The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1950-08-24
Olympic Cornivol
Robert c. Cummings

Robert G. Cummings
Olympia. Efficiency of the
recent special Legislative session
attracted 80 much attention that
one. significant. fact was COM
pletely overlooked by the daily
press.
Every single veto by Gov. Ar
thur b. Langlie seventeen of
them - was sustained by the
Lawmakers.
Nine house bills and two sem
ate measures passed by the 1919
regular session had been conn
pIetely crossed off by the guber-
Material PEN. Three house bills
and three senate bills had been
partially vetoed. -.
AS provided by the Constitution,
each bin was returned TO the
chamber where it originated.
Neither the Democratic house
nor the Republican-controlled SEN
ate had any desire to try to go
over the chief executives head.
All of the vetoed measures au-
tomatically died when the spe-
cial session adjourned sine die
without acting on any of them.
REVERSE
When the official count is an
nounced, don't be surprised if In
itiative No. IT'S has more valid
signatures than No. 176.
No. 17S, the Langlie- backed old
age pension measure which was
written to save $4,000, 900 had
a total of approximately $4,000
names when filed.
No. 176, backed by the left-wing
Washington Pension Union and
designed to be even more costly
than the disastrous No. 172 which
was sponsored by the same group
two years ago, had 100000.
However about 80 percent of
the signatures on each initiative
has now been checked by the sec
rotary of states office.
And the mortality rate on
No. 176, due to Implications, un-
registered signers, etc., is running
slightly higher than 20 percent.
On No. 178, the loss is only
about IL per cent.
Both are assured of a place on
the ballot. But when the final
count is tabulated, No. 178 may
be ahead in actual signatures,
even though it had less to start
with.
CHANGE
An unpublished desk-side job
survey. being conducted by the
Observation-Disclosures has uncov-
cred the startling fact that down
through the years, administra-,
ton after administration, scores
of state employees have had no
idea what their jobs entailed.
Many had only a hay idea.
The result in many cases gives
the answer to much of the inef-
ficiency that has been the rule
in many public offices.
The job survey is eliminating
all this, which means when the
project is completed there will be
no overlapping, each person will
know exactly what he is supposed
to do. There will be no more
shifting of distasteful tasks onto
the newer, inexperienced help.
Seven experts, aoaned by pri-
vitae industry and the University
of Washington, are conducting
the job evaluation project. They
have no illusions about cutting
payrolls, but expect to accom-
plish untold economy through
greater efficiency.
READY
If and when Washington's ma
tional guard is called up into ma
tional service, this state will be
ready with state guard.
Brig. Gen. Lilburn H. Stevens,
adjutant of the National Guard,
has just completed a semi-secret
mission, appointing officers for
the home defense group.
These men, all with military
training and experience but in
eligible for military service, have
the task of recruiting the enlist
ed personnel.
A minimum of 1000 has been
set. The maximum is 10000, es-
tablished by law.
The job is being accomplished
without fanfare to avoid possible
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BISHOP DR.