Panama, August 26, 1944 THE LABORER Page AS WE SAID BY RADIO AGAIN.
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MAIL BOX The Bartenders, Waiters and mention one of the following Similars Association of Panama, cases: After the first edition of our During a visit to the Canal Zone of Vice Presiinsists on calling all non organ Messrs. Jorge Forgue de La paper, El Obrero. this second dent of the United States, Mr. Henry Wallace, ized laborers to reunite in their Zerda and Guillermo Chumaceissue comes out and as the preMr. Noel Austins handed this high American reprerespective groups reminding ro, president and secretary, revious, is meant especially for them of our contest campaign at spectively, of the Liga de Emyou. To remind you that now sentative, a sheet of revindications with the followno cost, at all; not even thanks pleados de Comercio of La Paz, you will find solution for any ing questionnaire: do we ask for. Our office situat Bolivia, gallantly invited on May complaints you might have. We, ed on the upper part of Tippe 25th, 1944, La Union de Empleathe directors of this monthly What is to be done with 10, 000 old West Inrary Bar, Central Avenue No. dos de Comercio de Panamá to paper will understand and lisdians brought under contract and who are to 103, is at your disposal.
send their representatives to ten to you for we suffer as Laborism in Panama should their silver anniversary, combe retired from the Canal Zone, when there much as you do, the injustice syndicalyze to be up to date with memorating their 25th year of of wealthy businessmen. Of the exists the probability that they will be repaother countries that are up to social life.
strangers for whose fortune you triated to their homelands, leaving children date with civilization. To show Such an invitation came to us made, and not satisfied with them that we are apt to reap and with great sorrow we rentheir treatment, deny you many and grandchildren who do not desire and the seed of good plant it in the dered the following information: legal rights. And also of those cannot be taken to such islands?
conscience of our people. To pay Dear Sirs: of your own class who knowwith our practical recognizance The so called Union de Em ing your misfortune, take pride What is to be done with approximately 30, 000 the restlessness, and struggles pleados de Comercio de Pana in making it worse.
young men and women born on the Canal of countries from which we have ma does not exist. There is a inherited the conquest of their Well, Comrade. Here we are Zone of parents of forbidden immigration, corporation denominated Cham noble desires of reinvindication.
to defend you. But it must be ber of Commerce, composed of who because of changes in the Constitution If we want progress to acellerate Banking and Industrial elea square DEAL. You do your part and we will always be of the Republic of Panama, are denied their its march, in our Republic, it is ments, whom you may address necessary that all, absolutely all with our assuredness that you willing to help you. We will sure acknowledgement as Panamanians and conlaborers organize. That is why will get a favorable answer. And go against you if you abuse.
we insist on the organization sequently cannot be employed in the Republic there is another institution We shall fight to improve of electricians, carpenters, busiwhen unemployed or even when there is scarcalled Chamber of Commerce ours and others situation withness employees, etc.
Jr.
out having to intervene with represented by younger city of employment on the Canal Zone?
The laborers of the agrupa people who maintain good ofthe authorities. Remember that tions duly mentioned, do As a solution to those worries it is suggested what we plant, that we reap; not ficial positions and distinguishknow that in the exterior, it is ed employments in the local So always give the best in you that residential suburbs be constructed for retired thought that they are respect commerce who will also be glad and request same for yourself.
ively organized in Panama and Unite and work for the sake employees allowing them to live among their relato answer such a cordial invitaand benefit of yourself and have sent, from different countives, even after the beneficiary has died. That such tries, newspapers, magazines and As non organized laborers will those of your fellowmen. This suburbs be constructd where residents may have corresponding epistolars for each see, because of this small detail you will achieve by exchangof the mentioned aggrupations, the opportunity of cultivating fields. That such we are considered to be at the ing ideas, leaving aside resentall of which rest in our hands same advanced standard of ments, selfishness and discus guarantees be made extensive to employees alien without destination.
To prove social life as that of other counsions of racial superiority. Teach the truth of our statement, we to the Army and Navy Service; that persons born tries of America.
what you know and inquire what you ignore, asking, searchon the Canal Zone and studying in North America, ing, but be sure and get the be permitted to work during their permanency over correct answer. We were all born ignorant and inquiry is there as well as freedom to emigrate to that couna form of advancement. Do try. They claim also for standard salaries on the not aspire to be as good as othPolitics is formed by a great Canal Zone, conforming to existing regulations in And what law? may we ask.
ers, just aspire to be good and better.
One which is mass of men promising you the the United States.
only complied impossible today, for the suc with by the laborers, not by Be like the ants. They unite In our opinion, the West Indians claim for recess of their desires. Then the big men who sink you to help each other. Form with vindication is just. We remember reading, several when they come to a happy deeper in your misfortune. The ending, leave no trace of their your comrades a chain without same men that offered you distinction of class, color or times in local newspapers, that fortunate Americans footsteps. new world begins happiness, because they needed religion. Do not let your weakwere granted retirement and considered as old for them; and the poor devil your cooperation for their sucness be the cause of the breakthey fooled with hope, they timers. That is a privilege no one can take from cess.
ing of the link that would be forget and just consider as one They will come back. Because the end of that chain.
them but West Indians are also old timers and of the many people, thinking they think those people, we Laborer: Work hard and imwe understand that when they are granted retirethat as such he ought to be the laborers, are very simple.
satisfied with his position.
But Comrade: Face them prove. Bring out all the good ment, the sum allowed is so insignificant that they in you and remember, that you May your policy be differ bravely. Do not let them sink are just as apt as anybody can hardly pay for the apartment they rent. beent. Strive to improve for the you again. You can be a good else to achieve a task.
coming a burden to our Panamanian society and for future progress of your chil citizen, voting during elections dren.
for whomever you choose. You Show them that you can work the whole nation to whom they never dedicated can do that without being and comply faithfully with your their energies and muscles of steel.
What the matter nowadays? bribed by characters that part as long as there is jusScholars fail because of bad would do almost anything to For many years they sweated over the hard tice.
feeding, lack of hygiene; and achieve their success.
Remember that as gold is labor of the Canal, to achieve a gigantic task of the laborer? He works 12, 14, Remember that national purified in fire, the just are these modern times, the Panama Canal.
and 16 hours a day without progress depends upon your la purified in their tributations.
rest and sufferng abuses; and boriousness and rectitude as The democratic doctrine states that democracy when he asks for his vacation, much as the nation general Latins always maintained the is all for humanity. Once in a while we have a proof has to sign all kind of papers decandency on vice, desconprinciple of equality. The Pa of this democracy. Will there be a demonstration because: THAT IS THE LAW. sideration and selfishness.
namanians are right in preof it for the West Indians. senting to the conference, this rest of slavery they want to sustain in their countries. Our congratulations for your proposition.
By mere coincidence, a monthMexico City. In that paper after It is easy to understand that transcribing the ly paper corresponding to the contents of For waiters considered as of criticism is addressed to the Secretarial Department will dicmonth of May and edited and said proposition, comes the crisecond classification, the Barmajority of masons that intetate them memorials, letters, tenders, Waiters and Other.
printed in Mexico City, came to ticisms from sect to sect, as grate The Metal Trade Coungive them brief explanation of our hands. It is called Gran per the following: cil of the Canal Zone. With labor laws and help them in Similar Association has opened de Oriente Español. which. As we enter a Masonic founded reason and also a special course, in order any complaints they might have translated means Great Spa temple, we are taught not to years this organization has been to train them in serving dinners, against their employees.
ornamenting tables of distinctions.
nish Orient. From it we pickfirst establish accused of managing the inteand of ed HEALTHY ENTERTAINMENTS: up a very curious and inetiquette; the How class can masonry maintain rest of the laborers of that teresting article.
such existing rules of feudal sector with an imperialistic proper silver to be used and The association has organized The writer of these columns aspires to equality the wine to be served for such all kind of games, such as pingdinners.
knows nothing of masonry but school of the totalitarians.
pong; checkers. All members of LIBRARY: by what we hear, have gather For equal job, equal salary We want to state that we the Association and other aed that among masons, exists If who does it is white or of do not aggree with the congraThe Association of Bartenders, grupations that hold their sesa great fraternal cooperation another color Such distinction Lulations given to the PanamaWaiters and Other Similar As sions in the bartenders halls, and that collective or individual is a shame. If, as we do not nians for it is not true that sociation is organizing a library ore entitled to participate in errors are kept secret. Now we think, there were masons who laborers on the Canal Zone are provided with special books for such games.
think differently and as did not protest against such an in their majority our countrythe laborer.
think, our thoughts suggest us THE HALL OF SESSION, TO injustice, they could be accused men. All nations of the world The association will order the principle.
of calling themselves brothers SERVE ALL LABOR AGRUPAare represented on the Canal books directly from the exterior The proposition introduced by but that they weren TIONS: Zone. is why, in our but will appreciate any donathe Canal Zone and Panama Several years ago we assisted opinion the felicitation should tion by part of the laborers The Hall of Session of the Laborers representatives, to the at an Emigration Conference have been universal.
friends.
Bartenders, Waiters and Other Conference of International celebrated in London. We at From Masonic Selection we SPECIAL SERVICE FOR Similar Association, is at the in Labor celebrated recently tacked with all our might, the form the following principle: Philadelphia and which conTHE LABORERS: disposal of all laborers and representations of the Domains The inalienable right of the juvenile agrupations, when they tents are resumed as Equal of Great Britain and never people that contributes to its special service to help the wish to celebrate their sessions.
Job Equal Salary. an article wanted to accept liberty of happiness, rate high above the the laborers has been establish Said Hall is situated in the upentitled in relation to the Canal emigration. They maintained oath of secret organization and ed by the Secretarial Depart per part of House No. 103 on Zone laborers motion, saw the distinctions of race and the unconfessed ambitions of ment, in the upper part of house Central Avenue. Those interestthe light in a daily paper of were hard to convince. We, the all politicians.
No. 103, on Central Avenue. The ed, please go to the Secretarial ANTIMASONIC SELECTION TO THE ASSOCIATES for many racial the vile type, if it among men?
we That bars to convince. We the politicians ER NESTO NO: 203, on Central avenue.