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FEBRUARY, 1936
NO. 2.
Eight Hour Day
The full import of the establishment of the maximum eight-hour day
in State institutions is gradually permeating the atmosphere of these
institutions and the departments
having responsibility for the prison,
mental hygiene, health and social
welfare groups.
Governor Lehman in inaugurating this reform has added new
lustre to his progressive and humane record as Governor. Since
this Association began its intensive
work to have the long day abolished from State service, Governor
Lehman has listened with an attentive ear to the many arguments
presented by Committees of t h e .
Association, which have visited him
in regard to the matter. In the face
of failure on the part of Governors
White, Hughes, Dix, Sulzer, Glynn,
Whitman, Smith, Miller and Roosevelt to establish a maximum eighthour day for State employees, Gov-
ernor Lehman's conspicuous courage in adding this fine achievement
to the many other vitally important political, economic and social
reforms fostered by him, is but
another proof of his truly great
statesmanship. H e has honestly
won a front rank position among
great leaders of his time, and all
informed people gladly and gratefully accord him this position.
Unfamiliar with the Governor's
thoroughness and constant efforts
to deal with the very many problems that crowd upon him day by
day, some individuals and groups
were taken completely by surprise
when the Governor's Budget revealed his decision to appropriate
the very substantial sum of $2,500,000 to begin as of July 1st, next,
the maximum eight-hour day plan.
Some ridiculous statements questioning the eight-hour day program
and indicating partizan or political
bias have been made by certain individuals and groups among employees. These need not be taken
seriously. The long day is gone
forever, thanks to Governor Lehman and your Association.
Assemblyman Ostertag's bill, Intro. No. 33, Print No. 708, providing a 48-hour week and 6-day week
for State institutional employees
and elevatormen in public buildings, passed the Assembly and is
now in the Senate Labor Committee.
Assemblyman M. B. Stewart's
bill, Intro. No. 67, Print No. 558,
and Assemblyman Ostertag's bill,
Intro. No. 165, Print No. 165, both
bills providing for a 48-hour week
and a 6-day week for prison guards
and prison employees passed the
Assembly also, and are now in the
Senate Penal Institutions Committee.
Summary of Legislation Pending
The following is a complete list of
legislative measures introduced in both
houses since publishing the January
issue of this magazine, and which affect
in some way the salaries, hours of work,
pensions or civil service status generally of State employees, and are therefore of interest to them.
SENATE
Int. 426, Print 443, Senator Lee—Adds
new Art. 3-a, Railroad Law, for
transferring to public works dept. all
the functions, powers and duties of
public service dept. relative to highway railroad grade crossing elimination and alterations, outside New
York City. Public Service Commission. Same as A. 395.
Int. 487, Print 444, Senator Livingston—
Adds new section 18-a, Labor Law,
for grades and salaries of investigator and special social workers and
appropriating $9,130. Finance Committee. Same as A. 478.
Int. 433, Print 450, Senator Thompson—
Extends for four years eligible lists
of candidates for appointment as engineer of building on construction in
public works department, engineering division. Civil Service Com. Same
as A. 458.
Int. 442, Print 450, Senator Nunan—
Adds new sections 188 to 193, Labor
Law, by providing no employee of
any hospital shall be required to
work more than 8 hours a day or 48
hours a week. Labor Com. Same
as A. 550.
Int. 443, Print 460, Senator Nunan—
Amends Chapt. 798, Laws of 1931, relative to unemployment relief by providing no person receiving work relief or relief moneys shall be employed to perform duties of any em-
ployee in a position subject to Civil
Service Law. Relief and Welfare
Com.
Int. 445, Print 462, Senator Nunan—
Adds new section 9-a, Civil Service
Law, providing for automatic salary
increment for State employees of $120
each year for five years following
first year of service until such increment wll not exceed maximum salary
for which employee is qualified or
salary of $3600 and appropriating
$2,400,000. Finance Committee.
Int. 480, Print 501, Senator Crawford—
Amends sections 62, 63, Civil Service
Law, to permit retirement of members in State retirement system under
certain conditions at age 55. Pensions Com.
Int. 482, Print 503., Senator CrawfordAmends section 65-b, Civil Service
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February
Summary of Legislation Pending
Continued from Page 3
Law, relative to ordinary death benefit payable to beneficiary of State
employees' retirement system by authorizing an additional amount equal
to 50% of compensation where member dies with ten or more years'
service. Tensions Com.
Int. 483, Print 504, Senator CrawfordAmends section 14, Civil Service Law,
by providing persons in labor class
to permit promotion into competitive
class must have served at least two,
instead of three years in a similar
position. Civil Service Com. Same
as A. 722.
Int. 500, Print 521, Senator Crawford—
Amends subd. 3, section 07, Civil
Service Law, by providing that revolving fund in State employees' retirement system in hands of comptroller shall also be used for immediate payment of expenditures for
which the system will be reimbursed
by the municipality for which expenditure is m a t e
Pensions Com.
Same as A. 631.
Int. 533, Print 554, Senator McNaboe—
Adds new section 14-c, Civil Service
Law, providing oral examination shall
mean a personal interview between
applicant and examiner, no credit to
be allowed or disallowed in compiling
final average. Civil Service Com.
Int. 534, Print 555, Senator McNaboe—
Adds new section 14-b, Civil Service
Law, providing no rules shall be
made setting up 'educational requirements as condition taking civil service examination except in respect to
professional and other positions for
which requirements are expressly imposed by statute. Civil Service Com.
Int. 550, Print 888, Senator Fearon—
Amends Chap. 443, Laws of 1933, by
providing definite reduction in salary
of officer or employee made on accouut of emergency period shall not
be considered a reduction for retirement purposes. 3rd Reading.
Int. 569, Print 603, Senator D o y l e Amends Section 22, Civil Service Law,
relative to removals, to hearings and
court review. Civil Service Com. Same
as A. 122.
Int. 594, Print 628, Senator Garrity—
Adds new section 470-b, Correction
Law, providing widow of retired
guard or department employee shall
be paid on his death one-half of retirement allowance. Pensions Com.
Same as A. 574.
Int. 595, Print 629., Senator Hanley—
Adds new section 220-f, Labor Law,
limiting hours of labor of employees
in state institutions in mental hygiene department to 8 hours a day
and 48 hours a week. Labor Com.
Same as A. 025, S. 500.
Int. 644, Print 688, Senator E g b e r t Adds new section 168, Labor Law,
providing no person employed in a
state hospital shall be allowed to
work more than 8 hours a day and
8 consecutive hours shall constitute
a days work and 48 consecutive hours
a weeks work. Labor Com.
Int. 657, Print 706, Senator Desmond—
Amends section 25, Civil Service Law,
by prohibiting any member of a state
or municipal civil service commission
from holding office in any political
club, or association, serving as delegate to any political convention or
as members of any political organization committee. Civil Service Com.
Int. 658, Print 707, Senator Desmond—
Amends section 13, Civil Service Law,
by taking out of exempt class, secretary of a civil service commission.
Civil Service Com.
Int. 660, Print 709, Senator McNaboe—
Amends section 31, Civil Service Law,
by making provision relative to separation from service and reinstatement apply also to person holding
position in non-competitive class or
subject to a qualifying examination.
Civil Service Com. Same as A. 1142.
Int. 727, Print 777, Senator Howard—
Amends subd. 4, section 220, Labor
Law, by providing 4S hours shall constitute a legal week's work, eight
hours a legal day's work and requiring one day rest in seven for all
state employees employed by a State
Department, board, agency or council
or by any institution including those
engaged in care and guarding of person and property or performing nursing, kitchen or other service and
those in caring for public buildings
and grounds. Labor Com.
Int. 738, Print 802, Senator (Nunan—
Adds new section lS-a, Labor Law,
giving safety inspectors of construction and home work inspectors same
rights and benefits of grades and
salaries accorded to factory, mercantile, boiler, mine and tunnel inspectors. Labor Com. Same as A. 950.
Int. 755, Print 818, Senator Coughlin—
Amends section 22, Civil Service Law,
by prohibiting removal of veteran
nurses except for incompetency or
misconduct shown after hearing, also
giving preference in case of abolished
positions, to veterans and exempt
volunteer firemen and relative to certification for their transfer.
Civil
Service Com.
Int. 769, Print 811, Senator Thompson—
Adds new section 50-a, Civil Service
Law, requiring comptroller to request opinion from attorney general
on any determination made by him
in administering State employees' retirement system when objected to by
a person claiming benefits thereunder,
any determination of comptroller to
be subject of review by certiorari.
Pensions Com. Same as A. 014.
Int. 785, Print 857, Senator Crawford—
Amends section 80, Civil Service Law,
by providing no public or quasi-public organizations referred to in sections 75, 75-a, shall hereafter create
any officers' or employees' retirement
system. Pensions Com. Same as A.
553.
Int. 786, Print 858, Senator Crawford—
Amends section 05, Civil Service Law,
relative to accidental disability retirement by striking out provision
that if service of member is on other
than full time basis allowance shall
be equal to that which would be paid
to member were he employed on full
time basis. Pensions Com. Same as
A. 032.
Int. 787, Print 859, Senator Crawford—
Amends subd. 2, section 02, Civil
Service Law, by striking out exception to maximum compulsory retirement age provision, in favor of a
member of system under age of 78,
where continuance of such service
would be advantageous to public
service. Pensions Com. Same as A.
033.
Int. 788, Print 860, Senator CrawfordAmends section 52, Civil Service Law,
by excepting from membership in
State employees' retirement system
employees of State institutions reporting to state welfare and health
depts. Pensions Com. Same as A. 557.
Int. 789, Print 861, Senator CrawfordAmends section 05-a, Civil Service
Law, relative to accidental death
benefits by striking out last sentence
referring to service of a member on
other than full time basis and whose
death was natural and proximate result of accident.
Pensions Com.
Same as A. 558.
Int. 790, Print 862, Senator CrawfordAmends subd. 5, section 53, Civil
Service Law, relative to persons with
prior service credit who failed to
become a member of state retirement
system on first date of eligibility
and who became member on or before January 1, 1936, by providing
such member to secure prior service
credit must render at least five years*
additional service as a member after
last becoming member of system
Pensions Com. Same as A. 554.
Int. 791, Print 863, Senator CrawfordAmends subd. 0, section 01, Civil
Service Law, by providing members
of state retirement system may borrow from "his funds" in the 'retirement system, instead of the retirement system as at present. Pensions
Com. Same as A. 556.
Int. 813, Print 891, Senator Kleinfeld—
Amends section 2, Civil Service Law,
by creating a personnel board for
hearing all charges against an employee or officer for misconduct or
dereliction of duty; employees may
be represented by counsel and summon witnesses, all findings and recommendations as to penalties to be
submitted to department head. Civil
Service Com.
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February
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New York City Chapter
By Robert Axel, Chairman,
Committee on Publicity
The past month has witnessed
increasing activity of the Chapter
in fulfilling the aims and ideals of
the Association—to extend and uphold the principle of merit and fitness in public employment, to
maintain and promote efficiency in
public service and to advance generally all interests of the Civil
Service Employees of the State of
New York.
Two meetings of the Executive
Committee of the Chapter have
been held, on February 14 and 18,
to take inventory and to discuss
problems of vital concern to the
entire civil service group. The
first meeting dealt with an enumeration and discussion of the various
abuses and evils which have become widespread under the Civil
Service System. Consideration was
also given to the lack of progress
which was made in connection with
the group health and accident insurance plan. Lack of participa'tion in group insurance has resulted in considerable adjustment
of this plan. At present, negotiations are being held with the Continental Casualty Company to consider new proposals, the results of
which will be announced at a later
date.
The meeting of the Executive
Committee of the Chapter held on
February 18, was a rather eventful
one in view of the fact that much
deliberation was given to bills introduced in the Legislature, and to
other measures which are being instituted to facilitate and foster advancement and promotion within
the state service.
The following bills and other proposals contained in the report of
the Legislative Committee of the
Chapter, were approved by the Executive Committee:
Salary increases. That a bill
which has been drafted by the
Legislative Committee be introduced which provides for a flat
increase of $100.00 for each Civil
Service Employee in the competitive service, whose annual salary
is less than $2,500.00. This bill
is of like pattern to the one which
was successful in effecting similar increases in 1930.
Restoration of full vacations.
It was agreed, in accordance with
the proposal of the Legislative
Committee, that an effort should
be made to secure the necessary
cooperation from the Governor
in restoring vacations to their
former duration. Plans are being considered for the most effective means of accomplishing this
result.
Civil Service transfers and promotions. A thorough study of the
Civil Service Law is at present
being made by the Legislative
Committee for the purpose of
drafting such amendments as are
necessary to insure promotions
within the Department and to secure legislation which will facilitate the transfer of employees
from one department to another.
Such legislation would stamp out
the "open competitive" evil.
Amendment of Section 22 —
Civil Service Law. The Committee is preparing an amendment to
Section 22, Sub-division 2, of the
Civil Service Law, which is designed to provide civil service
employees with safeguards relating to the security of employment.
Approved bills. Several bills
have met with the approval of
the Chapter. One group of bills
aims to secure an eight-hour day
for the employees in the state institutions. The other bills relate
to the legal requirements of applicants for civil service examinations, extension of time for preferred lists, and to the undesirability of creating any new
officers' or employees' retirement
systems.
Among the bills opposed by the
Chapter are included those relating
to the placement of certain positions in the exempt class and the
continuance of the State Retirement Fund benefits upon the transfer of employees from the State to
Federal service.
The above are some of the activities with which the Chapter is
immediately concerned. An earnest
effort is being made by the Chapter
to develop a complete program of
activities which would reach the entire body of state civil service employees in Greater New York. Such
a program requires increasing participation by the officers, committees, and membership at large. All
members who are employed in New
York City should renew their membership in the Association as soon
as possible through the New York
City Chapter. Dues may be paid
to Mr. Irving Siegel, Treasurer of
the Chapter, Room 461, or to the
department representatives.
Hornell Dinner
The Hornell District of the Highway Division of the Public Works
Department held a dinner on February 24. Employees of this District and representatives of State
employee groups in that section attended.
President Charles A. Brind, Jr.,
of this Association was the principal speaker. Mr. Edward J. Hickey
of the Credit Union Section, Washington, D. C , spoke as to the benefits of a credit union.
Credit is due Mr. T. F. Nichols,
Chairman of the Dinner, for this
very successful affair.
H.R.S.H. Credit U n i o n
Members of the Employees' Association of the Hudson River State
Hospital have now available to
them a credit union. A successful
party was held recently, the proceeds of which went towards organization expenses.
Present officers of the Credit
Union are: George G. Lozier, President; Otto V. Faust, Vice President; Sara Galbraith, Secretary;
Margaret T. Olmstead, Treasurer.
Mr. Lozier, Mr. Faust, Miss Galbraith, Miss Olmstead, A. H. Sullivan, Mary Benton, and Gladys
Hand, constitute the Board of Directors.
George Magee and John Livingstone make up the Credit Committee, while Mr. Lozier, G. Carlton
Nuhn and Gertrude Flinn compose
the Supervisory Committee.
This Association wishes every
success to this credit union.
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Summary of Legislation Pending
Continued from Page 4
Int. 843, Print 923, Senator CrawfordAmends section 61, Civil Service Law,
for discontinued service allowance to
a member of State retirement system who when discontinued from
service has attained age of 45 and is
then employed and for 20 or more
years next prior thereto has been
continuously employed as member or
employee of legislature.
Pensions
Com.
Int. 880, Print 961, Senator McNaboe—
Adds new section 15-a, Civil Service
Law, providing no state, county or
city civil service committee shall appoint any person to any position for
which there is a civil service list established. Civil Service Com.
Int. 912, Print 1017, Senator E g b e r t Amends section 18, Civil Service ijaw,
by providing removal of laborers or
employees from labor class in cities
shall be in inverse order of appointment, persons removed to be eligible
for reinstatement in order of original appointment before certification
of any other person. Same as 1048.
Int. 915, Print 1020, Senator Garrity—
Amends section 111, Correction Law,
by providing principal keepers shall
in addition to salary receive $2,500
in lieu of maintenance. Penal Institutions Com.
Int. 916, Print 1021, Senator McNaboe—
Adds new section 31-b, Civil Service
Law, providing term of eligibility
for reinstatement of person in labor
class whose name is placed on preferred list shall be four years from
date person was separated from service, also extending such term to person in labor class whose name was
entered on preferred list on or after
January 1, 1935, and prior to time
section takes effect.
Civil Service
Com. Same as A. 1051.
Int. 955, Print 10C9, Senator Twomey—
Adds new section 18-aa, Labor Law,
providing per diem officer or employee holding position in competitive, non-competitive or labor class
may be granted sick leave with pay
of not more than 30 days in each
year. Labor Com.
Int. 959, Print 1073, Senator B y r n e Adds new subd. 13-a, section 50, Civil
Service Law, providing reduction in
salary or compensation of member of
retirement system during 1932, and
other years of emergency period, shall
not be considered a reduction so as
to reduce his pension, allowance or
privileges, contributions to continue
on basis of undiminished compensation unless notice of election is filed
on June 1 of each year. Pensions
Com. Same as A. 1149.
ASSEMBLY
Int. 374, Print 377, Mr. Crews—Amends
section 23, Civil Service Law, by providing employees unlawfully removed
and reinstated by enactment of law
shall receive compensation from date
of such removal. Civil Service Com.
Int. 376, Print 1251, Mr. Crews—Amends
section 3I-a, Civil Service Law, by
providing eligibility term for reinstatement of persons on preferred
lists shall be eight, instead of four
years, from date person was separated from service. Civil Service Com.
Same as S. 194.
Int. 382, Print 385, Mr. Farenga—
Amends section 52-a, Civil Service
Law, relative to status of members
of state retirement system, when employed by federal government after
December 1, 1933. Pensions Com.
Int. 388, Print 391, Mr. Ostertag—
Amends subd. 4, section 220, Labor
Law, by providing that stationary
firemen in State hospitals, employees
in State institutions, except mechanics and engineers, electricians and
elevatormen n public buildings division of public works dept. shall not
be permitted to work more than 48
hours a week or six days in any one
week. Labor Com.
Int. 395, Print 1212, Mr. T h o m p s o n Adds new Art. 3-a, Railroad Law,
for transferring to public works dept.
all the functions, powers and duties
of public service dept. relative to
highway railroad grade crossing
elimination and alterations outside
New York City. Public Service Com.
Same as S. 426.
Int. 451, Print 464, Mr. Farenga—
Amends sections 10, 14, Civil Service
Law, by providing applicant for examination for position in competitive
class must be a citizen of U. S. and
have been a resident of State for one
year immediately preceding date of
examination. Civil Service Com.
Int. 458, Print 471, Mr. Herman—Extends for four years eligible lists of
candidates for appointment as engineer of building construction in public works dept., engineering division.
Civil Service Com. Same as S. 433.
Int. 462, Print 475, Mr. Robinson—Adds
new section 31-a, Civil Service Law,
by making six, instead of four years,
emergency extension of term of eligibility for reinstatement of persons
on preferred lists. Civil Service Com.
Int. 473, Print 486, Mr. Crews—Amends
section 161, Labor Law, by providing
for one day of rest in seven for engineers and firemen employed in motion picture theatres. Labor Com.
Int. 478, Print 491, Mr. Farrell—Adds
new section 18-b, Labor Law, for
Grades and salaries of investigator
and special social workers and appropriating $9,130. Ways and Means
Com. Same as S. 427.
Int. 526, Print 540, Mr. Jarema—Amends
section 6, Art. 5, Constitution, relative to merit and fitness examinations
in civil service, by providing each resultant appointment shall be of the
one standing highest.
Judiciary
Com.
Int. 537, Print 551, Mr. E. S. Moran—
Amends section 10, Civil Service Law
by providing an appeal for review,
alteration or re-rating of examination or physical test by applicant,
shall be taken not less than 30 or
more than 60 days after such examination or test. Civil Service Com.
Int. 538, Print 552, Mr. E. S. Moran—
Amends section 6, Civil Service Law,
by providing a civil service commission shall not make any rule requiring payment of a fee in excess,
of $1 to take an examination or receive an appointment.
Judiciary
Com.
Int. 550, Print 568, Mr. Fitzpatrick—
Adds new section 188 to 193, Labor
Law, by providing no employee of
any hospital shall be required tO'
work more than 8 hours a day or
48 hours a week. Labor Com. Same
as S. 442.
Int. 553, Print 571, Mr. Potter—Amendssection 80, Civil Service Law, by providing no public or quasi-public organization referred to in sections 75,
75-a, shall hereafter create any officers' or employees' retirement system. Pensions Com. Same as S. 785.
Int. 554, Print 572, Mr. Potter—Amends
subd. 5, section 53, Civil Service Law,
relative to persons with prior service
credit who failed to become a member of state retirement system on
first date of eligibility and who became member on or before January
1, 1936, by providing such member tosecure prior service credit must render at least five years' additional
service as a member after last becoming member of system.
Pensions
Com. Same as S. 790.
Int. 555. Print 573, Mr. Potter—Amends
section 71-a. Civil Service Law. relative to suspending retirement allowances of members of state retirement
system by making "pension" read
"any retirement allowance" as used
in section. Pensions Com.
Int. 556, Print 574, Mr. Potter—Amends
subd. 6, section 61, Civil Service Law,
by providing members of State retirement system may borrow from
"his funds in" the retirement system, instead of the retirement system, as at present. Pensions Com.
Same as S. 791.
Int. 557, Print 575, Mr. Potter—Amends
section 52, Civil Service Law, by excepting from membership in the
State employees' retirement system,
employees of State institutions reporting to State welfare and health
depts. Pensions Com. Same as S. 788.
Third reading.
Int. 558, Print 576, Mr. Potter—Amends
section 63-a, Civil Service Law, relative to accidental death benefits by
striking out last sentence referring
to service of a member on other than
full time basis and whose death was
natural and proximate result of accident. Pensions Com. Same as S.
789. Third Reading.
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Rochester Chapter
Annual Dinner Feb.27
By Leslie S. Wood
As this issue goes to press, over
750 reservations have been received
for the Annual Dinner of the Association, at the DeWitt Clinton
Hotel, Albany, February 27th, at
7 P. M. Additional reservations
cannot be accepted due to inability
to secure accommodations. It will
be the largest social event in the
history of the Association, and the
largest dinner ever to be held in
the Capitol District.
On January 9 the following departments were represented at a
luncheon meeting, to consider the
organization of a Rochester Chapter of The Association of State Civil
Service Employees:
Earle
C. Pattison,
Edward
Brown, State Ins. Fund; H. H.
Duncan, Agric. & Markets; John
Burke, Harriet Dean, Employment
Division; Mary L. Dawson, Compensation Division; Conrad O'Malley, Paul L. Ryan, Public Works;
Ward C. Davis, Taxation & Finance; Leslie S. Wood, William F.
Skuse, Rehabilitation Division.
No definite decisions were made,
but the various representatives expressed their views on the advantage of a local chapter.
Mr. Wood was elected Chairman
and the meeting was adjourned, to
be called together in the near future.
At the annual meeting of the N.
Y. S. Rochester Employees Federal Credit Union, held at the Hotel
Rochester on January 20, which
was preceded by a dinner, the following Directors and Committees
were elected:
Board of Directors. Leslie S.
Wood, 2 year term, Rehabilitation
Division Ward C. Davis, 2 year
term, Taxation and Finance; Fred
Koerner, 1 year term, Public
Works; H. S. Duncan, 1 year term,
Agriculture and Markets; Grace
Carroll, 1 year term, Compensation
Division.
Credit Committee. Conrad O'Malley, 2 year term,
Public
Works; John Burke, 2 year term,
Employment Division; William F.
Skuse, 1 year term, Rehabilitation
Division; R. Quandt, 1 year term,
Public Works; Grace Driscoll, 1
year term, State Insurance Fund.
Supervisory Committee.
Paul
Smith, 1 year term, Employment
Division; Wilmot Cook, 1 year
term, Agriculture and Markets;
Mary Dawson, 1 year term, Compensation Division.
The Board of Directors have announced the following officers:
Leslie S. Wood, President; Fred
Koerner, Vice President; Ward C.
Davis, Treasurer; Grace Carroll,
Clerk.
Large delegations from New
York City, Buffalo, Brooklyn,
Poughkeepsie, Saratoga Springs,
Rochester, among other places, are
going to attend.
The program following the dinner, will begin by a brief word of
welcome by Charles A. Brind, Jr.,
President of the Association. There
will be a solo by Mrs. Betty A.
Peyser of Brooklyn, whose singing has attracted wide attention in
the Metropolitan area. The entertainment program, aside from dancing, will close with an address by
Governor Lehman, in accordance
with the custom of many years.
Guests who have already accepted as this issue goes to press
include: Governor and Mrs. Lehman, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Poletti,
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brown, Lieutenant Governor William Bray, Attorney-General John J. Bennett,
Comptroller Morris S. Tremaine,
Dr. and Mrs. Frank P. Graves.
Department heads include Commissioners Weber, Rice, Osborne,
Smith, Greene, Mulrooney, Ten
Eyck, Andrews, Adie, White,
Clark and Maltbie.
Senators
Byrne, Desmond, Fearon, Crawford, Graves, Ross, Twomey and
Dunnigan have accepted. Assemblymen who will attend include,
Corning, Hayes, Alterman, Todd,
Byrnes. Legislative Correspondents signifying their intention to
attend include Francis B. Cass,
Samuel
T.
Coe, George M.
Janvrin,
Harold
Keller,
John
Mooney, George R. Lories, Hollister Sturges, Jr., Kirkland King,
Harold P. Jarvis, Wanter C. Wandell, George W. Herrick and Donald G. Coe.
Thomas C. Stowell is Chairman
of the Committee which will stage
the stunt show. This committee's
(OOCKTAIL
Particularly THE cocktails
served in the cozy environment of the new, enlarged
MEZZANINE
ILOUNGE
The setting makes cocktails
doubly appealing. Soft lights,
sweet music, intimate table
g r o u p i n g s . And t h e hors
d'oeuvres are most tempting.
So phone a friend or two to
meet you here today. For this
is the rendezvous every afternoon from 4 to 7.
D E W I T T CLINTON
a, l\nott hotel
personnel includes; Walter Brown,
Allan Reagan, John L. Halpin,
Clarence H. Knapp, Howard E.
Silberstein, John F. Tremain, Frederick Holowell, Foster Potter and
Charles H. McTigue.
Great credit is due Mrs. Hazel
A. Ford, Chairman of the dinner,
and her committee, as well as the
committee arranging the entertainment, for what will prove to be
one of the most successful affairs
ever staged in this State.
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T H E S T A T E EMPLOYEE
February
Editorial Page
Back Again
Legislation
Under a somewhat new guise the old civil service
raid bill to put the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division under the "spoils system" is back again. This
time it is Lavery bill, Introductory No. 360. Although
Governor Lehman rebuked attempts to turn the liquor
law enforcement over to partizan administration on
two occasions, the enemies of civil service and fair
play and fair citizen opportunity to serve in public
positions never give up. Selfishness is as old as wholesome honesty. The bill would give positions to those
who could not or did not qualify in fair open competitive tests, and, of course, by doing so would deny to
those who did observe the Constitution and the laws
of the State their rightful appointment.
We include in this issue a list of the members of the
Legislature. We do this in order that members of the
Association may familiarize themselves with the names
of their Senator and Assemblymen.
One of the functions of the Association is to protect
the merit system and the retirement system from the
inroads of new legislation which will tend to weaken
or destroy either. At the same time adequate salaries
are a prime objective of the Association. The other
side of the story is, of course, the attempt of your
officers and committees to secure needed legislation
which will not only better the working conditions of
State employees but will be beneficial to the entire
State as a whole. Furthermore the officers, Counsel
and committees must carefully examine every bit of
legislation introduced, and determine its effect upon
the welfare of State employees. At the present writing, there are over 150 measures pending action in the
legislature, every one of which affect the salaries,
pensions, hours of work or civil service status generally of State employees.
Members of the Association can help greatly by
calling the attention of their representatives in the legislature to this legislation by writing directly to them
a record letter. We are sure that the members of the
law-making body are desirous of knowing the attitude
of their constituents upon matters affecting them.
Whenever it occurs that appointing officers question
the advisability of having positions in the exempt class
or in the competitive class, they have the right to present the facts to the Civil Service Commission as the
body created by the State to say whether the positions
will be exempt or competitive. Why then these constantly recurring attempts to override the Constitution
and to set aside the functions of a Department of
State Government also constitutionally created?
Let us hope that the Legislature of 1936 does not
repeat the folly of 1934 and 1935 and give Governor
Lehman the additional work of vetoing this bill.
For the Injury of the Service
Bills are in the Legislature which if adopted would
result in the dismissal of two-thirds of the present
comparitively small force of game protectors in the
Conservation Department. Here is a body of State
servants who by unanimous acclaim of those who
actually know the facts about fish and game and good,
clean sport, have done and are doing their work in as
efficient and honest a manner as ever prevailed in any
performance of duties, public or private. They are
outstanding, and a grateful public has been particularly
quick to say so on every appropriate occasion.
But these bills would do harm in another destructive way. They would open wide the doors to despoilation of game birds and animals in this State, and
create a system under which privilege and abuse would
be rampant. The new bills would reward an army of
irresponsible game protectors, so-called, by a percentage fee for finding a violator. What petty persecutions such a system would encourage, and what private
privileges it could create, must give even a rapacious
man pause! We would have the honest citizen going
forth for a day's hunting or fishing, himself hunted,
and the discredited speedtrap ideas of other days would
be revived in another form and for new victims.
The Association as well as other groups of informed
citizens will oppose this attempt to discontinue a tried
and proven service of great value.
Special Privilege
Every tenent of the merit system is degraded by attempts to secure special privileges through class legislation. The Berg bill which gives preference to disabled soldiers in retention and reinstatement, violates
the fundamental principles of fair play. By the terms
of this bill, the veteran has preference in reinstatement
and retention if he had a disability at the time of
original appointment, even though he has no disability
whatever at the time of removal or reinstatement when
the proposed preference would be accorded; also, a
disabled veteran who might have served the State for
less than a year is entitled to preference in retention
over an employee who might have served for ten or
twenty years, whether that employee was a veteran
with long military or naval service or not.
The State of New York at present accords preference to disabled veterans in appointment and promotion; in training and experience; on physical examinations in retirement and pension systems; and with
reference to transfer and removal. With every regard
for those veterans who have been rated at one time or
another as showing disability, it is entirely without the
sphere of justice to grant additional preferences. Every
bit of preferential legislation in selecting public personnel is harmful whether it applies to veterans or
others. It is absolutely foreign to the principles of the
merit system. All bills of this type will be strenuously
opposed by friends of civil service.
February
THE STATE EMPLOYEE
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Editorial Page
New York City Hotels
Destructive of Morale
For many months the advertisements of two hotels
in New York City have been carried on the pages of
this magazine, viz., the Hotel Lincoln and the Hotel
Lexington. Not only do these hotels secure advertising space but they also give special consideration to
State Employees and members of the Civil Service
Association.
If one wishes to be in the theatre area around Broadway, he is centrally located by stopping at the Lincoln
which is on 44th to 45th Streets at Eighth Avenue. If
his business is in the vicinity of Grand Central Station
or subway connections from such station, he is excellently situated if he stops at the Lexington which is
on 48th Street at Lexington Avenue.
At either hotel he is assured a special welcome if he
mentions the fact that he is a Civil Service Employee
and a member of this Association.
We state these facts, not at the request of the hotels
but because members stopping there have told us how
well pleased they were.
The Association is opposing legislation which would
permit the filling of competitive positions by persons
who have not qualified through competitive examinations, or, unless there is direct action by the Civil Service Commission with reference to reclassification of the
positions.
Proposals to legislate individuals or groups into the
competitive class of the civil service is not in accord
with the State Constitution. Opinions of the Court of
Appeals have plainly indicated that there must be
proof of test of the merit and fitness of appointees.
There is nothing in the present law which permits a
person holding a position in the labor class to be
transferred to the competitive class except through
reclassification action by the Commission.
The honorable way into public service is through
open, frank, intelligent competitive examinations; only
Santa Claus is entitled to use the chimney.
More Opportunities
Federal Civil Service
The extension of eligible lists beyond two years as
prescribed in the civil service law does not serve either
the State in recruiting its personnel, or the civil service employee or other citizen anxious to advance in
usefulness, and it does not aid the great objectives of
the merit system. The Association has recorded itself against the measures in the legislature extending
eligible lists and has stated its position that there
should be no such extension unless for some sound
reason satisfactory to the Civil Service Commission
itself. Eligible lists as referred to here are not to be
confused with continuance of eligibility of those civil
service employees who through no fault of their own
have lost their positions and await reemployment on
suspended lists.
From "America) ", 15 February, 1936, Pages 439, 440
The inconsistency which crops up now and then between the President and what we are wont to style
"the Administration", is disconcerting. On four or five
occasions, the President has expressed his approval of
the system of appointing Government employees for
merit alone, but on eleven occasions Congress has enacted, and the President has approved, bills which set
the merit system aside. Evidently, the President and
the Administration are at odds in this important matter.
Room at the Top
Yet since March, 1933, Congress has enacted eleven
bills which exempted from the merit system 41,000
jobs. Between June, 1932, and June, 1933, the number of civil service positions declined by 12,000, although the number of Federal jobs increased by 237,000. Of these places, about one in every 107 was
awarded under the merit system.
The most vital need of government today is a well
trained, vigorous and enthusiastic personnel, animated
by patriotic chivalry, stimulated by good working
conditions, and encouraged by an open road ahead to
the highest positions of trust in the public service.
We cannot expect the most valuable initiative and endeavor so long as we are half civil service and half
"spoils". It is a reflection upon the intelligence of
civil service employees to have the higher positions
held in trust, so to speak, as political or other rewards.
Let us be honest with the entire citizenry and give to
all an equal chance to attain to the top on the basis of
pure merit. This and this only is the merit system.
That the matter is important is evident from a letter
which the President addressed on January 30 to the
Women Voters League. "There can be no question
of greater moment or broader effect", wrote the President, "than the maintenance, strengthening, and extension of the merit system, established in the competitive principles of the Civil Service Act."
What the singular merits of the individuals appointed
to jobs, but exempted from the civil service examinations, may have been, the record does not show.
Letters to Editor Always Welcome
Most Intereting Ones Will be Printed
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THE STATE EMPLOYEE
February
Members of Legislature—1936
Credit Union Growth
SENATE
Dist. Politics Name
Address
1 R e p . George L. T h o m p s o n
Kings Park
2 Dem. Joseph D. Nunan, J r
45 C e d a r St., N. Y. C i t y
3 Dem. F r a n k B. Hendel
67-19-79th St., Middle Village
4 D e m . P h i l i p M. Kleinfeld
122 E . 42nd St., N . Y. C i t y
5 Dem. J o h n J. Howard
453-55th St., B r o o k l y n
6 D e m . E d w a r d J . Coughlin
475 W a s h i n g t o n Ave., B r o o k l y n
7 Dem. Jacob J. Schwartzwald
66 C o u r t St., B r o o k l y n
8 Dem. J o s e p h E s a u i r o l
32 C o u r t St., B r o o k l y n
9 Dem. Jacob H. Livingston
67 B u l w e r Place, B r o o k l y n
10 D e m . J e r e m i a h F . T w o m e y
911 M a n h a t t a n Ave., B r o o k l y n
11 Dem. J a m e s J . C r a w f o r d
1476 B r o a d w a y a t 42nd St., N . Y. City
12 D e m . E l m e r F . Q u i n n
95 C h r i s t o p h e r St., N. Y. City
13 D e m . T h o m a s F . B u r c h i l l
7 W e s t 42nd St., N. Y. City
14 D e m . S a m u e l M a n d e l b a u m
277 B r o a d w a y , N. Y. City
15 D e m . J o h n L. B u c k l e y
20 E x c h a n g e Place, N. Y. City
16 D e m . J o h n J . McNaboe
242 E a s t 19th St., N. Y. City
17 R e p . J o s e p h C l a r k B a l d w i n
45 J o h n St., N. Y. City
18 D e m . J o h n T. McCall
342 Madison Ave., N . Y. City
19 D e m . D u n c a n T. O'Brien
15 W i l l i a m St., N. Y. City
20 D e m . A. Spencer F e l d
110 E a s t 42nd St., N. Y. City
21 D e m . L a z a r u s J o s e p h
1450 B r o a d w a y , N . Y. C i t y
22 D e m . J u l i u s S. B e r g
1650 B r o a d w a y , N. Y. City
23 D e m . J o h n J . D u n n i g a n
2382 G r a n d Concourse, N. Y. City
24 D e m . R a e L. E g b e r t
P . O. Box 1, S t a t e n I s l a n d
25 R e p . P l i n y W. W i l l i a m s o n
115 B r o a d w a y , N. Y. C i t y
26 D e m . J a m e s A. G a r r i t y
. . . . . 2 0 South Broadway, Yonkers
27 R e p . T h o m a s C. D e s m o n d
94 B r o a d w a y , N e w b u r g h
28 R e p . F r e d e r i c H . Bontecou
11 M a r k e t St., P o u g h k e e p s i e
29 R e p . A r t h u r H . W i c k s
Kingston
30 D e m . W i l l i a m T . B y r n e
Loudonville
31 D e m . Ogden J . R o s s
212 P a w l i n g Ave., T r o y
32 R e p . E d w i n E. Miller
251 S t a t e St., S c h e n e c t a d y
33 R e p . B e n j a m i n F . F e i n b e r g
85 M a r g a r e t St., P l a t t s b u r g
34 R e p . R h o d a F o x Graves
Gouverneur
35 R e p . H a r r y F . D u n k e l
28 K i n g s b o r o Ave., Gloversville
36 R e p . W i l l i a m H . H a m p t o n
327 A r c a d e Bldg., Utica
37 R e p . P e r l e y A. P i t c h e r
620 W o o l w o r t h Bldg., W a t e r t o w n
38 R e p . George R. F e a r o n
930 U n i v e r s i t y Block, S y r a c u s e
39 R e p . W a l t e r W . Stokes
Cooperstown
40 R e p . M a r t i n W . Deyo
508 S e c u r i t y M u t u a l B l d g . , B i n g h a m p t o n
41 R e p . C. T r a c e y S t a g g
220 N o r t h T i o g a St., I t h a c a
42 R e p . C h a r l e s J . H e w i t t
Locke
43 R e p . E a r l e S. W a r n e r
Phelps
44 R e p . J o e R. H a n l e y
Perry
45 D e m . George B . K e l l y
967 H o w a r d St., R o c h e s t e r
46 D e m . N o r m a n A. O'Brien
37 R a i n i e r St., R o c h e s t e r
47 R e p . W i l l i a m H . Lee
28 L o h r m a n n Bldg., L o c k p o r t
48 D e m . D a v i d E . Doyle
22 H a w l e y St., Buffalo
49 D e m . Stephen J . W o j t k o w i a k
52 B u r g a r d P l a c e , Buffalo
50 R e p . Nelson W . Cheney
Eden
51 R e p . L e i g h G. K i r k l a n d
59 F o r e s t P l a c e , F r e d o n i a
ASSEMBLY
Dist. Politics Name
1
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3
Rep.
Address
ALBANY
E r a s t u s C o r n i n g , 2nd
Bethlehem
John P. Hayes
30 W a l t e r St., A l b a n y
S. E a r l M c D e r m o t t
288 S a r a t o g a St., Cohoes
ALLEGANY
W i l l i a m H . MacKenzie
33 W i l l e t t s Ave., B e l m o n t
BRONX
M a t t h e w J . H . M c L a u g h l i n . .410 E a s t 159th St., B r o n x
D o r i s I. B y r n e
430 E a s t 140th St., B r o n x
Carl P a c k
866 M a n i d a St., B r o n x
Samuel W e i s m a n
601 E a s t 167th St., B r o n x
Benjamin Gladstone
1106 W e s t F a r m s R o a d , B r o n x
P e t e r A. Quinn
1651 Garfield St., B r o n x
B e r n a r d R. F l e i s b e r
745 E a s t 178th St., B r o n x
J o h n A. D e v a n y , J r
120 W e s t 183rd St., B r o n x
BROOME
E d w a r d F . Vincent
Maine
J a m e s E. H i l l
139 W e s t E n d Ave., B i n g h a m p t o n
CATTARAUGUS
J a m e s W . Riley
307 E a s t S t a t e St., Olean
CAYUGA
A n d r e w D. B u r g d o r f
Martville
Rep.
Rep.
L l o y d J . Babcock
Carl E . D a r l i n g
Dem.
Dem.
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CHAUTAUQUA
l l W e l l m a n Ave., J a m e s t o w n
604 S w a n St., D u n k i r k
CHEMUNG
C h a u n c e y B. H a m m o n d
R. D. No. 2 E l m i r a
CHENANGO
I r v i n g M. Ives
Norwich
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CLINTON
McKenzie B . S t e w a r t
Mooers
COLUMBIA
F r e d e r i c k A. W a s h b u r n
103 N o r t h 5th St., H u d s o n
CORTLAND
Albert Haskell, J r
30 C h a r l e s St., C o r t l a n d
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DELAWARE
E. Ogden B u s h
DeLancey
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DUTCHESS
H o w a r d N. Allen
Pawling
Emerson D. Fite
V a s s a r College, P o u g h k e e p s i e
Continued on Page 12
The Credit Union Committee of
this Association under the leadership of Lewis S. Armento, reportsfurther progress in development
and organization of Credit Unionsserving State Employees. There
are now twenty-four credit unions,,
and it is hoped that before the end
of the year every employee no matter where located in the State wilt
have the benefits of credit union
membership brought to him.
The following is the list of State
Employee credit unions:
1. N. Y. State Albany Employees
Credit Union, State OfficeBuilding, Albany, N. Y.
2. N. Y. State Centre St. Employees Federal Credit Union,.
State Office Building, New
York City.
3. N. Y. State Rochester Employees Federal Credit Union,.
State Office Building, Rochester.
4. N. Y. State Buffalo EmployeesFederal Credit Union, State
Office Building, Buffalo.
5. Buffalo State Hospital E m ployees Federal Credit Union,.
Buffalo, N. Y.
6. Syracuse State School Employees Federal Credit Union,
Syracuse, N. Y.
7. Brooklyn State Tax Employees Federal Credit Union,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
8. N. Y. State Department of
Public Works District 8, Employees Federal Credit Union,
Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
9. N. Y. State Vocational School
Employees
Federal
Credit
Union, West Coxsackie, N. Y.
10. Hudson River State Hospital
Employees Federal Credit Union, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
11. Attica State Prison Employees
Federal Credit Union, Attica,
N. Y.
12. Auburn
Prison
Employees
Federal Credit Union, Auburn,
N. Y.
13. Matteawan State Hospital Employees Federal Credit Union,
Beacon, N. Y.
14. Central Islip State Hospital
Employees Federal Credit Union, Central Islip, N. Y.
Continued on Page 12
February
THE STATE EMPLOYEE
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ERIK
F r a n k A. G u g i n o
438 B u s t i Ave., Buffalo
H a r o l d B. Elirlich
151 C l a r e m o n t Ave., Buffalo
F r a n k X. Bernhardt
76 Goodell St., Buffalo
A n t h o n y J . Canney
44 P a u l Place, Buffalo
E d w i n L. K a n t o w s k i
499 F i l l m o r e Ave., Buffalo
Fred Koehler
1217 F i l l m o r e Ave.. Buffalo
A r t h u r L. S w a r t z
207 W a r r e n Ave., K e n m o r e
R. F o s t e r P i p e r
50 W o o d v i e w Ave., H a m b u r g
ESSEX
T h o m a s A. L e a h y
Lake Placid
FRANKLIN
J o h n H . Black
Faust
TULTON-HAMILXON
D e n t o n D. L a k e
83 Second Ave., Glovcrsville
GENESEE
H e r b e r t A. R a p p
Darien Center
GREENE
Paul Fromer
Tannersville
HERKIMER
David C. W i g h t m a n
15 South Richfield St., M o h a w k
JEFFERSON
Russell W r i g h t
274 Ten E y c k St., W a t e r t o w n
KINGS
Crawford W. H a w k i n s
417 Pacific St., B r o o k l y n
A l b e r t D. Schanzer
1255 E a s t 24th St., B r o o k l y n
Michael J . Gill-en
S0G H i c k s St., B r o o k l y n
Bernard Austin
559 Bedford Ave., B r o o k l y n
Charles R. McConnell
94G P u t n a m Ave., B r o o k l y n
R o b e r t J . Crews
537 M a r c y Ave., B r o o k l y n
William Kirnan
514 17th St., B r o o k l y n
J a m e s Y. M a n g a n o
G72 Union St., B r o o k l y n
E d g a r F . Moran
447 81st St.. B r o o k l y n
W i l l i a m C. McCreery
159 P r o s n e c t Place, B r o o k l y n
Bernard J. Moran
121 South E l l i o t t Place, B r o o k l y n
E d w a r d S. Moran, J r
27 P r o s n e c t P a r k W e s t , B r o o k l y n
Ralph Schwartz
234 P o w e r s St., B r o o k l y n
A a r o n F . Goldstein
144 Bedford Ave.. B r o o k l y n
E d w a r d P . Doyle
723 H u m b o l t St., Brooklsm
C a r m i n e J . Marasco
1079 71st St.. B r o o k l y n
George W . S t e w a r t
I l l Macon St., B r o o k l y n
Irwin Steingut
70G E a s t e r n P a r k w a y , B r o o k l y n
George K a m i n s k y
919 W i l l o u g h b y Ave., B r o o k l y n
E u g e n e J . Iveogh
1247 H a n c o c k St., B r o o k l y n
Charles H. Breitbart
714 E a s t 4th St., B r o o k l y n
Clement A. Shelton
104 S h e p h e r d Ave., B r o o k l y n
G. T h o m a s L o R e
2307 Dean St., B r o o k l y n
LEWIS
F r e d A. Y o u n g
Lowville
LIVINGSTON
James J. Wadsworth
Geneseo
MADISON
Wheel-er Milmoe
Canastota
MONROE
Pritchard H. Strong
2700 E a s t Ave., R o c h e s t e r
C h a r l e s R. H a g g e r t y
22 Beverly St., R o c h e s t e r
E a r l C. L a n g e n b a c h e r
7 C a v u g a St., R o c h e s t e r
H a r r y J. Gaynor
272 Spencer St., R o c h e s t e r
Walter H. Wickins
Scottsville
MONTGOMERY
L. J a m e s S h a v e r
Canajoharie
NASSAU
Harold P. Herman
GO Plainfield Ave., F l o r a l P a r k
L e o n a r d W. H a l l
147 Anstice St., O y s t e r B a y
NEW YORK
J a m e s J. Dooling
40 F r o n t St., N. Y. City
Nicholas A Rossi
225 Sullivan St., N. Y. Citv
E u g e n e R. Duffy
440 W e s t 34th St., N. Y. City
Leonard Farbstein
18 C o l u m b i a St., N. Y. Citv
John F. Killgrew
325 W e s t 45th St., N. Y. City
I r v i n g D. Neustein
441 E a s t 15th St., N. Y. Citv
Saul S. S t r e i t
253 W e s t 72nd St., N. Y. City
Stephen J. J a r e m a
129 E a s t 7th St.. N. Y. City
I r a H . Holley
272 W e s t 90th St., N, Y. City
H e r b e r t Brownell, J r
9 E a s t 8th St., N. Y. City
P a t r i c k H . Sullivan
395 Riverside Drive. N. Y. City
J o h n A. B y r n e s
235 E a s t 22nd St., N. Y. City
W i l l i a m J . Sheldrick
420 W e s t 130th St., N. Y. City
F r a n c i s J . McCaffery, J r
230 E a s t 71st St., N. Y. City
A b b o t Low Moffat
125 E a s t 84th St., N. Y. City
William S c h w a r t z
315 E a s t SSth St., N. Y. City
Meyer A l t e r m a n
1274 F i f t h Ave., N. Y. City
S a l v a t o r e A. F a r e n g a
218 E a s t 116th St., N. Y. City
R o b e r t W. J u s t i c e
447 L e n o x Ave., N. Y. City
Michael I. K e e n a n
79 E a s t 125th St., N. Y. City
W i l l i a m T. A n d r e w s
405 E d g e c o m b Ave., N. Y. City
Daniel F l y n n
403 W e s t 154th St.. N. Y. Citv
W i l l i a m J . A. Glancy
1551 W e s t 109th St., N. Y. City
NIAGARA
F a y e t t e E. P e a s e
Lockport, R. F . D. No. 4
H a r r y D. S u i t o r
215 4th St., N i a g a r a F a l l s
ONEIDA
P a u l B . Mercier
907 J o h n St., Utica
W i l l i a m It. W i l l i a m s
Cassville
F r e d L. Meiss
701 C h a t h a m St., R o m e
ONONDAGA
H o r a c e M. Stone
Marcellus
George B . P a r s o n s
102 S t r a t h m o r e Drive, S y r a c u s e
R i c h a r d B. S m i t h
411 E l m St., S y r a c u s e
Continued on Page 15
February
Credit Union Growth
Continued from Page 10
15. Elmira Reformatory Employees Federal Credit Union, Elmira, N. Y.
Gowanda
State Hospital Em16.
ployees Federal Credit Union,
Gowanda, N. Y.
17. Marcy State Hospital Employees Federal Credit Union,
Marcy, N. Y.
18. Newark State School Employees Federal Credit Union, Newark, N. Y.
19, Creedmoor State Hospital Employees Federal Credit Union,
Queens Village, L. I.
20. N. Y. State Psychiatric Institute and Hospital Employees
Federal Credit Union, New
York City.
21 Rome State School Employees
Federal Credit Union, Rome,
N. Y.
22, Craig Colony, Sonyea, N. Y.
23. Utica State Hospital Employees Federal Credit Union,
Utica, N. Y.
24. Wallkill
Prison
Employees
Federal Credit Union, Wallkill,
N. Y.
Personnel Day
The League of Women Voters
celebrated January 29th, 1936 as
"Personnel day." Luncheons at
which civil service and the merit
system were the topics of the day
were held in all parts of the United
States. In the evening there was a
nation-wide broadcast. The program was arranged to bring to the
public attention the urgent need for
the elimination of the spoils system. The radio speakers were
Secretary Roper, Mayor LaGuardia
and Governor Fitzgerald of Michigan. A message from President
Roosevelt was read. In part it
said, "It matters not what political
party is in power by the elective
will of the people, the government
functions for all; and there can be
no question of greater moment, or
broader effect than the maintenance, strengthening and extension
of the merit system, established in
the competitive principles of the
Civil Service Act, whose fifty-third
birthday is being celebrated this
month."
February
THE STATE EMPLOYEE
13
Civil Service Appointments
WHEN YOU
The following is a list of appointments to positions in the State service,
made since the publication of the January issue:
Position
Department
Child Guidance
Psychiatrist
Pychiatrist Inst., N.Y.C.
Leonard F. Horan
Probation Examiner
Correction Dept., Albany
Frank McDonald
Photographer
Rockland State Hospital
Charles Ginock
Laundry Supervisor
Mt. Morris T. B. Hospital
Rose M. Fischette
Asst. Type. & Tele. Oper..Mt. Morris T. B. Hospital
Edward Holtz
Asst. Physician
Pilgrim State Hospital
Robert C. Hunt
Asst. Physician
Rochester State Hospital
Edward J. Humphreys....Asst. Physician
Letchworth Village
Betty R. Halperin
Stenographer
Brooklyn State Hospital
Harold A. O'Connor
Asst. Physician
Creedmoor State Hospital
Dr. Malwina T. Lemmle.. .Asst. Physician
Binghamton State Hospital
Stanley E. Targett
Head Laundryman
Woodbourne Inst, of
Defective Delinquents
Dr. James A. Taylor
Asst. Physician
Kings Park State Hospital
Ann Sheriz
Stenographer
Brooklyn State Hospital
Fred W. Hitchcock
Steward
Craig Colony
Dr. Charles Kleinman
Asst. Physician
Marcy State Hospital
James Gaetaniello
Asst. Physician
Harlem Valley State Hospital
Donald W. Penley
Teacher
West Coxsackie Vocational Inst.
Philip C. Heerdt
Senior Messenger
Labor, N.Y.C.
Alexander Fisch
Jr. Clerk
Labor, N.Y.C.
Isadore F. Andorsky
Jr. Clerk
Labor, N.Y.C.
Alma Wiesner
Employment Supervisor.. .Labor, Brooklyn
F. Phvllis Reichler
Jr. Clerk
Labor, N.Y.C.
Rose Peselnick
Jr. Typist
Labor, N.Y.C.
Constance Ayer
Placement Interviewer... .Labor, Buffalo
Frank Brower
Placement Interviewer... .Labor, N.Y.C.
Samuel Flowerman
Placement Interviewer... .Labor, Brooklyn
Edith Abrahamson
Placement Interviewer... .Labor, N.Y.C.
Prank Pierce
Placement Interviewer... .Labor, N.Y.C.
Sylvia Weinstein
Jr. Typist
Labor, N.Y.C.
Ruth Spitzberg
Jr. Typist
Labor, N.Y.C.
Fannie S. Levine
Asst. Steno
Labor, N.Y.C.
Marion J. Vosburgh
Asst. Steno
Labor, N.Y.C.
Isabel Mory
Placement Interviewer... .Labor, N.Y.C.
Clifford A. Howell
Placement Interviewer
Labor, Buffalo
Erma Goss
Placement Interviewer... .Labor, Brooklyn
William Pafkowitz
Instructor in Drafting
Wallkill Prison
Lillian Caesar
Clerk
Public Service, N.Y.C.
Clarence A. Rosecrans
Guard
Clinton Prison
Joseph Kalish
Bertillion Clerk
Clinton Prison
Francis D. Converse
Asst. Bertillion Clerk
Clinton Prison
John F. Donovan
Jr. Messenger
Health, Albany
Joseph B. O'Connell
Jr. Messenger
Health. Albany
Norris R. Sutherland
fiame
Protector
Conservation, Wayne County
Mrs. Alice Truax
Asst. Steno
Conservation, Albany
Milton Matz
Jr. Agricultural
Statistician
Agricultural, Albany
Elizabeth V. Fenn
Jr. Clerk
Education, Albany
Rita E. O'Neill
Asst. Steno
Education, Albany
Hilda Y. Smith
Library Asst
Education, Albany
Edythe K. Salt
Jr. Regents Examiner
Education, Albany
Celia Friedman
Asst. Steno
Education, Albany
Clyde B. York
Dairv & Food Inspector.. .Agriculture, Albany
Frank M. Kirkland
Guard
Woodbourne Inst, for
Defective Delinquents
John C. McCarthy
.Guard
Woodbourne Inst, for
Defective Delinquents
Martin P. Lanahan
Auditor
Audit & Control, Albany
Stephen W. Shanley
Auditor
Audit & Control, Albany
Ernest W. Staub
Safety Inspector
State Insurance Fund, N.Y.C.
Harrv W. Condon
Investigator
State Insurance Fund, N.Y.C.
Samuel Burroughs
Investigator
A. B. C. Board, N.Y.C.
Vincent J. Sabbatino
Investigator
A. B. C. Board. N.Y.C.
Simon H. Goldstein
Investigator
A. B. C. Board. N.Y.C.
Helen Minkoff
Calculating Machine Oper.State Insurance Fund, N.Y.C.
Oscar C. Sorenson
Safety Inspector
State Insurance Fund, N.Y.C.
Tsidoro Siecel
Addressograph Operator. .State Insurance Fund, N.Y.C.
Isaac Kramer
Jr. Clerk
State Insurance Fund, N.Y.C.
William Gottlieb
Jr. Clerk
State Insurance Fund, N.Y.C.
Morris Koloditsky
Jr. Clerk
State Insurance Fund, N.Y.C.
Edwin A. Davis
Investigator
State Insurance Fund, N.Y.C.
Maria J. Jnknp
Typist
State Insurance Fund, N.Y.C.
Isabel N. Malakoff
Typist
State Insurance Fund, N.Y.C.
Lillian Raines
Typist
State Insurance Fund, N.Y.C.
Joseph G. Cleary
Underwriter Clerk
State Insurance Fund, N.Y.C.
Z. V. Antonsen
Gas Meter Tester
Public Service, Albany
Cierald W. Vaillancourt.. .Principal Clerk
Public Service, Albany
Gladvs L. VanVleet
..Jr. Typist
Health Laboratory. Albany
Jeanette Goldflne
Asst. Stenographer
Social Welfare, Albany
Irene M. McGowan
Tr. Typist
State, Albany
Fred Fick
Jr. Clerk
State. Albany
Jane A. Fitznatrick
Asst. Statistical Clerk
Social Welfare. Albany
Loretta A. Mattimore
Asst. Stenographer
Health. Albany
Morris Wolland
Tr. Clerk
State Insurance Fund, N.Y.C.
Morton Price
Jr. Clerk
State Insurance Fund, N.Y.C.
Doris L. Cohen
Tr. Clerk
...State Insurance Fund, N.Y.C.
R. Chase Horowitz
Typist
State Insurance Fund, N.Y.C.
Ruth Berger
Typist
State Insurance Fund, N.Y.C.
Lester I. Arnold
Teacher
Elmira Reformatory
John B. Bvrne
Medical Interne
Rockland State Hospital
Harry E. Winters
Day Attendant
Rockland State Hospital
Truman E. Elethorp
Day Attendant
Rockland State Hospital
Ronald Holt
Day Attendant
Rockland State Hospital
Suzanne L. Zirkle
Day Attendant
Rockland State Hospital
Lorraine Ahearn
Day Attendant
..Rockland State Hospital
Louise L. Wiener
Special Attendant Teacher.Rockland State Hospital
Name
Donald W. Cohen
WEEK END
IN
HewlfoeU
N o w is the time to come to
New York for a bright week
end! See those brilliant n e w
s h o w s . . . enjoy the g a y night
life.. .visit all the sights you
missed before.
A n d w h e n y o u c h e c k in
at t h e L e x i n g t o n y o u ' l l b e
checking out all your cares.
C o m f o r t a b l e r o o m s for as
little as $3 single, $4 d o u b l e all with bath and radio. And
four restaurants, including the
famous SILVER GRILL w h e r e
Ozzie Nelson's Orchestra
plays nightly.
The Lexington is just 4 short
blocks from Grand Central and
close to the theatres and shops.
Garage accommodations!
HOTEL LEXINGTON
48th St. at Lexington Ave., New York
801 R O O M S . . . F R O M
$3
Charles E. Rochester, Manager
National Hotel Management
Co., Inc. • RalphHitz, President
©
February
THE STATE EMPLOYEE
14
Summary of Legislation Pending
Continued from Page 6
Int. 572, Print 590, Mr. Lavery—Adds
new section 470-b, Correction Law,
providing widow of retired guard of
department employee shall be paid on
his death one-half of retirement allowance.
Penal Institutions Com.
Same as S. 594.
Int. 590, Print 609, Mr. Hamilton—
Amends sections 14, 30, adds new 33,
Civil Service Law, providing no person who is an appointive officer or
employee of state, political subdivision or agency thereof, shall hold
office on any political committee or
in any club, principal activity of
which is political, provison not to apply to those holding positions with
tenure not exceeding four months a
year. Civil Service Com.
Int. 591, Print 610, Mr. H a m i l t o n Amends section 3, Art. 2, Constitution,
by providing no person shall be
deemed to have gained or lost a residence for purpose of voting by reason
of presence or absence while employed in State service. Judiciary
Com.
Int. 625, Print 644, Mr. Ehrlich—Adds
new section 220-f, Labor Law, by
limiting hours of labor of employees
in State institutions in mental hygiene dept. to eight hours a day and
48 hours a week. Labor Com. Same
as S. 500, 595.
Int. 631, Print 650, Mr. Potter—Amends
subd. 3, section 57, Civil Service Law,
by providing that revolving fund in
State employees' retirement system
in hands of comptroller shall also
be used for immediate payment of
expenditures for which the system
will be reimbursed by the municipality for which the expenditure is
made. Pensions Com. Same as S.
500. Third Reading.
Int. 632, Print 651, Mr. Potter—Amends
section Go, Civil Service Law, relative
to accidental disability retirement by
striking out provision that if service
of member is on other than full time
basis allowance shall be equal to that
which would be naid to member were
he employed on full time basis. Pensions Com. Same as S. 786.
Int. 633, Print 652, Mr. Poter—Amends
subd. 2, section 02, Civil Service Law,
by striking out exception to maximum compulsory retirement age provision in favor of a member of system under age of 78 where continuance of such service would be advantageous to public service. Pensions Com. Same as S. 787.
Int. 654, Print 673, Mr. Potter—Adds
new section, 220-f, Labor Law, by
limiting hours of labor of nurses
and other employees in State hospitals to not more than eight hours a
day, eight consecutive hours in any
24 to constitute a legal day's work.
Labor Com.
Int. 720, Print 749, Mr. Brownell—
Amends section C, Article 5, Constitution, relative to civil service appointments and promotions of vet-
erans, preference however not to be
accorded in any promotion and making other changes. Judiciary Com.
Int. 722, Print 751, Mr. Caaney—Amends
section 14, Civil Service Law, by providing persons in labor class to permit promotion into competitive class
must have served at least two, instead of three years in a similar position. Civil Service Com. Same as
S. 483.
Int. 786, Print 823, Mr. Hamilton—Adds
new section 25-a, Civil Service Law,
prohibiting a person holding position
in classified service of state or any
civil division or city from holding
office on any political committee or
in any club or organization, principal activity of which is political, nor
shall he serve as delegate to any political convention. Civil Service Com.
Int. 833, Print 873, Mr. Ostcrtag—
Amends subd. 4, section 220, Labor
Law, by making 48 hours a legal
week's work for all classes of State
employees whether employed by a
department,
board,
commission,
agency, bureau or council or by an
institution including those caring
for persons and property, or performing nursing and other service, eight
consecutive hours in any 24, shall
constitute a legal day's work. Civil
Service Com.
Int. 872, Print 924, Mr. Crews—Adds
new section 9-a, Civil Service Law,
prohibiting a public officer or employee from performing service of
motion picture operator or stage
hand in connection with performance
given by or for inmates of any state
institution unless civil service employees are by occupation or vocation motion picture operators or stage
hands. Civil Service Com. Same as
S. 213.
Int. 900, Print 953, Mr. Crews—Amends
section G, Civil Service Law, by providing no rule shall be made prescribing any educational requirements as
condition to examination or appointment of applicant for civil service
position except with respect to professional and other positions for
which requirements are expressly
provided. Civil Service Com.
Int. 922, Print 974, Mr. Schwartz—Adds
new section 11-a, Civil Service Law,
prohibiting any rule of civil service
commission which provides for certification or appointment of any person from an eligible list to a grade
lower than grade for which such person has qualified. Civil Service Com.
Int. 948, Print 1015, Mr. M o r r i s Amends section 68-a, Civil Service
Law, to permit on or before January 1, 1938, instead of 1936, as at
present, optional retirement before
age of GO, of members of State retirement system. Civil Service Com.
Same as S. 358.
Int. 950, Print 1017, Mr. Ostertagr—Adds
new section 18-aa, Labor Law, giving safety inspectors of construction
and home work inspectors same
rights and benefits of grades and
salaries accorded to factory, mercantile, boiler, mine and tunnel inspectors. Labor Com. Same as S. 738.
Int. 1051, Print 1139, Mr. H e r m a n Adds new section 31-b, Civil Service
Law, providing term of eligibility for
reinstatement of person in labor class
whose name is placed on preferred
list shall be four years from date
person was separated from service,
also extending such term to person
in labor class whose name was entered on preferred list or on after
January 1, 1935, and prior to time
section takes effect.
Civil Service
Com. Same as S. 916.
Int. 1119, Print 1221, Mr. A u s t i n Amends section 23, Civil Service Law,
by providing officers and employees
unlawfully removed or suspended and
reinstated by court order or voluntary act of removing or suspending
officer, shall be entitled to receive
compensation from date of removal
or suspension. Civil Service Com.
Int. 1142, Print 1244, Mr. Wadsworth—
Amends section 31, Civil Service Law,
by making provision relative to separation from service and reinstatement apply also to person holding
position in non-competitive class or
subject to a qualifying examination.
Civil Service Com. Same as S. GOO.
Int. 1149, Print 1259, Mr. Ostertag—
Adds new subd. 13-a, section 50, Civil
Service Law, providing reduction in
salary or compensation or member of
retirement system during 1932 and
other years of emergency period, shall
not be considered a reduction so as
to reduce his pension, allowance, or
privileges, contributions to continue
on basis of undiminished compensaton unless notice of election is filed
on June 1, of each year. Civil Service Com. Same as S. 959.
The Newly Remodeled
Y. W. C. A.
CAFETERIA
Extends a special and cordial
invitation . . . to all State employees . . . to become regular patrons of the
distinctively
different
meeting
and
eating
place.
LUNCHEON
DINNER
11:45
to
2:00
5:30
to
7:00
Food Excellent — Lowest Prices
5 LODGE STREET
February
THE STATE EMPLOYEE
Members of Legislature—1936
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2
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3
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5
6
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2
1
2
1
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1
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3
4
5
Continued from Page 12
ONTARIO
Rep. Harry R. Marble
Holcomb
ORANGE
Rep. Lee B. Mailler
Cliffside Park, Cornwall
Rep. Rainey S. Taylor
14 Wickham Ave., Middletown
ORLEANS
Rep. John S. Thompson
216 Park Ave., Medina
OSWEGO
Rep. Ernest J. Lonis
Hannibal
OTSEGO
Rep. Frank G. Sherman
41 Grove St., Oneonta
PUTNAM
Rep. D. Mallory Stephens
Brewster
QUEENS
Dem. Mario J. Cariello
25-55 32nd St., L. I. City
Dem. George F . Torsney
40-01 50th Ave., L. I. City
Dem. Peter T. Farrell
27-58 Curtis St., Corona
Dem. Daniel E. Fitzpatrick
82-09 Surrey Road, Jamaica Estates, Jamaica
Dem. Maurice A. FitzGerald
129-16 134th St., S. Ozone Park. Long Island
Dem. James L. Dixon
117-14 Union Turnpike, Kew Gardens
RENSSELAER
Dem. Philip J. Casey
50 Ida St., Troy
Rep. Maurice Whitney
Berlin
RICHMOND
Dem. Charles Bormann
89 Broad St., Stapleton, S. I.
Dem. Herman Methfessel
71 Midland Road, Great Kills, S. I.
ROCKLAND
Rep. Laurens M. Hamilton
Sterlington
ST. LAWRENCE
Rep. W. Allan Newell
415 Caroline St., Ogdensburg
Rep. Warren O. Daniels
Parishville
SARATOGA
Rep. William E. Morris
108 Third St., Waterford
SCHENECTADY
Rep. Oswald D. Heck
749 DeCamp Ave., Schenectady
Rep. Harold Armstrong:
759 Curry Road, Schenectady
SCHOHARIE
Dem. William S. Dunn
Schoharie
SCHUYLER
Rep. Floyd E. Meeks
Montour Falls
SENECA
Rep. James D. Pollard
Box 359, Seneca Falls
STEUBEN
Rep. Wilson Messer
238 Wall St., Corning
Rep. J. Austin Otto
Atlanta
SUFFOLK
Rep. John G. Downs
Cutchogue
Rep. Hamilton F. Potter
Smithtown Branch
SUL.LIVAN
Rep. J. Maxwell Knapp
Hurleyville
TIOGA
Rep. Frank G. Miller
Apalachin
TOMPKINS
Rep. James R. Robinson
313 East Court St., Ithaca
ULSTER
Rep. J. Edward Conway
30 Fairmont Ave., Kingston
WARREN
Rep. Harry A. Reoux
Warrensburg
W ASHING TON
Rep. Herbert A. Bartholomew
Whitehall
AVAYNE
Rep. Harry L. Averill
Palmyra
WESTCHESTER
Rep. Herbert R. Smith
23 Sturgis Road, Bronxville
Rep. Ralph A. Gamble
18 Linden Ave., Larchmont
Dem. Hugh A. La very
Croton Ave., Ossining
Rep. Jane H. Todd
41 North Broadway, Tarrytown
Rep. William T. Grieve
11 Stone St., Yonkers
WYOMING
Rep. Harold C. Ostertag
Penn Yan
YATES
Rep. Fred S. Hollo well
Attica
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Others
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Albany Basket Ball
League
The basketball league composed
of State employees in Albany and
sponsored by the Adult Recreation
Bureau of the Education Department of the City of Albany, in cooperation with the Association of
State employees, reports the following standing as of February
11th.
W L Pet.
Audit & Control
9
1
.900
Public Works
7
3
.700
Health Lab
5
6
.455
Tax & Finance
4
6
.400
Agriculture & Markets
4
7
.364
State
2
8
.200
Bowling Contest
The State Comptrollers bowling
team, leaders in the State Employees'
Civil
Service
Association
League of Albany, recently traveled
to Poughkeepsie and defeated the
State Insurance Fund bowling team
of New York City by a three game
total of 2636 to 2608.
The victors enjoyed a party at
the Elks Club in Poughkeepsie at
the expense of the New York team.
Bowling with the Albany team
were, Price, Clark, Conley, Lanahan and Burgess and with the New
York team, Moore, Jones, Gorman,
Gray and Meyerson.
Buffalo Hospital
Credit Union
The Buffalo State Hospital Employees Federal Credit Union held
their first annual meeting on January 20th last.
The officers and committees were
re-elected for the ensuing year.
In operation for only three
months, the progress of this Credit
Union reflects great credit on those
connected with its promotion and
management.
Total loans issued $1,932.
Total membership 229.
A successful dance was held the
early part of February, the proceeds of which went towards organization expenses and reserve
funds.
ORGANIZATION—complete and active-is
as essential to your welfare as a state
civil service worker as insurance is to
yourself or your family.
THE ASSOCIATION serves you whether you
are a member or not. The only difference is that when you are a member
you bear your share of the work. Is
there any worker anywhere who deliberately shirks his common duty? We
think not.
GOOD INTENTIONS as to membership are
not sufficient... an application card is
followed quickly by a membership
card.
YOUR MEMBERSHIP CARD is a reference
and a recommendation. It indicates
loyalty and good judgment.
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T H E ASSOCIATION OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES
OF T H E STATE OF NEW YORK
ROOM 156, STATE CAPITOL, ALBANY, N. Y.
Membership Application
Dues to Dec. 31, 1936 — $1.00
$.50 of which is for a year's subscription to "The State Employee"
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highway to success
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