THE To The Working Man: This is your paper. Sup.
port it, and also support your Syndicate.
if no Syndicate is now existing for your line of work, be the cornerstone of its foundation.
We will help you. Thank God we have a system of Labor where there can be a strike.
WORKMAN LINCOLN.
YEAR III NO 49 PANAMA, FRIDAY FEBRUARY 6th, 1948 5c. a Copy BOB HARRIS Congress recommending steps to be taken to correct Any tendencies that threaten to interfere with Maximum employment, and prod. and purchasing power in The Rancho Beer Garden, ters and the like Workers to y granted recently to its musi discount from the wages of cians one rest day a week the his organized workers pay, a benefit for which the the monthly dues in accorWASHINGTOTN, January 19, draw on all other departments incally bright picture come from Union of Músicians have dance with the receipts pre(USIS) The Employment Act of the Executive Branch of the go two closely inter related factors. been fighting since the crea sented by the Union.
1946 imposed a wholly new and verment for studies, information First, although the disposable tion of the Labor Office This disposition was concomplex duty on the President of and counsel. In short, it is the dollar income of the average which today is known as the tained in the recently debathe United States. Under the Act economic high command for the American consumer reached a new office of Vigelence and Arbi: ted Labor Code but suffered passed by Congress, the President Administration.
high in 1947, the rapid rise in tration. The rest day with rejection by the National Asis required each year to make a The Second Annual Economie prices during the last 18 months pay was granted by the Ran sembly, therefore was not detailed study of the economic Report that the President sub caused its purchasing power to be cho Beer Garden the 19th of incorporated in that body of state of the nation and to make a mitted to Congress last week was less than in 1946. The Dollar January, and was a real sur laws.
report to Congress recommending largely the work of this Council. today will buy only 60. percent prise for the Musicians by steps to be taken to correct any It contained, first an analysis of as much as it bought in 1939. Mr Bob Harris, Manager and The Workman, wishing to tendencies that threaten to in America economy, during 1947 Consumption, however, was main Proprietor of the afore men cultivate the best relations terfere with maximum employ and second, a warning of soft tained in 1947 by liquidation of tioned Beer Garden. This between labor and capital ment, and production, and purchas spots that could lead to a business past saving, a reduction of the pleasant surprise came to feels pleased today to coning power!
recession.
saving out of current incomes, and this groop of workers who gratulate this outstanding In an analysis of 1947, the the extensive use of Under the Act a Council of consumer had not expected to be gran businessman merchant for Economic Report of the President credit.
Economic Advisers is set up to ted a rest day with pay on his liberal move.
guide the President. The Council said that there had been substanSecond, there are basic shor ce for the members of their tial progress in each major field tages goods shortages in orchestra. Mr. Harris, in the its present members are Edwin except in agricultural production, agricultural products, manufac administration of his busiMEETING. Nourse, Leon Keyserling and in which there was a slight drop tured items and raw materialsness has always been a stopi John Clark makes continuing The Board of Directors of three percent, due to a smaller which tend further to decrease the ahead of the other Beer Garstudies of all phases of business corn crop. The total physical purchasing power of the dollar.
activity. The President conferson dens and Night Clubs. It is BARTENDERS WAIToutput of the economy in 1947 was The decline in the dollar value true that Mr. Harris had not ERS UNION, most attend gth the Council chairman, Dr. about seven percent above 1946 has been pronounced since June, before approved or granted a meeting on Tuesday Feourse, on an average of once a and about 76 percent above the 1946, when the temporary laps of to his musicians the rest bruary 16th, at 11 o clock.
month. The Council is able to 1935 39 average. The slight drop price controls paved the way for day with pay because other in agricultural output was more the abolition, four months ater, similar establis refuin the Tropical Garden.
than balanced by increased pro of virtually all consumer price sed catagorically to make duction in manufacturing, mi controls. In the 18 months that such a consession, and in nerals, construction, transporta followed, the Consumer Price making that consession he tion, and electric and gas utilities. Index reflected a rise in prices of would have been placing Following figures are selected 24 percent; the average weekly himself in a disadvantagiindices of the year progress wages, despite two rounds of ous position, commercially.
compared with the prewar peak, increases in major industries, rose But now that El Rancho the immediate prewar period and only 18 percent.
finds itself in an outstanding the years 1945 and 1946.
The American worker today, position above its competiGROSS PRODUCT (in billions hence, so får as his real wages ane lors is has increased its presof dollars. 1929 103. 8; 1939 concerned, is worse off than he tige by this democratic ges 90. 4; 1945 213. 1; 1946 203. 7; was a year and a half ago. But he ture. The present case is not 1947 231.
is still considerably better off a simple gesture of formalPERSONAL INCOME (in bil than he was in 1939, because overity, but the result of a true dollars. 1929 85. 1; the eight year period the average feeling of comradeship with 1939 72. 6; 1945 171. 6; 1946 weekly wages went up 114 percent workers since Mr. Harris hat 171. 2; 1947 197.
while prices rose only 66 percent. confided to us that for many CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT (in Due to the fact that his relative years he was a member of millions. 1929 46. 3; 1939 45. 9; position has deteriorated in the diferent labor organizations Baby has improved 1945 52. 8; 1946 55. 2; 1947 last 18 months, the worker is in the United States, for a great deal. on Bubbling with health 58.
demanding further wage increases. which reason he is fully awathanks to 1929 25. 03; 1939 23. 86; 1945 wage pattern is beginning to be liaboring class and knows LACTOGEN. 44. 39; 1946 43. 74; 1947 No revealed. Several small industries that they struggle for a just already have granted increases cause. Another elocuent eviPROFITS AFTER TAKES (in ransing from eight to 12 12 cents dence of the good will that You can see steady probillions of dollars. 1929 4; an hour. This contrasts with the animates Mr Harris was maThat sparkling vitality 1939 0; 1945 9; 1946 pattern of 18 42 cents an hour in de some time ago when he gress when Baby is put on comes from perfect health. 12. 5; 1947 16.
the first round and 15 cents in the offered the Secretary Gene Lactogen. Growth is solid the health whicii Lactogen The soft spots in this statist. second round.
Iral of the Bartendrs, Wai and healthy, bone is brirgs.
Lactogen, which dense, flesh firm, neries conforms in every important particular with breastnourishes thoroughly and WASHINGTON (USIS) The ment: to continue as before agricultural production; a istory milk, gives Baby all the quickly slow but steady increase in the cordial relations between our two on the Papaloapan River basin vital nourishment she needs.
volume of news of the other peoples, for we are joined to irrigation and electric power Lactogen is pure, fresh, fullLactogen is pure, safe, American republics published by gether by the same principles of project on which the Mexican gov cream modified dried milk, balanced food developthe United States press, which cooperation for progress, for the ernment spent over seven million with extra cream and nat.
began well over a decade ago, has maintenance of liberty and justice pesos in 1947; and another on the ing for Baby strong dense continued uninterrupted during in relations between the people of agricultural and industrial de ural milk sugar added, bere, firm flesh, healthy the postwar years.
the world and of fraternity among velopment in the northwestern made in all important skin and ensuring steady An outstanding example of this the nations of ouor continent. state of Senora.
heightened interest in news of the respects exactly like breastprogress.
Leading stories in the front Other stories deal with the milk.
rest of the Western Hemisphere is Put your Baby on the recent publication by the New page of this section presented a Mexican government enlarged York Herald Tribune of surveys expansion, a general picture of truction, Mexico industrial program of electric utility consof Mexico and Canada present the economic problems confronting structure, new industrial construcreforms in the economic conditions.
the country and the steps under tion improvements in the reilroad The first page of the Mexican taken to solve them, an analysis service, and the latest develop section carrid a message, publishof Mexico foreign trade during ments in the mining industry and ed in Spanish and English, from 1947, and an account of Mexico the tourist trade.
Mexico Chief Executive, in which President Miguel Aleman battle against the hoof and month Other phases of Mexican expresses his gratification for epidemic and its repercussions.
economy presented include LACTOGEN this concrete gesture of friend The second and third pages of problem of the dollar shortage, LACTOGEN ship. ading: this section are devoted primarily rising prices, and the effect of the better milk for babies take the better milk for babies this opportunity to to stories on Mexican agriculture, the high cost of living on the restate the aim of my govern including a survey of last year Mexican worker. BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL ERNESTO CASTILLERO lions of LACTOGEN vember) 851. 02.
New York Paper Carries Special Section on Mexico steady, because Lactogen of survey tax ACTOGEN ACTOGEN NESTE the