Page ACCION April 1, 1949 OF HONEYMOON SHIELDS VICIOUS PAST Union Participation In Carnival Enhances Event ren.
CUPW farmace TPU cre.
RECORD SHOWS F, OF SWEET TALK IS ONLY WINDOW DRESSING In what would appear to be an historic and unprecedented change of policy, the AF. of on the Canal Zone announced last month that they were going to support legislation in the S1st Congress for the welfare of the silver employees.
If this is really going to happen, then we all will have to alter the age old proverb and admit that the leopard can change his spots.
But let us see if the spots employees) are the positions are really changed or if the in the Government Service, becrafty animal hasn donned ancause the Canal Zone is 0cother coat for temporary use.
Last month ACCION showed cupied, controlled and operated by the United States Governthat at the very moment the rent. of was trying to woo the silver employees with So we are looking at it from a long range viewpoint to honeyed phrases of newfound friendship, their officials were protect the jobs for our childtelling the Governor of the PaAt this point Lovelady took nama Canal to move the silthree pictures from his desk ver employees out of their and said: would like to subhomes into the Republic of Pamit to the committee members nama, stop their commissary three official photograph taken privileges and divest them of of the examination held on what few rights they now posJune There in the backses.
ground, and scattered in there On February 21st local news you will see the darkies.
papers reported that the Metal Those are the people we obTrades Council had instructed ject to.
its legislative representative, Referring to what he calls Walter Jones, to support a bill Synthetic Panamanians (West providing for a 50 hourly miIndian descent. Lovelady had nimum wage for silver workLovely UPW Queen Rose 1a (seated at the top) with her maids of honor on the huge and this to say: They are the ones ers.
magnificent float entered by Local 713 in the Carnival celebration held in the City of Colon we want to exclude. But since Let look into the record on March Seated below Queen Rose (left to right, top to bottom) Misses Corrine Brown, Jean we cannot draw a line of deand see what this same legis.
marcation between those people Smith, Blanche Rose, Victoria Lancrey, Dorothy Morrison, Rosaline Lowe, Evelyn Hamilton and lative representative, Walter Victoria Williams, and the Panamanian to whom Jones, told the last Congress we offer no objection, it fol. La encantadora Rosa 14, Reina de les TPU sentada arriba) con sus damas de honor en el about the. silver employees lows that we must exclude all. the people he now supposed gigantesco y magnífico carro alegórico presenta do por el Local 713 en al Carnaval celebrado en of them if we are to exclude la Ciudad de Colón el 19 de Marzo. Sentadas abajo de su Majestad Rosa (de izquierda a deto represent.
When the McCarran Amendrecha, de arriba a abajo) señoritas Corrine Brown, Jean Smith, Blanche Rose, Victoria Lancrey, All this newspaper can say Dorothy Morrison, Rosaline Lowe, Evelyn Hamilton y Victoria Williams.
ment came up for considerais God help us, if men like tion, Walter Jones said to the Rufus Lovelady are to protect tions on the Canal Zone for Local 713 scored a tremen Carnival Spirit at High Senate Appropriation Commitour interests before the United our children and for those now dous hit when its Atlantic side Pitch in Colon tee: States Congress.
employed and who may become chapters, Cristobal and Gatun, The city of Colon was beau mistake was made in 1915 Is it possible that less than unemployed in the future, we joined the city of Colon in its tifully decorated for the holi that when the American Go year ago, an of would like this committee to celebration of the carnival sea day season. Impressive banvernment did not repatriate official could have made the approve the amendment sug son.
ners were strung across the the alien workers back to the following statement: gested by Mr. Hushing and we Responding to the special in main streets of the city and West Indies from whence they About a year and a hali hope in the next 12 months we vitation extended to them by every street pole was adorcame. The Panamanian landago. the CIO began to or will get some sort of legisla the Colon Carnival Committee, red with colorful decorations lords wanted them to stay so ganize the aliens on the Canal tion under way to effectively the Union featured Miss Rosa that were really in harmony their tenement houses would Zone. It is not a question of keep aliens out of civil ser Goodrich, winner of the CIO with the gay spirit of the carbe filled.
crganizing between the vice.
contest. as its queen.
rival. Colored lights were also Jones continued: The Amecf and the CIO in regard Who knows, in the future huge, impressive flots was used in the decoration of the rican employees on the Panato the Canal Zone. We have we may have an economic un aiso entered in the glamorous streets.
ma Canal have nothing against never desired the aliens as employment situation here in parade held on Tuesday, March The entire city was the picthe Panamanians, the truly members of our organization.
the United States. Those jobs ture of a colorful and radiant rightful Panamanians; it is the We did not want them. We in the Panama Canal belong to Queen Rosa was crowned glow, especially at nights when alien Panamanians, or, in other felt that it was an American the American citizens and not at the popular Club Savoy on the toldos and other recreatiowords, the snythetic one (arjob anyhow and ought to be to aliens.
Saturday February 26 amidst nal centers were lit with cotificial. who was born on the And so we say that the a large crowd of admirers and manned by American citizens, lored lights, Canal and whose parents came with the exception of common of leopard is going to have Union members.
The Union added considerfrom the islands of Jamaica, labor.
to perform some powerful alably to its popular appeal to Larbados, Matinique, Trinidad He was elected to the position Yes, this statement, which terations before he can change the public by its wholehearted ard so forth.
of Recording and Correspondis strangely out of tune with those spots.
and successful participation in The aliens themselves will ing Secretary at the Second the carnival.
the recently announced desire Isthmian Convention held at be taken care of. They now of the of to organize Union Float Magnificent have the retirement and there Foster Bournes La Boca in 1947 and has been the silver employees The Union float, which picwas is a repatriation fund to take made by the Chairman of the (Continued from page 1)
subsequently reelected to this ture aprears elsewhere on these care of them when they are office.
National of Legislative months has been the Union pages, was a job well done. It repatriated back to the islands Committee, Hushing.
Recording and Correspoding Bournes attended the UP was 60 ft. long and 30 ft. high.
from whence they came, and Secretary. He is also the Shop s Second Biennial ConvenJust in case you would like The UPW and CIO emblems the money they will be receiv to know why it took 16 years Steward for his unit at the tion held at Atlantic City in were prominently displayed all ing will be more than the prePanama Canal Press at Mount May 1948 as one of our deleof unrelenting struggle on the over the float. On either side sent island rates of pay or liv part of the silver employees Hope.
gates and acquitted himself of the float, labor was depicted ing conditions so there will be to obtain the erection of voNew Appointee, Experienced admirably.
by a superimposed picture of a no hardship on them.
blacksmith with the sledge In addition to his multiple cational schools, just listen to and Devoted Is this the man who is going what Walter Jones had to say The newly appointed Inter duties that keep kim going at about to strike a blow against to represent and fight for the about these schools before the national Representative was the anvil.
a rather busy pace, Bournes good of the silver employalso The presence of Queen Rosa 1948 Appropriations Commitcne of the earliest leaders of contributes an interestees before Congress?
tee: Local 713 and has a long leI and her royal ladies on the ing column, Today Trends float served to enhance its Let see what another of This school is going to train in the Union newspaper, AC cord of selfless and valuable Cour friends told the splendor.
boilermakers, blacksmiths, all activity in the history of the CION.
Queen Rosa was dressed in Congress about the silver skilled craftsmen. Is it the inunion.
He has worked with extre beautiful white gown of a employees.
tention of the American taxHe served as a trustee of me unselfishness ever since very rich brocaded material and When the Civil Service royer to pay his taxes to edu the Cristobal Chapter for two he became a member of the was regally robed in a neatly rider me up for considers cate an alien to take away or terms, and was also one of Union and his dogged deter tailored cape.
tion before the Senate Appre replace an American citizen in this Chapter delegates to the mination in the interet of Lo Her maids of honor were priations Committee. our old his employment. The ones Union First Isthmian Conven cal 713 has won him much beautiful to look at and they friend Rufus Lovelady, legis tl at talk the most about taxes tion in 1946.
acclaim asd widespread respect won considerable applause from lative representative for the are the ones who pay the He was appointed Viceamong the membership. the huge crowd that lined the said: least. Chairman of the Educational Bournes will be assigned to streets as well as the balconies The only positions available Jones continues: In order Committee in 1947 and was in regular duty at the Cristobal and roofs of buildings along to them (children of the gold to preserve government posi charge of the Atlantic Area. office of the Local.
the entire roate of the parade.
a BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL ERNESTO J: CASTILLERO