The State Employee, 1938 June

OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE ASSOCIATION OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK

Your Executive Committee

The above photo of the Executive Committee of the Association was taken at its regular monthly meeting

Monday, June 6th.

On the left side of the table, reading left to right are: George A. Kehoe, Public Service Dept.; John A. Cromie,
Tax Dept: Charles W. Swim. Audit & Control Dept: William C, Hinckley, Social Welfare Dept: Mrs, Mary A.
Austin, Correction Dept.; Earl P. Plannebecker, Tax Dept: Treasurer of Association; Elizabeth Staley, Banking Dept;

and Arthur S. Hopkins, Conservation Dept.
On the far end of the table, left to right are: Davis L. Shultes, Insurance Dept: John T. DeGraff, Counsel of

Association; Charles A. Brind. Jr., President; William F. McDonough, Agriculture Dept; and Joseph D. Lochner,

Executive Secretary.

At the right of the table, reading left to are are: William R. Arnold, Public Works Dept: John W. Henry,
Labor Dept.; Dr. Horatio M. Pollock, Mental Hygiene Dept.: Dr. Riley M. Little, Education Dept.; Linda J. Wharton,
Civil Service Dept. John T. Higgins, Executive Dept: Harold J. Fisher, State Dept; and Mary H. Ahern, Secretary.

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The Association of State Civil Service Employees of the State of New York
Room 156, State Capitol, Albany, N. Y.

Editor, Cuantes A. Brixp, J
Art Editor, Rocer Stonenouse
Business Manager, Josrru D. Locuner
Editorial Board, W. F. McDonoucx, Ratru D, Frestrxc, Jorn L, Haris
OFFICERS

Cartes A. Brtxn, JR, President.
Cuanues L. Castrnttt, Vice-President
Eant P. PraNNenecKeR, Treasurer

El 'T. DeGrarr, Counsel
=> any H, Anrn, Secretar:

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Josern D. Locuen, Executive Secretary

VOL 7.

JUNE, 1938

NC. 5.

Constitutional Convention Proposal Summary

The following is a list of proposi-
tions thus far introduced in the Con-
stitutional Convention, which affect
State employee members of the As-
sociation, or are of interest to them:
Int, 1, Print 1—Mr. W. 8. Bennet—Pro-

vides “that women and men enlisted

and enrolled in and honorably dis-
charged from the armed forces of the

United States in the late world war,

including nurses, who are citizens and

residents of this state, shall be enti-
tled to preference in appointment
without regard to their standing on
any list from which such appoint-
ment may be made,” and strikes out
provision that any honorably dis-
charged soldiers, sailors, marines or
nurses of the army, navy or marine
corps of the United States disabled in
actual performance of duty in any
war, to an extent recognized by the

U. S. Veterans’ Bureau, who are citi-

zens and residents of this state and

were at the time of entrance into mili-

tary or naval service of the U. S., and

whose disability exists at the time of
application for such appointment or
promotion in the civil service of the
State or of any civil divisions, includ-
ing cities and villages, without regard
to their standing on any list from
which such promotion or appointment
may be made. To Civil Service Com-
mittee.

Int. 63, Print 67—Mr. Corsi—Provides
that there shall be no discrimination
in appointments and promotions in
the civil service of the State or any
civil division, including ities and
villages, on account of race, religion,
color or political creed, ‘To Civil
Service Committee,

Int. 69, Print 69—Mr. Hooper—Provides
that appointments and promotions in
elvil service of the State and all civil
divisions thereof, including cities and
villages, sball be by written exam-
inations only, which shall be open
to all citizens regardless of race, creed,
color or political belief, and that no
person shall be required to furnish
any photographie or other record in-

Gicating his or her race, ereed or
color prior to such examination or
appointment, and that appointments
shall be made in numerical order ae-
cording to standing on such list. To
Civil Service Committee.

Int. 70, Print 70—Mr. Gardner—Pro-
vides that all revenues derived from
motor fuel taxes and fees for regis-
tration, licensing and operating of
motor vehicles and motor cycles sball
be kept separate and apart from all
other money, in a special highway
fund and shall be appropriated by
the legislature and used solely for the
construction, reconstruction, mainte-
nance and repair of highways and
bridges and for the acquisition of
rights of way; maintenance shall be
deemed to include but not limited to
snow removal, sanding and lighting of
highways; that legisiature may ap-
propriate sums in such amounts as
it may determine to ald munteipall-
ties for same purposes and that

Continued on Page 8

Let’s Be Reasonable

The time is here to politely in-
form the C. I. O. of a fact that
would have long since been appar-
ent to any advised group, namely,
that they do not and cannot render
any worthwhile service to State em-
ployees and that they should there-
fore cease the collection of dues
from State employees and cease
dissension creating organization tac-
tics.

A labor or trade organization that
seeks only to duplicate the func-
tions or activities of an already well
organized and intelligently active
group is either a racket or an error
of human judgment. In either case
when the truth has been pointed
out, the continuance of such a situ-
ation is a disregard of reason and
common sense,

State employees have their own
organization, an organization com-
posed solely of State workers, an
organization with policies deter-
mined by State workers, an organ-
ization that has planned and secured
for State employees what is un-
doubtedly the best employment sys-
tem as to fair selection of workers,
as to salaries, and as to promotions,
pensions, sick leaves, vacations and
other matters anywhere in effect at
the present time.

State employees through their
own organization—The Association
of State Civil Service Employees—
have done all of this on dues of one
dollar per year. This great accom-
plishment has been possible because
employees have felt that they should
look after their own working prob-

lems. In this they have followed the
only true and sound labor organ-
ization policy known anywhere
throughout the world. The only
services which they have paid for
and the only expenses they have
incurred are those having to do with
carrying out the details of plans
which they have evolved, without
cost to their fellow workers, in their
meetings and in their employee gov-
erned committees. The costs in-
clude the maintenance of an effi-
ciently manned and equipped head-
quarters to care for the arrange-
ment of meetings, the advising of
committees, the hundred and one
services requested in correspond-
ence and personally by members,
the details of the group and local
Continued on Page 11
THE STATE EMPLOYEE

June

Facts and Falacies About Classification

(Continued from April Issue)
Based on a Monograph by
Dr. Ismar Baruch
Chief of the United States Personnel
Classification Division

Prepared for
THE STATE EMPLOYEE
By the Classification Unit of the New
York State Department of
Civil Service

Among operating officials, there
is sometimes found a misunder-
standing which may be expressed
as: Duties classification unduly re-
strict administrators and supervis-
ors in assigning work and delegat-
ing responsibility to the employees
of the agencies concerned,

This idea rises primarily from the
mistaken belief that the classifica-
tion of a position prescribes what
duties each incumbent shall per-
form and what responsibilities he
shall exercise and, therefore, pre-
vents his being assigned to duties
and responsibilities not specifically
covered by that classification. The
classes and class _ specifications
which a duties classification plan in-
cludes are descriptive and not re-
strictive. Such a plan is not in-
tended and should not create a rigid
system of classes which cannot be
changed and to which positions and
assignments of work to employees
must at all times conform. Work
assignments and delegations of re-
sponsibility are not intended to be
controlled by a position classifica-
tion plan, they belong to those ad-
ministrative or supervising officials
who are vested with the authority
to make assignments and delegate
responsibility.

In other words, so far as the prin-
ciples and rules of a duties classifi-
cation plan should be concerned, ad-
ministrative officers, by creating
new positions materially different
from those already in existence, or
by making changes in work assign-
ments or responsibilities, may set in
motion a train of events leading to
changes in the classification plan it-
self, or in the classification of one
or more individual positions. It
should be an essential function of
the Civil Service Department to
take such changes into account
when the changes are contem-

plated or immediately after they are
made, and to determine and to take
the necessary action to recognize
the effects of these changes upon
the classes, the class specifications,
and the classification of individual
positions.

Misunderstanding of certain other
phases of a duties classification plan
and its operation has sometimes led
to the erroneous idea that duties
classification can segregate positions
into narrow water-tight compart-
ments with the effect of unduly re-
stricting employees’ opportunities
for promotion to positions of higher
rank in the same general field.

The criticism that a well-made
duties classification plan will re-
strict an employee's opportunities
in the matter of promotion is as
groundless as the contention that a
classified perpetual inventory of
supplies will prevent the intelligent
purchase of additional items and
new and different items.

The number and kinds of classes
established are matters which de-
pend upon what functions are per-
formed in the service as a whole,
how the service is organized to
carry out these functions, and how
duties and responsibilities are di
tributed among the various posi-
tions in the service.

The fact is that a good duties
classification plan aids rather than
hinders promotional processes, be-
cause it furnishes the only work-
able basis for determining present
lines of promotion and developing
new ones, for defining career ave-
nues, for preparing training courses
designed to equip employees for
higher assignments, for identifying
misplaced employees with positions
for which they are better qualified,
and for determining where in the
service there exist actual or poten-
tial sources of supplies for filling
positions of a given type.

It has been said occasionally by
those whose information as to the
true nature of duties classification
is inadequate or inaccurate that the
classification of positions is imprac-
ticable because positions and their
duties and responsibilities are al-
ways changing.

In the course of time in any pub-
lic jurisdiction new positions are

created, duties and responsibilities
are materially altered, or positions
are abolished. Hence, the classes
and class specifications, whenever
they may be set up, will ultimately
become obsolete by reason of
changes in the positions upon which
they were originally made. Simi-
larly, allocations ‘of individual po-
sitions to classes may become inap-
propriate because of changes or de-
velopments in the duties and re-
sponsibilities of such individual po-
sitions.

A good duties classification plan,
effectively administered, faces and
takes into account these conditions.
It anticipates the need for and lays
down a method of action and pro-
cedure for the future as well as for
the present. It includes not only
the system of classes and class spe-
cifications but also, as an integral
part of the plan itself, a code of
formal fundamental rules for the
maintenance of the classification
plan and for the amendment and al-
teration of the class specifications
and the allocation of individual po-
sitions, to keep pace with changes
in the service and in the positions
therein.

Thus, a duties classification plan
is not something that should be
fixed at a particular time and un-
changeable thereafter. Cn the con-
trary, it should be active and grow-
ing in accordance with trends in the
service itself. It should recognize
that the classes and the class spe-
cifications themselves must reflect
current duties and responsibilities
of existing positions. It may well
be said that a classification plan for
positions is closely comparable to a
perpetual inventory of supplies and
equipment. Both are based on the
characteristics of items as they cur-
rently exist. Changes in the char-
acteristics of existing items should
be accompanied by corresponding
changes in the classification or in-
ventory structure.

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Your Membership
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June

THE STATE EMPLOYEE 5

Executive Meeting

The regular monthly meeting of
the Executive Committee was held
on Monday, May 2nd, 1938. Presi-
dent Charles A. Brind, Jr., presided.
Attending were: Elizabeth Staley,
Mrs, Mary H. Austin, Linda Whar-
ton, Dr. Horatio M. Pollock, Secre-
tary Mary A. Ahern, Dr. Riley M.
Little, William F, McDonough,
George A. Kehoe, John W. Henry,
John T. Higgins, William R. Ar-
nold and Executive Secretary Jo-
seph D. Lochner.

The first business was the consid-
eration of an application for a chap-
ter for the Public Service Motor
Vehicle Inspectors. The commit-
tee moved to approve the chapter.

Report as to the paid 1938 mem-
bership indicated at the date of the
meeting the total approximated
18,000.

Motion was introduced, seconded
and unanimously carried to start a
membership drive as of July 1, 1938,
that definite and appropriate liter-
ature be prepared and distributed as
of that date to familiarize State em-
ployees with the work and activities
of the Association for the purpose
of securing 100 per cent member-
ship support.

Buffalo Hospital
Dinner

The Second Annual Dinner-
Dance, sponsored by the Buffalo
State Hospital Employee’s Associ-
ation, was held May 14th at the Ho-
tel Buffalo.

Guests attending were Assembly-
man Harold Ostertag; Assembly-
man Harold B. Ehrlich; Joseph D.
Lochner, Executive Secretary of
the State Association; John A. Mc-
Donald of Rochester State Hospital,
President of the Association of Em-
ployees of the Dept. of Mental Hy-
giene; Leo F. Clark, President of
the Buffalo Chapter of the Associa-
tion. James DeForest, President
of the Buffalo State Hospital Em-
ployees’ Association, presided, and
Joseph Reiller acted as toastmaster.

The affair proved to be a most
successful one, over 150 members
of the Association being present.
Following a most delicious dinner,
dancing continued to a late hour.

Temporary Salary Standardization Board

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Front Row, left to right: Director of the Budget Abraham S. Weber; Mrs.
Marjorie Arnold, Tax Dept., representing non-competitive civil service em-
ployees; William J. Maher, Civil Service Dept. Dr. Frank L. Tolman, Education
Dept., representing competitive civil service employees; and Joseph E. Sheary,
Public Works Dept.

Back Row, left to right: Charles E. Johnson, Rose Marcus and Louis A.
Liuzzi, Jr., constituting the technical staff of the Board.

The Classification Board

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Reading left to right: Charles L. Campbell, Chairman of the Board, also
Vice-President of this Association; William J. Maher, of the Civil Service Dept
and Arthur Maloy, of the Division of the Budget.

The Classification Board was established under the terms of the Feld-
Ostertag Law.
THE STATE EMPLOYEE

June

HON. JAMES A. GARRITY

Sponsor of our Prison Guard bill
in the Senate, was Senator James
A. Garrity, who represents the 26th

District, which is part of the
County of Westchester.
Senator Garrity, besides being

Chairman of the Internal Affairs
Committee, is a member of the Fi-
nance, Motor Transportation and
Traffic Regulation, Cities, Insur-
ance, Villages, Labor and Industry,
Mortgages and Real Estate, Penal
Institutions, Public Relief and Wel-
fare Committees.

He was educated in the public
schools of Pennsylvania, going to
work in the anthracite coal mines at
an early age, He took an active in-
terest in labor organizations for
many years, finally taking up his
residence in Yonkers in 1902, and
served for fifteen y as. chief
probation officer of the City Court
of Yonkers. He has conducted a

general insurance ag the
James A. Garrity, Inc., agency at
20 So. Broadway, Yonkers. He is

a director of the Yonkers National
Bank and the Welfare Federation
Community Chest.

He is a member of the Rotary
Club, the Knights of Columbus, the
Elks, Modern Woodmen, City
Club. He was a four-minute man
during the World War. He is mar-
ried, has three children and four
grandchildren.

HON. R. FOSTER PIPER

Co-sponsor of the measure re-
cently enacted into law by Gov-
ernor Lehman's signature, which
will enable our Association to adopt
a group life insurance plan, was
Assemblyman R. Foster Piper.

Mr. Piper, who represents the
eighth asseinbly district of Erie
County, graduated from Syracuse
University in 1910 and was ad-
mitted to the bar in 1911. He is
senior member of the firm of Piper,
Andrew and Sherwood Law Office,
at 638 Prudential Building, Buf-
falo. He has been attorney for the
village of Hamburg, where he re-
sides, since 1922. In 1926 he served
as counsel for the Joint Legislative
Committee on Recodification of the
Village Law of the State. He was
first elected member of the As-
sembly in November, 1929.

He is a member of the Erie Coun-
ty Bar Association, the New York
State Bar Association and various
fraternal organizations and clubs
in Hamburg and Buffalo,

Mr. Piper is Chairman of the As-
sembly Insurance Committee, and
is a member of the Banks, Judiciary,
Reapportionment and Rules Com-
mittees.

Association members should ap-
preciate the amendment of the In-
surance Law to make group life in-
surance possible.

HON. JAMES J. CRAWFORD

A good friend of State employees
in the Senate is Senator James J.
Crawford, representing the 11th
Senatorial District, which is part
of Kings County. He is Chairman
of the important Senate Excise
Committee, and is a member of
Finance, Public Service, Taxation
and Retrenchment, Banks and
Agriculture Committees.

Senator Crawford was born in
New York City, November 16, 1871.
He was educated in the public
schools of Brooklyn and has lived
for fifty-seven years in the Wil-
liamsburg section. He is chairman
of the Board of the United Loan
Industrial Bank, Brooklyn; a mem-
ber of the Executive Board of the
3ank of the Manhattan Co, Brook-
lyn; president of the Williamsburg
Manufacturer's and Merchants’ As-
sociation of Brooklyn; a director of
the Knickerbocker Fire Insurance
Co., and of the Brooklyn Chamber
of Commerc:

He is a trustee B. P. O, Elks
Lodge No. 22, and a member of the
Seneca Club of Brooklyn. His bus-
iness address is 1476 Broadway,
New York City, and home address
589 Bedford Ave. Brooklyn,

Senator Crawford is married; has
six children and thirteen grandchil-
dren. He was first elected to the
State Senate on November 6, 1928.
June

THE STATE EMPLOYEE

Onward and Upward!

A new and we believe sound effi-
ciency rating plan for State em-
ployees is here at last! As a part
of the career service plan the neces-
sity of fair and uniform efficiency
ratings looms large. Good service
depends upon good morale. Good
morale is stimulated and maintained
by fair play in promotions—salary
and otherwise. Fair, uniform effi-
ciency ratings are a big factor in
promotions.

The new efficiency rating system
evolved by the State Civil Service
Department for State employees is
under Feld-Hamilton Law author-
ization. The plan is the result of
extended study. Time has not per-
mitted the Civil Service Depart-
ment to submit it for general dis-
cussion and consideration such as
the Department would like to have
accorded it. But, this is not vital.
The plan now proposed and to be
used immediately for rating all em-
ployees will be tested by its actual
application throughout the service,
and that is the only true test of a
rating plan. Where it may have
weakness, such can be corrected.
Where it is good, it can be made
even better. The new plan has just
been placed in the hands of De-
partment heads. Ratings of all em-
ployees must be in the hands of
the Civil Service Department by
June 15. There must be the best of
cooperation on the part of em-
ployees. Lack of uniformity and
lack of completeness has destroyed
the real usefulness of previous rat-
ing systems. The new system bids
fair to outlaw partiality.

Obviously, this Association will
insist upon the right of appeal from
errors in rating. Provision for such
appeal is not written into the new
rating system, but it is an inherent
right of every worker and proper
provision for appeals relating to all
employment matters must be pro-
vided in the civil service law.

Justice in promotion has been a
crying need of workers in every
field of employment ever since two
or more human beings were first
employed by the same employer.
In early days, personal contact be-
tween each worker and his em-
ployer was the rule, and the em-
ployer rated his employees very
definitely upon the value of their

services. The good advanced even
to the high goal of partnership with
the “boss,” and often to ultimate
succession to a successful business.

Now, with a total of 45,000,000
salaried or wage-earning employees
in the nation, and with single groups
under a single employer numbering
into many thousands, the question
of rating the efficiency of the indi-
vidual is a distinct personnel prob-
lem. Justice in promotion—salary
and otherwise—depends upon a fair,
general plan of evaluating the effi-
ciency and general capacity of the
worker.

What crimes have been
mitted in the matter of promotions!
Behold an ambitious youth study-
ing to improve his efficiency, work-
ing overtime to assure generous
measure of service, trusting fully
in American traditions of fair play,
finding himself after maturity of
experience and capacity pushed
aside either brutally or subtly to
make place for the “boss’” nephew,
or a diplomatic shirker who had de-
ceived as to ability, or because
someone did not like the color of
his hair, the race from which he
sprang, the political party to which
he belonged, or the church he at-
tended! Again and again and again
in New York State service the most
callous indifference to justice in pro-
motions has occurred.

But better days are here. Now a
definite plan of promotions, based
upon fair and uniform standards of
rating, is a legal part of the career
service provided in the present Feld-
Hamilton and Feld-Ostertag laws.
Employees won establishment of the
merit principle in promotions—they
must help to make fair ratings work
and work well in actual practice.

com-

Attica Meeting

Counsel of the Association, John
T. DeGraff attending a special meet-
ing of the Attica State Prison Em-
ployees’ Benevolent Association on
Monday evening, May 23rd, ex-
plained the many benefits resulting
from the organization of a local
chapter of this Association, as well
as the many services and activities
of the Association.

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THE STATE EMPLOYEE

June

Constitutional Convention Proposal Summary

moneys so appropriated to such mu-
nicipalities shall be deposited in spe-
cial highway fund separate and apart
from other money and used solely
for purposes specified; reimbursement
fund of $50,000 to be maintained by
state from motor fuel tax. To Fi-
nances and Revenues Committee.

Int. 75, Print 75—Mr. Sexton—Disquall-
fles as an elector and prohibits hold-
ing of office by election or appoint-
ment of “a citizen who by word of
mouth or writing, advocates, advises
or teaches the duty, necessity or pro-
priety of overthrowing organized gov-
ernment by force or violence, or by
assassination of executive head or of
any of the executive officials of gov-
ernment, or who has pledged alle
giance directly or indirectly to a for-
elgn power or government, or is a
member of an association, organiza-
tion or group opposed to our form of
government.” ‘To Bill of Rights Com.

Int. 77, Print 77—Mr. Sexton—Provides
that the canal board shall fix, impose
and collect tolls on persons or prop-
erty except pleasure craft, farm ma-
chinery, farm equipment and farm im.
plements transported on the canal:
To Canals Committee.

Int. 84, Print 8—Mr. Montana—Substan-
tially similar to Int. 70.

Int, 108, Print 109—Mr. Dunnigan—Pro-
vides that “No person employed by
the state, or any subdivision thereof,
or any board or commission appointed
pursuant to law, or any public benefit
corporation shall be permitted or re-
quired to work more than eight hours
in any one calendar day or more than
five days in any calendar week except
im cases of extraordinary emergency
caused by fire, flood or danger to life
-or property. ‘The legislature may
‘pass laws to regulate the hours and
‘days of work so as not to interfere
with the conduct of the public busi-
mess but shall not require any per-
‘gon to work more than eight hours in
one day nor more than five days in
one week.” ‘To Civil Service Com.

Int, 159, Print 160—Mr. Leet—Provides
that “Salaries of state and municipal
officers and employees and state and
municipal securities and income there-
from shall be subject to taxation im-
posed upon them and similar income
or property in a manner not diserim-
inatory against them, whether by the
state, a municipality duly authorized
or the United States; provided how-
ever, that they shall be taxable by the
United States only in the manner and
to the extent that it permits its se-
curities held within the state, and its
officers and employees resident within
the state, to be taxed by the state.”
To Taxation Committee.

Int, 162, Print 163—Mr. Leet—Requires
that appointments and promotions in
civil service shall be made according
to merit and fitness to be ascertained
by competitive examinations, and, in
classified service, shall be in numer-
feal order in accordance with the

Continued from Page 3

grade recelved on examination. To
Civil Service Committee.

Int. 161, Print 165—Mr. Leet—Requires
the legislature to provide for the
speedy publication of all rules and
regulations of all state departments,
boards, bureaus, officers and commis-
sions. To Legislation Powers, etc.
Committee.

Int. 165, Print 166—Mr. H. M. J. Lewis
—Substantially similar to Int, 70.

Int, 172, Print 177—Mr, Welnfeld—Ex-
tends to all persons the right to free
speech and press guaranteed to citt-
zens and includes the depicting, ex-
hibiting, portraying and dissemina-
tion of sentiments through any me-
dium of communication or dissemina-
tion of ideas; provides that no law
shall be passed or enforced and no
order, rule, injunction, mandate or
other process shall be made or is-
sued, to enjoin, as well as restrain or
abridge, the exercise of that right;
question as to whether such right has
been abused shall be determined by a
jury. To Bill of Rights Committee.
‘Also to Judiclary Committee for opin-
fon. *

Int. 178, Print 183—Mr. Schwarts—Pro-
vides ‘that appointments and promo-
tions in civil service shall be made
in the order of those graded highest
according to merit and fitness. To
Civil Service Committee.

Int, 193, Print 198—Mr. Bergan—Pro-
vides that no state fund shall be ex-
empted from audit of comptroller, or
from accounting method prescribed
and that payment, accrual and collec-
tion of money, except on audit, shall
be void; separate fund or account shall
not be created for any purpose ex-
empted from audit and accounting:
attorney general shall be sole coun-
sel and legal adviser of every depart-
ment, office, bureau or agency of state
in respect of official functions and
duties and no other counsel or at-
torney shall represent or advise ex-
cept assistants or deputies designated
by attorney general. To Governor,
State Officers Committee.

Int. 212, Print 219—Mr. Lynch—Provides
that “in ascertaining merit and fit-
ness, no inquiry shall be made of a
candidate for a civil service position
as to his political or religious opin-
fons and affiliations, except as to his
belief in the use of force and violence
to overthrow the Government of the
United States and no person who be-
lieves in the use of force and violence
to overthrow the Government of the
United States shall be eligible for
civil service appointment. Competi-
tive examinations, as far as practica-
ble, shall be objective in nature and
capable of being reviewed and free
from the uncontrolled personal opin-
fons of the examiner.” To Civil Serv-
fee Committee.

Int, 233, Print 244—Mr. Killeen—Strikes
out provision that no tolls shall here-
after be imposed on persons or prop-
erty transported on the canals and

provision for annual equitable taxes
to pay expenses of superintendence,
repairs and improvements thereof;
transfers from canal board to public
works department power to cancel
contracts for work or materials on
canals when terms thereof prove to
be unjust and oppressive. To Canals
Committee,

Int. 236, Print 247—Mr. J. J. Bennett—
Provides that “Membership in a pen-
sion or retirement system of the state
or a municipal corporation of the
State of New York is hereby declared
to be a contractual relationship en-
titled to constitutional protection as
such.” To Governor, State Officers
Committee.

Int. 244, Print 255—Mr. Poletti—Provides
that “No person shall, on account of
race, color, religion or creed, be de-
nied the full protection of the laws
of this state, or any subdivision there-
of, or the equal use of any public
property, service or facility, or of any
privately owned place or service to
which public patronage is solicited;
or on such account be discriminated
against with respect to hire, tenure
or condition of employment by the
state or by any subdivision thereof.”
To Bill of Rights Committee.

Int. 255, Print 266—Mr. Moffat—Pro-
vides that on and after April 1, 1941,
fiscal year of state shall begin April
1 and end March 81 next following.
To Finances and Revenues Committee.

Int. 282, Print 293—Mr, Cole—Gives pret-
erence in civil service appointments,
retentions and promotions to veter-
ans who served in Spanish American
War, the Philippine insurrections, the
World War, and to volunteer firemen
after performing five years’ service
unless company disbands upon or-
ganization of paid fire department in
such case period shall be for at least
one year immediately preceding pref-
erences now limited to disabled veter-
ans is stricken out. To Civil Service
Committee,

Int. 284, Print 295—Mr. Cole—Substan-
tially similar to Int. 159.

Int. 291, Print 302—Mr. Rippey—Sub-
stantially similar to Int. 159.

Int. 296, Print 307—Mr. Rippey—Sub-
stantially similar to Int. 70.

Int, 303, Print 314—Mr. W. 8S. Bennet—
Provides that “No public officer or
employee of the United States Gov-
ernment or of any State, or of any po-
litical or other subdivision of any of
them, or of any official board, author-
ity, council, commission, corporation,
or other agency of any of them, shall
serve on any grand jury.” To Ju-
diclary Committee.

Int. 304, Print 315—Mr. Koch—Substan-
tially similar to Int. 164.

Int. 310, Print 329—Mr. A. P. Burke—
Provides that “No person other than
a citizen of the United States and a
citizen and actual resident of the
state of New York for more than two

Continued on Page 12

June

THE STATE EMPLOYEE

Vacations

Our Association, under date of
March 31, sent the following letter
relative to the restoration of vaca-
tion leaves previously in effect, to
the Director of the Budget, Abra-
ham S. Weber:

“This letter supplements and
reduces to writing the purport of
the Association’s position in con-
nection with the four weeks’ va-
cation which I have presented to
you orally today and discussed
many times in the past.

“As I have indicated, for at
least thirty years prior to the
change in the vacation period
state employees have been accord-
ed four weeks’ vacation. The
shift from four weeks to three
weeks in 1933 was made as a part
of the economy program of that
year and was not, as we under-
stand it, intended as a permanent
arrangement. The Association
feels that there is no further rea-
son for the continuance of the
temporary and shorter vacation
period, particularly in those places
where the employees will be able
to absorb the additional service
without undue hardship and with-
out additional expense to the
State.

“I want to assure you, on be-
half of the employees who are
members of our Association that
they will be only too happy to
assume such additional burden as
may be necessary in restoring the
vacation. At this time I would
not wish to urge such restoration
of vacation if it would entail an
additional expenditure on the part
of the State, but I feel quite con-
fident that there are many, many
places where the additional load
can and will be willingly assumed.

“The Association has valued
your personal interest in the em-
ployees in the past and I would
appreciate it if when this matter
is under consideration the posi-
tion of The Association of State
Civil Service Employees might
be presented.”

Sincerely yours,

(Signed)

CHARLES A. BRIND, Jr.,
President

‘The foregoing letter was duly ac-
knowledged by the Budget Director,
and early in May when the four

Restored

weeks’ vacation period was restored,
a copy of the letter he sent to de-
partment heads on this subject was
sent to the Association, which read
as follows:

“By direction of Governor Leh-
man, I beg to advise you that au-
thorization is granted for a vaca-
tion leave, with pay, not to ex-
ceed 22% working days during
the 1938 vacation period, for reg-
ular departmental employees.

“Under this order, it is directed
that any Saturday leave, whether
or not within the vacation period,
shall be charged as a half-day
against the total allowance.”
The Association is pleased and

gratified by the action of Governor
Lehman in this respect, and feels
sure that the additional vacation pe-
riod will tend to revitalize em-
ployees during their vacation pe-
riods and urge them to greater
efforts and efficiency during the re-
mainder of the year.

H. R. S. H. News

The Ninth Annual Card Party of
the Hudson River State Hospital
Employees Association was held in
the Amusement Hall of the Hospi-
tal on Wednesday evening, May
25th, at 8 P. M. This event proved
to be a most successful one, sev-
eral hundred attending. Mary E.
Belton served as Chairman of the
party.

Gerald (Roddy) Magee, well-
known and well-liked son of George
Magee, Chief Engineer at the H. R.
S. H. passed away at his home at
the hospital on May 8th, after an
illness of six months. Funeral serv-
ices were conducted at the home
on May 9th, and from the Chapel
of Our Lady at the hospital where
a solemn high mass of requiem was
celebrated by the Rev. Charles A.
Roth.

A native of New York City, Mr.
Magee had spent the greater part
of his life in Poughkeepsie, being
graduated from St. Peter’s High
School, after which he attended
+Manhattan College.

A widely-known local athlete, the
youth had been active in baseball
and basketball circles. His par-
ents are the only survivors.

AT
YOUR SERVICE
IN NEW YORK

Be sure to stop at the Hotel
Lexington on your next visit
to New York. Here you will
find every one attentively
waiting to serve you.

The Hotel Lexington Is
centrally located, just a fow
blocks from Grand Central
Station and convenient to
the shopping and theatre
districts.

The rates are reasonable,
too. From $3.50 single, $4.50
double. Each cheery, comfort-
able room has bath and radio,

Be sure to visit the
Hawaiian Room where
you will enjoy that real
Hawaiian hospitality.

HOTEL
LEXINGTON

48th ST. AT LEXINGTON AVE
Charles E. Rochester, Manager

10

THE STATE EMPLOYEE

June

New Books

FICTION
Dark Rose, by Maurice Walsh.
Stokes. $2.50

The daring rescues of two lovely
Scotch damsels in distress, are ro-
mantic episodes in this colorful tale
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Free Land, by R. W. Lane. Long-

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A moving tale of the odds fought
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his bride when they took and
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Joseph in Egypt, by Thomas Mann;
tr. from the German by H. T.
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With great imaginative and psy-
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interprets Joseph’s story from the
time he is bought by the Ishmael-
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Potiphar’s household, and to his
fall because of his repulsion of the
advances of Potiphar’s wife.

Ships in the Sky, by Gunnar Gun-
narsson. Bobbs. $2.50

A seven-year-old boy's world first
on a mountain Iceland farm and
then on a farm on the coast is de-
picted with artless simplicity and
with the illuminated understanding
that maturity brings.

‘Winter in April, by Robert Nathan.
Knopf. $2

A charming and authentic por-
trait of an adolescent girl in love
for the first time, as seen through
the eyes of her grandfather, an
elderly scholar of fine feeling and
perception.

The Yearling, by M. K. Rawlings.
Scribner. $2.50

An intimate picture of life in the
wild Florida scrubs during the four
seasons of a year, in which Jody, a
yearlin’ boy is taught the lore of the
wild and to hunt and farm by his
kindly father.

NON-FICTION

Beyond Horizons, by Lincoln Ells-
worth. Doubleday. $3.50

Ellsworth, the famous polar ex-
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from his frail, fear-ridden child-
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through his experiences in the Arc-
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Gold Missus, by Katharine Fowler-
Lunn. Norton. $3

The intrepid adventures of the
author, an American geologist,

Clothes for Afternoon and Evening

By Nellie Torrance, Skidmore College

Behind the choice of any girl's
frock stand such important consid-
erations as income, personality, col-
oring and figure. Two of them loom
large when you pick your afternoon
and evening dress — yourself and
your income. If you can forget
yourself you can indulge in “high
fashion” garments which most per-
sons like and which are the opposite
of staples. These are the two ex-
tremes of dress.

Afternoon dresses, in general,
possess simplicity, with perhaps a
little softness or detail such as
pleats, tucks or flower trim. Arti-
ficial flowers, pearls and costume
jewelry, so fashion says, can be
worn with afternoon clothes.

What does this dictum mean to
you as a State employee? It means
that you may make the same dress
serve on more than one occasion. A
black basic dress, with simple ac-
cessories for business, can be worn
with a dressy decorative belt or a
scarf for an afternoon affair. Per-
haps a large ring, or wide interest-
ing bracelet, could be used.

Naturally, we all want one dress,
devoid of office dust, for special
affairs. The present mode demands
that dress should have fullness
above the waistline. Interesting
dresses of that type are now on the
market. You may not be outstand-
ing in one of them but will surely
be in fashion.

A type of dress which is gain-
ing popularity is one with a very
full loose skirt, commonly called a

swing skirt. Perhaps a few of them
may be seen on women who are
found at the top of the fashion scale,
If you are interested in a very full
skirt for afternoon wear, you may
have it made, or you may purchase
a full skirted dress that flatters a
trim waistline.

In colors, for afternoon or even-
ing, you will be limited by what
you can wear and by what the shops
carry. Because “luggage tan” is
fashionable, that is no reason that
you look well in it, but if you enjoy
popular colors, there is no reason
why you shouldn't have this fash-
jonable shade, If you are a blue-
eyed blonde, you probably like to
wear blue. Do so, by all means, if
you enjoy it. To be really clever,
however, you will surely want a
color which flatters you, high fash-
ion or no fashion.

If you are one who selects an
evening dress to wear, once or twice
at the most, you can select anything
you like. By all means buy high
fashion colors and design if they are
becoming to you. Indulge in a
gown, supported by a reverse halter,
which leaves you bare across the
chest from shoulder to shoulder.
High waist lines, gathered bodices,
extremely full skirts are also to be
seen.

Maybe you are a girl who takes a
“long time” view of clothes, not a
seasonal view, which is the popular
one. If you are one of the “long
time” group, we hope to interest
you in the next number. This will
deal with “staple merchandise” in
dress.

while prospecting for metals in
practically unknown Sierra Leone.
Hotel in Spain, by N. J. Johnstone.
Longmans. $2.50
A breezily humorous account of
the building of a small hotel in
Spain and the entertaining of
guests, ranging from the charm-
ing to the insufferable, in the year
preceding the outbreak of the pres-
ent civil war.
Memoirs, by Sir Ronald Storrs.
Putnam. $5
A brilliant narrative, studded with
stories and quotations from letters
and diaries, recording the author's
distinguished career, as Oriental
Secretary to the British Residency

in Egypt, and as Military Governor
of Jerusalem, after 1917.
R. F. D., by C, A. Smart.
$2.50
The deep satisfactions as well as
the inherent difficulties in amateur
farming are honestly described and
appraised in this record of the work-
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Two Wars and More to Come, by
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The courageous journalist-author
who has observed and lived through
both the Italo-Ethiopian and the
Spanish civil war (up to August,
1937) writes convincingly and force-
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course of events in these wars.

Norton.
June

THE STATE EMPLOYEE

it

Let’s Be Reasonable

Continued from Page 3

insurance plans of great benefit to
thousands of members, the issuance
of a magazine, and bulletins in-
forming as to every civil service ac-
tivity, the gathering together of sta-
tistics and information helpful to
committees and to legislation, and
continuous effort to inform the pub-
lic as to the vital importance of
the merit system. The costs also
include the services of legal counsel.

There is at hand after many
weeks and months of activity, no
evidence whatever that the C. I. O.
has secured for State employees or
aided in the securing of a single
improvement in state service. On
the other hand, the doubts and ques-
tioning they have created by state-
ments issued relative to State em-
ployment matters, and their direct
opposition to certain legislation fos-
tered by employees through the em-
ployees’ own Association—notably
the Feld-Ostertag Bill—really men-
aced progress. Is there any reason
that State employees should be de-
ceived by statements and propa-
ganda urging a new workers organ-
ization when employees are already
efficiently organized? Is there any
reason that State employees should
be taxed to pay tribute to men or
movements not responsible for a
single real service to the solution
of State employee problems, and
that are powerless to render any
real service? Would it not be
deemed silly to have an empty ve-
hicle trailing a filled one without
usefulness and at added expense?

‘Would it not be foolish for a farmer -

to have one idle horse always run-
ning about beside a busy, working
horse? What would you think of a
man who carried an extra empty
suit case everywhere he went when
he had no use for it? And where is
the logic in having a workers’ or-
ganization trailing, duplicating, and
actually getting in the way of an
honest, well organized group de-
voted wholly to good state service
and good working conditions? Can
any worker logically support a fu-
tile effort—a workers’ organization
shouting empty promises, running
empty errands, bringing home
empty hands?

The State Employees of this state
have their own vigorous, well

equipped, unselfishly manned work-
ers’ organization in the State Asso-
ciation of State Civil Service Em-
ployees. This Association is tireless
in its activities on behalf of State
workers.

The C. I, O. may have a place
among unorganized workers, but its
purpose and its place in New York
State Employment is not discern-
able at the present time. Its contin-
uance, therefore, is a menace to
sound and unselfish organization.
Its leaders should withdraw it. State
employees should renounce it as
a useless and destructive element
in State service.

This Association urges that it
disband. This Association urges that
State workers join their fellow
workers now 18,000 strong and work
together for the good of all State
Employees.

This Association stands for the
complete organization of workers in
every group throughout the world
to the end that they may cooperate
with employers and governments in
the development of healthy, happy
home and family life. It is proud
of the fact that it has attracted to
its paid membership over 18,000
workers — the largest organized
group of State employees in the
United States. It has no quarrel
with any labor group, A. F. of L.,
C. I. O. or whatever their name. It
denounces with all its power any
group that stirs up dissension, dis-
satisfaction and distrust among
workers already organized and
functioning along progressive, help-
ful lines.

The C. I. O. should withdraw!

Congratulations!

Association officers and commit~
tees wish to publicly congratulate
the Officers and Executive Board
of the New York City Chapter as
well as the Editor, and other offi-
cers of STATE CIVIL SERVICE,
on the splendid 32 page April issue
of this magazine.

The progress and growth of the
New York City Chapter through
the efforts of its officers and Execu-
tive Board, has been nothing short
of phenominal. From a total of
400 a couple of years ago, this Chap-
ter has grown in membership to
approximately 1,500, and is now the
largest all-State-employee group in
the Metropolitan area. Every State
office in New York City and Brook-
lyn is represented through member-
ship in this Chapter. Not only has
it increased in membership, but, the
services rendered by the Chapter
have increased many fold.

The officers of the Chapter ares
Milton Schwartz, Insurance Dept.,
President; Charles Hutchins, Tax
Dept., Ist Vice President; Eliza-
beth E. Lewis, Education Dey
2nd Vice President; James
Scurry, Tax Dept., 3rd Vice Pres:
dent; George Mencher, Law Dept.,
Treasurer; Ruth Hawe, Tax Dept.,
Recording Secretary; Minna Quel-
ler, Labor Dept., Financial Secre-
tary, and John Ferguson, Tax Dept.,
Corresponding Secretary.

The staff of STATE CIVIL
SERVICE magazine consists of: J.
Earl Kelly, of the Motor Vehible Bu-
reau, Editor; Milton Schwartz, Asso-
ciate Editor ;Alice C. Scully, Educa-
tion Dept., Secretary, and Charles
J. Conklin, of the Motor Vehicle
Bureau, Publicity Director.

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THE STATE EMPLOYEE

June

Constitutional Convention Proposal Summary

years shall be eligible to participate
in examinations for the civil service
of the state and of all the civil di-
visions thereof” and that “No person
holding a civil service position shall
be removed from such position except
for incompetency or misconduct shown
after a hearing upon due notice, upon
stated charges, and with the right to
said person to a review by the courts;”
requires that appointments and pro-
motions shall be made by written com-
petitive examinations, so far as prac-
tieable. To Civil Service Committee.

Ant, 382, Print 351—Mr. Dyett—Substan-
tially similar to Int. 69.

Int. 336, Print 355—Mr. Nunan—Sub-
stantially similar to Int. 70.

Ant, 337, Print 356—Mr. T, J, Curran—
Provides that no appointing officer
shall participate in any manner, either
directly or indirectly, in conducting,
or grading the results of, civil service
examinations except that civil serv-
{ce authorities may appoint from gen-
eral lists to their own departments.
To Civil Service Committee.

Int. 338, Print 357—Mr. Kenyon—Gives
preference in civil service appoint
ments, promotions and retentions to
honorably discharged veterans who
have served in armed forces of U. 8.
in time of war, and who are citizens
and residents of this state and were
residents of this state at time of en-
trance into service; preferences now
limited to disnbled veterans {s striken
out. ‘To Civil Service Committee.

Int, 348, Print 367—Mr. Poletti—Pro-
vides that civil service examinations
shall be competitive and open to all
persons without regard to race, creed,
color or religion and that appoint-
ments and promotions shall be made
from lists established as the result of
such examinations only in the direct
order of grade. To Civil Service
Committee.

Int. 359, Print 37%—Mr. Moffat—Pro-
vides that “Except for appropriations
included in the bills introduced by
the governor and the general supply
bill enacted by the legisinture no ap-
proprintions shall be made except
by separate bills ench for a single
work or project. No appropriation
or enactment shall be embraced in
any appropriation bill introduced by
the governor or in the general supply
bill enacted by the legislature, unless
it relates specifically to some particu-
lar appropriation in the bill, and any
such provision and enactment shall
be limited in its operation to such ap-
propriation ;” strikes out provision rel-
ative to restrictions for appropri
tion supply bills. To Finances and
Revennes Committee.

Int. 366—Mr. Crosi—Repeals provisions
relating to continuance in office of
commissioners of state board of chari-
ties and members of state board of
social welfare, and powers that may
be conferred on social welfare board
by the legislature. To Social Wel-
fare Committee.

Continued from Page 8

Int, 310 — Mr. Crosi — Provides that
“Members of the board of social wel-
fare, of the public health council and
of the commission of correction, shall
be appointed by the Governor, by and
with the advice and consent of the
Senate; and any member may be re-
moved from office by the Governor
for cause, an opportunity having been
given him to be heard in his defense ;”
and repeals similar provisions rela-
tive to board of social welfare, de-
partment of mental hygiene and com-
mission of correction. To Governor,
State Officers Committee.

Int, 374—Mr. Delany—Creates a state
department of state police and abol-
ishes the department of architecture.
To Governor, State Officers Committee.

Int. 381—Mr. Leet—Provides that every
rule or regulation promulgated by a
state department, board, bureau, off-
cer or commission, before it becomes
effective, shall be filed in office of
secretary of state and presented to the
legislature at the beginning of its next
regular eession; if disapproved by
concurrent resolution of legislature
any such rule shall be rescinded;
nothing herein shall prevent any per:
son aggrieved by such rule or regu-
lation from appealing to the courts
for a review in a manner which may
be provided by law. To Legislature,
Powers, ete., Committee.

Int, 382—Mr. Leet—Provides that “Any
person aggrieved or affected by any
rule, order or regulation promulgated
by any state department, adminis-
trative board, bureau, officer or com-
mission shall be entitled to appeal to
the appellate division of the supreme
court of the judicial department in
which such person resides, for a de-
claratory judgment as to the validity,
construction or constitutionality of
such rule or regulation. ‘The legisia-
ture shall enact laws to earry out the
provisions of this section.” To Ju-
diciary Committee.

Int. 403—Mr. Heffernan—Provides that
“AN charges made and preferred
against any civil service employee in
any department, bureau, board or
commission of the state or in any
political subdivision thereof, shall be
referred for trial to, and be heard
and determined by, the Civil Service
Commission of the state or of the po-
litieal subdivision wherein the civil
service employee against whom
charges are made and preferred is
employed. The legislature shall enact
appropriate legislation for the en-
forcement of this section.” To Civil
Service Committee.

Int. 407—Mr. H. ©. Kelly—Reauires that
civil service commission shall find that
a veteran is disabled at time of ex-
amination to entitle him to prefer-
ence in original appointment and pro-
vides that such preference shall not
be accorded in anv promotion. To
Civil Service Committee.

‘Int. 414—Mr. A. P. Burke—Provides that
no person other than a citizen of

U. 8. and an actual resident of the
state for more than two years shall
be eligible to participate in civil serv-
ice examinations and that no person
now or hereafter employed in civil
service, who was not appointed, pro-
moted or employed following a com-
petitive examination, shall acquire any
rights or privileges extended to em-
ployees in the competitive civil serv-
ice; no person holding civil service
Position shall be removed except for
incompetency or misconduct shown
after a hearing upon notice with stated
charges and with right to said person
to a review by the courts. To Civil
Service Committee.

Int. 476—Mr. H. C, Kelly—Provides that
all civil service examinations shall be
conducted by or under the supervi-
sion and control of the civil service
department, except that legislature
may establish other agencies for the
examination of teachers and members
of the supervising service of the pub-
lie school system. To Civil Service
Committee.

493—Mr. Koch—Provides that no

system of workmen's compensation in-
surance, whether state or other sya-
tem, shall be subject to any govern-
mental supervision or regulation from
which any such system is exempt. To
Industrial Rels and Workmen's Comp.
Committee.

Int. 498—Mr. Bontecou—Establishes a
department of professions in the state
government and abolishes the depart-
ment of architecture. ‘To Governor,
State Officers Committee.

Int. 512—Mr, Eder—Wstablishes a de-
partment of art, sclence and the pro-
fessions as a civil department of the
state government, and abolishes the
departments of architecture and mili-
tary and naval affairs. To Governor,
State Officers Committee.

Int. 517—Mr. Corsi—Relates to appoint-
ments and promotions in elvil service
by providing that “no appointing
power, except state and local civil
service authorities established by law
to conduct and rate such examinations
generally, shall determine by exam-
ination merit and fitness for appoint-
ment or promotion to positions un-
der its jurisdietion.” To Civil Serv-
ice Committee.

Int. 53!—Mr. Halpern—Provides that

ny public officer who shall refuse to
testify or to answer any questions
relating to his conduct in office or to
the performance of his official duties,
in any lawful inquiry, investigation.
trial or proceeding, shall be removed
from office by the appropriate author-
ity or shall forfeit his office
suit of the attorney general.
Governor, State Officers Committee.

Int. 560—Mr. Welnfeld—Provides that
“Except in an emergency and subject
to such limitations and restrictions as
the legislature may by general laws
preseribe, no officer or employee in

Continued on Page 14

June

THE STATE EMPLOYEE

13

A Saving

Participation in the Association’s
Group Plan of Health and Accident
Insurance, in spite of the nominal
premiums you must pay, actually
results in A SAVINGS TO YOU.

Not only because this insurance is
obtainable through our Group Plan,
at a Cost of ONLY ONE-THIRD
to ONE-HALF of what the same
protection would cost if purchased
on an individual basis, but because
of the broad and valuable protec-
tion which it accords, should you
take advantage of this plan, spon-
sored by your Association for your
benefit. Our Association did not
make this plan available to you be-
cause of financial income to the or-
ganization, because there is none,
but did so solely because of the
need for the protection and bene-
fits which the plan makes possible
for you. F

The week April 25th to 30th was
known nationally as ACCIDENT
AND HEALTH INSURANCE
WEEK. Literature issued by the
various insurance companies dur-
ing this special event contained sta-
tistics which should prove interest-
ing to any conscientious and re-
sponsible individual. Some of the
facts relating to national accident
and health hazard follows:

1. I person is accidentally injured
every three seconds, and 1 person is
killed by accident every five min-
utes, (Your plan covers you for
both disabling and non-disabling
accidents.)

2. 1 out of 4 persons you see on
the street will either be sick or in-
jured in the next 365 days.

3. A man dies but once in his
lifetime, but he will have 8 accidents
and be disabled by sickness or ac-
c'dent 17 times.

4. The World War caused the
death of some 50,000 Americans,
but in 1937, 109,700 Americans were
killed by accidents.

5. Statistics show that it costs
on the average five times as much
to be disabled as to be well. Disa-
bility has caused many people to
withdraw as much from their sav-
ings in three weeks as could be re-
placed in three years.

6. About 9 million people are
annually admitted to hospitals, due
to sickness or accident.

To You

These foregoing facts are not re-
lated with the intent to intimidate
employees so that they enter our
They are,
however, printed for the informa-

group plan of insurance.

tion of many individuals who be-
cause of past good health, do not
think that the protection of their
future is necessary.

Over 1400 claims, totalling in pay-
ments to State employees in excess
of $150,000, have been paid since the
inauguration of the group plan about
two years ago. HOW MANY OF
THESE CLAIMANTS ACTU-
ALLY ANTICIPATED DISA-
BILITY? Where would have the
funds to meet additional expenses
connected with accidents and sick-
ness disabillty come from, had not
these claimants foresaw the protec-
tion accorded by the group plan?
From savings accounts, thereby un-
stabilizing the future of both the
disabled and his or her dependents?

Investigate this group plan of
accident and health insurance avail-
able to you. The over 5000 State em-
ployees, now members of the plan,
can’t be wrong. Write to your As-
sociation Headquarters, or to Ter
Bush & Powell, Inc., of 423 State
Street, Schenectady—TODAY. Re-
quest a copy of HERE ARE THE
FACTS, a booklet which fully ex-
plains our group health and accident
plan. If sickness or accident disa-
bility befalls you, in the future, do
not have your normal recovery re-
tarded by the worry resulting over
financial obligations which you are
unable to meet.

Recent
State Publications

A selected list of documents submitted
by the Legislative Reference Sec-
tion of the New York State Li-
brary and on file in the Library.

Conservation Department
Conservation law in relation to
fish and game, as amended to the
close of the regular session, 1937.
Report on the geology and hy-
drology of Kings and Queens
counties, Long Island. (Bulletin
GW.7.)

New York State Legislature
Report of Joint Legislative Com-
mittee to study the situation con-
cerning the inaugural baseball
game and the growth of the
sport. (L. D, 1938, No. 73.)
Preliminary report of Joint Leg-
islative Committee on discrimina-
tion in employment of the middle
aged. (L. D, 1938, No. 75.)
Fourth supplemental report of
the Commission on the adminis-
tration of justice in New York
State. (L. D. 1938, No. 76.)
Report of the Joint Legislative
Committee on revision of insur-
ance laws. (L. D. 1938, No. 77.)
Report of the Law Revision Com-
mission for 1938. L. D. 1938, No.
65, 65(a)-05(r).

Proceedings of the United Span-
ish War Veterans, Department of
New York for the year 1937, 34th
annual encampment held at
Jamestown, N. Y., July 11-14,
1937, (L. D. 1938, No. 30.)
Proceedings (of) 19th annual con-
vention (of) the American Le-
gion, Department of New York,
August 12-14, 1937, Music Hall,
Troy, N. Y. (L. D. 1938, No.
46.)

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Boulevard

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June

Convention Proposals

Continued from Page 12

the civil service of the state or of any
of its political subdivisions or of any
agency of the state or any of its po-
litical subdivisions shall be permitted
or required to work more than five
days in any calendar week or more
than eight hours in any calendar day.”
To Bill of Rights Committee.

Int. 562—Mr. Deyo—Continues the pub-
lic service commission of five mem-
bers to be appointed by the governor
by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate; prescribes terms of office
of commissioners, methods of filling
vacancies, removals, compensation, Ju-
risdiction and powers, limitation of
legislature as to special laws sixing
rates, review of decisions on appeal
and powers of appellate division rela-
tive thereto, To Public Utilities Com-
mittee.

Int, 570—Mr, Dunnigan—Establishes a
department of architecture in the
state government and transfers and
assigns the powers and functions of
the division of architecture of the
public works department to the divi-
sion of architecture, hereby created
in the executive department. To Gov-
ernor, State Officers Committee.

Int, 574 — Mr, Macy — Provides that
“Hereafter no employee of the state, in
civil divisions or the cities thereof,
shall receive or be paid a pension in
excess of four thousand dollars per
annum; provided, however, nothing
herein shall affect the pension of any
person who shall have retired.” To
Finances and Revenues Committee.

Int. 581—Mr, Stuart—Provides that “Ma-
ternity of a married woman in the
civil service of the state, or of any of
the civil divisions thereof, including
cities and villages, or of any public
body or agency, shall not be cause
for dismissal, and adequate leaves of
absence shall be allowed for the pur-
poses of childbirth, but no such leave
shall be extended beyond complete
recovery without the consent of the
woman affected, unless with full com-
pensation for the time extended.” To
Civil Service Commission.

Ant. 587—Mrs, Rodgers—Creates a state
department for consumers as one of
the elvil departments and abolishes
the department of architecture. To
Governor, State Officers Committee.

{nt, 600—Mr. Gootrad—Creates an in-
dustrial bill of rights by giving em-
ployees right to self-organization, to
form, join or assist labor organiza-
tions, and to engage in concerted ac-
tivities for collective bargaining or

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other mutual ald or protection free
from interference, restraint or coer-
cion of employers, makes every prom-
ise to organize, join or remain a mem-
ber of a company union, or to refrain
from organizing, joining or remain-
ing a member of any labor organiza-
tion other than a company union and
other conditions relative to company
unions, invalid and void as against
public policy; defines employees to
include those in civil service, In hog-
pitals and other institutions, and all
other employees; defines company
union as an organization which the
employer has suggested or has partici-
pated in Initiating or creating, or
given aid to; permits strikes for mu-
tual aid or protection and boycott or
other conduct not involving fraud or
violence; guarantees right of trial
by jury in cases arising out of labor
disputes or the exercise of any other
right guaranteed herein; and defines
labor disputes. ‘To Industrial Rels,
and Workman's Comp. Committee.

Int. 602—Mr. Koch—Provides that “No
rule or regulation of any state de-
partment, board, bureau, commission
or authority or of any officer of any
such body, shall be effective until
seven days after such rule or regula-
tion shall have been published in the
manner which the legislature shall
prescribe by law.” ‘To Legislature,
Powers, ete., Committee.

Int. 619 — Mr. Poletti — Provides that
“Women shall have full political and
civil rights and full opportunity for
education, Women shall have full op-
portunity to work and shall receive
remuneration without discrimination
because of sex. ‘The legislature shall
have power to enact safeguards
against physically harmful condition»
of employment and economic exploita-
tion, especially affecting women.” To
Social Welfare Committee.

Int. 633—Mr. Nathan—Abolishes the of-
fice of state comptroller and creates
the office of auditor to be filled by ap-
pointment by the legislature; divides
the functions of the comptroller be-
tween the auditor and the depart-
ment of taxation and finance. To
Governor, State Officers Committee.

Int. 638—Mr. W. 8. Bennet—Substan-
tially similar to Int. 159.

Int. 611—Mr. Steingut—Provides that
“No person shall be denied the full
and equal opportunity for employ-
ment by reason of race, color, creed
or religion. Nor shall any person on
account of race, color, ereed or re-
ligion be discriminated against with
respect to the hire, tenure or condi-
tion of employment, The legislature
shall enact laws to provide for rea-
sonable safeguards against the viola-
tion or threatened violation of the
provisions of this section.” To Bill
of Rights Committee.

Canal Workers
Banquet
By Harry W. La Vere

The First Annual Banquet of the
newly formed Central Chapter of
the New York State Barge Canal
Employees Civil Service Associ:
tion, an affiliate of the State-wide
Association, was held at the Wayne
Hotel at Lyons. This chapter in-
cludes workers from Lake Oneida
to Fairport on Erie Branch, Os-
wego, Cayuga and Seneca Canals.
Before the banquet a business
meeting was called by Mr. D.
O'Hair of Lyons. New By-Laws
were discussed and adopted. Feel-
ing ran high in anticipation of a
six day week beginning July 6,
1938.

Following the excellent banquet
speeches were given by Mr. Mul-
ligan, Engineer in charge of Canals
at the Division Office in Syracuse
and Mr. Keeler of Newark, Supt.
of Section 6, Syracuse Division.
Explanation of rules and regula-
tions of the department were given
and questions were freely asked
and answered. Both speakers stressed
cooperation and harmony that
should be felt between the State
as employer and chapter members
as employees. Everyone departed
with a feeling that in cooperation
there is strength.

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Development of State Employee Credit Unions

The following statistical table, explanatory of the growth and progress of the Federal Credit Unions success-
fully functioning in State employee groups throughout the State, will be of interest to the thousands of members of
the credit unions; and this Association, which through its Credit Union Committee, was responsible for the estab-
lishment of these savings and loan organizations, takes pleasure in printing it herein.

This table was supplied through the courtesy of C. R. Orchard, Director of the Credit Union Section of the
Farm Credit Administration, Washington, D. C., and gives information as to the status of these credit unions as
of December 31, 1937.

Loans made since Dividend
Charter Began No.of Share Organization Paid 1938
Name No. Business Members Balance No. Amount —- Rate _ Amt.
State Albany Emp. SL 1-2-35 1,097 $68,200 1,821 $206,761 5% $2,276
State Center St. Em 165 3-20-35 808 45,234 1,737 163,381 5% 1,729
Buffalo State Hospital Emp. 677 11-435 318 10377 679 42,350 6% «© 450
State Rochester Emp 680 11-14-35 252 9,363 374 27,649 «5% © «308
Buffalo State Emp 723 12-3-35 246 7,599 389 21,368 «5% «= 288
State D.P.W. District 8 Emp 731 11-20-35 184 9031 334 32833 6% += 398
Syracuse State School Emp.. 802 12-14-35 107 2,366 103 6435 4% «= 60
Gowanda State Hospital Emp 818 1-1-36 230 3216 236 9,299 wy aT
Wallkill Prison Emp. 877 1-10-36 103 1460 201 6,002 «4% «= 28
Attica Prison Emp.. 884 2-1-36 135 4,021 171 13,835 6% 168
State Vocational Institute Emp 888 1-14-36 58 999 72 3,378 3% =k
Matteawan State Hosp. Emp..... 903 1-20-36 481 11,654 1,039 51,634 6% += 509
Hudson River State Hosp. Emp.. 939 -2-1-36 326 14773471 36859 6% «© 580
Newark State School Emp. 950 2-17-36 12 2,017 90 6,269 6% = 77
Marcy State Hospital Emp. 953 1-30-36 2 5,263 123 9,305 5% 144
Utica State Hospital Emp 954 1-31-36 153 4,671 269 17,202 5% = «184
Elmira Reformatory Emp 970 1-22-36 146 4,099 129 8,103 6% 147
Auburn Prison Emp... 988 3-14-36 178 5,138 189 13898 5% 126
Creedmoor State Hosp, Emp 1002 2-15-36 289 8460 427 27,897 54% 283
Central Islip State Hosp. Emp. 1012 3-7-36 246 2,613 187 7810 6% + = 97
State Psychiatric Institute Emp 1023 (3-2-36 ae gies ee seas vena
District No. 6 Highway Emp 1080 3-6-36 89 790 98 3808 314% += 20
Middletown State Hosp. Emp 1216 5-1-36 146 2,467 125 6,041 4% 41
Harlem Valley State Hosp. Emp. 1507 7-7-36 242 2,302 203 8,095 6% =F
Placem’t-Unemploym’t Ins. Emp. 1949 28-37 164 2,231 128 6,076 5% 59
Brooklyn State Tax Emp . 2086 48-37 123 2,008 47 3,224 5% 4
Security 2110 4-20-37 140 4,007 107 7,267 4% 46

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Women Bowlers finished their first
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The League, which began last
fall, is made up of 30 girls of the
Labor Dept. State Fund, State
Teachers’ College, Bureau of Re-
habilitation, Liquor Board, State
Highway Dept., Switchboard, Taxa-
tion and Finance, Law Dept—each
team being known by their own
name, i, e., “The Swingers,” “The
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