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The State Employee

VOL. 8

SEPTEMBER, 1939

Number 6

Civil Service Extension

Hon. J. HOWARD JONES

At the past session of the Legis-
lature, a law was enacted creating a
Commission composed of seven
members of the Legislature, and
five members to be appointed by the
Governor, to determine the most
practicable method of extending the
Civil Service Law to counties,
towns, villages and school districts,
in accordance with the mandate of

Hon. KARL K. BECHTOLD!
September

the Constitution.

During the past month, two
members of the Association have
been honored by their appointment
to positions on the Commission.
Charles A. Brind, Jr., President of
the Association, was appointed by
Governor Lehman, as one of the
members of this Commission. Sub-
sequently, John T. DeGraff, Coun-
sel to the Association, was appointed
Counsel to the Commission. These
appointments are a merited recog-
nition of the leadership of the As-
sociation in matters affecting Civil
Service.

Hon. EMERSON D. FITE

The Committee has held two or-
ganization meetings, and is now en-
gaged in conducting a survey to
determine the number of Govern-
mental employees who will be af-
fected by the extension of the law.
Assemblyman Emerson D. Fite, of
Poughkeepsie, was elected Chair-
man of the Commission. Senator
Karl K. Bechtold of Rochester was
elected Vice-Chairman, and Civil
Service Commissioner J. Howard
Jones was elected Secretary. Mr.
Fite and Mr. Bechtold were chair-
men of the Civil Service Commit-
tees of the Assembly and Senate
respectively. Other members of the

Hon. CHARLES A. BRIND, JR.

Committee are Senator William H.
Hampton, Senator Joseph D, Nu-
nan, Assemblyman Harold Arm-
strong, Assemblyman John A. Dev-
any, Jr., Assemblyman Edmund R.
Lupton, William P. Capes, Secre-
tary of the Conference of Mayors,
H. Eliot Kaplan, Secretary of the
National Civil Service Reform
League, and Frank C. Moore, Sec-
retary of the Association of Towns.
Continued on page 117

Hon. JOHN T. DeGRAFF

103
The Annual Meeting —
October 3, 1939

The Annual Meeting of this As-
sociation will be held at 7:30 P.M.
Tuesday, October 3rd, in the State
Office Building, Albany. At that
meeting, ballots electing officers and
members of the Executive Commit-
tee for the ensuing year will be can-
vassed and results announced.

Association Headquarters, at
Room 156, State Capitol, Albany,
will be open until 10:00 P.M. on
that day to receive ballots, properly
prepared, either by mail or delivered
personally. Ballots for the use of
members in electing officers and de-
partmental representatives may be
found on pages 12 and 14 of this
issue, Attention is called to article
on the Editorial Page relative to a
“Secret ballot.”

‘The annual reports of officers
and chairmen of standing commit-
tees covering the work of the Asso-
ciation year closing will be read into
the minutes. Proposals for inclusion
in the Association’s program for the
coming year will be presented and
discussed. Any member of the As-
sociation or group of members,
wishing to present any resolution or
proposal, but who are unable to be
present at the meeting, should sub-
mit it with memorandum to the
President or Secretary before the
date of the meeting.

Members are urged to avail
themselves of their voting rights,
and to be present at the annual meet-
ing and take an active part in the
discussions.

Executive Committee
Meets

A meeting of the Executive Com-
mittee was held on August 29th.
Vice-President Charles L. Campbell
presided.

Resolutions were adopted ap-
proving the applications and consti-
tutions of two new proposed chap-
ters, namely, the Coxsackie Chapter,
and the Long Island Inter-County
Park Chapter.

A Nominating Committee con-
sisting of W. F. McDonough, Chair-
man, John A. Cromie and John W.
Henry, was selected to nominate a
slate of officers for the Association
for the year 1940.

Vice-President Campbell reported
that over 28,500 paid members have
thus far been admitted to member-
ship in the Association during 1939.

104

Payroll Notes

The efficiency of the Association
was again demonstrated in the pay-
roll crisis last July when pay checks
were delayed for periods as long as
three or four weeks, because of the
delay in enacting a valid appropria-
tion bill after the first Legislative
appropriation bill had been declared
unconstitutional by the Court of Ap-
peals.

With the cooperation of the Comp-
troller, the Association made ar-
rangements with the National Com-
mercial Bank and Trust Company
of Albany to loan the amount of the
salary due each employee on July 15
on his personal demand note, se-
cured by an assignment of the salary
due him. A set of instructions was
formulated and delivered to every
department head and payroll agency
of the State outlining the procedure
to be followed in preparing and is-
suing the payroll notes. On July 12,
the Association distributed bulletins
which were posted on every bulletin
board in every State department and
institution explaining to employees
the procedure to be followed in or-
der to borrow the salary due them
on the fifteenth.

Through the National Commer-
cial Bank and Trust Company of
Albany arrangements were made
whereby these payroll notes could be
cashed in any bank in the State of
New York for a service charge of
25c for each $75 or fraction thereof
that was borrowed. Over 10,000
employees took advantage of the fa-
cilities made available through the
cooperation of the Association, the
Comptroller and the National Com-
mercial Bank and Trust Company.
This procedure was of inestimable
benefit to the thousands of em-
ployees who took advantage of it.
Although most pay checks are now
issued on a current basis, there are
still some departments where the
pay checks are not distributed on
time. In such cases, the Associa-
tion has made arrangements with
the National Commercial Bank and
Trust Company whereby the pro-
cedure adopted last July can be con-
tinued in those cases where pay
checks are unreasonably delayed.
This procedure is now being fol-
lowed in the Department of Labor
and can be adopted in other depart-

ments with the cooperation of the
department head.

In cases where payrolls are de-
layed, the delay is due primarily to
the new constitutional provision re-
quiring a pre-audit by the comp-
troller and by the further fact that
in many departments the payrolls
are being changed from the old type-
written payrolls to machine payrolls,
It is hoped that in the near future
all payrolls will be brought up to a
current basis.

Membership Essential for
Insurance

Paid up membership in this As-
sociation must be maintained if any
State employee wishes to continue
in the Group Life Insurance or Ac-
cident and Sickness Plans sponsored
and initiated by this Association.
Numerous inquiries have reached
Association Headquarters recently
concerning this matter.

Several years ago, leaders of the
Association seeing the successful and
helpful operation of group insur-
ance in industry conceived the idea
that the Association, perhaps, with
the buying power of numbers, could
secure a like service for State em-
ployees. Special committees were
appointed, insurance companies
were interviewed and much work
was done. A year or two passed.
Finally arrangements were made
with TerBush & Powell, Inc.,
of Schenectady, general insurance
agents, to put into effect a group
plan of accident and sickness in-
surance for Association members.
This plan was initiated and spon-
sored by this Association, and was
and is solely an Association project.
Because it is a group plan, only
members of the Association are
eligible to enjoy its benefits. There-
fore, there should be no doubt about
this subject. Following the success
of the accident and sickness plan,
the presently successful group life
insurance plan was put into effect.

Certification that “I am a mem-
ber of” or “that I am applying for
membership in” this Association is
clearly printed on the applications
and payroll deduction authority
cards for both forms of insurance
a that employees may not be mis-

The State Employee
New Civil Service Organ

The constantly-expanding civil
service field gets another organ of
expression in New York State
Tuesday morning, September 19,
when the first issue of a 16-page tab-
loid weekly entitled “Civil Service

Leader,” appears on every news-
stand in the State,

A triumvirate of civil service and
newspaper talent will combine to
make the paper appeal to the 300,-
000 persons in federal, state, and mu-
nicipal civil service in the state, as
well as to the hundreds of thousands
of prospective civil servants. The
three associates are H. Eliot Kaplan,
Seward Brisbane, and Jerry Finkel-
stein.

Kaplan, acknowledged one of the
country’s leading experts on civil
service, is executive secretary of the
National Civil Service Reform
League, Launched more than half
a century ago, this organization has
crusaded for an honest, efficient
merit system ever since civil service
was first introduced to the American
public. As active head of the
League, Kaplan has seen the great
upsurge of interest in civil service
that has come in recent years, and
has constantly endeavored to keep
the League as a watchdog. He will
be contributing editor of the Civil
Service Leader.

Only son of the late Arthur Bris-
bane, Seward Brisbane inherits
many of the skills and interests of
his father. After years of prepara-
tory training, including work abroad
and on various newspapers, he will
make his formal editorial debut as
editor of the Civil Service Leader.
Echoing his father’s great concern
in people, Brisbane is convinced that
the paper will enable him to “do
some good.”

In addition to his general edi-
torial duties, Brisbane will write a
personality column entitled “Merit
Men,” devoted each week to an out-
standing member of the civil service.
Appearing in the first column of the
front page, this feature will recall
the column “Today,” which made
Arthur Brisbane’s name a by-word
for years in the American household.

September

Jerry Finkelstein and Seward Brisbane

Publisher of the new paper is
Jerry Finkelstein, up to six months
ago civil service editor of the Daily
Mirror, in New York City. Finkel-
stein received enthusiastic testimony
to the interest in a civil service pa-
per when his page in the Mirror
frequently would bring in as many
as 5,000 letters from readers.

The Civil Service Leader will
give primarily the news of examina-
tions, including test requirements,
promotions, certifications, former
tests, keys to exams, test progress,
ete. etc. This will embrace federal,
state, and municipal services.

At the same time, determined to
serve as the organ of the civil ser-
vant, the columns of the Leader will
be open to the news and views of
those in the service—as individuals
or in groups. Activities of the many
organizations of civil service em-
ployees will be featured. Also re-
ports of the decision of commissions,
legislatures, and courts that have
a bearing on civil service.

‘An aggressive editorial _policy
will make the Civil Service Leader
a leader of civil service in more than
name. However, honest differences
of opinion will be encouraged in a

letters column, and the editorial
opinions of the editor will in no way
cloud the impartial presentation of
news.

In form, the paper will make the
civil servant take notice. The Leader
will make use of the newest journai-
istic innovations. Headline types
will be easy to read. Pictures will
be used frequently, and through
more personalized news the reader
will be made to feel that he has
definite ties with all those in the
civil service.

The Association is convinced that
the publication of a newspaper of
general state-wide circulation, de-
voted to the interests of Civil Ser-
vice employees, will fulfill a definite
need. Arrangements have been
made with the publishers whereby
members of the Association can
subscribe to the new publication at
a reduced rate of $1.00 per year,
instead of the usual rate of $2.00,
A subscription card will be found
on the back cover of the magazine.
Such a newspaper, the Association
believes, will furnish a valuable me-
dium for the publication and dis-
tribution of news affecting Civil
Service Employees of this State.

105
Lay-offs

Although no exact figures are
available, reports to the Association
indicate that several hundred em-
loyees have been laid off since July
Ene, as a result of the budget cut
imposed by the legislature at the
last session. In some departments,
there have been no lay-offs at all,
and the reduced appropriations have
been absorbed without curtailing
personnel. In other departments,
many employees eligible for pen-
sion have been forced to retire, and
employees have been dismissed all
along the line. In some cases, em-
ployees with as much as ten or fif-
teen years of service, have been no-
tified that their positions have been
abolished,

For the most part, seniority rules
are being strictly observed, and lay-
offs have been made in compliance
with the Civil Service Law, which
requires that when positions are
abolished, the employee with the
shortest period of service must be
the first to go. The seniority rule,
while simple in its general state-
ment, is often difficult to interpret
in its application to particular situ-
ations. It applies only to employees
holding the same position in the
same department, and does not ap-
ply as between employees holding
different positions. For example. if
a position of Assistant Stenogranher
is abolished in the Department of
Education, the Assistant Stenog-
rapher in the department, who has
the shortest period of service in the
competitive class, must be dismissed.
and in that event, her name is placed
on a preferred list, and she is en-
titled to restoration to the same po-
sition, or any similar position, be-
fore any person on any other list.

Tt has been reported that a num-
ber of actions have been instituted,
or are about to be instituted, by dis-
missed Civil Service employees, on
the ground that their rights under
the seniority rule have been disre-
garded. In the Department of Cor-
rection, it is stated that lay-offs were
made on the basis of seniority with-
in the particular institution, rather
than seniority within the depart-
ment as a whole. Whether the de-
partment will revise its list of lay-
offs, and make lay-offs on a depart-
mental seniority basis, is unknown
at the present time. Complaints to
the Civil Service Department that

106

Less Than 50%

The Constitution of the State of
New York, the only direct mandate
of the people to public servants high
and low, states very definitely and
with perfectly obvious intent:

“Appointments and promotions
in the civil service of the State and
of all the civil divisions thereof, in-
cluding cities and villages, shall be
made according to merit and fitness
to be ascertained, so far as practi-
cable, by examinations, which, so far
as practicable, shall be competitive.”

This wording has not been
changed since it was adopted under
the leadership of Elihu Root in the
State Constitutional Convention of
1894,

On June 4, 1935, the Court of
Appeals in an important decision,
stated plainly that there was no mys-
tery in the words of the Constitution

as quoted heretofore. Said the
Court:
“The fundamental underlying

will of the people as expressed here
is that there shall be competitive ex-
aminations for all civil service ap-
pointments. Exemption is the ex-
ception, not the rule.”

While the civil service laws set
up the unclassified, exempt, non-
competitive, and labor classes, it
was not the intent and could not
effect such an intent—to nullify the
competitive feature as to ascertain-
ing the merit and fitness of public
workers written into the Constitu-
tion itself.

Despite the Constitution, time
and a liberality of interpretation of
powers by the Civil Service Com-
mission has brought about the
amazing situation where less than
forty per cent of State civil service
positions are filled in accord with
the clear mandate of the State’s Con-
stitution. In other words, less than
half the State’s servants are required
to compete in open, fair tests of
merit or fitness.

We find also a great many posi-
tions in the exempt class. Here are
the choice, high-paid positions which
the career service by its very nature

the seniority rule was violated have
not been officially acted upon by
the Commission.

should include in order to promote
initiative and interest in public ser-
vice. Thousands of civil service em-
ployees have striven throughout the
years to attain these higher positions
only to find at the end of long faith-
ful service that the positions at the
top were reserved for those favored
for political or personal reasons.
This is directly opposed to the de-
velopment of the highest type of
efficiency in public service. That the
way is not open from the bottom to
the top of civil positions—clective
positions excepted—solely upon the
basis of individual character and fit-
ness is a sinister shadow upon the
State and a sad reflection upon the
procedure and the officials respon-
sible. The Constitution is so plain
that this Association nor any other
should have to invoke it in the
Courts. Nevertheless, the present
situation is so clearly a menace to
that high type of State service to
which this Association is dedicated
that the matter of legal action to
compel a positive attitude toward
competitive tests and greater op-
portunity and security for State em-
ployees from the lowest to the high-
est civil positions must be a para-
mount part of our program and that
at a very early time.

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The State Employee
Apply Now for Life Insurance

BEFORE MEDICAL EXAMINATION IS NECESSARY

A special concession has been secured by this Asso-
ciation from the Travelers Insurance Company. State
employees, who apply promptly, may yet secure life
insurance protection under the group plan sponsored
by this Association, without medical examination. Sep-
tember Ist was the last date applications could be ac-
cepted without medical examination as set forth in the
insurance contract. However, many interested employ-
ees neglected to file due no doubt to the distraction of
vacation planning. Additional opportunity will be given
these employees, and if they apply promptly, no medical
examination will be necessary.

Failure to apply promptly, will subject the applicant
to the customary medical examination of the insurance
company, and to the possible refusal of the application.
Any State employee, who is a member of the Associa-
tion or eligible for membership, and who is actively on
duty at the time application is made, is eligible to secure
this insurance.

The Association’s Group Life Insurance Plan is an
assured success. On the date this issue went to press
twenty-five claims had already been settled promptly
for deaths occurring to members insured under the plan
ranging from $500 to $5,000 each, During the short
time the plan has been in effect, over $50,000.00 has
been paid in claims.

Applications and literature on the Group Life Plan

te secured from Association headquarters or from
Association Representatives. Completed applications
should be sent to the Association.

‘New applications as received will be placed in order
for payroll deductions with the greatest expediency.
‘The Insurance will take effect on the Ist or the 16th of
the month following the date payroll deduction to cover
the cost of the insurance is made, or following the date
such employee remits premium payment direct to the
Association.

If for any reason whatsoever deductions from the
pay of insured members to cover the insurance is not
possible, due to leaves of absences, sick leaves, seasonal
employment, etc., cash payments to cover must be sent
to the Association in order to keep the insurance in
effect. Such remittances should be made for the length
of time the employee will be off the payroll, and should
be made payable to the Association.

The insured may at any time change the beneficiary
under the group policy. Change of beneficiary forms
will be furnished the insured upon request. These
forms, completed in duplicate, and the employees’ cer-
tificate should be sent to the Association for correction.

For new employees of the State or old em employers who
overlooked or neglected to carefully consider the low-
cost life insurance protection afforded by the plan we
repeat herewith the insurance schedule and monthly cost
to insured employees:

Due to the low premium rates for this insurance and
the privilege given to secure it at present regardless of
physical condition, the rules governing this form of
insurance do not permit the selection of amounts other

than those determined by annual salary as indicated
above.

SALARY AND INSURANCE SCHEDULE
Amount of

Annual Salary
Less than $900...
$ 900 but less than 1,401

1,400 but less than 1,700. 1,000
1,700 but less than 2,101 1,000
2,100 but less than 2,700. 500 1,000
2,700 but less than 3,500. 3,000 1,000
3,500 but less than 4,500. 1,000
4,500 and over........ 1,000

The monthly cost to insured members will be based
on the following table:

Semi-Monthly
Attained Age* Payment per
(nearest birthday) $1,000 of Insurance
39 and under......... sare BO

40 to 44, inclusive...
45 to 49, inclusive.
50 to 54, inclusive.
55 to 59, inclusive.
60 to 64, inclusive
65 to 69, inclusive.....

* Caluculated as of June 1, 1939, August 1, 1940, and each
August 1 thereafter.

‘The Group policy will provide that on August 1,
1940, and each August 1 thereafter, the amount of in-
surance for each member whose annual salary has
changed so as to place him in a class providing a dif-
ferent amount of insurance than provided for the class
under which he was previously insured will be changed
to the amount for the class in which his new annual sal-
ary places him, but no change in insurance resulting
from such reclassification shall become effective as to
any member away from work because of disability until
he returns to work. Change in the semi-monthly cost to
the member will be effective from the effective date of
his new amount of insurance.

SOME OUTSTANDING FEATURES OF
GROUP PLAN
1, LOW COST. ,
2, EASE OF PAYMENT BY PAYROLL
DEDUCTIONS

3. SAME RATES REGARDLESS OF OC-
CUPATION

4.NO MEDICAL EXAMINATION AT
PRESENT

5. CONVERSION PRIVILEGE

September

107
THE STATE EMPLOYEE
Official Publication of
THE ASSOCIATION OF STATE CIVIL
SERVICE EMPLOYEES
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK

Room 156 State Capitol Albany, N. Y.
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Editor Charles A. Brind, Jr.
Art Editor Roger Stonehouse
Business Manager Joseph D. Lochner
Editorial Board
W. FE. McDonough
Ralph D. Fleming Linda J. Wharton
Foster Potter Charles L. Mosher
A. K. Getman
Association Officers

Charles A. Brind, Jr - - - President
Charles L. Campbell - - Vice-President
Earl P. Plannebecker - - - Treasurer
John T. DeGraff - - - - Counsel
Mary H. Ahern - + = Secretary
Joseph D. Lochner - Executive Secretary
=>
Secret Ballot

There has been some discussion
from time to time about a “secret
ballot.” It should be pointed out
that the Association has a secret
ballot form which may be used by
members if they prefer. The process
is to omit the name and member-
ship card number on the printed bal-
lot. After the ballot is marked, it may
be placed in a sealed envelope and
the sealed envelope labeled “ballot.”
This envelope may then be enclosed
in an outer envelope which con-
tains the name of the employee and
his card number. The right of the
employee to vote is checked at head-
quarters, the inside sealed ballot
abstracted and placed in the ballot
box unopened, The sealed ballot is
opened only by the Board of Can-
vassers on the night of the election.
It is impossible for the Board of
Canvassers or anyone else to know
who cast the ballot.

It is evident that some means
must be adopted to be sure that non-
members are not casting ballots.
The above procedure is prescribed
by the Association’s Constitution
and has worked as indicated. Of
course, most members are not con-
cerned whether or not their ballots
are secret but, as indicated, the
above procedure can well be adopted
if any member wishes.

108

1940

State civil service employees face
the future united by ties of loyalty
and devotion to their Association
never before existent or possible.
Holding high the principle of fair-
play to all citizens inherent in the
merit system, and demanding that
selfish political, religious, racial and
union-division activities be banned
from New York State service, the
Association but follows the program
of those truly great leaders who
guided the policies of the Associa-
tion since its organization in 1910,
when it had but a handful of mem-
bers. Likewise, its 30,000 members
follow in the footsteps of the loyal
men and women who everywhere
and in every worthwhile movement
in its history held fast to unselfish
action as the mainspring of progres-
sive accomplishment.

Its program is as clear as the noon-
day sun. Its philosophy as wholesome
as the mountain air. Democracy
has but two deadly enemies—cor-
ruption and incompetence. To select
public workers solely upon the basis
of character and ability destroys at
a single blow the potency for ill of
these two enemies. The political
profiteer has always preyed upon
public service. The professional
racketeer preying upon working
people is a comparatively new spec-
tacle. The American Legion in the
preamble to its constitution declares
among other things that the mem-
bers associate together “to combat
the autocracy of the classes and the
masses.” This expresses well the
patriotic urge of all true Americans
to stand by those institutions that
stand firm against the reckless
promises or threats accompanied al-
ways by mercenary notices of or-
ganizing racketeers who spread
dissension and dissatisfaction among
State employees. Europe is at war
to destroy Hitlerism. Hitlerism is
first of all an autocracy, domineer-
ing and selfish. Those groups of
labor leaders here who fail to give
loyalty to the ideals of The Asso-
ciation of State Civil Service Em-
ployees are Hitleric in every sense
and do violence to the best interests

of labor unionism. They place
themselves squarely upon the side
of the enemies of worker progress
along the democratic way of good
working conditions and
standards of living with freedom of
action.

Loyalty and unity are one in this
great Association devoted to a con-
stantly improving State service.
Every citizen of the State may well
be proud of the Association of
State Civil Service Employees as a
powerful influence for good govern-
ment in the Empire State.

The Front Cover

The picture used on the front
cover this month is a scene of the
Hudson River as seen from the
United States Military Academy at
West Point. The photograph was
supplied through the courtesy of
the New York State Bureau of Pub-
licity. Robert Gross was the photog-
rapher.

W. R. C. Home Employees

Wednesday evening, July 26,
about eighty-five employees and
families enjoyed a picnic supper and
outing at Lake Ludlow, a few miles
from Oxford. A committee of
Grange and American Legion mem-
bers prepared, planned, and served
the supper, during which orchestral
music and vocal solos were rendered
by a group of employees. Follow-
ing the supper which was served
on the porch overlooking the lake,
the crowd adjourned to the club
house for singing, dancing, and to
enjoy a program of solos, instru-
mental and vocal, by the orchestral
group. Card games and boating
rere also a part of the evening of

in.

La Vern Smith, Representative
of the local Employees’ Association,
planned and worked hard to bring
about this pleasant occasion and the
Home employees are appreciative
of the efforts put forth by him and
those who so generously provided
the music.

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Empire State

VIEW OF LOCK 17, LITTLE FALLS, HIGHEST LIFT LOCK ON SYSTEM

Do you know the canals of New
York or is it so far back to the fifth
grade that you have forgotten about
“Clinton’s Big Ditch”?

Anyhow, if you are interested in
the history of New York; if you see
the romance of her commerce; or if
you have read some of the recent
canal stories, plays or broadcasts;
or if you are specially interested in
boats and boating, you might like
a copy of “New York State Canal
System,” 1939, an attractive pam-
phlet which tells all about it. Having
looked it over and found it inter-
esting, I suggest that you write for
a copy; address, Commissioner of
Canals and Waterways, New York
State Office Building, Albany, N. Y.

‘The State has paid out over 176
millions capital cost of the canals
and terminals, an impressively big
investment but one that has meant
great returns. Canal services are

110

free—so provided in the constitu-
tion—and if you are an outdoor per-
son and have not made use of your
canal, you may have missed a trick
or two. We all know that “New
York State Has Everything.” A
good way to appreciate this fact first-
hand in a most interesting way ap-
pears to be by a canal jaunt.

According to Mr. A. R. Granger,
of Chester, Pennsylvania, who
writes the Commissioner of Canals,
the process would be interesting in
itself and would include helpful as-
sistance along the way by those in
charge. Mr. Granger says:

“I have crossed the ocean quite
a few times and have done consider-
able traveling, but never in my life
have I enjoyed the grandeur and
scenery and the hospitality which
was extended to us on our whole
trip, and for your part may I be-
speak the universal courtesy and in

every case the civility and desire to
please of your lock tenders, both
going up and coming across the
state. I have heard many times of
your famous canals and locks, but
never realized the great importance
they are to the shipping interests
of northern New York and the
Great Lakes.”

In case you are a real aquatic en-
thusiast and plan to build yourself
a cruiser this winter in the basement
or elsewhere, there are some facts
you should note. Boats may not be
more than 300 feet long, 43% feet
beam, nor more than 15 feet out
of water. If you have been develop-
ing a tendency to succumb to this
age of speed and your nerves are
frayed, a canal voyage might be just
the thing; maximum speed 10 miles
per hour in the canalized lake and
river sections, six miles in the land
sections, You can, however, keep

The State Employee
Canal System

DIESEL MOTORSHIP SUPREME LEAVING LOCK 23, ERIE, BREWERTON

going the whole 24 hours if you
want to.

Of course, you know how im-
portant the route from Albany to
Buffalo is and perhaps you know
that petroleum, grain, sand, stone
and gravel, chemicals, and drugs,
sugar, pig iron, fertilizer and flour,
with many other materials, are trans-
ported in vast quantities.

A comparative table of the net
tonnage transported on the several
branches of the canal system over a
priod of years follows:

Division 1932 1934 1938
Erie 3,186,094 3,645,125 3,349,250
Cham-
plain 210,033 274,787 406,838
Oswego 227,594 206,299 939,490
Cayuga
Seneca 19,712 16,517 13,910
Total

Tons 3,605,457 4,142,728 4,709,488

The area reached through the
construction of the canals is rich in
products of manufacture, agriculture

September

and extensive varied industries. This
State is the only one fronting on
both the Great Lakes and the ocean.
The Port of New York is the largest
seaport on the Atlantic coast and
one of the finest in the world. In
deepening the Hudson River to Al-
bany to a channel depth of 27 feet
at mean low water, ocean naviga-
tion is brought 150 miles closer to
the Great Lakes. Albany has pro-
vided an excellent port with modern
facilities and a 13,000,000 bushel
grain clevator.

Besides the Cayuga-Seneca Branch
you will find much of interest in
both the Champlain and Oswego
routes. The canals perhaps just na-
turally follow routes of supreme his-
torical interest and touch place after
place of historical importance.

The federal government recog-
nizes the ‘national importance of
New York’s canals. Since 1935, fed-
eral funds (some $25,000,000) have

been deepening the channel and
raising bridges from Waterford to
Three River Point and therefrom
via Oswego Canal to Oswego on
Lake Ontario.

To pleasure-boat owners who
wish to use the canal many practical
aids, that is, charts, maps, books of
regulations, state and federal, are
available, as well as information on
Canadian waterways.

Plan a canal trip, know your
state, and promote health and hap-
piness in the process.

Our hats are off to Commissioner
of Canals and Waterways, Guy W.
Pinck, Assistant Commissioner Le-
Roy C. Hulburd, to the immediate
staff, and to the loyal canal workers
throughout the State, practically all
of whom are active members of this
Association, for their efficient and
outstanding operation of the Empire
State’s Canal System.

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THE CITY CLUB OF ALBANY
presents

H. V. KALTENBORN

A timely opportunity to hear America’s foremost radio news
commentator and current history lecturer

Thursday, September 28th, Albany High School
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Young American Lyric Soprano; outstanding radio star; solo-
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Tuesday, October 10th, Institute of History and Art
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Son and daughter of Thomas Mann, famous German novelist
and themselves the authors of several books. These exiles
have an intimate, thrilling and fascinating story of experi-
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Through the purchase of “series” tickets, the oppor-
tunity to hear four outstanding present day personal-
ities for a very nominal sum is presented.

Series tickets - - - - - $3.50 each
Single tickets - - - - - $1.50 each
Tickets are available at Association Headquarters,
Room 156, State Capitol, Albany, N. Y.

Group Plan of Accident
[and Sickness Insurance

The enrollment under the State-
wide group plan of accident and
sickness Insurance has grown rapid-
ly. Now that over $250,000 has been
paid out in claims, many State em-
ployees are finding that, a check
every month is very useful in help-
ing to pay hospital, doctor and
nurses bills as well as buying the
necessities of life during disability
periods.

Pay Roll Deductions

Since July 15th premiums have
been deducted from the employees’
salary in small amounts each pay
day.

112

Claims

Insured members who are sick
or injured notify by postal or letter
this Association, or C. A. Carlisle,
Jr, TerBush & Powell, Inc., 423
State Street, Schenectady, N. Y.
Prompt settlement will be made
monthly according to the coverage
and terms of the policy.

Applications or literature explain-
ing the Group Accident and Sick-
ness Insurance may be secured from
Association Headquarters, or from
TerBush & Powell, Inc. Complete
applications may be sent to the same
sources,

H.R. S. H. News

The Annual Meeting and Elec-
tion of Officers of the Hudson River
State Hospital Employees’ Associa-
tion will be held in the Amusement
Hall on the Hospital grounds on
Wednesday evening, 7 P.M., Sep-
tember 20th.

Mrs. Elizabeth V. Ryan, Vice-
President, and Edward L. Weaver,
Treasurer, of the Employees’ Asso-
ciation, attended the annual meeting
and election of The Association of
Employees of the Department of
Mental Hygiene held in Albany on
Thursday, September 7th. John
Livingstone also attended as a mem-
ber of the Executive Committee of
the Mental Hygiene Association.

At the 95th Annual Dutchess
County Fair, held at Rhinebeck,
August 29th, September Ist, Hud-
son River State Hospital walked off
with first prize in the Flower Show.
‘They likewise won first prize in the
Vegetable Tent. Much credit for
these remarkable performances must
be given to Aaron M. Decker, Su-
pervising Farmer at H. R. S. H., and
his capable crew of assistants.

The H. R. S. H. Employees As-
sociation is sponsoring another bus
trip to the World’s Fair for the
benefit of the employees and their
friends on September 24th. Trans-
portation cost will be $1.00. Reser-
vations should be made as early as
possible in order that the number of
necessary buses can be obtained. All
reservations must be secured on or
before September 21st from Edward
L. Weaver, Ward 71, Ryon Hall.

The State Employee
State Building at Babylon

Babylon on Long Island, will be
the site of a new State Building,
which when completed, will house
the offices of District No. 10 of the
Highway Division of the State De-
partment of Public Works. The es-
timated cost of the building will
approximate $200,000. The 2%
story, slate-roofed, brick structure
will be built on a 3% acre plot of
land situated at the corner of Mon-
tauk Highway and Little Neck
Road.

William E. Haugaard, State
Commissioner of Architecture, and
his staff designed the main office
building so that it will get the great-
est amount of natural light possible.
The entrance to the impressive
structure will face the corner. The
part of the building facing the
corner will be 72 feet long. Extend-

September

ing back from this section of the
building will be two wings, one of
107 fect running parallel to Little
Neck Road and the other 85 feet
long, running back on the east side
of the property.

The property was bought by the
Village of Babylon and given to the
Highway Department after it was
rumored that the office with 200
personnel, and its $40,000 payroll
would be moved from the village
because of its cramped accommoda-
tions.

The main building will contain
offices for the Maintenance Engi-
neer, District Engineer, Assistant
District Engineer, a conference
room, a file room, a general office,
stenographer’s office, permit and
traffic control office, reception and

telephone office and a supervisor of
contract office all on the first floor.
The second floor with the exception
of a vault for the storage of maps
and records will be devoted entirely
to a drafting room. ‘The room will
contain nearly 6,000 square feet.

The office at present is located
on the second floor of a building on
West Main Street. The many pieces
of equipment, such as graders,
snowplows, trucks, etc., which the
department uses to maintain the
miles of highway in its district, are
stored in several shops throughout
the County. When the new plant is
completed by May 1, 1940, a 1%
story brick building 36 feet by 160
feet will house the equipment, while
a second building 48 feet by 117 feet
will be used as a machine shop.

3
State Worker and War

Will the United States do its ut-
most to preserve civilization? Yes,
even to the point of armed conflict
anywhere in the world. The United
States in entering the World War
did so in answer to the urging of
those higher concepts of life which
here among our people are more
widespread and sensitive than in
any Nation on the globe. Mediocrity
and selfishness still prevail here as
elsewhere, but here they are limited
to individuals and small groups.
The great virtue underlying all de-
grees of civilization—love of God
and love of neighbor—arise in
American hearts like the tides of
the sea whenever justice and mercy
are attacked,

It is interesting to note that in
the World War hundreds of State
workers changed from civil to mil-
itary duties with profit to the cause
of the allies and with glory to them-
selves and their State. Many were
in the National Guard and were
the first to be called. The same
would be true today. The New York
State National Guard was called out
in June, 1916, for service on the
Mexican Border and remained there
for about nine months. The World
War began with Austria’s ulti-
matum to Serbia July 28, 1914.
Germany declared war on Russia
August 1, 1914, and France entered
the conflict on August 3 and Great
Britain on August 4. Turkey en-
tered the war in October, 1914, and
Italy May 23, 1915. The United
States entered the war April 6,
1917, Our National Guard was
mustered into Federal service early
in 1917 and received training in
various camps throughout the
country.

During May, 1917, many New
York State soldiers reached France.
The history of a typical unit in-
cluding New York State civil ser-
vice employees follows: Trained
with New York’s famous National
Guard Division, the 27th, at Camp
Wadsworth, Spartanburg, S. C., em-
barked for France from Camp
Stewart, Virginia, May 10, 1917, ar-
rived Brest, France, May 23,
reached Rue, northern France, for
training, May 30—Decoration Day,
1917, moved in middle-of June to
Waitehurt, France, near sea for spe-

4

cial machine gun target practice.
July 2 sent to secondary defense line
at East Papernighe, Belgium. Here
the unit received first experience
with shell fire. While in further
training the unit was bombed by
German airplanes during the night
and one man killed and twenty-
nine injured. This unit of about 100
men fought in approximately a
dozen battles or engagements and
the total casualties were: 4 killed or
died of wounds, 39 wounded, 18
gassed and 2 died from other
causes. While the Armistice was
signed on November 11, 1918, this
unit did not return to the United
States until March 18, 1919,

Here we have an example of
what could happen again with only
the field of war operations changed.
Should our Nation find it necessary
to enter the present war, State work-
ers who take up arms may be cer-
tain that their Association will take
immediate action to assure that they
shall receive those rewards of patri-
otism that our great State should
accord to its loyal workers. The
State may well set an example to
other employers by guarantecing
that those who serve shall not lose
in civil ways because they serve in
military ways.

One of the most important
things for our State officials is to
see to it that the dread disease of
political favoritism in the military
or civil armies of government is ex-
terminated. There is no blacker
crime against civilization than for
those in authority in government,
State or Nation, to place inefficient
men in officers’ uniforms or in civil
administrative offices because of
political allegiance or social posi-
tion. Those who lead in peace and
war should be selected solely upon
basis of merit and fitness ascertained
in the American fair-play manner.

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The State Employee
Mental Hygiene Assn. Meets

At the Annual Meeting and
Election of Officers of the Associa-
tion of Employees of the State De-
partment of Mental Hygiene held in
Albany on September 7th, the fol-
lowing officers were elected for
1940. President, John A. McDonald,

Rochester State Hospital; Vice-
President, John Livingstone, Hud-
son River State Hospital, Pough-
keepsie; and Secretary-Treasurer,
Mrs, Lucy Baumgrass, Marcy State
Hospital.

Delegates from the various insti-
tutions throughout the State who
attended the meeting included: Miss
K. I. Collins and J. Walla, Brooklyn
State Hospital; Harry B. Schwartz,
Buffalo State Hospital; R. E. Col-
burn and Charles Sandwick, Go-
wanda State Hospital, Helmugh;
Louis Illig and Mrs. M. Adamiec,
Harlem Valley State Hospital,
Wingdale; J. Livingstone, Miss E.
Ryan, and E. L. Weaver, Hudson
River State Hospital, Poughkeepsie;
E. Truax and W. H. Baumgrass,
Marcy State Hospital; T. Stevens
and Sam Decker, Middletown State

September

Hospital; Mrs. Nichols and L. M.
Baldwin, Rochester State Hospital;
Charles McBreen and Robert Ort-
liebe, Rockland State Hospital,
Orangeburg; Mrs. C. C. Jones and
G. Cantzlaar, Utica State Hospital;
Bert D. Dodge, St. Lawrence State
Hospital, Ogdensburg; William P.
White, Willard State Hospital; Mrs.
R. C. Stedman, H. C. Lane and Mrs.
Green of Rome State School; Pat-
rick Donahue and W. J. Callahan,
Syracuse State School,

Several subjects were discussed
and acted upon. Officers of the As-
sociation of State Civil Service Em-
ployees met with the Mental Hy-
giene Association and discussed the
problems of institutional employ-
ces. Among the several subjects ap-
proved by the delegates were:

To continue efforts to revise the
wage scale for employees of the De-
partment of Mental Hygiene along
the lines of the Feld-Hamilton Bill.

To ask that the moratorium on
time service be lifted, that is the
moratorium from July, 1932 to June,

1935, and the moratorium now in
effect beginning July 1, 1939.

To ask that a bill be brought be-
fore the coming Legislature to
amend the Compensation Law in
order to allow institutional employ-
ees to use accumulated time instead
of having to lose pay for the first
seven days injury.

To extend the eight hour day to
all employees not now covered by
the shorter day.

To ask that a larger appropria-
tion for commutation be made avail-
able for each institution.

To ask that the pension laws be
amended to make it possible for
employees to retire at 55 years of
age after 30 years service.

To ask that the laws be amended
to allow the transfer of funds when
employees in the State Hospital Re-
tirement System transfer to the
New York State Retirement Fund.

Tt was voted to take up the ques-
tion of sick leave for mental hygiene
institutional employees with the
Commissioner of Mental Hygiene,
Dr. Tiffany.

115
Executive Committee Election

In order to carry out fully the intent of the Constitution of the Association to have the Association truly
representative of the wishes of its members, opportunity must exist for each member of the Association to choose
by ballot the representative of his or her respective department on the Executive Committee. The representa-
tives of the eighteen State departments thus chosen will be the duly elected Executive Committee. Under the
Constitution in cases where the members within a department fail to elect a representative for the Executive
Committee, the Executive Committee is empowered to make a selection.

In line with the election of officers
by popular ballot supplied in this
issue sent to all members of the
Association, we believe members
within a Department should elect
directly their representative on the
Executive Committee and thus en-
able the Association to function
democratically in a complete sense.

Employees are urged to use the
ballot below. The success of the
Association depends to a great de-
gree upon the personnel of the Ex-
ecutive Committee.

The duties of the Executive Com-
mittee, as stated in the Constitution,
are as follows:

“Article VIII, Section 2. The
Executive Committee shall estab-
lish the general policies of the As-
sociation, and shall have power and
authority to transact all business
pertaining to the Association not
otherwise provided for in this Con-
stitution and By-Laws or the will
and purposes of the Association as

expressed by its members in regu-
larly conducted meetings of the As-
sociation.”

Numerous meetings of this Com-
mittee are called during the year,
and many on brief notice when im-
mediate action on important issues
involving Association action is
necessary. Members are urged to
bear this in mind and to select their
representatives from among their
membership residing in Albany or
vicinity. It should be wholly pos-
sible for employees wherever lo-
cated throughout the State to keep
in close contact with such represen-
tative.

The present members of the Ex-
ecutive Committee and the Depart-
ments which each represents are
listed below. Blank space is pro-
vided to write in the name of the
representative desired.

W. F. McDonough—Agriculture
and Markets.

C. W. Swim—Audit and Control.
Elizabeth Staley—Banking.
Linda M. Wharton—Civil Ser-

vice,

Burton D. McCormick—Educa-
tion.

John T. Higgins—Executive,

Arthur S$. Hopkins—Conserva-
tion.

Mrs. Mary Austin—Correction.

Clifford Shoro—Health.

Davis Schultes—Insurance.

John W. Henry—Labor,

F, C. Maher—Law.

Dr. H. M. Pollock—Mental Hy-
giene.

William Hunt—Public Service.

William A. Arnold — Public
Works.

W. C. Hinckley—Social Welfare.

Harold Fisher—State.

John A, Cromie—Tax.

Envelopes containing _ ballots
should be marked “Ballot,” and
should also bear signature or mem-
bership card number of member.

(See Editorial, this issue.)

Name and membership card No

OFFICIAL BALLOT

The Association of State Civil Service Employees of the State of New York

To Select Representative on Executive Committee

Department ......-0seececceueeeceeeeeeesceuueceeseueeeeeeueneeeeeneeeseeees

T vote fOr. ....sceeseeceeseeeseeesceeesssovnseoes de eeseeeeeseeeeeceerseennes

This ballot to be considered must be delivered or mailed so as to reach Association
Headquarters, Room 156, State Capitol, Albany, N. Y., before 10 P. M., October 3, 1939.

116

The State Employee
New Books

Compiled by the Book Information
Section of the New York
State Library

FICTION

The Brandons, by Angela Thirkell.
Knopf. $2.50.

Amusing English comedy centering in
a likeable group of people so comfortably
situated that they care not at all when
their relative, the wealthy Miss Brandon,
an indomitable old pagan anda “paragon
of bad temper,” threatens regularly to cut
them out of her will.

Flying Colours, by C. S. Forester.
Little. $2.50.

‘Thrilling moments, subtle character de-
lineation and breath-taking descriptions
mark this tale of Captain Hornblower's
escape from a trial for piracy during the
Napoleonic wars.

Frost and Fire, by Elliott Merrick.
Scribner. $2.50.

‘The setting and atmosphere of Labra-
dor are recaptured in this graphic tale of
the life of a young hunter and trapper
struggling through hardships and vicissi-
tudes to win a livelihood and thwarted for
years by the unscrupulous, corrupt deal-
ings of the trading company.

Guns of Burgoyne, by Bruce Lan-
caster. Stokes. $2.50.

Vigorous and vivid story of General
Burgoyne’s expedition, told from the view-
point of a young Hessian officer in the
English army, who falls in love with an
American girl.

Mr. Emmanuel, by Louis Golding.
Viking Press. $2.50.

Moving and tender portrayal of an
elderly “Magnolia Street" Jew interested
in a sensitive refugee boy from Germany,
who cannot find out what has ha

to his idolized mother. The terrible things
that happened to Mr. Emmanuel himself
when he went to Germany to investigate
are related in an absorbing story which is
at once harrowing and lovely.

Overture to Death, by Ngaio Marsh.
Furman. $2.00.

Well written mystery story of an up-
per class English family. Such disparate
items are involved as an amateur theatri-
cal, an onion, a sore finger, Rachmani-
noff's Prelude in C sharp minor, a water
pistol, aspisdistras and repressed emotions.

Seasoned Timber, by D. C. Fisher.
Harcourt. $2.50.

‘A Vermont academy principal’s idyllic
dream of recapturing his youth is eventu-
ally subordinated to dramatic political tuf-
moil in the village over the questions of
democracy and anti-semitism.

September

Tryst, by Elswyth Thane. Harcourt.
$2.

The real and the supernatural are
blended with sensitivity and charm in this
romantic love and ghost story whose set-
ting is a large mansion in rural England.

NON-FICTION
Aniohoenbhy, with Letters, by W.
Phelps. Oxford Univ.
Pres. $3.75.

William Lyon Phelps has always found
life wildly exciting from his college days
on to the present, and he is able to carry
over his zest into these recollections of
work and play, travel, good conversation,
and of such friends as Galsworthy, Barrie,
Conrad and Emma Eames.

Dithers and Jitters, by C. O. Skin-
ner. Dodd. $2.00.

Sixteen sketches in which Cornelia Otis
Skinner tracks down the ludicrous in many
a situation by portraying her own by no
means passive reactions when seated on a
platform facing a large audience, or dur-
ing that horrible period spent in a throat
specialist's waiting room, “that hatchery
for hatred as well as germs.”

Europe in Retreat, by V. M. Dean.
Knopf. $2.00.

‘The diplomatic history of western Eu-
rope from 1919 to 1938, reviewed with
acumen and in a style notable for trans-
lucency and breadth of view. An indis-
pensable handbook.

Inside Asia, by John Gunther. Har-
per. $3.00.

Companion book to author's Inside
Europe. Informative, readable and espe-
Gially interesting for his portrayals of lead-
ing personalities.

My Day in Court, by Arthur Train.
Scribner. $3.50.

‘An autobiography which will be gen-
erally liked because of its informal, lively
narrative of the author’s experiences in
‘New York courts.

My Days of Strength, by Anne W.
Fearn. Harper. $3.00.

Entertaining and informing autobiog-
raphy of a woman doctor's experiences in
China, where she owned, in her later years,
her own hospital.

The New German Empire, by F.
Borkenau. Viking Press.

Incisive interpretation of the aims of
Nazi Germany, surveying the interna-
tional aspects of German fascism and con-
cluding that the final aim is world domi-
nation.

Wilderness Wife, by Kathrene Pin-
kerton, Carrick. $2.75.

‘A young couple struggle with the
Canadian wilderness, growing ever more
expert as providers of their own food,
shelter and comfort. through sparkling
summers and deep winters.

Wind, Sand and Stars, by Antoine
de Saint Exupéry; trans. from
the French. Reynal. $2.75.

While the author, a French aviator,
writes of flights across the Sahara, and of

‘an attempted flight from Paris to Saigon,

he is more concerned with the spirit that

animates men of courage, with man’s
groping toward truth and his self-fulfill-
ment,

You're the Doctor, by Victor Heiser.
Norton. $2.50.

The author's vivid personality and
anecdotes of his experiences in public health
work throughout the world animate these
authoritative suggestions on diet, foods,
nutrition, vitamins, digestion, colds, etc.
Not a medical handbook, but a book of
up-to-date information of appeal and value
to laymen.

Books at Discount

The Association has for several
months now been purchasing the
latest fiction, biography, travel, sci-
ence and other books at a consider-
able saving to members.

This new service to members has
been taken advantage of in increas-
ing proportions during the past few
weeks, Several reading clubs have
been organized at institutions and
elsewhere.

If you are interested or contem-
plate the purchase of a book, what-
ever kind, first direct an inquiry to
the Association, Room 156, State
Capitol, Albany, and get a quota-
tion. The savings will surprise you.

Civil Service Extension
Continued from page 103

This is one of the most important
commissions authorized by the
Legislature. Its work and its re-
commendations will have far-reach-
ing effects upon the thousands of
governmental employees in counties,
villages, towns and school districts
not affected by the civil service law
at present. The extension of the
Civil Service Principle to these units
will greatly improve the efficiency
of our government in years to come.

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Annual Election of Officers

The election of Officers of the Association for the year beginning October 3, 1939, will occur on October 3,
1939, and will be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution quoted below:

“ARTICLE VII, SECTION 2. Election of officers will occur at the annual meeting which will be deemed
to continue from twelve o’clock noon to ten o’clock P. M. of the First Tuesday of each October. When the
meeting is not actually convened the headquarters of the Association will be open to receive properly prepared
ballots either by mail or in person from any member of the Association, Ballots with the names of the candidates
printed thereon and blank spaces for insertion of any other names desired shall be made available at least ten
days prior to the annual meeting at all offices or locations designated by the Executive Committee, and all
properly prepared ballots of members of the Association received at Association headquarters up to ten P. M.
of the First Tuesday of October of each year shall be duly counted and recorded, The envelopes in which bal-
lots are enclosed by the members shall be marked “Ballot,” and such envelopes shall also bear the signature
and membership receipt number of the member.

“ARTICLE VII, SECTION 3. The Executive Committee shall appoint a board of canvassers of at
least three members of the Association to canvass and count the ballots properly cast for the purpose of elect-
ing officers of the Association. The persons receiving the greatest number of votes for the respective offices shall
be deemed to be the duly elected officers of the Association for the next 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 for any office, a new ballot shall be taken.”
The officers to be chosen are, President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer.

The nominating Committee, selected at Meeting of Executive Committee held August 29, 1939, consisted
of W. F, McDonough, Chairman, John W. Henry, and John A. Cromie. The ticket presented below is that sub-
mitted by the Nominating Committee chosen under the following provisions of the Constitution:

“ARTICLE VII, SECTION 1. A Nominating Committee shall be named by the Executive Committee
at least one month prior to the date of the annual meeting, and such Nominating Committee shall, after giving
full consideration to all facts or petitions presented to them by individual members or groups of members present,
at least two weeks prior to the first Tuesday in October of each year nominees for all of the elective offices of
the Association, to be voted upon at the annual meeting of the Association, which will be held on the First Tues-
day of October of each year.”

The names of candidates other than regular nominees which you may wish to vote for may be written on
blank lines provided.

Members will note that envelopes containing ballot must be marked “Ballot” and bear the signature and
number of receipt card of member. This must appear on reverse side of envelope.

Members are urged to exercise their voting power. (See editorial.)

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