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VOL. 9, Number 6
SEPTEMBER, 1940
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Story of State Government
CHAPTER VII: DIVISION OF THE BUDGET
The following article is the eighth of a series
of articles on New York State Government.
This series is in charge of our Editorial Board
Member, A. K, Getman of the State Education
Department Staff. The next article of this series,
which will discuss the State Department of So-
cial Welfare, will be contained in the October
ISSUC.
By Hon, Asrawam S. WEBER
Director of the Budget
I WHY SHOULD THERE BE A DIVISION OF
THE BUDGET?
The constitutional convention of 1915 marked the
beginning of a new epoch in the
political history of New York.
The period from 1915 to 1940 has
seen a thorough modernization of
the State government by a complete
administrative reorganization of its
departments and by the establish-
ment of an executive budget system.
It is truly said, constitutional re-
form is the condition precedent to
most far-reaching administrative im-
provements—that the competence of
administration determines the extent
of the effectiveness of popular gov-
ernment.
Administration must have demo-
cratic policy at its heart as well as
the mechanical ability to effectively
attain the ends of the State.
New York State’s record of social
reform and advancement in this
epoch upholds this contention of the
necessity and inseparability of an effective democracy and
a properly organized administrative mechanism infused
with the incentive and atmosphere only real executive
leadership can give.
Accordingly the Division of the Budget was estab-
lished as the “staff” agency to assist the Governor in
carrying out the well recognized principle of admin-
istration; viz: the chief executive should be responsible
for the preparation annually of a complete and inte-
grated fiscal program for the State to"be submitted to
people’s elected representatives for their consideration.
September
HON. ABRAHAM S. WEBER
The Governor's responsibility, however, does not
end here.
As the chief executive, he is also responsible for the
direction and control of the budget as passed by the
Legislature. And the Division of the Budget is his staff
agency in the execution of this obligation.
Of late years, some people have urged the abandon-
ment of the executive budget system in favor of a more
complete legislative budget control. Basis for their ar-
gument is their disagreement, in most cases, with the
fiscal policy of the administration in power, and not
with the system itself.
This attitude is really indefensible.
The budget agency is merely a
tool of the chief executive and the
Legislature. These are the agencies
which actually determine fiscal pol-
icy, and theirs is the responsibility
for it.
And so it should be in a represen-
tative democracy.
The Division of the Budget is a
management agency, indispensable
in any well functioning organiza-
tion,
To cry for its abolition would be
to cry for the eradication of all
schools because one did not like
what is taught.
Fundamental “standards of ap-
praisement” set up to evaluate New
York State’s government structure
which have led to the establishment
of the executive budget system are
often obscured in the heat of con-
troversy over particular budget pro-
posals. A review of these standards which formed
the basis for State government reorganization recom-
mended by the 1915 Constitutional Convention is timely
here.
The standards were not the result of purely theo-
retical considerations, but were and are based on the
judgments and rules “drawn from common sense in the
conduct of business enterprises and the experience of
this and other countries. in their efforts to develop
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167
democratic and efficient government.” *
1915, pp. 1-2, Albany, 1915.
“Briefly characterizing the assumptions which are
used as a basis of criticism, it is held: that proper ma-
chinery must be set up so that the opinions of the
People may be brought to bear immediately and di-
rectly on the agents of government through voters at
election; that machinery must also be set up for making
executive officers responsible and responsive to public
opinion; that the only way which has been found for
doing this as a matter of experience is to provide for
responsible leadership, i.e., to make it the duty of the
executive definitely to formulate plans and proposals
for legislative action, and not to permit him to dodge
responsibility by submitting a general lecture on po-
litical principles or public morals; that by requiring
the executive to take the initiative in matters which
vitally affect administration, refusal to grant his re-
quests, and in the form submitted, will raise a clear
cut issue that the people can understand; that such
leadership is essential to responsible government, and
such definition of issues essential to democracy itself—
the only alternative being irresponsible government and
domination by a ‘political boss.’
“Starting from these general assumptions or prin-
ciples, it is urged that the activities of the Legislature
should be directed primarily to determination of large
State-wide policies and scrutiny of administration, rather
than to the initiation of everything large and small,
doing its business largely behind closed doors, and ac-
complishing its ends through methods of ‘log-rolling.’
Nothing could be more helpless than a democracy with
a representative government without any kind of
leader.” **
Justification for existence and performance should
always be first considerations of a budget agency in
the execution of its work.
This justification is set forth in the preceding state-
ments and should lend significance to the following
outline of the work and organization of the Division
of the Budget.
II THE WORK AND ORGANIZATION OF THE
DIVISION OF THE BUDGET
A. Authorizing Law
The organization of the Division within the Ex-
ecutive Department is authorized by Sections 13 and
14 of the Executive Law; viz:
“Section 13. Divisions. There shall be in the ex-
ecutive department the following divisions:
1, The division of the budget” . . .
“Section 14. Division of the budget; director; gen-
eral duties. The head of the division of the budget
shall be the director of the budget who shall be ap-
pointed by the governor and hold office during his
pleasure.
He shall receive a salary to be fixed by the governor
within the amount appropriated therefor.
It shall be the duty of the director of the budget to
assist the governor in his duties under the constitution
and laws of the State respecting the formulation of the
budget and the correlating and revising of estimates
*The Constitution and the Government of the State of
New York—An Appraisal, N. Y. Constitutional Convention,
** Ibid.
168
and requests for appropriations of the civil departments,
and also to assist the governor in his duties respecting
the investigation, supervision and coordination of the
expenditures and other fiscal operations of such de-
partment.
The director, subject to rules prescribed by the gov-
ernor, may appoint and fix the compensation of subor-
dinates and employees of the division within the
amounts appropriated therefor.”
B. Scope of the Work
This is a simple statement of essential duties and
glosses over the real scope of the work which must
be accomplished by a small force of some twenty ex-
aminers, responsible for formulating and controlling
an annual State budget of approximately $400,000,000.
The magnitude of the work program is even greater
than this because of the necessity of budgeting and con-
trolling moneys in addition to the $400,000,000 appro-
priated annually.
All of the moneys received from the Federal gov-
ernment to be spent by various State agencies for social
security, education, health, national defense, and con-
servation must be reviewed and segregated or allotted
as well as that of self-supporting State agencies—i.e.,
the State Insurance Fund.
Many people have the idea that budgetary work be-
gins in October with the submission of the budget re-
met from the departments and ends February 1 with
¢ submission of the budget by the Governor to the
Legislature.
During this actual budget formulation period the
average work day tends to exceed twelve hours and the
working week approaches seven days. The remaining
seven months of the year, from February to October,
also has a most extensive work program that does not
allow for any relaxation. As a matter of fact the work
in this more normal period often requires the hiring of
temporary and expert services to mect the minimum
requirements.
A budget system is more than the construction of
a financial plan, it includes just as essentially the re-
quirement of seeing that the plan is managed as it
was authorized by the Legislature and determined by
the Governor.
The budget agency must also be constantly at work
collecting and analyzing data relative to the needs of
the departments and their institutions and in reviewing,
coordinating and formulating new administrative meth-
ods and procedures.
In addition to these duties there is a considerable
amount of work required in the preparation of memo-
randa for the Governor and occasionally for the Legis-
lature concerning bills to be acted upon which are of
definite budgetary significance both in the immediate
future and in the long run.
And as is true of all governmental agencies, the Di-
vision spends considerable time in public relations and
publicity work. Many requests for information con-
cerning all phases of State government, as well as fiscal
matters, are directed or referred to the budget office. In
addition to this routine work, the office prepares press
releases to aid the Governor in keeping the public
properly informed concerning the fiscal affairs of the
State.
The State Employee
C. Annual Work Program
1, Budget Work in Relation to Expenditures:
Sending-out
of Forms.
Return of
Tabulated
Forms of
Requests.
Requests
Made Up
Into Budgets
and Copies
Sent to
Legislature.
Analysis of
Budgets for
Hearings.
Hearings.
Analysis
After
Hearings—
Determination
of Governor's
Recommendation.
Preparation
for Printer
of Volumes
1&2.
September
a. Budget forms and instruction sent
out in July.
b.Forms with tabulated past expendi-
tures, current year’s appropriations,
requests and explanation sheets re-
turned by October 15th.
There are twenty-one different form
sheets used covering requests for
“personal service,” “maintenance
and operation,” “special repairs,”
and “capital outlays.”
c. These requests, upon their return to
the Division of the Budget, are
bound into Departmental budget
forms. Seven sets of each Depart-
mental budget are made up for the
following persons:
(1) Governor
(2) Director of the Budget
(3) Comptroller
(4) Assembly Ways and Means
Committee (2 sets)
(5) Senate Finance Committee (2
sets).
d. The budgets are then checked and
analyzed by each departmental
budget examiner. Summaries and
questions are then prepared for the
hearings which are scheduled for
each department during the last
week in October and the first three
weeks in November.
e. At the hearings, the Governor and
the Director of the Budget, with
the aid of departmental budget ex-
aminers, go through the budgets
asking questions of the department
heads and subordinates in the
presence of representatives of the
Legislature. These legislative rep-
resentatives also have had copies of
the requests and have made analy-
ses and ask such questions as they
desire. These hearings are recorded
and the minutes are prepared in
book form for reference as required
in making budgetary allowances.
f, After the hearings are held, any fur-
ther analysis required is completed
and each budget examiner goes
over each budget with the Direc-
tor of the Budget and the final
allowances are determined, subject
to the review and determination
of the Governor.
. The budgets are then prepared for
the printer in Volume I. Volume
Tl contains the appropriation bill
of allowed requests recommended
by the Governor, which is also pre-
pared at this time.
Contents of
Budget
Document.
h. At this time, the various tables, sum-
maries and explanatory material,
and the Governor’s Message con-
cerning the budget, are’ prepared
for the printer. This message sum-
marizes the whole State financial
picture. The message is in the front
of each Volume I of the Budget
Document, and separate copies are
printed for distribution to the
newspapers.
i. The following statement outlines the
form and content of the Budget
document:
Volume I is of approximately 1,200
pages and is composed of the fol-
lowing sections:
(1) Governor's Message
(2) Summary Tables
(3) Explanation of Revenue Es-
timates
(4) Summary Tables
(5) Budget Report in Detail
(a) Section I. Regular and
Immediately Available
allowances to State de-
partments
(b) Section II. State Aid to
Localities
(c) Section III. Unemploy-
ment Relief
(d) Section IV. Debt Ser-
vice
(c) Section V. Legislative
and Judiciary Requests.
(£) Section VI. Capital Out-
lays from current rev-
enues and bond funds.
(g) Schedule X or Summary
of Receipts and Expen-
ditures of Moneys Not
Paid into Treasury and
Not Appropriated.
Volume II is of approximately
1,100 pages and is made up of
actual appropriation and revenue
bills according to the following
divisions:
(1) Regular appropriations for
State departments
(2) Immediately available ap-
propriations for State de-
partments
(3) Capital Outlays and High-
way Maintenance and Re-
pairs
(4) Refundable and Reimburs-
ible appropriations
(5) Reappropriations
(6) State Aid to Localities
(7) State Debt Service
(8) Legislative and Judiciary
appropriations
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169
Governor's
Supplemental
Budget.
9) Unemployment Relief
(10) Recommended Appropria-
Building Construction
(11) Revenue Bills.
j. After the regular Budget is submitted
tuary Ist, the Division gets to work
on making up the Governor's Sup-
plemental Budget, which must be
This contains:
(1) Corrections of errors
8 Corrections of omissions
3
some emergency situation
which arose after the original
budget was finally made up
ed to get additional informa-
tion before recommendation.
Other Work k. This completes the work of the Divi-
Done by
Division of up a particular year’s budget is con-
the Budget. cerned for presentation to the
Legislature.
Division is called on for aid and
information for the legislative com-
mittees in their consideration of
After the Governor’s budget is finally
acted on, some separate and addi-
tional appropriation bills for pur-
ed by the Governor, are considered
by the Legislature and _ passed.
‘These appropriation bills and other
are reviewed carefully by this Divi-
sion and memoranda are presented
thereon to the Governor recom-
stating the reasons therefor.
In addition to this work, the Division
is constantly busy with:
budgetary action on requests
(2) Approving segregations of
lump sum appropriations
of funds appropriated or au-
thorized for expenditure by
various State agencies
cant positions
(5) Making studies and analyses
of departmental organization
purposes
(6) Working on classification and
reclassification of positions
through the Division’s repre-
tions of Bond Funds for
by the Governor on or before Feb-
submitted within thirty days.
New items required because of
(4) Items on which time was need-
sion of the Budget so far as making
After the presentation, however, the
the budget.
poses other than those recommend-
bills having financial implications
mending veto or signature and
(1) Gathering data for informed
(3) Making periodic allotments
(4) Approving the filling of va-
and procedures for budgetary
sentative in Classification
170
Board of Civil Service De-
partment
(7) Working on salary standard-
ization through the Director
of the Budget as a member
of the Salary Standardization
Board
(8) Inspection trips all over the
State to schools, institutions,
parks, canal and other State
offices
(9) Approving or disapproving
requests for transfers of Main-
tenance and Operation mon-
eys from one category to
another
(10) Directing sale or transfer of
excess or worn-out equip-
ment, properties, etc.
(11) Making special studies such
as Survey of Special Services,
Salary Standardization, Main-
tenance Allowances and State
Press Releases
(12) Answering requests for infor-
mation on State financial mat-
ters sent in by civic groups,
other governmental units, and
many individual and business
concerns,
The above has given a very brief sketch of what the
Division of the Budget does in relation to State ex-
penditures. There is, however, one other phase of
budgeting just as vital as expenditure control and not
yet mentioned; that is, the determination of tax policy.
2. Budget Work in Relation to Revenues:
Estimating a.In order to know what the year-end
of Current financial position of the State will
Fiscal Year be, revised estimates of the current
Receipts. year’s expected revenues must be
made, This is done by the Division
of the Budget and the Governor
in cooperation with the Taxation
and Finance department. This
knowledge must be available dur-
ing the budget preparation period,
in order that decisions of policy in
relation to the budget being
formed, can be made. The infor-
mation is also required, in order
that the Director of the Budget
may enforce any orders decided
upon by the Governor in relation
to restriction of departmental ex-
penditures within the budget ap-
propriations in force during the
current fiscal year.
b. Estimates of revenue in the next suc-
ceeding fiscal year must also be
made in order that the Governor
may further determine the policy
required to be followed in grant-
ing requests in the budget for the
forthcoming fiscal year, and also,
(Continued on Page 191)
Estimates
of Next
Succeeding
Year's
Revenues.
The State Employee
Safety For Life and Property
Editor's Note: This is the
second of a series of excel-
lent articles by Commissioner
Mealey. The first article dealt
with the safety problem gen-
erally and with the car oper-
ator’s responsibility in par-
ticular, This article deals with
“The Car,” “The Bicycle” and
“The Pedestrian.” State em-
ployees are interested as cit-
izens and as part of a State
Government devoted to the
promotion of safety of its
citizens,
By Carrott E, MEatey
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
State of New York
‘THE BICYCLE
The bicycle has made a come-
back. Not since the days of “a bi-
cycle built for two” has the bicycle
enjoyed such popularity as today.
But with the bicycle’s return, there
has come an inevitable upturn in the
curves denoting bicycle deaths and
injuries. In the past five years, bi-
cycle deaths have doubled in the
nation,
Until 1938, when bicycle deaths
dropped sharply, and the number of
accidents and injuries declined
slightly, New York State’s cycling
accident record of recent years had
been one of continuous growth.
Bicycle accidents, deaths and in-
juries in 1935 in this State totaled
1,730, 30 and 1,794, respectively.
The following year, the correspond-
ing figures jumped to 2,084, 52 and
2,127. And by 1937, they had in-
creased to 2,383, 54 and 2,442,
Last year, despite the fact that
deaths dropped to 52, the number of
accidents rose to 2,747 and the num-
ber of injuries to 2,818.
What may be news to some cy-
clists is the fact that the bicycle is
classified as a vehicle in the New
York State Vehicle and Traffic Law
—and as such, is required to con-
form to the same traffic regulations
as the automobile, The law also re-
quires that bicycles be equipped with
adequate brakes and steering me-
chanism, a signalling device, front
and rear reflectors and use of a
headlamp at night.
September
The Bureau of Motor Vehicles has
issued a bulletin on “Safe Cycling”
which sets eh the following re-
quirements and safety suggestions:
BE SURE: ee
That your bicycle is always in good
condition. Become your own safe-
ty inspector and check up daily.
That the steering mechanism of
your bicycle is in good working
order—never attempt to ride a
wheel that steers poorly. To avoid
accidents you must have your bi-
cycle under full control at all
times,
That your brakes are “adequate”
and kept that way. Your life may
depend upon their quick action.
That you have a bell, horn or other
signalling device attached to your
bicycle which will produce a
sound sufficiently loud to serve as
a “danger warning.” It is cour-
teous and necessary to signal your
intentions to others on the high-
way.
That your bicycle has front and rear
reflectors of a type approved by
the Commissioner of Motor Ve-
hicles and that each reflector is
attached so that it may be visible
for at least 200 feet when opposed
by the headlights of an automo-
bile travelling with undimmed
headlights,
That you have a lamp attached to
the front of your bicycle which
when lighted will be visible from
a point 55 feet ahead. This lamp
must project either white or yel-
low light and must be lighted if
your bicycle is in use during the
period of one-half hour after sun-
set to one-half hour before sunrise.
AND REMEMBER:
Pedestrians always have the right of
way.
Obey general traffic rules and regu-
lations, particularly STOP signs
and teathe signals.
‘Watch for cars pulling away from
parking places.
Give hand signals when you plan
to turn or stop.
Don’t ride too fast.
Don’t try to carry bundles or ride
“no hands.”
Ride with both of your hands on
the handle-bars.
* Don’t hitch rides on moving ve-
hicles.
Don’t ride passengers on your bi-
cycle.
Don’t attempt to pass automobiles
ahead of you,
Keep to the right and ride close to
the curb,
Ride if you can on streets where
traffic is light.
Sound your horn or bell when ap-
proaching street intersections.
Don’t coast, particularly in traffic.
THE CAR
The motor car is no safer than its
operator. On the other hand, it can
be said that the operator is no safer
than his automobile.
You can expect neither safe nor
economical operation from your car
unless you give it the care and at-
tention it deserves.
Vehicular defects do not of them-
selves cause a very impressive num-
ber of accidents—probably not more
than five per cent of the total. But
statistics on the subject are admit-
tedly questionable and some author-
ities contend that mechanical failures
figure to some extent in nearly every
accident.
Certainly it is true that good
brakes, while not always the instru-
ment of preventing an accident, will
render an impending collision less
severe.
While New York State does not
now require by law the periodic in-
spection of motor vehicles, the Bu-
reau of Motor Vehicles strongly rec-
ommends that car-owners voluntari-
ly have their automobiles checked
over at least twice annually,
Careful handling and keeping the
car in roadworthy condition will not
only lessen the possibility of acci-
dent, but will, at the same time, pay
dividends in the form of more eco-
nomic operation and the increased
pleasure of driving a car in which
you have complete confidence.
Brakes should be checked occa-
sionally for efficiency and equaliza-
tion to insure simultaneous grip, and
worn linings should be replaced,
You can save on brakes by driving
in such a manner that sudden stops
and continual braking are not neces-
sary.
Don’t risk driving a car which is
not equipped with good tires—with
good treads on all four wheels. Keep
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im
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the tires properly inflated for in-
creased safety and economy in opera-
tion. Blowouts annually cause many
disastrous traffic accidents.
Have headlights tested at least
twice a year for proper adjustment.
Keep lenses and reflectors clean, If
your car is not equipped with the
new sealed beam headlights, carry a
spare bulb— the “one-eyed” car is
a menace. Use the lower beam of
your headlights in lighted areas and
when meeting traffic on unlighted
highways.
Other equipment which should be
given an occasional check-up to in-
sure safe operation includes the
steering mechanism, horn, wind-
shield wiper, exhaust system (as a
safeguard against carbon monoxide
gas leaks) and rear-view mirrors.
Always keep the windshield and
other glass clean and free from stick-
ers to insure unobscured vision,
It is well to remember, however,
that perfect condition of the car can-
not alone insure its safe operation.
Its limitations are essentially those of
the operator.
Before leaving the subject of the
motor car, I would like to discuss
very briefly a factor which is not
thoroughly understood by many
operators—that of stopping dis-
stances. Most accidents, fatal and
non-fatal, occur on dry roads in clear
weather when many drivers feel that
they can with impunity “step on the
gas.”
Stopping, or “braking distances,”
these operators should remember, in-
crease alarmingly with speed. For
example, at 15 miles an hour, you
can stop in 13 feet, after applying
brakes, if the brakes are in average
condition, But at 30 miles an hour,
your braking distance will be 50
feet—at 40 miles an hour, 90 feet—
at 50 miles an hour, 150 feet—at 60
miles an hour, 250 feet.
These figures assume that brakes
are good and that the road surface
is of the most favorable type. They
deserve study.
THE PEDESTRIAN
Year in and year out, well over
half of all New York State traffic
deaths are in the pedestrian classi-
fication.
During 1939, the number of those
who walked to their death in motor
172
accidents was 1,271. The figure rep-
resents 52.3 per cent of the total traf-
fic deaths for the year.
We have surrounded the automo-
bile operator with numerous regu-
lations designed to promote safe and
orderly movement of traffic. But the
pedestrian, as a class, has been left
to shift for himself with the result
that his walking habits are hap-
hazard and dangerous, and pedes-
trian deaths have remained fairly
static.
From this generalization must be
exempted the children, particularly
those of school age. In the past few
years, as a result of the spread of
safety education in the schools,
which is now compulsory in New
York State, child deaths have de-
clined gratifyingly. Young America
is learning how to walk safely.
The Bureau of Motor Vehicles
conducted a statistical study of ped-
estrian accidents which developed
the somewhat surprising fact that
while operators have been blamed
for most of the accidents, pedestrian
acts contribute to nearly 60 per cent
of the fatal and nearly 75 per cent of
the non-fatal pedestrian accidents.
While it is true that proper cross-
ing facilities are not always provided
for pedestrians and it is also true
that many operators are definitely
careless of the safety of persons cross-
ing the street or walking on the
highway, it is also true that pedes-
trians, particularly the adult pedes-
trians, are as a class heedless to a
degree inviting disaster.
Safe walking practices are so
simple that there can be no excuse
for jaywalking in the streams of
traffic which pour through the mod-
ern city.
If the pedestrian would simply be
patient enough to cross the streets
only at intersections—and then only
on the green signal, if there is con-
trol by signal—New York State
could “save” 600 to 700 lives every
year,
Pedestrians who cross against the
signal, who come out into the road-
way from between or behind parked
cars, or who cross at points other
than intersection are undergoing un-
necessary risks which may very like-
ly end in injury or death.
As a matter of fact, the Vehicle
and Traffic Law requires pedestrians
to cross with the. signal at intersec-
tions and sets forth the fact that
pedestrians must yield the right of
way to vehicles between intersec-
tions. The law also requires the
operator to exercise due care for the
safety of pedestrians.
Pedestrians on the open highway
are required by law to walk on the
left side of the roadway, facing on-
coming traffic, If this is placed in
general practice, and if persons walk-
ing on the highway at night carry
a light and step off the pavement
when cars pass, the rural pedestrian
slaughter will be reduced to a mini-
mum.
In short, common sense practices
of walking will prevent pedestrian
accidents, Pedestrian obedience to
signals and regulations is as essen-
tial for pedestrian safety as the cau-
tion and obedience of the operator.
CIVIL SERVICE LEADER
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New York, N. Y.
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lenclose (check, money order, cash) $1 for which
kindly mail the next 52 issues of the CIVIL SERVICE
Address (Office, Home).
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The State Employee
Chapters, Hail!
In thirty years of Association his-
tory, no movement has given greater
impetus to unity and strength in
State employee organization than the
enthusiastic response on the part of
groups of State civil service employ-
ees located in cities and institutions
outside of Albany to the plan for
affiliating more closely with the Ex-
ecutive Committee and Headquar-
ters of the Association through the
formation of local Chapters. Obvi-
ously, the Association must function
in practical ways at the seat of State
Government at Albany in order that
its officers and committees may be
in close contact with executive, legis-
lative and administrative heads of
State government. It is at the seat
of State Government that State po-
licies as to civil service, administra-
tive activities, budgets, payrolls,
hours of work, vacations, retirement
and all other State matters are de-
cided. Obviously, also, the active
interest and support of every single
member of the Association is vital
to the officers and committees who
are seeking to promote the objectives
of the whole membership.
The first chapter was formed in
New York City in 1935 with an ap-
proximate membership of 350. This
chapter has now grown to a mem-
bership close to 4,000. The chapters
range in size from 52 members in
the Waterford Canal Floating Plant
Chapter to 4,000 in the New York
City Chapter. The last chapter to be
formed which was formally ap-
proved by the Executive Committee
on August 27, 1940, is the Albion
State School Chapter, with a mem-
bership of 162.
While discussing the matter of
membership growth, it is interest-
ing to note that two chapters of the
Association, namely, the Pilgrim
State Hospital Chapter and the
Rockland State Hospital Chapter,
both of which were organized less
than a year ago, each with a couple
hundred members, have both grown
to a present membership in excess of
1,000. There are other examples of
corresponding growth. Since the or-
ganization of our Rome State School
Chapter in 1938, membership has
grown to 740 out of a possible 748
employees of the institution. In
September
every locality where a chapter has
been organized, membership and
healthy participation in Association
activities has developed.
Wherever there is a local group or
association numbering fifty or more
State workers who wish to form a
chapter of the Association, they need
only to correspond with Association
Headquarters and a speaker will be
sent to explain the features of or-
ganization and affiliation. Affilia-
tion by newly or presently organized
local groups with the Association as
a Chapter is not difficult and does
not change in any way the status of
the group so far as its local social,
athletic or recreational activities are
concerned. The dues so far as the
Association is concerned are not in-
creased in any way, and Association
dues remain only one dollar a year.
The local chapter selects its own of-
ficers and committees without any
suggestions or interference by the
Association, and decides what chap-
ter dues should be assessed if any.
The local chapter does, however,
through chapter organization, be-
come a united and effective arm of
the Association, with greater means
of presenting its ideas as to Associa-
tion policies and with greater pres-
tige in the locality because of its di-
rect and official affiliation with the
State-wide Association. The splen-
did achievements of the Associa-
tion of State Civil Service Employ-
ees, its tremendous increase in mem-
bership in ten years from 800 to 34,-
000, the many splendid services
which it renders members, and the
recognition which it is receiving
everywhere as the outstanding pub-
lic employee organization of the
United States, constitutes the rea-
sons for the remarkable increase in
the number of chapters and in the
intense and loyal interest taken by
the chapters in Association progress
and accomplishments.
The desirability of functioning
through chapters, or, in other words,
of group action lies in the readiness
with which an individual member
far removed from Albany may ap-
peal jointly with many others to
State officers and committees
through chapter officers and dele-
gates with convenience and economy
of effort. Then, too, a local chapter
gives notice to a community of the
ability and alertness of State employ-
ees to act for greater community and
individual well-being. It is an ap-
propriate means of contacting local
citizens as to the activities of State
government and, when chapters are
active, it affords through public
meetings opportunity for inter-
change of ideas and for increased
local interest in all civic affairs.
Association Chapters are now an
important part of the civic and in-
stitutional life at the following
places:
Albion State Training School
Attica State Prison
Auburn State Prison
Batavia State School
Bedford Hills State School
Buffalo
Central Islip State Hospital
Public Works Employees,
Chautauqua County
Creedmoor State Hospital,
Queens Village
Dannemora State Hospital
Elmira State Reformatory
Hudson State Training School
Ithaca State Hospital
Kings Park State Hospital
Letchworth Village, Thiells
Public Service Department,
Motor Vehicle Inspectors
Napanoch State Institute
New York City
Oneonta State Hospital
Pilgrim State Hospital, Brent-
wood
Rochester
Rockland State Hospital,
Orangeburg
Rome State School
Syracuse
Utica
Warwick State School
Wassaic State School
Waterford Canal Floating Plant
Waterford State Shop
West Coxsackie State Institute
Woodbourne Prison.
After a fair trial of the Chapter
idea of local organization, the of-
ficers of the Association urge all lo-
cal groups of whatever present affil-
iation to unite with other like
groups as chapters of the Associa-
tion of State Civil Service Employ-
ces.
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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.
Editor Charles A. Brind, Jr.
Art Editor Roger Stonehouse
Staff Photographer
‘Walter J. Schoonmaker
Business Manager Joseph D. Lochner
Editorial Board
W. F. McDonough
Ralph D. Fleming Linda J. Wharton
Foster Potter Charles L. Mosher
K. Getman
Association Officers
Charles A. Brind, Jr. - - - President
Charles L. Campbell - - Vice President
Earl P. Pfannebecker - - - Treasurer
John T. DeGraff - - - - - Counsel
Mary H. Ahern - - - - - Secretary
Joseph D. Lochner - Executive Secretary
>
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 membership card
number on the printed ballot. 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 contains
the name of the employee and his
card number. The right of the em-
ployee to vote is checked at head-
quarters, the inside sealed ballot is
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 Can-
vassers or anyone else to know who
cast the ballot.
It is evident that some means must
be adopted to be sure that non-mem-
bers are not casting ballots. The
above procedure is prescribed by the
Association’s Constitution and has
worked successfully 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 adapted
if any member wishes.
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The Front Cover
The young lady who obligingly
posed for the photograph on the
front cover is a civil service employ-
ee of the State Department of Audit
and Control, Albany, Miss Mary
McFerran.
Miss McFerran was asked to por-
tray the average State worker whose
vacation has just ended. She is in-
differently tearing up the “Welcome
Back” sign prepared by her fellow
workers, is thinking about the out-
standing events of her summer vaca-
tion, and is getting ready to tear into
the work piled on her desk.
Had we asked Miss McFerran to
smile, our readers could see how
much more attractive she really is.
Choose
Good Government
The campaign—political cam-
paign—is with us again. Citizens of
our Nation have never before faced
such a critical period. We say this
with full regard for early and mid-
dle-period crises in the affairs of the
United States. Surely we of this
country have passed beyond the cir-
cus type of campaign. Unless our
educational efforts have lifted us
above petty considerations we shall
spend long hours in parades and
rallies and be over enthralled with
these and with verbal bombosity.
Surely sober times must turn us to
deeply serious consideration of
every element of the political situa-
tion. We must ask ourselves how
best to aid in salvaging civilization,
what contribution can we make to-
ward security of life and property
first and then what sacrifice is need-
ed to preserve our homes, and
churches and schools unto eventual
social peace and happiness. We must
examine the facts ourselves and not
take partisan statements seriously.
Let us make no mistake in our
evaluation of the dire need for clear
thinking and courageous action with
regard to our ballot. Our Nation is
singularly blessed but it has a tre-
mendous responsibility to maintain
progressive leadership. We must rec-
ognize very humbly that we are the
greatest Nation in the World because
of the strong moral and physical
fibre of the founders, the intelligence
and skill that have come out of our
schools and also because we have
tremendous natural resources, not
the result of any individual or na-
tional action, but the direct gift of
God. Those who look toward our
shores today are not like the souls
of earlier periods who sought peace
with opportunity. The eyes that look
today are the eyes of avarice and
greed and they look out from souls
that are as black with treason and
crime and butchery as the most
dreadful images ever conjured by the
mind of man.
Just as in the merit system we seek
to select men and women who are
possessed of character and capability,
so in the selection of a president and
of congressmen and State and local
officials we must inquire first into
the objectives and policies and mo-
rality of our candidates and then into
their training and experience. We
learn of their character from their
associates and their every day atti-
tude toward church and home and
school and sound institutions, and
we learn of their efficiency by their
known careers and their accomplish-
ments and their apparent under-
standing of current problems. If they
have ever filled public office we mea-
sure them by their actions more: than
by their words.
In this State this year, aside from
National issues, we are face to face
with the task of selecting a State
senate and assembly that will func-
tion for two years. We have before
us the record of many of the candi-
dates over a two year period. With
not the slightest tinge of selfishness
we say that the candidate who does
not subscribe to support of the merit
system in letter and in spirit is unfit
to hold office under the Constitu-
tion of this State, because that Con-
stitution establishes the merit sys-
tem as an integral, working part of
our government.
This Association could print the
individual record of each candidate
as to his past merit system activities.
(Continued on Page 175)
The State Employee
For Merit and Fitness
School teacher, high school prin-
cipal, lawyer, State Assemblyman,
State Senator, educator—Ernest E.
Cole continues the line of distin-
guished predecessors as Commission-
er of Education. Little did the hand-
ful of variously graded youngsters
who attended the little one room
school pictured on this page appre-
ciate that the young neophyte in
education who was initiating them
into the mysteries of reading, writ-
ing and arithmetic would some day
stroll up the steps of the State Edu-
cation Building as the Commissioner
of Education of the State. From
teacher in a far away ‘little red
school house” to the head of the
great educational system of the Em-
pire State is a sort of Horatio Alger
story, isn’t it?
After progressing from a one
room school to high school and after
spending some twenty years as prin-
cipal of the latter New York State
institution, Mr. Cole became ad-
mitted to the Bar of the State and
embarked upon a successful legal
career. Politics soon called him and
his many friends sent him to the
State Legislature. His interest there
gravitated toward his first love—
education—and he soon became
chairman of the Senate Education
Committee. Out of that chairman-
ship came the so-called “Cole Laws”
which are today the foundation for
the apportionment of public moneys
to the schools. Probably nothing did
September
HON. ERNEST E. COLE
more to place New York State upon
the highest plane in the United
States in education than the incen-
tive which the State gave to its corh-
munities through the State-aid as-
sistance accorded by these laws.
In 1926 upon the resignation of
Frank Gilbert, the then counsel to
the State Department of Education,
Mr. Cole was appointed to that po-
sition where he has served with dis-
tinction and honor since that date.
In 1927, besides the counselship he
was given the title of Deputy Com-
missioner. The Deputy Commission-
er of Education exercises all the
functions and powers of the Com-
missioner during the absence or dis-
ability of the Commissioner. His
elevation to the Commissionership
upon the retirement of Frank P,
Graves, who held that position for
some twenty years, marks the cul-
mination of a career devoted to pub-
lic service. The Association views
with great approbation this recogni-
tion by the Board of Regents of suc-
cessful service by promotion to the
highest executive office in education
in the State.
Good Government
(Continued from Page 174)
It does not intend to do so. It does
say to its membership that you have
a right to ask your candidate
whether or not he approves of the
civil service law as it now stands
and whether or not he subscribes to
the Constitutional mandate that all
civil employees of the State and of its
subdivisions shall be chosen upon
basis of merit and fitness ascertained
under rules of the civil service law.
We have had the most outrageous
disregard of the Constitution and of
the civil service law manifested in
the State senate and assembly at
times. We have had exceedingly in-
tolerant attitudes toward civil work-
ers displayed by senators and assem-
blymen at times.
Civil service employees are not
disenfranchised by reason of their
employment. They have distinct
rights to organize and to respectfully
present their claims to laws assuring
good employment practices. They
serve the people of the State just as
elected officers serve the people,
They have the right and the duty to
inquire into the character and the
attitudes of candidates and as to
their records on public questions in-
cluding the merit system and legis-
lation designed to perfect that sys-
tem. They know that the merit sys-
tem is the cornerstone of good gov-
ernment and that they must defend
it by the ballot if necessary.
Election is not far off. Candidates
are active. Every civil service em-
ployee owes it to his State, to his
neighbor, to his party, and to him-
self and his family to make certain
that the legislator who comes to Al-
bany for 1941 and 1942 is informed
as to the merit system and is pledged
to uphold it.
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Two and Two !!
Wholly apart from its success in
securing many needed improve-
ments in the civil service law, the
enactment of the Feld-Hamilton
career law, the abolition of the
twelve hour day in institutional ser-
vice, a betterment of hours and
working conditions throughout de-
partmental service, the retirement
system, the accident and sickness in-
surance plan, the employees’ life in-
surance plan, and countless other
worthwhile benefits for State civil
service workers, the Association of
State Civil Service Employees re-
gards, as its major achievement, the
creation of a model employee's
union,
Bodies of public servants organ-
ized for unselfish ends have long ex-
isted in various public jurisdictions,
including the Federal service. Our
Association was first organized in
1910—thirty years ago. The purpose
of the Association, set forth at that
time, is the purpose of the Associa-
tion today and continues a part of
the present Constitution. It is a
worthy purpose and one of which
every civil service worker is proud.
Let us repeat it for the benefit of
new employees:
“This Association is organized to
extend and uphold the principle of
merit and fitness in public employ-
ment, to maintain and promote effi-
ciency in public service, and to ad-
vance generally the interests of the
civil service employees of the State
of New York.”
Our organization recognizes the
fundamental principle of democratic
association; study and careful con-
sideration of every employee prob-
lem to bring about solutions helpful
to the State and to the employee;
fair and frank presentation of the
employee's side of every problem to
the officers of State government and
to the people; the selection of officers
and of the executive committee of
the Association by ballot of the
workers; establishment of local chap-
ters in various parts of the State; the
requirement that officers and com-
mittees serve without pay of any
kind; the setting of annual dues at
the smallest possible amount neces-
sary to maintain suitable headquar-
ters, complete publicity of State em-
176
ployment matters, through the As-
sociation’s own magazine, “The
State Employee,” and frequent bul-
letins, and the employment of able
legal counsel. This arrangement
whereby employees themselves run
their own union, without control or
direction from far away, without
highly paid and uninterested leaders
and without paid organizers is a dis-
tinct advance in labor organization
practice,
The success of this democratic
type of labor organization is con-
clusively demonstrated by the fact
that a membership of 10,000 in 1935
has rapidly and steadily grown until
today our membership numbers
nearly 35,000.
About two or three years ago, an
organization calling itself by the
name “State, County and Municipal
Workers of America” put on an in-
tensive drive to unionize State work-
ers. It sent paid organizers to every
institution and department in: the
State seeking members at $12.00 per
head. It sought members by a two-
barreled campaign of (1) making
wild and irresponsible promises to
every employee who would join, and
(2) attacking the policies and ac-
complishments of the Association.
As time went on, it added to its
bally-hoo tactics, fake claims of ac-
complishment and attempted to
build up discord and disunity among
State workers. It is a tribute to the
good sense and intelligence of State
employees generally that _ the
SCMWA campaign has met with no
success whatever in the State service,
and that its unfounded and discred-
ited attacks upon the Association
have only served to unify and in-
crease the membership of your As-
sociation.
Late this spring the SCMWA
showed its true colors, in a violent
attack upon the preparedness pro-
gram then initiated in Congress. At
that time the Association published
an item on the editorial page of
“The State Employee,” which we
herewith reprint:
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“Earl Browder, leader of the Com-
munist Party in the United States,
on a nationwide hookup, advocates
the formation of “The Yanks are Not
Coming Committee.’
“The Daily Worker, official Com-
munist newspaper, advocates the
formation of ‘The Yanks are Not
Coming Committee.’
“The Civil Service Standard, offi-
cial weekly newspaper of the State,
County and Municipal Workers of
America (C.1.O.) announces the for-
mation of “The Yanks Are Not
Coming Committee’ and carries pro-
paganda articles following the Com-
munist Party line.
“The SCMWA locals throughout
the State announce the formation of
“The Yanks Are Not Coming Com-
mittee’ and issued propaganda bul-
letins following Communist Party
line.
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“The Communist Party line,
strictly followed by the SCMWA
and its locals, is not limited to the
advocacy of non-intervention in
Europe. Its cardinal tenet is resist-
ing the militarization and armament
defense program of the Administra-
tion and Congress,”
The publication of these facts
brought home to the leaders of the
SCMWA the realization that they
had gone too far. A paid representa-
tive, not a State employee, called
upon Governor Lehman to assure
him that it was all a mistake. This
paid representative assured the Goy-
ernor that the SCMWA would “sup-
port all measures necessary for the
defense of our country.” The organ-
ization immediately abandoned the
ill-advised “The Yanks Are Not
Coming” propaganda.
The SCMWA then redoubled its
attack upon the Association. In one
issue of its official magazine “The
Civil Service Standard,” it devoted
a full half-page to a false and mali-
cious indictment of the policies and
accomplishments of the Association
in the course of which it made the
assertion that the Association was
having difficulty in collecting “tri-
bute” from its members. It reflects
a rather curious point of view, when
this organization with its $12.00
dues, refers to the Association dues,
which amount to $1.00 per year, as
“tribute.” As a matter of fact, we are
proud of our low dues. We are
proud that the employees of the
The State Employee
State, by effective organization, have
been able to accomplish so much for
so little. When we realize that the
SCMWA has had so little success,
either in membership or accomplish-
ment; that not one single Civil Ser-
vice bill affecting State Civil Service
employees, which it has sponsored,
has ever been enacted into law; that
it continues to falsely claim credit
for reforms achieved by the Associa-
tion, and its members actually re-
ceive so little for the $12.00 they
pay, we realize why the word “tri-
but” comes so quickly to the mind
of the SCMWA leaders.
After “The Yanks Are Not Com-
ing” episode, the SCMWA con-
tinued the same policy of creating
discord and disunity, but softened
the rough edges of its propaganda
which so obviously associated it with
the Communist Party. The Column
in “The Civil Service Standard” for-
merly entitled “The Yanks Are Not
Coming” was changed to the title,
“In Defense of Peace,” but it con-
tinued to hand out the same line of
opposition to adequate defense mea-
sures that had appeared under the
former title. The organization spon-
sored a “Peace Rally” in New York
City at which it adopted the resolu-
tion calling upon the President and
the State Department “specifically
to provide expenditures for social
security, not munitions.” Through
its bulletins and its newspaper it
urged all its members to put on a let-
ter-writing campaign in opposition
to defense appropriations and later
to vociferous opposition to the con-
scription bill. It boasted in its col-
ums of sending the largest delega-
tion to the “Chicago Peace Confer-
ence,” a conference denounced by
outstanding labor leaders, including
Sidney Hillman, and Louis Hol-
lander of the Amalgamated Cloth-
ing Workers, who declared that the
Chicago “Peace Mobilization” was
backed by “all of the subversive ele-
ments” and that their union would
have “nothing to do with it.” At its
“Peace Conference” in New York
City, the principal speaker was Vito
Marcantonio, the only congressman
who voted against the defense ap-
propriation bills in Congress.
Loyal and patriotic State employ-
ees began to wonder what the
SCMWA meant when it said to
Governor Lehman that it supported
“adequate defense measures” yet
continued to oppose defense appro-
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priations and the training of our cit-
izens for defense. The answer final-
ly came in “The Civil Service Stan-
dard” of September 6, 1940, when,
in its editorial, the SCMWA again
called upon its members to write and
telegraph their congressmen to vote
against the Burke-Wadsworth Con-
scription Bill, at the same time pro-
mulgating its definition of its “de-
fense” program. The editorial de-
clared: “We have said before and
we repeat that this organization is
and always has been solidly in sup-
port of a real defense program. We
believe, however, that to defend de-
mocracy, we must protect the gains
of labor, increase representative gov-
ernment by abolishing such undemo-
cratic measures as the poll tax, af-
ford greater opportunity to youth
and security for the aged.”
This then, is the “defense pro-
gram” advocated by the SCMWA
which, to their mind, is consistent
with their opposition to conscrip-
tion and adequate defense appropri-
ations. It is the same type of “de-
fense” that Hitler, in “Mein Kampf”
declared would permit the conquest
of America without invasion. This,
then, is the SCMWA program “in
defense of peace,” a peace ‘that is
now the lot of France, Belgium, Hol-
land, Norway, Poland, Denmark
and other once happy nations of Eu-
rope; a peace with slavery and dis-
honor and untold suffering for
countless millions. Is this the peace
that labor wants? Is this the kind of
“defense” program that will preserve
our liberty? Of all groups that make
up this nation, labor has the most
to fear from Fascism which has out-
lawed all forms of labor organiza-
tion and has destroyed all the social
gains therefor made by labor, both
public and private.
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of all State Employees
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Candidates For Ass’n Offices
For President
CHARLES A. BRIND, JR.
Education Department
State employees need no introduc-
tion to the candidate selected by the
Nominating Committee for reelec-
tion to the office of President of the
Association. The splendid accom-
plishments and substantial growth
of the Association under his inspired
leadership during the past five years
are well known to employees within
and without State service.
Graduating from Albany High
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School in 1915, he entered Union
College, Schenectady, receiving his
A.B. degree in 1919. He completed
Albany Law School in 1922 and the
same year was admitted to practice
Jaw in the State and Federal Courts.
He is a member of Delti Chi, and
Phi Beta Kappa.
Mr. Brind was an attorney in the
Legal Department of the United
Traction Company of Albany for
three years, and has had a very wide
and varied legal experience. He is
now Principal Attorney and Direc-
tor of the Law Division of the State
Education Department.
During President Brind’s five
terms, the Association’s member-
ship has grown from 15,000 to over
34,000; group insurances have been
initiated; the Feld-Hamilton Law
and the eight hour day law became
realities; and the Association has de-
veloped along many lines of service
to State workers. He has expended -
intense and unselfish effort to suc-
cessfully discharge the duties of
President.
For Vice-President
HAROLD J. FISHER
Department of State
State workers who so thoroughly
enjoyed themselves at the last few
Annual Dinners of the Association,
can thank Harold J. Fisher, who
contributed more to their success
than probably any other individual.
He has been Chairman of the So-
cial Committee of the Association
during the past two years. He has
likewise worked for the Association
in other capacities, being a member
of the Executive Committee for sev-
eral years. His long service with the
State and close affiliation with the
Association has acquainted him well
with the problems of State employ-
ees and the work of the Association.
The State Employee
Although you may not realize it
from his picture, he has served the
State continuously since 1911, when
he was appointed to the Secretary
of State’s Office, where he still serves
in the capacity of Finance Officer,
having been promoted to that posi-
tion in 1932. He is a real “career”
man in State Civil Service.
Genial, capable and always willing
to lend a hand, he has won many
friends and acquaintances through-
out the State Service. There is no
doubt but that his election to Vice-
President of the Association would
prove a large asset to the Association.
For Secretary
Janet MACFARLANE
Department of
Mental Hygiene
One of the most attractive and ef-
ficient State servants is the candi-
date for Secretary. Pep, personality
and good sense being her stock in
trade, there is every reason to believe
that she will serve the Association
well in the office of Secretary.
After graduating from Albany
High School, she attended State
College for Teachers at Albany.
Thereupon deciding on a business
career, she entered Mildred Elley
Business School in Albany and
graduated from that institution.
Miss Macfarlane adopted civil ser-
vice as a career by accepting an ap-
pointment to the State Education
Department, but later transferred to
the administrative Division of the
Mental Hygiene Department, where
September
she is presently serving in the po-
sition of Senior Account Clerk.
Having served the Association on
various committees during the past,
Miss Macfarlane is familiar with the
work and services of the Associa-
tion. She served on the Social Com-
mittee, of which she has been a
member for three years, and contrib-
uted a great deal to make the An-
nual Dinner the success which it has
been. The spirit of cooperation and
good understanding with which
Miss Macfarlane is endowed, should
fit her for the office of Secretary.
For Treasurer
Eart P. PFANNEBECKER
Department of
Taxation and Finance
A conscientious and hard work-
ing man is the candidate for Trea-
surer. Already serving in this capac-
ity for two years, he has devoted
time and effort unselfishly to the
duties of that office.
Born in 1901 in manufacturing
village of Stottsville, near Hudson,
he spent his early youth in the pur-
suit of agriculture in the foothills
of the Helderberg Mountains. His
early schooling was completed at
Voorheesville. During the World
War, being too youthful to enlist,
he served in the munitions industry
for two years. In 1919 he entered
the State service by competitive ex-
amination and served for some time
in Middletown State Hospital. He
then left State service for a time in
search of further education and at-
tended Troy Business College,
American Institute of Banking and
Pace School of Accounting. His
next five years were spent in the
service of the Troy Savings Bank,
which he left for further opportunity
to take a position as office manager
and cost accountant for the manu-
facturers of Peter Schuyler Cigars,
Van Slyke and Horton, Inc.
During this employment and his
future service with the State, Earl
found time to be interested in avia-
tion and is now the proud possessor
of a commercial pilot’s license and a
brand new and very speedy airplane.
His aviation activities helped to
quench his thirst for love of the
great outdoors, and he has flown
over practically every foot of upper
New York State, and the Thousand
Island section. In addition to this
hobby, he is an ardent enthusiast
for hunting, fishing and camping.
In 1934 he returned to State ser-
vice in the Department of Tax, Di-
vision of the Treasury, but later
transferred to the Administration
bureau, where his long study of ac-
counting and economics stand him
in good stead.
D. P. U. I. Elects
The Executive Board of the Asso-
ciation for the Albany Offices of the
Division of Placement held its An-
nual Meeting and Election of Of-
ficers on Tuesday, September 12th.
The following officers were elected:
Chairman, Joseph Reilly; Vice-
Chairman, Samuel Frone; Secretary,
Frances Sperry; and Treasurer, Gen-
evieve Murphy.
Before the first meeting in Oc-
tober, the election of the Executive
Board members representing the As-
sociation members of the various of-
fices in Albany of the Division will
be held,
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Proposed Amendments to Constitution
The Association, with a member-
ship of nearly 34,000, has outgrown
its swaddling clothes. The Constitu-
tion, at the time when the Associa-
tion consisted of only a few thou-
sand members, principally located in
Albany, no longer fits the needs of
the present Association organized
into rapidly growing chapters and
having a large membership in every
section of the State.
For the past four years or more,
the advisability of amending the
Constitution has received serious
consideration, and a special commit-
tee was appointed three years ago to
study the matter and to formulate
recommendations for consideration.
The amendments recommended by
this committee are hereinafter set
forth. The most important change is
in the provision for a meeting of
delegates rather than individual
members. It is readily apparent that
it is impossible for all the individual
members of the Association to at-
tend the annual meeting in person.
Under our present form, all organi-
zation policies are necessarily de-
cided by the votes of those who at-
tend the annual meeting. With our
rapidly growing chapters through-
out the State, organized and func-
tioning as separate entities, it seems
advisable that each chapter be au-
thorized to elect delegates who
would cast votes on a representative
basis, in accordance with the mem-
bership of the chapter.
The proposed amendments are
designed to give fair representation
to chapters as well as to employees
in departments who are not affiliated
with chapters, and to provide a
method whereby the chapters may
participate more directly in the
meetings of the Association.
The provisions of the present Con-
stitution whereby the officers and
members of the Executive Commit-
tee are elected by ballot by the mem-
bership at large are retained, al-
though a number of sections have
been revised and simplified in de-
tail to conform with the general
change in the structure of the Asso-
ciation,
‘The complete text of the proposed
amendments is set forth in the fol-
lowing resolution of the Constitu-
tion Committee:
180
RESOLVED, that effective Janu-
ary 1, 1941, the Constitution and
By-Laws of The Association of State
Civil Service Employees of the State
of New York, be amended to read
as follows:
ARTICLE I
Name
This organization shall be known
as The Association of State Civil
Service Employees of the State of
New York. The headquarters of the
Association shall be maintained in
the City of Albany.
ARTICLE II
Object
This Association is organized to
extend and uphold the principle of
merit and fitness in public employ-
ment, to maintain and promote effi-
ciency in public service, and to ad-
vance generally the interests of the
Civil Service employees of the State
of New York.
ARTICLE Il
Membership
All employees in the Civil Service
of the State of New York shall be
eligible to membership. The right
to vote and to hold office shall be
limited, however, to State employ-
ees in the competitive and non-com-
petitive classes of the classified Civil
Service.
ARTICLE IV
Officers
The officers of this Association
shall be a President, First, Second
and Third Vice-President, a Secre-
tary, and a Treasurer.
ARTICLE V
Terms and Qualifications of Officers
Section 1. Officers of the Associa-
tion shall be elected and their terms
shall commence at the annual meet-
ing in October and they shall hold
office for the term of one year or
until their successors shall have
qualified. All vacancies in any of-
fice shall be filled for the remainder
of the term by the Executive Com-
mittee.
Section 2. Any officer or member
of any committee, except the Execu-
tive Committee, may be removed
from office for neglect of duty, ab-
sence from three consecutive meet-
ings without cause, or for any other
good and sufficient reason, by a two-
thirds vote of the Executive Com-
mittee after written charges have
been preferred against him and he
has been afforded a reasonable op-
portunity to be heard.
ARTICLE VI
Nomination and Election of Officers
and Members of the Executive
Committee
Section 1. A Nominating Com-
mittee shall be appointed by the
Executive Committee at least ninety
days prior to the date of the an-
nual meeting, and such Nominat-
ing Committee, after giving full
consideration to all facts or peti-
tions presented to it by individual
members or groups of members,
shall file with the secretary, at
least sixty days prior to the annual
meeting, nominations for officers of
the Association and members of the
Executive Committee.
Section 2. Independent Nomina-
tions. Nominations for officers may
also be made, subscribed with the
names of not less than ten per cent
of the eligible members of the Asso-
ciation, and nominations for mem-
bers of the Executive Committee
may also be made, subscribed with
the names of not less than ten per
cent of the eligible members in the
department making such nomina-
tion, and the names of such candi-
dates shall be printed on the official
ballot if such nominations are filed
with the secretary not less than
thirty days prior to the annual meet-
ing.
Section 3. Officers and members
of the Executive Committee shall
be elected by ballot at the annual
meeting which will be deemed to
continue from nine o'clock A.M. to
eight o'clock P. M. on the third
Tuesday of each October. When the
meeting is not actually convened the
headquarters of the Association shall
be open to receive properly prepared
ballots either by mail or in person
from any eligible member of the
Association. Ballots with the names
of all duly nominated candidates
printed thereon shall be distributed
in the official magazine or otherwise
made available to members at all
offices or locations designated by the
Executive Committee, at least ten
days prior to the annual meeting
date. The ballots or the envelopes in
which ballots are enclosed by the
member shall be marked “Ballot,”
The State Employee
and such envelopes or ballots shall
also bear the signature of the mem-
ber, and the name of the department
in which he is employed.
Section 4. The Executive Com-
mittee shall appoint a Board of Can-
vassers of at least three members of
the Association to determine the
validity of nominating petitions and
to count the ballots. The persons re-
ceiving the greatest number of votes
for the respective offices or positions
shall be duly elected for the ensuing
year. Any person whose name is
printed on the ballot may be present
during the canvass of the ballots.
In case of a tie vote, a new ballot
shall be taken under rules estab-
lished by the Executive Committee. .
ARTICLE VII
Chapters and Delegates
Section 1. Chapters. Fifty or
more members of the Association in
any Department or locality may,
with the approval of the Executive
Committee, form a Chapter of the
Association. ‘The Constitution and
By-Laws of such Chapter must be
approved by the Executive Commit-
tee, and such Chapter may be dis-
solved or revoked upon a two-thirds
vote of the Executive Committee of
the Association at a regular or spe-
cial meeting.
Section 2. Delegates. (a) Mem-
bers of each Chapter shall, by ma-
jority vote, elect from their member-
ship one or more delegates to repre-
sent the members of the Chapter at
all meetings of the Association until
their successors are elected. Such
delegate or delegates shall have one
vote for each one hundred eligible
members or fraction thereof in such
Chapter, based upon the paid mem-
bership in the Association on the
first day of July preceding the meet-
ing.
(b) Prior to July first of each
year, each chapter shall file with the
Secretary an accurate list containing
the names and addresses of its duly
elected delegates for the ensuing
year. The number of eligible mem-
bers of the Association, the number
of eligible members of each depart-
ment, and the number of votes each
chapter and member of the Execu-
tive Committee is entitled to cast,
shall be determined by the Board of
Canvassers based upon the paid
membership in the Association on
the first day of July preceding the
meeting. All members of the Asso-
September
ciation who are not entitled to rep-
resentation by chapter delegates pur-
suant to this section, shall be repre-
sented at all meetings of the Asso-
ciation by members of the Executive
Committee as delegates representing
each of the State Departments, each
of whom shall have one vote for
each one hundred eligible members,
or fraction thereof, in the Depart-
ment from which he was elected, ex-
cluding those members who are rep-
resented by delegates as provided in
this section. A delegate who is un-
able to attend any meeting is em-
powered to appoint, by written de-
signation filed with the Secretary, a
member of the same chapter as
proxy to act in his place, and a mem-
ber of the Executive Committee is
empowered to appoint in the same
manner, a member in the same de-
partment as proxy to act in his place.
Such delegates elected or appointed
pursuant to this section shall have
and may exercise all the powers,
rights and privileges of members at
any meeting of the Association.
ARTICLE VIII
Executive Committee
Section 1. There shall be an Ex-
ecutive Committee consisting of the
officers, one representative from each
State Department and the chairman
of each standing committee. Each
department representative shall be
elected by ballot by the eligible mem-
bers employed in his department.
Such representative, if unable to at-
tend any meeting, is empowered to
appoint a proxy to act in his place.
If the department fails to elect a
representative, or to fill a vacancy,
the Executive Committee is em-
powered to appoint a member from
such department to fill such vacancy.
Section 2. During the interim
between meetings of the Association,
the Executive Committee shall have
power and authority to transact all
business of the Association, and may
appoint one or more sub-committees
to perform such duties and functions
as may be delegated thereto.
ARTICLE IX
Auditing Committee
Section 1. There shall be an audit-
ing Committee consisting of three
members who shall be appointed by
the Executive Committee annually
in the month of October. The Audit-
ing Committee shall annually audit
the books and accounts of the Asso-
ciation as of the last day of Septem-
ber, or whenever otherwise directed
by the Executive Committee of the
Association.
Section 2. All disbursements of
funds of the Association must be au-
thorized by the Executive Commit-
tee or at a regularly assembled meet-
ing of the Association. All bills for
disbursements shall be approved by
the President before presentation to
the Treasurer for payment. The
Treasurer shall pay all bills so au-
thorized and approved. ‘
ARTICLE X
Meetings
Section 1. The meetings of the
Association shall be held upon call
of the Executive Committee or of
the President. The annual meeting
shall be held on the third Tuesday
of October of each year.
Section 2, Notice of a special
meeting shall be given by publication
in the official magazine or by mail-
ing to each delegate at least three
days before such meeting.
ARTICLE XI
Amendments
This Constitution may be amend-
ed, repealed or altered in whole. or
in part by two-thirds of the author-
ized votes cast by the delegates
present at any duly organized meet-
ing of the Association providing the
proposed change is submitted in
writing and ordered published at a
meeting of the Association and
thereafter published in the official
magazine or mailed to each delegate
not less than ten days before the
time of the meeting which is to
consider the change.
BY-LAWS
ARTICLE I
Section 1. The order of business
at all meetings shall be as follows:
1, Reading of Minutes
2. Reports of Officers
3. Reports of Committees
4. Unfinished Business
5. New Business.
Section 2. Parliamentary proce-
dure shall be according to Roberts’
Rules of Order Revised, insofar as
the same do not conflict with the
Constitution and By-Laws of the
Association.
ARTICLE 11
Duties of Officers
Section 1. President. The Presi-
dent shall preside at all meetings of
the Association, and of the Executive
Committee. He must sign all con-
tracts and agreements, and all orders
drawn upon the Treasurer that have
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been approved by the Association or
the Executive Committee. He shall
direct all negotiations relating to the
Association that have been approved
by the Association or the Executive
Committee. He shall be a member
ex officio of all committees and shall
initiate and make effective plans
which in his discretion seem for the
best interests of the Association and
which are not inconsistent with the
Constitution or By-Laws of the Asso-
ciation. He shall be responsible for
the organization and conduct of the
headquarters of the Association, the
collection of dues and their transfer
to the Treasurer, and shall direct and
supervise the issuance of all publica-
tions of the Association. He shall
represent the Association in all mat-
ters not specifically directed by the
Association or the Executive Com-
mittee to be administered by a spe-
cial representative. He shall appoint
all necessary committees, unless such
selection is otherwise directed by the
Constitution or By-Laws. He shall
give a surety bond at the expense of
the Association, in an amount to be
fixed by the Executive Committee.
Section 2. Vice-President. If the
President is unable, for any cause,
to act, one of the Vice-Presidents, in
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the order of their seniority, shall per-
form the duties of his office.
Section 3. Secretary. The Secre-
tary shall be résponsible for the cus-
tody of all official papers of the As-
sociation. He shall give notice of all
meetings and shall keep a complete
and accurate record of their proceed-
ings. He shall conduct correspon-
dence subject to the direction and
approval of the President and the
Association.
Section 4. Treasurer. The Trea-
surer shall receive and under the di-
rection of the Association disburse
the funds of the Association. Upon
receipt of funds belonging to the
Association, he shall receipt therefor
and shall deposit all funds in the
name of the Association in a bank
approved by the Executive Commit-
tee. He shall keep an accurate ac-
count of all receipts and disburse-
ments, and of all moneys, securities
and property owned by the Associa-
tion by means of such proper records
as may be necessary and submit a
complete itemized report at each an-
nual meeting of the Association. His
accounts shall be open at all times to
the inspection of the Executive Com-
mittee and of the President. He shall
give a surety bond at the expense of
the Association in an amount to be
fixed by the Executive Committee.
ARTICLE II
Dues
Section 1. The dues of the Asso-
ciation shall be $1.00 per annum
payable in advance on the first day
of January.
Section 2. Any member whose
dues are in arrears for four months
shall be notified in writing after
which, if he fails to remit his dues
within thirty days, he may be ex-
pelled from the Association upon the
recommendation of the Executive
Committee.
ARTICLE IV
Committees
Section 1. The Standing Commit-
tees of the Association shall be as
follows:
Legislative Committee,
Auditing Committee,
Grievance Committee,
Social Committee,
Education Committee,
Membership Committee.
ARTICLE V
Amendments
These By-Laws may be amended
by a majority vote at any regular or
special meeting of the Association.
The State Employee
Mental Hygiene Ass’n Meets
The Annual Meeting of the Asso-
ciation of Employees of the Depart-
ment of Mental Hygiene was held
September 5th at the State Office
Building, Albany. John McDonald,
President of the Association, pre-
sided.
Representatives from practically
every mental hygiene institution
throughout the State attended.
Among the delegates present were:
John Davis and J. W. Maney,
Binghamton State Hospital; Kath-
erine I. Collins and Joseph Walla,
Brooklyn State Hospital; David J.
Rodgers, A. Cummings and A. H.
Harris, Buffalo State Hospital; A.
H. Blydenburgh, Central Islip State
Hospital; Joseph L. Owens, Creed-
moor State Hospital; Robert Col-
burn and Charles Sandwick, Go-
wanda State Hospital; Mildred
Adamiec and Louis Illig, Harlem
Valley State Hospital; Edward L.
Weaver, Edward L. Marra, Louis
Garrison and Norman Mahar, Hud-
son River State Hospital; R. I. Gil-
mer, Kings Park State Hospital;
William J. Oshinsky, Manhattan
State Hospital; E. Truax, William
Jackson and W. H. Baumgras;
‘Thomas Stevens, Sam Decker and
Edgar Wilbur, Middletown State
Hospital; Anna Nichols, Phil J. Sul-
livan and Joseph E. McNulty; Roch-
ester State Hospital, Charles Mc-
Breen, Robert Ortlieb and M. A.
Merrit, Rockland State Hospital;
Bert Dodge and Herman Redmond,
St. Lawrence State Hospital; Cath-
ryn C. Jones, Lawrence J. Maxwell
and R. C. Griffith, Utica State Hos-
pital; Arthur R. Woods, Edgar E.
Fritts, Willard State Hospital;
Harold E. Och and Benn Townley,
Jr., Newark State School, Ruth C.
Stedman and Ralph L. Webb, Rome
State School; Patrick J. Donohue
and William J. Callahan, Syracuse
State School; George J. Penfield and
Bryon B. Evans, Wassaic State
School.
In addition to the regular business
brought before the meeting, the elec-
tion of the employee member of the
State Hospital Retirement Board
was held. The following members
of the State Hospital Pension Sys-
tem participated in the vote: A. V.
September
Harris, A. H. Blydenburgh, Joseph
L. Owen, Charles Sandwick, Louis
Illig, Norman Mahar, R. J. Gilmer,
William J. Oshinsky, William H.
Baumgras, Thomas Stevens, Edgar
F. Wilbur, Joseph E. McNulty,
Charles McBreen, Herman Red-
mond, R. C. Griffith, Arthur R.
Woods and Ruth C. Stedman.
Mr. R. C. Griffith, who has been
the employee member of this Board
for the past five years, gave a short
report of his duties, the operations
of the Board and answered various
questions asked by the delegates.
Mr. Griffith was reelected by the
unanimous vote of the delegates, for
a term of two years.
JOHN H. McDONALD
Charles A. Brind, Jr., Association
President, spoke briefly to the as-
sembled delegates, as did William F.
McDonough, Legislative Committee
Chairman, John T. DeGraff, Coun-
sel, and Joseph D. Lochner, Execu-
tive Secretary.
The member on the Association’s
Executive Committee from the
Mental Hygiene Department, Pat-
tick J. McCormack, reported that
the finances of the Association of
Mental Hygiene Employees were
audited and approved.
Resolutions providing for the ex-
tension of the Feld-Hamilton Law
* to institutional employees; for uni-
form minimum sick leaves; for an
extension of the eight hour day; for
optional transfer from the Hospital
Retirement system to the State Re-
tirement Fund; and covering several
other matters of vital interest to
mental hygiene institutional em-
ployees were adopted.
By unanimous acclaim all officers
of the Association were elected by
the delegates present to continue for
another year. They are: For Presi-
dent, John H. McDonald, Rochester
State Hospital; for Vice-President,
John Livingstone, Hudson River
State Hospital; and for Secretary-
Treasurer, Mrs. Lucy S. Baumgras.
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Attorney General Rules
ON MILITARY PAY
Attorney General John J. Bennett,
Jr., has advised Comptroller Tre-
maine that all State officers and em-
ployees who are members of the
National Guard, Naval Militia or
Reserve Corps and who are called
into Federal service, are entitled to
their State compensation in full for
the first thirty days of such service
and thereafter to the difference, if
any, in compensation paid them for
military service and that paid them
as State officers or employees. The
Attorney General’s opinion follows:
“In 1911, 1917, 1920 and 1923, the
Legislature enacted mandatory pro-
visions (Section 245 of the Military
Law) concerning the payment of
salaries, or part thereof, to officers
and employees of the State, its mu-
nicipalities or other political subdivi-
sions engaged in the performance of
ordered military or naval duty.
“The act of 1911 (Chapter 103,
Laws 1911) covered officers and em-
ployees who were members of the
National Guard or Naval Militia.
‘The act of 1917, subdivisions 2 and
3 in particular (Chapter 435, Laws
of 1917), was enacted to meet the
World War situation and included,
in addition to those who were mem-
bers of the National Guard or Naval
Militia, every officer and employee
of the State or of its municipalities.
‘who has heretofore entered,
or who has obligated himself to
enter, the federal military, naval
or marine service, or who is re-
quired by draft or conscription
to enter such service ** *’”
This language covered persons who
volunteered for or were drafted into
military or naval organizations other
than the National Guard or Naval
Militia.
“The act of 1920 (Chapter 624,
Laws of 1920) repealed subdivisions
25 inclusive of the act of 1917.
These subdivisions may be properly
referred to as wartime provisions.
The act of 1920 thus provided that
only members of the National Guard
or Naval Militia were entitled to the
salary benefits.
184
“To meet the expansion of the
Federal military training system, the
Legislature by the act of 1923 (Chap-
ter 458, Laws of 1923) broadened
the provisions of subdivision 1, sec-
tion 245 of the Military Law, to in-
clude in its benefits an officer or
employee who is ‘a member of the
reserve corps or force in the federal
military, naval or marine service’ in
addition to one who is a member of
the National Guard or Naval Militia.
“There has been no substantial
change in subdivision 1 of section
245 since 1923. I enclose a copy of
that section, in part, as it now reads.
“From a study of these various
acts of the Legislature, I have
reached the following conclusion, to
guide you, as the occasion arises, in
the approval of the payrolls of the
various State departments, commis-
sions, boards, etc.:
“The salary benefit provisions of
section 245, Military Law, apply to
those officers and employees who are
members, of:
A. The National Guard; or
B. The Naval Militia; or
C. The Reserve Corps or force
in the federal military,
naval or marine service.
“Therefore you are advised that,
in accordance with the provisions of
section 245, Military Law, apply to
officers and employees of the State
who are members of the National
Guard, Naval Militia or Reserve
Corps and who are called into Fed-
eral service, are entitled to receive
from the State during such service
full pay for the first thirty days;
thereafter, the difference, if any, be-
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The State Employee
Extension of Civil Service
The New York State Commission
on the Extension of the Civil Ser-
vice, as established by Chapter 862
of the Laws of 1939, has recently re-
leased its First Report. As stated by
Chapter 862, the purpose of the com-
mission is “to make a study of the
application of the civil service pro-
visions of the constitution of the
State of New York to the political
subdivisions of the State now pres-
ently subject to the civil service laws
of the State and the cost of the ex-
tension thereof to such subdivisions.
Such study shall include an analysis
of positions and employments in the
service of such subdivisions with par-
ticular reference to the classification
thereof, examination procedures,
eligible lists, certifications, appoint-
ments, and all other analogous mat-
ters in connection therewith.”
The personnel of the commission
consists of: Assemblyman Emerson
D. Fite, Chairman; Senator Karl K.
Bechtold, Vice-Chairman; and Sec-
retary, Howard P. Jones, a member
of the State Civil Service Commis-
sion; Senators Erastus Corning, 2nd,
Joseph D. Nunan, William H.
Hampton; Assemblymen Edmund
R. Lupton, John A. Devany, Jr.,
Harold Armstrong; Charles A.
Brind, Jr., President of this Associa-
tion; William P. Capes, Chairman of
the State Conference of Mayors;
Frank C. Moore, President of the
New York State Association of
Towns; and H. Elliot Kaplan, Sec-
retary of the National Civil Service
Reform Association. _ Ex-officio
members of the commission are Sen-
ators Joe R. Hanley and John -J.
Dunnigan and Assemblymen Os-
wald D. Heck, Irving M. Ives and
Irwin Steingut. The staff of the com-
mission is composed of W. Earl
Weller, Research Director; John T.
DeGraff, Counsel; and Jerry Finkel-
stein, Director of Public Relations
and Research Assistants, Alfred
Gates, Isabelle Badore and Anna M.
Dickinson.
The report states “that there are
about 150,000 employees in the
State of New York who have been
appointed in good faith, without _
compliance with Civil Service Rules,
because no method of administering
September
the Civil Service Law has been pro-
vided for the unit of government in
which they are employed. ‘Thou-
sands of these employees have satis-
factorily performed their duties for
many years and have demonstrated
their fitness by actual service. It
would be impracticable, if not impos-
sible, for any administrative agency
to conduct examinations for such a
tremendous number of employees
holding positions of so many differ-
ent types. No single examination
could test fitness for the hundreds of
different types of positions that exist
throughout the State. Thousands of
special examinations would have to
be prepared and graded. Before any
examinations could be held it would
first be essential to classify all such
positions with respect to duties and
titles and also to determine the civil
service class to which each position
should be assigned. The commission
is convinced that such a policy
would disrupt and disorganize the
administration of local units of gov-
ernment and would serve no useful
purpose.
“The Commission is likewise con-
vinced that legislation can be drafted,
in comformity with the Constitu-
tion, which will enable present of-
ficers and employees to continue in °
their positions without examination.
This practice has been uniformly fol-
lowed by legislation, or by action of
the Civil Service Commission, as the
Civil Service Rules have, from time
to time, been extended to new
fields.”
The Commission reports that one
of the most difficult and controver-
sial questions is the selection or cre-
ation of the agency or agencies to
administer the Civil Service Law for
the entire State. It states that it is
readily apparent that a selection may
be made to solve this problem, from
three different types of administra-
tion: centralized administration by
the State Civil Service Commission,
decentralized administration by lo-
cal commissions, or a combination of
both. The report also treats the va-
rious questions concerning residence
qualifications, transfer and promo-
tions, changing of necessary statutes,
retirement, etc.
Detailed data was secured by the
commission by the intensive study
of eight counties by the Commis-
sion’s research staff which personally
interviewed appropriate public of-
ficials in these counties, and by
questionnaire from the remainder of
the counties of the State. Data com-
piled by the Commission reveals that
there is a total of 336,884 officials
and employees in the local govern-
ments of the State, and of these,
177,730 or 52.75 per cent are now
under Civil Service. Of the number
under civil service, 173,253 or 97.48
are in the classified service, and 4,477
or 2.52 per cent are in the unclassi-
fied service. Of those positions in the
unclassified service 117,730 are in
the competitive class. Out of the
total of 177,730 positions under civil
service, 120,897 or about 68 per cent
are reported from New York City
and its boroughs.
Based upon classifications made
by the research staff of the commis-
sion, 108,925 positions or 68.44 per
cent of the positions not under civil
service, were placed in the unclassi-
fied service and the remainder in the
classified service. Of those placed in
the classified service only 21.15 per
cent or 10,623 were in the competi-
tive class. This last fact produces the
most important information of the
survey thus far.
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"I wish to take this opportunity of expressing my appre-
ciation for the courteous, friendly and entirely satisfactory
manner in which my disability claim has been handled.
Thave the grace to be rather ashamed of the fact that I
took my policy through the Civil Service Association
Group Plan rather reluctantly, belonging as I thought to
that large group of egotistical people who are ‘never
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escape, so I am now an enthusiastic booster for the
Group ‘Plan for Civil Service Employees. However, I
think there are many who are just lazily indifferent who
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than to fill out an application.”
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of my recent claim. You are rendering a wonderful ser-
vice to the State employees, While health and accident
insurancé must be susceptible to ‘fake claims’ more than
any other kind of insurance, I believe the morale of gov-
ernment workers as a whole is such that you will never
have to discontinue the service on that account.”
Albany, N. Y. Amount of Claim $500.00.
“I am glad to testify to the promptness and fairness of
your company in handling my claim on account of my
recent illness. It was indeed a great satisfaction to re-
ceive a total indemnity in the amount of $310.00 which
little more than paid all my expenses during my three
months’ sickness, plus the amount of premiums on the
policy to date, so you see my decision to join this group
insurance for Civil Service Employees has been a very
worthwhile venture on my part, and I take pleasure in
recommending it to all members of our Association.”
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The State Employee
WHAT THIS INSURANCE WILL DO FOR YOU.
1, This insurance will pay you monthly benefits up to 5 YEARS for any non-occupational acci-
dent, and up to one year for any sickness; also $500.00 for accidental death. (In accordance
with the terms of the policy.)
2. You will get your own individual policy, which you will be able to continue in force after
you leave State Service (unless disabled or unemployed) until you reach age 70.
3. HOUSE CONFINEMENT is NOT required except during vacations or leaves of absence. In
most low cost policies, you must be CONFINED to the house to collect. Also note that YOUR
GROUP PLAN policy does not state your sickness must have its ORIGIN during the term
of the policy. Another important advantage is that your policy covers disability from any
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Accident-SicknessInsurance
THE STORY OF THE ASSOCIATION’S GROUP PLAN
Since its inception four years ago,
the Group Plan of Accident and
Sickness Insurance, sponsored by the
Association, has proved extremely
successful, with over 12,000 State
workers at present policyholders.
Several thousand employees in time
of need, have found it very bene-
ficial to receive the monthly income
as provided by this plan.
Plan Started in 1936
It was in April, 1936, that the In-
surance Committee of the Associa-
tion negotiated with C. A. Carlisle,
Jr., of TerBush & Powell, Inc. of
Schenectady, N. Y., for a plan of
accident and sickness insurance for
Association members. The Insurance
Committee insisted that the plan be
free from the usual technicalities and
restrictions found in individual poli-
cies. It was decided that there should
be no discrimination as to sex in cost
or coverage; that it should cover all
disabilities, even chronic ailments
but unknown to the applicant at the
time the insurance is taken out. It
was further decided that the policies
issued under the plan should be non-
cancellable, providing the insured
maintained premium payments and
membership in the Association, that
insured members could consult their
family physician instead of any com-
pany doctor in establishing claims,
and that there be no medical exam-
ination for members desiring the in-
surance. Of course there is a short
form medical statement incorporated
in the application.
There are two particular facts
which make our group plan superior
to the average individual policy. The
first of course is the low cost and
easy premium payment through pay-
roll deduction. The second is its
non-cancellability under certain con-
ditions. For example, many State
workers have collected for chronic
ailments one, two or three different
times, in fact, every time they have
been stricken with that chronic dis-
ability. Whereas in the case of the
individual "policy, the insurance com-
pany would probably cancel the
policy after completion of the first
claim due to the chronic disorder.
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Plan Put In Force
With the group plan worked out
and agreed upon by the Insurance
Committee, C. A. Carlisle, Jr., and
the Commercial Casualty Insurance
Company, the first policies became
effective on June 1, 1936, and almost
immediately claims were filed and
paid promptly.
For about six months, in order to
give every employee equal oppor-
tunity, applications for the insurance
were accepted without medical ex-
amination or any reference to pre-
vious medical history. After this
period, a short form medical state-
ment was incorporated in the appli-
cation to protect the employees in
the plan.
At the beginning only 2,000 em-
ployees availed themselves of the op-
portunity to carry this insurance, but
as of August 1, 1940, over 12,500
workers are insured. This fact speaks
for itself as to the service rendered
by the plan, the low cost and con-
venient payment plan.
Employees Eligible
Any State employee who has not
passed his 59th birthday, may be-
come a member of the Association
and apply for this insurance, and
premium payment may be arranged
by payroll deduction. If you are in
good health, free of diseases and in-
firmities, and have never been treat-
ed for nor advised that you had
Tuberculosis, you are eligible for this
insurance. You can carry it until you
reach age 70 if you remain in State
service. If you leave State service,
you may continue in the insurance
providing you are going into active
employment and are not disabled
at the time you leave the service.
However, if you do not carry the
non-occupational form, you must
convert it to that form, and you
must notify TerBush & Powell, Inc.,
that you are leaving State service
within thirty days of the date you
terminate employment.
Reasons for the Insurance
The facts concerning accident and
sickness disability are appalling. On
the average day of any year, over
4,000,000 persons in the U, S. are
disabled by illness. The total cost of
illness and premature death in this
country is approximately $10,000,-
000,000.00 annually. For every death
there are 16 cases of illness lasting a
week or longer. (U. S. Dept. of
Labor). The National Safety Coun-
cil in their bulletin show that in the
year 1938 there were 8,900,000
people non-fatally disabled, and 330,-
000 permanently disabled. There are
68 people disabled every minute, 17
by accident and 51 by sickness. More
wages are lost on account of acci-
dent and sickness - disability, than
through loss of work.
In addition to these amazing facts,
during a period of disability, there
is always additional expense, medi-
cine, medical aid, nursing, extra help
in the home, special diets, and so
forth. Also, during disability ordi-
nary living expenses in most cases
do not decrease, but usually increase.
The foregoing constitute the rea-
sons for accident and sickness insur-
ance, and the purpose of the Asso-
ciation in sponsoring the group plan
was to reimburse monthly disabled
employees for at least a part of the
earned income usually received. In-
demnities under the group plan are
paid regardless of whether the in-
sured receives benefits from any
other insurance, or continues to re-
ceive his salary. Remember, there
are always additional expenses in-
curred during periods of disability.
Many letters have come to the atten-
tion of the Association, which would
impress any fair-minded individual,
because they tell about the hardships
that would have been suffered by
that particular individual or his
family, had he not carried the Acci-
dent and Sickness insurance.
Why This Plan Is Superior ©
‘The policy issued under the group
plan sponsored by the Association is
superior to most individual accident
and sickness insurance policies that
can be purchased, because:—
1. It does not carry the usual exclu-
sions found in individual policies.
2. Its coverage is not limited.
3.This plan is available only to
members of the Association, which
The State Employee
is a very large group, and low
cost is therefore possible.
4. The insurance is paid for in easy
semi-monthly deductions from a
member's salary, which keeps his
insurance automatically in force.
However, he may stop deductions
any time by notifying the State
Comptroller.
5. The Cost of the Group insurance
is very low. The fact is, many em-
ployees could not afford this type
of coverage if it were not for the
group plan,
6. This policy covers child-birth and
pregnancy up to four weeks. This
coverage is found in very few poli-
cies obtained individually.
7. This. plan has been tested and.
tried for four years. Over $150,-
000 being paid annually in claims,
8. As an individual policy, the Com-
pany cannot cancel, except for
non-payment of premium, attain-
ment of age 70 or cessation of
membership in the Association.
Do not be led astray by cheap acci-
dent and Sickness Insurance being
sold through the mails by unlicensed
companies or by some salesman who
may be over-zealous and states that
you may secure the same. coverage at
lesser rates. First collect all the data
as to coverage and cost and consult
an authority on insurance who can
give you the proper comparison be-
tween the two policies,
The various insurances available
individually and through group
mearis were carefully considered by
a well qualified committee of the
Association before arrangements
were made for the present group
plan. Cost, coverage, cancellability,
exclusions, availability and all other
features were taken into considera-
tion, and the best buy in the line of
Accident and Sickness Insurance
was finally sponsored by the Asso-
ciation.
Remember, the Association re-
ceives no financial income because
of the participation of State workers
in this group plan. It was sponsored
solely for the benefit of members.
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RETIREMENT EXEMPT FROM ESTATE TAX
Attorney General John J. Bennett
recently made a ruling with respect
to the taxability of payments made
by the Retirement System, which
will be of interest to all State em-
ployees,
He held, in an opinion rendered
to Mortimer M. Kassell, Deputy
Commissioner and Counsel, State
Department of Taxation and Fi-
nance, that all amounts payable by
the Retirement System, whether to
the estate of a deceased member or
to a designated beneficiary, are ex-
empt from estate tax imposed by
Article 10-C of the Tax Law. The
Attorney General’s opinion reads as
follows:
“Your letter of August 9 refers to
the opinion that I rendered to you
on May 9, 1938 (1938 A. G. 184),
in which I held that all amounts pay-
able by the State Employees’ Retire-
ment System, whether to the estate
of a deceased member or to a desig-
nated beneficiary, are exempt from
the estate tax imposed by Article
10-C of the Tax Law. You mention
two cases which have been decided
since that opinion was rendered
(Kernochan vy. The United States,
29 F. Supp. 860, and Matter of West,
decided by the Oneida County Sur-
rogate’s Court on June 29, 1940, and
not yet reported) as perhaps casting
some doubt upon the correctness of
the conclusion that I reached.
“The first of the cases that you cite
(Kernochan v. The United States)
arose under the Federal Estate Tax
Law and held that the return of con-
tributions of a member of the New
York City Employees’ Retirement
System to the member’s estate upon
his death did not constitute ‘insur-
ance’ as that term was used in the
Federal Act. I do not see that the de-
cision is of much pertinence to our
question for the Federal Act, of
course, contains no provision ex-
pressly exempting payments from
the employees’ retirement fund from
transfer or inheritance taxes, as does
section 70 of the Civil Service Law.
“Matter of West, supra, involved
the question of the exemption from
the estate tax of payments from the
New York City Teachers’ Retire-
ment fund. The surrogate reached
the conclusion that the exemption
provisions in both the State and city
retirement systems were superseded
and abrogated by the enactment of
section 249-kk of the Tax Law, pro-
viding that exemptions from taxa-
tion provided for in any other law of
the State shall not be construed as
being applicable to the estate tax.
The attention of the surrogate ap-
parently was not called to the fact
that section 249-kk of the Tax Law,
while a later enactment than the ex-
emption provision of the Civil Ser-
vice Law, was but a reenactment or
carry-over of a provision enacted be-
fore the enactment of the Civil Ser-
vice Law exemption provision, It
was that fact that persuaded me that
it was the legislative intention that
payments by the State Employees’
Retirement System should be exempt
from the estate tax.
“For the reasons stated, I feel that
I must adhere to the view expressed
in my opinion of May 9, 1938.”
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189
Local Activities
Brentwood Concert
The patients of Pilgrim State Hos-
pital were entertained on Sunday
afternoon, August 25th, with a con-
cert and maneuvers presented by the
106th Infantry Squadron, Sons of
the American Legion Drum Corps of
Brooklyn. They were accompanied
by their commander, Mr. Edwin
Horsley, and Mr, Harry Hart, in-
structor of music and routine.
In this squadron were 41 boys
ranging in age from 11 to 16 years,
who are all sons of American Le-
gionnaires also a very attractive
drum majorette, daughter of a le-
gionnaire, and their efforts were
greatly appreciated as well as their
spirit of good-will and generosity
which prompted their acceptance of
Dr. Worthing’s invitation, that they
arrange to perform.
‘The squadron arrived in time for
an attractive luncheon which had
been prepared for them by the chef
of the Hospital, Mr. Donahue. The
arrangements were made for this
visit by Mr. Rudloff, who is the rep-
resentative of the New York State
Civil Service Association of Pilgrim.
It is also interesting to note that
the Superintendent of Pilgrim State
Hospital, Dr. Worthing, then Major
Worthing, was a member of the
106th Infantry during the World
War.
Those at Pilgrim who witnessed
the maneuvers and heard the oper-
atic selections by the Drum and
Bugles were greatly impressed by
the boys’ skill and also by their gen-
erous spirit of service in sparing a
Sunday of their time to come to
Brentwood and give this unusual
entertainment.
Oxford Picnic
Nearly one hundred members and
their families, who attended, ac-
claimed as the most successful a pic-
nic of the Civil Service Employees’
Association of the W. R. C. Home,
held July 23rd, afternoon and eve-
ning, at Lake Ludlow. The evening’s
entertainment was concluded by a
dance in the dining room of the
Lake Ludlow Clubhouse.
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Willard News
Dances were held at Hadley Hall,
Willard State Hospital, June 20,
July 19th and August 16th under
the sponsorship of the newly formed
Musical Therapy Department,
which is planning on making them
a monthly affair in the future, to
come on the third Friday of each
month.
Music for these dances is fur-
nished by the Patients’ Orchestra,
with able assistance from its con-
ductor, Mr. Adalth Schaut and Mr.
Russell Boyce, who play the accor-
dian and trumpet respectively.
The proceeds of these dances are
used to buy musical instruments and
music for the forming of a patients’
band, which is rapidly rounding
into shape.
The following committees have
been appointed to ensure complete
success of the dances to follow:
Musical Therapy Committee, Dr.
O. A. Kilpatrick, ex-officio, Dr. Les-
lie A. Osborne, Dr. George N. Gu-
thiel, Dr. Leonard Gold, Adalth
Schaut, Russell Boyce, Donald Mc-
Intosh.
Dance Committee, Dr. George N.
Guthiel, Mr. and Mrs. Predmere,
Gerald Van Ostrand, Margaret
Woods.
Advertising Committee, Dr. Leo-
nard Gold, Peter Adams, Russell
Boyce, James Farrell, Donald Mc-
Intosh.
Ogdensburg News
Fellow employees of St. Lawrence
State Hospital, Ogdensburg, were
shocked and grieved at the death of
George F. Johnson, gardener at the
institution, who passed away at his
home July 10th. Mr. Johnson had
been in the employ of the hospital
for 39 years and had made applica-
tion for retirement on the following
July 31st. A very large number of
hospital employees attended the
funeral services on July 12th.
James S. Brown, farm supervisor,
retired on July 31st after a service of
26 years. Approximately 150 em-
ployees of the hospital gave Mr.
Brown a surprise farewell party at
Eel Weir Park on July 17th.
William Dilcox, blacksmith at the
hospital for 28 years, will also re-
tire and reside in Ogdensburg.
Banquet at Batavia
The second annual banquet of the
New York Civil Service Association
Chapter of the State School for the
Blind at Batavia was held Tuesday
evening, June 18, at the Stafford
Country Club, Eighty-five members
and invited guests were present, in-
cluding State Assemblyman and
Mrs. Herbert A. Rapp and former
Superintendent, Mrs. Charles A.
Hamilton.
During the evening group singing
was enjoyed under the direction of
Robert Monaghan. The surprise en-
tertainment of the evening was given
by William Russell with his Acts
of Magic.
The retiring President installed
the following officers for the coming
year:
President, Edward H. Brayer;
Vice-President, Elsa Andrews; Sec-
retary, Grace E. Stiefvater; Trea-
surer, Mary C. Callahan.
Mr. Rapp, the principal speaker,
spoke on legislative measures of in-
terest to State Employees.
Arrangements for the dinner and
entertainment were in charge of
Mrs. Dorothy Monroe, assisted by
Mrs. Aimee Baker and Mr. Mona-
ghan.
Woodbourne Helps Red
Cross
The Woodbourne Prison Chapter
of the Association united with ten
other social and patriotic societies of
Woodbourne to raise funds for the
Red Cross. At a theatre party held
in July, the group of eleven societies
raised in excess of $200, which was
promptly transmitted to the Red
Cross. Mr. Frank Murray, President
of the Chapter, is a member of the
committee appointed by the various
societies to conduct the drive for
funds,
The Woodbourne Prison Chapter
recently sponsored a clambake,
which was very well attended and
voted an especially successful social
affair. Many local notables were in-
vited as guests of the Chapter, and
at the suggestion of the townsfolk,
tickets were sold to local residents.
Our representative at Woodbourne
offers the additional information
that the affair was kept a “stag.”
The State Employee
Division of the Budget
(Continued from Page 170)
so that the Governor may determine
what new ‘taxes might be required
to be recommended by him or what
taxes could be eliminated or their
rates reduced. Also, if experience
demonstrates certain revisions in the
tax structure are desirable, the Gov-
ernor requires estimates in order to
know the effect of such revisions
upon income, so that he can be sure
he is presenting a balanced budget.
D. Organization
The budget office is functionally
organized to perform the work as
outlined above.
‘The examiners and employees are
organized into the following func-
tional units:
1, General Supervision
2.General Departmental Budget
Unit
3. Institutional Budget Unit
4. Capital Outlay, Construction,
and Repair Budget Unit
5. Personnel Work Unit
6. Research and Survey Unit
7. Legislative Reference Unit
8. Revenue Estimating and Fiscal
Policy Research Unit
9. Printing and Proofreading Unit
10. Filing Unit
11. Stenographic Unit.
The office and staff is relatively
small, and employees may do work
in more than one unit, but each em-
ployee generally spends the major
portion of his time in one of these
units listed above.
Ill, CONCLUSION
In conclusion, it may be reiterated
that the objectives of a budget agen-
cy are to implement democracy and
to afford a tool which will aid in ob-
taining efficient execution of the
functions and services of govern-
ment as adopted by the people’s
elected representatives.
It should be emphasized, how-
ever, that the mere establishment of
an executive budget system and a
budgetary “staff” agency cannot serve
as a substitute for competent admin-
istration on the part of every depart-
mental administrator or for the able
execution of the work assigned each *
State employee.
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A Handy Book
The Civil Service Leader, which
published a handy 32 page study
booklet in the Spring in prepara-
tion for the June 29th Hospital At-
tendant Test, has just done a similar-
ly helpful job for candidates for the
November 16th test for Unemploy-
ment Insurance Referee. A 100 page
booklet with leatherette cover, this
Unemployment Insurance Manual
has already enjoyed much favorable
comment in the legal press.
An announcement of the book,
together with a coupon to take ad-
vantage of the $1.00 price, appears
on another page of this issue.
The best description of the book-
let appears in its own introduction:
“This manual is prepared for two
purposes. First, it is to serve as a
study guide for the Civil Service Ex-
amination for New York State Un-
employment Insurance Referee, to
which all lawyers in practice five
years are to be admitted. Second, it
will prove a handy reference book
on Unemployment Insurance for
lawyers and others interested in the
subject. Here, for the first time, all
important information on Unem-
ployment Insurance is presented in
crisp, concise form.”
In its recent issues, The Civil Ser-
vice Leader has published study ma-
terial for this exam and for other
State tests, including Prison Guard.
This has been part of its extended
weekly coverage of State news. In
coming months, The Leader will
devote even more of its columns to
Civil Service news of New York
State, of interest to every State em-
ployee.
Celebrating its first anniversary,
The Leader is renewing its special
subscription rate to Association
members; $1.00 a year in place of
the regular $2.00-a-year-rate. A sub-
scription blank appears on another
page of this issue.
In the last twelve months since
Volume 1, Number 1 of The Leader
appeared on September 19, 1939,
The Leader, published by Jerry
Finklestein and edited by Seward
Brisbane, has won for itself much
distinction and reputation. Its ques-
tion and answer page, conducted by
contributing editor H. Eliot Kaplan,
is used by all employees and prospec-
tive employees seeking expert guid-
ance through the maze of civil ser-
vice.
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Dutch Village
The Story of the Albany Area’s
Attractive New Apartment
Home Group
Emerging high over the old Van
Rensselaer estates that date back to
Albany’s early history of 1620, is a
“village within a village,” a group
of thirteen unusual apartment build-
ings unique in the annals of Ameri-
can real estate development.
In 1938, New York State’s deputy
comptroller, Harry D. Yates, visual-
ized this “community.” After exten-
sive research, trips to other garden
type apartments and surveys of the
real estate field, ground was broken
ten months ago on that historic site.
Today, Dutch Village is complete
save for two buildings. By Septem-
ber Ist the 250 workmen who
worked unceasingly throughout a
severe winter and late spring, will
write finis to their labor. Already
many apartments are filled, the first
hardy “villagers” moving in as early
as April Ist.
The view from Dutch Village is
unexcelled in the Capital District.
To the north lie the Adirondacks; to
the east the Hudson and Berk-
shires, and to the south the Cats-
kills. The foreground itself is en-
chanting.
The story behind this develop-
ment is interesting as related by its
originator, Harry D. Yates. Names
of some of Albany’s prominent civic
leaders such as Morris Tremaine,
Ledyard Cogswell, Frederick Wose
and Peter G. D. Ten Eyck, are
among the “pioneers” of the pro-
ject.
Located upon Menands Heights,
just over the Albany city line, 200
feet above the Hudson, Dutch Vil-
lage provides a modern housing de-
velopment unique in the annals of
home-making in this historic region.
By its convenient location, and its
privately urban surroundings it is
naturally attractive to those em-
ployed in State Service in Albany as
well as to local and neighboring
business and industry.
“In April, 1938,” says Mr. Yates,
“upon the direction of Comptroller
Tremaine, I spent three days in
Washington, D. C., investigating for
the State Employees Retirement
System large scale rental housing
projects to try to learn whether or
not motgages insured by the F.H.A.
against such projects would be suit-
able investments for some of our
funds. .
“IT was tremendously impressed
with the entire F.H.A. set-up and
particularly some of the larger pro-
jects we visited in and around Wash-
ington such as Colonial Village,
Buckingham Community and Falk-
land Village.
“Washington has led the way
with the first of such projects but
upon my return I could not see why
the same thing could not be done in
Albany or any other city in the
country.
“I wanted to be responsible for
some such improvement and so after
studying the F.H.A. regulations I set
up a project, the original Dutch Vil-
lage, now hardly recognizable, and
began to look around for a site,” he
said.
It was by chance that the Deputy
Comptroller came upon the plot of
ground at Menands Heights. Im-
pressed with its natural beauty and
after learning of its owner, Mr. Yates
obtained a 30-day option from the
late William Van Rensselaer Irving,
trustee of the Van Rensselaer estate.
Said Homer Hoyt, F.H.A. in-
vestigator from New York City, who
spent two days making a survey of
the project:
“... There appears to be a great
need for garden type apartments in
Albany. The view would be unex-
celled, There is a great demand for
desirable living in Albany. A great
many of them are now living in con-
verted quarters, The site is an ad-
mirable one for such a develop-
ment.”
Dutch Village was incorporated
as a limited dividend corporation on
August 31, 1939, with an authorized
capitalization of 2,000 shares of $100
par value common stock and 100
shares of preferred stock owned by
the F.H.A. Directorship of the
board includes Mr. Yates, Morris S.
Tremaine, Jeremiah T. Maguire,
president of Federation Bank and
Trust Company, New York City,
Rene T. Laveille, president, Delval
Construction Company; and Roy
Smith, F.H.A. director, Albany dis-
trict. Mr. Yates is president and
treasurer and Ledyard Cogswell is
vice-president and secretary, The
National Life Insurance Company
of Montpelier, Vermont, is both the
temporary and permanent mort-
gagee of the $600,000 F.H.A. in-
sured mortgage.
The State Employee
Field D
The employees of Hudson River
State Hospital, Poughkeepsie, may
well be proud of the successful Field
Day held on the Hospital Recrea-
tion Field on July 4th. As this is the
first issue to be published since that
, date a report of its success could not
be made heretofore.
In conjunction with the Field Day
a Minstrel Show featured the pro-
gram, with music furnished by the
patients’ orchestra. The show “Un-
der the Blue Sky Minstrel” had a
cast of 50.
The Field Events started off the
program, and featured a javelin
throw, tug of war, stilt walk, hurdle
races, barrel race, obstacle race, po-
ay at H.R. S. H.
maker and Catherine B. Riddle. Of-
ficial Starter, Dr. Charles E. Niles;
Announcer, Louis A. Trutner.
tato race, relay races and pie eating
contest. ‘There were races for young
and old, male and female. An ex-
ample of Setting Up Exercises,
given in most of the wards through-
out the institution ordinarily, fea-
tured the program.
The specialties of the Minstrel
Show featured Valentine Grochan,
William Walsh, Marion Drumn,
Donald Lewis, Howard LeRoy, John
Sharrock, Eileen Delessio, Jane
Thone, Donald White and Mrs.
Dorothy Lanlon.
The Directors of the Field Day
were Mary Gillespie, David Brown,
Dorothy Hanlon, William Gillespie,
Jean Palex and Arthur Sullivan. Of-
ficial Scorers were, John Livingston,
Thomas Hanlon, G, Carlton Nuhn,
John Whalen, George Magee and
Otto Faust. Official Photographer
was Guy DeCordova. Committee on
Prizes were Mrs. Margaret Schoon-
September
The Day's Program was com-
pleted by a baseball game between
Harlem Valley State Hospital and
Hudson River State Hospital.
The Hudson River State Hospital
Employees’ Association reports that
$322.10 was donated to the Dutchess
County Chapter of the American
Red Cross by employees of the insti-
tution. Dutchess County over-sub-
scribed its quota of $16,000 and the
employees of the institution were
pleased to have done their bit.
The Annual Commencement Ex-
ercises of the Hudson River State
Hospital School of Nursing were
held Saturday, September 7th. Dr.
Ralph B. Folsom, Superintendent of
H.R. S. H,, presided. Dr. V. V.
Anderson, of the Anderson School,
Staatsburg, gave the commence-
ment address,
Service Record Ratings
By Lous Drexter
Civil Service Department
The revised service rating system
is about to enter its fourth year.
Many employees are not concerned
about ratings during the weeks and
months when supervisors are form-
ing opinions about their perform-
ance. Therefore, it might be helpful
for employees to be informed of
some of the factors taken into con-
sideration at a time when marks are
not being considered. The “rating”
is merely a summary expression of
the many days of work during the
rating period. It is not a percentage
figure coming out of a calculating
machine.
Before discussing the factors con-
sidered while arriving at a service
rating, the writer would like to place
a few interesting facts before you.
Some authorities on rating have
taken the position that the average
employee is either so limited in in-
tellectual capacity or so narrow in
his point of view, that it is a waste
of time to talk to him about the
problem as a whole. That is not true
of our service. Some employees may
not be satisfied with their particular
service rating, but the employees
have shown great interest in improv-
ing the personnel program of the
State. The most recent effect of this
interest has evidenced itself by prog-
ress in Salary Standardization, Du-
ties Classification, and Service
Ratings. Three years ago, no one in
the Civil Service Department would
have had the courage to publish an
article on ratings in an employee
publication. Ratings were handled
in a routine manner and consequent-
ly were grossly unjust. But the fact
remains that they were used in de-
termining promotions even though
they were ridiculed by both super-
visors and by employees.
Although the Civil Service De-
partment is highly satisfied with the
recent progress made on ratings, ad-
vancement has not been uniform in
all State agencies. It would be both
deceiving to employees and poor ad-
ministration, to state that the proce-
dure cannot be improved consider-
ably.
194
The Civil Service Department is
not the sole agency concerned with
the problem, The responsibility lies
jointly with the Civil Service De-
partment and each operating depart-
ment. It is unfortunate that all
State employees could not be present
at conferences between officials of
the various departments and repre-
sentatives of the Civil Service De-
partment while service ratings were
being considered. If such were pos-
sible, employees would be impressed
at the sincere efforts made to im-
prove service ratings by their depart-
mental officials,
A year ago, the following para-
graph appeared in a personnel pub-
lication:
“Everybody complains, but no-
body ever seems to do anything
about it.” So in one of his lighter
moments Mark Twain spoke of the
weather. So also, if he were still
with us and interested in public per-
sonnel administration, he might
speak of the present system of evalu-
ating the services of Federal employ-
ees.” Rest assured that such is not
true of your State service.
But to insist that a DEPART-
MENT does something about
ratings over-simplifies the facts, The
individual division heads and super-
visors are the ones who ultimately
improve the ratings. And they
SHOULD take the responsibility of
expressing their true opinions re-
garding the work of their employ-
ees, After all, that is one of their
supervisory duties and one of the
reasons they receive higher salaries
than the employees they supervise.
However, employees should real-
ize that the assumption of this re-
sponsibility is one of the most unwel-
come duties of a supervisor even
though it is a most important super-
visory task, Place yourself in his
position at the time that the Civil
Service Department requests him to
give an accurate description of the
performance of his staff. If you rated
accurately, could you not picture a
more pleasant place to be than the
office on the day the employees were
notified?
Do not be deluded by a supervi-
sor who gives everybody a good
mark, The unduly strict raters are
few. The exceptionally high rater is
actually doing employees harm be-
cause he is avoiding his responsibility
for giving credit where credit is not
due. He is taking an easy way
around a difficult problem.
A by-product of ratings which the
employee rarely realizes may be il-
lustrated by the following quotation
in a letter to the writer from a su-
pervisor who conscientiously rated:
. enforces thoughtfulness and
care that justice be done, and what
is equally important it serves to
bring home to the administrator the
need for a little ‘soul-searching’ as
to whether hé is giving adequate
opportunity to the employee for the
development of his potential as well
as his present qualities.”
The statements in the following
paragraphs are not made in the tone
of an administrative command that
employees increase the effectiveness
of their performance.
HOW WELL an employee per-
forms his work must necessarily be
given consideration on promotion
examinations. Because promotion
eligible lists must be established on
a percentage basis, the performance
of employees must also be put in
the form of percentages. It is reason-
able to assume that employees would
be interested in knowing the char-
acteristics considered by the super-
visor while rating. The employees
might desire to keep them in mind
while they are performing their daily
tasks and BEFORE they receive
their 1941 ratings.
Do you know the exact procedure
to be followed in regard to all of
your duties? Do you know how
your job fits into the other jobs?
Have you a sincere desire to know
more about the general purposes and
functions of your unit?
Do you make mistakes which you
would not have made if you had
thought twice? Mistakes that are
due to pure carelessness?
Do you plan your work, or do
you merely take what happens to
come along next? Do you spend too
much time on what happens to in-
terest you, at the expense of other
duties?
(Continued on Page 195)
The State Employee
Temporary Appointments
On October 1, 1940, Chapter 612
of the Laws of 1940, relating to
Temporary Appointments under
civil service, becomes effective. This
is the most important law enacted
at the last session of the Legislature
relative to civil service. The statute
is the result of the decision of the
courts in the Hilsenrad and the
Graae cases.
In brief the new law provides that
temporary appointments can be
made only under the following cir-
cumstances:
“A temporary appointment may
be made for a period exceeding one
month under the following circum-
stances only: (a) When an employee
is on leave of absence a temporary
appointment to such position may
be made for the duration of one
year; (b) A temporary appointment
may be made for a period not ex-
ceeding six months when it appears
to the commission, upon due in-
quiry, that the position will not con-
tinue in existence for a longer peri-
od; provided, however, that if a
temporary appointment is made for
a period exceeding one month, it
shall be made by the selection of one
of the three persons standing highest
on an appropriate eligible list, who
are willing to accept such temporary
appointment. Successive temporary
appointments shall not be made to
the same position.”
This law will put an end to the
abuses which have characterized
temporary appointments in the past.
‘These abuses are reflected in the re-
port of the Burney Legislative Com-
mittee, which investigated the Divi-
sion of Unemployment Insurance
last year. The Committee made this
comment with reference to tempo-
rary appointments:
“How long is temporary? On
February 1, 1939, over half of the
staff was made up of temporary ap-
pointments. This condition vitiates
a protection of the advantages, does
not give the State the advantage of
‘merit’ selections and is not condu-
cive to a good personnel morale. In
view of this and the fact that Civil
Service regulations permit temporary
appointments for one month to four
months, it is deemed relevant to ex-
amine the service history of every
temporary appointment. The date
September
involved is March 31, 1939, and the
following table scarcely needs fur-
ther comment:
Length of Service of Temporary Em-
ployees on the Payroll March 31, ’39
Period of Service No.
6 months or less ...
6 months to 1 year. 528
1 year to 18 months. A74
18 months to 2 years. 181
2 years to 30 month: 81
30 months to 3 years. 1
over 3 years... 1
2,649
In explaining this law, care should
be taken to emphasize the fact that
temporary appointments are made
only after an appropriate eligible list
has been established for a position.
“Stop Gap” appointments during
the interim before eligible lists are
available are called “provisional ap-
pointments.”
The Association has long contend-
ed that when an appropriate eligible
list is available there is no excuse for
the practice of making temporary
appointments unless the Civil Ser-
vice Commission has definite assur-
ance that the position will last only
a few months. In many cases, ap-
pointments have been offered for one
to three months, and the eligibles at
the top of the list had declined to ac-
cept appointments for such a short
period only to learn later that em-
ployees toward the bottom of the list
had been accepted and have been
continued in the position for two or
three years, if not longer. This type
of evasion of the Civil Service law
will no longer be possible.
Service Record Ratings
(Continued from Page 194)
Are you the type that is “driv-
ing” at the job all of the time? Or
do you apply yourself reasonably
steadily? Or are you inclined to
“take it easy” more often than even
yourself would like to?
You may be a good steady work-
er. But, when the pressure is on be-
cause the work load is heavy, can
you work exceptionally rapidly?
(Some employees can work fast
when they want to, but make care-
less mistakes even when they work
at average speed, do not work sys-
tematically, etc. Speed is not always
an indication of superiority.)
Have you thought about your unit
enough to create sound and original
ideas? Have you made practicable
suggestions for improvements to
your supervisor?
Do you lack self-assurance? Do
you really enjoy added responsibility,
or are you a little afraid to tackle dif-
ficult assignments?
When asked for an opinion, do
you consider all factors and come
forth with a sound conclusion? Or
are you inclined to speak before you
think?
Are you inclined to become emo-
tionally upset at times that you know
that you should have exercised more
self-control?
Are you exceptionally tactful in
dealing with others? Or are you in-
clined to be impatient or abrupt at
times?
Do you cooperate to the fullest ex-
tent with your fellow employees?
Although you want to be treated
fairly yourself, do you place the in-
terest of your division above your
personal interest?
If you are a supervisor, do you ex-
ercise disciplinary measures when
such is warranted without being
despotic and arbitrary?
Are you able to get your staff to
sincerely pull with you?
Do you express yourself clearly
when instructing your staff?
Can you delegate responsibility
and still maintain control of the
work? Or do you try to do every-
thing yourself?
Do you watch for the strong and
weak points of your staff and at-
tempt to do something about it when
an occasion presents itself?
The foregoing should be of spe-
cial interest to supervisory employ-
ees not only because they must rate
their staff, but because they them-
selves are rated.
Wingdale Election
The Harlem Valley State Hospi-
tal Employees Association held its
Annual Meeting and Election on
September 9th,
The following officers were
chosen for the ensuing year: Presi-
dent, Louis Illig; Vice-President, Jo-
seph H. Anderson; Treasurer-Sec-
retary, Alice E. Sina.
195
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 representatives
of the eighteen State departments thus chosen will be the duly elected Executive Committee. Under the Consti-
tution in cases where the members within a department fail to elect a representative for the Executive Commit-
tee, 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 de-
mocratically in a complete sense.
Employees are urged to use the bal-
lot below. The success of the Asso-
ciation depends to a great degree
upon the personnel of the Execu-
tive Committee.
The duties of the Executive Com-
mittee, as stated in the Constitution,
are as follows:
“Article VIII, Section 2, The Ex-
ecutive Committee shall establish
the general policies of the Associa-
tion, and shall have power and au-
thority to transact all business per-
taining to the Association not other-
wise provided for in this Constitu-
tion and By-Laws or the will and
purposes of the Association as ex-
pressed by its members in regularly
conducted meetings of the Associa-
tion,”
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 ne-
cessary. Members are urged to bear
this in mind and to select their rep-
resentatives from among their mem-
bership residing in Albany or vicin-
ity. It should be wholly possible
for employees wherever located
throughout the State to keep in close
contact with such representative.
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 J. Wharton—
Arthur
tion,
Service,
S. Hopkins—Conserva-
Mrs. Mary Austin—Correction,
Wayne W. Soper—Education,
John T. Higgins—Executive.
Clifford Shoro—Health,
Davis Schultes—Insurance.
John W. Henry—Labor.
F. C. Maher—Law.
Patrick J. McCormick—Mental
Hygiene.
William Hunt—Public Service.
Edward J. Ramer—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.)
Department
I vote for.
OFFICIAL BALLOT
The Association of State Civil Service Employees of the State of New York
To Select Representative on Executive Committee
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 15, 1940.
196
The State Employee
Annual Election of Officers
The election of Officers of the Association for the year beginning October 15, 1940, will occur on October 15,
1940, 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 Third Tuesday of each October. When the meet-
ing 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 Third Tuesday
of October of each year shall be duly counted and recorded, The envelopes in which ballots are enclosed by the
members shall be marked “Ballot,” and such envelopes shall also bear the signature and membership receipt num-
ber 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 electing of-
ficers 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 July 17, 1940, consisted of
W. F. McDonough, Chairman, John A. Cromie and Beulah Bailey Thull. 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 Commitee 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 Third 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 Third Tuesday
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.)
THE ASSOCIATION OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES i s
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK : :
OFFICIAL BALLOT—ANNUAL ELECTION—OCTOBER 15, 1940 i
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Mail or deliver this Ballot so-as to reach the Association Headquarters, Room 156,
State Capitol, Albany, N. Y., before 10 P. M., October 15, 1940.
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New Books
New Books Compiled by
the Book Information Section of
the New York State Library
Whiteoak Heritage, by Mazo De la
Roche. (Atlantic Monthly Press
books.) Little. $2.50.
No period in the life of the mad-
dening but lovable Whiteoaks could
be without its drama, its turbulence,
its assertion of the deep bond of
family solidarity. And so it is in this
amplification of the events during
the months following Renny’s re-
turn home at the end of the war to
become head of the family and
owner of Jalna, after his father’s
death. Renny’s discipline of his
younger brothers, his economies,
his establishment of a racing stable
and the consequences of the appear-
ance of a highly emotional woman
in the neighborhood afford the au-
thor rich opportunities to study
Whiteoak characteristics from Gran,
now in her nineties, to baby Wake-
field.
The Family, by Nina Fedorova. (At-
lantic Monthly Press books.)
Little. $2.50.
To the doors of a boarding house
in Tientsin, China, run by a white
Russian family, come in the year
1937, a motley, amazing cosmopoli-
tan group of lodgers. In the prob-
lems, joys and sorrows of each indi-
vidual lodger, this openhearted,
sympathetic, generous “Family,”
consisting of Granny, Mother, a
daughter and two nephews, share as
a matter of course, though they are
always on the brink of disaster
themselves because of poverty and
the war. The story is entrancing
reading, delightful for its gaiety and
humor, moving in its tenderness and
richly ‘rewarding in its philosophy
of life,
‘When the Whippoorwill, by M. K.
Rawlings. Scribner. $2.50.
Eleven stories of the Florida
Crackers, the poor backwoodsmen,
full of the flavorous tang of their
vernacular, and based on a sure
knowledge of the psychology, the
grit, humor, endurance and other
fundamental qualities of these men
and women.
Lion in the Garden, by G, B. Stern.
Macmillan. $2.50.
The pompous caretaker of an En-
glish estate takes himself more seri-
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ously than ever, after he has faced
with calm courage a lion in his
garden, How he prides himself on
intensifying a feud with his neigh-
bors on a. small island and how at
last his attitude is changed by a few
chance remarks of his employer
about justice and mercy makes a
delicious comedy in which the em-
ployers and servants of an unusual
household are described with wit
and warmhearted satire and in
which, too, the thoughtful reader
may find a parable for the times.
Mrs. Miniver, by Jan Struther. Har-
court, $2.00.
Mrs. Miniver, wife of a London
architect, and mother of three satis-
factory children, is one of those
people who can savor, and inciden-
tally distil into the perfect word and
metaphor, the ‘quality of a fleeting
moment or her own passing mood,
often linking the trivial with a lar-
ger significance, With this truly
charming woman, and her family
circle, the warmly humorous chron-
icle brings the reader into the
pleasantest intimacy.
Before Lunch, by Angela Thirkell.
Knopf. $2.50.
Amusing portrayal of a self-cen-
tered, wordy English architect who
affects the clothes and ways of an
English squire, and his lovely wife
who adores him and has no illusions
about him, and their relations with
his widowed sister and her two
grown step children, tenants in the
neighboring house for the sum-
mer. Local excitement over the fate
of a precious piece of land, and the
progress or frustration of several
love affairs, are material for a spark-
ling light comedy written with the
author's accustomed wit and pene-
trating insight into the English
character and manners of both the
upper and the servant class.
NON-FICTION
My Ten Years in the Studios, by
George Arliss. Little. $3.50.
Writing in a gaily humorous vein,
George Arliss takes the reader into
his confidence about his years as a
star in moving pictures, many of
them made in Hollywood, and some
in London, Incidents connected
with the difficult matter of finding
the right play, in picking the cast
and all sorts of studio routine are
varied by anecdotes about such per-
sonalities as Galsworthy, William
Archer, and some comic moments,
such as the loss of Arliss’s sand-
wiches at the coronation of George
VI. Photographs.
A Southerner Discovers New En-
gland, by Jonathan Daniels.
Macmillan, $3.00.
Going to New England as an “out-
lander,” the author drove through
the New England States, pausing in
cities and villages, at wayside stands,
at universities and famous schools,
everywhere observing social and eco-
nomic conditions, asking questions,
sometimes getting answers, visiting
mayors, mill owners, newspaper
editors, chatting with men in clubs,
with fishermen or hitch hiking
youths, It is these conversations, his
reflections on his observations .and
the details of his casual experiences,
all blended together that make the
book, that bring into focus the au-
thor’s ideas of the problems, and the
possibilities for leadership of New
England with its wealth and educa-
tion and free enterprise and high
living standards. Map on end
papers,
Canada: America’s Problem, by
John MacCormac. Viking Press.
$2.75.
Because the United States may be
forced during the coming months to
choose between a war over Canada
and abandonment of the Monroe
Doctrine, and because of Canada’s
importance as “the last substantial
link between the New World de-
mocracies and the Old,” this volume
dealing with Canada, her vast po-
tentialities, her development of
them, and the highly complicated
character of her population, politics
and economics makes especially
timely and pertinent reading.
Up for Air; Diving for a Living, by
Frank Meier. Dutton. $2.75.
Crammed with incidents which
illustrate the innumerable hazards
of a diver’s life, and which inciden-
tally bring in details of diving tech-
nique and of the various kinds of
work a diver may be called upon to
do, this narrative is told with the
greatest informality by a man,
trained in the Navy, who has had
a long diving career, Photographs.
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THE ANNUAL MEETING
of this Association
WILL BE HELD
Tuesday, October 15th, 1940
AT THE
State Office Building, Albany
SEVEN -THIRTY P. M.
At that meeting, ballots electing officers and members of the
Executive Committee for the ensuing year will be canvassed
and results announced.
In accordance with the Constitution of the Association, Asso-
ciation 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. Bal-
lots for the use of members in electing officers and departmental
representatives, may be found in this issue. Attention is called
to the article on the Editorial Page relative to a “Secret Ballot.”
The annual reports of officers and chairmen of standing
committees covering the work of the Association year closing
will be submitted for the records. Proposals for inclusion in the
Association’s program for the coming year will be presented
and discussed. Any member of the Association or group of mem-
bers, wishing to present any resolution or proposal, but who are
unable to be present at the meeting. should submit it in writing
with memorandum to the President or Secretary before the date
of the meeting.
Members of the Association are urged to avail themselves
of their voting rights, and to be present at the annual meeting
and take part in the discussions and formulation of the policies,
program and work of the Association for the coming year.
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