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Vol. 4, No. 6 BALBOA HEIGHTS, CANAL ZONE, JANUARY 1, 1954 5 cents Playground- To-Be

THESE THREE Morgan Avenue cottages and three other nearby buildings mil be torn down this year to make room for a new playground which will be built near the Balboa Elementary School. The

photograph was taken from a window of the school building.

Congress To Consider Legislation

Affecting Zonians In This Session

Many matters of direct concern to employees in the Canal organization will be subject to consideration and possible

legislative action during the second ses- sion of the 83d Congress which convenes

next Monday.

In many respects the coming session of the Congress will be one of the most

important in years for Canal employees. For the U. S.-rate employees perhaps

the most important topic for Congressional consideration is the report of the consultants on the 25 percent differential and fringe benefits, together with recom- mendations of the Board of Directors on

the report. These were requested by

Congress at the first session and were to be submitted by January 1 to the Legislative and Appropriations Committees.

Cash Relief Increase Of primary concern to the local-rate employees and a large number of retired

local-rate employees is the legislation

raising the cash relief payments from $1

to $1.50 a month for each year of service with a maximum monthly payment of $45 instead of the present $25 a month

maximum.

Identical bills providing for the in- creased cash relief payments were intro- duced at the first session of the 83d

Congress. They were approved by the Senate and House Committees to which

the bills were referred, but failed passage

by either House during the closing days

of the session. Governor Seybold announced immediately after the adjournment of Congress

that the Canal administration would seek

early enactment of the legislation when

it reconvenes this month. The legislation

has the endorsement of various labor

organizations.

This legislation is considered by the Canal administration as something of a

stop-gap measure until a permanent type

of retirement plan can be adopted for local-rate employees. Action on all retirement legislation is (Seepages)

Board Of Directors Meet

In Canal Zone This Month

The Board of Directors of the

Panama Canal Company will meet

this month in the Canal Zone. The

date for the meeting has been set

for January 19.

It is not yet known how many of the Directors will be able to attend

this meeting.

Special committees from the Board

met in the Canal Zone on several

occasions this past year. The January meeting, however, will be the

first in the Canal Zone for the full board since 1952.

NEW PLAYGROUND

TO BE LOCATED

IN BALBOA AREA

Construction of a new playground area adjacent to the

Balboa Grade School as part

of the development of the Flats area in Balboa has been approved by Gov. John S. Seybold.

The project will entail the demolition

of six buildings in that area, one of which

is the Junior College Dormitory for boys,

and the relocation of a part of Morgan

Avenue which runs by the south side of the school building.

Other houses to be demolished are four one-family cottages located on the

east side of Morgan Avenue and one

cottage off the east side of the road

which was once occupied by the custodian

of the former Canal Zone Orchid Gardens.

The area will be approximately two and

one half acres in size and will provide more adequate facilities for the 1,000 children now enrolled in the Balboa

school from kindergarten to grade six. Asked To Move

Construction of the new playground

will be completed during the school vacation period between the months of June and September of 1954. Residents

of the quarters to be demolished have, been asked to vacate as soon as possible

but not later than May 1, 1954. It is expected that the houses will be demolished shortly afterwards. The Morgan Avenue houses are old landmarks in the Balboa area having

been built in 1917 about the time that

the townsite was first constructed. The

Junior College Dormitory was built in 1921 and was first used as a YWCA

building. Later it was taken over by the Schools Division and the lower floor has been utilized as a Little Theatre and band

practice rooms. The upper floor has been

used for a Junior College dormitory since the construction of the Canal Zone

Junior College in 1934. The new playground area will more

than replace the area which was taken

over for the site of the new Goethals

Memorial. In addition it will provide a playground completely free of the traffic hazard which now exists on Morgan Avenue. The only part of the new recreation space bordering a road, on Carr Street,

will be enclosed by a low wire fence. The ground itself will be graded and

prepared with a base of rock dust which

has been used on the playground space

for other schools in the Canal Zone and

will keep the area much drier during the rainy season. Morgan Avenue will by-pass the school by joining Carr Street some distance

west. The few houses left without access

to Morgan Avenue will be served by a

short access road.
THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW January 1 , 1954

Clubhouse, Police,

And Rent Changes

Told To Conferees

News of considerable importance was

announced to U. S.-rate Civic Council

representatives at the last "shirtsleeve conference" of the calendar year. The police stations at Margarita and

Gamboa are to be closed; Gatun police station will be utilized primarily for the

lake patrol launches, and the name of the Pedro Miguel station will be changed to the "Canal Zone Prison for Women and

Juveniles." Pedro Miguel will continue as a police station for its community. The

date of the change was not announced.

Effective March 1, the Ancon Clubhouse will be closed and all of its activities transferred or discontinued. The

school luncheon which is served at the clubhouse daily to about 25 grade school

children will be transferred to the Tivoli Guest House. The closing hour of the

Cristobal Clubhouse will become 8:30

p. m., as far as its restaurant and sales services are concerned. The present

movie schedule, however, will becontinued.

Rent Reduction

The other major announcement was

the reduction of rents on the new twofamily, two-story concrete houses. The

new rents will become effective as soon as

possible, probably with the next pay

period and will affect all houses of this type. Rents for the three-bedroom type 336 house, now $19.80 weekly or $85.80

monthly, will become $17.90 weekly or $77.57 monthly. Rent for the four-bed- room type 339 house, now $22.65 weekly

or $98.15 monthly, will become $21.50

weekly or $93.10 monthly.

Police Protection

Expanding on each of these three major

subjects, the Governor said that police

officials are convinced that Gamboa can

be adequately covered by radio patrol

cars. The change, the conferees were

told, means no reduction in police protection; the main change in Gamboa is the

inactivation of the police station as such. Both Margarita and Gatun can be covered by radio patrol cars working from the

central Atlantic side station. The changes

in the police stations, the Governor said, are the result of many months study.

Closing of the Ancon Clubhouse and

the reduction of hours at Cristobal are simply an economy move, the Governor

pointed out. Family Night

Several plans to benefit customers of the clubhouses are now being studied. One of these is a projected "family night" supper which will be offered at the Tivoli Guest House and the Balboa and Margarita Clubhouses. Dinners will be offered on this night at an especially attractive

price. The night of the week on which

this "family special" would be given, with

the exception of Saturday, Sunday, or Monday, would be chosen by the Civic

Councils, according to present plans.

The reduction in rents on the twofamily houses, Governor Seybold told the

conference, is the result of the low bid

received for construction of the 33 new- houses of this type. This contract, in

Governor Holds First Meeting

With Local-Rate Civic Councils

ANOTHER FIRST was chalked up fur the Canal administration and Canal communities last month.

Representatives of the newly-organized Local-Rate Civic Councils met for the first time with Governor

J. S. Seybold. Attending the conference were representatives of councils in La Boca, Santa Cruz, Paraiso, and Rainbow City, and from the temporary General Committee, an over-all group.

Regular conferences between the Governor-President and representatives of

local-rate communities on topics of community interest were inaugurated last month when 12 representatives of the newly-formed Local-Rate Civic Councils

and Temporary General Committee met

with Gov. J. S. Seybold at Balboa

Heights.

Patterned after similar conferences between the Governor and U. S.-rate Civic Council representatives, the meetings will be held monthly, or as conditions

require.

Accompanying the Governor were Edward A. Doolan, Personnel Director,

and Norman Johnson, Employee and

Labor Relations Officer. Local-rate conferees for the Temporary

General Committee included Harold W.

Williams, president, and Ernest Williams,

Arthur W. Crooks, Zachariah Williams,

and Gladstone Grant. Civic Council

conferees were: Mrs. Louise Walker and

Richard Burns, Santa Cruz; Marcus

effect, had lowered construction costs for houses of this type. Rents are set up by

house types. Rent Review

Rents will be reviewed toward the end

of each fiscal year, the Governor said. Costs will be studied and checked against

rents. The resulting rent will then be set

for a year's period. Such rent will reflect savings made in operation of the housing

facilities in the past year and projected

savings of the coming year, but savings

will not be made by omission of necessary work. Concerning rents in general and in answer to questions brought up at earlier meetings, the Governor said that three factors—depreciation, maintenance, and

interest on investment—accounted for about 85 percent of the rent charged.

Administrative and service costs and the vacancy factor are responsible for the other 15 percent.

He added that he foresees no possibility of current reductions in rents on quarters other than the types 336 and 339 quarters.

Purchase Cards

The Governor emphatically (See page is)

Granum and Cleveland Roberts, La Boca;

Ellis L. Fawcett and Cyril Atherly,

Paraiso; and Jefferson Joseph, Rainbow

City.

Community Problems

After opening the meeting, the Governor said that the objective of the confer- ence would be to make possible joint consideration by the Civic Council repre- sentatives and officials of the CompanyGovernment of appropriate community

problems and means of betterment of community life. He stressed that wages,

hours, and conditions of employment are not the proper concern of the Civic Councils nor are problems which concern

individuals privately proper subjects for consideration by Civic Councils or the

conference. Of a number of problems and questions

submitted in advance to allow time for investigation and study, several were

cleared up by Governor Seybold, while some others were held over for further work by the agencies concerned, to be

reported on at the next meeting.

Representatives of Paraiso were assured by the Governor that the pavement of their streets would be maintained in a satisfactory condition and that temporary steps would be taken soon after the

first of the year to alleviate the congested

condition that has developed in the Paraiso Commissary.

Until future plans for a new Commissary building in Paraiso can be brought

to reality, an expansion of sales space in existing structures is expected to ease the

congestion, the Governor revealed. The

Commissary Division proposed to move

the shoe and housewares sections to new

quarters, possibly in the basement of Building 131 or in part of the present

Clubhouse building.

La Boca representatives learned of action on four of their problems. The

Governor announced that: A street light will be installed to

illuminate a dark corner near House 939

in La Boca.Commissary Changes

As part of the projected revision of the

entire La Boca Commissary layout

designed to improve the convenience of shopping, the cooking oil (See page is)
January 1, 1954 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW

Record Traffic Of Past Fiscal

Brought Canal's Income

Net Revenue Exceeded

Previous Year Figures

By Over Four Millions

Condensed financial statements giving the results of operations of the second year

of the Canal's administration as an incor- porated federal agency—the Panama

Canal Company—were released at Balboa

Heights before the calendar year closed. The financial statements show that the net income of the Company for the year which ended last June 30 will be $5,634,906,

after the valuation adjustments now

under consideration have been made. On

a comparable basis, the net income for the previous fiscal year. 1952, was

$2,669,208. Before giving effect to the

valuation adjustments the tentative net income for 1953 was $7,200,963.

Property valuation policies and approx- imate capital values have been determined

by the Company but, under the law,

must be approved by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget. These are now in process of being submitted to the Bureau. The principal adjustments involved are the accrual of depreciation on the channel,

harbors, and similar assets, heretofore

classified as non-depreciable, and the

capitalization of improvements to the channel since 1914. Revenue and Credits

During fiscal year 1953 the total revenue and credits of the Company amounted

to $107,457,716, derived as' follows: Canal tolls, $31,973,209; credit for tolls on U. S. -Government vessels, $5,557,682;

sales of commodities, $28,293,601 ; sales of

services, $20,671,695; rental of quarters, $2,157,581; service and sales to the Canal Zone Government, $3,475,747; and credits for intra-agency cost distributions,

$15,328,201. These latter represent services rendered by one activity of the Company to another and are really offsets to charges for the services included else- where in the statements. For example, the power system charges

the water system for electricity used in its operations. This is income for the power

system and expense for the water system,

but actually "puts no money into the Company's pockets." Costs and Expenses

Adjusted costs and expenses totalled $101,822,810. In addition to operating

costs such as salaries and wages, accrual

for locks overhaul, cost of goods sold and

transferred, and general and administrative expenses, this figure included adjusted

depreciation of $7,469,788, reimbursement

to the Treasury for the $430,000 annuity

to the Republic of Panama, the net cost

of the Canal Zone Government which in

fiscal year 1953 amounted to $11,319,656,

and interest, as adjusted, of $5,485,127.

Without the valuation adjustments, depreciation would be $4,719,963, and

interest would be $6,668,895.

The substantially improved operating

Year

To New High

results for 1953, as compared to the Company's first year, are attributable to the increased volume of traffic through

the Canal which was handled without

a corresponding increase in operating

expenses. The level of all other operations of the Company as a whole was approximately

that of the previous year. Tolls and tolls credits in fiscal year 1953 were $7,121,392

higher than for the preceding year—an

increase of 23 percent—and set an

all-time record. Much of the traffic, especially the tolls credit for Government ships, was due to the Korean war. A considerable drop in both traffic and tolls is expected for the present fiscal year. The downward trend

in shipping, particularly in the tolls-credit vessels, began in September of this year and is still continuing.

Capital expenditures of the Company

for the year amounted to $9,112,063, of which about $2,000,000 was related to improvements and replacements for the Canal itself, and roughly $5,900,000 was

for the employee housing program. On June 30, 1953, before the revaluation adjustments, the fixed assets of the Panama Canal Company—such as the waterway itself, the locks, harbors, dams,

breakwaters, spillways, buildings, and

other structures—together with lands and

treaty rights, but excluding defense facilities—are reported in the statements in the amount of $540,820,985. With allow- ances for depreciation and obsolescence,

this sum is reduced to $420,841,981.

APPOINTED PUBLIC

RELATIONS DIRECTOR

WILLIAM G. AREY, Jr., who has served as

Public Affairs Officer for the United States Information Service in Panama for the past two and a half

years, has been appointed to the newly-created position of Director of Public Relations for the Panama

Canal Company. He will take over his new duties

next Monday. A native of Shelby, N. C, Mr. Arey worked for two years on the editorial staff of the Shelby Daily

Star and for seven years was President and General Manager of a commercial printing plant and publishing house in Shelby. In 1948 he was appointed to the U. S. Foreign

Service of the State Department and was stationed

in Bogota until he came to Panama in 1951.

Congress To Consider Legislation

Affecting Zonians In This Session

(Continued frcm page l) being held temporarily in abeyance pending a report of a special Congressional Committee which

is making a study of all Federal retire- ment systems. This committee has until next July in which to submit its report. Compensation Study

The report of Booz, Allen, and Hamilton, management consultant firm engaged

to conduct the compensation study, was

presented to the Canal Company December 1 and was considered by the Board of Directors at a special meeting held December 14. Since the report and

Board's recommendations on the findings

of the consultants were requested by

Congress, no announcement has been

made concerning their contents.

It is not presently known whether the

findings or recommendations will require

any legislative action by the Congress.

Aside from these matters of major

concern to Canal employees, a large

number of employees will be directly

concerned by any action taken by Congress on pay increases for classified and

postal employees during the coming session. Many different proposals for pay

increases were introduced during the first session and the matter will be under consideration by several different committees.

Close observers of affairs in Washington

have predicted that legislation granting

pay increases will be passed. In addition to these questions which

will be before Congress for consideration,

several other minor bills pertaining to administrative matters are presently

before Congress. Among these is a bill providing for the payment of commuted

leave directly to surviving beneficiaries under the same plan now in effect for other Federal agencies.

Although not a matter of direct concern

to employees, a report on Panama Canal

tolls is to be submitted to Congress

during the coming session. The tolls study has been in progress for several months and the results of the study have

been requested by the Congress during

this session.

Personnel Changes Made

In Army Secretary's Office

Three major changes in the office of the Secretary of the Army is Washington

were announced during December.

Earl D. Johnson, Under Secretary of the Army since early 1953, resigned from

this post effective January 25. Mr. Johnson is to be succeeded as Under Secretary by John Slezak, Assist- ant Secretary. Mr. Slezak comes from

Chicago. Czechoslovakian born, he is a

naturalized U. S. citizen, a veteran of both World Wars, and a graduate engi- neer from the University of Wisconsin.

Edward A. Bacon, who has been a

special consultant to the Secretary of the Army, has been appointed Assistant to the Secretary. He will be assigned to Panama Canal affairs. He spent about

a week here last September.
THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW January 1, 1954

New Chapter Begins In History

Of 40-Year-Old Hotel Washington

AX AVEN l"E OF PALMS leads to the Hotel Washington in Colon which is today under new management. After over 40 years of operation by the United States Government or its agencies the hotel has been leased to the firm of Inversiones Motta, S. A., and will be operated by them.

The transfer today of operations of the 40-year-old Hotel Washington in Colon

to the firm of Inversiones Motta, S. A., begins another chapter in the history of the stately-looking, palm-surrounded big

building facing the Caribbean. It has

been a social center for Atlantic siders, a hostelry for distinguished guests, an

overnight shelter for Canal pilots, and

a weekend resort for Pacific siders for many years. On December 22 Arturo Motta,

representing the five-brother company,

signed a lease for the hotel and a contract

for its management. Governor Seybold,

in his capacity as president of the Panama

Canal Company, signed for the company.

In a statement issued at the time Mr. Motta expressed the hope that the

Atlantic side community would use the

hotel's facilities and make it their own

center to an even greater extent than

they have in the past. The name of the hotel will not be

changed; local humorists, however, have

already dubbed it the "Motel Washington," which is as bad a pun as anyone

ever heard. Although no Canal Zone hotel has

ever before been operated under contract, contract management is not new in Canal

history. During construction days the clubhouses were operated by the YMCA;

employees paid regular dues and were

given certain privileges, like reduced rates at movies, on their membership. For a number of years restaurants in the Canal Zone were operated under contract by

Carl Strom. The present Ancon club- house and the Balboa police station were

both restaurants under Strom management.

Early History

The early history of the Hotel Washington is well known. The original hotel was built about 1870 as a residence for employees of the Panama Railroad Company. It was a two-story frame build- ing located on the present hotel site. In

1905, when construction of the Canal

swelled American forces in the Canal Zone,

a third floor was added to the hotel and

in 1908 it was taken over by the Isthmian

Canal Commission.

In May 1910, the Washington began

to take transient visitors and the load soon became so heavy that the adjacent

Bennington House was also turned into an inn for overnight guests, or those staying longer. President William H. Taft, a frequent

visitor here during construction days, was

convinced of the need for a good Atlantic

side hotel —although his favorite local stopping place was the residence of Col. George W. Goethals—and in 1910 he

authorized construction of the new Hotel

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fcecture, selected the architects, and set the sum of $500,000 as the top limit for

its cost. The old hotel was moved, the seawall

reinforced, and work begun on the newbuilding. On March 13, 1913, the Washington—as we know it today—housed its first guest, a well-known American named

Vincent Astor. Ten days later it was

opened formally to the public.

War Years During World War II the Washington

was an eerie place. Signs in the corridors and the elevator advised guests of the whereabouts of air raid shelters. The

roof, a vantage spot for sightseers, was off limits. An anti-aircraft battery was

located next door, on the swimming pool

side, and from time to time guests were

notified, in advance, that there would be

firing practice. They could then find urgent business elsewhere or stuff their ears with cotton. None of the halls were lighted, except

by low-burning lanterns set on the floor, and blackout restrictions were stringently enforced. With submarines lurking so

close outside that at least one ship was

torpedoed only three hours after it sailed from Cristobal, the precautions were

necessary and few people complained.

The hotel was full of strangers on important war business and an occasional survivor of a torpedoing found his way

through its hospitable doors. Outside, in

full view of the hotel, row on row of dull gray painted ships waited for transit or

to form convoys for the Caribbean crossing, and air- and sea-craft from the nearby

naval base at Coco Solo buzzed or roared about their particular missions. In the fall of 1950 the hotel underwent

a minor face lifting. The lawns and

gardens were reseeded and new planting done. Some of the interior was painted, new furniture added, and tennis and

handball courts near the swimming pool were readied for use by guests. Earlier

this year more interior redecorating was

done.

Be Careful Now,

It's Malaria Season

Just because the rains have stopped,

the sun is shining, and the ground is beginning to get dry, it is no time to relax on precautions against malaria, according

to the officials of the Health Bureau at Balboa Heights. Strangely enough Jan- uary has been found to be the peak month

for infection. The reason for the high malaria rate during this month is believed to be the

carelessness of Canal Zone residents who,

thinking that the danger period is over, plan trips to the Interior away from the

sanitated areas and spend the evening

hours outside of screened houses. During January Canal Zone residents are advised to follow the rules which

apply during the rainy season.

1. Do not frequent beaches or un- screened buildings after dark.

2. Don't go hunting or fishing after dark.

3. Stay indoors in screened buildings

and don't sit in unscreened basements or open porches after the sun goes down.

4. If you have to be out of doors at night keeping moving and apply a good

insect repellent to your skin.
January 1, 1954 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW

FOR YOUR INTEREST AND

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GUIDANCE

UL

PREVENTION

HOW IMPORTANT IS LIGHT TO MAN?

The advent of a new year always brings

in a review of man's past and many prophecies for his future. The only thing man

is ever sure of is his past. All through

history man has struggled for better knowledge of the Universe which he partially sees around him. Not only has he had to work hard to discover and uncover

the secrets of the Universe, but he has had

to overcome the bigotry, ignorance, and

superstitions of his day. Thus, we speak

of "man's continual struggle toward

the light."

With light thus considered as a symbol

of man's struggle with himself, it follows that he has considered it of prime importance in his past life and absolutely necessary to his future existence. Therefore, using light in its various forms, some men, by sharing bits of knowledge,

have invented large and small machines

to delve into the secrets of the Universe. Of all these inventions the camera has been one of the most important, by

capturing and recording light in ways

that can be seen and interpreted through

our eyes.

It follows that our eyes, which are small cameras, are one of God's greatest

gifts to man. Without them, we would

still be as earthworms crawling around in damp soil. With them, our imagination has soared to the infinite ends of space and looked into the infinitesimal smallness

of an atom.

Considering the eye alone it is a marvel

HONOR ROLL

Bureau Award For BEST RECORD

NOVEMBER

CIVIL AFFAIRS BUREAU

AWARDS THIS CALENDAR YEAR

Civil Affairs 4 Health 4 Community Services 2 Engineering and Construction 2 Marine

Transportation and Terminals

Supply and Service

Division Award For NO DISABLING INJURIES

NOVEMBER

CLUBHOUSE DIVISION

ELECTRICAL DIVISION

INDUSTRIAL DIVISION

RAILROAD DIVISION

SANITATION DIVISION

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION DIVISION

AWARDS THIS CALENDAR YEAR

Sanitation 10 Electrical 7 Industrial 7 Motor Transportation 7 Dredging 6 Grounds Maintenance 5 Hospitalization and Clinics 5 Railroad 5 Clubhouses 4 Maintenance 4 Storehouses 3 Navigation 1 Locks

Commissary

Terminals

of engineering as well as a marvel of creation. Did you ever stop to think what a task it would be for you to construct a camera, starting with a little sand, clay, iron ore, cotton, and a few other minerals? Before you could start on the camera itself, it would be necessary to build machines to process the raw materials.

All this would take some time, especially

if you had to learn each step by trial and

error. On the other hand, Nature,

starting with a little albumin and saline and in less than a year's time, builds a

pair of spheroid cameras having many

automatic features. Also, they are mounted on a mobile bipod which can

turn them in any direction desired. Each eye has a biconvex lens made of

skin, whose cells are modified to be

clearer than glass. This lens is delicately

slung with accurate centering across the path of light, and is so flexible that tiny

muscles which hold it in place can change

its shape to automatically focus near and

far objects on the back curtain (retina) of the eye. This retina registers a continual moving picture without having to change

any film. It contains some 137 million

light sensitive cells, each a sort of TV

scanning bulb that changes light into

electrical impulses. These electrical charges in themselves have not the faintest elements of vision—showing nothing of "distance," nor "vertical," nor "color," nor "brightness," nor "shadow," nor

"visual anything"—yet when they reach our brain a full-color, 3D moving picture

is conjured up and stored in our memory.

In front of the lens there is a circular diaphragm comparable to the iris stop of a camera which, in the camera, has to be

adjusted by the hand of the operator

after he "has calculated the correct exposure and stop opening from a couple

of other gadgets. In the eye this adjustment is automatic and is worked continually by the image itself. Each eye has a self-operating skin windshield

wiper, equipped with a tear water cleaning

fluid, which also has the property of cutting down surface halation. The lid also acts as a safety device which closes over the eye to protect it from injury.

Contrary to general belief animals do

not have all around better eyes than

humans. For instance, although the

eagle's visual acuity is almost twice as good as ours, its night vision is much

poorer. The owl's eye is just the reverse with better night vision. The cat's better night vision is achieved by being

able to open the iris to admit more light, which is then reflected back through the

retina from a special membrane within it, creating the same effect as admitting still more light. This latter effect is the same

which was so troublesome to old plate

photographers, where light reflected from

the back surface of the plate caused

halation. Grazing animals have eyes with elon- gated pupils which gives them almost 360

degrees horizontal vision. Their eyes are so shaped that only light coming from in front passes through the lens at the

correct angle to focus it in normal 3D

vision. Apparently the rest of the eye

registers only motion, for any sudden

motion on the side causes them to take

off in full flight, without waiting to learn the cause. To keep horses from doing

this they are supplied with blinders. Most

animals are color blind and lack the

ability to pick out a motionless hunter even though he is wearing bright colored

clothing. Some insects can detect ultra- violet and infrared rays, which our eyes can see only with (See page 14)

NOVEMBER 1953

Disabling Injuries per 1,000,000 Man-Hours Worked

( Frequency Rale)

6

7

8

8

11

13

14

14

1 £323

Engineering and Construction Bureau mm 1

Supply and Service Bureau fWW

C.Z. Gov!.—Panama Canal Co.(This Month)

Marine Bureau

Health Bureau

C. Z. Govt.—Panama Canal Co. ( Best Year)

Transportation and Terminals Bureau

Community Services Bureau fX-M-Xv-Xvli

Number of Disabling Injuries 19

20 30 40 50

Man-Hours Worked 2,241,602 LEGEND

3 Amount Better Than Canal Zone Government—Panama Canal Company Best Year

I I Amount Worse Than Canal Zone Government—Panama Canal Company Best Year

f.'y.:-:-'4i Accumulative Frequency Rate This Year
THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW January 1, 1954

C. Z. Police Association

Takes Care Of Its Own

OFFICERS of the Canal Zone Police Association get together, left to right are: Elmer Bierbaum,

Vice Chairman of the Balboa Chapter and a former Association President; James Hatcher, Association President now in his sixth term; Albert Hermanny, Secretary-Treasurer of the Balboa Chapter, and Morton L. LeVee, Association Recorder. Absent from the Isthmus when this picture was taken was

Robert Engelke, Chairman of the Balboa Chapter.

Just about the first of each year a subdued buzz of activity starts around

Canal Zr :3 police stations. Talk of programs, pictures, orchestras,

entertainment, and extra folding chairs mingles with the usual police patter of

citations, arrests, and bookings.

The first of each year is Police Ball planning time for members of the Canal Zone Police Association and, since 99

percent of the members of the force are

Police Association members, that means

for about everyone. Policemen by the dozen spend their off-duty hours working

toward the success of the two dances

which are highlights of the year for the

force and its friends. Why And Where

Not that the Police Association is simply a party-giving organization. But

revenue from the Police Balls goes into the fund from which the Association pays

$1,000 to the family of any member who

dies, or $50 a month to any sick or dis- abled officer who must be away from his job for more than 30 days.

So, Association members believe, if parties are the best way to raise money

the parties should be the best possible.

The dates and locations for this year's

Police Balls have already been chosen. The Atlantic side affair will be held at the Hotel Washington on February 26.

It will have a real carnival air, coming as

it does the night before Panama's

Carnival begins.

The Pacific side chapter of the Association will give its Ball at the Hotel El Panama on March 12. Archie Manikas of the Cristobal Police

station is chairman of the Atlantic side committee. The Pacific side Ball committee is headed by James L. Cicero, with Cato May as co-chairman.

Originally Labor Union

The Canal Zone Police Association or, to be more exact, the organization from

which it sprang, started as a labor union. In 1936 several policemen who belonged

to the American Federation of Govern- ment Employees decided to form a separate AFGE lodge, the membership of which would be restricted to policemen.

A charter was obtained from the AFGE

national headquarters and on November

18, 1936, Lodge 337 of the AFGE came

into being.

There was official objection to this move, however, and less than a month

later the officers of the lodge were directed by the Chief of Police to surrender their charter. It was felt, in official circles, that the police force should not be organized and affiliated with a labor group. The leaders in the organization move- ment believed that they could be organized along some lines which would not be

objectionable to the administration and

thought that an unaffiliated group, based on the principles of an association, would

fill their needs. During the early part of 1937, a group

VINE COVERED walls make a background for two of the officers of the Cristobal Chapter of the

Police Association. Joshua A. Cunningham, Chapter Chairman and Association First Vice President, is on

the left; William H. Staats is on the right. He is Chapter Vice Chairman.

of policemen studied police associations

in the United States and by May 1937,

had drawn up a constitution and set of bylaws based on the principles of the New York City Patrolmen's Benevolent

Association and the Washington, D. C. Retirement Association. These, of course, were adapted to local conditions. Major Objectives

The objects of the Association, as stated in these documents, remain just

about the same today as they were then

:

"To advance the moral, social, and

material standing of the members of the Canal Zone Police force of the Panama

Canal Zone, through cooperation with

government officials and by honorable

and legitimate means, and

"To aid and assist worthy and needy

members of our Association, their widows

and orphans."

Dues were to be $4 a year, with a $1

initiation fee. Assessments of not more

than $1 could be made from time to time, on vote of the Association.

Originally the officers were a president, two vice presidents, a secretary-treasurer, three trustees, a sergeant-at-arms, and

an advisory board which was to be composed of all past presidents in good standing, plus five additional members elected annually by the Association. Founding Fathers

Its first president was Eugene Provost, who retired from the police force in August 1946 and is now living in California. The vice presidents were Troy

Hayes and Harry J. Lewis, both since

retired, and the late John C. Morris was

the first secretary-treasurer. There was no death benefit provided for Association members' families at first but

the Association agreed to defray twothirds of the cost of hospitalization in any

Canal hospital for a member who had no

accrued leave. Except in special cases,

this financial aid was limited to $100 over

a 12-month period. In 1940 the constitution was amended

to include a sliding scale of death and

disability relief, depending on the member's length of service. Eight years later the benefits were increased and a retire- ment annuity was included. This ranged

from $75 a year for a member with five years service to $1 ,000 for a 30-year member. Since the association was then only

three years old, this was looking well into the future. The annuity provision was dropped in 1951 and last July the death benefit was

changed to a straight $1,000 regardless

of length of service. Several years ago the Police Association adopted its present form: An Isthmianwide Association with two chapters. The

Canal Zone Police Association has been

headed for the past six years by James

L. Hatcher; its Recorder is Morton L. LeVee.

Executive Council

The Association's governing body is an

Executive Council. The chapters meet

separately once a month; matters raised during these meetings are consolidated and worked out by the Executive Council

which meets regularly every three months,

or oftener if called. The Chairman of the Cristobal chapter

is Joshua A. Cunningham, who is also the

Association's first vice president. Robert

Engelke, second vice president of the

Association, is chairman of the Balboa

chapter.

William Staats is (See page 12)
January 1, 1954 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW

Official Panama Canal Company Publication

Published Monthly at BALBOA HEIGHTS, CANAL ZONE

Printed by the Printing Plant Mount Hope, Canal Zone

John S. Seybold, Governor-President H. 0. Paxson, Liautenant Governor

E. C. Lombard, Executive Secretary

William G. Arey, Jr. Public Relations Officer

J. Rufus Hardy, Editor

Eleanor H. McIlhenny

Editorial Assistant

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Postal money orders should be made payable to the Treasurer, Panama Canal Company, and mailed to Editor, The Panama

Canal Review, Balboa Heights, C. Z.

F. G. Dunsmoor Will

Head Selective Service

FORREST G. DUNSMOOR

The appointment of Forrest G. Dunsmoor, Administrative Assistant to the Governor, as State Director of Selective Service was announced in December.

In this post he succeeds Marc Quinn,

formerly Chief of the Management Staff

of the Panama Canal Company. Mr.

Dunsmoor's appointment is effective January 1. Mr. Dunsmoor has been Deputy State Director since last August. Succeeding

him in this position is A. E. Beck, Superintendent of the Terminals Division in Cristobal.

OF CURRENT INTEREST

Margarita School Dedicated

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SIXTY CHILDREN from the fourth, fifth, and sixth grades of the new South Margarita school

carolled gaily last month as the new building was formally dedicated. Directing them is Miss Odell Waters. Nearly 800 parents and other visitors attended the inauguration which was held in the patio of the

school building. The formal ceremony during which the keys to the school were presented to S. E. Esser, Superintendent of Schools, by Lt. Gov. Harry O. Paxson, was preceded by open house in all of the class- rooms for the children's parents. The school is located in a nine-acre area about midway between the older and newer sections of Margarita. It consists of five one-story buildings, connected by covered passageways. Its classroom walls are painted in pastel colors and the floors are of harmonizing asphalt tile. All furniture is new. Plants have already been planted in the patio and the school is expected to be one of the beauty spots of the Canal Zone.

With the approach of the dry season

Canal Zone residents are again warned to take precautions against grass and brush

fires. Such fires can easily get out of control and become dangerous. For this reason the burning of grass and brush in the Canal Zone during the dry season has been

prohibited except when permission has been obtained from the Fire Inspector. Heads of bureaus and divisions and pri- vate interests have been directed to see that the long grass is cut and removed from

areas near any building or combustible

material, and persons entering grass areas have been cautioned to exercise the greatest

possible care to prevent the occurrence

of fires.

especially interested can visit the cold storage warehouse.

One of the major traffic hazards on busy

Gaillard Highway was removed in December when the direction of traffic in front of the Tivoli Commissary was changed and

the 100-foot wide exit was transformed into a 20-foot entrance. Cars leaving the Tivoli Commissary in the future will travel in a

east to west direction and enter Gaillard Highway in the same direction of traffic. Since this is one of the busiest corners in the Canal Zone, signs have been put up

advising a 20-mile speed limit 100 feet west

of the Tivoli Crossing.

Canal Zone residents who are curious about the origin of all that merchandise

with the Commissary label and the method

in which the Commissary Division handles

tons of foodstuffs before it is distributed to the various retail stores, will now have a chance to take a guided tour of the Mount

Hope Plant and find out for themselves. Arrangements have been made, Commissary Division officials have announced, for conducted tours of the various Mount Hope

units by small groups of not more than 40

adults and older children. The children must be junior high school age or older. The tour will include a visit to the ice cream plant, the milk bottling plant, the bakery and the coffee roasting plant. Sight- seers can also take a quick look at the huge

dry storage warehouse and those who are

The transfer of the Housing Division

office and personnel in Pedro Miguel from

the Post Office Building to the Furniture Warehouse, Building 59 on Miraflores

Street, effective February 1, 1954, has been announced by the Housing Division. The

new location was formerly the Maintenance

Division Carpenter Shop. For many years, the Pedro Miguel

Housing Office has shared Building 112 with the Post Office and more recently with

the Clubhouse also. Since April 1952, when

Pedro Miguel became part of the Balboa

District, much of the work load was

transferred to Balboa. The recent complete evacuation of Red

Tank, and the decline in the population of Pedro Miguel proper, has permitted the consolidation of the Housing Division

activities to one building.

December was graduation time for more

than 90 retail salespeople of the Clubhouse

Division, marking the conclusion of an 18- week retail salesmanship training program

sponsored jointly by the Clubhouses and

the Training Section of the Personnel

Bureau. The course emphasized customer

relations and sales technique.

The trainees were divided into seven

groups—four at the Margarita Clubhouse

and three in Building 69, Balboa. They met once weekly with Brodie Burnham,

Acting Training Officer, Personnel Bureau.

Effective with the local-rate pay period

beginning January 10, automatic and

administrative in-grade step increases will be made for all local-rate employees who

are eligible for such increases, according to an announcement from the Personnel Bureau. The list of local-rate employees eligible for the automatic in-grade step increases have been furnished each unit which has employees who are eligible. Recommendations for the administrative

in-grade step increases are being made by

the various units.
THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW January 1, 1954

The Review's Review Of The Year

The last page has been torn off 1953's

calendars. A New Year begins today. Whether it will be as eventful as 1953 no

one yet can tell. There were maun highlights for 1953: The long mid eventually successful campaign

to retain the 25 percent differential though

much still remains to be done before it is permanently assured; pay raises for vir- tually cccry Canal employee, except those in

the classified groups; higher rents; more new housing; new organization; new faces;

a history-making royal visit. JANUARY

An adjusted schedule of rents, based on

Ren1 Panel recommendations, went into

effect January 4. Rents ranged from no

m» reases for quarters soon to be torn down

to increases almost as high as originally

pi tuned for houses built between 1930 and

1949. Interest was eliminated until July 1. Appropriation hearings began before a House committee and, although it was not then obvious, this was the beginning of the

differential light. Net income tentatively computed at $2,369,000 for fiscal year 1952—the Panama

Canal Company's first year of operation

was reported. Figures were subject to adjustment because of incomplete and

definitive property valuation. The Comptroller's Office merged with the Finance Bureau; the resulting organization was set up with two divisions, Accounting

and Fiscal, and four Staffs, Management,

Accounting Systems, Plant Inventory and

Appraisal, and Internal Audits. The Pacific Locks overhaul started with

725 extra employees hired. January was

one of the rainiest on record. Prices were

reduced on some 100 Commissary food and

household items.FEBRUARY

A four-man committee oi the Board of Directors met here to review the Company's

capital program. They also inspected the

lock overhaul, their first step toward a pro- gram to increase the capacity of the Canal. Conforming to a Bureau of the Budget

directive, the Company-Government re- viewed all construction and operation pro- grams to see what could be eliminated,

postponed, or reduced. The Secretary of the Army ordered that the force ceiling be held to the January 31

figure. Industrial Bureau employees, faced with extended furloughs because of lack of work, elected force reduction instead. A $245,000 contract for the Paraiso

school was awarded to General Contractors

of Panama City. The Panama Line resumed

its pre-war stops at Haiti. Balboa Heights,

with 2.45 inches of rain, set an all-time

INSPECTION of a lock overhaul was an early step in the plan to increase the Canal capacity

February record. The Panama Railroad returned midday and night trains to its daily schedule. MARCH

At a special meeting, the Board of Directors adopted a plan to increase the Canal's "dependable capacity" by new lock over- haul procedures which would permit more

transits during these lengthy periods. Revised budget estimates were submitted

to the Senate Appropriations sub-committee.

The projected Cardenas townsite was

deferred; construction of a Corozal school was postponed until 1955. Commercial ship traffic hit a new monthly

high with 678 transits. Over 1,000 local-rate employees were up- graded from one to six grades—the result of a job review begun the previous August.

Reduction of force notices were readied

for 55 U. S.-rate and 75 local-rate employees

of the Industrial Bureau. An imminent

force reduction in the Storehouse Division was announced. E. O. Hauke was awarded

a $334,714 contract to build the South

Margarita school. Overhaul was completed

at Pedro Miguel Locks. Cocoli Clubhouse was transferred to the Navy. Work was

started on the Goethals Memorial. L. B. Moore, Supply and Service Director, retired from the Canal Service.

APRIL

Canal officials announced a new 41 -cent minimum wage for local-rate employees to be effective in May. This was an 8-cent an hour increase in the minimum rate. New water rates, effective May 1 for non- government users and July 1 for govern- ment agencies, were announced.

General Contractors, Inc., were awarded

a $133,390 contract for a new elementary

school building at Rainbow City. About 13 engineers and architects in the Engineering Division were affected by a

force reduction.

Pvt. Gilbert D. Francis, 21, of Rainbow

City, was killed in Korea. He was the first Canal Zone inductee to die by enemy action

in Korea. Personnel notes: Richard B. Sherman

was named Assistant to the Comptroller;

Col. Howard W. Doan became superin- tendent of Gorgas Hospital; Capt. Elmer

Abbott was made Assistant Port Captain

at Balboa. MAY

Out of a reasonably clear sky came light- ning. Zonians picked up their Sunday news- papers to learn that the House Appropriations Committee had cut the 25 percent

differential to 10 percent; eliminated free hospitalization; denied to military personnel

THE NEW TOWNSITE at Corozal became a reality during the year. Its

first resident moved in during November; all of the quarters mil be completed

early in 1954. Corozal embodies a new concept in town planning for Canal Zone civilian communities. The residential area is encircled by a wide street, one section of which parallels Gaillard Highway. Circular or dead-end streets, which eliminate dangerous intersections, lead into the various areas. Corozal also has a variety of quarters types. Both masonry and composite

houses have been built there. Forty of the buildings are duplexes and 14 of these are one-story houses. The first of the houses were assigned in October

after a number of the quarters, representing various types, were thrown open

for public inspection.
January 1 , 1954 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW

THE GOETHALS MEMORIAL came into being

on duty with the Company-Government

anything but their military pay; made a number of other cuts. The House passed

the bill with committee recommendations

intact. Stunned Zonians rallied to the fight. Governor Seybold announced that the Canal administration was preparing to take

"all appropriate steps to bring to the at- tention of Congress our very strong views

that the proposal to so severely and drasti- cally reduce employees' returns at a time when wages and benefits in the United States are still increasing, merits careful and sympathetic reconsideration." The Governor and

several employee representatives, two of them women, left for Washington to present the employees' case. Semi-annual pay increases, ranging from

10 to 20 cents an hour, were given to about

1,250 employees in craft journeymen and

craft supervisory posts. Earl D. Johnson, Under Secretary of the Army, was appointed Chairman of the Panama Canal Company Board, succeeding Karl R. Bendetsen. A Canal bill to increase cash relief pay- ments from $1 to $1.50 per month for each

year of service and raise the maximum from

$25 to $45 was sent to Congress.

The $1,900,000 overhaul of the Pacific Locks was completed in record time.

F. R. Johnson was appointed Supply and

Service Director; Capt. Frank A. Munroe,

Jr., became Marine Director; H. E. May

was named Superintendent of Storehouses; Earl Unruh became Assistant Chief of the

Postal Service, and J. B. Clemmons Assist- ant Chief of Customs. JUNE

All through June Zonians' attention focused on Washington. Late in June the Senate restored all cuts which had been made by the House in the Civil Functions

bill —differential, hospitalization, et:. —and

the matter was referred to a conference committee to reconcile the differences. The

Senate, however, ordered an investigation

of employees' pay and fringe benefits. Between May 24 and the end of June, 119 employees had resigned; 10 others retired

voluntarily.

Under Secretary of the Army Earl D. Johnson, visiting the Canal Zone, told a news conference that there was no intent to "start a wave of desertions among employees because of an ill-timed personnel

policy."

Some 380 young men and women received diplomas from Canal Zone schools; their graduations were saddened by the sudden

death in Minneapolis of Dr. Lawrence

Johnson, Superintendent of Schools. Panama prepared to take over the water management contract, garbage and trash

collections in Panama and Colon, as of July 1. Six commissaries began a new schedule,

opening one night a week. It was announced

that pilots were in line for a substantial wage increase. Hundreds of Annapolis

and Naval ROTC midshipmen visited the Canal Zone. Gilbert H. Furey was made

Panama Canal Printer, succeeding E. C. Cotton, who retired.JULY

The House and Senate accepted a compromise measure, retaining the 25 percent

differential but eliminating free hospitalization after December 31. Military personnel

assigned to the Canal were also to get no more than their service pay. The bill was

signed July 27; soon thereafter Zonians

got paychecks with the full differential restored. Employees began to talk hospital insurance.

Interest charges were added to rent for Canal quarters. New rent rates on licensed areas in the Canal Zone became effective. The Canal broke all shipping records

for fiscal years with 7,410 transits and

$.51,917,515 collected in tolls. Shipping was

so heavy for one short period that a backlog accumulated. Policemen and firemen, based on the

District of Columbia wage scale, got pay- raises ranging from $500 to $1,000; local- rate teachers received a blanket $20

monthly increase. Licensing and rabies vaccination teams

started work in local communities to meet

the August 1 deadline by which all dogs

had to be licensed. High-test gasoline went

on sale. Three Balboa flats houses were

offered for sale, the first step in a major

housing replacement plan in that area. The

annual GAO audit began. The Canal organization started the required security check

of its sensitive positions. Sigurd E. Esser was appointed Superintendent of Schools, with Roger Collinge becoming Assistant Superintendent, and Charles A. Dubbs

Director of Secondary Education. AUGUST

Two major organizational changes were

announced: Effective October 1 the Industrial Bureau was to become a division

of the Marine Bureau and the Dredging

Division would be transferred to the Engineering and Construction Bureau. A lesser change was the transfer to Engineering and

Construction of all housing maintenance. Ebasco Services began a study to provide

information for a reexamination of toll rates. The report was required by Congressional

directive.

Fifty local-rate leaders attended a meeting at Balboa Heights to discuss hospitalization insurance and proposed civic councils. The three year old U. S.-rate "Shirtsleeve Conference" was divided into two: Labor

and Civic Councils. Local-rate schools opened with a first-day enrollment of 4,371, 215 more than the previous year's opening day. The Goethals Memorial was finished. Canal observers attended Operation Jackpot II, a largescale civil defense exercise conducted by

the military. David J. Markun was appointed Assistant General Counsel, replacing Paul Runnestrand, transferred to Washington as

Assistant Secretary for the Company. Marc Quinn was named State Director

of Selective Service, succeeding A. C. Medinger, who retired. B. I. Everson be- came Acting Director of the Railroad and

Terminals Division. SEPTEMBER

A survey team from the Chicago manage- ment consultant firm of Booz, Allen, and

Hamilton began a study on the wage

differential and fringe benefits. Their results were to be reported to the Board of Directors December 1 ; the Board would forward the report to Congress as directed in July 1952. Questionnaires on their working and living conditions were sent to all U. S.-rate employees.

K.irl R. Bendetsen and Matthew Robinson, Company Directors, and Edward A. Bacon, special consultant to the Secretary

of the Army, came to the Canal Zone to review Company-Government operations, the capital program, and the 1955 budget. Later in the month the entire Board

approved initial features of the plan to speed up traffic during locks overhauls and

increase Canal capacity.

LI. S. Representative John J. Allen, Jr.

A QUEEN visited the Canal Zone
ro THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW January 1 , 1954

of California, Chairman of the Panama

Canal subcommittee of the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, spent some

time here, talking to officials and emplo; ee he attended a "Shirtsleeve Conference," first Congressman ever to do so. A record 6,177 students enrolled in Canal Zone schools, 414 more than the previous

year. OCTOBER

The Board of Directors, in Washington,

discussed the budget for fiscal year 1955. A few days later Governor Seybold appeared

before the Bureau of the Budget for hearings on the same matter. Two electronics engineers from Sperry

Gyroscope and one from General Electric studied Canal navigation in rain and heavy

fog in connection with plans to increase Canal capacity.

The first Corozal quarters were assigned

after a week-end public inspection of the new houses. Isthmian Constructors were

low bidders for construction of 33 twofamily houses in Diablo Heights.

Local-rate employees learned that their rent was to be collected biweekly, rather than monthly. The southbound Panama

Line sailing was delayed by a New York

waterfront strike. Paraiso school was dedicated. Red Tank was completely evacuated.

Col. Richardson Selee resigned as Civil Affairs Director. Henry L. Donovan was

transferred to that post and Wilson H.

Crook became Acting Director of Community Services to succeed Mr. Donovan.

Capt. Robert H. Emerick arrived to head

the Industrial Division. NOVEMBER

November was international. Early in the month Zonians helped their neighbors

across the border celebrate Panama's fiftieth anniversary. Governor Seybold broadcast a congratulatory message; Panamanian stu- dents in Zone schools were given a week off and Panamanian employees were allowed

leave whenever feasible; there were special

stamp cancellations and displays. As November ended, Zonians welcomed

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, first reigning

monarch to visit the Canal Zone. Even the temperamental weather cooperated for most

of the day.

Hospital charges to be made after December 31 were announced to employee

representatives in a meeting at Balboa

Heights. The rates were to be about the same as those charged for dependents.

Two major organization changes were

announced, effective December 1. The

Management Staff was abolished and some

of its functions transferred to a new Executive Planning Staff headed by John D.

Hollen. The Motor Transportation Division was to be transferred to the Railroad and

Terminals Bureau ; the latter's name then be- came Transportation and Terminals Bureau. Over 1,100 crafts journeymen and supervisors got their second pay raise of the year;

it averaged about 8 cents an hour. Members of the new Canal Zone Civil Defense Advisory Council met. Civic Councils supervised a drawing for low auto- mobile license numbers. The battleship

New Jersey stuck briefly in Pedro Miguel Locks when the bilge keels hit the lower

lock walls. Capt. John Andrews, Jr., became Cristobal Port Captain. Dale

Cockle of Cristobal was nominated principal candidate to West Point. DECEMBER

Commissaries were jammed, houses

decorated, carols were sung. Earl D. Johnson, Chairman of the Board

of Directors, resigned as Under Secretary of the Army. Three new directors were

appointed: Rear Admiral Richard Byrd,

Howard C. Petersen of Philadelphia, and

Ralph H. Cake of Portland, Oregon.

Canal officials announced a new position, that of Public Relations Officer to be filled by Will Arey, formerly head of the United

States Information Service in Panama. The Booz, Allen, and Hamilton report on wages and fringe benefits was submitted to the Board of Directors; it would be in the hands of Congress by January 2. The forty-year-old Hotel Washington in Colon was leased to Inversiones Motta, S.A., which would operate it beginning January 1.

Clubhouse libraries, of about 600 volumes apiece, were established in the Canal Zone in 1907.

What's Your Son' s Shoe Size?

Ask Leonard Inniss At Balboa

A VERY YOUNG MISS is fitted with shoes by L. E. Inniss at Balboa

He'll know her size next time

In the shoe section of the Balboa Commissary the other day, a Canal Zone

couple spotted a pair of shoes, exactly

what their college student son had been

looking for when he was home for vacation

last summer. "Oh dear," said the young man's

mother. "There they are and I don't know what size he wears." "He wears 9-D" said Leonard E.

Inniss, shoe section head, who has worked

at the Balboa Commissary since 1929. He was right; the shoes, sent to the

States, fitted the collegian perfectly.

There was no reason why they shouldn't have. Leonard Inniss had been fitting the young man with shoes for the past

nine years. Any number of Pacific side families call on him for college-son service. Girls buy

shoes to go with particular dresses; boys

aren't so fussy, so most of this more-orless mail-order shopping is for young men. As he puts it, the number of sizes he

carries in his head "is a shame."

And any number of other Pacific side families feel quite safe in dispatching

their youngsters to the shoe section alone, knowing that they will return well-shod and that the price of the shoes will be no more than was specified by the

parental authority. Leonard Inniss, who

has two children of his own, knows just

how fast shoes can wear out and how

important a good fit is.

Born In Empire

A true Canal Zonian, he was born in Empire in 1912. His father, George

Inniss, had come from Barbados to work

for the Canal as a mason during construction days. He married and raised a

family of six children in the Canal Zone. Now retired, he lives in Rio Abajo.

Leonard—or Billy, as he was nick- named by his godmother and is known to

his friends and co-workers—went through

eighth grade at the La Boca school, the highest grade then available in the Canal

Zone colored schools. After school hours he studied commercial subjects with a

private teacher in La Boca. His first job was as a "boy" in Balboa

Commissary. He has never worked any- where else. For a while he was on the order desk and then he was a "utility

man," which meant that he clerked in about any section of the store where he was needed. "Sometimes," he says, "I never knew

when I came to work in the morning

where I would be working that day."

Shoes Since 1944 In 1944 he was transferred to the shoe

section where he has been ever since. In this job Leonard Inniss has had a chance to learn a good bit about fitting shoes and fitting customers. Some of his observations: Twins—he has several among his young

customers—do not wear the same size. Of his twin customers one always wears a

half size larger than the other. Many men don't know their own shoe

sizes. A good many ask for shoes considerably larger than their proper size. Women, on the other hand, often ask

for smaller shoes than they should wear. Customers who have trouble being

fitted, especially newcomers from the

States, do not realize that their feet often

swell in the tropics and that they need

wider sizes here than they had worn in the States.

Captain Duval Honored

Capt. Miles P. DuVal, former Captain

of the Port of Balboa and the author of two books on the Panama Canal, was

elected a member of the Board of Directors of the Gorgas Memorial Institute

of Tropical and Preventive Medicine

during its annual meeting recently.

Captain DuVal, who is the first naval

officer to be so honored, will hold office for the next three years.
January 1, 1954 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW 11

OUR OUT-OF-DOORS

DRY-SEASON FLOWER GARDEN

The approach of the dry season always

brings many inquiries about gardening,

but this year added interest has been

aroused due to the new Canal towns with

their excellent opportunities for planting

quick-growing flowers to screen bare spots

or to give a splash of color. In general, the area immediately

around the house (but not touching the house) is an ideal place to start the house

gardens. In many cases the soil in this area has already been spaded to a depth

of at least six inches and possibly good

top soil has been added. All that is necessary is to loosen it up and add either compost or tankage to it. Now about what to plant. In general,

forget about plants that require cold weather or long-day lengths in order to

flower. Examples of these are sweet peas, larkspur, foxglove, carnations, asters, pansies, nasturtiums, stock, snapdragons.

Some of these plants will grow "under

protest" but generally speaking it is a

discouraging process. Stay with the old stand-bys that rarely fail if given half a

chance. Always to come to mind are the zinnias,

marigolds, and periwinkles. There is no end to the great number of varieties of sizes and colors to be had in zinnias, but

one is prone to think of marigolds in terms of that small ill-smelling orange

flower. But don't be fooled; there are innumerable varieties available including

a huge canary-yellow variety that would

do a chrysanthemum grower proud.

Some of the other flowers that can be depended upon fairly well in dry season

are gaillardias, bachelor buttons, cocks- comb, single petunias, straw flowers, globe amaranth, scarlet sage, Mexican

sunflowers, begonias, cleomes, and pentas.

Some of the bulb plants are easily

grown and add to the variety of available cut flowers. Gladiolas can be had in almost any color desired and are particularly welcome because they will be avail- able the following year if the bulbs are properly stored in a cool place after they

become dormant.

A few of the local Chinese gardeners

offer a limited selection of flower seeds

but, as these lose their viability very

rapidly in the tropics unless they are properly stored, it is advisable to get

fresh seeds each year from a reliable seed

firm in the States. Ten Years Ago

In December

Selective service registration on the Canal Zone and Panama of men in age groups from 18 to 44 was nearly complete

with the number of Canal Zone regis- trants totaling 2,744. Meanwhile the Isthmus moved into the background of the war picture as the threat of enemy

attack receded. There was still a dim-out after 11 p. m., but automobiles

moved with black painted headlights and

the streets were unlighted.

The Isthmus still held a vital place in the war as shown by the suspension of all holidays for the duration and as more

and more service flags appeared in more

DRY SEASON is here, the weatherman says, when the level of Gatun Lake begins to drop

and when all of the Canal Zone weather sta- tions report no more than an inch of rain apiece in 24 hours for 1 days running. And,

since dry season is picnic time we are assuming

that you have the three major requirements —

the will, the place be it beach, mountains or backyard —and a bottle of insect repellent, Commissary brand, of course. So here we go

on some other things to make outdoor life enjoyable.

Cooking outdoors is half the fun of a

picnic. The Commissaries have a number of

things to make it easy, two new Eclipse charcoal grills, for instance. The smaller model, finished in aluminum with a red trim, has a 10 by 21 -inch cooking surface and

stands 18 '2 inches high. It could be raised on concrete blocks or bricks if you don't care

for squatting,- $5.75. A larger model is fancier, it has two grills, a spit, and space to keep cooked food warm. Finished in blue and white enamel, it sells for $11.75.

DUE SOON in the Commissaries is a new

grill, a Skotch Karry, made by the people

who turn out Skotch Kaddys and Skotch

Koolers, more of which later. Skotch Karry

is a "you and me" picnic size; its round grill, 12 inches in diameter, will accommodate

several hamburgers or weiners or a small

steak. Except for round airholes around the bottom, it looks exactly like a Skotch Kooler and is finished in the same plaid. It has a removable firepot and a handy handle,- it will retail for about $4.95.

Open fires and grills call for long-handled

cooking implements. A stainless steel fork with a wooden handle extends from its 14

inches when closed, to 24 1

.' inches when

fully opened; 58 cents. Two mesh rec- tangles, clamped together in a long handle, hold a pair of cube steaks or two hamburgers,- 55 cents. Three frankfurters can be cooked at one time in another long-handled

gadget; 22 cents. SKOTCH KOOLERS, which have been

Commissary items for some time, will have a

junior relative, Skotch Kaddys, on sale here soon. The Koolers are four-gallon plaidfinished buckets. Each has a removable

plastic tray for food. Bury the bottles or cans

in ice in the bottom, put food on the tray, and

you're set to go almost anywhere; $6.95. The Kaddys are much smaller and without the

tray. They will hold 75 to 90 ice cubes, the maker says,- about $2.95.

Beverages ride well in a quart size thermos bottle whose cork is covered with nested cups,- $2.50. For larger quantities there are two-spigot jugs, each lined with

rock metal to keep cold things cold and hot

things vice versa. They come in two sizes: $4.75 for the gallon size, $7.35 for the twogallon jugs. The spigot on the larger jug

Fits back into a depression on the side.

RE FRIDGIT is a fascinating new product to produce dry cold, good for picnics and many

other uses. Its quart-size can, about the size and shape of a furniture polish container, is chilled in the ice cube compartment or quickfreeze unit of your refrigerator for at least 10

hours, then is packed with whatever food

needs chilling in any insulated container you

may have. It can be used again and again,

$1.81.

Good equipment calls for good food. Steaks and hamburgers are standard fare and

Commissary beef is exceptionally good right now. On special orders, when splurging is indicated, ask for a double-cut sirloin which

will be about three inches thick and good

eating. The best outdoor cook we know

marinates his steaks for 12 hours in french

dressing, well laced with sliced onions. When he puts them on the fire, he smears each

side with Barbecue Sauce—29 cents for an

8-ounce jar—or sprinkles them with Spice

Islands Beau Monde Seasoning Sail, another

shipment of which is due soon,- about 50

cents for a 3l4-ounce jar. Spareribs are good with the Barbecue Sauce, too, and a

big shipment of spareribs is due early in January just in time for dry-season cooking.

DIETERS, voluntary or involuntary, can now

eat well-dressed salads at picnics or any

other time. The Commissaries have two types

of dietetic salad dressings, one like french dressing and the other like mayonnaise, 40

cents each for an 8-ounce jar. Which brings

to mind two other new low-calory products: saccharine-sweetened hard gum drops and

horehound-flavored cough drops, in quarter- pound packages, 41 cents each and due soon

Smart picknickers want comfortable shoes. Young and old males have gone overboard

maybe not literally—for Bates Floaters. First of the Bates spring and summer styles are now

on sale. Glove elk uppers come in russet or cream with a blue trim. There is also white

buckskin. All have foam rubber soles; $6.25.

Their dates like Sanders of Boston's Low

Notes, flats with an instep strap fastened

with a bright pearl button. They come in red

kid and in black suede, although the suede

is hardly picnic apparel.

SPEAKING OF SHOES, the Commissaries have a new line of men's shoes. Made by

Jarman, there are two casual types which are

laceless oxfords; two straight-tip oxfords,- a

classic overlay mocassin type shoe; and one

with a new type cushion inner sole for comfort combined with looks. The Jarmans range in price from about $8.95 to $13.95.

Sturdy clothes are another picnic "must."

For the men there are all sorts of good

looking sport shirts and to go with them spot and crease-resistant slacks of nylon and rayon

in a gabardine weave, $6.85; or, for dressier

picnics some brand new Palm Beach trousers

in such gay colors as copper and aquamarine,

as well as more conservative shades, including a striking new charcoal (the name alone

makes it picnic-talk), $9.75 and $11.50. If your man will wear shorts, there are suntan

khakis at $2.75, or new rayon-cotton in a

linen weave, with back pockets,- $4.60.

GIRLS could be gay in blouses to suit their mood combined with pedal pushers in twill, of various and cheerful colors; $1.85; or cuffed twill or cotton gabardine shorts, at $1.75 a pair for the twill and $2.45 for the gabardine. If you aren't the shorts type

and, face it, some aren't—look at some new

and good-looking rayon gabardine slacks at $2.60. They have an adjustable waistband.

Blue denim slacks are $1.95 and they look

best on the slim and trim.

Zone households. There were food short- ages along certain lines, principally fresh

fruits and vegetables, and food prices in both the Zone and Panama were increasing. There were also evidences of in- creased activities of submarines in the Caribbean with a Colombian schooner and two U. S. vessels sunk and a Pan- amanian vessel reported as overdue and

presumed to be lost.

their old tires as the Canal Zone tire quota was cut by two-thirds and the chance of obtaining new tires became remote. Certificates were being issued for the recapping

of reclaimable tires.

Most Canal Zone residents were looking with concern and even apprehension at

Only one shipment of Christmas trees appeared on the Isthmus in 1943 and they were snapped up before they had been on

the market five hours. The Commissary

Division had ordered only table trees and

they were not expected to arrive before Christmas.
i THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW January 1, 1954

Santa Claus From Gamboa

BOOTED AND FURRED and straight from—not the North Pole—Gamboa, Santa Claus visits

the Paraiso kindergarten just before Christmas. Later he made stops at La Boca and Santo Tomas

Hospital. It is not strange that his helpers are in police and police guard uniforms, for Santa has come

from Gamboa penitentiary to bring the gifts that convicts there made during the year for some of the

young folk of the Canal Zone and Panama.

Canal Zone Police Association

Takes Care Of Its Own

(Continued from page 6) vice chairman of the

Cristobal chapter and James Latimer

serves as its secretary-treasurer, Elmer

Bierbaum, a past president of the Association, is vice chairman of the Balboa

chapter and Albert Hermanny is secre- tary-treasurer. The Association's first honorary member, in 1937, was the then Chief of the

Police and Fire Division, Guy Johannes.

Today, the Chief, Assistant Chief, and

all captains and lieutenants are honorary

members.

The Association still has no clubhouses

of its own, although for years both

chapters conducted a steady, if unsuccessful attempt to obtain the use of abandoned

first aid stations, wartime firehouses and

even an old searchlight position. Chapter

meetings are held at the two pistol ranges, Gavilan on the Pacific side and

Rancho Ramos on the Atlantic side. Dues are now $6 a year, with a $3

initiation fee. From this source of in- come, plus the money obtained through

the police balls, the Association finances

its death and sickness benefits and sponsors a team in the Little League on each

side of the Canal Zone. The Police Association has played, over

a period of years, an increasingly important part in the lives of its members. It has a number of accomplishments to its credit—all of which, its officers add, were

obtained with the help of Canal Zone

officials. Police officers now come under the

so-called FBI retirement act; that is, with

Civil Service approval they may retire when they are 50 if they have 20 years of police work.

Like the majority of other CompanyGovernment employees, policemen are now on a 40-hour work week, with night

and holiday pay. Salary adjustments were made for the

force in 1950 and 1951, and in 1953 the Association was instrumental in obtaining a pay raise for Zone policemen.

The Association was consulted when

police officers doffed their oldtime khaki

garb with high-collared blouses and big Stetson hats for the trim gray of the present uniform and have suggested

several later changes in the uniform.

One of the Association's major achieve- ments was, through the Washington law

firm of King & King, obtaining a settle- ment for overtime pay claims. In some

cases these claims amounted to several thousand dollars.

Bachelor Quarters

Requirements Changed

Reduction of the service requirements

from 15 to 10 years for bachelor employees

of the Canal organization desiring assignment to certain one-bedroom four-family

type apartments has been approved.

Assignments under the reduced service requirement are being made from current vacancy bulletin lists and apply only to a

limited number of Type 215 apartments

located at Diablo Heights and Margarita.

These assignments are to be made in competition with families.

Since June 1953, bachelor employees

with 15 or more years service have been

permitted to apply for a limited number

of this type of quarters and such assign- ments have been made since last August 1. Type 215 apartments to which bachelor employees are eligible have one bedroom

and bath, a large living and dining room

space measuring 11 by 19 feet, and ample

closet space. There are 88 of this type

of apartment located in Diablo and 84

in Margarita. They were built about

10 years ago.

Decrease In Income Tax

Will Benefit Employees

With the 10 percent decrease in United

States income taxes, which went into

effect today, Panama Canal CompanyCanal Zone Government employees will find that there is a slight increase in the pay checks they are due to receive Jan- uary 11. The amount of the increase will depend on the amount of salary an

employee earns and the number of dependents he may be supporting. For example, an unmarried employee

with a salary of $3,687.50 per year pre- viously had a biweekly income tax deduction of $23.17. Effective with the pay

period, which began December 20, the withholding tax deducted from his pay- check will be reduced to $20.85 making

an increase of $2.32 in his take-home pay. A married employee with a wife and

two children who is earning $4,743.79 per

year, formerly had $15.69 deducted from

his biweekly paycheck. The deduction

will now be $14.12 or a saving of $1.57.

The married employee earning $7,425,

who also has a wife and two children,

formerly paid $36.32 each payday to the Government. Under the new law, his deduction has been cut to $32.68 which

will save him $3.64 on each paycheck.

At the same time that the taxes were

cut, there was a one-third increase in

social security tax. This will affect only a minor portion of Canal employees, however, as most of them are included in the

Civil Service retirement plan.

Forty Years Ago

In December

The American force in the Canal Zone,

according to the Canal Record, was

celebrating its eighth Isthmian Christ- mas 40 years ago last month. Before

1906, celebrations "were more private in character and could not be classed with

the large community entertainments held every year since that time," the Record

said. Yearly since 1906 Christmas celebrations were held in the Commission Clubhouses and town social halls and"generous

expenditures were made for gifts and

treats for the children. An average of

1 ,200 American boys and girls have participated each year" in these celebrations.

With work on the Canal proper com

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tig

to an end, thoughts ivere turning to the establishment of what icere called permanent

townsiles. Site work at La Boca tvas almost completed and 18 houses were finished. Family quarters were to be on the south

side of the park which split the town in two,

bachelor quarters on the north side. The

Commissaries had opened a La Boca store

to sell canned vegetables and cold storage

goods.

Work was about to begin on 10 concrete, four-family quarters on the southerly spur of Sosa Hill, the first residences constructed in the permanent town of Balboa. In Ancon plans were completed

for a commissary building "of a permanent type, the first to be erected in the CanafZone." It was to be built on the

site of an old French Building formerly

used by the District Quartermaster as a

storeroom.
January 1 , 1954 THE PANAMA CANAL kLVItW W

FIRST OCEAN-TO-OCEAN STEAM VESSEL Clubhouse, Police, And Rent

Changes Told To Conferees

THIS UNPREPOSSESSING CRAFT, the craneboat A. La-Valley, made history. Forty years ago

she went from ocean to ocean through the Panama Canal, a quite ordinary event these days but epochal

then; she was the first steam vessel to make the inter-oceanic passage. The date: January 7, 1914.

Governor Holds First Meeting

With Local Rate Civic Councils

(Continued from page 2) Section will be moved to the main store, thus eliminating

the inconvenience of buyers having to walk in rain or hot sun to the separate

building where the oil was formerly sold. Commissary changes will be made at La Boca to afford better utilization by

employees and customers. Pending the change in layout when the grocery and

cold storage facilities will be combined,

additional parcel lockers with doors and

hasps will be provided for the convenience

of customers. In addition, the present

drinking fountain will be installed in a more convenient location and a second one will be provided.

Two Communities

A second window will be opened at Gorgas Hospital Pharmacy to ease congestion there, as requested. In this connection, the Governor repeated a com- ment that he had made to the U. S.-rate representatives the previous month—

that factors of economy would require

increasing stress on the concept of a single

community on the Atlantic side and the

Pacific side, each with C3ntralized facilities, rather than duplicate facilities in the

several local-rate communities on either

side of the Isthmus. Two Rainbow City problems were answered by the Governor: A hard-surfaced asphalt walk with a rock base, six feet wide, will be built to connect a group of houses recently con- verted to local-rate use with the Camp

Bierd Commissary, replacing a rough,

muddy path.

A chain-link fence, 42 inches high, will be erected along the side of the Rainbow

City school to protect children from

falling into a deep drainage ditch that, especially when filled with water, consti- tutes a hazard. A suggestion concerning payroll deductions for the purchase of U. S. Savings

Bonds, of interest to all employees, was

answered when the Governor stated that

for the convenience of local-rate employees three equal $6.25 deductions for eich

$18.75 bond had been approved.

After general discussion, the Governor

closed the meeting with an expression of appreciation for the interest and cooperation of the conferees, and the belief that a new and valuable channel of communication and mutual understanding had

been inaugurated.

(Continued from page .') warned the Civic Council representatives that the misuse of identification-privilege cards

commonly known as commissary cards

can result in their loss by the individual who permits their misuse. He appealed

to the councilmen to attempt to convince

the people of their towns that permitting

unauthorized persons to use these cards

is not conducive to community welfare. He pointed out that the probbm was a moral one which could not be solved by

policing. Pool And Stadium

Questions raised at the conference, for answer at later meetings, included one as

to a possible swimming pool for Margarita now that the Hotel Washington has been

leased to a private firm, and one regarding a new stadium for Balboa, since the pres- ent structure has been in a bad state of disrepair for some time. Attending the December conference were: The Governor, E. A. Doolan, Per- sonnel Director, Norman Johnson, Employee and Labor Relations Officer, for the Administration; Elmer Powell of the General Committee of Civic Councils; Sam Roe, Jr., outgoing president of the

Pacific Civic Councils; Charles Hammond

of Pedro Miguel; Marion Goodin, out- going president of the Gamboa Council,

who was accompanied by his successor, James D. MacLean.

THIS WE LIKED!

TAKING IT AS a picture, The Review staff considers this shot of Haitian

diving boys one of the best we used last year
Ta THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW January 1, 1954

PROMOTIONS AND TRANSFERS

November 15 through December 15

Employees who were promoted or transferred between November 15 and December

15 are listed below. Regradings and within- grade promotions are not listed. ADMINISTRATIVE BRANCH

John W. Dougherty, from Clerk-Typist,

Plant Inventory and Appraisal Staff, to File Clerk, Records Section. Judith A. Crooks, Clerk-Stenographer, from Clubhouse Division to Administrative Branch.

CIVIL AFFAIRS BUREAU

Donald R. Rudy, from Fireman, Fire

Division, to Postal Clerk, Postal, Customs,

and Immigration Division. Edward P. Banach, William Geer,

from Heavy Special Truck Driver, Motor

Transportation Division, to Fireman, Fire

Division- Mrs. Marguerite E. Hauberg, from

Substitute Teacher to Library Assistant,

I )ivision of Schools. Mrs. Johanne R. Pearson, Mrs. Leona

S. Hochsberg, Mrs. Geneva M. Bowen,

Mrs. Rhoda S. Brians, from Kindergarten

Assistant to Elementary School Teacher,

Schools Division. Mrs. Roberte S. Kotnik, from Substitute Teacher to Kindergarten Assistant, Division of Schools. OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER

Mrs. Rosa V. Garcia de Paredes,

Card Punch Operator, from Accounting

Division to Fiscal Division. Mrs. Evelyn S. Endicott, from Card

Punch Operator, Tabulating Machine

Branch, to Accounting Clerk, Agents

Accounts Branch. Mrs. Anne A. Lawson, from Accounting

Clerk to Voucher Examiner, Fiscal Division. Mrs. Mabelle B. Walker, from Clerk- Stenographer to Voucher Examiner, Fiscal Division. John F. LaRue, Jr., from Heavy Special

Truck Driver, Motor Transportation Division, to Time, Leave, and Payroll Clerk, Payroll Branch. Howard E. Turner, from Systems

Accountant, Fiscal Division, to Chief, Payroll Branch.

Isabel M. Diaz, from Clerk-Typist to Booking Machine Operator, Claims Branch. Daniel C. Zitzman, from Fiscal Accounting Clerk, Industrial Division, to Cash

Accounting Clerk, Treasury Branch. ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION

BUREAU

Hilton F. Hughes, from Operator-Fore- man Electrician to Chief, Station (Diesel Generation), Electrical Division. Milton Horter, Jr., from Powerhouse

Operator to Operator-Foreman Electrician,

Electrical Division. Kenneth L. Humble, from Powerhouse

Operator to Senior Powerhouse Operator,

Electrical Division. Everette N. Clouse, Combination Welder, from Dredging Division to Maintenance

Division. James G. F. Trimble, from Plant

Electrician, Commissary Division, to Wire- man, Electrical Division. Philip D. Simmons, from Lock Operator Wireman, Atlantic Locks, to Wireman,

Electrical Division. Howard W. Osborn, from Traffic Engineer, Engineering Division, to Supervisory Construction Management Engineer,

Maintenance Division. Joseph A. Howland, from Powerhouse

Operator to Powerhouse Operator-Dispatcher, Electrical Division. Richard B. Eddy, from Plant Electrician Commissary Division, to Powerhouse Operator-Dispatcher, Electrical Division. Joseph J. Lukacs, from Pumping Plant Operator to Filtration Plant Operator,

Maintenance Division. Charles J. Palles, from Sheetmetal Worker to Sheetmetal Worker Leader,

Maintenance Division. Julian S. Hearne, from Assistant Supervisor of Dredging, Dredging Division, to

Chief, Hydrographic Surveys Branch, Engineering Division. Norton B. Stephenson, from Accounting Clerk, Agents Accounts Branch, to

Administrative Assistant, Engineering

Division. Herbert F. Paddock, from Chief, Station (Hydro-Generation II) to Chief Dispatcher

and Chief, Station (Hydro-Generation),

Electrical Division. Ralph H. Graham, from Chief, Station

(Diesel Generation) to Chief, Station (Hydro-Generation II), Electrical Division. HEALTH BUREAU

Mrs. Ida E. Morris, from Library

Assistant, Library, to Storekeeper (General)

Gorgas Hospital. Mrs. Carol H. Bowen, from Storekeeper, Gorgas Hospital, to Clerk-Typist,

Division of Sanitation. OFFICE OF GOVERNOR-PRESIDENT

John D. Hollen, from Valuation Engineer (Chief, Plant Inventory and Appraisal

Staff) to Chief, Executive Planning Staff. MARINE BUREAU

Albert A. Shore, from Diesel Loco- motive Machinist, Railroad Division, to Lock Operator Machinist, Pacific Locks. Remus H. Taylor, from Probationary to Qualified Pilot, Navigation Division. John B. Spivey, from Motorboat Maintenance Mechanic to Instrument Repair- man, Navigational Aids. Ralph E. Robinson, from Heavyfire

Blacksmith and Forger to Heavyfire Black- smith and Blacksmith Leader, Industrial

Division. James C. Macaulay, from Blacksmith,

Dredging Division, to Blacksmith and

Blacksmith Heavyfire and Blacksmith

Heavy Forger, Industrial Division. Robert G. Peterson, from Cash Accounting Clerk, Treasury Branch, to Supervisory Administrative Assistant, Navigation Division. TRANSPORTATION AND TERMINALS

BUREAU

Ralph A. Nelson, from Ganger, Division

of Storehouses, to Gauger and Cribtender Foreman, Terminals Division. Gilbert F. Chase, from Clerk, Maintenance Division, to Gauger and Crib- tender Foreman, Terminals Division. Henry E. May, Jr., from Gauger and

Cribtender Foreman to Freight Traffic Clerk, Terminals Division. Victor T. McGarry, from Freight

Traffic Clerk to Supervisory Storekeeper,

Terminals Division. Norman E. J. Demers, from Supervisory Business Accountant, Terminals

Division, to Administrative Assistant, Office

of the Director.

JANUARY SAILINGS

From Cristobal

Panama January 1 Cristobal January 9 Anron January 15 Panama... January 22

Cristobal January 29 From New York

Ancon January 5 Panama January 1

2

Cristobal January 19 A neon J anuary 26

(Northbound the ships are in Haiti from 7 a. m. to noon Sunday; southbound, the Haiti stop is Saturday

from 7 a. m. to 4 p. m.)

DECEMBER RETIREMENTS

Retirement certificates were presented the end of December to the following employees

who are listed alphabetically, together with

their birth places, titles, length of service and future addresses. Charles V. Holmelin, New York; Plant

Electrician, Commissary Division; 37 years,

7 months, 7 days; Canal Zone for present. Mary Worrell, Missouri; Teacher, Cris- tobal High School; 19 years, 3 months, 9 davs; address uncertain.

ANNIVERSARIES

Employees who observed important anniversaries during the month of December are

listed alphabetically below. The number of years includes all Government service, with

the Canal or other agencies. Those with

continuous service with the Canal are indicated with (*).41 YEARS

*Arthur Morgan, Dipper Dredge Operator, Dredging Division.

35 YEARS

John L. Reese, Jr., Control House

Operator, Locks Division. Waldron Francis, Mechanical Helper,

Industrial Division.

30 YEARS

Charles K. Cross, Supervisor, Records

Analyst, Administrative Branch. Perc F. Graham, Lieutenant, Fire Division. John D. Lowe, Stevedore Foreman,

Terminals Division. Ralph A. Sylvestre, Hospital Adminisstrative Officer, Health Bureau.

25 YEARS

Samuel D. Aycock, Medical Officer, Health Bureau. *William Black, Assistant Superintendent, Miraflores Locks, Locks Division. *Kenneth R. A. Booth, Business

Analyst, Comptroller's Office. *Neil H. Wilson, Supervisory Admeasurer, Navigation Division.

20 YEARS

Floyd H. Baldwin, Chief, Fiscal Division. Carlos M. Badiola, Construction Engineer, Maintenance Division. Jack K. Campbell, Cash Accounting

Clerk, Fiscal Division. Leon E. Dedeaux, Carpenter Foreman,

Maintenance Division. Alexander Egudin, Pharmacist, Health

Bureau. Robert K. Hanna, Cash Accounting

Assistant, Comptroller's Office. Grady B. Hardison, Policeman, Police Division. Gerald L. Neal, Conductor, Transportation and Terminals Division. *Harry E. Pearl, Civil Engineer, Engineering Division. Beatrice H. Simonis, Director of Nurses, Gorgas Hospital.

Glynn L. Terrell, Lock Operator, Locks

Division. Subert Turbyfill, Junior College In- structor, Schools Division.

15 YEARS

Mary M. Barras, Staff Nurse, Gorgas

Hospital. Albert B. Collins, Maintainer, Electric Cargo Equipment, Terminals Division. Ben B. Gupton, Customs Guard, Civil

Affairs Bureau. Carl F. Maedl, High School Teacher,

Schools Division. Carl N. Nix, Operator-Foreman Electrician, Electrical Division. *Frances P. Washabaugh, Customs

Inspector, Civil Affairs Bureau. HOW IMPORTANT IS LIGHT?

(Pontinuedfrom pages) instruments. However,

their multiple fixed lens eyes do not come

anywhere near our visual acuity.

When we consider our eyes with all their marvelously delicate parts, it is amazing that they last us as long as they

do. You can imagine what effect a drop of corrosive acid, a little burning caustic, a

small splinter of glass, a flying chip of wood or metal, or wind-borne cinders will have when coming in violent contact with this delicate mechanism.

Queer, isn't it, the way a man will protect his golf clubs with expensive

booties, carry his camera and accessories

in a small leather suitcase, using the best

of tissue and soft camel-hair brushes to

clean the lens, even carry his eye glasses

in protective cases, yet doesn't think it important enough on the job to take the time to don a pair of goggles to protect the most precious and irreplaceable asset he owns, next to life itself?
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR-PRESIDENT

ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, BALBOA HEIGHTS

GOVERNOR J. S. SEYBOLD 2-2131 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR H. O. PAXSON .2-4117

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ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION BUREAU

Col. Craig Smyser, Director 2-2323

E. M. Brovvder, Jr., Assistant Director.. . .2-2323 Harold H. Feeney, Chief, Contract and Inspection

Division 2-3739

P. A. White, Chief, Dredging Division, Gamboa 6- 186

J. A. Driscoll, Assistant Chief .6- 182

J. Bartley Smith, Electrical Engineer, Electrical Division 2-1265 Roy D. Reece, Assistant Electrical Engineer 2-1265

F. H. Irwin, Designing Engineer, Engineering Division. 2-2691

Wells D. Wright, Assistant Designing Engineer 2-2691

F. H. Lerchen, Maintenance Engineer, Maintenance

Division 2-1269 N. E. Wise, Assistant Maintenance Engineer 2-1269 W. H. Esslinger, Chief Hydrographer, Meteorological

and Hydrographic Branch 2-2605

T. C. Henter, Assistant Chief Hydrographer. _ ..2-2604 MARINE BUREAU

Capt. F. A. Munroe, Jr., USN, Director and

Chief Navigation Division _ _ 2-3344

W. A. Dryja, Assistant to Marine Director.. 2-2186

Capt. Horatio A. Lincoln, USN, Port Captain, Bal 2-2631

Capt. Elmer G. Abbott, Assistant Port Captain.. .2-1261

Capt. John Andrews, Jr., USN, Port Captain, Cris 3-1639

Capt. S. L. Brown, Assistant Port Captain.. ..3-2196

R. C. Stockham, Chief, Locks Division.. 4- 136 Wm. A. Van Siclen, Jr., Superintendent, Atlantic Branch 5- 121 Earl Cassell, Assistant Superintendent __5- 121 Truman H. Hoenke, Superintendent, Pacific Branch_48- 213 William Black, Assistant Superintendent 48- 315

Capt. Robert H. Emerick, USNR, Chief, Industrial Division 3-2392 M. B. Nickel, Production Engineer. . _ 3-1215

A. A. Whitlock, Plant Engineer. _ _ .3-1826

Capt. Frank D. Harris, Chief, Aids to Navigation Section, Gatun 5- 432

J. D. Tate, Assistant Chief 5- 432

E. C. Lombard, Executive Secretary 2- Lt. Col. David S. Parker, Military Assistant .2-

F. G. Dunsmoor, Administrative Assistant 2- John D. Hollen, Chief, Executive Planning Staff 2- William G. Arey, Jr., Public Relations Director 2-

J. Rufus Hardy, Chief, Press and Publications 2- CANAL ZONE GOVERNMENT

Robert C. Walker, Chief, Internal Security Branch 2- E. I. P. Tatelman, Magistrate, Cristobal 3- Edward M. Altman, Magistrate, Balboa 2- PANAMA CANAL COMPANY

Paul A. Bentz, General Counsel 2- G. O. Kellar, Chief, Safety Branch 2-

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2157 3726 WASHINGTON OFFICE

101 Indiana Avenue, N. W. Washington, D. C. (Liberty 5-6700 Ext. 63832)

W. M. Whitman, Secretary

P. M. Runnestrand, Assistant Secretary

NEW YORK OFFICE

24 State Street, New York, N. Y. (BO 9-5380)

Edward H. Harms, Chief of Office

J. P. Sutherland, Chief, Passenger Department

R. H. Halsey, Jr., Chief, Freight Department

Peter A. De Stefano, Chief, Finance Department

W. G. Grace, Chief, Pier Activities Department

L. A. Ferguson, Chief, Procurement Department

PANAMA CANAL COMPANY

OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER

Lindsley H. Noble, Comptroller.. _ .2-4184

Philip L. Steers, Jr., Chief, Accounting Systems Staff .2-4221 Arthur J. O'Leary, Chief, Accounting Division 2-2540

F. H. Baldwin, Chief, Fiscal Division.. 2-2553 George E. Girard, Chief, Internal Audit Staff 2-2575

C. M. Middleton, Acting Chief, Plant Inventory and

Appraisal Staff 2-1436

L. B. Magnuson, Budget Analyst 2-1635 Warren Pitman, Rates Analyst 2-2542 PERSONNEL BUREAU

Edward A. Doolan, Director. _. 2-2610

Leonard M. Brockman, Assistant Director 2-2625

Mrs. Eula R. Driscoll, Assistant to Director... ..2-3660 Norman F. Johnson, Employee and Labor Relations

Officer 2-1077 George F. Welsh, Chief, Emplovment and Utilization Division 2-36 1

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E. L. Payne, Chief, Personnel Records Division 2-1836 John F. Oster, Chief, Wage and Classification Division.2-3614 ADMINISTRATIVE BRANCH

P. F. Shrapnel, Chief 2-2776

A. H. Evans, Assistant Chief 2-2776 W. J. Allen, Records Section .2-2751

J. M. Thompson, Transportation Section 2-2634 COMMUNITY SERVICES BUREAU

Wilson H. Crook, Acting Director 2-3117

D. S. Johnston, Assistant to Director .2-1488

R. L. Klotz, Chief, Housing Division.. .2-3395 Jerome Barras, Chief, Real Estate Unit.. 2-2816

P. S. Thornton, Acting General Manager, Clubhouse

Division 2-2607

C. W. Kilbey, Assistant to General Manager. _ .2-1372 W. R. Lindsay, Chief, Grounds Maintenance Division .2-1801 Milton L. Turner, Acting Manager Hotels 2-2111 SUPPLY AND SERVICE BUREAU

F. R. Johnson, Director 2-1825

Paul H. Friedman, Assistant Director 2-3773

Bart J. Elich, Assistant to Director .2-2678

R. L. Sullivan, General Manager, Commissary Division_3-2639 G. N. Engelke, Assistant General Manager .3-2637

H. E. May, Superintendent, Division of Storehouses 2—2 1 55

E. R. MacYittie, Assistant Superintendent 2—2155

G. H. Furey, Printer, Printing Plant ..3-1787

G. H. Sanford, Supervisor, Reproduction Plant 2-2564 TRANSPORTATION AND TERMINALS BUREAU

B. I. Everson, Deputy Director 3-1904

E. N. Stokes, Superintendent, Railroad Division 3-1511

J. H. Michaud, Local Agent, Panama City ..2-3264

A. E. Beck, Superintendent, Terminals Division 3-1665

E. B. O'Brien, Jr., Assistant Superintendent 3-1615

R. W. Adams, Superintendent, Motor Transportation

Division 2- 1 302

R. H. Ford, Assistant Superintendent, Southern District 2- 1 302

R. W. Erickson, Assistant Superintendent, Northern

District 3-2157

F. E. Wells, Steamship Ticket Agent, Panama Line 2-1456

SELECTIVE SERVICE

(Although not a unit of the Canal Zone Government

or the Panama Canal Company, this directory of the

Selective Service is given for your convenience) F. G. Dunsmoor, State Director. _ __ 2-3498

A. E. Beck, Deputy State Director 2-3498

Mrs. Bernice R. Finley, Secretary .2-3498

Local Board No. 1 —Panama Railroad Station, Bal- boa Heights

F. H. Irwin, Chairman .2-2691 Mrs. Bernice R. Finley, Clerk _ .2-3212

Local Board No. 2—Administration Building, Cris- tobalJudge E. I. P. Tatelman, Chairman 3-1514

Mrs. Frances E. Hunnicutt, Clerk 3-2115

CANAL ZONE GOVERNMENT

CIVIL AFFAIRS BUREAU

Henry L. Donovan, Director 2-1682

S. E. Esser, Superintendent of Schools 2-1379

R. W. Collinge, Assistant Superintendent 2-1379 James Marshall, Chief, Postal, Customs and Immigration Division 2-2628

J. B. Clemmons, Jr., Assistant Chief, Customs and

Immigration Service 2-2628

Earl F. Unruh, Assistant Chief, Canal Zone Postal Service 2-3 1 06 Major George Herman, Chief, Police Division . .2-3400

Capt. R. W. Griffith, Assistant Chief . .2-2562

Capt. A. J. Troup, Chief, Fire Division.. 2-3645

P. L. Dade, Chief, Contraband Control. 2-1901 Mrs. Eleanor D. Burnham, Librarian-Curator, Library

Section 2-4326

L. R. Evans, Chief, License Section 2-2563 W. G. Dolan, Chief, Civil Defense _ .2-4169 HEALTH BUREAU

Brig. Gen. Don Longfellow, Director. _. .2-3206

William Brown, Assistant to Director 2-1417

Col. Howard W. Doan, Superintendent, Gorgas Hospital 2-6433

Dr. Lawrence M. Drennan, Assistant to Superin- tendent 2-6430

Dr. L. E. Fontaine, Dental Clinic, Ancon ..2-3765

Dr. W. E. French, Dental Clinic, Colon.. .3-2426

Dr. Wayne Gilder, Superintendent, Colon Hospital. .3-1 746

Lt. Col. R. F. Mulholland, Superintendent, Corozal

Hospital 2- 1 568

Dr. Ezra Hurwitz, Superintendent, Palo Seco Lepro- sarium 2-1912

Dr. Walter G. Nelson, Chief, Division of Preventive Medicine and Quarantine 2-1416

J. P. Smith, Chief, Division of Sanitation 2-3616

Dr. R. G. Matheney, Chief, Division of Veterinary

Medicine 2-1416

Dr. Carl M. Johnson, Panama Health Officer.. 2-2486

Dr. Wayne Gilder, Colon Health Officer 3-1767
"f6 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW<^-^-E«f -Of- January 1, 1954

CHRISTMAS, CANAL ZONE STYLE

CHRISTMAS LIGHTS and outdoor decorations are as pretty

this year, if not prettier, than

ever before. Here are a few

snapped by The Review photographer in Ancon and Balboa.

Most of them will be up until

after New Year's; they are well

worth an evening's drive.