAS, these employees
were put on a preferred eligible list
for a period of four years, and
“WHEREAS, that list will ex-
Pire in 1936,
“THEREFORE BE IT RE-
SOLVED, that this Association
urge upon the Governor and the
Legislature the desirability of a law
extending the life of this eligible
list for a period of two years or
more.
Time Service Credit
“WHEREAS, On July 1, 1932 all
statutory increases of wages or sal-
aries of state officers or employees
which would accrue during the fis-
cal year beginning July 1, 1932
were suspended by the Legislature
under Chapter 50, Laws of 1932,
and
“WHEREAS, this suspension
continued for a period of three
years or to July 1, 1935, and
“WHEREAS, due to the discon-
tinuance of time service for those
three years these same people are
still being penalized, and
“WHEREAS, it is unfair to
make one group continue to con-
tribute to the economy measure, al-
though the same is no longer en-
forced, and other groups have
ceased to do so,
“THEREFORE BE IT RE-
SOLVED, that this Association
urge upon the Governor and the
Legislature the need for a bill to
provide for the restoration of orig-
inal time service allowance for
actual service time,
State Retirement System for Hospitat
Workers
“BE IT RESOLVED, that the
Association of State Civil Service
Employees circularize the members
of the Hospital Retirement System
and find out how many are in favor
Continued on Page 8
October
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5
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President’s Message
Continued from Page 3
force be not abated. The only way
that this can be accomplished is
through organization and this obli-
gation falls upon the civil service
employees themselves. Such task
involves many ramifications.
Due to the depression, attacks
have been made upon the com-
pensation paid to civil service em-
ployees. Without the research, legal
service, and many hours of unself-
ish labor on the part of members
of the Association, the present
recognized fact that civil service
employees as a class have been in
the past and during the fat years
of plenty, singularly underpaid,
would not have been established
and the present income of all civil
service employees would be materi-
ally diminished. At every legisla-
tive session attacks are made upon
the competitive service, attacks are
made upon the pension system. Per-
sonal privilege is sought at the ex-
pense of both the retirement and
the civil service systems. For the
benefit of employees individually
and for the benefit of the State
service as a whole, it is essential
that there be a civil service associa-
tion to accomplish the things that
State employees as individuals can
never hope to accomplish.
Besides maintaining the status
quo, there are many things which
must yet be done. Many members
of the Association are required to
work hours which the laws of our
State prohibit in private industry.
Much must be done to establish
proper rules for sick leave and
other privileges which go toward
the establishment of a proper mor-
ale,
The annual meeting has adopted
policies, which appear elsewhere in
this issue, which mandate action,
As the President of this organiza-
tion, it is not only my duty but my
ambition to comply with the consti-
tutional mandate above quoted. To
do it alone would, of course, be
impossible, but I am not only as-
sured of the cooperation of those
who have brought this organization
to its present high standard of ac-
complishment and service but I
hope to have the support of every
member of the Association.
by Charles A. Brind, Jr.
State Employees Praise
Governor Lehman
Adopted unanimously by dele-
gates and members of the Associa-
tion of State Civil Service Em-
ployees at their Annual Meeting,
the following resolution offered by
Past President McDonough ex-
Presses well deserved appreciation
of the fair and progressive treat-
ment accorded by Governor Leh-
man to State civil service problems
during his administration:
“RESOLVED, that the Asso-
ciation of State Civil Service Em-
ployees of the State of New York
commends heartily Governor
Herbert H. Lehman for his
staunch support of civil service
principles and good civil service
practices.”
Governor Lehman has not ren-
dered lip service to civil service.
All too frequently, in fact more
often than with any other impor-
tant public matter, executive, legis-
lative and administrative heads
have been prone to display a re-
grettable weakness and vacillation
when the practical application of
the merit system was called for.
Not so Governor Lehman. Since
his elevation to the Governorship,
he has been rightly hailed as a
“Civil Service Governor.” What
greater praise could be bestowed
upon any public servant? It means
simply that he is true to the high-
est ideals of public service; ideals
which demand that personal inclin-
ations must give way to a sincere
consideration of the public inter-
ests when the selection of public
workers is concerned. Civil em-
ployees cannot be partisan, they can-
not be chosen because of race, re-
ligion, or politics. They do not
represent nor work for any group
of citizens; they must have but one
purpose and that an intelligent and
Patriotic attention to the needs of
all citizens. Their selection upon
the basis of merit and fitness solely
is therefore not a secondary matter
but a fundamental thing if good
government is to continue. Laws,
plans, projects, are mere forms
without conscientious personnel to
give them expression and useful-
ness. Governor Lehman is keenly
aware of the vital need for making
everything else wait upon the pub-
lic servant's integrity and efficiency.
And the Governor's attention to
employment matters in State serv-
ice is a real responsibility. Without
the Governor's personal, sympa-
thetic support of civil service prin-
ciples, it is easy to see how com-
pletely the entire executive and ad-
ministrative system would crumble
into inefficiency. Hndreds of ad-
minstrative officers with many prej-
udices, many theories, many idio-
syncracies could unintentionally,
without a firm state policy, readily
wreck employee efficiency and
morale. Even with a larger meas-
ure of consideration now prevail-
ing than existed in the past, the
State service is not yet wholly free
from the erroneous conceptions of
some individuals as to the place of
the rank and file in the carrying on
of the many State services, concep-
tions which are often subversive of
high morale because of their dis-
regard of important social consid-
erations affecting all workers.
Governor Lehman has already
won for himself upon many counts
a place as one of the greatest, if
not the most capable, of all the long
line of New York State governors.
He is outstanding among the states-
men of the United States today.
It is fitting that such a man should
be an illustrious champion of the
merit system. And it is especially
fitting and an exceedingly great
pleasure for this Association of
State Civil Service Employees to
give him honor and praise for his
part in advancing the civil service
system in State employment to the
highest point it has yet reached.
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Justice Waits on Money
In all of history there was never
a more vivid picture of righteous-
ness pilloried by cold indifference
on the part of the money minded
and the politicially minded than
that found in the situation under
which thousands of public employ-
ees have for years worked long
days extending even beyond twelve
hours in the institutions of this
State. The picture is the more
striking because it rests upon a
background of State laws which
guarantee to private employees rea~
sonable hours of employment.
For years it was impossible for
this Association, despite its inten-
sive efforts, to arouse public opinion
to the point of even getting a hear-
ing before the Labor Committees
of the State Legislature. Two years
ago, however, through the efforts
of Senator Michael J. Kernan of
Utica, Assemblyman Harold C. Os-
tertag of Wyoming County, Sen-
ator Thomas C. Desmond of New-
burg, and several others, the pro-
posal of the Association for a Leg-
islative Survey of working condi-
tions in State institutions was
adopted, and as a result of this sur-
vey the Legislature of last year
unanimously adopted bills which
would have abolished the long day
in State service. The Legislature
did not, however, make financial
provision for the acts, passed to be-
come effective July 1, 1936 and the
bills were therefore vetoed by the
Govenor,
‘We are now face to face with
another executive budget and
another Legislative Session. What
will they bring forth? Will there
be a repetition of past deference
to the money involved, or will
it be a courageous acceptance of
the responsibility to place human
welfare and human happiness be-
fore money? Sound social action is
sound economic action. Unemploy-
ment and want still exist. These
needs are being met by emergency
appropriations. At least a partial
solution of economic distress lies in
shorter working days. No variety
of sound reasoning can find excuse
for a twelve hour day in face of
wide-spread unemployment’ which
even the most optimistic understand
will continue permanently as to
many thousands unless there is a
revision of hours of work.
The Association, believing that
the practical thing to do is to con-
vince the Governor that financial
provision should be made to abolish
the long day at the latest by July
1, 1936, called upon workers in in-
stitutions to petition the Governor
to this end. Although there was
no systematized plan of circulating
the petitions a remarkable response
followed and the Association has
forwarded petitions bearing over four
thousand signatures of institutional
workers to the Governor with a
strong plea that they be considered
in the preparation of his financial
program for 1936. In addition to
the petition ‘of workers, petitions
signed by over two hundred busi-
ness men of the State asking for
the abolition of the long day, have
also been sent to the Governor by
the Association.
The following letter was ad-
dressed to the Governor by the
President of your Association on
October 17, 1935:
“Hon. Herbert H. Lehman,
Governor of the State of New
York,
Albany, N. Y.
“Dear Governor Lehman:
“On behalf of State Civil Serv-
ice Employees and all classes of
salaried and wage earning people,
and particularly on behalf of the
thousands of institutional em-
Ployees in New York State serv-
ice, I am submitting herewith pe-
titions addressed to Your Excel-
lency by over four thousand em-
ployees of various State Institu-
tions, and petitions signed by sev-
eral hundred business men of the
State, urging upon you that finan-
cial provision be made for the
abolition of the long day in in-
stitutional service.
“Let me say to you in all sin-
cerity that the officers and com-
mittees and the members of this
Association understand fully that
they are placing before you
through these petitions a request
which carries with it an impor-
tant decision for you and one
which, in view of the financial
difficulties of State budgeting,
they would not present if they
were not convinced that the prin-
ciple involved is one that tran-
scends finances and touches
closely upon the general social
and political welfare of the State.
“For years the State of New
York has held that human labor
was the proper subject of safe-
guarding laws. With righteous-
ness and wisdom it has placed
upon the statute books a long
series of commendable provisions
to assure that justice and humane
attention would so far as possible
be accorded to workers in pri-
vate industry. The unemploy-
ment insurance act of the last
session which was so ably sup-
Ported by you bears witness to
present day trends in labor mat-
ters. The active agitation in the
ranks of the A. F. L, for a thirty-
hour week is direct appreciation
of the need for thought to a sound
solution of the problem of unem-
ployment.
“For fundamental reasons,
which are obvious, the State is
more interested than ever in be-
coming a model employer. It
would be strange indeed to carry
longer in the labor laws of the
State exceptions which deprived
workers for the State of those
things deemed desirable for other
workers, The twelve-hour day is
so unsocial and so abhorrent un-
der present day conditions that
the tax considerations involved
seem to be completely over-
shadowed. The Legislature by
its unanimous vote last year
voiced State-wide sentiment as to
what the people wish done in the
matter of the twelve-hour day.
“The Association bespeaks your
earnest consideration of the pe-
titions sent to you herewith.
“Sincerely yours,
“(Signed)
“CHARLES A. BRIND, Jr.,
“President.”
If you have not sought or gained
the support of your friends, your
pastors, your newspapers, your
clubs and fraternities for this hon-
est proposal, then you as a State
Continued on Page 9
October
THE STATE EMPLOYEE
Group Accident and Sickness Insurance
In the September issue of the
STATE EMPLOYEE appeared a
statement of the benefits and premi-
ums of the group health and accident
insurance for which the Association
wishes to take out a Master Policy,
The selling campaign is on. Group
department meetings of employees
have been held in New York City
and Albany, These group meetings
will be continued until everyone has
been given the opportunity to hear
about the insurance,
A few questions have come up at
these meetings which can be taken up
here. The Association, as such as-
sumes no financial obligation, The As-
sociation, aware of the benefits of
group insurance, sought out the Com-
pany which would give it the hest and
safest policy, and will cooperate in
every way possible with the Company
in acquainting its members with the
facts. If sufficient members make
application for this group insurance,
the Association will take out the
Master Policy. Each individual will
have an individual certificate stating
all the provisions of the Master
Policy.
There are many individual health
and accident policies which at a
glance would seem to have all the
advantages of a group policy. The
question has been asked “just what
is the difference in rates between an
individual policy with the same cover-
age and benefits, and the group policy
under discussion.” It is impossible
to answer this as there is no individ-
ual policy with the same coverage
and benefits. The nearest thing ‘to it
issued by the Continental Casualty
Company is a disability policy for
business people called the “Sterling
Policy.” This policy compares as
follows with the group policy.
In the INDIVIDUAL policy the
rate depends upon age and sex. The
rate is 50% higher for a man over
49 years old than for a man under
49 years old, and 50% higher for a
woman over 44 than for a woman
under 44 years old. In every case
the women’s rate is 14% higher than
the men’s, In the GROUP policy the
rate is the same for every one regard-
less of age and sex, and this flat rate
is lower than the lowest men’s rate.
In the INDIVIDUAL policy in
case of illness, the full benefit is only
paid when the illness is house-confin-
ing. There is a provision that one-
half of the benefit will be paid for
two months only for a non-house-
confining illness. The GROUP pol-
icy pays full benefit for the full
period of illness whether said illness
is or is not house-confining.
No previous medical history is re-
quired in a GROUP policy. This is
very essential in an INDIVIDUAL
$150 or over $1000 $100
135 to 150 1000 90
120 to 135 1000 80
105 to 120 1000 70
90 to 105 1000 60
75 to 90 1000 50
75 to 90 500 50
60 to 75 500 40
PREMIUM SCHEDULE FOR OFFICE WORKERS
Monthly Salary Prin, Sum. Monthly Ind. Annual Semi-Ann. Quarterly
Acc. and Sick.
$27.80 $14.10 $7.15
25.20 12.80 6.50
22.55 11.45 5.80
19,95 10.15 5.15
17.30 8.80 4.50
14.65 745 3.80
13.90 7.05 3.60
11,30 5.75 2.96
$150 or more $1000 $100
135 to 150 1000 90
120 to 135 1000 80
105 to 120 1000 70
90 to 105 1000 60
75 to 90 1000 50
75 to 90 500 50
60 to 75 500 40
PREMIUM SCHEDULE FOR NON-OFFICE WORKERS
Monthly Salary Prin, Sum. Monthly Ind, Annual Semi-Ann. Quarterly
Acc. and Sick.
$38.00 $19.20 $9.70
34,30 17.30 8.75
30.65 15.50 7.80
26.95 13.60 6.90
23.30 11.75 5.95
19.60 9.90 5.00
19.00 9.60 485
15.30 770 3.90
policy. In fact under an INDIVID-
UAL policy if you are subject to
chronic appendicitis, etc., you would
probably have a rider attached ex-
cepting such chronic disease from
coverage. The GROUP policy covers
everything. The GROUP policy is
non-cancellable as long as the Asso-
ciation holds the Master Policy. This
means that if you have been sick for
weeks and are a poor investment, the
insurance company must continue to
issue your policies under the group
plan. Under the INDIVIDUAL pol-
icy, the Company could refuse to ac-
cept you as a future risk,
The group plan permits you cover-
age as long as you are in the employ
of the state and a member of the
Association even to the age of 70.
Fifty-nine years is the limit for
health and accident insurance under
the INDIVIDUAL policy.
In addition to the weekly health
indemnity in case of sickness or ac-
cident there is the accident benefit of
$1,000. If you are
dent, should die within three months,
or lose an eye or a limb, etc., you
or your estate would receive $1,000
in addition to the weekly indemnities.
The policy carries $25 for doctor and
hospital bills in case of an accident
not resulting in serious injury.
Many of us feel that inasmuch as
the state continues our salaries while
we are ill, at least for illnesses of
less than three months, that addition-
al health insurance is not~necessary.
All illnesses however mean additional
expenses. With most of us, our sal-
aries cover all normal expenses with
no surplus for sickness.
The Association would appreciate
it if all interested would send in their
application accompanied by at least
a quarterly payment. Those in the
capital district, including the counties
of Albany, Columbia, Greene, Mont-
gomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schen-
ectady, Schoharie, Warren, Washing-
ton and Oneida should send the ap-
plication to Frank J. McGarry, 51
State Street, Albany, New York, and
in all other parts of the State to the
Continental Casualty Company, 75
Fulton Street, New Lork City. Use
the application on the inside back
cover of this issue of the STATE
EMPLOYEE,
THE STATE EMPLOYEE
October
The Annual Meeting— October 1, 1935
of passing legislation to open up
the State system to the members
of the Hospital System.”
Provision for Commutation
“BE IT RESOLVED, that this
Association urge upon the Gover-
nor the desirability of appropriating
a greater amount of money for
commutation in State institutional
service to make possible the
granting of such commutations in
all cases where it should apply.”
Sick Leave
“BE IT RESOLVED, that this
Association urge upon the Gover-
nor the desirability of granting to
the employees of the Mental Hy-
giene groups throughout the State,
the sick leave granted to other em-
ployees in State service.”
Rank and File Representation
“WHEREAS, the New York
State Retirement System was ini-
tiated and its successful establish-
ment and progress promoted in
large measure by State Civil Serv-
ice employees, and
“WHEREAS, the entire policy
of the State Civil Service is re-
quired by law to accept member-
ship in the retirement system, and
“WHEREAS, every State Civil
Service employee is vitally inter-
ested in the safeguarding of the
system and fair and wise adminis-
tration thereof,
“THEREFORE BE IT RE-
SOLVED, that this Association,
composed entirely of State Civil
Service Employees and truly repre-
sentative of every branch of State
service, hereby earnestly appeals to
the Governor of the State to ap-
point a member of the body of
State Civil Service Employees as
an assurance to the 30,000 civil
service employees and to all classes
of civil service employees that this
great agency of employment wel-
fare which they conceived and did
So much to establish is maintained,
developed and administered in such
a way as to serve to the maximum
extent all of the members of the
State Retirement System.”
Extension of Competitive Class
“WHEREAS, the efficiency and
economy of State government de-
pends in large measure upon the
Continued from Page 4
competency of the personnel, and
“WHEREAS, with great wisdom
the people of the State have pro-
vided that the personnel of State
Government shall so far as practi-
cable be recruited through tests to
determine the merit and fitness of
those who seek public service, and
“WHEREAS, the DEPART-
MENT OF CIVIL SERVICE, as
one of the eighteen constitutional
departments of State Government
is charged with the administration
of the civil service laws and the re-
cruitment of personnel, and
“WHEREAS the competitive
class of civil service under the civil
service law provides definite and
fair means of selection and guaran-
tees to the personnel included with-
in its classification substantial
rights,
“THEREFORE BE IT RE-
SOLVED, that this Association
calls upon the STATE CIVIL
SERVICE COMMISSION to take
immediate steps to extend the cov-
erage of competitive classification
to at least ninety per cent of the
State’s personnel, to the end that
the merit system may be further
utilized for the benefit of the people
of the State and of their servants,
and
“BE IT FURTHER RE-
SOLVED, that such extension of
the competitive classification shall
be in such a way as to protect fully
the status of present employees in
whatever kind of work or in what-
ever branch of State Government
they are employed, and
“BE IT FURTHER RE-
SOLVED, that a copy of this reso-
lution be sent to His Excellency
the Governor, and to the President
of the State Civil Service Commis-
sion, and be made available to the
Press of the State.”
Salary Adjustments
“WHEREAS, recent surveys of
compensation paid to State employ-
ees have all agreed in the conclu-
sions that employees are receiving
relatively less compensation in con-
sideration of duties performed and
that all salary rates have not been
adjusted equitably to the rising cost
of living,
“THEREFORE BE IT RE-
SOLVED, that this Association re-
spectfully petition the Governor to
make provision in the budget for
salary increases for all those em-
ployees now recognized as under-
paid to the end that fair and equit-
able compensation rates may be
adopted for all State employees.”
Full Application of Civil Service
“BE IT RESOLVED, that this
Association ask that as new posi-
tions are made they be filled from
regular civil service lists.”
Civil Service Day
“WHEREAS, the civil service
system provided in the Constitution
and basic laws of the State of New
York typifies the most advanced
plan of assuring to public service
efficient and honest administration
and,
“WHEREAS, this system makes
certain to every citizen of the State
that the great and fundamental
rights of religious, racial and politi-
cal equality shall be respected in
appointments to public serivce, and
“WHEREAS, there is need for
frequent recollection of the impor-
tant and necessary place the merit
system holds in relation to public
welfare, and
“WHEREAS, New York State
was the first State to adopt as part
of its basic law the wise and fair
principles of the merit system, and
“WHEREAS, a law establishing
the merit system was signed on
May 4, 1883,
“THEREFORE BE IT RE-
SOLVED, that in view of the tre-
mendous importance of this great
reform and of its value to the peo-
ple of the commonwealth, this As-
sociation hereby calls upon the
Governor of the State to proclaim
May 4th of each year as Civil Serv-
ice Day, this Day to be especially
dedicated to the advancement of
merit and fitness in public service,
and the holding of appropriate ex-
ercises to this end.”
New Members and Dues
“BE IT RESOLVED that civil
service employees who join the As-
sociation as new members after this
date and prior to January 1, 1936,
shall be admitted to full member-
ship for 1935 and 1936.”
October
THE STATE EMPLOYEE
Reclassification up to
Courts
The validity of the reclassification
of positions in the State service in
1932 will soon be decided by the
Court of Appeals in actions institu-
ted by William Sanger, Charles H.
Babcock, Albert P.. Bloser and Irving
R. Brown against Frederick Stuart
Greene, the Civil Service Commission
and the Comptroller:
Justice Ellis J, Staley handed down
a decision in these cases in October,
1934, which directed that the peti-
tioners be reinstated to their former
positions in the Division of Archi-
tecture. He held that, because the
Reclassification Bill of 1932 was ve-
toed by Governor Roosevelt, the new
titles used in the Appropriation Bill
were valid for payroll purposes only
and were not effective to change the
Civil Service status or seniority
rights of employees. In April, 1935,
Justice Staley’s decision was unani-
mously affirmed by the Appellate Di-
vision. The Attorney General then
appealed to the Court of Appeals
where the cases were argued on Oc-
tober 9th by Solicitor General Henry
Epstein for the State, and by John T.
DeGraff, attorney for petitioners. The
Association, through H. Eliot Kap-
lan of New York City, as Special
Counsel, filed a brief as amicus
curiae. The decision, which will
probably be announced in November,
will be awaited with interest by em-
ployees throughout the State.
Civil Service Slogan
Contest
The National League of Women
Voters has chosen for an object of
special interest for 1935 “The need
of trained personnel in government
serivee.” To arouse public interest
in the need of giving the best to gov-
ernment service, the League is hold-
ing a slogan contest. To the person
sending in the best slogan warranted
to arouse public interest in Civil
Service, will be given a prize of
$25.00 and a prize of $10.00 to the
second best, The slogan contest ends
at midnight Thursday, October 31st.
Slogans must be mailed to National
League of Women Voters, 726 Jack-
son Place, Washington, D. C. Every-
one is eligible to enter the contest,
Educational Oppor-
tunities in Albany
‘The great American, Henry Adams,
suggests in the title to his autobi-
ography that a man’s education is a
continuing process through life. Cer-
tainly it is true, for after the period
of our formal education is passed it
seems that we only then begin to
learn what capabilities for achieve-
ment and pleasure in life we possess,
and how to develop these capabil-
ities so that they are employed to
their fullest extent. As the process of
education goes on we exercise more
and more our power to choose the
interests and activities that color and
enliven our existence, transforming
the business of living from merely a
humdrum routine to a joyous ad-
venture.
It was with the idea of helping our
members to discover more of the
ways to make life interesting that the
educational courses were sponsored.
Instruction is offered in both voca-
tional and cultural subjects by teach-
ers well qualified by both experience
and training. Your Association just-
ly takes pride in the calibre of its
teaching staff, and feels that in offer-
ing this program of study — work of
college level and at a fee very much
less than is required for similar in-
struction at any college or university
—it is again evidencing its desire to
be of service to its members.
Classes are being held in Albany
in the following subjects, Social Psy-
chology, Interior Decorating, Public
Speaking, Statistics, Creative Writ-
ing, Art, Better Speech and Social
Work,
Justice Awaits Money
Continued from Page 6
employee have failed your fellow
employees. Remember that it is
in your community and in the other
communities of the State that the
power of government resides. The
Governor and the Legislature look
to the citizens to exercise their re-
sponsibility and to speak out for
sound social reforms. There never
was proposed a fairer reform than
this.
And, you are electing a new State
Assembly this year. How does your
candidate feel about the twelve-
hour day for State workers? See
that he understands the issue. This
is important.
to your eyes, ears
Bobby Meeker
and his Orchestra
BAND and variety show
all in one. There's Meeker, the
boss man, enchanting Lois
Clark, Frank McGuire, Bill
Patrick, Carl Lorch, the Conti-
nental Trio and the Meeker
Ensemble. Then, just for fun,
“Lamby Pie” Blair and “Itch”
Shirey ... and you haven't
laughed like that in weeks.
PLAYING at Dinner every
night andattheSupperDance
Thursday, Frida,, Saturday.
$1 cover charge Saturday
Supper Dance only.
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Use Membership
Application on
Page 15
10
THE STATE EMPLOYEE
October
New Committee Appointments—1936
The Executive Committee for the
ensuing Association year, elected by
ballot placed in the September is-
sue of this magazine follows:
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
1936
W. F. McDonough, Agriculture
and Markets Dept.
R. B. Haner, Audit and Control
Dept.
Miss E. Staley, Banking Dept.
Cc. L. Campbell, Civil Service
Dept.
Arthur S. Hopkins, Conservation
Dept.
Mrs, C, P. Farrington, Correction
Dept.
Dr. R. M. Little, Education Dept.
John Wright, Executive Dept.
Clifford Shoro, Health Dept.
Davis Schultes, Insurance Dept.
John W. Henry, Labor Dept.
Francis C, Maher, Law Dept.
Dr, H. M. Pollock, Mental Hy-
giene Dept.
George Kehoe, Public Service
Dept.
Wm. H. Kerr, Public Works
Dept.
Wm. C. Hinckley, Social Welfare
Dept.
Harold Fisher, Dept. of State
John A. Cromie, Taxation and Fi-
nance Dept.
At a meeting of the Executive
Committee of the Association on
October 10, the following Auditing
Committee was selected for the
present Association year:
AUDITING COMMITTEE—1936
Owen E. Maxwell, Chairman,
Dept, of Agriculture and Mar-
kets
Francis C. Maher, Law Dept.
R. B. Haner, Audit and Control
Dept.
The State Hospital group are at
present represented in all important
councils of the Association through
the following committee appointed
by President C. C. Colesanti of the
Mental Hygiene Department Em-
ployees’ Association:
John Livingstone, Chairman,
Hudson River State Hospital
J. P. McKiernan, Central Islip
State Hospital
Guy Campbell, Rockland State
Hospital
H, Redmond, St. Lawrence State
Hospital
Fred O. Field, Willard State Hos-
pital
The following State-wide Advis-
ory Committee appointed by the
President for the ensuing Associa-
tion year follows:
STATE-WIDE ADVISORY
COMMITTEE—1936
H. S. Duncan, Agriculture, Roch-
ester .
G. C. Schilly, Agriculture, Syra-
cuse
M. Senf, St. Reservation, Niag-
ara Falls
A. J. Scanlon, Park Com., Baby-
lon
G. A. VanArsdale, Park Com.,
Castile
J. E. Evans, Park Com., Bing-
hamton
W. J. Mitchell, Park Com.,
Ithaca
P. S. Winslow, Park Com.,
Poughkeepsie
Jj. L. McGraw, Park Com., Red
House
T. R. Temple, Saratoga Springs
Com., Saratoga
Mrs. L. F. Shuart, Washington's
Headquarters, Newburgh
Miss C. Lathrop, Training
School, Albion
J. McDonald, St. Prison, Attica
T. F. Corey, St. Prison, Auburn
Dr. R. F. C, Kieb, St. Hospital,
Beacon
Wm. T. Johnston, State Farm,
Bedford Hills
H, J. Smith, St. Prison, Com-
stock
Miss C. Dame, St. Hospital, Dan-
nemora
R. E. Empey, St. Prison, Danne-
mora
C. E. Callear, St. Reformatory,
Elmira
A. A. Storie, State Institute
Napanoch
H, Masson, St. Prison, Ossining
J. J. Hill, St. School, W. Cox-
sackie
G. J. Craemer, Teachers College,
Albany
E, J. Lantman, Teachers’ Retire-
ment Fund, Albany
A. E, Champlain, Agric. School,
Alfred
Van C. Whittemore, Agric.
School, Canton
Miss A. V. Borek, Agric. School,
Cobleskill
H. L, Smith, Agric. School, Delhi
Miss F. MacDougall, Agric.
School, Farmingdale
I. M. Charlton, Agric. School,
Morrisville .
Miss E, B. Garnham, Normal
School, Brockport
H. Dew Groat, Normal School,
Cortland
L. R. Gregory, Normal School,
Fredonia
Miss F. A, Brown, Geneseo
Miss A. L. Barteld, Normal Sch.,
New Paltz
Miss E. H. James, Normal Sch.,
Oneonta
J. G. Riggs, Normal Sch., Os-
wego
G, K. Hawkins, Normal School,
Plattsburg
Miss L, Hutson, Normal School,
Potsdam
U. P. Hedrick, Agric. Station,
Geneva
Miss M.R. Miller, Forestry Col-
lege, Syracuse
L. S. Wood, Rehabilitation Div.,
Rochester
D. J. Cavanaugh, Rehabilitation
Div., Syracuse
L. Catanni, EMPIRE STATE
Training Ship, N. Y. C.
Miss C, McGavis, Health Insti-
tute, Buffalo
J._J. Farrington, St. Hospital,
Ray Brook
Dr. H. Horton, St. Hospital, One-
onta
J. B. Kelly, Reconstruction
Home, W. Haverstraw
P. J. McGlade, Labor Dept., Syr-
acuse
P. Shea, Labor Dept. Utica
D. Hausman, Div. of Employ-
ment, Albany
M. T. Foley, Employment Div.,
Binghamton
F, W. Dopp, Employment Div.,
Buffalo
W. Eaton, Employment Div., El-
mira
H. DePasquale,
Div., N.Y. C.
L. Griffith, Employment Div.,
N.Y. C.
Continued on Page 11
Employment
October
THE STATE EMPLOYEE |
ll
New Committee
Appointments—1936
Miss E, Frick, Employment Div.,
Syracuse
Jj. A. Forrest, Insurance Fund,
Albany
J. R. Hayes, Insurance Fund,
Rochester
E. F, Carr, Insurance Fund, Syr-
acuse
M. P. Devlin, Insurance Fund,
N.Y. C.
F. E. Strong, St. Hospital, Bing-
hamton
M. F. Grant, St. Hospital, Brook-
lyn
A. P. Driscoll, St. Hospital,
Queens Village
H, Gosney, St. Hospital, Buffalo
R. L. Young, St. Hospital, Hel-
muth
C. C. Colesanti, St. Hospital,
Middletown
Miss H. M. Wykle, St. School,
Newark
A, Eitzen, St. Hospital, Pough-
keepsie
J. J. White, St. Hospital, Roch-
ester
Miss R. L. Connell, St. School,
Rome
R. E, Jones, Craig Colony, Son-
yea
E, F. Palmatier, St, School, Syr-
acuse
C, W. Kelly, St. Hospital, Syra-
cuse
R. C. Griffith, St, Hospital, Utica
G. Rowe, St. Hospital, Brentwood
J. McKiernan, St. Hospital, Cen-
tral Islip
R. Gilmer, St. Hospital, Kings
Park
Miss E. Kuehnle, St. Hospital,
Marcy
H, Redmond, St. Hospital, Og-
densburg
G, Campbell,
Orangeburg
‘Wm. J. Oshinsky, St. Hospital,
Wards Island
Miss A. V. Hamilton, St. School,
Wassaic
Miss E, L. Tharp, St. Hospital,
Willard
Mrs, L. Albrecht, St. Hospital,
Wingdale
Dr. N. Kopeloff, Psychiatric In-
stitute, N. Y. C.
S. S. Walbridge, Highway Div.,
Babylon
S, H, Anderson, Highway Div.,
Binghamton
State Hospital,
STATE EMPLOYEES ENJOY
MINUTE MAN SERVICE
State employees tell us that they enjoy stopping at the Lexington
because of its friendly “Minute Man Service” and the economy of its
rates. All rooms have both tub and shower bath, circulating ice water,
full-length mirror and radio...and rates are as low as $3.00 per day.
‘The Lexington is located just a few short blocks from the Grand Cen-
tral Terminal and is convenient to the shopping and theatre districts. f
Four moderate priced restaurants, including the famous Silver Grill.
HOTEL LEXINGTON
48th Street at Lexington Avenue, New York - Charles E. Rochester, Manager
Directed by National Hotel Management Company, Inc., Ralph Hitz, President
J. W. Gould, Highway Div., Hor-
nell
Miss E. M. Thomas, Highway
Div., Poughkeepsie
C. V. O'Malley, Highway Div.,
Rochester
S. M, Witbeck, Highway Div.,
Syracuse
W. J. O’Brien, Highway Div.,
Utica
J. A. Young, Highway Div., Wa-
tertown
G. E. McFarland, Highway Div.,
Sterling Sta.
E. Downs, Highway Div., Brock-
port
H. Kolpien, Highway Div., West-
field
J. McChesney, Highway
Bath
A. Ten Eyck, Highway Div.,
Tompkins Cove
Div,
L. J. Rieger, Highway Div.,
Binghamton
H. L. Cooke, Highway Div.,
Hamburg
Wm. J. Schreiber, Canal Div.,
Syracuse
F. B. Holmes, Canal Div., Ft.
Edward
W. F. Lysett, Canal Div., Utica
F. J. Florence, Canal Div.,
N.Y. C.
C. Gerwig, Canal Div., Amster-
dam
Jesse Yerman. St. School, Ba-
tavia
M. Coltrane, St. School, Hudson
J. F. McMahon, St. School, In-
dustry
Jj. C. Brennan, St. School, Iro-
quois
C, F, Gilday, St. Home, Oxford
J. J. Marcoux, St, School, War-
wick
J. A. Scurry, Tax Dept., Brook-
lyn
F. J. Graff, Tax Dept. Utica
J. Mangan, Tax Dept., Rochester
A. A. Kocher, Tax Dept., Syra-
cuse
Further announcements as to
Committee appointments will be
made in future issues of this maga~
zine.
12
. THE STATE EMPLOYEE
October
New York City Chapter
By Robert Axel, Chairman of Publicity
The Annual Meeting of the N. ¥. C.
Chapter of The Association of State
Civil Service Employees to be held
on October 31st, marks the termina-
tion of another year of continuous
achievement. This accelerated prog-
ress is particularly noteworthy in
view of a curtailed presidential term
which was also interrupted by the
intervening summer vacation. The
organization of various committees
and the development of intensive
functional programs for the enhance-
ment of professional standards and
the promulgation of a harmonious
relationship among the members have
laid the ground-work for a well-knit,
permanent organization with common
aims, ideals and unity of expression.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
The Annual Election of Officers
which will be held during the annual
meeting promises to be of unusual
interest. The Nominating Commit-
tee consisting of Thomas E. Con-
nolly, Parole Division; Joseph Gru-
ber, Dept. of Banking; Chas. W.
Hutchins, Dept. of Tax; Maurice H.
Kahn, Dept. of Labor, and Milton
Schwartz, Dept. of Insurance, have
proposed the following slate of offi-
cers:
President, Edward A. Selle, Dept.
of Social Welfare
First Vice President, Milton
Schwartz, Dept. of Insurance
Second Vice President, William
Tanner, Dept. of Banking
Second Vice President, Joseph
Weiss, Dept. of Taxation and
Finance
Recording Secretary, Frances Sha-
piro, Dept. of Education
Corresponding Secretary, Mary
Johnsen, Dept. of Social Welfare
Financial Secretary, Mrs. Vivian
Quarfordt, Brooklyn State Tax
Dept.
Treasurer, Irving Siegel, Dept. of
Labor
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL
CHANGES
During the meeting the proposed
constitution will be presented to the
group at large for approval. The
N, Y. C. Chapter favors an early re-
vision of the State Constitution of
the Association since a number of
Chapters have already been estab-
lished throughout the State, each hav-
ing developed its own form of gov-
ernment as regards officers, commit-
tees, programs, rules and regulations.
The changes in the Constitution
which are favored by this Chapter
include the formation of a governing
council not to exceed twenty mem-
bers representing the several chap-
ters in the State. It is hoped that
arrangements will be made for an
early convention of Chapter delegates
to consider these proposed plans and
other problems of general and local
import.
REQUEST FOR UNIFORM SAL-
ARY SCALE
Another problem which has re-
ceived considerable attention and sus-
tained interest is that relating to ad-
justment and leveling of salaries.
Mr. Edward A. Selle, President of
the N. Y. C. Chapter, presented to
the Annual Meeting of the Associa-
tion, held October 1, a resolution pe-
titioning the Governor to include in
the budget salary increases for all
employees now recognized as rela-
tively underpaid in order that equi-
table and uniform compensation rates
may be adopted for all State em-
ployees. The members of this Chap-
ter are vitally interested in an early
consideration of mandatory increases
in salary and of periodic promotion
examinations.
HEALTH AND ACCIDENT IN-
SURANCE
The N. Y. C. Chapter is manifest-
ing a deep interest in the group
Health and Accident insurance plan
offered by the Continental Casualty
Company.
LARGE ATTENDANCE EX-
PECTED AT ANNUAL
MEETING
In view of the importance of this
Annual Meeting of the New York
City Chapter a record attendance is
expected. A prominent speaker will
address the gathering.
Incidentally, all members of this
Chapter are urged to renew their
membership for 1936. Membership
application cards may be obtained
through representatives of depart-
mental or divisional membership com-
mittees.
Bowling League
The standing of the Association
State Civil Service Bowling League
composed of State employees in Al-
bany follows:
Team Standing
WwW. L. Pet.
Comptrollers ... 9 3 750
Grade Cr. Engr. 8 4 667
Health, P. S.... 8 4 667
Tax ... . 7 5 583
Civil Service .... 6 6 .500
Architects . » § 7 AI7
Public Works .. 2 7 +222
Law secsseeeeds 0 9 000
The ten highest averages in the
league are:
G TP. Avg.
Burgess ..... 9 1618 180
DeRusso 122125177
Cochrane . 9 1579-175
Maher 9 1571 175
12 2087 174
12 2087-174
McAvoy 9 1847 172
Nelson « 12 2046 = «171
Follette 12 2044 = 170
Powell .. 12 2041-170
Automobile Insurance
The state requires employees using
their own cars in the performance of
their duties for the state to carry
$5,000-$10,000 minimum liability for
injuries to persons and $1,000 proper-
ty damage. The State is named along
with the individual as the “insured.”
There is a type of fleet insurance
which can be procured at a much
lower rate than individual car insur-
ance. The Association has looked in-
to the matter and suggests that all
interested individuals outside of
Greater New York using their per-
sonal cars for state purposes send
their names and addresses to the As-
sociation Headquarters. The New
York City insurance rates are too
high to allow the privately owned
cars operated from there for state
Purposes to be included, Fleet insur-
ance covers your car while being used
for personal purposes as well as for
state purposes,
After You Have Tried Others
For Real Value
‘Try
HOTEL CAPITOL
Gneen St. orr State
Tar Room
October
THE STATE EMPLOYEE
13
Governor’s Crime Conference
By Dr. Frank L. Tolman
It was my privilege to represent the
Association of State Civil Service
Employees as an official delegate to
Governor Lehman’s Crime Confer-
ence.
The viewpoint of the conference
can be illustrated in the following
paragraphs in which ten of the find-
ings and opinions of sections or
prominent members of the conference
are selected and summarized:
1, One of the chief causes retard-
ing economic recovery is the huge
cost of crime.
2. Crime is a symtom of social
maladjustments and injustices.
3, In view of the huge cost of
crime, the wise public expenditure of
additional sums to cure and combat
it is true economy.
4, Jury service is a duty of every
citizen.
5. Probation and parole have
proved more effective methods of re-
ducing crime than the old punitive
methods.
6. There is need of a better edu-
cated, better paid and better coordi-
nated State system of crime preven-
tion.
7. There should be more probation
officers and field examiners. No pro-
bation officer should be expected to
supervise more than 51 probationers.
Salaries should be more nearly ade-
quate.
8. State and local police forces are
generally undermanned and often un-
derpaid. Police training should be
planned on an adequate scale and
should be considered a State function
and carried out under State super-
vision, There should be better cordi-
nation of State and local machinery
in combatting crime.
9. The State should furnish more
adequate support for the proposed
educational program in prisons.
10. The capacity to influence other
human beings to the extent of moti-
vating a real life reform is rare in-
deed. Such persons, when found,
should be attracted to the State’s
service and adequately compensated
so that they may be retained. Men
and women with the necessary qual-
ities are not now attracted to this
work,
It will be noted that, without men-
tioning Civil Service, the essentials
on which a civil service system rests
were constantly included as among
the things most needful — personnel
chosen on the basis of fitness, pro-
vision for the continued education
and training of employees to increase
their efficiency in the service, work-
ing conditions planned to permit the
proper performance of duties, salar-
ies adequate to attract and keep the
best trained persons in the service of
the State.
It is perfectly natural that Miss
Beulah Bailey, then President of the
Association, should send a letter to
Governor Lehman, under date of
October Ist, congratulating the Gov-
ernor on his splendid efforts to im-
prove crime prevention methods in
New York State and respectfully
pointing out and urging upon his
special commission that they recom-
mend as a major positive measure
looking toward crime control, the se-
lection of public personnel charged
with investigation and enforcement
work solely upon the basis of their
merit and fitness under the civil serv-
ice system as provided in the State
Constitution. Miss Bailey pointed out
that all of the facts at hand today
show that crime is made easier of
accomplishment and more difficult to
control because of political and other
preferences impossible under a civil
service system,
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WILLARD G, MYERS
25 Clinton Ave., R.K.O. Theatre Bldg,
Phone 48210
Occulist Prescriptions Filled
The Credit Union
What It Is
1, DEFINITION: Credit Unions
are cooperative associations operating
for the purposes of promoting thrift
and of creating a source of credit
for provident or productive purposes.
This is accomplished by members ac-
cumulating savings in their respective
credit unions and receiving loans
from such savings, ‘Credit Unions
are chartered by the Credit Union
Section of the Farm Credit Admin-
istration, Washington, D. C.
2, MANAGEMENT: The mem-
bers own and control the Credit
Union.
Management is delegated by elec-
tion at the annual meetings of mem-
bers to a Board of Directors, which
has charge of the general business
management, a Credit Committee
which passes on loans, and a Super-
visory Committee, which audits the
books and records of the Credit
Union,
3. SUPERVISION: The Credit
Union is supervised by the Farm
Credit Administration, which re-
quires quarterly audits.
4. LOANS: Loans are granted to
members only. They may be secured
by the endorsement of one or more
persons, by collateral, or by shares
of the Credit Union,
Loans are repayable in convenient
installments, Interest is charged at
the rate of 1% per month on the
unpaid balance of the loan,
5. SHARES: Shares in a Credit
Union may be purchased either on a
cash basis or by a convenient pay-
ment plan, Members may redeem
any part or all of their shares at any
time upon written request in accord-
ance with the By-Laws of the Credit
Union. All shares participate in the
earnings of the Credit Union which
are distributed in the form of divi-
dends at the close of each fiscal year.
The cost of shares is $5.00 per unit.
6. SOUNDNESS OF CREDIT
UNIONS: The Credit Union Law
was designed to give the largest pos-
sible measure of safety and protec-
tion to shareholders, Loans secured
by endorsement and payable by in-
stallment have proven remarkably
sound,
For further information write to
the Credit Union Committee of this
Association,
14 THE STATE EMPLOYEE
October
Association Finances
The following is a resume of annual financial report submitted by the
Treasurer of the Association, Frank O. Bauer:
Balance on Hand, October 2, 1934.......
Receipts during period:
Dues .. * $12,014.00
Advertisin 1,778.15
Interest, City Savings Bank. 42.51
Interest, Green Island Bank 32.35
Total Receipts .
Total .
Expenditures ;
BUS 5 kcdeceaanasseareocncean:
Stock for Multigraph and Mimeograph
Mimeograph Supplies .. 26.35
Multigraph Supplies . 71.65
Elliott Addressing Machine Supplies ee 172.35
Office Supplies . 231.27
Office Equipment:
Balance on Elliott Addressing Machine. 188.00
Purchase of Letter File 14.56
News Clippings .. a 67.60
Legislative Index 100.00
Surety Bonds ” 37.50
Telephone . . . 201.23
‘Telegraph and Messenger Service 173.17
Postage — Headquarters......... 711.00
Postage — THE STATE EMPLOYEE. 250.00
Essay Contest Prizes. 115.00
Advertising Fees . . 146.45
Refund to New York City Chapte: . 111.80
Annual Dinner Expenses...... 200.00
Expenses of Officers and Standing Committees... 1,435.20
Salaries:
Counsel. . ...a.+0+ 900.00
Business Secretary 1,735.00
Temporary Office Help (Albany & N. Y. City) 1,285.00
Tax on Checks.......+.++ eveewen eeeeeeecceceeses . 1.16
Total Expenditures
Balance on Hand, October 1, 1935.....++.+++++ eek ree
13,867.01
$20,655.86
12,075.10
$8,580.76
The above statement is only a summary of the complete report submitted
which recorded every receipt and expenditure during the Association year just
closed, The Auditing Committee of the Association, of which
Owen E.
Maxwell is Chairman, audited the accounts and records of the Treasurer prior
to the Annual Meeting and approved them.
The Financial Statement was
accompanied by affidavits sworn to by the officials of the various banks as to
the balances of Association funds which they had on deposit.
ALBANY PHONE 9 5°1613
WALLPAPER -DU PONT PAINT
, 35 YE CENTRAL AVE
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New Credit Unions
The success of the N. Y. State
Albany Employees Federal Credit
Union which started in January of
this year, so impressed state employ-
ees in other parts of the State that
today there are five other State Em-
ployee Credit Unions, namely: New
York State Centre St. (NYC) Em-
ployees Federal Credit Union, New
York State Rochester Employees
Federal Credit Union; Buffalo State
Hospital Employees Federal Credit
Union; N. Y. State Dept. of Public
Works District No. 8 Employees
Federal Credit Union and N. Y.
State Brooklyn Tax Dept. Employees
Federal Credit Union. The last four
named have been organized within
the past few weeks, and the Associ-
ation takes great pleasure in present-
ing to you the charter members of
these groups.
New York State Rochester Em-
ployees Federal Credit Union: 1, H.
H. Duncan; 2, Fred C. Koerner; 3,
Leslie S. Wood; 4, Nellie E. Swee-
ney; 5, John J. Burke; 6, Charles K.
McMillen; 7, William F. Skuse; 8,
H. S. Duncan.
Buffalo State Hospital Employees
Federal Credit Union: 1, Agnes H.
Louchren; 2, Edward Seibold; 3,
Vincent C. Roarke; 4, Loretta F.
Terry; 5, George E. Howie, Jr.; 6,
James S. Gorman; 7, Norris F.
Downs; 8, Charles R. Terry; 9,
George E. Howie; 10, Horace Gos-
ney.
New York State Dept. Public
Works District No. 8 Employees
Federal Credit Union: 1, Thomas J.
Cobey; 2, F. William Heidel; 3, D.
P. McCoy; 4, Charles Mahoney; 5,
Gilbert Welsh; 6, William H. Kerr;
7, D. J. Gonia.
Due to the keen desire of State
employees for more information re-
garding the formation of new credit
unions, the Association has prevailed
successfully upon the Credit Union
Section of the Farm Credit Admin-
istration, Washington, D. C., to con-
tact all State groups in institutions
and district offices. We are there-
fore pleased to announce to all State
employees that Mr. James A. Dacus
of the Credit Union Section has been
assigned to New York State begin-
ning November Ist.
LEWIS S. ARMENTO,
Chairman
Credit Union Committee.
Application for New York State Civil Service Office Employees Group Insurance
DATE...
Name in Full (Print)...
Residence Address
Place of Business.
State
Date of
Name of Beneficiary (in full)
Monthly Indemnity applied for
: (Chee annual
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{cash quarterly
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I, member of the Ass Service EMPLovers or THE State or New York, understand and agree
that this application is void unless at date the insurance is to become effective I am on duty and regularly employed.
Frank J. McGarry Continentat Casuacty CoMPANY
51 State Street 75 Fulton Street
Albany, New York New York City
Phone No. 4-2916 Telephone BEEkman—3-6180
Representative Group Dept., Albany Division Forp & Prne—Representatives Group Department
This Association now speaks unitedly for twelve thousand people. Working together in
this Association, State Employees have achieved a good measure of success in
Safeguarding civil service principles
Holding salary scales in face of depression factors
Establishing and promoting sound retirement system
Gaining attention to fair hours of employment
Promoting valuable educational activities
Inaugurating Credit Unions for economical borrowing i
Initiating Group Insurance covering illness and accidents
Stimulating social and charitable agencies in community life
Your membership is due, and your fellow workers also — will you send them both
Today?
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THE ASSOCIATION OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES hee
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK way of organization.
Dept, Employed:
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Membership Application
$.50 of which is for a year’s subscription to "The State Employee”
Ir you need $100— $200,
consider a low cost, dignified
PERSONAL LOAN
This Bank’s Personal Loans provide a convenient
way to borrow money at most moderate rates.
Personal Loans are repaid from income in regular
monthly deposits. The Bank also helps to reduce
the already moderate cost by paying interest to you
when the deposits are made on or before the dates
they are due.
Here is shown the low cost for various amounts
You borrow $200.00 $400.00 $800.00 $1000.00
You receive 188.00 376.00 752.00 940.00
The Bank receives 12.00 24.00 48.00 60.00
The Bank pays you
interest on deposits 1.80 3.60 7.20 9.00
Net cost of loan for
one year is only $10.20 $20.40 $40.80 $51.00
(Other amounts in the same proportion)
There is no investigation fee or other charges
It_is not necessary to be a bank depositor
Personal Loans may be used to buy a new car,
modern heating installation, electric and gas
appliances, furs and other needed articles. To pay
doctors’, dentists’ and hospital bills, real estate taxes.
In fact, Personal Loans can be used for many
purposes.
Personal Loans are made on character. The only
conditions are a clear record, good character and a
steady, adequate income. The procedure is dignified,
business-like and without embarrassment. Appli-
cations, or requests for information, should be made
between 9 A. M. and 2 P. M. (Saturdays 9 to 12).
“Allied with Progress”
or more,
Life Insurance
Without Charge
Every borrower in the
Personal Loan Depart-
ment is insured by the
Bank without cost to the
borrower and without
medical examination.
This insurance protects
both the borrower's
family and any co-
makers as it pays the
loan should the bor-
rower not live to pay it.
This life insurance
feature makes it easier
to ask friends to act as
co-makers and has been
highly commended by
borrowers and co-
makers,
National Commercial
ank and Trust Company
PARK Bi
MAIN OFFICE: 60 STATE STREET
NORTHERN BRANCH
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Copyright 1935 G. 8. DeRouville
