ACCION Page RICHARDSON BLASTS SILVER Some people seem to think PAY BEFORE CONGRESS son. EDITORIAL UNCLE DUDLEY THE UNION FIGHTS ON!
SAYS: Thousands of union members will miss Max that the of is trying Brodsky. There is hardly a silver worker who to bury the hatchet with sil UPW OFFICIAL CALLS FOR MILLION will not swear that Brother Brodsky fought sin ver employees. It seems to MORE FOR WAGES AND HOUSING cerely and courageously to promote the welfare me as though they re trying to of the Canal Zone employees. Through his leader bury it in their backs. homa Thomas Richardson, UPW Anti Discrimiship and the support of the membership, historic mat nation Chairman, gave a hard hitting report to gains were won for the silver employees. There Heard a funny incident the Congress on pay scales and housing conditions of is not a silver worker employed on the Canal thought d pass it along to you the Silver employees when he testified on March Zone today who has not benefitted in some form readers: 10th before the House Appropriations Committee.
or manner from the labors of Max Brodsky. The District Quartermaster Following are excerpts from employees.
While he gave sterling leadership to Local called up a silver employee Richardson testimony (Union. This Committee of Con713, he was an object of bitter hatred of the press. by the name of Archie Wat Stewards have been furnished son with a wife and seven kids gress is entitled to know the During his year and nine months stay, reams and and asked him if he be inwith complete copies of the tes facts with regard to a matter reams of paper were devoted to vituperative and terested in large family quarttimony. which has great bearing upon slanderous attacks upon him. Far from being a. would like to state the morals and efficiency of ers.
clearly that this large group disturbing factor, however, it was most reasuring sure would, said Watthe native employees. It has cf Federal employees repre long been an established Amerto the silver employees. They were well aware sents a convenient medium of the role of the local press. Never had it raised Well, here are the keys. Go ican tradition that each workthrough which our country can ing man or woman should be over and take a look at the its voice on behalf of the downtrodden workers.
demonstrate to the peoples of able to expect that at the end Always it catered to the interests of the gold what you think of it, said the apartment and let me know Latin America our sincerity of his working life he would with the regard to the right of employees. That these newspapers would be op DQM.
be entitled to sufficient funds human beings for a decent and posed to a militant, fighting union which would Watson looked over the apart with which to enjoy the twireap telling gains for its members was a foregone ment and found it had four secure existence. This group of light of his life. Insofar as the workers, until recently refer employees of the United States conclusion. When the members of Local 713 saw rooms with two bath rooms and red to as the Silver employ Govrenment are concerned, two kitchens.
the newspapers vent their spleen on Brodsky like it fine, he said to ees and now designated in the they have enjoyed for many through their vicious editorials and slanted repersonnel records of the Gov years retirement system the DQM. How much is the emment as local rate em which relieves them of worry ports, they were calm and satisfied in the know rent. It only 16. 50 a month. ployees, has a record of sacriledge that anyone fighting on their behalf would concerning the time when they fice loyalty, and service to will no longer be able to work.
earn the enmity of the press. They often stated said the DQM.
the United States Government The native employees of our that the time for alarm would come when these Oh that too much for that is without parallel on the Government on the Panama Canewspapers started praising our leaders. Then along with my two tooms, said me. guess ll have to get Canal Zone. Their impeccable nal Zone are not covered by would be the time to be on the alert for doublerecord has been repeatedly at the Civil Service Retirement Watson.
tested to by the various Gover System or any retirement syscrossers. But the apartment has two nors of the Canal Zone. They tem for that matter. The best Brodsky has left, but the Union fights on. Alkitchens, said the DQM.
have a record of service to the that our Government has seen though Brother Brodsky was a peerless leader. What do need two kitchUnited States Government that fit to grant them is a pension ro democratic organization is built upon one man.
ens for, said Watson, indicates the existence of a rehaven got enough food to cook system which allows them to The strength of Local 713 is derived from its thou in one!
servoir of goodwill that the receive a maximum disability sands of fighting members. During the nearly United States Government can pension of 25 a month regardthree years of its existence the Union has developless of their length of employWe took a little poke at the rot discard or ignore.
ed capable, qualified leadership which can stand Commissary Division in the. The native employees ment. Gentlemen, this 25 is the maximum and many of on its own feet. Men like Foster Bournes, recently last issue for cutting out the must pay the same prices for these employees no longer able appointed International Representative, have befree supper given employees food and other commodities to work receive even less.
once a year during annual in purchased in the Canal Zone come experienced and resolute leaders in the cauld ventory. In order to balance that are paid by the United ron of struggle over the past few years. When the ledger, we want to point States citizens who make two UPW Publishes Hardmen like this can assist in the leadership of the out this time, that employees ar. three times as much wages Hitting Booklet On Union, it means that we have really come of age.
who worked overtime in sev The ideal standard of living on Discrimination The Administration informed Regional Dieral commissaries taking in the Canal Zone is comparable to the standard of living here rector Brodsky before his departure that they will ventory rechecks during March received a free supper. And in the United States. By re To be distributed among continue to deal with the Union as they have in the sandwiches this time conCongressmen and other fusing to pay the native work leading figures in the past. They stated that none of the occurrences tained two slices of minced hans ers the wages necessary during the week preceding his leaving would in. not one!
allow them to meet this standA dramatic slick paper terfere in any way with their relations with the m sure all the readers re ard of living, the United States booklet has been published by Union.
member President Lo Government is placed in the the international office of If anything, we think that the Union is stronger ve lady saying publicly a few position of with holding from UPW on the discriminatory months ago that there was no these workers the attainment than ever in the minds of its membership. The discrimination on the Canal of a standard of living which conditions in the Canal Zone.
campaign that was waged, the mighty military Zone. Well, it looks like he had the United States Government 100. 000 copies of this 12 page booklet have been published display that the Union campaign forced out, the to eat his words. He found dis itself has revealed to them as desire of strong groups in the Rep. of Panama to and are presently being discrimination alright, but guess being desirable and necessary where! Yup you guessed it, for human happiness.
fight at our side and the courage of the membertributed to every Congressman the gold employees are being of the Congress and to While considerable misery ship in resisting the unprecedented intimidation discriminated against.
thousands of influential perhas been the lot of the nashould convince all that Local 713 UPW CIO is The following is quoted from tive employees because of the sons in the United States.
firmly embedded in its foundation and will conti a circular letter sent to gold United States Government reThe facts are presented in a truly vivid manner. The pamnue to fight effectively and courageously for the employees by Lovelady and fusal to grant them adequate silver employees.
dated March 3rd: phlet is liberally illustrated wages, this situation is sharwith photographs illustrating As see it all United States pened by the fact that these Erald Durant Succeeds Supreme Court citizens employed in the Civi employees are engaged effithe discriminatory conditions.
Bournes As Recording (Continued from page 1) lan service of the Govern ciently in almost every ocuIn most instances, photographs of the Jim Crow pracAnd Corresponding ment are entitled to equal pation that is found here in established that the states can the United States. They are em tices in the Canal Zone are Secretary treatment regardless of their by reasons of order or public shown to corroborate the writcivil service status. The law ployed by our Government as To fill the vacancy created security, expel a resident foten facts.
by Foster Borunes on his ap(Act of 1912) in its present teachers, policemen, clerks, tyreigner or simply one passing Description of discrimination pointment by UPW as Interpists, office helpers, managers, through the territory. in this form is discriminatory in that it favors one group against an medical attendants, sales ladies, in housing, salary, schooling, national Representative, the manner is recognizing the chaother.
racteristics of the sovereignty longshoremen, seamen, carpentand retirement, comprise an Local Executive Board elected Well, waddya know!
ers, painters, mechanics, railapproximate half of the bookErald Durant as Recording that in international law means way employees, stewards, cooks, let.
and Corresponding Secretary.
a right recognized by the other The other half tells about Durant is the Secretary of states, but in the internal law waitresses, hotel employees, much as Brodsky has already the birth of our Local and the the Cristobal Chapter and is this authority is subjected to truck drivers, etc. The rates of left the country it would be gains won so far, the bitter the limitations imposed by the out of place to revoke the or pay for all of these jobs have also one of the Cristobal reder of the Foreign Minister. been absolutely sub standard opposition waged against the presentatives to the Local ExeConstitution and the laws of Union by the newspapers, and the country.
All five judges of the Court and are still so despite one or cutive Board were in agreement in declaring Althougth the Supreme Court two small increases during the the vicious treachery of the He is another of the devotdeclared the Foreign Minister the Foreign Minister order past year. In fact the mini AFL against the silver wored union workers, and like his crder illegal, it said that inas illegal although one judge filed kers.
mum wage in the Canal Zone predecessor, has acquired cona dissenting opinion in another is only 26é per hour. limited quantity of these siderable experience, since will feature biographical matter.
citizens performing the same booklets has been received by the advent of our union, as skete hof our newly elected The appeal was made by Eloy or comparable jobs receive from the Local. These are being disan able leader.
Recording and Corresponding Benedetti a noted attorney in three to four times the high tributed to the stewards in ACCION, in its next issue, Secretary.
Panama.
est wages paid to the native every chapter.
per of mince a BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL ERNESTO CASTILLERO