ACCION Page August 21 1948 STOP SITTING. From Page GOLD ROLL BOSS no Gold Roll Boss: You silver workers should be contented.
Your salaries are higher than those in your native lands, Union Mmeber: So the greatest nation on earth, the United States of America, is having its standard shaped by backward or undeveloped regions.
Boss: The Panama Canal belongs to us Americans. You foreigners are not entitled to much, anyway.
Union Member When the going was tough in the construction days why didn all of you feel that the project belonged to you and therefore you should all have pitched in and do the dirty work. We did most of the dirty and dangerous work to make this Zone a paradise for you newcomers.
Boss You guys want too much. You are not tax payers.
Union Member: We are greater tax payers than anyone in continental United States in individual contribution to the United States treasury. The average silver worker pays twice his salary to your government when we consider that he gets only one third of the wages paid to Americans for similar workmanship.
Boss: You guys are getting bitter. suppose want to start a strike.
Union Member: We shall never attempt to strike.
Boss: You fellows should use more molasses and less vinegar.
Union Member:What would you Americans do if placed in our position. Boss:Use molasses, of course, Union Member: What did you use in 1776?
Boss: hem. There goes the whistle. See you tomorrow. DRUGS PATENT MEDI.
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Modern Machinery Shoes Repaired While you Wait Open from 30 to p. Watson Prop. DOWNER, Proprietor Pan American Drugstore the Canal Zone is operated are still filled with the fear Tune in on under the laws of the United with which almost everyone States of America and the CIO was filled when the authoris legally recognized by the u. ities adopted stern retaliatory RADIO MIRAMAR Government.
measures against these strikI can see reason why ers. It is pity to know that every worker of the United they have been carrying that from 7:45 p, to 8:00 States Government on the Ca fear around with them for the nal Zone should not become past twenty six years. It is member of organized labor, esmore depressing to know that pecially when the labor orga now that the chance of waging Announcing nization in question has pro a better fight to seven its worth in the United cure what every free worker States. The accomplishments should enjoy is available to of the CIO in the United us, this small percentage of States since it was organized oppressed workers should re Portraits That Emphazie ten years ago, have been so frain from seeking memberYour Personality many and so highly important ship with the organization that to the worker that this orgabest suited to carry on this RUSSEL nization is now recognized as fight. Box 885 Tel. 426 the leading democratic labor The era of fear is rapidly Colon, organization in the United becoming a matter of the past States.
on the Canal Zone, ever since Another of the common rea theCIO extended its democrasons that the skeptic has given tic fight to these parts. No For Dependable Radio Re.
for not joining the Union is longer is the worker afraid to pairs, Tubes and Parts Visit based on his belief that he has become insistent in his deRADIO to have the prior approval of mands for what is rightfully his boss or supervisor.
his, economic freedom, better CONTINENTAL. This is only a mistaken idea. No longer is he afraid to make housing, and better education.
12177 Central Ave. Tel. 1159 Certainly, this attitude could public the injustices he suffers.
Colon, not be attributed to fear. It Why do you skeptics does not seem logical that choose to remain in the middle since the present Union is road on an issue that is just To be a strong hand in the without fear while thins hand. as much yours as it is mine? dark to another in the time of ful should be so overpowered am very certain that you need; to be a cup of strength by it.
are all aware of the fact that to a human soul in a crisis of Another weak as well as whatever we may achieve in weakness, is to know the glory groundless reason but forward our struggle will also be of life.
enby these doubters is the re joyed by you. My advice to Phillips Brooks.
collection of the so called you would be join our Lostrike of 1920. This strike is cal 713 as quickly as possible.
well known among our people THIS IS NO TIME TO BE as well as the reasons for its STANDING IN THE MIDDLE UNIVERSAL failure. Nevertheless, there are FTHE ROAD. CLEANERS many of this small group that Ave. Balboa, No. 6070 Tel. 426. Colon, JAMES SMITH Continued from Page 1)
highest representatives of the was not aware of the existing FOTO organization affected by such conditions or probably it felt blander was right here on the justified by staying clear off WALLACE Isthmus and could have been such matters. Nevertheless, the easily contacted for a confir fact that it could suddenly beBROS.
mation of James Smith alle come aware of the agitation Panama, gations.
going on in the cities of the Republic which was branded as This would have been the a campaign of harassment most practical step to follow. against the Canal authorities find the great thing in In following this step this pa by elements wholly disassociat this world is not so much per would have had cleared it ed with life and work on the where we stand as in what diself of any doubt as to its real Canal Zone, is proof enough rection we are moving.
interest in the welfare of the that this particular paper was oppressed peoples of the Canal, always conscious of the flagZone as well as the world over. rant un democratic practises DEWDNEY Of course, everyone realizes existent on the Canal Zone.
that this paper has its tradiPHOTO STUDIO tion of almost one hundredi The publication of this let The Best ter by this morning daily has years to uphold. Naturally it 8031 Front. St. Colon would be too damaging to its only served to intensify the pride to contact Mr. Len Gold bitter feeling of the silver Compliments of smith for the true facts, even worker toward it.
though the O, is the rank It is a certainty that he ing labor organization of the future publications of this pagreatest democratic nation on per will be closely observed and Henrique Furniture earth whenever there are similar recurrences like the James The attitude of this morn Smith letter, then it would be Store ing paper in publishing such a left to the silver worker and misleading letter is to be ques his family to take the necesNo. 8119 Ave. Central tioned when it must be consary action as a means of pro sidered that such statements test Colon, serve as food for the few skep tics who would be more than glad to use such statements as the logical reason for not joinFor Women, Misses Children ing the movement. Moreover, LOOK SMART KEEP COOL IN OUR SPECIALLY this particular daily has never MADE DRESS strived for the abolition of the racial discrimination nor for From the the betterment of the econo And, when it comes to: mic condition of the so called Hand bags, Toilet preparations, Hair. Dressing, silver worker. LADY LONOX HAIRDYE.
Probably this paper was not Be Sure to CALL AT interested whether the silver MARVA ALICIA STORE worker was kept in a state of 136 Calle Estudiante, Beween Sts.
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