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The State Employee
VOL. 11, Number 7
OCTOBER, 1942
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Association Considers
PROPOSAL TO EXPAND SERVICES
It has long been apparent that
three important steps should be
taken to strengthen the Association
and improve the service it renders
to its members—
(1) The Association should im-
prove the contact between headquar-
ters and members located through-
out the State,
(2) The Association should make
funds available to chapters in order
to strengthen and assist them in the
performance of their functions.
(3) The Association should en-
courage the organization of depart-
mental chapters in Albany and ad-
ditional local chapters throughout
the State.
Under our present form of or-
ganization the officers of the Asso-
ciation are unable to travel about the
State to meet with local groups as
often as they would like, The Asso-
ciation has no paid employees ex-
cept its clerical staff, its Executive
Secretary and its Counsel, whose
duties are of such a nature that they
can seldom leave Albany. All of
the officers of the Association are
full-time State employes who re-
ceive no compensation whatsoever
from the Association and who are
only occasionally able to leave their
regular State positions to meet with
local groups.
The Association _imperatively
needs one or more special represen-
tatives who can devote full time to
Association work. Such a represen-
tative, meeting from time to time
with local groups throughout the
State, can perform a function that
cannot be performed adequately
through the columns of “The State
Employee” or through any other fa-
cilities now available to the Asso-
ciation.
While many of our chapters
and representatives have developed
strong and effective local organiza-
October
tions, all groups need the personal
assistance of a well informed Asso-
ciation representative to solve prob-
lems which can best be handled lo-
cally. Such a representative, meet-
ing with local groups throughout
the State from time to time, could
keep them fully informed of the
activities and projects of the Asso-
ciation, constitute a source of in-
formation with reference to civil
service and departmental rules and
practices, stimulate interest in the
organization and improvement of
local chapters and render invaluable
services in assisting local groups to
solve grievances of one kind or
another that are constantly arising.
Accompanying this improvement
in contact between headquarters and
local chapters, it is essential that
chapters be provided with sufficient
funds to enable them to function ef-
ficiently. Many chapters have tried
to meet this need by assessing local
chapter dues, Members of local
chapters are familiar with the com-
plications incident to the collection
of small local dues—complications
that are entirely unnecessary and
that can readily be avoided if the
Association is enabled to refund a
portion of the regular dues for the
use of local chapters.
A strong and efficient State-wide
organization must have not only a
well organized headquarters but it
must also have strong, well organ-
ized chapters. Many problems, par-
ticularly those requiring action by
the Governor, the Legislature or de-
partment heads, can best be solved
through headquarters at Albany, but
other problems, equally important,
can be solved only through action by
local representatives and chapters.
Both forms of activity are essential.
The only weakness of the Associa-
tion_arises from the fact that the lo-
cal chapters, most of them estab-
lished only recently, have insuffi-
cient funds and are handicapped by
lack of personal contact with Asso-
ciation representatives in Albany.
It is obvious that these needed im-
provements cannot be brought about
while the Association’s annual dues
are limited to one dollar per mem-
ber. Approximately half of the
present dues are expended in the
publication “The State Employee,”
an essential publication which must
be continued and improved. The re-
maining balance of the present dues
is insufficient to enable the Associa-
tion to expand its activities and, in
fact, it is amazing that the Asso-
ciation has heretofore been able to
do so much with so little. It is now
clear that more funds must be pro-
vided to enable the Association to
meet the new problems incident to
a great State-wide organization of
35,000 members located from one
end of the State to the other.
This problem has long been un-
der consideration by the Executive
Committee and by representatives
of local groups throughout the State.
It has been suggested that the an-
nual dues be fixed at $1.50 in order
to make possible this additional ser-
vice to our members. Fifty cents of
these dues will be made available
to all chapters, and the remainder,
together with savings and other
funds available to the Association,
will enable it to carry out its expan-
sion program including the employ-
ment of competent, full-time repre-
sentatives to travel throughout the
State meeting with local groups.
This arrangement will stimulate
and encourage the formation of de-
partmental chapters in Albany and
local chapters throughout the State.
Tt is hoped that the forty existing
chapters may be doubled or trebled
with a consequent increase in repre-
sentation throughout the State. In
219
Albany, for example, a separate
chapter for each State department
would increase participation of in-
dividuals in the work of the Asso-
ciation, encourage additional repre-
sentation at meetings of the Asso-
ciation, improve the machinery for
the adjustment of grievances and
stimulate social and cooperative en-
terprises of all kinds.
As a part of this proposal, it has
been suggested that the dues of
members who participate in one or
the other of the group insurance
plans, can be collected through pay-
roll deductions as a part of the in-
surance premiums. If this can be
done with the approval of the appro-
priate State Ses, it will relieve
the Association of a substantial an-
nual expense and also relieve its rep-
resentatives of the tremendous bur-
den of collecting individual dues
from thousands of members each
year. Approximately 25,000 mem-
bers of the Association have pur-
chased one or the other of the in-
surance policies sponsored by the
Association, If Association dues
can be paid through payroll deduc-
tion as a part of the insurance pre-
miums, this means that less than
10,000 members need to be solicited
each year for annual dues. It is im-
practicable to collect dues alone
through payroll deduction, but in
the case of employees who are al-
ready paying for insurance through
payroll deduction, the dues can be
paid in the same manner without
any additional burden whatsoever
upon the payroll authorities and at
a great convenience to the members.
‘A plan has been devised whereby
the Association dues could be paid
in full through a deduction of six
cents each pay day for members who
participate in either group insur-
ance plan, The details of the plan
have been carefully considered by
the officers and Executive Commit-
tee of the Association. It should
clearly be understood that the ob-
jective is to increase the services ren-
dered by the Association to its mem-
bers, and this objective can be ac-
complished only by making addi-
tional funds available to the Asso-
ciation and the local chapters. Mem-
bers of the Association should make
their views known to their elected
delegates and representatives so that
the proposed amendment to the by-
laws can be voted upon at the an-
nual meeting on October 20th.
220
The following is the text of a pro-
posed amendment which has been
drafted by a special committee of
ten members authorized by the Ex-
ecutive Committee and appointed by
President Harold J. Fisher. This
amendment will be submitted for
action at the annual meeting:
“RESOLVED, that Article III,
Section 1, of the By-Laws of the
Association be amended to read as
follows:
“Section 1, The dues of the Asso-
ciation shall be $1.50 per annum,
payable in advance on the first day
of January each year, except as here-
inafter provided. Each chapter shall
receive a refund of fifty cents for
each member based upon the paid
membership in the chapter on the
first day of July of each year. The
expenses of delegates to regular or
special meetings of the Association
shall be paid by the Chapter from
such fund.
Subject to the approval of the ap-
propriate State officers, the dues of
all Association members who par-
ticipate in the group insurance plans
sponsored by the Association shall
be six cents semi-monthly, payable
by payroll deduction.”
Mental Hygiene
Employees Association
Meets
By Lucy S. Baumcrass
Secretary-Treasurer, The Asso-
ciation of Employees of the N.Y.
State Department of Mental
Hygiene.
The Annual Meeting and election
of officers of the Association of Em-
ployees of the Department of Men-
tal Hygiene was held on Thursday,
September 10, 1942, in the State
Office Building, Albany, N. Y.
Representatives from all institu-
tions, with very few exceptions, were
present, and participated in the pro-
gram. Numerous preliminary con-
ferences were held on Wednesday
and during the evening of that day,
and the Executive Committee also
held a meeting on Wednesday after-
noon. A picture of the delegates
who attended the meeting was con-
tained in the September issue of
“The State Employee.”
Mr. Roscoe C. Griffith was re-
elected the employee member of the
State Hospital Retirement Board
for a period of two years.
Mr. John A. McDonald, Mr. John
Livingstone and Mrs. Lucy S. Baum-
grass were re-elected president, vice-
president and secretary-treasurer, re-
spectively.
President McDonald spoke briefly
of the work that had been accom-
plished by our Association during
the past year, stressing the Feld-
Hamilton Wage Law, which is of
the greatest importance.
Mr. McDonald gave as the most
important items on our program for
the coming year: the completion of
the classification of employees for
Feld-Hamilton, the extension of the
8-hour day to all those employees
not now on the 8-hour schedule, ad-
ditional commutation for the em-
ployees of the institution and some
method retaining our present em-
ployees and of securing new ones.
There was considerable discus-
sion regarding the transfer of em-
ployees who are now members of
the State Hospital Retirement Sys-
tem to the State Wide Pension Sys-
tem. There was also a great deal of
discussion relative to the employee
situation in the institutions and
many suggestions were made in an
effort to secure new employees and
to keep the ones we already have.
In this connection a resolution was
passed asking that the Director of
the Budget provide a fund with
which to pay “temporary employ-
ces” for the duration,
A resolution was also passed ask-
ing that an institutional employee
be permitted to sit in on the hear-
ings of the Classification Board to
assist in determining a satisfactory
schedule for employees.
Mr. McDonald announced that a
new certificate of membership will
be issued to each unit in our Asso-
ciation, as soon as the certificates,
which are now in the hands of the
engravers, are finished,
During the meeting Mr. Chas.
Campbell, Chairman of the Classi-
fication Board gave an interesting
talk on the work of that Board and
spoke of the slow progress of the
work of the field investigators on ac-
count of the depletion of that force
of workers.
Harold J. Fisher, President of The
Association of State Civil Service
Employees addressed the’ delegates
and answered questions submitted
to him, as did John T. DeGraff,
Counsel of that Association,
The State Employee
STATEMENT OF
HON. JOHN J. BENNETT, JR.
“T am grateful to the Association
of State Civil Service Employees for
an opportunity to give my views
concerning the application of merit
system principles in State Govern-
ment. I do so with pleasure.
“The State of New York was the
first state in the Union to provide,
by constitutional provision, that ap-
pointments and promotions in the
civil service of the State and of its
civil subdivisions, should be made
according to merit and fitness to be
ascertained so far as practicable, after
competitive examinations.
“My experience during the past
twelve years as Attorney General of
the State of New York has con-
vinced me of the wisdom of incor-
porating the merit system in the
basic law of our State. I have so
expressed myself in numerous for-
mal opinions concerning Civil Ser-
vice problems.
“TI believe fully in the merit sys-
tem. It brings efficiency and un-
broken co-ordination to the many
branches of our government. I be-
lieve it should be strengthened and
expanded whenever possible, Under
no circumstances should there be
any evasion of or any attempt to
weaken the merit system provisions
of our Constitution and statute law,
either by subterfuge or direct action.
“Those are my beliefs. I have fol-
lowed them in my public life and
shall continue to do so.”
Candidates For
Governor
SPEAK ON CIVIL SERVICE
The Association of State Civil Service Employees is strictly non-parti-
san. It has been so since its organization thirty-two years ago. It is vitally
concerned with good government and the merit system of civil service.
Invitations were extended to the gubernatorial candidates of the two
major political parties to express their views relative to the merit system.
We are pleased to present their statements as received.
STATEMENT OF
HON. THOMAS E. DEWEY
“Civil Service can be made ever
more beneficial to the public and to
State employees. Our Civil Service
can and must continue to grow and
at the same time provisional and
temporary appointments must be
decreased,
“The purpose of the merit sys-
tem rises far above mere protection
of the employees from the political
spoils system. Of course, that pro-
tection is imperative and will be
maintained, But Civil Service can
do much more. It can provide in-
centives for improved personal ser-
vice.
“We must ever be alert to the po-
sitive advantages of a Civil Service
system that will open avenues of ad-
vancement for ability. Such a sys-
tem will serve the welfare of the
State in two ways. It will give the
public a feeling of greater security
in its public servants. It will give
the public servants a sense of oppor-
tunity, in addition to security, a
sense of partnership with all officials
of the State in contributing to the
welfare of the people.”
October
Why A Local Chapter?
On page 219 and 220 of this issue
appears the explanation of the Asso-
ciation’s proposal to expand service
to members which will be considered
at the Annual Meeting on October
20th. Under this proposal fifty cents
of each member’s annual dues would
be made available to chapters to
finance their necessary activities. It
also recommends the establishment
of departmental chapters in Albany
and local chapters at State institu-
tions and localities throughout the
State, so that the existing forty chap-
ters would be doubled or trebled in
number.
‘The advantages of chapter organ-
izations are obvious, These advan~
tages might well be explained in de-
tail, but as space in this issue does
not permit, the main advantages of
chapter organization are presented
herewith in brief form Chapter or-
ganization
(1) Enables proper representation of
employees at Association meet-
ings through delegates democra-
tically selected by members
themselves,
(2) Makes possible widespread dis-
semination of vital information
to members through local chap-
ter meetings, discussions and
well informed chapter officials,
(3) Enables more efficient handling
of employee grievances and prob-
lems the solution to which must
properly be obtained through
local sources,
(4) Results in more efficient promo-
tion and earlier culmination of
the Association’s program for
improved working conditions
for State employees,
(5) Makes it possible for the State-
wide Association to act more ex-
peditiously when the need re-
quires,
(6) Enables the Association to be
more aware and better informed
of the exact desires of its mem-
bers at all times,
(7) Divides the responsibility and
effort necessary to effective lo-
cal organization among officials
and committees of the chapter,
thereby enabling additional and
improved service to members,
(8) Makes possible to promotion of
worthwhile social, recreational,
educational and cooperative en-
terprises among State workers
in an institution or locality.
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Proposed Maintenance Values
FOR STATE
By Hon. J. Bucktey Bryan
Director of the Budget
On June 3rd of this year, I attended the Annual
Conference of Stewards of mental hygiene institutions
at Letchworth Village, Thiells and, at that time, made
certain generalizations relative to the problem of estab-
lishing the value of maintenance given to employees at
our State institutions.
At that time our survey was just beginning to take
shape and no specific values had been determined. Since
then, the Division of the Budget has spent much time
on this problem. We have investigated the policy and
methods in vogue elsewhere. Precedents have been es-
tablished by the Federal government in connection with
its hospitals and, in certain of the other states values
have been established. The Council of State Govern-
ments, at my request, very kindly consented to conduct
a nation-wide survey which has been recently completed,
and we have found this data of considerable value in
developing our tentative schedules.
On Thursday, September 24th, I was afforded the
opportunity of discussing this very important subject
with the superintendents of mental hygiene institutions
at their quarterly conference in Albany. The schedules
which I presented in connection with housing, and the
values suggested for other items of maintenance, caused
considerable discussion and much valuable constructive
criticism was received.
Bearing in mind that although this Division has
given considerable study to this matter and that the
results which we now tentatively submit are not “picked
out of the air” but based on logical reasoning, consider-
ations of equity and precedent elsewhere, the values
which I here submit are still tentative and represent
something specific to shoot at.
The reaction of the superintendents to these tenta-
tive values indicates that much time must still be spent
in analyzing many of the factors which go to make up
the maintenance picture as a whole. It is not the in-
tention of the Division of the Budget to set such values
arbitrarily. The reason for submitting this data, at this
time, is to stimulate intelligent discussion and to solicit
constructive criticism to the end that inequalities may
be climinated, unique features of location, etc., properly
adjusted, and a fair and equitable pattern of mainte-
nance values established. The values of maintenance
appearing in the following schedule represent the month-
ly charges or deductions to be made from gross Feld-
Hamilton salary, and are dependent upon the quality
and type of quarters assigned to the employee, the na-
ture of the facilities furnished, the number of adults
and children in a family group, and other items of
maintenance furnished at State expense.
A point which should be clearly understood is that
the cash salary after July 1, 1943, will cither be the
same, greater by one increment or further increased
by reason of the fact that items of maintenance formerly
furnished at State expense, such as food from stores,
222
INSTITUTIONAL EMPLOYEES
farm products or services of domestics, will no longer
be furnished by the State after July 1, 1943, but pri-
vately contracted for and purchased by the employee.
Monthly Values of Maintenance for New York State
Institutional Employees
First Quality Second Quality Third Quality
3 hy by so 38
ei be ga Re RE
+a <£ <G IE 16
Rooms:
A—one room. 9.00 10.00 7.50 8.00 6.00
B—two rooms. 13.50 17.50 11.25 14.00 9.00
C—three rooms. 16.50 22.50 13.75 18.00 11.00
acilities:
L—Wash Basin
1.20 2.00 1.00 1.60 80
L-WC—Wash Basin
& WA - 80 240 4.00 2.00 3.20 1.60
P—Bath Room ... 6.00 3.00 5.00 2.50 4.00 2.00
Apts. & Houses, inc.
Bath, heat, light
(no maid service)
T or H—3 rooms.....33.00 19.50 27.50 16,25 22.00 13.00
4 rooms.....39.00 22.50 32.50 18.75 26.00 15.00
5 rooms......45.00 25.50 37.50 21.25 30.00 17.00
Grooms.....51.00 28.50 42.50 23.75 34.00 19.00
7 rooms-+ 57.00 31.50 47.50 26.25 38.00 21.00
Cooking and Refrigeration for Apts. and Houses:
For one or two occupants....... peataenes ADO)
For each additional adult... : suse OO)
For each child a ‘ 50
Employee type meals:
Breakfast... Riedl Beene 6.00
Dinner . cae eter! “10,00
Supper and/or Night Meal... 2 8.00
Staff type meals:
Breakfast sicianes sess 9500
Dinner foes v5.00
Supper and/or Night Meal v2.00
Meals for children under five years No Charge
Meals for children from five to twelve years Half Price
Meals for children twelve years and older... «Full Price
Laundry:
For occupant of room or suite...
For occupant of apartment or house.
Medical Care and Hospitalization Insur
For single employee... ye
For man and wife.....
For family including children
Garages for all but State-owned motor vehicles
Shelter Q
Unheated stall or one car garage.
Heated stall or one car garage ..
For purposes of present maintenance valuation only,
service to be discontinued July 1, 1943.
Food from stores:
For adult .....
For children from five to twelve years.
Farm and garden produce:
For adult
For children from five to twelve years
Domestic service for apartments and houses:
For each assigned employee
Explanation of the Values of Tastitational
Maintenance
The values of all living quarters and facilities are
based on the so-called “Second Quality” (really State-
wide average) values. Living quarters and facilities of
“First Quality” (better than average) are valued 20%
greater than the same type of quarters and facilities in
The State Employee
the basic “Second Quality.” Living quarters and facilities
of “Third Quality” (less than average) are valued 20%,
less than those in “Second Quality.”
The values for all types of living quarters are built
up and accumulated from a common base in a regular
manner.
Rooms:
For private rooms and suites (without housekeeping
facilities) of Second Quality:—
The first room is rated $10.00. The charge for one
room is ......... $10.00
The second room is rated $7.50. The charge for two
rooms is $17.50
The third room is rated $5.00. The charge for three
rooms is $22.50
For shared (two occupants) rooms and suites of
Second Quality:—
$5.00 is added to the private rate, The charge is then
divided between the two occupants. Thus:—
One room private rate $10.00 plus $5.00 equals $15.00.
Divided the charge for one room shared is $7.50.
Two rooms private rate $17.50 plus $5.00 equals
$22.50. Divided the charge for two rooms shared
is $11.25.
Three rooms private rate $22.50 plus $5.00 equals
$27.50 Divided the charge for three rooms shared
is $13.75,
If three or more persons should share a room or
suite, $5.00 is added for each additional person. The
charge is then divided among the number of occupants.
For example:—Three persons occupying two rooms—
Two rooms private rate $17.50 plus $10.00 ($5.00 for
each occupant above basic one) equals $27.50. Divided
among three the charge for two rooms occupied by
three persons is $9.17.
All room and suite rates include: furnishings, heat,
light, general maid service with linen and use of com-
mon bath,
Facilities:
The charge for any facility is added directly to the
room charge. Thus, for a room with a wash basin:
One room private rate $10.00 plus $2.00 (wash basin)
equals $12.00—the amount of the charge.
In shared (two occupants) accommodations, half the
charge for the facility is assessed to each occupant.
Thus, for a two-room suite with bath shared by two.
Two rooms shared rate $11.25 plus $2.50 (half of
$5.00 bathroom) equals $13.75—the amount of the
charge to each occupant.
In cases where three or more occupy a suite the
charges for the facility are pro-rated among the occu-
pants. Thus, for two-room suite with bath used by
three.
Two rooms occupied by three rate $9.17 ($17.50 plus
$10.00, i.e., $27.50 divided by 3) plus $1.67 (one-third
of $5.00) equals $10.84—the amount of the charge to
each of the three occupants.
Apartments and Houses:
All apartments and houses have housekeeping equip-
ment (cooking range, refrigerator, sink) but will not be
provided with maid service, other than that of patients
or inmates under supervision not of an institutional em-
ployee, but of an adult responsible member of the
household.
All apartment and house rates include: furnishings,
heat, light, linen and at least one bathroom.
October
With the addition of the bathroom charge, all apart-
ment and house rates follow the basic pattern outlined
for room and suite rates increasing $5.00 for each room
from the third through the seventh. There is no addi-
tional charge for any room above the seventh.
In the case an apartment or house is occupied by
two or more employees, $5.00 (for Second Quality Liv-
ing Quarters) is added to the private rate for each addi-
tional occupant. The charge is then pro-rated among the
occupants.
Note:
All rates and charges above referred to, including
those for shared and multiple occupied living quarters,
are for “Second Quality” accommodations. First Quali-
ty is 20% more. Third Quality is 20% less.
Cooking and Refrigeration:
The charges, made in this category for the service
rendered, are proportionate to the size of the family.
Meals:
Employee type—The basis for these charges is the
present system of commutation, But, charges for break-
fast, the lightest meal of the day, are reduced 25%. Com-
pensatingly, charges for noonday dinner, the most sub-
stantial meal of the day, are increased 25%.
Staff type—The basis for these charges is a 50%
increase over the employee type of meal—to cover more
diversified menu, food prepared in smaller quantities,
served by waitresses in more pleasant dining-rooms with
linen table service. As for the employee type meals, the
charges for breakfast are reduced 25°; those for noon-
day dinner increased 25%. The total charges represent
more than a 5% reduction to the Non-medical Officers
and a 40 reduction to the Medical Officers from the
present rates of commutation credit.
Note:
It is felt that in institutions, where present meal pat-
terns do not tend to conform to the charges, the service
can be adjusted by administration to the established
values.
Children’s Meals:
The charge for children’s meals, by age groups, in
principle is according to the present method for their
computation,
Laundry:
In all cases, laundry limits should be established at
a departmental conference and these limits submitted
to the Director of the Budget for approval. Institution
heads should see that these limits are reasonably kept to.
Exceptions for official guests are discretionary with the
institution head.
For strictly duty laundry, i.e., uniforms required of
an employee while on duty, no charge is made either
for residents or non-residents.
Non-residents will receive no personal or household
laundry service.
All residents will be provided with personal laundry
service. Exceptions to this rule may be made by the
Superintendent, if the Department establishes that prin-
ciple and it is approved by the Director of the Budget.
The slight increase in the charge for an occupant of
an apartment or house is to cover the household laundry
of the individual.
Children are charged full rate.
Medical Care and Hospitalization:
The service in this category offered to the employee
is not comparable to the limited service offered by any
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association. There is no time limit to the hospitaliza-
tion; special medicines, x-rays and other services are
also included.
This charge should be obligatory for all residents.
First-aid service is not included, but available to all
institution employees free.
The medical service offered does not include outside
specialists, but is restricted to what the individual insti-
tution can offer with the approval of the Superintendent.
Garages:
A charge is to be made for all privately owned cars
garaged or stored on institution grounds.
‘A shelter may be an improvised barn, a self-erected
shack or any other structure not built by or for the
State specifically as a garage.
Heated garages are valued $1.00 above the average
unheated garages.
Special Note:
All charges are made on yearly basis. No reduction
for absence, sick leave or vacation.
For Purposes of Present Maintenance Valuation Only
After careful consideration, it seems best to discon-
tinue certain maintenance items now provided and per-
mit the employees (this concerns practically only the
Officers and the Farm Managers) to satisfy their own
needs in regard to these items, with no reduction from
their gross salaries for the same.
Practically all officers insist that they supplement
their food allowance from stores by outside-institution
purchases either to make up quantity, quality or variety.
It is felt that it would be best if they bought all provi-
sions for their households outside the institution.
Consistently, the distribution of farm and garden
produce would also cease to everyone, including farm
employees.
In the case of domestic servants, many officers (and
their wives) complain that the persons provided here-
tofore by the State are not entirely satisfactory. Again
it is thought that it would be most satisfactory to the
State and to the Officers, if private arrangements were
made for domestic service where desired.
Thus all values established in these last categories are
simply for adjustment of present gross salaries.
The service will cease July 1, 1943.
Final Comment:
If any charges established by these tables appear to
be inequitable to the employee or to the State, written
statement of the case, together with the adjustment or
recommendation, will receive most careful consideration
by the Director of the Budget.
Your Community Chest
GOOD WILL AS USUAL
There are millions of reasons—
as many millions as there are sol-
diers in the armies of the Axis—
why we cannot have business as
usual,
‘There are as many millions of rea-
sons why we can have good-will as
usual as there are champions of the
free way of life. That is why we
face the season of Community
Chests throughout the Nation and
throughout the State with the same
kindly spirit that has always ani-
mated a people united by high con-
cepts of equality and fraternity.
Nothing is more inspiring than
the actual competition among
American communities as to who
will stand first in the intelligent
care of the needy. Some day we will
attack the cause of human needs as
carefully as we now plan to deal
with the causes of human conflict
when the present war is ended. But
while we hope for the day when
there will be a dearth of poverty and
illness, as practical people we know
that there are countless individuals
and families that for one reason or
another are in need today just as
there were like unfortunates twenty
years ago, ten years ago, or one year
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ago. The war has changed things
somewhat economically. It has bet-
tered the lot of many, has not bet-
tered the lot of many others, and
has left the great mass of those who
needed some form of public or pri-
vate aid before the war in the same
or greater need today.
Of course, State employees by
reason of their continuous contact
with citizens of every walk of life
and their active interest in com-
munity welfare, will take a leading
part in Community Chest efforts in
their own communities throughout
the State.
As we go to press, the City of Al-
bany is beginning its annual Chest
Campaign. This year the State Em-
ployee Division is headed by the
popular President of the State Tax
Commission, Carroll E. Mealey. The
Community Chest of previous years
is this year to be known as the War
Chest. Not only will the gifts of
the citizens of Albany to this great
cause go to the thirty-one distinct
charity organizations functioning in
the City and receiving aid from the
Chest each year, but it will also go
to the carrying on of activities of
the U.S.O., the Russian, China, Po-
lish, Dutch, British and five other
groups carrying on worthwhile war
relief. work. This combination of
peace time and war time relief is
really a relief for generous givers as
well, for it will afford convenience
in giving. Instead of thirty-one
peace relief groups and eleven war
relief groups calling upon each citi-
zen with a calamitous waste of ef-
fort, citizens may give to all forty-
two relief groups at once and at the
same time add to the efficiency of re-
lief planning and assure the maxi-
mum of good from all gifts.
Association officers and members
of the Executive Committee urge
State employees throughout the
State to give generously to the united
relief campaigns and unqualifiedly
commends the War Chest campaign
in Albany to the State workers in
the Capitol City.
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The State Employee
Annual Meeting-Oct. 20th
Plans for the Annual Meeting on
October 20th are being made which
will make the session very worth-
while to members generally, to their
elected delegates and to the Associa-
tion as a whole. In the past the
meeting was restricted to the adop-
tion of the Association’s program for
the ensuing year, the submission of
annual reports of officers and stand-
ing committees and the canvassing
of ballots and election of officers and
executive committee members. This
year it is hoped that additional fea-
tures will be added. Panel discus-
sions relative to vital matters, and
departmental delegate conferences
to discuss the problems peculiar to
each department are being planned.
A final program for the annual
meeting has not yet been deter-
mined, but all delegates will be ad-
vised well in advance as to just what
to expect. One panel discussion be-
ing planned will cover the topic,
“Laws, Rules and Regulations Af-
fecting State Employees.” The sub-
jects to be discussed under this topic
might be: Civil Service Procedures
Generally, Title Classification and
Appeals; Service Record Ratings and
Appeals, Workmen’s Compensation
Provisions Affecting State Employ-
ces, Retirement Laws and Rules, In-
service Training Possibilities, etc.
Experts on these various subjects
will be invited to attend as members
of the Panel Board to supervise the
discussion, and an outstanding ex-
pert will be chosen to act as chair-
man.
Arrangements are also being made
so that delegates from mental hy-
giene institutions may meet in con-
ference with the member on the
executive committee from that de-
partment to discuss employee prob-
lems peculiar to that department.
Similar conferences will be arranged
for delegates from correctional insti-
tutions, and health, social welfare
and educational institutions. These
departmental delegate conferences
will enable full understanding of the
employees’ problem on the part of
the delegates and the member of the
executive committee as well, and
should result in the submission of
appropriate proposals at the business
meeting which is scheduled to be
held in the Main Dining Room of
October
the DeWitt Clinton Hotel, at Al-
bany, at 8:00 P. M. on October 20th.
‘The topic of another panel discus-
sion being planned is “Local organ-
ization development and function-
ing.” This conference would afford
a splendid opportunity to each dele-
gate to capitalize on the ideas and
experiences of other delegates and
local chapter officials insofar as the
functioning of local employee or-
ganizations are concerned. The panel
board to supervise this discussion
would be composed of officials of
the most successful Association chap-
ters and local organizations through-
out the State.
The local organization confer-
ence would touch on such matters
as: Model Constitutions and By-
Laws for local organizations, and
method of representation given to
units within the local organization
as well as the division of responsi-
bility among local organization of-
ficers and committees; Stimulation
of Chapter and local organization
growth by proper membership solici-
ting, dissemination of information
to members, promotion of Associa-
tion and chapter programs and the
promotion of social, recreational,
educational, charitable and other co-
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operative enterprises; Handling of
Grievances in a proper manner; Rep-
resentation of the local organization
at Association meetings; and the
procedure for organizing chapters
of the Association and the outstand-
ing advantages due to the existence
of chapters.
Every possible effort is being made
to make the occasion of the Annual
Meeting worthwhile for delegates
and members generally. When the
program for the meeting is finally
determined, delegates and members
generally will be notified of specific
details such as the time, place, etc.,
of the various sessions.
For the Convenience of
State Employees
John P, Hayes, the genial and
well-known Postmaster of Albany,
recently announced that for the con-
venience of New York State em-
ployees located in Albany, he has
arranged it so that postage stamps
may be purchased at the Annex of
the Capitol Station Postoffice located
in the basement of the State Office
Building.
Purchases may be made between
9:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. This ar-
rangement should be of great con-
venience to employees, especially
during the coming holiday season.
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THE STATE EMPLOYEE
Official Publication of
THE ASSOCIATION OF STATE CIVIL
SERVICE EMPLOYEES
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Inc.
Room 156 State Capitol Albany, N. Y.
Editor Harold J. Fisher
Art Editor Roger Stonehouse
Staff Photographer
Walter J. Schoonmaker
Business Manager Joseph D. Lochner
Editorial Board
W. F, McDonough
Ralph D. Fleming ‘A. K. Getman
Arthur S. Hopkins Edward L. Ryan
Association Officers
Harold J. Fisher - - - - - President
Charles L. Campbell - First Vice-President
John Livingstone - Second Vice-President
J.EarlKelly - - Third Vice-President
Earl P. Pfannebecker - - - Treasurer
John T.DeGraff - - - - - Counsel
Janet Macfarlane - - - - Secretary
Joseph D. Lochner - Executive Officer
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Common Cause
The Association of State Civil
Service Employees seeks at all times
to be representative in every way
of the ideals of its members. And
its members are truly representative
of the ideals of America.
America is holding high the torch
of liberty. The liberty it cherishes
was won by unity. Perhaps early
in history small groups of human
beings were first won to unity by
necessity. But the realization that
unity was helpful to progress as well
as to common defense came very
soon in every crisis,
Unity makes all sacrifices endur-
able. The soldier in the hands of the
enemy relies on the unity of his
native land and never despairs of
regaining his liberty. Unity makes
the scrap drive successful. Unity un-
covers each economy to relieve ra-
tioning difficulties.
As unity aids our nation so it
makes our Association strong—
strong to serve. Unity of State em-
ployees in this Association has
brought the merit system to the
highest degree of perfection attained
in any jurisdiction, Other states
look to New York State for the pat-
tern for their civil service laws. They
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look to New York State workers for
the chart and compass of successful
worker organization. The gains
made by the Association in securing
public respect for the merit system
and fundamental changes in civil
service laws have been of the utmost
importance. These gains in estab-
lishing sound principles have
brought with them salary increases
for at least ninety per cent of all
those who work for the State, shorter
hours for the thousands who once
worked twelve hours each day in
our institutions, and a strengthen-
ing of civil service protection both
as to tenure of service and as to re-
tirement rights.
One of the darkest shadows upon
the pages of human progress is that
of disunity. In the early history of
our own country we now read with
amazement, that there were many
serious sectional disagreements. Be-
fore the adoption of the Constitu-
tion, agreement as to State lines,
economic preference, and payment
of taxes presented difficult prob-
lems. We read of troops being sent
by New York State as New Hamp-
shire, New York and Massachusetts
disagreed about the boundaries of
Vermont; of eastern coast traders
differing with Kentucky pioneers
and the threat of the latter to appeal
to foreign powers. The wisdom of
free discussion goes hand in hand
with the wisdom of just decisions.
Decisions must be made. Washing-
ton rose to his greatest height as a
statesman when he worked with
those who were met to save early
America from chaos and anarchy by
the adoption of a uniting Constitu-
tion. There were those prone to de-
featism in those days too, and they
sought by half measures to delay
real unity. Said Washington: “If
to please the people we offer what
we ourselves disapprove, how can
we afterward defend our work? Let
us raise a standard to which the
wise and the honest can repair; the
event is in the hands of God.”
These words have been a guide
to sincere men and women ever
since they were uttered. Those
whom you choose from year to year
to serve State Civil Service Employ-
ees as officers of The Association of
State Civil Service Employees, and
those whom you choose as members
of the Executive Committee, have
to make many decisions on your be-
half. As persons exercising the au-
thority of discretion they follow the
great_moral principle involved in
Washington’s words. ‘They have
made decisions without fear because
they were acting unselfishly, and
those decisions have secured the
maximum of gains possible for all
workers.
This ability to act in unity is one
of the reasons why your Association
stands today as the leading public
employee group in membership and
in accomplishment. ‘This is why
your Association as an Association
of workers in the field of labor-
union activity has withstood all sel-
fish efforts to destroy the unity of
State workers in the interest of
racketeer unionism.
State workers will never be free
from the importunity similar to that
which opposed unity of our beloved
country in Washington’s day. We
workers of the State, through our
chapters and affiliated groups have a
federation of interest and a common
sense view of serving those interests
with wisdom and dignity just as did
the real leaders of the thirteen states,
We are dedicated to making New
York State public service the most
efficient to be found anywhere. We
wish to have and do take a part in
every effort directed toward civic
improvement and citizen welfare.
We will have nothing to do with
“strikes” of any type against the
State. In the welfare of all workers,
we know our own welfare will be
secure,
Can there be any question as to
the need of unity of State workers
in their own State-wide, all-State-
employee organization? Certainly
the answer is an emphatic “NO”!
In our own Association we have
raised “a standard to which the wise
and honest can repair.” Our Asso-
ciation Constitution proudly pro-
claims:
“This Association is organized to
extend and uphold the principle of
The State Employee
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.”
These objectives command loyal-
ty and unity!
A Secret Ballot
It should be pointed out that a
secret ballot process may be used by
members if they prefer in voting for
officers and members of the execu-
tive committee to serve the Associa-
tion during the ensuing year. Such
members need only to omit their
name and number of membership
card on the ballot printed herein.
After the ballot is marked, it may
be placed in a sealed envelope and
the envelope labled “ballot.” This
envelope may then be enclosed in
an outer envelope on which should
be placed the signature of the em-
ployee and the membership card
number.
The right of the employee whose
signature appears on the outer en-
velope is checked at headquarters,
and if satisfactory, the inside sealed
envelope containing the marked bal-
lot is abstracted and placed in a bal-
lot box without being opened. The
inside sealed envelope containing
the ballot is opened only by the
Board of Canvassers at the annual
meeting. It is impossible for the
Board of Canvassers or anyone else
to know who cast the ballot.
It is evident that some means must
be adopted to be sure that ballots of
non-members are not considered.
The above procedure is prescribed
by the Constitution of the Associa-
tion and has worked out successfully
as indicated. Of course, most mem-
bers are not concerned whether or
not their ballots are secret, but, as
indicated, the above procedure can
well be adapted if any member
wishes.
The Front Cover
We take pardonable pride in the
front cover of this month’s issue of
“The State Employee,” and we feel
that you should, also.
For the handsome service flag
that was unfurled in front of the
State Capitol last month, and which
the photographer has done such a
fine job of picturing, actually is more
than a flag. It is a symbol, an acqui-
sition to the Capitol that fairly
October
shouts to the world that the State
employees are in there fighting.
The service flag bears the nu-
merals 3,452, representing the num-
ber of State employees who had
answered their country’s call up to
the time the flag was prepared. But
the State employees aren't stopping
there.
They’re still flocking to the colors,
and it looks as though President
Fisher, or whoever has charge of
such details, shortly will have to
take down the flag and entrust it to
some modern Betsy Ross to bring
the numerals up to date.
The men in the picture, with the
flag as an ideal backdrop, have jus-
tification for their smiles. ‘They're
proud of the emblem, and so are
we all.
Just in case you don’t recognize
the six men in the picture, who were
among the committee that so ably
handled the details attending the
successful unfurling of the flag, they
are, left to right: Thomas C. Stowell
of the State Department of Health;
James J. Mahoney, Secretary to Gov-
ernor Lehman; William F. McDo-
nough, the Committee’s Chairman,
of the Department of Agriculture
and Markets; Association President,
Harold J. Fisher; John J. Bergin,
of the Department of Public Works
and former commander of the
American Legion in Albany Coun-
ty; and Capt. George P. Dutton,
Deputy Superintendent, New York
State Police.
‘The photograph was taken by
William J. Kennedy, cameraman on
the staff of the State Health Depart-
ment.
Truth for Victory
Lieut. Gen. Brehon B. Somervell,
commanding the services of supply,
puts first things first in a masterful
review of our war psychology. The
facts condemn political leadership
for all of the long years since the
last world war. They condemn in-
efficiency in divisions of government
and in individual public servants
during recent years and months.
They emphasize the need for defi-
nite standards of merit and fitness
for public officers and employees—
standards that outlaw political in-
fluences and which would estab-
lish once and for all merit system
principles in the selection of all pub-
lic servants. As we failed in vital
war preparation, so we failed in time
of peace as to the extension of edu-
cational opportunities for literally
millions of our youth, failed to se-
cure economic justice for the major
part of our citizenry; failed to
amend our National Constitution to
provide for the merit system.
We can correct our war failures
and we will do so. We can correct
the other faults later. Will we do
so? An affirmative answer depends
upon a moral and intellectual tri-
umph over selfishness and thought-
lessness among all of our people.
This is the individual citizen’s re-
sponsibility.
We quote from Gen. Somervell’s
talk as carried in the New York
Times of September 29:
“We've lost all our rubber, most
of our tin, our hemp, our silk. We've
lost ships by the hundreds, men by
the thousands. We've lost the free-
dom of the seas.
“We've lost everything except a
smug sense of complacency. And
that’s one thing we've got to lose
and lose fast or else we'll lose our
independence.
“Tt isn’t the Army’s or the Navy’s
war. It is the war of Americans,
everywhere. We have to fight it,
every one of us.
“The armed forces are doing a
great job, but they can’t do the
whole job of saving democracy
alone.
“Your weapons, the weapons of
the people at home, are courage, sac-
rifice, sweat and stout hearts and
steady hands, endless toil and mu-
tual understanding. Your battle line
starts in your own home and
stretches to the end of your field of
daily activity.
“We're all in the same boat, the
rich and poor, the city man and the
farmer, the Republican and the
Democrat, black men and white
men, Protestants, Catholics and
Jews, management and labor. It’s
a good stout boat. It has weathered
many a storm.
“The only way we will win is to
take orders and take them without
reservation or argument. That way
and only that way will we win.
“There’s no room in America for
blocs of any kind. There’s no room
for a farm bloc or a labor bloc or
an industrial bloc, or any other kinds
of bloc except an American bloc.
“Te doesn’t matter who gets credit
for anything. If we win, there will
be enough credit to go around. If
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Calling All Members!
WIN $300.00 IN WAR BONDS
Calling all members of The As-
sociation of State Civil Service Em-
ployees of the State of New York,
Inc.!
Here is your opportunity to win
$300 in War Savings Bonds and at
the same time contribute to the im-
provement in efficiency and opera-
tion of your particular State depart-
ment.
The answer is the “Better Busi-
ness in State Government” contest
sponsored by The Association of
State Civil Service Employees of the
State of New York, Inc.
The Association, striving always
to maintain the highest degree of ef-
ficiency in the functioning of State
government, is proud to announce
its contest. And the State employees
who are its members, it feels, will be
doubly proud to be numbered
among the contestants.
There is nothing involved about
the contest. Perhaps, as you have
gone about your daily duties, an
idea has come to you by which your
own efficiency or that of your fellow
employees could be increased. Per-
haps you have the key to a plan by
which your department or bureau
could function more adequately.
Should you have such an idea,
then by all means enter the contest.
The competition is open to any
member of the association except
the officers, members of the execu-
tive committee or any State em-
ployee selected as a judge.
The Association will award War
Savings Bonds in the face amounts
of $150, $100 and $50 respectively,
for the plans or ideas adjudged first,
second and third.
‘The Association has imposed no
limit on the length of individual
entries, permitting contestants to go
to any length in their manuscripts
necessary to set forth their proposed
plan or idea. Here are the points
upon which entries will be judged:
‘A—Originality; B—Need as indi-
cated by increased efficiency; C—
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Accuracy in setting forth conditions
to be improved; D—Clarity and
completeness of plan.
Prospective contestants are asked
to study carefully the following rules
governing submission of entries in
the contest:
Submit your entry in triplicate to
the office of The Association of State
Civil Service Employees of the State
of New York, Inc., Room 156, State
Capitol at Albany. You must do this
before 5 p.m. (EWT), of December
31, 1942.
You should typewrite only on one
side of the paper in preparing your
manuscript, and should sign your
entry with a nom de plume of your
own choice, Then attach to your
entry a sealed envelope endorsed on
the outside, with the title of your
proposed plan and your nom de
plume.
Inside the envelope you should
place a sheet of paper bearing the
title of your plan, your nom de
plume, your real name, address, de-
partment and position. Take your
manuscript in triplicate, with its ac-
companying envelope, and place
them in a sealed envelope or pack-
age before submitting them at As-
sociation Headquarters. There an
attache of the Association will en-
dorse your entry on the outside, with
the date of its receipt.
No such envelopes or packages
will be opened until after January 1,
1943, and the identities of all con-
testants will be kept secret until after
the judges have announced their de-
cisions. The board of six judges will
include Governor Lehman, the State
Comptroller, the Attorney-General,
the Speaker of the Assembly, a rep-
resentative of the Senate and Harold
J. Fisher, association president.
The winners will be announced,
and prize awards presented, at the
Association’s annual dinner in Al-
bany during the coming winter.
Don’t forget the contest closing
date—5 p.m. of December 31, 1942,
and don’t forget to take advantage
of a not-too-difficult opportunity to
help your department and help your-
self—to a War Savings Bond.
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information and interest.
ployee?
Got A Civil Service Query?
We Think We May Help You
Here, all of you State employees, is a brand new feature which
“The State Employee” will inaugurate with its November issue.
It’s a question and answer column, designed specifically for your
What is puzzling you? Would you like to know something more
about your classification? Your rights and privileges as a State em-
Whatever the question, let’s hear from you. Just mail your ques-
tion to “The Question Box,” Room 156, State Capitol at Albany, and
we'll answer it. Because of space limitations, “The State Employee”
naturally reserves the privilege of answering only questions it deems
pertinent and important to State employees.
Let’s hear from you, and look for the answers to your questions
in the November issue of “The State Employee.”
The State Employee
Important Notice
WITH REFERENCE TO GROUP LIFE INSURANCE OF MEMBERS
ENTERING THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES
The Association has been able to
arrange for those inducted into the
armed forces of the United States on
or after November |, 1942, the privi-
lege of temporary continuance of their
Group Life Insurance for a period not
exceeding 120 days after the date of
induction. Any member entering Mili-
tary or Naval service who desires to
take advantage of this privilege must
so notify the Association, and remit
proper payment, within thirty-one days
from the date he leaves State service.
By doing this and by applying
promptly for National Service Life In-
surance, which can be secured without
medical examination within 120 days
after induction into Military or Naval
service, members can avoid interrup-
tion of their insurance protection.
National Service Life Insurance is
available to all members of the armed
forces in amounts up to $10,000 on the
5-year term plan, at rates approxi-
mating present payments for Group
Life Insurance, and the National Life
Insurance rates are guaranteed for 5
years from the date of issue of the
policy to the individual, regardless of
the war hazard. The Federal Govern-
ment deducts National Service Life
Insurance premiums from military pay.
Upon returning to active State ser-
vice any member can have his Group
Life Insurance reinstated without medi-
cal examination by making application
to the Association within 90 days of
his return.
THE ASSOCIATION OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE
EMPLOYEES OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, INC.
Let’s Hear What You'd Like to
Read in “The State Employee”
It has been set down that variety is
the spice of life, and far be it from the
editor to dispute that point.
Now variety is the substance that
we are endeavoring to furnish you in
THE STATE EMPLOYEE, but just how
wide a variety, quite candidly, is the
problem that is perplexing the editorial
board today.
Let's have your suggestions, State
employees. Just what do you prefer in
THE STATE EMPLOYEE? What would
you like to read in it?
Association members, this is your
publication, and we want you satisfied.
Won't you let us know your views in a
letter to The Editor, THE STATE EM-
PLOYEE, Room 156, State Capitol, at
Albany? Let's hear from you all!
.
October
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Civil Service Notes
By Turopore BECKER
New York State Department of
Civil Service
Military Leaves for W.A.V.E.S.
In a formal opinion rendered Sep-
tember 21, 1942, the Attorney Gen-
eral has ruled that public employees
who engage in active duty as mem-
bers of the women’s organization
known as the W.A.V.ES. will be
performing military service, and
therefore, are entitled to the protec-
tion of Section 246 of the Military
Law. This means that such employ-
ees are entitled to the same manda-
tory leaves of absence for the dura-
tion of their service in the W.A.V.
ES, that are accorded to members of
the W.A.A.C.S. and to the men who
join the army, navy or or marine
corps. In his analysis of the act of
Congress creating the W.A.V.ES.,
the Attorney General stated, “While
restricted to shore duty, it is ex-
pressly provided that the members
of the Women’s Reserve may not
be used to replace civil service per-
sonnel employed in the Naval Es-
tablishment but are to be trained for
duty so as to release male officers
and men of the naval service for
duty at sea, The Act speaks speci
fically of the military authority of
the officers commissioned therein in
limiting such authority to the ad-
ministration of the Wornen’s Re-
serve. The terms of the enactment
leave no doubt that it provides for
a military organization in the naval
service of the United States.”
United States Maritime Service
Public employees who serve in the
United States Maritime Service are
not members of a military organiza-
tion formed for duty in or with the
public armed forces of the United
States, and, therefore, are not en-
titled to the protection of Section
246 of the Military Law. This ruling
was made by the Attorney General
in a formal opinion dated Septem-
ber 21, 1942, which states:
“Under the present Federal pro-
gram for the training of merchant
seamen and the nature of their em-
ployment in the Merchant Marine,
there is no basis upon which they
can be held to be within the exist-
ing restricted application of Section
246 of the Military Law to military
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service. Unless the Merchant Marine
shall be made a part of the Navy or
a naval auxiliary, or shall be other-
wise organized as public military
force, or unless the present scope of
the State Military Law shall be ex-
tended, public employees training
for or engaged in the Merchant Ma-
rine are not entitled to a statutory
leave of absence from their posi-
tions.”
However, public employees who
join the United States Maritime Ser-
vice can be protected in their Civil
Service employment, in the opinion
of the Attorney General.
“Rule XVI, subdivision 1, para-
graph b, of the Rules for the Classi-
fied Civil Service, authorizes the
appointing officer or body, in his
or its discretion and with the ap-
proval of the Budget Director, to
grant a leave of absence, renewable
without return at one year inter-
vals, but not extending beyond six
months after the termination of the
war, to enter the service of the Fed-
eral government, or its associated
powers, or to engage in war indus-
tries for the United States or its as-
sociated powers.
“Tt is understood that during
training cadets of the United States
Maritime Service are paid by the
Federal government. Part of their
training and their subsequent em-
ployment may be on government-
owned as well as private vessels.
Transportation of war supplies on
privately owned vessels is clearly a
war industry. I have no difficulty,
therefore, in concluding that public
employees in training with the Mari-
time Service or serving with the
Merchant Marine will be either in
the service of the Federal govern-
ment or engaged in a war industry
so as to permit them to be granted
a leave of absence under the Civil
Service Rules.”
Civil Service on the Air
Beginning Monday, October 12,
1942, at 6:15 P. M., and continuing
every second Monday, the State
Civil Service Department will con-
duct regular fifteen minute radio
broadcasts over Station W.N.Y.C.,
New York. The programs to be
known as “Civil Service Newcasts,”
will feature talks and interviews
on civil service matters in which
State officials will participate, Plans
have been made for the presenta-
tion of sketches dealing with the
special problems affecting civil ser-
vice applicants, candidates, eligibles,
appointees and employees. The pro-
gram will also consist of current
news topics such as information
about new examinations and new
eligible lists.
Participating in a recent broadcast
on the topic “Review of Civil Ser-
vice Activities in New York State,”
were the following members of the
State Civil Service Department:
Frank H. Densler, Executive Offi-
cer; Charles L. Campbell, Director
of Classification; George R. Hitch-
cock, Secretary to the Commission;
Philip Kerker, Assistant Secretary;
Henry McFarland, Director of the
Municipal Service Bureau; and
Catherine Shanahan, Senior Munici-
pal Research Assistant.
Civil Service Report
The Fifty-ninth Annual Report
of the New York State Civil Ser-
vice Commission has just been pub-
lished. This report traces the his-
torical development of the oldest
State civil service commission dur-
ing almost six decades and draws in-
teresting comparisons between the
conditions at the turn of the cen-
tury and at the present time. For
example, the report shows that in
1900 the staff of the State Civil Ser-
vice Commission numbered fifteen
(including the three commission-
ers), whereas in 1941 its staff con-
sisted of 209 persons, an increase of
1400%. Another interesting feature
is the analysis of the effect of World
War I on civil service examinations.
This discloses that while the num-
ber of open competitive and promo-
tion examinations increased from
193 to 700 in the period from 1914
to 1919, the number of candidates
competing fell from 21,134 to 18,
509 during the same period. It is
unlikely that this trend will be mani-
fested during the present war, in
view of the Civil Service Rules au-
thorizing the making of temporary
war appointments.
THE BULLETIN BOARD
Open Competitive Examinations
Listed below are State positions
for which open competitive exam-
The Stato Employee
inations are scheduled to be held on
November 21. Applications must
be filed by November 6.
Assistant District Health Officer,
Department of Health. Usual salary
range $4,000 to $5,000, No. 4201.
Assistant Research Psychiatrist
(New York State Psychiatric Insti-
tute and Hospital), Department of
Mental Hygiene. Usual salary range
$3,120 to $3,870, No. 4202.
Associate Research Neuropatholo-
gist, Department of Mental Hy-
giene. Usual salary range $5,200 to
$6,450, No. 4203.
Canal Maintenance Foreman (Di-
vision of Canal and Waterways),
Department of Public Works. Usual
salary range $1,800 to $2,300, No.
4204,
Chief, Bureau of Research for
Women in Industry (Division of
Women in Industry and Minimum
Wage, Department of Labor. Usual
salary range $3,500 to $4,375, No.
4205.
Director of Higher Education,
State Education Department. Usual
salary range $5,200 to $6,450, No.
4206.
Labor Relations Examiner (Labor
Relations Board), Department of
Labor. Usual salary range $2,760 to
$3,360, No. 4207.
Medical Social Worker, Depart-
ment of Health. Usual salary range
$1,800 to $2,300 without mainte-
nance, or $1,500 to $2,000 with
maintenance, No. 4208,
Motor Equipment Maintenance
Supervisor (Division of Highways),
Department of Public Works. Usual
salary range $2,400 to $3,000, No.
4209,
Museum Technical _ Assistant
(Taxidermy), State Education De-
partment, No. 4210.
Orthopedic Public Health Nurse
(Division of Public Health Nurs-
ing), Department of Health. Usual
salary range $1,800 to $2,300, No.
4211.
Senior Medical Social Worker, De-
partment of Social Welfare. Usual
salary range $2,760 to $3,360, No.
4213,
Supervising Nurse (Operating
Room), Department of Health, Usu-
al salary range $2,000 to $2,500, No.
4214,
The following are State positions
for which unwritten examinations
October
will be held and for which applica-
tions must be filed by November 20:
Foreman, Blister Rust Control
(Bureau of Forest Pest Control),
Conservation Department. Usual
salary range $4.00 to $6.24 a day,
No. 4216.
Institution Teacher (Child Care),
Department of Correction. Usual
salary range $1,800 to $2,300, No.
4217,
The duties and minimum quali-
fications for this series of examina-
tions are expected to be announced
about October 15. Applications can
be obtained by mail from the State
Department of Civil Service, Al-
bany, New York.
Promotion Eligible Lists. The fol-
lowing are State promotion lists
promulgated recently:
Assistant Budget Examiner (Di-
vision of the Budget), Executive De-
partment, No. 5103.
Assistant Clerk (Albany Office),
Insurance Department, No. 5124.
Assistant Clerk (Albany and New
York Offices, including Albany
Area Office but excluding Welfare
Institutions), Department of Social
Welfare, No. 5106.
Assistant Librarian (Orders),
State Library, Department of Edu-
cation, No. 5148.
Assistant Stenographer, Depart-
ment of Taxation and Finance, No.
3218.
Chief Lock Operator (Division of
Canals and Waterways), Depart-
ment of Public Works, No. 5034.
Head Printing Clerk (Division of
Standards and Purchase), Executive
Department, No. 5093.
Junior Civil Engineer (Bridge
and Grade Separation), Depart-
ment of Public Service, No. 5094,
Radio Physicist (State Institution
for the Study of Malignant Discase),
Department of Health, No. 5119.
Senior Account Clerk (Homer
Folks T. B. Hospital), Department
of Health, No, 5143.
Senior Actuarial Clerk (Albany
Office), Insurance Department, No.
5026.
Senior Clerk (Albany Office), In-
surance Department, No, 5051,
Senior Compensation Clerk (Ro-
chester Office), Department of La-
bor, No. 5027.
Senior Compensation Hearing Rep-
resentative (Upstate Offices), State
Insurance Fund, No. 3252.
Special Attendant — Telephone
Operator (Willard, Hudson River
and Harlem Valley State Hospitals),
Nos. 5120, 5121, and 5122.
No. Pearl St.
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Comm. Osborne Bids Farewell
JOHN T. GIBBS
On to broader fields has gone
Lithgow Osborne, who for nine
years was New York State commis-
sioner of conservation, and in his
place as acting commissioner is John
TT. Gibbs, who for some years was
deputy commissioner.
Mr. Osborne, who has been grant-
ed a leave of absence by Governor
Lehman, went to Washington to
take up a post with the Federal
government's Office of Strategic
Services, a war time unit headed
by Colonel William J. Donovan,
Conservation commissioner since
1933, Mr. Osborne was a secretary
in the United States embassy at Ber-
lin before World War I. He late:
became secretary and charge d’
fairs at Copenhagen, and still later
attended the Peace Conference at
Paris. In granting his leave, Goy-
ernor Lehman told him: “I know
your work is important and will aid
in our national war effort.”
“The State Employee” extends its
greetings and a wish for every suc
cess to Mr. Osborne, and to his suc
cessor, Commissioner Gibbs, who
has been in State service for some
years and was a widely known New
York City newspaperman earlier.
Commissioner Osborne's last of-
ficial communication was typical of
him. It was an open letter addressed
to the Conservation and Sportsmen
of New York State, to whom he said
in (part:
“In saying farewell I should like
nothing better than to attempt to
review the progress in various fields
made in the last ten years in New
York State. Summed up it makes
an impressive record,
“T should like still better to as-
sume credit for that progress. I can-
not do that, in all honesty, for the
lion’s share must go to division and
bureau heads and their assistants.
“Tt is the civil service employees
who are the backbone and guts of
this department. They do the work
and while in theory they may not
establish policy they can influence
policy to an enormous extent. It
would be an extremely stupid com-
missioner who was not largely
guided by their professional advice.
232
BECOMES ACTING
“These civil servants of yours—
as I have known them for nearly
ten years— are personally and offi-
cially honest; they are quite as in-
dustrious as men and women in cor-
responding positions in private busi-
ness; above all they are interested
in and keen on their jobs.
“My advice to you is to trust them
—far more than you are sometimes
inclined to do. That they should al-
ways be right or that you should al-
ways agree with them is of course
unthinkable. But when you disagree
with them you might remember that
they live with the problems of con-
Hon, Joun T. Giezs
Acting Commissioner of
Conservation
servation day in and day out and
the chances are at least ten to one
that they are right and you are
wrong. You may hit on that one
shot; but there are ten chances
against it.
“So long as these specially trained
and selected people have the affairs
of conservation in their hands,
have no fears for the future. Only
when and if we have a Governor
who refuses to uphold the civil ser-
vice law or a Commissioner who
disregards its letter and spirit, will I
begin to worry about this depart-
COMMISSIONER
ment. Until then official conserva-
tion in this State will be in the
hands of its friends.
“As for the conservation organ-
izations—when they do not ride
hobbies or indulge in prejudices or
pursue purely selfish and local ends
(as sometimes, in all frankness, they
do) they are of the greatest help to
the department. Throughout the
State there are enthusiastic and un-
selfish individuals and groups guid-
ing such organizations. To them my
especial thanks go for their aid
and encouragement throughout my
term. It is due to their wise leader-
ship that the past few years have
been relatively free from those sense-
less controversies which have so
often marred conservation history
elsewhere and in other times.
“Governor Lehman has, I am de:
lighted to say, named John Gibbs to
carry on as Acting Commissioner.
No one is better qualified by know
ledge and by ability as an adminis-
trator. His long years of faithful
and unassuming work as Deputy
should have their reward. I know
he will receive the same support,
cooperation and assistance from the
conservation organizations that 1
have always had.
“And so—So long and Good
Luck and Thanks. This nation has
a horrible job on its hands; but don’t
let us ever for a moment forget that
when Hitler and Mussolini have d
appeared in ignominy from the
world they have cursed, the pines
and spruce on Marcy and McIntyre
and Colden will still be green and
will still belong to a free people;
there will still be trout in the Beaver-
kill and the Wiscoy and the Kinder-
hook and grouse on the wooded
hillsides.”
USE THE BALLOTS ON
PAGES 240 AND 241
FILL THEM OUT AND
SEND TO
ASSOCIATION
HEADQUARTERS
The State Employee
PoE CODING Dears. ae
Trust the State Conservation De-
partment to dig up the unusual
stories. Here's the prize one fer-
reted out this month by John L.
Halpin, erstwhile _newspaperman
and now the department's secretary.
One Charles Martin, farmer of
Medina, was hearing a_ strange
noise in his home. The sound ap-
peared to emanate at night from the
children’s room. It sounded like the
ticking of a time bomb, Martin re-
ported, and since he had had trouble
with a hired man, the sabotage
theory looked good to Martin.
Along came Game Protector Mau-
rice O’Brien, and here, according to
Secretary Halpin, is what he found:
A cricket that had taken refuge in
the wall of the children’s bedroom
was what Mr, Martin had been hear-
ing. It was, as Mr. Halpin aptly
described it, a cricket that had
strayed from the hearth.
Can Thanksgiving be far off when
the State Department of Agricul-
ture comes through with the fol-
lowing report: New York State
farmers are raising 428,000 turkeys
this year, an increase of 2 per cent
over the total raised in 1941.
Into the mail during August went
582,546 checks representing unem-
ployment insurance benefits totaling
$8,049,479 for more than 140,000
unemployed workers in New York
State. Industrial | Commissioner
Frieda S. Miller reports the amount
represented a decline of 13 per cent
from July. New York City benefit
payments amounted to 78.7 per cent
of all benefits distributed in the
State, representing a decline from
July of 16.7 per cent and reflecting
a pickup in employment in the
metropolitan area, Commissioner
Miller reports the pickup was due to
the apparel industry's recall of work-
ers for the fall production, and ex-
pansion of labor forces by various
war industries.
Stock company incorporations
continue to decline in New York
State, as is natural in a wartime era.
Secretary of State Michael F, Walsh
reports a total of 613 incorporations
in August. compared with 972 in
August, 1941. Stock company in-
corporations in the State for the
October
first eight months of 1942 totaled
6,306, as against a total of 9,971 for
a similar period in 1941.
Here’s good news for State em-
ployees of the metropolitan area who
like to enjoy duck hunting on Long
Island—
Your favorite sport has been made
possible for you this season, despite
the war, as the result of the joint
efforts of the State Conservation De-
partment and Attorney-General John
J. Bennett, Jr. When it appeared that
duck hunting on Long Island might
be a wartime casualty this year, Act-
ing Conservation Commissioner
John T. Gibbs obtained interviews
with officers of the Army and the
Coast Guard.
Mr. Bennett’s aides sat in, legal
kinks were ironed out and the army
and coast guard let it be known they
would not interfere with duck hunt-
ing on Long Island and on its bays
and inlets. Duck hunters, however,
must live up to the wartime restric-
tions which actually obtain as far
north as the Federal dam at Troy.
The State Department of Labor
received during August preliminary
reports of 97 industrial accidents
that took the lives of 92 male and 5
female workers in New York State.
The department reports the total
was 10 less than the July total, and
19 less than the total reported in
July, 1941.
New York State’s collections from
all taxes administered by the State
Department of Taxation and Fi-
nance ran true to anticipated form
during August. Net collections
from all sources aggregated about
$22,500,000 and were nearly compar-
able to those of August, 1941, ac-
cording to Carroll E. Mealey, presi-
dent of the State Tax Commission.
But, with taxable gasoline sales run-
ning about one-third less than a year
ago, the State’s take in motor fuel
taxes was down more than $2,000,-
000.
The war, while boosting New
York State's costs in many respects,
is reducing expenditures in others,
and today many State departments
may be found turning back into the
treasury unexpended balances of ap-
propriations voted them by the
Legislature. State Comptroller Jo-
seph V. O'Leary reports approxi-
mately $5,400,000 of unspent funds
in last year’s budget is going back
into the treasury, as against $3,800,-
0000 of lapsed, or unused appro-
priations in the previous fiscal year.
Volunteers
State Employees from various de-
partments have volunteered to work
nights on emergency assignments,
where experienced office workers
are needed.
The Volunteer Placement Office
of the Albany City and County War
Council has issued several calls for
help and in no case has the call
gone unheeded. Volunteers have
been called to assist with sugar ra-
tioning at schools, preparation of re-
ports on gas rationing, City Hall,
coding and combining of nurses’
registrations, Department of Educa-
tion, checking and correction of
punched cards at International Busi-
ness Machine Company. Many are
now helping at various schools on
sugar rationing for canning. Em-
ployees from the following depart-
ments have participated in these ac-
tivities: Attorney General’s, Con-
servation, Court of Claims, Educa-
tion, Health, Insurance, Labor Re-
lations, Department of State, Public
Service and Public Works.
Additional calls are anticipated
during the winter, and as the need
for volunteers increases, other de-
partments will be called upon, and
will, we know respond in a like
manner. However, if anyone wishes
to join this volunteer group prior to
a general call on his or her depart-
ment, just send your name, depart-
ment and phone number to. Viola
Zimmer, Department of State, Capi-
tol, who is working with the War
Council on the State Employees Vol-
unteer Service, and to whom calls
for volunteers are made,
State employees who are not pri-
vileged to serve with the armed
forces are indeed proud of their fel-
low employees, now in service as rep-
resented by the flag which hangs
over the front steps of the Capitol,
and will gladly welcome any oppor-
tunity that may come to be of ser-
vice here at home,
233
Group Life Insurance
SPONSORED BY THE ASSOCIATION
By Beuran Bairtey THULL
Chairman, Group Insurance
Committee
In the September issue of “The
State Employee,” our official me-
dium of communication, there was
a factual statement of our Accident
and Sickness Insurance. Here are
the pertinent facts of our Life In-
surance.
The Group Life Insurance Plan
was established June 1, 1939. It is
underwritten by the Travelers In-
surance Co, of Hartford, Connecti-
cut, through its agent, TerBush &
Powell, Inc., 423 State Street, Sche-
nectady, N. Y.
Coverage
The group life insurance plan
pays for death of its members due to
any cause whatsoever. Since the in-
ception of the plan claims have been
paid for natural death, accidental
death, suicide, and one member was
even murdered.
Amount of Insurance
If the member is of the supposedly
stronger sex, namely male, the
amount of insurance is based on the
annual salary in accordance with
the schedule following:
But if the member is a female, the
maximum amount of insurance is
$1,000 if one’s salary is $900 or more
and $500 if one’s salary is less than
$900. Although the different scale
of benefits for male and female em-
ployees may, at first glance, smack
of discrimination, the fact is that the
lesser amounts were decided upon
for female employees after a con-
census of their opinion revealed that
they desired group insurance only
in an amount approximately sufh-
cient to take care of the expense of
the last illness and burial.
For the males the amount of life
insurance increases automatically as
the salary increases. On November
Ist of each year the amount of in-
dividual insurance is increased to the
class above if said person’s salary
has increased during the past year
to the amount required for the next
class. (See above table.) This means
that if your October 30th salary
check is less than your October 15th
salary check, you will know that
your insurance coverage has in-
creased and that you are paying a
little more. However, if on Novem-
ber Ist you are out on sick leave,
your increase coverage will not be-
come effective until you return to
work. That is if you are out sick
through October and November and
then die before returning to work
you will receive your insurance cov-
erage as of October even if an in-
crease in salary made you eligible
for the next class of coverage.
Claims
Claims are usually paid within
twenty-four hours of the time the
Association is notified. We have
what is considered a good death rate,
yet, since the establishment of our
group insurance plan, the company
has paid out more than $630,000 for
claims based on deaths of State em-
ployees,
In the event of death of an insured
member, the following information
must be forwarded at once to the
Association:
(a) Name of deceased member.
(b) Name of attending physician
—if known.
(c) Cause of death, if known.
(d) Date employee last worked
and reason for leaving.
(e) If the beneficiary is known,
evidence that such beneficiary is
Insurance
Class Annual Salary
I Less than $900
I $900 but less than
Tl 1,400 but less than
IV 1,700 but less than
Vv 2,100 but less than
VI 2,700 but less than
Vil 3,500 but less than
Vil 4,500 and over
Amount of
Insurance
$500
$1,400 1,000
1,700 1,500
2,100 2,000
2,700 2,500
3,500 3,000
4,500 “4,000
5,000
234
twenty-one years old helps to facili-
tate the payment of the claim.
No Medical Examination
If you apply for this type of life
insurance within the first three
months of your employment by the
State no medical examination is re-
quired.
If you apply for the Group Life
Insurance within the first three
months of your employment by the
State, no medical examination is re-
quired. Otherwise, the company’s
customary medical examination is
necessary. The fact that you may be
on your three month’s probationary
period has no effect upon your ap-
plication for this insurance.
If application is not made within
the first ninety day period of em-
ployment with the State, customary
medical examination is given with-
out expense to the applicant.
To make application for Life In-
surance under the group plan one
must be actively employed by the
State and also a member of the Asso-
ciation of State Civil Service Em-
ployees or one must become a mem-
ber within ninety days,
Effective Date—Insurance
Certificate
The insurance becomes effective
on the Ist or the 16th of the month
following the first premium deduc-
tion from the salary of the applicant.
A certificate of insurance is issued
by the insurance company and sent
to each member insured under the
plan. Loss of such certificate should
be reported to the Association and
a “Lost Certificate Affidavit” form
will be furnished, which when filled
out and returned to the Association,
will make possible the issuance of a
new certificate.
The Beneficiary
The beneficiary named in the
member's application for the insur-
ance may be changed at the mem-
ber’s request. Change of Beneficiary
Forms will be furnished, and when
filled out and returned to the Asso-
ciation with the Insurance Certifi-
cate, the insurance company will en-
dorse the certificate as to the new
beneficiary and return it to the
member.
The State Employee
Termination of Insurance —
Conversion
The insurance issued under the
group life plan will terminate on the
Ist or 16th of the month next fol-
lowing:
(a) termination of employment
with the State;
(b) withdrawal of payroll deduc-
tion authorization at the member's
request to the State Comptroller, or
by failure to make regular premium
payments;
(c) termination of membership in
the Association;
(d) attainment of age 70.
In the event of termination of in-
surance on account of termination
of employment (or ai
age 70) the group life insurance
may be converted, without medical
examination, to an individual policy
of life insurance at the attained age
rate, into any of the forms custo-
marily issued by The Travelers In-
surance Company, except term in-
surance, provided written applica-
tion is made to the company within
thirty-one days after termination of
employment (or attainment of age
70).
Effect of Retirement
Members of the life insurance
plan, who retire under any retire-
ment system maintained by the State
of New York, may continue in the
plan until attainment of age 70 at
which time his group insurance will
terminate or may be converted as
explained heretofore.
Cost
The Association has a five year
guarantee of rates. - November 1,
1944, marks the end of the five year
guarantee. Without doubt we will
be able to procure as equally good a
rate for the next five years, that is,
unless our death rate takes a great
jump during the next two years. At
present we, as individuals, are doing
pretty well in keeping our death rate
down. The cost of insurance until
November 1, 1944, is based on the
following table:
During Disability Periods
If a member of the life plan be-
comes disabled, he is granted ex-
tended insurance protection without
payment of premiums for a period
equal to the time he was continu-
ously a member of the plan up to a
maximum one year period, at the
end of which his coverage termi-
nates providing premium payments
are not kept up. Or, when disabled,
a member can keep his group insur-
ance by making cash payment of
premiums due to the Association,
and be entitled to continue his insur-
ance as long as he is disabled and
unable to work for gain or profit
but not beyond age 70.
Transfers, Resignations, Leaves of
Absence
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plan is off the State payroll because
of leave of absence without pay, or
is transferring to another depart-
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certain that his insurance protection
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Local Government inN. Y.
CITY STRUCTURE
Cities like the other units of local
government are creations of the
Legislature and subject to its will.
The Legislature is, however, limited
by a number of provisions of the
Constitution. During the last one
hundred years, the quest for satis-
factory and proper city government
has witnessed a changing distribu-
tion of power between the State and
the city unit.
Customarily cities were created by
special charter, Not infrequently the
special charter method resulted in a
vicious type of log-rolling. Legis-
lators were not able to analyze cri-
tically or evaluate properly the terms
of each charter in the light of the
particular situation for which it was
devised. Unprincipled _ politicians
were sometimes able to secure the
passage of a charter which could
easily be misused for private profit.
The later part of the 19th cen-
tury found cities engaged in a period
of frenzied finance. Costs of mu-
nicipal governments were increasing
and the Legislature wished to put a
curb upon the corruption and extra-
vagance which were accompanying
legitimate expenditures. As early as
1846 the Legislature found it neces-
sary to regulate the indebtedness of
local units. Although the Legisla-
ture in 1853 forbade cities from ex-
tending their credit to private cor-
porations, these provisions did not
prevent the Tweed Ring from rais-
ing the debt of the city of New
York from $18,000,000 in 1860 to
$113,000,000 in 1876. Statutory and
constitutional restrictions reached
their peak by the beginning of the
20th century. Since then the home
rule powers of cities have been grad-
ually extended.
New York State has sixty-one
cities. Twenty-one counties include
no cities.
Organization and Structure of
Z Cities
Unlike towns and counties, cities
and villages are expressly author-
ized by constitutional provisions.
The Legislature is vested with the
duty of providing for the organiza-
tion of cities and incorporated vil-
lages, but there is no provision in
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the Constitution providing for any
particular structure or function of
cities generally. The city is a mu-
nicipal corporation relatively inde-
pendent of other local units, al-
though its property is subject to
county taxation.
There is little uniformity in the
structure of the cities of the State.
Forty-three of the cities are operating
under special charters designating
the governmental structure, provid-
ing for officials and employees, and
authorizing specific functions. In
1908 the Second Class Cities Law
provided a uniform charter and or-
ganization for cities of the second
class. A city was of the second class
Appearing on this page is the
last of a series of three articles
dealing with local government
under the authorship of W.
Seward Salisbury, Head of the
Social Studies Department, Os-
wego State Normal School. Dr.
Salisbury from his wide studies
in the field of local and State
government is making a unique
contribution in the present ser-
vices. His clear analysis of the
current trends and issues, his
graphic outlines and his devo-
tion to high standards of citi-
zenship are certain to impress
our readers.
A, K. Getman
Editorial Board Member
if it had a population of between
50,000 and 175,000. Such classifica-
tion of cities was omitted from the
Constitution in 1923 when the
Home Rule Amendment was adopt-
ed, Provisions of the Second Class
Cities Law now apply only to a city
which was of the second class in
1923, and until such provisions are
superseded according to law. Eight
cities were of the second class in
1923. Several have since come under
other forms of municipal organiza-
tion,
A few cities operate under the
Optional City Government Law.
Six cities, including the four largest
—Buffalo, New Rochelle, New
York, Rochester, Sherrill and Syra-
cuse—are operating under home
rule charters. A home rule charter
offers the most local control of mu-
nicipal affairs of any of the city char-
ters available in New York. In ad-
dition to various types of the mayor-
council form of city government,
such forms as the commission plan
and city manager plan are included
in the governments represented
among New York’s sixty-one cities.
‘The General City Law, originally
enacted in 1900, defines various gen-
eral and specific powers granted to
all the cities of the State. In addi-
tion, the General Municipal Law
contains such provisions affecting
the government of cities as the regu-
lation of finance, actions against
public officers, public health and
safety, creation of planning boards
and municipal public utility ser-
“vices.
Powers of Cities Under Home Rule
Amendment
The Home Rule Amendment has
given cities considerable freedom
over the organization and functions
of their government. This Amend-
ment also limits the hitherto unre-
stricted power of the Legislature
over any particular city, The Legis-
lature is specifically prohibited from
acting in relation to the “property,
affairs or government” of any city
in such a way that the law is either
special or local in its terms or its
effects. All such acts must be by
general law which shall be applic-
able to all cities alike. This restric-
tion is not operative against the
Legislature if the proper city au-
thority states an emergency exists
and requests the Legislature to act.
On concurrent action of two-thirds
of the members of each house the
Legislature may enact legislation
that is special in its terms and its
effects.
Through usage and court inter-
pretations “property, affairs or gov-
ernment” which are within the legis-
lative power of the city and be-
yond the scope of special acts of the
State Legislature include such in-
ternal problems as the control of
The State Employee
local officers and employees, and the
incurring of obligations and the dis-
charge of claims against the city,
the management and use of the
city’s streets and property, the
wages, hours of work, and protec-
tion, welfare and safety of persons
employed by any contractor per-
forming work or services for it, and
the government and regulation of
the conduct of its inhabitants and
the protection of their property,
safety, and health; and the owner-
ship and operation of transit facili-
ties.
Legislation which affects the wel-
fare of the general public as well as
the residents of a city or cities is not
“property, affairs or government”
and is therefore no restriction on
the legislative power of the Legis-
lature. The police power of the State
in so far as it deals with the health
of the people of large cities is not
a local affair, The Multiple Dwell-
ing Law is another valid exercise by
the Legislature of its police power
which is not subject to the home
rule restriction. The Legislature is
not subject to the home rule restric-
tion when it confers upon a city the
power to levy an emergency tax for
the relief of its poor and destitute,
when it creates cities and defines
their boundaries, when it grants
franchises, provides for the organi-
zation of courts and the administra-
tion of justice, passes emergency
rent laws, or regulates a retirement
system which includes court and
county employees. The act providing
for the Buffalo Sewage Authority
although local in effect is not sub-
ject to the home rule restriction be-
cause it covers a matter of public
interest affecting the whole State.
The most important acts of a city
legislative body under the home rule
clause must be submitted to the lo-
cal electorate for approval. Certain
other local laws are subject to local
referendum if a petition containing
a specific number of electors is filed
within forty-five days after the adop-
tion of such local laws.
City legislation by local law may
not supersede a State statute if it
removes or raises a limitation on the
amount to which a city may become
indebted or to the amount to be
raised by tax in any one year for
city purposes; affects the mainte-
nance, support or administration of
the educational system; the pension
and retirement system; applies to
any provision of the Labor Law or
October 3
the Workmen’s Compensation Law;
or affects the power of the State
Comptroller to audit municipal ac-
counts or prescribe forms of mu-
nicipal accounts.
The distribution of power be-
tween the cities and the State under
the authority of the Home Rule
Amendment has been a significant
step toward putting the responsi-
bility for the treatment of local prob-
lems in the hands of the municipal-
ity itself. It is difficult to judge
whether the optimum distribution
of powers has been reached since
the problems of city government
are continually in a state of flux.
The most urgent demands of New
York City for more control over
their affairs have been met through
the adoption of the new city charter
and through the amendments to the
Constitution making possible more
complete control by the city over
transportation facilities. The most
frequently voiced criticism of State
control is that which requires a city
to pay salaries, such as those of
court employees who are not in any
way subject to control by the city.
On the other hand many cities
would like to have the State take
over complete control of relief and
education if the State would at the
same time provide all the funds for
the support of these functions.
Current Problems of Cities
During 1941 the national defense
program stimulated an industrial
boom which has helped all of the
cities and most of the villages to re-
duce tax delinquencies, increase
current tax collections, and decrease
welfare costs. It has also lessened the
demands for drastic real property
assessment reduction and has in-
creased property values. On_ the
other hand many cities are faced
with a serious housing problem,
while others are asked to provide
enlarged services for new or ex-
panded industries engaged in the
defense effort. Cities have had to
assume many additional financial
burdens arising out of the require-
ments of the civilian defense pro-
gram.
Most of the cities still have a large
number of aliens on relief who are
not eligible for employment on work
relief projects and whom most in-
dustries will not employ.
During this year sixty-one train-
ing schools and institutes were con-
ducted under the auspices of the
State Conference of Mayors and
other interested groups. These
schools covered a number of areas
of municipal service, including
schools for the police, firemen, sew-
age plant operators, milk inspectors,
municipal electric officials, public
works officials, water plant ope-
rators. City officials recognize they
are obligated to secure the greatest
possible economy in the adminstra-
tion of municipal affairs during the
emergency as their proper function.
New York City
The manner in which the largest,
wealthiest, and most cosmopolitan
city in the world is governed is
closely bound up with the general
welfare of the State as a whole as
well as being of vital concern to
everyone of the city’s inhabitants.
The problems of administrating the
government of New York City are
peculiar to the city alone. The city’s
seven and one-half million popula-
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tion are confined within an area of
about 300 square miles. In addition
the city accommodates a daily tran-
sient population of two millions.
The city has 5,500 miles of streets
which are subject to a daily move-
ment of more than one million
motor vehicles. These streets must
be constantly repaved, cleaned,
lighted, policed and regulated. The
city’s. parks cover approximately
thirty square miles exclusive of park-
ways and playgrounds. One and
one-quarter million children attend
about 800 day and evening schools,
which are maintained and staffed
by 46,000 teachers, custodians, and
employees. The fire department
numbers some 9,000 uniformed and
civil employees. The population
consumes a billion gallons of water
each day conveyed through 4,500
miles of water mains. The police
force numbers about 20,000 mem-
bers, and sanitation service requires
a force of 14,000 men. Thousands of
unemployed and indigent persons
are housed, clothed and fed daily.
Fifty million pounds of foodstuffs
are inspected, moved and disposed
of every twenty-four hours. Thou-
sands of the sick are hospitalized at
city expense in twenty-seven hos-
pitals and millions are treated in the
dispensaries.
‘The city budget runs between six
and seven hundred million dollars.
Before any money may be appro-
priated for services demanded by
the people, the city authorities must
produce well over one hundred mil-
lion dollars to service a debt of over
two billion dollars. Because of prob-
lems peculiar to New York City,
the State Constitution has been sev-
eral times amended to permit the
city to borrow money to engage in
special activities. The city has been
authorized to borrow outside its
debt limit over 600 million dollars
for transit purposes alone. A major
proportion of the State’s housing
funds will probably be employed to
clear some of the New York City’s
60,000 sub-standard tenements.
‘The regular city revenues are de-
rived from its general and perma-
nent power to tax some sixteen bil-
lion dollars of real estate. During
the early days of the depression the
Legislature delegated to the city
temporarily the power to levy a tax
on the gross receipts of utilities, a
tax of two per cent on general sales
and other minor taxes. The receipts
from these taxes were to be used
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for relief purposes only. Aside from
the cigarette tax, these special taxing
powers have been extended each
year since their inauguration.
Government
New York City’s new charter
which went into effect January 1,
1938, embodies the best features of
the recent developments in the sci-
ence of municipal administration,
The mayor is the chief executive
officer invested with ample power to
secure a proper and efficient dis-
charge of governmental services. He
is elected from the city at large for
four years. Various administrative
departments are provided to aid him
in the discharge of his executive
duties. He is empowered to appoint
and, with few exceptions, at pleasure
to remove the heads of such depart-
ments. He is given the right to
veto any legislative action of the
council. His power in the exercise
of such vetoes is subject, however,
to being overridden by a two-thirds
vote of the council. He is a neces-
sary participant in the exercise of
the major financial operations of the
city. He submits the executive bud-
get to the board of estimate and the
council annually, and possesses the
power to veto the budget finally
adopted by these boards. The mayor
fixes the maximum amount of the
capital outlay budget. One of the in-
teresting innovations in the new
charter is the creation of the office
of deputy mayor, who is appointed
by the mayor and to whom the
mayor may delegate any except his
most important functions.
The council is the legislative body
of the city. All municipal legisla-
tion is by local law and may be ini-
tiated only in the council. The coun-
cil is vested with the power to fix
the annual tax rate. The members
of the council are elected by propor-
tional representation from the
boroughs as districts. The number is
indeterminate, there being one for
each 75,000 votes cast. The present
council is composed of twenty-six
members. The council adopts both
the expense and capital budgets of
the city, after approval by the board
of estimate.
The council is presided over by
the president of the council. He is
elected from the city at large for a
term of four years. In the advent
of the absence or death of the mayor,
he succeeds to the office of mayor.
The board of estimate is the gen-
eral governing board of the city. It
is composed of the mayor, comptrol-
ler, and president of the council—
each with three votes; the borough
presidents of Manhattan and Brook-
lyn with two votes each; and the
borough presidents of Queens, Rich-
mond, and the Bronx with one vote
each, It dictates the financial policy
of the city. It approves both the
expense and the capital budgets. It
fixes the salaries of all persons to
be paid from the city treasury where
such salaries are not regulated by
mandatory legislation of the State
Legislature. It authorizes the issu-
ance of city obligations. The board
has general jurisdiction over city-
owned real estate. It grants fran-
chises by resolution. In addition, it
exercises all powers given to the city
which are not specifically assigned
to another city agency. In each of
the five boroughs, a borough presi-
dent is elected for a term of four
years, to administer the internal af-
fairs of the borough. He is a mem-
ber of the board of estimate, but is
not a member of the council. Each
president is a member of all local
improvement boards in his borough.
He has charge of the construction
of public streets and roads and of
crosswalks within the territory cov-
ered by the borough under his juris-
diction. He has charge, also, of pub-
lic baths and comfort stations, of
the laying and relaying of surface
railroad tracks within his borough
and of the placing of signs desig-
nating the names of the various
streets within the borough.
The comptroller is the chief fi-
nancial officer and the general fi-
nancial administrator of the city. He
is elected from the city at large for
a term of four years. He is a mem-
ber of the board of estimate and is
second in importance only to the
mayor. The general functions of the
comptroller are the audit, investi-
gation and criticism of the workings
of the city government.
The city planning commission is
another innovation of the new char-
ter which has attracted a great deal
of attention, In addition to the
usual planning commission function
of preparing a master plan, the com-
mission has been given the respon-
sibility for preparing the annual
capital budget. It is limited in the
preparation of the capital budget
only by the maximum amount set
by the certificate of the mayor. The
commission combines administrative
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The State Employee
Active Part in War Effort
PLAYED BY STATE EMPLOYEES
The advent of October, and its
first chill blast of Autumn frost,
found New York State employees,
in Albany and other communities,
deeply concerned in varied phases
of the war effort.
With the Federal government
prepared to ration fuel oil, and with
prospects that those who burned it
would have to be content with tem-
peratures several degrees lower than
customary, the paramount question
among State employees was whether
the heat would be on—and that
isn’t the vernacular of the under-
world,
On the question of heat for
the cold winter months, how
well were the State’s workers
to fare?
The State had its answer, in the
form of huge piles of coal it had
bought early, with typical far-sight-
edness, against just such an emer-
gency. Few State institutions to-
day employ oil heat, the majority
having coal-fired boilers. Typical
coal-pile was that atop the State-
owned power-house in Albany,
which supplies heat to the Capitol,
State Office Building and Educa-
tion Building. In the open air, vis-
ible to pedestrians on No. Hawk
Street viaduct high above it, the
coal pile is worthwhile insurance,
according to John J. McNulty, State
superintendent of public buildings,
who ordered it stacked there. The
coal is Buckwheat No. 1,
Another side of the wartime
picture was the State emoloy-
ees’ participation in the “Share-
‘The-Ride” program and other
plans designed toward the pa-
triotic goal of tire and gasoline
conservation.
“Share-the-Ride” was on thou-
sands of lips as summer gave way to
Fall and the average State worker
eyed the problem of getting to work
in the trying days to come. On hun-
dreds of automobile windshields
about State buldings and institutions
were pasted the red, white and blue
stickers distributed by the various
local War Councils and reading:
“Double Up to Save Gas and Rub-
ber! I Don’t Drive to Work Alone!”
October
It was a patriotic slogan, and
typical of the fine spirit displayed by
the average State employee in this
era of limited and not-too-comfort-
able transportation facilities.
The State, meanwhile, leased 40,-
000 square feet of floor space in
an Albany garage building as one of
its first steps in storing many State-
owned automobiles, the majority for
the duration.
Mr, McNulty, in closing the lease
on behalf of the State Automotive
Rationing Committee, announced
that approximately 300 cars would
be stored and a small repair shop
installed. Under the plan devised by
the State’s own committee on auto-
mobile pooling, _ State-employed
chauffeurs will work out of the new
garage, taking turns at operating
State-owned cars called for by State
officials on official business.
Among the cars now in charge
of the Rationing Committee is the
No. 2 car that had been for some
years at Governor Herbert H. Leh-
man’s disposal. He turned it over to
the committee recently, retaining
only his No. 1 car for official State
business.
Not to be outdone, Governor Leh-
man’s brother, Chief Judge Irving
Lehman of the Court of Appeals,
turned over to the State his privately-
owned automobile, a late model in
excellent mechanical condition with
good tires.
October’s dawning found yet
another side to the wartime pic-
ture as it concerned the average
State employee—his keenness
in keeping abreast with patri-
otic appeals of the day, typical
of which was the call for or-
chard assistance.
For the benefit of those unfamiliar
with the background of the harvest
situation as it exists in the State to-
day, here it is, briefly:
The wartime combination of Se-
lective Service and the lure of higher
wages in war production industries
virtually stripped the State’s farmers
and fruit growers of labor as the
year’s most important season—the
harvest time—approached.
The farmers, eyeing a bumper
crop, sounded an emergency call for
assistance. Among the first to hear
it, and respond to it, were the State
employees. Many an employee spent
healthful week-ends recently aiding
farmers in the harvest, thereby ac-
quiring suntans and evincing their
patriotism at the same time, But
the best part of the story is yet to
be told—
The State Department of Agricul-
ture and Markets felt it was so im-
portant to harvest the State’s apple
crop, it announced employees would
be granted time off to go to the aid
of fruit growers,
First test of this innovation in
State service took place near Al-
bany, with a dozen men and women
employees signing up with David
Chambers, assistant director of the
Bureau of Food Control. Oddly,
one of the fruit farms toward which
they headed on their patriotic mis-
sion is owned by Peter G, Ten Eyck,
who for years was the State's agri-
cultural commissioner.
The United States Employment
Service in Albany listed employees
of the Claims Bureau, Division of
Placement and Unemployment In-
surance, on the honor roll for hay-
ing answered the earliest call for
week-end harvesting of farm crops.
Yet another side of the war-
time picture as it affected the
average State employee was his
activity in volunteer capacity in
wartime emergency services,
Typical was the comment from
officials of the First Flight Com-
mand, which handles reports from
volunteer airplane spotters posted in
a wide area about Albany. Officers
there said State employees from vari-
ous departments in Albany are
among their most active and trusted
aids.
All these things the average State
employee finds time to do these
days, in addition to fighting for his
country, training with the WAAC’s,
as several young ladies from various
State bureaus already have done,
and, last but not least, performing
that other patriotic gesture of buy-
ing War Savings Bonds.
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Please vote only for Member on Executive Committee to rep-
resent the department in which you are employed. To vote
for regular nominee place check mark in box opposite name.
‘To vote for other than regular nominee. place name of repre-
sentative desired on blank line provided directly under name
of regular nominee.
Check Member
[ W. F. McDONOUGH
Department
Agriculture and Markets
oO BENJAMIN F. NEWELL.
Audit and Control
Banking
Oo ELIZABETH E. STALEY
1a "ARTHUR S. HOPKINS
(a HARRY FRITZ
Education
Ly Wayne W.SOPER
[el CHARLES H. FOSTER Executive
Health
[J CLirrorD c. sHoRo
{dl HARRY S. DEEVEY Insurance
CHRISTOPHER J. FEE Labor =a
"ARTHUR J. EISENBERG — Labor
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Law
5} FRANCIS C. MAHER
ja PATRICK McCORMACK — Mental Hygiene
Public Service
LD Wittiam HUNT
(El EDWARD J. RAMER Public Works
oO JESSE MacFARLAND Social Welfare
(| HAROLD J. FISHER State
JOHN A. CROMIE
|*"LAWRENCE EPSTEIN
Taxation and Finance
Taxation and Finance
* Independent nomination
This ballot must be delivered or mailed so as to reach
Association Headquarters, Room 156, State Capitol, Albany,
N.Y,, or the place of the Annual Meeting, before 8 P. M.,
October 20, 1942,
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
ELECTION
In order to carry out fully the intent
of the Constitution of the Association to
have the Association truly representa-
tive of the wishes of its members, oppor-
tunity must exist for each member of
the Association to choose by ballot the
representative of his or her respective
department on the Executive Commit-
tee. The Association's Constitution pro-
vides that in cases where the members
within a department fail to elect a rep-
resentative for the Executive Committee,
the Executive Committee is empowered
to make a selection.
It is important that members within a
department elect directly their represen-
tative on the Executive Committee and
thus enable the Association to function
democratically in a complete sense.
The success of the Association depends
to a great degree upon the personnel of
the Executive Committee.
Numerous meetings of the Executive
Committee are called during the year,
and many on brief notice, when imme-
diate action on important issues involv-
ing Association action is necessary.
Members of the Association through-
out the State are urged to keep in close
contact with the Executive Committee
member elected for their respective de-
partments, so that such Executive Com-
mittee member may be familiar at all
times with the problems of the employ-
ees of the department he represents.
The ballot on this page contains the
candidates selected by the Nominating
Committee and Independent Nomina-
tions submitted in accordance with the
provisions of the Association's Constitu-
tion. Blank space is provided to write
in the name of any other representative
desired.
Envelopes containing ballots should
be marked “Ballot and should bear
signature or membership card number
of member. (See Editorial, this issue.)
It is important that you use your right
to vote for a representative of your de-
partment on the Executive Committee.
Detach the ballot provided, fill it out,
and send it to Association Headquar-
ters, Room 156, State Capitol, Albany.
TODAY.
The State Employee
ANNUAL ELECTION OF OFFICERS
The Annual Election of Officers of the Association for the year beginning October 20, 1942, will
occur on that date and will be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution quoted
below:
“ARTICLE VI, 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,’
and such envelope or ballots shall also bear the signature of the member and the name of the department in which he
is employed."
"ARTICLE VI, SECTION 4. The Executive Committee shall appoint a Board of Canvassers of at least three mom-
bers of the Association to determine the validity of nominating petitions and to count the ballots. The persons receiving
the greatest number of votes for the respective offices or positions shall be duly elected for the ensuing year. Any person
whose name is printed on the ballot may be present during the canvass of the ballots. In case of a tie vote, a new ballot
shall be taken under rules established by the Executive Committee."
The officers to be chosen are: President, First, Second and Third Vice-Presidents, Secretary and
Treasurer.
The Nominating Committee, selected at a meeting of the Executive Committee, consisted of:
William F. McDonough, Chairman, Mrs. Beulah Bailey Thull, and John A. Cromie. The candidates for
the various offices printed in the Official Ballot below, are those submitted by the Nominating Commit
tee chosen under the following provisions of the Constitution.
“ARTICLE VI, SECTION 1. A Nominating Committee shall be appointed by the Executive Committee at least ninety
days prior to the date of the Annual Meeting, and such Nominating Committee, after giving full consideration to all facts
or petitions 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.”
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 allots shall be marked “Ballot'’, and shall also
bear the signature of the member and the name of the department in which he is employed.
Members are urged to exercise their voting power (see editorial).
(DETACH ALONG THIS LINE)
The Association of State Civil Service Employees
of the State of New York, Inc.
OFFICIAL BALLOT — ANNUAL ELECTION — OCTOBER 20, 1942
To vote for regular nominee, place check in box opposite name. To vote for other
than regular nominee, place name of officer desired on blank line provided.
Check
For President: HAROLD J. FISHER
For President: SR ANSE $a ES
CIIARLES L. CAMPBELL
For First Vice-Presiden
For First Vice-President:
For Second Vice-President: JOHN L. LIVINGSTONE
For Second Vice-President
For Third Vice-President: J. EARL KELLY
For Third Vice-President: Ue
For Secretary: JANET MACFARLANE
For Secretary: ee ‘
For Treasurer: EARL P. PFANNEBECKER
For Treasurer: —
The Constitution of the Association provides that when the Annual Meeting is not actually con-
vened, Association Headquarters will be open to receive properly prepared ballots either by mail
or in person from any eligible member of the Association. This ballot therefore must be delivered
or mailed so as to reach Association Headquarters, Room 156. State Capitol, Albany, N. Y., or the
place of the Annual Meeting, before 8:00 P. M., October 20, 1942.
SDT
Membership Card No. ————_____—
Name.
October 241
What State Civil Service Is...
Like the gentleman who while
visiting a large metropolis for the
first time remarked that the build-
ings were so high he couldn’t see the
city, many State civil service employ-
ees who are affected day in and day
out by Civil Service Laws, Rules
and Regulations have informed
themselves only sketchily as to their
rights and privileges thereunder.
“What the State Civil Service Is”
constitutes Section III of the Asso-
ciation Representatives’ Handbook
which is now being prepared by a
special committee appointed by
President Fisher headed by Charles
H. Foster, the Association’s execu-
tive committee member from the
Executive Department.
As explained in the last issue of
this magazine in which was con-
tained Section VII—“The Feld-
Hamilton Salary Career Plan,” in
order to give widespread circulation
of contents of the handbook, it is
planned to print sections of it in
future issues of “The State Em-
ployee.” The Association deems it
imperative that Association repre-
sentatives and members generally
be acquainted with their rights and
privileges under the Civil Service,
Workmen’s Compensation, Retire-
ment, Labor and other laws and
regulations,
The special committee is working
hard preparing the handbook and
it is hoped that copies of a tentative
draft will be available for distribu-
tion to representatives of the Asso-
ciation and Chapter delegates at the
Annual Meeting on October 20th.
Many inquiries are received daily
at Association Headquarters _per-
sonally and through the mails from
State employees, the answers to
which are contained in the follow-
ing article on “What the State Civil
Service Is.” Inquiries as to trans-
fers, promotions, demotions, rein-
statements, etc., are received daily.
It is assumed that because of the
broad scope of the provosed hand-
book, and the probability that the
finished product will be of consider-
able size, that copies cannot be made
available for all of the Association’s
35,000 members throughout the
State. It will be distributed to chap-
ter officials, representatives of the
Association, and generally enough to
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be available for reference in all State
offices, departments and institutions.
If members retain the September
issue, this issue and future issues of
“The State Employee,” they will
have the information to be con-
tained in the handbook available for
ready reference at all times.
A tentative draft of Section IIT of
the Representatives’ Handbook fol-
lows:
Association Representatives’
Handbook
Section TIT
WHAT THE STATE CIVIL
SERVICE IS
A. Jurisdictional Classification
The duties classification of posi-
tions is the process of finding out,
by obtaining and analyzing facts
‘on an objective basis, what different
kinds of positions there are in the
State service.
The Classification Board in the
Civil Service Department, which re-
ports to the Civil Service Commis-
sion, is responsible for the admin-
istration of the classification aspects
of the civil service system.
The duties classification plan is
the basis upon which the Civil Ser-
vice Commission determines how
positions shall be filled. This deter-
mination of whether the position
falls in the competitive, non-com-
petitive or exempt class is known as
jurisdictional classification,
1. The Unclassified Service is
fixed by law and includes all elec-
tive and legislative officers, election
officials, the head or heads of any
department, superintendents, prin-
cipals, and teachers in the public
schools, and others enumerated in
Section 9 of the Civil Service Law.
2. The Classified Service includes
all officers and employees who are
not in the unclassified service and
is divided into the competitive, non-
competitive, exempt classes. In ad-
dition, there is the labor class in
cities.
(a) The Competitive Class in-
cludes all positions for which it is
practicable to hold competitive ex-
aminations, and it is the only class
of positions which gives civil ser-
vice tenure to its employees.
(b) The Non-Competitive Class
includes those positions for which it
is practicable to examine, but not
‘on a competitive basis. The qualify-
ing examination may be written,
oral, or any other suitable test. All
such positions must be enumerated
in the rules of the Civil Service.
(See Rule XVIII).
(c) The Exempt Class includes
positions for which competitive or
non-competitive examinations are
not practicable. This class includes
deputies and secretaries of principal
executive officers as authorized by
law, certain judicial clerks, and un-
skilled and certain skilled labor po-
sitions. No position may be in the
exempt class unless it is described
in Section 13 of the Civil Service
Law or named specifically in the
Rules of the Civil Service Commis-
sion. See Rule V and Regulation
XI.
B. Appointment or Filling Positions
1, Permanent Appointments
(a) Competitive Positions. ‘The
Civil Service Law and Rules require
that appointments to competitive po-
sitions shall be made from one of
the highest three acceptances on an
appropriate eligible list. If the list
certified contains fewer than three
names, the appointing authority may
(1) appoint from the list certi-
fied; or
(2) request that a new exam-
ination be held.
The eligible list certified by the
Civil Service Commission is can-
vassed by the appointing authority
by sending each eligible an inquiry
as to his willingness to accept em-
ployment. The suggested letter of
canvass shows the information
which must be given the eligible.
Any special conditions of employ-
ment are also included. An eligible
must reply in writing within four
business days or within twenty-four
hours if canvassed by telegram.
These replies must be returned to
the Civil Service Commission when
the appointing officer reports on the
canvass of the list.
Practically every original appoint-
ment to a position in the competi-
tive class is for a probationary term
of three months, However, some po-
sitions require probationary terms of
six months, and the probationary
period for hospital attendant is one
to three months. The appointment
becomes permanent upon the reten-
The State Employee
tion of the probationer after the end
of the probationary term. If the
conduct, capacity or fitness of the
probationer is not satisfactory, his
services may be discontinued at the
end of the probationary term by
notifying him and reporting to the
Civil Service Commission. If the ap-
pointing authority desires to ter-
minate the employment of a pro-
bationer before the end of the pro-
bationary term, the regular removal
procedure must be followed.
(b) Non-Competitive Positions. It
is not necessary to request the cer-
tification of an eligible list to fill a
non-competitive position, The ap-
pointing authority nominates a per-
son for appointment to a non-com-
petitive position. In addition, the
nominee must complete an applica-
tion to be forwarded to the Civil
Service Commission. The Civil Ser-
vice Commission qualifies or rejects
the nominee on the basis of the in-
formation contained in the applica-
tion and such additional qualifying
tests are deemed necessary.
(c) Exempt Positions. In the ab-
sence of special statutory require-
ments for holding a particular ex-
empt class position, the appointing
officer has a free hand in selecting
incumbents of such positions. No
prior approval of the Civil Service
Commission is necessary. Forms,
however, must be filed to cover each
exempt appointment in order that
the Civil Service Commission may
have complete information for its
official roster.
2, Emergency Appointments
(a) Provisional Appointments.
Whenever there is no appropriate
eligible list available, and there are
urgent reasons for filling a vacancy
in the competitive class, the appoint-
ing officer may nominate a person
for provisional appointment. If the
Civil Service Commission finds the
nominee qualified after non-compe-
titive examination, it will approve
his provisional employment.
Permanent appointments to posi-
tions held by provisional employees
are made from an appropriate elig-
ible list as soon as it is available.
Such appointments are made accord-
ing to the regular civil service pro-
cedure of selection from one of the
three highest on this list. It is not
necessary that the provisional em-
ployee be appointed permanently
even though he qualifies among the
three highest on the list.
Provisional appointments do not
continue for longer than twenty
days after the establishment of the
eligible list. This twenty day period
is allowed in order that work shall
not be interrupted while canvassing
the eligible list and making a per-
manent appointment.
(b) Temporary Appointments
(1) Twenty Day Appointments.
In some cases, a twenty day period
may be necessary for an appointing
authority to complete the canvass of
an eligible list before appointment
can be made. Pending such canvass,
an appointing authority may select
any person he desires to serve for a
temporary period not to exceed
twenty days.
(2) One Month Appointments.
Any person on an appropriate cli
ible list without regard to his stand-
ing on the list may be appointed for
a temporary period not to exceed
one month,
(3) Leave of Absence, Temporary
Appointments. When an employee
is on leave of absence, a temporary
appointment may be made for the
duration of such leave not to exceed
one year. Such temporary appoint-
ment must be made from one of the
first three on an appropriate eligible
list who are willing to accept such
appointment.
(4) Six Month Appointments. A
temporary appointment may be
made for a period not exceeding six
months, if approved by the Civil
Service Commission. To obtain this
approval, it is necessary to satisfy
the Commission that the position
will not continue for a longer period,
Such appointment must be made
from one of the first three on an
appropriate eligible list who are will-
ing to accept such temporary em-
ployment.
The Civil Service Commission
must be notified of each emergency
appointment. Successive emergency
appointments will not be allowed to
the same position,
(c) Temporary “Substitute” Ap-
pointments to Fill Vacancies Result-
ing from Military Leaves of Absence.
Whenever a permanent State em-
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ployee is called into military service,
he is granted a leave for the dura-
tion of his military service, and any
appointment to fill such a vacancy
must be on a temporary basis and is
known as a “substitute” appoint-
ment.
‘An employee who is appointed as
a “substitute appointee” must be
granted a leave of absence from his
permanent position for the duration
of his “substitute” appointment.
Appointments to fill vacancies
caused by military leaves and substi-
tute appointments must be made in
the following order of priority:
(1) From an appropriate preferred
list
(2) From an appropriate promotion
list
(3) If none of the above lists are
available, but there is an appro-
priate open competitive list, the
appointing officer may either;
a. Use the open competitive list;
or
b. Nominate persons in the de-
partment in the direct pro-
motional line for non-compe-
titive examinations.
(4) In the absence of any of the
above possibilities for appoint-
ment, the appointing officer
may nominate a person, who
may be appointed if found
qualified by the Commission
75 Years’ Service
John L. Livingstone, President of the Hudson River State Hospital Em-
Gites le
ployees’ Association, and Vice-President of The Association of State Civil
Service Employees, bids farewell to two fellow employees who are retiring
after together rendering seventy-five years service to the State. In the center
is Julia A. Mannix, who has been employd as a nurse at Hudson River State
Hospital for thirty-three years and ten months; and at the right is Mary A.
Gallagher, who was employed as a bookkeeper in the steward’s office for
forty-one years.
‘The two retiring association members were given a farewell party by the
Association on September 21st. Among those who participated in the brief
program of testimonials and songs were the Rev. Charles F. Schmidt, Mrs.
Emma D. Hanlon, Andrew J. Delaney, Steward, Dr. Wirt C. Groom,
First Assistant Physician, and John L. Livingstone. War bonds and Stamps
were presented as farewell tokens by Mr. Livingstone, on behalf of the
Association.
The committee on arrangements included Mr. Livingstone, Louis I.
Garrison, August Eitzen, Mrs. Elizabeth V. Ryan and Mary E. Belton.
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after a non-competitive exami-
nation.
Such a “substitute” appointee
once appointed may continue in that
position for the remainder of the in-
cumbent’s leave, even though appro-
priate eligible lists are subsequently
established or become available. See
Rule VIII-12.
(d) Temporary War Appoint-
ments, Whenever it appears imprac-
ticable because of war conditions to
fill positions on a permanent basis,
the Civil Service Commission may
authorize appointments on a tem-
porary basis not to exceed a period
of six months beyond the termina-
tion of the war; but such authoriza-
tions shall be granted only in cases
where positions require special phys-
ical, technical or educational quali-
fications and in each specific case
by special resolution of the Commis-
sion. Every such appointment shall
be designated as a temporary war
appointment and shall be made,
whenever practicable, by appoint-
ment from an appropriate eligible
list as listed in “c” above. In the
absence, however, of an appropriate
eligible list, a temporary war ap-
pointment may be made by the se-
lection of a person nominated by the
appointing officer and found quali-
fied by the Commission after non-
competitive examination. See Rule
VIIA.
3. Rights of Transfer. A compe
titive employee, after completing his
probationary term of service, may
be transferred from his position in
one department, agency or institu-
tion to a similar position in the same
or lower grade in another depart-
ment, agency or institution.
A transfer may be made only with
the mutual consent of the appoint-
ing officers involved.
A transfer may be allowed only
when it is impracticable to fill the
vacancy by promotion,
An employee may not be trans-
ferred to a position for which the
qualifications or tests are essentially
different from or higher than those
required for original entrance to the
position ‘held by the transferee.
Therefore, a transfer in itself must
not include a promotion in title or
salary grade, unless the appointee is
reachable for appointment from an
eligible list for the higher grade po-
sition, (Rule XV, Subdivision 3).
4, Reinstatement. An employee
who has been separated from the
service through resignation and
The State Employee
through no delinquency or miscon-
duct on his part, may be reinstated
within one year, without examina-
tion, to a vacancy in a similar posi-
tion in the same or lower grade if
such a position is or becomes vacant,
5. Promotion
(a) Priority of Promotion List.
All vacant positions in the competi-
tive class above the lowest grade in
any office, department or institution
must be filled, so far as practicable,
by promotion. Appointment to such
a position from an open competitive
list shall be allowed only when the
Commission finds it is impracticable
to establish and to appoint from the
promotion list.
(b) Qualifications to Take Promo-
tion Examinations. (1)Person must
have been continuously employed in
a position on a permanent basis, for
six months or over. The duties of his
position must be such that they
would naturally and properly fit him
to perform the duties of a higher
position, (2) Promotion is ordinarily
limited to employees in established
promotion units. These promotion
units may be a section, a bureau,
an institution or an entire depart-
ment, The units are established in
advance by the Civil Service Com
mission in cooperation with the de-
partment appointing officers.
(c) Necessity of a Competitive
Promotional Examination. If more
than three persons are eligible for
a promotion, a competitive exam-
ination must be announced, If three
or fewer eligibles file applications,
a competitive examination need not
be required. In such case, the ap-
pointing officer may nominate one
of the three applicants for non-com-
petitive examination. If such no-
minee has qualified in an examina-
tion of an equivalent character, he
need not be required to take an ex-
amination. Otherwise, he must be
given a non-competitive examina-
tion. Where a promotion does not
involve a change in duties, but only
an increase in salary, the nominee
need not take an examination to
establish his qualifications.
(d) No Probationary Period Re-
quired for Promotees. The Civil Ser-
vice Commission does not require a
probationary period for promoted
employees.
(c) Disabled Veterans’ Preference.
Disabled veterans who successfully
pass a promotion examination must
be appointed before any other suc-
October
cessful candidates can be appointed.
6. Demotions
(a) Disciplinary. Under Section
22, Subdivision 2 of the Civil Ser-
vice Law, an employee who is
proved incompetent or guilty of mis-
conduct may be demoted. Under
Section 22, Subdivision 3, the de-
moted employee may appeal the ac-
tion either to the Civil Service Com-
mission or to proper State Courts in
accordance with Article 78 of the
Civil Practice Act.
(b) Resulting from Abolition of
Position. Demotions must be made
in the inverse order of original ap-
pointment in the service. A person
so demoted has his name placed on
a preferred list for appointment to
the position or any other position
similar to the one which was
abolished.
A person so demoted may be re-
stored without examination to the
position he formerly held if it is re-
established and does not have a sub-
stantial change in duties.
A demote shall be given the sal-
ary in the lower position correspond-
ing with his years of service in the
higher position, if it is available.
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Local Activities
H.R. S. H. Meeting
At the Annual Meeting of the
Hudson River State Hospital Em-
ployees’ Association on Wednesday,
September 16th, John Livingstone,
Louis I. Garrison and August Eitzen
were reelected President, Vice-Presi-
dent and Secretary-Treasurer, re-
spectively, for the ensuing year. The
Nominating Committee consisted of
G. Carleton Nuhn, Chairman;
Donald S. Holden, Elizabeth V.
Ryan, George W. Magee, Charles
Veith, and John J. O'Donnell. The
Board of Canvassers consisted of Mr.
Nuhn, Miss Ryan and Walter H.
Cook. Tellers were: Karl P. H.
Wilson, Arthur Roy and Victor
Burgiel,
The Treasurer’s Report was sub-
mitted by August Eitzen and ac-
cepted. The auditing committee,
which audited and approved the
books of the Association consisted
of Marguerite T. Smith, Raymond
A. Joyce, Marguerite Walter and
Patrick Mucci.
The program for the ensuing year
as adopted by the Association of
Employees of the State Department
of Mental Hygiene was approved
(this program is carried on another
page of this issue) and the addi-
tional matters were acted upon.
‘That all men or women in the mili-
tary service not receiving differen-
tial pay from the State need not pay
up any back contributions into the
retirement system for the time that
they may be in military services dur-
ing the war period and still receive
credit for their service; that employ-
ees be permitted to retire after thirty
years service regardless of age. Also
yoted was a resolution of apprecia-
tion to the superintendent of the
institution, Dr. John R. Ross, and
Steward Andrew J. Delaney for
their cooperation and consideration
of all employee matters.
Dr. Ross suggested that a lending
library be installed at the institution
for the benefit of the employees,
the library to be supported by the
employees’ Association, The em-
ployees will be circulated on this
matter by the Association.
At the conclusion of the business
meeting, a motion picture, “Mad
Miss Manton,” was shown through
the courtesy of Dr. Ross by Guy
deCordova.
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Albion Chapter
Secretary Enters Military
Service
Miss Eleanor L. McGaffick, retir-
ing Secretary of the Albion Chap-
ter of the Association has recently
left for training in the Women’s
Miss Eveanor L. McGarrick
(Photo by Poughkeepsie New Yorker)
Auxiliary Corps, located in Des
Moines, Iowa. She was presented
with a suitable parting gift by the
members of the Chapter, which
voted to carry her name on its active
membership rolls for the duration.
Another member of the Chapter,
Douglas Hayes, left Albion State
Training School on September 21st
for Fort Niagara for active military
training. He was presented with a
watch by his fellow employees.
New Superintendent
News from our Elmira Chapter
indicates that members of that Chap-
ter are elated over the appointment
of Thomas J. Hanlon, who gave
faithful service to Elmira Reform-
atory. as Guard, Sergeant and Assis-
tant Superintendent for the past
twenty-two years, as Superintendent
of the State Institution for Mentally
Defective Delinquent Males at Na-
panoch.
Elmira Reformatory has just dedi-
cated a service flag honoring twelve
employees now engaged in active
military service.
State Comptroller's
Bowling League
On September 18, 1942, the State
Comptroller's Bowling League again
launched what is hoped to be
another successful season. This
league is composed of employces of
the State Department of Audit &
Control.
‘The teams and members compris-
ing the league this year are as fol-
lows:
ACCOUNTS—E. Walsh, Cap-
tain; T. Seymour, J. Joyce, P. Punch
and T. Whalen, AUDITS —F.
Clark, Captain; R. Ryan, J. Cheles,
S. McNeil and C. Ryan; ADMIN-
ISTRATION—M. Lanahan, Cap-
tain; A. Remo, J. Venter, J. Me-
Ardle and J. Warren, PAYROLLS
—B, Newell, Captain; T. O’Con-
nell, M. Molloy, F. Coons and L.
Lippman; REFUNDS —J. Hugh,
Captain; R. Leonard, G, Wiltsie, G.
Childs and W. Haker; and WEL-
FARES—E. O'Connell, Captain;
H. Morin, F. Burgess, H. Henderson
and G. Kracht.
The bowling schedule for the
State Comptroller's League ends
April 8, 1943, Prizes to be awarded
at the end for the season are: First
Team, $15.00; Second Team, $10.00;
and Third Team, $5.00. For the
members bowling for an average
over 150 the High Single Prize will
be $5.00 and the High Triple Prize
the same amount. The same prizes
will be awarded to members having
under 150 who bowl the High
Single and High Triple.
This league, which is noted for
the good fellowship among its mem-
bers, got off to a fine start and with-
out doubt will have another highly
successful season.
Retirements
The present issue of “The State
Employee” finds two veteran New
York State employees closing their
desks and commencing the leisure
that goes with well-earned retire-
ment from duty.
Life on his St. Lawrence County
farm beckoned to George C. Daniels,
director of the Division of Inspec-
tion, State Department of Labor,
after nearly forty years of State ser-
vice.
The State Employee
Retirement in more urban sur-
roundings beckoned Austin B. Grif-
fin, first deputy State reporter and
thirty years an employee of the State
of New York.
For Mr. Daniels, State service of-
fered plenty of variety through the
years. He entered State service at
Long Island State Hospital in 1903,
transferred to the State Education
Department in Albany in 1905,
shifted to the State Board of Chari-
ties a year afterward. He became
affiliated with the State Department
of Labor in 1908, as deputy factory
inspector in New York City, and
had been director of the Division of
Inspection since 1939.
The careers of Mr. Daniels and
Mr, Griffin paralleled in one respect,
for both have been school teachers.
Mr. Daniels taught in a district
school before entering State service,
Mr. Griffin at a military academy
and a high school in Ohio.
Mr. Griffin was appointed deputy
Supreme Court reporter in 1912 and,
when the State Law Reporting Bu-
reau was established in 1938, was ap-
pointed to the position he had held
since.
“The State Employee” extends
cordial greetings to Mr. Daniels and
Mr. Griffin, and wishes them many
happy years of retirement.
Having met the Navy's require-
ments for promotion, Bluejacket
Thomas John Dixon, 23, who from
1939 to 1942 was a hospital atten-
dant at the Rockland State Hospital,
Orangeburg, has been advanced in
rating to Pharmacist’s Mate, third
class, Naval authorities announced
at the Great Lake Training Station.
Dixon is assigned to one of the
Station dispensaries. He enlisted in
the Navy in April.
Wingdale Election
The Annual Meeting of the Har-
lem Valley State Hospital Employ-
ees’ Association was held at the in-
stitution on September 8th. John F.
Rice was elected to succeed Louis
Illig as President of the Association.
Other officers elected were: Vice-
President, Willis O. Markle; and
Secretary-Treasurer, Mrs. Aldo Sina.
Mr. Markle and Mr. Illig were
elected as delegates to attend meet-
ings of the Association of Employ-
ees of the Department of Mental
Hygiene. The next regular meeting
of the Association was set for the
first Monday in October, at which
time committees for the ensuing
year were to be announced.
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Napanoch News
Employees of the State Institute
at Napanoch on September 26th, at
the Wayside Inn in Ellenville, paid
tribute to Dr. R. F. C. Kieb, super-
intendent of the Napanoch Institute,
upon his retirement after thirty-eight
years in the service of the State.
They also welcomed Major Thomas
J. Hanlon, who will succeed Dr.
Kieb. Max Cooper acted as toast-
master for the occasion and ex-
pressed on behalf of all employees
a keen desire to cooperate with the
new superintendent in all respects.
Dr. Samuel Stern, Optometrist at
the institution, presented a gift to
Dr. Kieb on behalf of employees,
and assured him of their apprecia-
tion for the many accomplishments
which he instituted during his many
years service with the State.
Invocation was conducted by
Father T. F. Maguire, Catholic
Chaplain, benediction by Rey, E.
McGuire, Protestant Chaplain, Rab-
bi H. I. Bloom delivered an address,
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On Pages 240 & 241
247
Contracts Limiting Civil
Service Rights Held
Invalid
The contracts signed by employ-
ees of the Revolving Fund in the
Public Service Commission were
held invalid by Supreme Court Jus-
tice, Francis Bergan of Albany, in
a decision of widespread interest to
Civil Service employees. The action
was instituted by Errett L. Calla-
han, who was permanently appoint-
ed as a Contract Valuation Engi-
neer, Grade 4, in the Department of
Public Service on February 23, 1939,
after passing a competitive exam-
ination for the position.
Despite the fact that his status as
a permanent Civil Service employee
in the competitive class was un-
questioned, he was required to sign
a contract with the Public Ser-
vice Commission which contained,
among other things, a provision that
he might be dismissed from his po-
sition at any time upon five days
notice.
Callahan was permanently em-
ployed until January 25, 1942, when
he was dismissed from his position
by the Public Service Commission
which claimed that it had the right
to dispense with his services under
the provisions of the contract. Cal-
Jahan, through his attorneys, De-
Graff and Foy, brought action for
reinstatement, contending that he
had seniority over other employees
who held the same position and
were retained in the service and that
the contract providing that he might
be dismissed on five days notice was
invalid.
Justice Bergan directed his rein-
statement, holding that the contracts
promulgated by the Public Service
Commission were null and void in
so far as they conflicted with the
provisions of the Civil Service Law.
Justice Bergan’s opinion holds:
“But it must be apparent from
the whole scheme of civil service
legislation flowing from the consti-
tutional mandate that the Legisla-
ture could only have intended that
contracts for special services with
persons temporarily employed could
only be made by the commission to
meet special and temporary condi-
tions. It was not intended, against
the current of a consistent State pol-
icy of filling civil service positions
from competitive lists, that agree-
ments for ‘special services’ should be
long continued paralleling in point
of time and nature of services those
performed by employees regularly
taken from civil service lists or that
the right to charge utilities for ‘tem-
porary employees’ should have the
same effect.
Therefore, notwithstanding the
contract between the Public Service
Commission and the petitioner, his
services could not be terminated ab-
solutely unless on charges of mis-
conduct, and he could be suspended
without pay only in the inverse or-
der of appointment (Civil Service
Law, Sect. 31).”
Local Government
(Continued from Page 238)
and financial powers over the sub-
jects under its jurisdiction. The com-
mission is composed of the chief en-
gineer of the board of estimate and
six members appointed by the mayor
with overlapping terms designed to
mitigate political control of this body
by succeeding mayors.
The provision of the charter re-
quiring New York City gradually
to go upon a pay-as-you-go basis has
likewise attracted widespread atten-
tion. Other important departments
include those of Housing and Build-
ings, Parks, Health, Welfare, Docks,
Public Works, Sanitation, Correc-
tion, etc.
To Association Members:
When you have finished read-
ing this issue of “The State Em-
ployee,” loan it to any fellow
State employee who is not a
member of the Association, In
this way non-members may be
acquainted with the work and
services of the Association and
their membership support ob-
tained. Membership is important
to the success of the Association
and the recognition accorded it
by government leaders.
The Editor.
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The State Employee
Nurse Graduates
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‘The Hudson River State Hospital School of Nursing, on Friday, September
11th, graduated the above nurses at ceremonies in the Amusement Hall, on
the institution grounds. Members of the above class are left to right, front
row: Evelyn Walley, Florence Wadlin, Catherine Ballard and Helen Opitz;
and rear row: Estelle Chupka, Leo Darmody, Harold Hodder, Charles
Leedecke, Francis Cuda and Helen Dudek.
Truth for Victory
(Continued from Page 227)
we lose, the blame will be on all of
us. But now is no time to argue
about it. If we win, we'll still have
the ight ‘to debate it. 16 we lose,
welll have no rights at all.
“And let’s not be overcritical of
our leaders, of our tactics, of our
military methods. No matter what
we do, we seem always to do the
wrong thing, according to the Mon-
day morning quarterbacks and the
hindsighters. And we're always
wrong, in the eyes of those knotty-
pine, powder-room strategists and
soda-fountain admirals who could
really do a job—to hear them tell it
—if they only had a chance.
“When I hear their complaints I
often think it too bad that they
can’t be out there facing the Nazis
and the Japs. Then they'd not be so
glib with their criticism. ‘They
Wwouldn’t be so ready to help Hitler.
“T assure you that your Army and
Navy do have long-range plans. We
are moving as fast as it is wise to
move and in the right direction. We
have the facts. We know what ma-
terials are on hand, how many
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strongest and where our enemies are
weakest.
“That's information you can’t
pick up in the powder room or at
the country club or at the soda foun-
tain. All we ask is this: “Trust us
to do what is best in the light of the
information—the secret information
—we possess’.”
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IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES
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The above attractive placque with standard was dedicated recently to em-
ployces of Harlem Valley State Hospital who have entered the armed forces
of the Nation. Various departments and institutions have honored their
employees by erecting service flags, honor rolls and by other means.
Our Members Should
Understand
By C. A. Caruiste, Jr.
TerBush & Powell, Inc.
Due to the war conditions and
gasoline shortage it is impossible
for the adjusters of the Commercial
Casualty Insurance Company to
make as many calls as in the past in
the settlement of claims submitted
by disabled members of the Asso-
ciation’s Group Plan of Accident
and Sickness Insurance.
It will be necessary to settle many
claims by mail—and the disabled
250
member can assist prompt settlement
by filling out all blanks furnished by
the company and by asking attend-
ing physicians to do the same. The
company and the Association desire
prompt and efficient claim service.
Disabled members need cash _in-
demnities due them promptly. The
company and the adjusters will do
their part. Policyholders of the
group plan of accident and sickness
insurance are urged to cooperate.
Hundreds of claims are paid each
month and everyone can be paid
promptly by properly carrying out
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By C. A. Cartiste, Jr,
TerBush & Pow Inc.
Any member of The Association
of State Civil Service Employees is
eligible for protection accorded un-
der the group plan of Accident and
Sickness Insurance sponsored by the
Association. Every State worker
should consider these facts:
1. Low Cost: The accident and
sickness insurance issued to you un-
der the Association’s Group Plan
cost only one-third to one-half as
much as identical protection pur-
chased on an individual basis.
2. Same Rates. Men and Women
alike, under the group plan, are
charged the same low rates, and re-
ceive the same broad coverage.
3, Easy Payment. The accident
and sickness insurance may be paid
for by small semi-monthly deduc-
tions from pay. No easier plan
could be devi
4, No Medical Examination. Just
a short form application is neces-
sary, on which questions must be
answered carefully and completely.
5. Claims P. Beginning in
1936, thousands of State employees
insured under the group plan of ac-
cident and_ sickness in ct
ceived bene while dis
1936, total claims of $12,234.67 were
paid; 1937, $95,470.73; 1938, $87,-
227.48; 1939, $100.242.40; 1940,
$150,659.92 id 1941, $176,912.00.
6. Sick Leaves. Any benefits the
policyholder 1 under sick
leave rules or privileges do not alter
the benefits payable under the group
plan of accident and sickness insur-
ance.
7. Non-cancellability. Individual
policies issued under the plan are
non-cancellable except if the policy-
holder leaves State service, attains
age 70, fails to pay necessary pre-
miums due or does not retain Asso-
ciation membership.
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of this article and secure the full
facts relative to the low-cost acci-
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The State Employee
A Special Low Cost Group Plan of
ACCIDENT AND HEALTH INSURANCE
STATE OF NEW YORK
DIVISION OF CANALS AND WATERWAYS
June 25, 1942
Dear Sir:
Tam the holder of a Sickness Policy (am an em-
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in your company, and wish to thank you very much
for the check covering my recent sickness.
The courtesy and the promptness with which I
received payment of my claim thru the New York
Office of the Commercial Casualty Co., Inc., receives
my utmost thanks.
T would recommend that all New York State em-
ployees take advantage of this form of insurance,
because after having had a siege of illness, it is
gratifying to receive a check which will help to
defray expenses.
Very truly yours,
(Signed)
BINGHAMTON STATE HOSPITAL
April 11, 1941
Enclosed are the receipts of final report in con-
nection with my recent disability.
I wish to thank you for your prompt and satis-
factory adjustment of claims.
Very truly yours,
(Signed)
STATE OF NEW YORK
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
May 15, 1942
Enclosed please find the signed release which
you sent me on May 14th. I am also sending you
my gratitude for the almost $900.00 which I received
promptly from you in 1941 and 1942 covering the
two long periods of disability.
Loyally and truly yours,
(Signed)
STATE OF NEW YORK
June 30, 1942
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Very truly yours,
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