JULY 25, 1947 TODAY TRENDS PUBLICITY COMMITTEE HOLDS INAUGURAL MEETING we Confuscius say Fool man join nothin Re instate Allee samee Rich man join AM (National Wise man go Union Boss man say Fire Wise man go back job Association of Manufacturers) Fool man go home Fool man stay Fire In a recent comprehensive, it is now a matter of conjecConfuscious say: study of the commissary price ture as to when the breadlines Poor man join church Union man talk All Union man go Heaven index it was determined that and soupkitchens will become Wise man join Union Boss man say mistake Allee samee CI between the years 1940 and a must. Your answer is to join 1947 the: Total prices of the the Union NOW. This Union is food items have gone up 77. 996 your only hope for a better Total prices of the dry goods understanding of your proitems have gone up 42. blems; your only hope for a Total prices of all items have better tomorrow.
gone up 64. and that during Your slogan is: ONE HUNthe same period (1940 1947) DRED PERCENT ORGANIZA This Committee held its in tions for the Comittee. 10 average monthly wages have TION BY CONVENTION. Group Broadcasting anu augural Meeting at the Office points forming separate docu Announcing Committee. Bro.
been increased only 31 of the UPW CIO Cristobal on ment. Adolpho Lowman, Chairman.
a difference of 33. between Governor Mehaffey has given Thursday evening July 3rd, Formation of the various the rise of commodity prices you a clean bill of health po 1947.
Group Membership Drive Sub Committees to work with Committee. Bro. Santiago and the rise in wages. Rent litically. He has expressed fully Present: Bros. Ogle, the Standing Publicity Com Agnew, Chairman.
excluded. It is any wonder his confidence in your unswery Chairman, Jones, Asst. mittee of the Atlantic District. silver employees have that ing loyalty to the democratic Chapter Stewart, Adolpho Low These were broken down into Committee. Sister Catalina Group Women Auxiliary hungry look?
way of life. This might, to man, Chapter Translator, Ha groups as follows: DaCosta, Chairman.
some extent, mitigate the added rold Clark, Santiago Agnew, From present indications it cross of a spirited witch hunt and Sister Catalina DaCosta, Group Accion News GaGroup Lady Health Visitors and Interior Decorating seems Committee. that Congress expects throughout the membership of Cristobal Representative, Exe thering Bro.
Committee. Sister Layne, Governor Mehaffey to run The Local 713 Remember this, cutive Board, Local 713. Also Maurice McLean, Chairman.
Group Accion CensorChairman Panama Canal on a shoe string however: in attendance in compliance and a prayer. History is being If your lips would keep from with Circular issued was Sister ship Committee. Bro. Harold CO ORDINATOR: Nicasio Gar repeated. The sacrifices of the slips Layne, who found it impossible Clarke. Organizer. little people and the promises ive things observe with care. to stay for the Meeting which Group Technical Advisory of a better world are being of whom you speak; to whom was called to order long after Committee on Propaganda and OVERALL OBJECTIVES, forgotten. What price Victory? you speak scheduled time, also Bro. Wm. its Mechanics. Bro. To publish Accion and And how and when and where. Arthur.
Arthur Chairman. Sound Equip to furnish news for same, also Rumor hath it that immeThe following motions were ment Section. Bro: Chas. Gor preparing it for the Press.
diately after the Hartley Talft adopted after due deliberation. don, Chairman, Motion Picture To distribute Accion on Bill became law certain in Today the silver employee The Overall plan of opera Section.
the Atlantic side.
dividuals began the intimida cup of woe runneth over. Yea, To prepare propaganda tion of silver employees under he is caught in a vise the their supervision. This, On The Education of Stewards about the Union and to see un jaws of which represent low that it reached all members fortunately, is a repercussion, wages on the one hand and and Silver Employees in genthough not a provision of the high prices on the other. LO. By Herman Moore eral.
Bill.
and behold the soaring flight Chairman, Sub Committee on To push the Membership Is this, or is it not a statu of prices while wages remain Stewards Education Drive to the fullest extent.
tory offense?
earthbound.
Spanish speaking members And the promised wage inneeded.
Congressional budget slash crease hangs tantalizing, like To plan advertising of ing has already started a de a mirage before his burning pression in this area. Every eyes. Surely, his cup runneth the task of forming our local fore, year ago we understood tion, etc. For this reason, there Meetings and decorating of time Congress says No to an over as he walks through the union Local 713, UPW CIO. and Recreational Committee, on of the Educational Meeting Halls. To co operate with the appropriation a few hundred valley of despair. What can he more silver families become do? ORGANIZE!
we can look back with pride this our anniversary, take great Education and Recreation ComGive his eligible starvation at our accomplishments for row. Union ONE HUNDRED PER ac pride in telling you how we mittee and assist it to spread Reduction of Force figures CENT complishments which, let no intend to educate the members its doctrine to the people.
ORGANIZATION BY one be fooled, would not have along the lines of trade union To keep in touch with are piling up so rapidly that CONVENTION.
materialized without the est ism.
sick members and to give them ablishment of Local 713. Althe word, in Hospitals and Our first and most import Homes. PLACE IN though it is not my intention To use the Schools and to dwell on our past achieve ant task will be the education of our stewards. Stewards, as Churches in reaching the peoments, this article would not CROSSDALE and Scabbers would recog be complete if you were not you know, are the contact men ple. Salvation Army)
Look well into the present for nize that their position is ut reminded of our gains.
between the members and the To be prepared to cammostly detrimental to there is where the future i3 both union officials. They are the paign for the Union by makOur local gained recognition ones that represent the work ing use of Placards, posters, being molded. Crystal gazing management and labor, which may be of some comfort to the hurt and very little gain.
continously causes so much at the very start; slight wage ers at the first two stages of banners, flags, radio broadcasts, lazy individual who spends increases were won; individual the grievance procedure. They sound system, motion picture, most of his life in wishful We cannot succeed unless and group grievances were are, technically, organizers. In etc.
10. Το draft thinking, but it is pure un we organize. Our needs, such settled; a grievance procedure, short, they are the ones with our female adulterated bunkum to the as wage increases (40 cents overtime and holiday compen whom rests the responsibility members to help the cause by man who really or fuily minimum. better retirement sation, liberalized sick and rest of maintaining the union. If giving them more responsible realizes that the future of his facilities, equality of opportu leave, maternity leave for our they fail in the performance positions.
children and and nity etc. can only be acquired working women, ndchildren is many of their duties, the union fails other regulations of major im also. You can see, therefore, PUBLICITY COMMITTEE going to be just about what if we are well organized, relative Time is too valuable to waste portance to job security were the importance of PERSONNEL he himself makes it. The thinkAll within the having the rank and file union Bro. Ogle, Chairman ing individual knows what it in staying divided. The re established.
leader adequately trained.
takes to succeed. He chooses cognition of the use of time period of one year!
Bro. Carlyle Clark, Vice Chairman a goal, makes a plan and is a vitally important factor But, without your help, dear The stewards training proBro. Nathan Reid, Secreworks it to the finish. That for our Union, which is these gram consists of furnishing what we have started a year very young indeed. All anti gains would not have been him with a steward handbook tary ago to do. To assure the sucBro. Morrison, epresentacipations and expectations of possible. Yes, it was your de which is now in preparation cess of our Local 713 of UPW all our desires with 100 sup termination to live better and and which will be ready for tive, Gamboa Chapter Bro. Crosdale, Repremake CIO, your important moves are port and sacrifice to more decently that made these issuance within the next few sentative, Red Tank Chapter to help organize the unorgan our struggle less hard each gains a reality. And it will be weeks, the dissemination of ized, pay your dues regularly, year until that time Bro. Drew, Representacomes. your determination to continue educational material regularly, tive, Paraiso Chapter attend your chapter meetings We are not wasting time be the age old struggle of work the occasional showing of film Bro. Maurice McLean, Repreand other special meetings, cause we ve just started. Let ingmen and women that will strips, the use of posters, and sentative, Cristobal Chapter help in the membership drive, rot lose our heads now, by make our ultimate goal come weekly classes.
Bro. Eustace Williams, help to stay organized 100 in staying up organized, because true a more abundant life order to maye for yourself we would surely lose our only for the silver workers of the make our organization strong, In this manner we hope to Editor, Accion.
Bro. Gittens, eRpresentative, place in the sun. Only a few chance for better education, Panama Canal Zone.
moments a day of reflection better living condition, better efficient, and democratic. It is Gatun Chapter In this connection, it and recollection of well by this method, too, that we 40 years opportunities and our inalien to state here that many work intend to educate the members. PERSONNEL, PUBLICITY SUBof Jim crowism and vicious able rights.
ers join labor unions without trained steward helps conCOMMITTEE, ATLANTIC ness are required to give you SECTOR a most fascinating and stimuDo not forget that you must being aware fully of their im siderably with the training of Bro. Ogle, Chairman lating effect on your attitude. evaluate the time you are will. portance and the necessity of members.
Bro. Adolpho Lowman Most of us wasted valuable ing to spend on self improve maintaining a strong union.
They are simply members be Therefore, let us all put our Bro. Jones time by not joining the Local ment and to destroy all the cause other workers are, and shoulders to the wheel cf Bro. Maurice McLean or by not paying dues steadily barriers we would encounter they see in organization success and work hard to Bro. Harold Clarke as we should in our struggle for total liberation.
chance to get better wages, make our ambitions come true. Bro. Santiago Agnew Realizing time relationship They are not interested Let us be able at our next Bro. Arthur to success, one year activities Use all your patience, efforts, other benefits such as job se anniversary to take our place Bro. Charles Gordon and accomplishments could determnation and time, and curity, old age pension, better in the hall of labor fame, and Bro. Gittens have been much easier, fight for a healthy stimulant education, adequate housing, be able to say: a job well Sister Catalina Da Costa only if all the Uncle Toms to your ambitions.
shorter working hours, recrea done!
Sister Layne.
THE SUN very, brothers in BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL ERNESTO CASTILLERO