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I nformation Officer

Official Panama Canal Company Publication

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Index

THE BRIDGE WORKMEN shown on this month's cover eating

their lunch while perched on girders of the Thatcher Ferry

Bridge superstructure simply don't take time away from thenjobs to eat in more mundane surroundings, although elsewhere

mi the bridge there are less precarious spots in which to enjoy

a sandwich and diermos of coffee or a soda.

A much mure inviting spot, at least to anyone dizzied by

heights—which the bridge steel workers obviously are not—would seem to be at the uppermost levels of the bridge, where forms

being readied to receive the concrete decking of the structure

offer broad, solid expanses such as that pictured above.

The forms, utilizing plvwood as a base, are held in place by

heavy wooden erossmembers underneath, much in the fashion of

the floor supports in a frame house. After the concrete decking is poured and allowed to cure, the wooden erossmembers will be

unbolted from the hangers which hold them and the plywood

base between the steel girders. The erossmembers and plvwood

linn will be removed, leaving only the concrete and steel ol which the entire bridge is to be constructed.

As December came to an end, the steel superstructure of the

bridge \\ as beginning to take shape above the water of the Canal,

but the eventual shape of the soaring structure still was only

barely indicated by the steel in place. Officials say the upward

swoop of the superstructure probably will begin to take shape

in about 2 months.

Continuing Progress and Service

Better Jobs

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New Equipment for RailroadVisitors

Fun For All

People

iployee Conduct

Worth Knowing

For You, \I\ Son

Battling a Blast Wall

Anniversaries

Promotions and Transfers

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January 5, 1962
Message from

Governor Carter

Continuing

Progress and Service

In Year Ahead

AS WE ENTER a new year, every member of the

Company/Government organization can look back with

pride to a year during which modernization of the water- way continued to be a major concern of all, second only

to operation and maintenance of die Canal itself. We also can reflect with pleasure and appreciation on

the cordiality and friendly interchange between die

people of the United States and those of the Republic

of Panama, as citizens of the two countries continued to conduct the day-to-day business and social relationships

which have marked life on the Isthmus for more than

half a century.

Rut as we view diese things with rightful pride, we

also will be looking ahead to plans for the coming

year and bevond, as improvements now in progress

increase the capacity of the present waterwav to the

maximum possible.

The Roard of Directors of the Panama Canal Company,

headed bv Secretary of the Army Elvis J. Stahr, jr., will be considering these facts as they meet on the Isthmus

January 20 and view the progress of the improvements

now in progress. Among those improvements are the widening of Gaillard Cut from 300 to 500 feet, approximately half completed as the year ended; the first of the new, more

powerful towing locomotives built to replace the aging

machines now in use; houses completed and under construction in the continuing effort to improve housing for Canal employees living in the Zone; progress on the new

Gorgas Hospital building; modifications made at the

locks to permit installation of the new towing locomotives and to reduce lane outage time during overhauls;

the sightseeing launch Las duces, acquired to provide an

adequate means for visitors and sightseers to view the

Canal and its operation; the three new and more powerful

tugs now in service; and the soaring superstructure of the Thatcher Ferry Rridge now rapidly taking shape.

This year, we should see the Thatcher Ferry Rridge

completed, along with the improved and widened highways which will serve to carry traffic to and across it. We

also should see the final contract awarded for widening

of Gaillard Cut. Thus, as we complete another year of service to world

shipping, we can reiterate the tribute recently paid to Federal employees by the U.S. Civil Service Commission

in preparation for observing the 79th anniversary of die

Civil Service Act which President Chester A. Arthur

signed into law on January 16, 1S83:

"The Federal employee can take satisfaction in knowing that he is one of a corps that have been picked

for their competence, that continue in employment

because they continue to demonstrate that competence

in their work. He can also take satisfaction in die fact that Government has developed an up-to-date personnel

system, complete with employee benefits and privileges, that compares favorably with the practices of progressive

private industry. And he can take pride in serving a Government that is the leader of the Free World."

All these statements apply to the men and women who

work for the Canal enterprise, who through their efforts and competence, continue to serve the needs of world

shipping while laboring to keep the waterwav abreast

of the needs of global commerce, with its ever-increasing

movements of materials in larger and larger vessels over

the oceans of the world, and through the Panama Canal.

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A n umber of employees

in the Payroll and Machine

Accounting Branch have

gained their

positions and pay through

special training.

BETTER JOBS

There are many

opportunities

for employees

THERE IS a constant process of change and improvement in the wages,

hours, and working conditions of Company/Government employees through

a continuous process of individual advancement and periodic general revi- sions in pay scales and fringe benefits by Congressional action. The broad, general improvements

provided from time to time by legislative authority are designed to keep

benefits and privileges of Government

employees similar to those enjoyed by

workers in progressive private industry,

while the advancement of individuals

is designed to properly compensate

i mployees for the work they do. Within the framework of the Canal

/.one Merit System there is considerable

i unity for individuals to earn pro- motions and or transfers to better, more

ding :ind desirable positions or

levels. The amount of movement

i the ranks of the Company/

more than 14,000 employei indicated by the fact that approxii lately 1,400 promotions and

transfers mi ring pay increases were

processed by the Personnel Bureau

during 1961. This advancement of individual employees comes about primarily in two

basic ways under the Canal Zone Merit

System: Promotion of an employee to a more responsible, better-paying position; or reclassification of the position an employee occupies because additional duties and/or responsibilities

have been added to it. There are a number of ways in which

these changes can come into being, but,

in general, promotions usually occur through the normal process of filling vacancies created by retirements, resignations, or addition of new positions,

and bv establishment of similar but more responsible positions through re- organization of the duties associated with a given position, often through

realinementof the work being performed

by a given unit. The recent promotion of Alejandro

Montenegro, 37-year-old Panamanian,

to the position of launch operator in the Dredging Division is fairly typical

of the processes by which individuals

move up to more responsible, better- paying positions as the result of additional skills learned while employed in other positions. Mr. Montenegro first was employed

by the Canal in December 1941 as a laborer with the Building Division. During World War II, he worked at Madden Dam in a variety of positions,

finally settling into a job as palancaman

in 1947. In the years he has spent at Madden Dam and Lake, he has learned much about the operation of launches

and in April 1961 was transferred to the Dredging Division as a seaman. His

long familiarity with launch operation

led to his promotion to launch operator

in November, the position having been

added to provide additional launch

service required by increased dredging

operations in Gaillard Cut. Although Mr. Montenegro's promotion finally occurred because of the

creation of an additional position,

the reason that he was selected rather than someone else was the knowledge

of launches which he had acquired

over the years. Much of the responJanuary 5, 1962
sibility for earning the promotion was,

therefore, his. Not so well understood as the factors influencing promotions is, perhaps, the

fact that the individual employee also has considerable influence on whether

or not the position he occupies eventually is reclassified at a higher pay

level. This frequently happens because an employee handles his originally

assigned workload so efficiently that he

is able to undertake new and additional

responsibilities, thus doing a better job

for the unit employing him and, at the same time, adding to the duties of the position.

When these additional responsibilities are recognized officially the position is evaluated higher than originally. Thus

the employee benefits by being advanced

to the, higher grade level for which the new evaluation calls. Typical of such a change is that recently made in the grade level of tele- type operator positions in the Marine

Bureau. These jobs, which recently were reevaluated in a job study, were

found to be more difficult than when

the original grade level for them was

established, rjrimarily because of the value added to them by the resourcefulness and ability of the incumbents.

Consequently, the positions were reclassified at a higher grade level and

each of the employees filling the jobs

will, in future, make several hundred

dollars more per year than they have

in the past. New and improved methods of per- forming certain tasks constantly are occurring in the Company/Government

organization as new equipment, materials, and procedures make it possible

to alter former ways of doing things.

It is this type of change which is included in the recently announced plan

for better utilization of deckhands who

are employed by the Canal to work

aboard transiting vessels. The new plan calls for the deckhands

to be aboard the vessels only during

the approach, passage through, and

departure from the locks. Each group

of deckhands will work on several ships

each day instead of staying aboard from

the beginning to the end of the transit. As a result of the change in operating

methods, deckhands will, in the future,

enjoy a number of benefits which they

did not previously have, including a 40-hour work week, overtime and

holiday pay, and regularly scheduled

days off. Implementation of the plan also will create nearly 50 new positions in the

Marine Bureau which will require

higher skills than those demanded of deckhands. These new positions, which

include those of launch operator, launch seaman, timekeeper, and supervisory

personnel, will be compensated for at a higher rate of pay. The plan will reduce

the number of deckhands required under

present operational methods, but will replace part of the lost positions with

these better-paying positions.

Each month's report of promotions

and transfers in the Canal organization, reflects the variety of changes

which constantly are being made within the ranks of Company/Government

employees. The very variety of them is indicative of the numerous opportunities afforded employees for advancement and improvement in their indi- vidual positions, adding to both their income and skills as they move from

one step to another in the upward climb

to the top in their line of work.

Albert Mootoo, 29-year-old Panamanian, is only one of many employees

who watch and prepare for opportunities which come their way. Mr. Mootoo

had been employed by the Canal organization for several years and had proved

himself an able and valuable employee

as a clerk in the Supply and Community

Service Bureau, when he saw an opportunity to move into machine accounting

work in the payroll branch. Seeking the job, he took an aptitude

test which showed he was ably fitted for the work. He was offered and

accepted a transfer to the new position, even though he received no immediate

increase in pay by doing so. Within a

year, however, he had advanced two

grades and had virtually doubled his previous salary.

Still seeking to improve his knowledge and qualifications for more

responsible positions in the future, Mr. Mootoo has, for the past several semesters, been taking accounting

courses at the Canal Zone Junior College on his own time. Like many other employees who use their leisure time

to improve their skills and abilities, Mr. Mootoo's attendance at Junior College is being sponsored by the Company/

Government under the Tuition Refund

Program. Under this program, employees pursuing approved, job-related courses of study have their tuition refunded by the Company/ Government

upon successful completion of the

course or courses. Efforts are being

made to have more employees take advantage of the opportunities offered by this program. Many of the employees of the Company/Government are aided in their upward climb by apprenticeships and

training of various kinds conducted or sponsored by the Canal organization.

Employees are kept advised of the various opportunities offered for such

training from time to time and are urged to take advantage of them to improve their skills and thus advance

their own self-interest. A major indication of the results of the operation of the Canal Zone Merit

System and the benefits accruing to employees by application of it and

the Canal Zone wage plan throughout

the organization is the fact that more

than 500 non-U. S. -citizen employees of the Canal organization now are occupying U.S. wage base positions, compared

with 141 at the time the Merit System was instituted in February 1959, less than 3 years ago.

Hector E. Taylor,

traffic control clerk

in Balboa Port

Captain's office, is

one of those

benefiting from

a recent position

upgrading.

The Panama Canal Review
Ellis L. Fawcett

Paraiso

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Adrian M.f^

Bouche, Jr. Pacific

RESIDENTS of the Canal Zone live in

a community which is unique and some- what strange to those accustomed to life

in the United States or other republics

of the Free World. In the Zone, there

are no politics, no home rule, no local

taxes, no private ownership of real pro- perty—all things which are very much

a part of community life in the States. The democratic traditions and Free- doms enjoyed for so many years by

residents of the republics from which

Panama Canal Company and Canal

Zone Government workers are recruited are deep rooted and wholesome,

however, and the Canal organization

is interested in perpetuating these

traditions among Zone residents and

thus creating greater community har- mony, cooperation, and participation.

["here arc, to be sure, many similarities between the Canal Zone and communities in the United States, with

many institutions such as churches,

patriotic organizations, and others functioning much as they do in the United

There also are stores, homes,

schools, courts, and similar institutions which are operated in the Zone. The i of free government is for

1 1 H peopli o have a means by which

the) can, without violence, direct, alter, or modify the operation of the tradiCOMMUNITY

LEADERSHIP

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Arthur W. Davis Pedro Miguel

tional republican forms of government.

But the Canal Zone is a special-purpose

area with no local political status, no

legislature other than the U.S. Congress,

and no indigenous population. Its

civilian population consists almost exclusively of employees of the executive

branch of the U.S. Government and

their families. Under these circumstances, the employees engaged in the Panama Canal enterprise have no direct,

local political means of influencing

the governmental operations in their home communities.

To overcome this built-in obstacle to home rule, each Zone community has an elected Civic Council which provides an effective channel of communication

between the administration and res- idents of the Zone, and is a guiding

hand in main community endeavors. Although those in charge of the administration of the Canal Zone are answerable only to higher authority in the Federal Government and are not

directly answerable to the residents of the Zone, it is the sincere desire and

objective of the local governing authorities in the Zone to encourage local, democratic participation in community

life. A major means of achieving this is through official recognition of and

eooperation with the Civic Councils.

Arnold S. Hudgins

Gamboa

Elections for delegates to the various

Councils are held by the communities

each year, with part of each group of Council members being replaced and

others retained to provide a continuity

in service and experience in the membership. It is the responsibility of the indi- vidual community to establish its own

Council and a constitution and bylaws

for it. Presidents of the nine Civic- Councils in Company/Government

townsites are pictured on these pages.

In addition to the various officers of the Councils, each of them selects representatives to serve as delegates to meetings which are scheduled periodically with the Governor of the Canal

Zone to discuss matters of interest to one or more of the communities. These

meetings often provide a convenient

time and place for the Governor to seek opinions on proposed plans or to announce new programs which will affect Zone residents and be of interest

to them. The meetings also provide an

opportunity for the Council representatives to ask questions or make requests.

A major item of business lor the

various Civic Councils have been pro- posed changes in housing regulations,

including the basis on which housing

is assigned. A few months ago, for example. Governor Carter sought the

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Civic Councils provide Zone

residents with voice in local

affairs and activities.

Wilfred E. Barrow Rainbow City

advice and opinions of the Civic Councils before establishing new regulations

governing assignments.

In addition to the executive sessions between the Governor and the designated Civic Council representatives, there also are periodic community meetings in the various townsites to provide

residents of the community with an

opportunity to participate directly in

this phase of the Civic Council program.

Questions and requests submitted to the Governor in these meetings fre- quently are answered on the spot, but

if further information is needed on which to base an answer, the Governor

normally refers the matter to the appropriate officials of the Company Govern- ment for studv and recommendation.

Supplied with this information and. perhaps, further informed on the subject bv personal investigation, the Governor or a designated representative addresses an answer to the Civic Councils concerned, giving them detailed reasons behind the reply and, usually,

if the answer is negative, suggesting

that the request be renewed if anything

has been overlooked which the Council

believes should have been considered. Areas of special and particular inter- est to the Civic Councils of the various communities are very similar in nature

Henning J. Spilling Gatun

E. W. Brandt Coco Solo

to those of governing bodies in Stateside communities. Schools, recreation

activities and facilities, traffic, hospital

services, housing needs of residents,

and many other matters involving the general health and welfare of the community are their primary concern. Governor Carter has taken a lead

in urging the Civic Councils to become

even more active in the affairs of then- respective communities. He has sug- gested that they should take an interest

in such things as welcoming new res- idents to the community, scheduling

and otherwise planning recreation activities, and, in general, in arousing interest in community events of all kinds. Civic Councils, providing "grass

roots" listening posts as they do, have

influenced hundreds of decisions over

the years, ranging from matters in- volving housing through such things as the location of bus stops in Rainbow

City, the establishment of school bus

shelters in Pacific side communities,

studies and occasional changes in traffic regulations, efforts to provide local registration of U.S. citizenship for chil- dren born here, and numerous other

matters, including the hours of operation of service centers and retail stoics. The principal officers of the nine

Civic Councils in the Zone who have

Mrs. Doris R. Sanders

Cristobal-Margarita-Brazos Heights

Kenneth Haughton

Santa Cruz

been named to serve during the current year are as follows: Coco Solo: E. W. Brandt, president; Mrs. Majel E. Reinheimer, first vice president; Mrs. Lorraine Currier, second

vice president.

Cristobal-Margarita-Brazos Heights

Mrs. Doris R. Sanders, president; Mrs. Louise E. Griffon, representative

to Governor's Conference.

Gamboa: Arnold S. Hudgins, president; Donald J. Connor, vice president. Gatun: Henning J. Spilling, president; William T. Clute, first vice president.

Pacific side: Adrian M. Bouche, Jr., president; James J. O'Donnell, vice

president. Paraiso: Ellis L. Fawcett, president; Eric S. Oakley, vice president; S. D.

Callender, representative to Governor's Conference.

Pedro Miguel: Arthur W. Davis,

president; Cleveland Roberts, representative to Governor's Conference.

Rainbow City: Wilfred E. Barrow,

president; Seabert Haynes, vice president; Astor N. Lewis, representative to Governor's Conference. Santa Cruz: Kenneth Haughton, president; Christopher T. Cox, vice president; Louis G. Small, representative

to Governor's Conference.

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Canal tugboat moves through Miraflores

Locks with loaded barge during late

evening lull in ship traffic.

3t J breakwater Jbuty far Spoil

WHEN STRONG BREEZES come

sweeping from the south and west

across the broad expanses of the Pacific,

waves pile up and come smashing into the Isthmian shoreline and the Pacific entrance to the waterway.

The freshly placed spoil for the breakwater extension, dumped at high tide, rises just above the water during low tide. It later will be raised to level of that in foreground.

The waves, although only occasional, create a problem at the pier on Naos

Island where Canal pilot launches are docked. The breakwater which partially

guards the pier area from the waves

does not provide complete protection

and at times the launches docked there have been battered rather severely. It even has been necessary to remove the launches to a calmer spot at times. Now all this is being changed. Tons

and tons of stone from the Cut-widening

project now are being hauled to the site and dumped to extend the Naos break- water an additional 300 feet in a curving

loop, which, it is believed, will provide

much better protection for the pier area. Scows loaded with suitable rock spoil

from the Cut-widening work are moved

south through Pedro Miguel and Miraflores Locks late at night to avoid any

interference with ship traffic, then are towed to the breakwater for dumping at high tide.

After the scows have dumped the base for the breakwater extension, more

spoil will be piled atop it to raise the

extension to the level of the existing

breakwater, thus completing the task and providing an encircling arm of stone on which the waves can vent their force, leaving the pier and the launches docked

there virtually undisturbed.

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New

Equipment

for Railroad

One of 15 new boxcars purchased by Panama Railroad is unloaded.

First locomotives bought

in decade to be

delivered this year

NEW EQUIPMENT is the order of the day for the Panama Railroad, the Western Hemisphere's oldest transcontinental

rail line. During recent weeks, the railroad has put 15 new, all-steel boxcars into

service, received a new mobile machine

for use in track maintenance work, and

ordered the first new locomotives to be

purchased by the railroad in a decade.

The new, 50-ton boxcars, purchased

to replace obsolete equipment, were

built in Mexico by Constructora Nacional de Carros de Ferrocarril and shipped

to the Isthmus aboard the Cristobal. The last of the 15 cars arrived on the Isthmus just before Christmas and

already has been put into service. The new mobile maintenance machine, known as a Kershaw ballast regulator, is designed to eliminate the hand spreading of ballast on the road- bed and right-of-way and also can be

used to reshape the banks along each

side of the right-of-way. Equipped with

extensions on each side which can

scarify and reshape the banks alongside

the track, the first job of the new device was to perform such work along the

track from the Miraflores Tunnel to Corozal. The new locomotives ordered by the

railroad are 1,200-horsepower, dieselelectric engines for use in switching

operations. They will replace five 20-year-old, 1,000-horsepower engines now being used in switching work.

A contract for the new engines,

which will cost $412,000, recently was awarded to General Motors Overseas

Operations. They are to be delivered to the Isthmus in July of this year. The new engines will be approximately

45 feet in length, will have the engineer's cab in the rear, and will be more economical to maintain than the engines now in use. They are of a

standard type used in the United States. The last locomotives acquired by the Panama Railroad were bought in 1951. They were three 1,600-horsepower

diesel-electric engines designed for both

road and switching duty. Still in use as passenger train engines on the Isthmian

line, the 1951 locomotives were built by

American Locomotive Co. of New York.

Railroad's new ballast regulator was put to work scarifying and reshaping sides of right-of-way.

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VISITORS

FOR CENTURIES, the Isthmian crossing has

attracted visitors from throughout the world. It continued to exert its magnetic attraction last month, as the annual influx of tourists and other travelers started. High on the list of those visiting the Zone in the pre-holiday period were Francis Cardinal Spellman,

Military Vicar for the Catholic personnel of the Armed Forces of the United States and Arehibishop

of New York, and Congressman and Mrs. George E. Shipley of Illinois. Cardinal Spellman included a visit to military

patients at Gorgas Hospital in his busy 2-day schedule

of activities in the Zone and the Republic of Panama.

Accompanied by Canal Zone Governor Carter, the

Prince of the Catholic Church demonstrated the

amiability and kindly understanding for which he

has become known throughout the U.S. Armed

Forces, as he and other members of the party visited patients in both the medical and surgical wards of the hospital, with Cardinal Spellman stopping to chat brieflv with each of 29 military patients.

Congressman and Mrs. Shipley, who arrived on

the Isthmus December 9 for a 1-week stay, were

conducted on an extensive tour of Canal installations by Lt. Gov. W. P. Leber. Near the end of their

stay, the Congressman and his wife accompanied

Lieutenant Governor and Mrs. Leber to the annual

Agricultural, Industrial, and Livestock Fair at Penonome, Republic of Panama.

The Lieutenant Governor attended the opening of the fair as the official representative of Governor

Carter, who was unable to attend because of other commitments.

Francis Cardinal Spellman, Governor Carter, Col. Edward Sigerfoos. and Miss Beatrice H. Simonis during tour of Gorgas Hospital.

Lieutenant Governor Leber looks on as Congressman Shipley

signs visitors register at La Boca model and briefing room.

Mrs. Shipley is greeted by Panama President Roberto F. Chiari at Penonome,

as U.S. Ambassador to Panama Joseph S. Farland and other visitors look on.

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Edward Michaelis, one of 4 members of locks security force who serve as bilingual tour guides, explains lock operation to visiting couple.

FUN FOR ALL

Many activities

available here

for residents

and visitors

ARRIVAL of the Isthmian dry season, which coincides with the tourist season

of January through March, is the

signal for a resumption of many activities which are curtailed or, at least, dampened during the 8 or 9 months of rainy weather. While snow blankets the northern

regions, forcing most athletic types to move inside for such spectator sports as basketball. Isthmians are preparing to move outside for the start of the professional baseball season—and dozens of other outdoor pursuits from planting

dry season farm crops to family picnics.

And as many Stateside fishermen

huddle beside a small hole cut through

the inches-thick ice of a lake, their Isthmian counterparts break out their fishing gear to match wits with the

finned ones under the searing rays of

a tropical sun. Isthmian youngsters look forward to the sunny, rainless days which normally

start in December and run through April

so they can indulge in the worldwide

childhood sport of sliding downhill. Rut, whereas in the north this sport utilizes

snow and steel-runnered sleds, its Isthmian cousin substitutes the slippery

dead grass of a handy slope for the snow

of the northland and a fallen palm frond

in place of the sled. Stargazing, too, is a favorite dry

season activity on the Isthmus, the

virtually moisture-free atmosphere pro- viding a clear view of the stellar bodies,

which generally are obscured during

the rainy season. To accommodate those interested in the planets, constellations, and other wonders of space, the Miraflores Observatory will open for its annual dry

season schedule of two evenings per week, starting this month. Each evening

will include a brief lecture and a chance

for visitors to view the skies through the observatory's telescope. Arrival of dry season and the activities which are peculiarly a part of it does not, however, signal the end of rainy season activities, of which there

are many on the Isthmus, a number of them sponsored by the Company

Government.

Among the year-round activities

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Work on widening Gaillard Cut can be seen during a trip aboard launch Las Cruces.

organized, sponsored, or otherwise activel) carried on through the Company

Government and its units, are visits to the locks which lift and lower ships on

their transits, cruises through Gaillard Cut aboard the sightseeing launch Las Cruces, visits to Summit Gardens and Contractors Hill, and, of course, the transcontinental operations of the Panama Railroad. Some of these activities can be

indulged on most any day and at any

time, while others require special advance arrangements or planning, some

being available on only certain days or during onl\ certain hours of the day. Whatever your interests in the Zone, however, one or more of these activities can supply you and your family with

entertainment and enjoyment.

Visits to the locks are one of the

favorite activities of young and old

alike, even among those who have been

residents of the Canal Zone for many

years and have visited the locks man)

times. As the) will tell you, there is something endlessly fascinating about

seeing huge ships quietly and i-fiortli ssK lifted or lowered from one level to another.

Visiting hours for the general public

.it Miraflores and Gatun Locks are from

9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, for either groups

if several persons or a single individual making a casual visit. Bilingual tour guides from the locks security forces are on duty during these hours at both

sets of locks to explain the operation of the locks and give some of the history

of the construction of the Isthmian waterway.

Trips aboard Las Cruces, the 64-foot sightseeing launch recently acquired by

the Canal, can be made through a number of arrangements. The vessel is available for use of all officially recog- nized employee groups and organizations in the Canal Zone and the Republic

of Panama, including tourist agencies, and may be used for day or nighttime

trips, any day of the week. The basic trip aboard Las Cruces

is between Pedro Miguel Locks and Gamboa, a distance of about 9 miles, which embraces all of Gaillard Cut, the immense ditch which was cut through

the Continental Divide to create a major

portion of the waterway, and which now is being widened from 300 to 500 feet to provide for faster, safer

transits by vessels using the Canal. Charges for use of the launch vary, depending on the nature of the group

or organization desiring to hire it. Complete information and applications for groups or organizations desiring to hire the launch may be obtained through the Administrative Branch at Balboa 2-3192.

In addition to use of the launch bv

groups or organizations, the Canal

organization is, at present, with the cooperation of tourist agencies in Panama, offering once-a-week tours

utilizing both the railroad and launch.

The Miraflores

Observatory is a

favorite spot

for stargazers

during dry season.

These trips, available to any indi- vidual at nominal cost, combine

round-trip rail transportation from the terminal cities of Balboa and Cristobal to

From the picnic grounds atop Contractors Hill visihj can watch ships passing through the Canal below

Gamboa with a 2-hour cruise through

Gaillard Cut on the Las Cruces. A qualified tour guide is furnished for the launch portion of the tour. Details about

Shaded walks and wide variety of tropical plants are special attractions for visitors

to Summit Gardens.

these tours, now being operated each

Saturday morning, can be obtained from Panama Railroad ticket offices or any

of the established tourist agencies in the Republic of Panama.

At Summit Gardens and high atop

Contractors Hill on the west bank of the Canal at the Continental Divide,

special picnic grounds have been pro- vided for those who enjoy such outings. The Contractors Hill area, while pro- viding a spectacular view of the Canal

at this deepest point of excavation for the waterway, is rustic in nature, with

only picnic shelters and tables provided. The Summit Gardens areas set aside

for picnicking are shaded by the vast assortment of tropical trees and other

plants gathered from throughout the world and brought here for experimental growth and study of their development

in the local environment, The Gardens, located along Gaillard Highway a few miles south of Gamboa,

are open to sightseers and picnickers

daily during most of the daylight hours, during both the rainy and dry seasons. Tours of school children from both

the Republic of Panama and the Canal Zone normally are scheduled Mondays

through Fridays and require suffi- cient adult supervision by the person

requesting arrangements for the tour. Groups desiring to use the Gardens

for picnics are required to apply to the Chief of the Community Services Division, Drawer S, Balboa Heights, in writing, at least 7 working days in advance of the date for which reservation is desired. Such groups must show

certification that they are a Canal Zone

organization and must supply an esti- mate of the number of persons expected

to attend the outing. Small family groups also may use the

picnic areas at the Gardens, on a less formal basis. A responsible member of

the group must register at the Gardens

office, which then will assign the group

an area on a space-available, first-come,

first-served, basis. Such small groups

also may make advance reservations if they so desire by either calling or

visiting the Gardens office. These activities are, of course, on!) those actively sponsored by the Canal

organization. Many others are available

in the Zone and the Republic for those

inclined to pursue them, including

fishing in both fresh and salt water, swimming, skin-diving, shell-fishing, and

a myriad of other activities ranging from

visits to Barro Colorado by arrange- ment with Smithsonian Institution at Balboa 2485 to netting butterflys. So. on

those dreary days when you lament that you "don't have anything to do," look around; maybe you can find something

that will interest and intrigue not only you but the whole family for a day,

a week, a month, or even a lifetime, Man) others have.

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Mr. and Mrs. Oscar G. Agueda and children with Governor Carter. -PEOPLE

A PROUD and happy family was on hand in the

office of Canal Zone Gov. W. A. Carter early last month as Oscar G. Agueda, 45-vear-old Panamanian

seaman employed by the Dredging Division, received an award for bravery from the Governor. The award, accompanied by a check for $300, was

presented to Mr. Agueda in recognition of courageous

action which is credited with saving the life of Jose Achundia, a fellow employee who had fallen between

a ship and the floating crane Hercules. Mr. Achundia was in danger of drowning or being

crushed between the two vessels as they swung

together because of wave action, when Mr. Agueda

lowered himself to the waterline guardrail of the Hercules and grabbed the injured employee's shirt

collar just as he started to sink below the surface

of the water. The injured man suffered multiple contusions of the head, arms, and legs in the fall, but Mr. Agueda

was not injured and managed to get his fellow employee back to safety aboard the Hercules.

First employed by the Canal in 1942, when he was 26 years of age, Mr. Agueda has worked as a seaman during most of his years with the Canal enterprise, spending most of his time on the Hercules. Members of his family who accompanied him to the Governor's office and heard the personal congratulatons extended to Mr. Agueda included his

wife, daughter, and two sons.

JOHN B. FIELDS of the Canal Zone

Housing and Maintenance Office will

retire from Company Government service next September, but already is well underway on a new career. He has

been ordained to the Sacred Order of Deacons in the Cathedral of St. Luke

and will leave next August to attend

the Seminario Episcopal del Caribe in Puerto Rico for 1 year, after which he

will be ready for assignment as priest of

this Missionary District, which includes Panama, Colombia, and Ecuador.

Mr. Fields, who was born in Gatesville, Tex., came to the Canal Zone with

his parents in 1906. His father, John B. Fields, was Construction Quartermaster

in the Canal construction days and,

incidentally, was the first Master of the

first Masonic Lodge in the Canal Zone. He also was a charter member of all the York Rite bodies of Masons here. The family's first home was at Las

Cascadas, and then they moved to Corozal, in the area now occupied by

the townsite of Los Rios. Open ditches were outside the houses, covered by

boards for crossing-over purposes. Young

John traveled to school in Balboa in a mule-drawn brake, a 2V2-hour journey

lor the 7 miles because the road from

Corozal to Balboa at that time went

along the present Curundu back road

and through Panama. Today's road, at that time, was swampland. Grocery

orders came in by train from Mount

Hope and drinking water was delivered

in gallon jugs from the train station

to the homes.

He was a member of the first graduating class at Cristobal High School, the family having moved to the Atlantic

side after the Canal was opened to

traffic. In 1924, he was graduated from

the University of Texas, in Austin, with

a degree in mechanical engineering

—and ever since then has worked in

civil engineering. Mr. Fields' first employment in the Canal Zone was in 1917, while a student

at Balboa High School. He left the Zone

in 1920 and did not return until 1939,

after being with the Texas State Highway Department and Texas Highway

Patrol for a number of years.

His wife is a medical technologist at Gorgas Hospital Laboratory. They have

two daughters, Jo-Anne, a sophomore

at Ripon College, Wis., where she is majoring in mathematics and physics,

and Janet, a sophomore at Balboa High

School, whose ambition is to be a physical therapist. She's made a good

start, as a Pink Girl at Gorgas Hospital

(luring school vacation. Mr. Fields, like his father, has been

extremely active in the Masonic organization. He speaks Spanish, and is look- ing forward to the experience of his forthcoming year's schooling in Puerto

Rico. Mrs. Fields will remain on the Isthmus and will continue in her

position until Mr. Fields receives his assignment as a priest.

14 January 5, 1962
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REGULATIONS governing the con- duct of employees of the Panama Canal

Company and Canal Zone Government

recently hate been revised and reissued. Complete copies of the regulations now

arc being prepared in both English and

Spanish and will be distributed to each

employee this month.

Principal parts of the regulations are presented on this page and the next. Disciplinary action for violation of the

regulations can range from a reprimand

to a discharge for the employee

involved. Clarification or further infor- mation about the regulations can be

obtained at the office of the Personnel

Director. Balboa Heights.

General Policy. The maintenance of high moral and ethical standards is essential to efficiency in the conduct of Company/Government business and

to assuring confidence of the public in the Government of the United States. By the nature of its primary mission involving a public service to the commerce

of all nations, and by virtue of the multitudinous functions and activities in the field of public and international relations necessarv for the performance

of that mission, the integrity of operations of the Panama Canal Company/

Canal Zone Government must be above reproach. To accomplish diis objective,

all employees, wherever stationed, are expected and required to maintain

moral and ethical standards in their personal conduct that will in no way

reflect discredit on the U.S. Government or the Companv/Government

organization.

Conflict of Interest. A conflict of

interest situation is one in which an

employee's private interest, usually of an economic nature, conflicts or raises a reasonable question of conflict with

his public duties and responsibilities.

Following are specific examples of unlawful acts by a Government officer or employee under these laws: To receive, or agree to receive, any

mission to engage in outside emplovment or other business activities on the Isthmus, must submit Form 222 to the Executive Secretary through the head

of their bureau, division, or inde- pendent unit. Other employees must

request such permission from the head

of their bureau, division, or independent unit, who will either act on the

request, or, in cases involving policy or CONDUCT monev or thing of value for giving

to or procuring for any person any

contract from the United States. To receive, or agree to receive, any

compensation for anv services ren- dered before any department, agencv,

or officer of the United States in rela- tion to any proceeding, contract, claim, or other matter in which the United States is interested; To prosecute, or aid in the prose- cution of, any claim against the United States other than in the proper

discharge of his official duties; To act for the United States in the

transaction of business with any firm, corporation, or other business entity

of which he is an officer or member

or in which he has a pecuniary

interest; To receive any salary in connection with his services from any source

other than the Government of the United States. Dual Employment. U.S. citizen employees and employees in U.S. wage

base positions desiring to apply for perother question, refer it to the Executive

Secretary for consideration. Membership in Organizations. Employees may join or refrain from joining

employee organizations or associations,

without interference, coercion, restraint, or fear of discrimination or reprisal,

with the following exceptions:

They may not have membership in organizations or associations which

directly, or by affiliation with other

organizations or associations, impose

upon them an ohligation or duty to engage in, or assist in, anv strike against the United States; They shall not have membership

in any political party or organization

which advocates the overthrow of the

constitutional form of the government

of the United States. Participation in Political Activities. Generally, U.S. -citizen employees are prohibited from: Using official authority or influence

for the purpose of interfering with an election or affecting its results; Taking an active part in political

The Panama Canal Review 15
managementor in political campaigns;

Soliciting or receiving any assess- ment or contribution for any political purpose from another employee or person;

Serving as officers or organizers of,

or presiding over poltical meetings;

Making partisan political display

(badges, "buttons, etc.) while on duty

conducting official business. The following additional policies are prescribed respecting participation by employees in Panamanian

political activities: Employees residing in the Canal

Zone who are not Panamanian citi- zens shall not engage in any form of Panamanian political activity.

Employees residing in the Canal

Zone who are Panamanian citizens may exercise political rights guaran- teed to them by Panamanian law. Thev may affiliate themselves with

the political party of their choice, attend political meetings, and be free

to vote in all elections. These privileges inav be exercised subject to the

following reservations: No employee shall engage in Pan- amanian political activity in or from

within the Canal Zone, or during

dutv hours, and employees shall not use their jobs or positions with the Company/Government in the ad- vancement of Panamanian political

activity.

Emplovee associations, organizations, labor unions, and other emplovee groups, organized and existing

in the Canal Zone, shall not engage

in Panamanian political activity.

Anv employee who may be elected

to political office in the Republic of Panama will be required to terminate

his employment with the Company

Government.

Solicitation for and Acceptance of

Gifts. Employees shall not solicit or

accept, directly or indirectly, anything

of economic value as a gift, gratuity, or

favor, which is, or may appear to be,

designed to in any manner influence

official conduct. No gift shall be

accepted whenever the officer or era- plo\ee has any reason to believe that it would not have been made except

for his official position or that the

donor's private interests are likely to be

affected by his actions or actions of the Company/Government.

Gifts to Superiors. Employees are forbidden by law from soliciting con- from other employees for a

gift to am official superior and from

; a gift to anv official superior.

superiors are forbidden by law

to re i gift from employees

receivii) less salary than themselves. Awards From Foreign Governments.

Employees are prohibited from accepting any present, decoration, or award

conferred or presented by any foreign

government without the consent of Congress. Employees who receive infor- mation that thev are to be tendered such

gifts, decorations, or awards must report

to the office of the Executive Secretarv

to receive instructions as to applicable

laws and regulations.

Use of Official Information. Employees shall not disclose official infor- mation without appropriate authority

and shall not use, or permit others to

use, for the purpose of furthering a

private interest, anv estimate, information, promise, or agreement covering anv work, contract, sale or business, or other transaction in which the U.S. Government, the Canal Zone Government, or the Panama Canal Company is or may possibly become interested. Permission to Publish Articles. Employees shall obtain clearance from the

office of the Governor before releasing

for publication articles pertaining to Government activities in the Canal

Zone. Use of Property. Employees shall not use Company/ Government property of anv kind for other than official purposes. Thev also have a positive responsibility

to protect and conserve all Company/

Government property, including equipment and supplies entrusted to

their care. Payment of Debts. Employees are expected and required to pay their just debts and meet their proper financial obligations. Failure to meet such

obligations, or anv action or omission

which causes continued annoyance and

trouble, constitutes unsatisfactory conduct. The foregoing includes payment

of Federal, State, and local taxes in accordance with the laws of the juris- diction to whose taxing power he mav

be subject.

Loans From Subordinates. No emplovee shall borrow money from another

employee over whom he exercises

supervision, control, or authority.

Courtesy; Profane and Abusive Language. It is the duty of every employee

to exercise consideration, self-control,

tact, and courtesy in all dealings with

the public and fellow employees. The

use of profane and abusive language

either by those in authority addressing

subordinates, by employees serving cus- tomers, or by employee-customers

addressing other employees who are in performance of their duties, is forbidden.

Nondiscrimination. No employee exer- cising Company Government authority

shall discriminate against, or give undue

preference to, any other employee with

regard to appointments, promotion,

awards, training, or any other personnel

action, bv reason of race, color, creed,

sex, marital status, physical handicap,

national origin, or political belief,

except as may be specified by law or regulation issued pursuant thereto. Conduct in Quarters. Employees and

other occupants of Company/Government quarters shall conduct themselves

in such a manner as to avoid repeated

justified complaints from their neighbors.

Lotteries. Anv person within the Canal Zone who shall vend, sell, barter, or dispose of any lottery' ticket; or be

concerned in any wise in any lottery or scheme of chance by acting as owner

or agent in the Canal Zone for or on

behalf of anv lottery or scheme of chance to be drawn, paid or carried on,

either outside of or within the Canal

Zone, shall be punished for the first offense bv a fine of not more than

$1,000, or by imprisonment in jail for not more than 1 year, or both, in the

discretion of the court, and for the second or a subsequent offense bv both

fine and imprisonment.

In addition to anv fine or imprisonment, an employee of the Panama Canal

Company or Canal Zone Government

found guilty of violating the lottery laws

yy ill be dismissed from the service with

general objections to reemployment by

the Company Government.

Use of Purchase Authority Cards. Purchase authority cards shall be used

onlv bv the person to whom they are issued or by wholly dependent and

legal members of his immediate family

actually residing with him.

Prohibition Against Misuse. Authorized holders of purchase authority cards

shall take all necessary precautions to insure that the cards are not used in violation of these regulations. This prohibits assisting anv other person in anv manner in violating the letter or intent

of these regulations. The sale, loan or other transfer of purchase authority cards is expressly prohibited. So-called "commonlaw wives" are not entitled to use these cards. Display of Purchase Authority Cards;

Surrender in Certain Cases. Purchase

authority cards shall be shown upon

making purchases of goods or services, or when specifically requested by any

manager, cashier, or clerk of Company/

Government sales or service establish- ment where the purchase is being made;

Canal Zone Contraband Control In- spector; or member of the Canal Zone

police force. The personnel listed above may

examine any purchase authority' card

and, in the exercise of their discretion, retain any card issued bv the Company

Government. Cards which are retained

shall be forwarded promptly to the (See p. 19)

16 January 5, 1962
worth Knowing,

FILMING of a 30-minute informational and educational film about the Panama Canal is starting this month.

Six representatives of Bay State Film

Productions, Inc., were to arrive on the Isthmus January 2 to start production

work on the film, which is being made

for the Panama Canal Company.

For the next several weeks, camera- men of the Springfield, Mass., film company will be shooting footage

throughout the Zone. The representatives of the firm scheduled to arrive January 2 are Morton H. Read, pres- ident of the corporation; Edward R. Knowlton, who wrote the script for the

film; Harold M. Fischer and A. Herbert

Wells, cameramen; Mrs. Read and

Mrs. Wells.

REGULATIONS governing payment

for home leave travel recently have been

revised to incorporate a recent ruling

by the Comptroller General of the United States relating to the amount

of time which must be spent in the

country, territory, or possession in which

the place of actual residence is located. The new regulations affecting Canal

employees require that if leave is taken

at a location other than the country,

territory, or possession in which the

actual residence is located, the travel voucher must show the period of time

spent in any other place or places

visited. To qualify for allowable travel and transportation expenses, the employee must spend at least one-fourth

of the period of home leave in the country, territory, or possession in which

the actual place of residence is located. Time spent in uninterrupted travel by

the authorized route and mode is not counted as part of the required

25 percent.

THE FIRST distribution of funds from

the 1961 United Fund drive is to be

made this month to the 20 participating

agencies, officials of the voluntary fund

drive have announced.

More than $140,000 was collected in

Lt. Gov. W. P. Leber greeted a group of students from the Agricultural and Industrial School at Divisa when they visited the rotunda of the Administration Building at Balboa

Heights last month during a tour of the Canal Zone as guests of the Company/Government.

Lieutenant Governor Leber, speaking in Spanish, welcomed the students to the Zone, and

Bill O'Sullivan, official translator of the Canal organization, explained the murals in the rotunda which depict construction of the Isthmian waterway. During their stay in the Zone, the students also visited Summit Gardens and Miraflores Locks. Professor Jose A. Vasquez was the leader of the visiting group.

the fund drive, which ended December 2. This was more than ever collected and pledged in any previous drive. The funds to be received by the 20 participating agencies during 1962,

with only one exception, will be the

Contribu-

. tions and AZenaJ pledges

NavT $24,145.51

A^Force::::::;;;.;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;- Panama Jgfg Canal Company/Canal Zone Government 68384 57 Utlier Government agencies 9 1QdfU

Special gifts: -,±v*.o*

Contributions io nir> yn

Activitk,s '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.::::: 19,108.13

TotaI $140,257.75

The Panama Canal Review 17

Percentage

Goal of goal

achieved

$24,125

4,000

5,000

71,700

1,875

18,300

20,000

100 10088

95

117

98

96

plus

phis

plus

phis

plus

plus

$145,000 96.7

same as the individual goals established

for them by the committee which

reviewed requests and established the

goal of the 1961 fund drive. The lone exception is United Seaman's Service,

which will receive $63.50 instead of the $60 budgeted for it, because of

individual donors' requests that their contributions be credited to that agencv. As the 1961 fund campaign ended.

Governor Carter, who serves as Pres- ident of the Canal Zone United Fund,

expressed his personal appreciation to

all volunteers who worked on the drive and to the thousands of contributors who have made it possible for the participating agencies to continue their programs during the coming year.
-SAFETY

Jor y[iou

~M,ty Son

My Dear Sox:

This is a big day for you. It's been a long wait, but now you've passed the

test. Now you are a licensed driver. According to the officer who tested you, you are "pretty sharp." Your

written test proved that you've made a careful study of the traffic regulations

and have absorbed a lot of knowledge

about safe driving. But will you always be willing to apply that knowledge?

You admire speed. We realize that you have been born into an age in which

speed is considered important. Millions

of dollars have been spent on freeways

and big highways, so we can get places

faster. Designers of automobiles have

done a great deal to make automobiles

safer. But excessive speed cannot be

made safe. It ranks with many diseases

as a destroyer of lives. It is more ruthless than war. it leaves hopeless invalids and

broken hearts in its wake. It wipes out

entire families. And it has a scornful disregard of who was at fault. You've never been a coward, my son, but I hope you have a healthy fear of speed. You've never harbored hatred in your heart, but I hope you hate the type

ot person for whom speed is a god. Are you ready to be a driver? There will be times when you will be called "chicken" for not "dragging;"

or lor not pushing your foot clear to the

floor, just to see how fast she will go.

If you have any manhood in you, these

childish dares will be easy to squelch. Refusal to follow the crowd under such

circumstances is a testimony to your

maturity, your adulthood. Other lives will be entrusted to your

OU take a girl on a date. you take younger children to school, •'hen you drive friends to football games. It will be up to you to prove

wli.il kind oi person you real!) arc and

a major test will be the care you use for the benefit of others. As a small boy, you learned to be

considerate of others. Being a good

driver is, to a large extent, a matter of being considerate. No book on traffic has vet been written that does not embrace the words of the Golden Rule: "Whatsoever ye would that men should

do to you, do ye even so to them."

People with little minds, people who

think it is cute to break a law, people

who have an artificial sense of bravery

because they aren't afraid of "cops,"

have no business behind the wheel of

a car. They feel that the law does

not apply to them. Their personalities

usually are warped by self-conceit, arrogance, selfishness, and cowardice.

If the horsepower of an engine gives vou a false feeling of strength and

power, vou are not ready to drive. Brain- power is more important than horse- power, and always will be. Your car can be a means of transportation.

or it can become a deadly weapon. It depends on vou. You and I were together one day

when an officer slowed us to a stop

-ACCIDENTSFOR

THIS MONTH

AND

THIS YEAR

NOVEMBER

ALL UNITS

YEAR TO DATE

because of an accident on the road

ahead. "Try not to look as vou go by,"

he said. "It even turned my stomach."

You saw what he meant. Your face mirrored shock. You were sickened by

the sight of what had been a handsome

car. an equally handsome man. All that was left had to be hauled away—the shattered body to a mortuary, the smashed car to a junkyard.

You understood when we told you

that you had to wait for a driver's license until you had earned and saved

the money to pay the extra cost of insurance for a "male driver, under 25." You are 17; other boys have driven

since they were 16. We are glad that you understood our viewpoint. You

accepted responsibility as well as the pleasure of driving. We love you too much to turn you loose, unprepared, in today's world of wheels. Decency and

competence are respected and demanded

of every driver, regardless of age. You

are no exception.

We, as your parents, have faith in you, Son. We know you would not will- ingly hurt anyone. But remember, please

remember, that one careless moment in

FIRST AID

CASES

•61 '60 239 221

3288(397) 2659

DISABLING

INJURIES

•61 -60 15 15

126(4) 131

DAYS

LOST

•61 "60 284 531

12888(58)15029

( ) Locks Overhaul injuries included in total.

18 January 5, 1962
Your driving might mean crippling

injuries or death for someone. And for my sake, don't let anything

happen to you, either. Think of others when you drive, and look out for them.

Not all of them care; not all of them

have the right to drive; not all of them

have the sense and sensitivitv required

to appreciate or care about the damage

they can do. Don't let them hurt you.

fie read}- to stop. Be ready to get out of their way. Anticipate disaster and avoid it. When you step into a car, you no

longer are a boy. you are an adult with

adult responsibilities. You have been

granted a man's privilege; be a man in the way you use it. May God bring you safely home,

always, my son. Your loving Father.

(Continued from p. 16)

Executive Secretary with report of the circumstances involved. Loss of Purchase Authority Cards. Holders of purchase authority cards

shall, in accordance with instruction on

the card or other published instructions on the subject, promptly report the loss or theft of their card. Use of Goods or Services Obtained

with Purchase Authority Cards. Goods

(except gasoline—see below) or services obtained through the use of purchase

authority cards are for the personal use

of the person for whom the privilege is authorized and or the wholly dependent and legal members of his immediate family actually residing with him.

("Personal use" is construed to include

the normal use of goods or services bv

one's own servants or bona fide guests.)

Gasoline Purchases. Gasoline pur- chased in Panama Canal Company

stations shall be used only in the vehicle

into which the gasoline is dispensed.

Such vehicles shall be operated only

by persons having purchase authority, unless the vehicle is occupied bv the owner or one of his dependents. Private

vehicles operated with gasoline par- chased in Canal Zone stations may not be used for commercial purposes. Excessive Purchases. Purchase of quantities of any goods in excess of normal needs or in excess of established "maximum-sale quantities'' is prohibited.

Canal Zone Retail Stores. Entrance

into Panama Canal Company retail stores is restricted by law to p_-is ins having authority to purchase therein. Credit Information. Information for credit purposes regarding an employee's

status, including information as to position, salary, and length of sen ice. will not be furnished to third persons except

pursuant to written authorization signed

by the employee concerned.

Workmen with pneumatic drills cut wall into 18-ton slabs for removal from station. BATTLING

A BLAST WALL

THE GREAT WALL of China may

have been far bigger in main ways, but

Canal engineers doubt that it was any

stronger or otherwise more solid than

a reinforced concrete "blast wall now

being removed from the Miraflores Power Station. The "great wall" of Miraflores is 8 feet thick, 24 feet high, and 76 feet

long. It was built at the beginning of World War II to protect the three

diesel-electric generators housed at Miraflores from bomb splinters.

Officials of the Maintenance Division,

faced with the task of removing the wall

to make room for two new 10,000-kiIo- watt gas turbogenerators, considered a number of ways in which the wall could

be demolished without tearing down

the whole power station building, but

finally settled on pneumatic drills. Workmen now are cutting the "great wall" into huge slabs of solid concrete, each 4 feet wide, 8 feet thick, and

8 feet high. Sliced from the wall by use

of pneumatic drills, pried loose with

rock jacks, then lifted out with hoisting

equipment, each of the blocks weighs

approximately 18 tons. Work on the wall was started in November and the Maintenance Division reports it will take a work force of 10 men, working 8 hours a day, until the end of February to completely

demolish the massive wall. The use of pneumatic drills was

decided on after several other possible

methods were rejected, including the

possibility of controlled blasting. Painstaking and time-consuming as it is, the method being used is considered to be

the least expensive and dangerous. Controlled blasting was rejected because of

the possibility of damage to the diesel

electric generator and other equipment

still housed in the power station on an emergency, standby basis. One of the two new gas turbo- generators will be delivered in the Canal Zone about September of this year. First of their kind to be purchased by the

Canal, the two new units will increase the power-generating potential in the Zone by approximately one-third.

The Panama Canal Review 19
ANNIVERSARIES

(On the basis of total Federal Service)

ENGINEERING AND

CONSTRUCTION BUREAU

Eliseo Avila Engineering Survey Aid

William Nurse

Floating Plant Water Tender

HEALTH BUREAU

Harold Boreland

Clerk Wilbur C. Dunscombe

Supervisory Chemist

MARINE BUREAU

Roy C. Stockham

Chief, Locks Division George K. Hudgins

Pilot Ernest S. Glasgow Boatman

Gabriel James Deckhand

Leonard V. McLeod

Launch Seaman

SUPPLY AND COMMUNITY

SERVICE BUREAU

Ucaston A. Barclay

Dairy-Utility Leader

TRANSPORTATION AND

TERMINALS BUREAU

Eustace S. Lewis

Guard

ADMINISTRATIVE BRANCH

Pascual Moran

Laborer Cleaner

Julio C. Montes

Laborer Cleaner CIVIL AFFAIRS BUREAU

Rafael L. Medrick

Detention Guard

Juan A. Cazorla

Liaison Agent

Jack E. Smith

Police Private Beryl Waller

Dressing Room Attendant

Lester S. Chase

Detention Guard

Andres Lopez

Laborer Cleaner

Archie Manikas

Police Private ENGINEERING AND

CONSTRUCTION BUREAU

Felipe K. Ben, Jr. Civil Engineer

Harris A. Hinds

Clerk

Jose A. Ortega

Floating Plant Oiler Louis Davis

Electrician Herman G. Myles

Oiler Juan F. Hunt

Joiner Luciano Campbell

Helper Electrician George D. Beckles Seaman

George W. Lambert Hea

Jose I. Aquino

Mai man

Victi iuez man Homer . Welsh

Clerk-Typist

Jorge Jimenez

Seaman

HEALTH BUREAU

Daisy Thompson

Nursing Assistant Albert S. Clarke Nursing Assistant Merries R. Panther Formula Room Attendant Caspar C. Loredo

Nursing Assistant Henry W. Francisco Housekeeping Aid

Estel A. Burke

Clerk Humberto Paz

Medical Radiology Technician Tomas Martinez

Heavy Pest-Controj_ Laborer

Blanche A. Mclntire

Personnel Security

MARINE B, Roland C. Casa, Joiner Jerome B. Hiward

Ramp OpA-ntnr Joseph C. Gagnon

Lock Operator Engineman

Pascual Gerardo

Helper Lock Operator

Rowan H. Bailey

Leek Operator Machinist John R. McGlade

Lock Operator Machinist

Alfredo Coco

Helper Lock Operator

Daniel Perez, Jr. Helper Lock Operator

Jorge A. Coto Deckhand

B. N. Marroquin

Helper Lock Operator

Jorge E. Pacheco

Seaman

Felipe A. Villalta Floating Plant Oiler George E. Mitchell Lock Operator Machinist

Daniel B. Rambo

Lock Operator Iron Worker-Welder

OFFICE OF THE

COMPTROLLER

William Raveneau

Bookeeping Machine

Operation Supervisor

PERSONNEL BUREAU

Cecile L. Demers

Qualifications Rating Clerk SUPPLY AND COMMUNITY

SERVICE BUREAU

JamesJL-Shjrley ministratNc Assistant

hecker

Barnes ' _ es Checker

Winston H. Haughton

Leader Painter Walford L. Archer Grocery Worker

Lester A. James

Stock Control Clerk

Isoline Trotman

Sales Clerk Luis Andrion

Milk Cooling Machine

Operator Gladvs A. Francis

Sales Clerk

Pearl M. Raymond

Retail Store Sales Checker

Anita C. Alexander

Sales Clerk

Jose L. Diaz

Electrical Equipment

Repairman

Rafael Ipina

Garbage Collector

Priscilla Smith

Sales Clerk George A. Jackman

Warehouseman

Raymond A. Weeks

Grounds Maintenance

Equipment Operator

Ricardo Aviles Laborer

Daisy Walker

Food Service Sales Checker

Amelia Paddy

Housekeeping Assistant Nora Jamieson

Sales Clerk

Gilberto Cabrera Heavy Laborer

Apolonio Serrano Stockman

Gabriel Villeda Clerk Margarito Cruz Flame Scrap Cutter TRANSPORTATION AND

TERMINALS BUREAU

Theodore Forbes

Clerk-Typist Daniel Labrence

Helper Machinist Helen E. Chisholm

Accounting Technician

Peter Hotsko

Clerical Assistant Leo M. Collymore

Truck Driver

Pascual Arosemena High Lift Truck Operator

Donald A. Clarke

Clerk Checker

Victor Macea

High Lift Truck Operator

Octavio Medina

Guard

Mary A. Baldwin

Accounts Maintenance Clerk- Pablo Bonilla Track Driver Richard G. Condon

Train Dispatcher

20 January 5, 1962
PROMOTIONS AND TRANSFERS

November 10 through December 10

EMPLOYEES who were promoted or transferred between November 10 and

December 10 are listed below. Withingrade promotions and job reclassifica- tions are not listed. ADMINISTRATIVE BRANCH

Harold L. Anderson, from Supervisory

Administrative Officer, to Administrative

Officer. Mayra I. Caropresso, from Translator, Typing, to Translator. Elvera N. Breakfield, from Supervisory

Accounting Clerk, to Supervisory Clerical Assistant, Printing Plant. CIVIL AFFAIRS BUREAU

Bernard J. Craig, Jr., from Substitute Window Clerk, Postal Division, to Police

Private, Police Division. Eusebio Ortiz, from Truck Driver. Motor

Transportation Division, to Firefighter, Fire Division. Jane A. Gruver, from Substitute Teacher,

to Elementary and Secondary School Teacher, Division of Schools.

Postal Division Robert S. Herr, from Administrative Aid

to Director of Posts, to Assistant Director

of Posts. Joseph T. Kozlowski, from Window Clerk.

to Custodian, Postal and Philatelic Stock. David C. Rose, from Air Mail Tour Fore- man, to Mail Handling Unit Foreman. Charles A. Mockus, from Distribution

Clerk, to Mail Handling Unit Clerk. ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION

BUREAU

Dredging Division John W. Litton, Marine Machinist, from

Industrial Division. Abe L. Lincoln, Claud M. Kreger, Stephen

L. Dukes, George T. Crook, from Leader Core Drill Operator, to Leader Sub- Aqueous Core Drill Operator.

Alejandro Montenegro, from Seaman, to Launch Operator. Juan Justiniani, Aristides Lopez, from Heavy Laborer, to Seaman.

Jose Cordoba, from Laborer, Supply Division, to Floating Plant Fireman.

Alejandro Gil, from Dock Worker, Terminals Division, to Laborer Cleaner. Morty K. Blanchard, from Seaman, to Leader Seaman.

Cecil L. Miller, from Firefighter, Fire Division, to Truck Driver. Vernon M. Findlater, from Floating Plant- Boom Oiler, to Launch Operator.

Electrical Division Stanwood O. Specht, from Supervisors

Operating Power Engineer, to Supervisor, Mechanical Power System.

Beatriz A. Kwai Ben, Clerk-Typist, from

Wage and Classification Division. Marguerite Runck, from Supervisory Typing

Clerk, to Clerical Typing Assistant. David C. Ryan, John A. Barbour, Harold M. Fraser, from Lead Foreman Electrician, to Lead Foreman Central Office Repairman.

Alfred Tulle, from Electroplater, Limited,

to Electroplater. Alberto L. Brown, from Messenger, Officer of General Manager, Supply Division,

to Clerk.

Basil C. DeSousa, from Counter Attendant,

Supply Division, to Laborer Cleaner.

Maintenance Division

Jules A. Lelaidier, from Liquid Fuels Gauger, Terminals Division, to Water

System Controlman. Anthony R. Lombroia, from Lead Fore- man Joiner, to General Buildings Fore- man.

Albert H. Pluiner, from Refrigeration and

Air Condition Mechanic, to Leader Refrigeration and Air Condition Mechanic.

Robert B. Grier, from Lock Operator Machinist, Locks Division, to Maintenance

Machinist. William W. Spencer from Lead Foreman,

Quarters Maintenance, to Leader Electrician. Burman S. Spangler, from Lead Foreman,

Hospital Maintenance, to Lead Foreman

Joiner. Phra A. Ashby, from Lead Foreman, Hospital Maintenance, to Leader Plumber. Arundel A. Hall, from Clerk, to Supervisory Clerk. Thomas McGowan, from Heavy Laborer,

to Helper Heavy Duty Equipment

Mechanic.

Matildo Tunon, from Dock Worker, Terminals Division, to Laborer. Joseph E. Brown, from Railroad Trackman,

Railroad Division, to Laborer. HEALTH BUREAU

Gorgas Hospital

Clifford A. Dottin, from Service Station Attendant, Supply Division, to Housekeeping Aid. David L. Matthews, from Utility Worker,

Supply Division, to Kitchen Attendant.

Talbert Weeks, General Medical Technician, from Coco Solo Hospital. Coco Solo Hospital

Enrique A. Brown, from General Medical

Technician, to Medical Technologist.

Jose Bermudez, Roy A. Watson, from Phar- macy Helper, to Pharmacy Assistant. Teresita Quiros, from Clerk, to ClerkTypist.

Santiago S. Morrice, from Housekeeper, to Lead Foreman Hospital Laborer. Corozal Hospital

Eugenio Beauville, from Nursing Assistant, Psychiatry, to Hospital Recreation

Assistant. Gloria F. Atherley, from Seamstress, to Production Seamstress. MARINE BUREAU

Lionel M. Smith, from Helper Shipwright,

to Storekeeping Clerk, Industrial Division. Robert L. Husband, from Towboat or Fern'

Master, to Pilot-in-Training, Navigation

Division. Locks Division

Peter J. Barr, from Fire Sergeant, Fire

Division, to Guard. James E. Stuart, from Supervisory Store- keeping Clerk, to Statistical Clerk. William A. Muller, from Electrician, to Lock Operator Electrician. Norman Blandford, Carlos F. Master, Jose Cerda, Antonio Jimenez, Gilberto Morales, Henry O. Bailey, Alexander Johnson,

Howard L. McKenzie, Albert E. Waithe. Juan Joseph, Julio Avila, from Helper

Lock Operator, to Line Handler.

Justo E. Jaslin, James S. Best, from Line

Handler, to Helper Lock Operator.

Fulgencio Martinez, Virgilio Vega, John

Lake, from Heavy Laborer, to Line

Handler. OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL

Paul T. Dunn, from General Attorney,

Admiralty, to General Attorney. W. Allen Sanders, from General Attorney,

Legislation, to General Attorney. OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER

Grace E. MacVittie, from Travel Expense

Claims Examiner, to General Claims

Examiner.

Accounting Division Manuel S. Rivera, from Office Machine

Operator, to Bookkeeping Machine

Operator.

Coolridge E. Scantlebury, from File Clerk,

to Accounting Clerk. PERSONNEL BUREAU

Ramiro Zaldivar, from Constable, Magistrate's Court, Cristobal, to Debt Counselor. Canal Zone Central Employment Office Norman A. Eversley, from Clerk, Mainte- nance Division, to Mail and File Clerk. SUPPLY AND COMMUNITY

SERVICE RUREAU

Supply Division Clayton J. Auble, from Commissary Store Manager, to Merchandise Management

Officer. Michael S. Brzezinski, from Accounts Maintenance Clerk, Industrial Division, to Accounting Assistant. Alfred A. Shoy, from Stock Control Clerk,

to Clerk, Office of General Manager.

Silvano Batista, from Heavy Laborer, Community Service Division, to Baker. Oliver £. Thorne, from Helper Optical

Worker, to Optical Worker.

Sadie D. Belle, from Clerk, to Office Machine Operator.

Alfred C. Drakes, from Storekeeping Clerk.

to Leader Stockman.

Sybil M. Miller, from Food Service Sales Checker, to Stock Control Clerk.

Clifford A. Hylton, from Waiter, to Guest House Clerk. Ronald A. Johnson, from Pinsetter, to Counter Attendant. Ernesto C. Anderson, Lester J. Clement,

Leonard J. Blychanton, from Package

Boy to Utility Worker. Harold E. Smith, Joslyn O. Barriteau, Alvin H. Barber. Bradly A. Coartney, from Package Boy to Sales Clerk. Alton C. Grant, from Utility- Worker, to Counter Attendant. Enid M. Dignam, from Sales Clerk and

Theater Ticket Seller, to Snack Bar

Operator and Ticket Seller. Arthur S. Davis, from Package Boy to Messenger, Office of General Manager.

Cecil W. Haughton, from Warehouseman,

to Storekeeping Clerk. Jose J. Estrada, from Heavy Laborer, to Warehouseman.

Esteban J. Lowe, from Utility Worker, to Baker. Simeon Blake, from Waiter, to Utility Worker. Cayetano Carrasco, from Dairy Laborer, to Milk Cooling Machine Operator.

Fulgencio P. Quinones, from Storekeeping

Clerk, to Lumber Inspector Assistant. {Seep. 22)

The Panama Canal Review 21
Promotions and Transfers

(Continued from p. 21 ) Alfredo A. Gale, James Grant, from Utility

Worker, to Heavy Laborer.

Etelberto I. Alvarado, Carl E. Dunn

Moodie, Basil C. DeSousa, Naomi A. McLeod, from Utility Worker, to Counter

Attendant.

Cecilio A. Brown, from Packager, to Messenger. Florencio Gomez, from Laborer Cleaner,

to Laborer. Mavis R. Grant, from Storekeeping Clerk,

to Sales Clerk. Vicent C. Forde, from Heavy Laborer, to Warehouseman.

Alfred T. Soley, from Clerk, to Store- keeping Clerk. Agustin Martinez, from Service Station Attendant, Motor Transportation Division, to Truck Driver. Vincent George, from Pinsetter, to Utility Worker.TRANSPORTATION AND

TERMINALS BUREAU

Terminals Division Gregorio Chiari, Juan Becerra, Roy Gray,

Eustaquio A. Vega, from Dock Worker,

to High Lift Truck Operator.

Gerardo A. Nunez, Rolfe W. Burton, Domingo Renteria, from Ship Worker, to High Lift Truck Operator. Gladstone O. Brown, from Helper Liquid

Fuels Wharfman, to Truck Driver. Jose M. Calderon, Gabriel Ibarra, from

Dock Worker, to Ship Worker.

Clarence B. Glasgow, from Helper Liquid

Fuels Wharfman, to Oiler. Aubrey Judge, from Heavy Laborer, to Leader Heavy Laborer. Motor Transportation Division Lionel Thome, from School Bus Driver, to Motor Vehicle Dispatcher.

Humberto E. Perez, from Truck Driver, to School Bus Driver. Jose Jones, from Automotive Equipment

Sen iceman, to Truck Driver. Alfonso Niles, from Sen-ice Station Operator, Supply Division, to Truck Driver. George A. Thomas, Truck Driver, from

Locks Division. Donald L. Greaves, Edgar B. Ellis, Junie N. Scott, Charles A. Mullings, from Firefighter, Fire Division, to Truck Driver. Railroad Division Francisco Castillo, from General Helper,

to Maintenance Carpenter. Esteban Gonzalez, from Laborer, to Heavy

Laborer. Roy R. Wilferd, from Road and Yard Conductor, to Road and Yard Conductor

and Train Dispatcher.

Floyd M. Johnson, from Road and Yard Conductor and Train Dispatcher, to Train Dispatcher.

OTHER PROMOTIONS

PROMOTIONS which did not involve

i hanges of title follow: Robert L. Snyder, Services Assistant to Director of Posts, Postal Division. Fred N. Dahl, Employee Development

Officer, Office of General Manager,

Suppl) Division. Wilfred R. Morris. Graduate Intern, Business Administration, Supply Division. William C. Bailey, Finance Branch Superintendent, Post;il Division. Millard M. Coleman. Chief Engineer, Towbo.it or Ferry, Dredging Division. Gerard J. Welch. General Valuation Engineer, Ai count ing Div ision. Joseph II. Gray, Cargo Clerk, Terminals

About Former Employees

FORMER Panama Canal employees

have embarked on all manner of inter- esting projects after leaving the Isthmus. The projects have ranged from bridge

building in far-away places to laying

of chimney bricks on the family homestead in some tucked away coiner of New England. Retired Col. Henry A.

Starrett, a former retail store manager,

devoted himself to readying a museum

exhibit built around a model of one

of his grandfather's ships and family

treasures collected nearly a century

ago when clipper ships were touring

the world. The ship model in the exhibit is of the Frank N. Thayer, built about 1870

in Maine, and of which Henry Atherton

Starrett was master. His wife, son, and

daughter made the voyages with him, as was customary in the '70s. The model of the Frank N. Thayer,

handed down to the master mariner's namesake, Colonel Starrett, was built exactly to scale by Captain Starrett and

his daughter, Annie. It is of mahogany,

about 4 feet from bowsprit to stem, is full-rigged, with pulleys, railings, and

a ladder made of ivory.

ACROSS half the width of the United

States in Wisconsin, another collection bv a former Panama Canal employee

made news headlines. This one was a

collection of books and pictures pre- sented to the New Holstein, Wis.,

Public Library from the estate of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Schildhauer of Santa Monica, Calif. Mr. Schildhauer, who

was born near the Wisconsin town,

designed and patented the lock operating machinery and the system of electric locomotives for towing ships through

the Panama Canal locks. In 1906 he came to the Isthmus as

electrical and mechanical engineer for the Isthmian Canal Commission, and

remained until after the opening of the waterway.

Until recently the model was kept in the Starrett homestead in Belfast, Maine.

Then the family decided to place it in a museum, and the one at Rockland,

Maine, accepted it as the center of the museum's marine exhibits. Various

members of the Starrett family contributed articles to the exhibit. Saved

from seafaring days of yore, these

articles included shawls from China,

lace from Brussels, lacquer bowls, fur- niture from Calcutta, ivory games and

puzzles, toys and dolls, and even a

revolver once used to quell a mutiny.

Colonel Starrett, who was born in

Belfast, Maine, was a Canal Zone retail store manager from 1925 to 1941, when

he resigned to go on active duty as a commissioned officer, stationed with the Quartermaster Corps in the Canal Zone. He retired from military service about

10 years ago and although he and

Mrs. Starrett still have not carried out

their plan to revisit the Isthmus, thev

keep up their Isthmian friendships

through correspondence.

Colonel and Mrs. Starrett reside in

Belfast, Maine, when they're at home.

Right now they're traveling in the Mediterranean area. How? By ship, naturally.

Many of the books in the collection concern Panama, its history, and the

construction of the Canal. Two of the volumes are on the construction plans

for Gatun Locks and Gatun Dam, one volume being text while the other

contains the curves, diagrams, and

blueprints of the Canal.

In addition, the collection includes

three pictures framed in bamboo of scenes on the Isthmus, a picture taken from the air overlooking the Canal,

many photographs of the project, and

two personal albums. Mr. Schildhauer died in 1953 and

Mrs. Schildhauer in 1961, after which

all books in his private collection pertaining to the Panama Canal were

bequeathed to the New Holstein library.

Division. George C. Smith, Ethelbert Seales, Sales Clerk, Supply Division. Kathleen D. Allwood, Duncan S. Williams, Jr., Ricardo R. Reefer, Utility Worker, Supply Division. Hercilia Forero, Sales Section Head, Supply

Supply Division. Susan S. Smith. Supervisory Medical Technologist, Coco Solo Hospital. Clara C. Baez, Maria E. DeYcaza, Time. Leave, and Payroll Clerk, Accounting

Div ision. David R. Bradshaw, Service Center Supervisor, Supply Division. Magdrie R. Callender, Clerk-Typist, Division ill Schools. William K. McCue, Nolan A. Bissell, Relief

Supervisor, Balboa, Postal Division. Carroll E. Kocher, General Foreman, Mail Handling Unit, Postal Division. Robinson Caraquitos, Halden Thomas, Gerardo Flores, Radames Ben, Teofila

Badillo, Utility Worker, Supply Division. Eugene Breakfield, Relief Supervisor, Postal

Division, Cristobal. Daniel H. George, Apprentice Electrician,

Electrical Division. David A. Phlatts, Bookkeeping Machine

Operator, Accounting Division, Victor Kourany. Theresa Austin, Estella A. Haynes, Clerk, Supply Division. Lois I. Alexander, Clerk-Typist, Division

of Schools. Rosario S. Capitelli, Procurement Agent, Procurement Division, New Orleans, La.

22 January 5, 1962
CANAL

HISTORY

50 Years Ago

PLANS for the second census of the Canal Zone were completed in January

1912, with the headcount to start on February 1 and expected to take about

2 months. The census was to include

enumeration of all residents of the Canal

Zone and all employees of the Canal

and Panama Railroad living in Colon,

Panama, Portobelo, and other points outside the Canal Zone but in Isthmian

territory. The first census, completed in mid-1908, showed a population in the Zone of 50,003, of which 24,296 were employed bv the Canal or railroad.

It was reported that Isthmian weather

during 1911 had been characterized by

a general deficiency in rainfall, relative humidity, and cloudiness, with total rainfall being below normal at all stations. In Colon, rainfall for the year

totaled 112.75 inches, with rain being

recorded on 253 days. On the Pacific side of the Isthmus, the rainfall was

64.10 inches, with rain being recorded on 170 days. The Culebra station

reported 78.84 inches of rain for the year and 189 days on which rain was

recorded. The removal of the fourth and last of the concrete placing cranes from Pedro

Miguel Locks began on January 30.

The crane, which had been used in the

east chamber, was to be moved to Miraflores for use in the east chamber

of the lower lock. The side and center walls of Pedro Miguel Locks were

practically complete.

The visit to the Isthmus on January 10

of retired Lt. Gen. Sir Robert BadenPowell of the British Army, founder of

the Boy Scout movement, resulted in a

revival of interest in the movement on

the Canal Zone. It was reported that 75 Scouts were enrolled in the Zone. 25 Years Ago

THE ANNUAL appropriation for the Panama Canal was reduced more than

a half-million dollars from the level of the previous year by President Roosevelt

in his budget message to Congress.

The budget for fiscal year 1937, as established in the budget message, was

88,519,000, compared to $9,149,201

for 1936. Of the total, 86,361.000 was marked for maintenance and operation

of the waterway, while 82,158,000 was

for improvements and construction.

It was announced that traffic through

the Canal in November and December

1936 showed a decided decrease from

the level of previous months as a result

of a shipping strike which had paralyzed

RETIREMENTS

RETIREMENT certificates were pre- sented at the end of December to the employees listed below, with their positions and years of Canal service: Frank J. Aspesi, Towing Locomotive Operator, Locks Division; 17 years. Epifanio Barsallo, Heavy Laborer, Mainte- nance Division; 34 years, 5 months.

11 days.

Felicito Batista, Heavy Laborer, Mainte- nance Division; 35 years, 2 months,

4 days. Charles Brown, Laborer Cleaner, Community Services Division; 23 years, 9 months, 21 days.

Martin A. Bugalski, 2nd Assistant Engineer, SS "Cristobal," Water Transportation Division; 29 years, 23 days. Aniar Chand, Dock Worker, Terminals

Division; 3i years, 5 months, 26 days.

Estella L. Clayton, Nursing Assistant, Psychiatry, Corozal Hospital; 34 years, 10 months, 9 days. Cecilia Croker, Laundry Checker, Supply

Division; 40 years, 5 months, 12 days.

Elsie Z. Halliwell, Elementary and Sec- ondary School Teacher, Division of

Schools; 32 years, 24 days.

Fitzgerald Henry, Laborer Cleaner, Community Services Division; 37 years, 10 months, 23 days.

George A. Henry, Carpenter, Maintenance

Division; 46 years, 2 months, 1 day.

Septimus James, Leader Boatman, Locks

Division; 39 years, 3 days. Juan Mendez, Laborer Cleaner, Community Services Division; 43 years, 9 days.

Ralph H. Otten, General Architect, Engineering Division; 22 years, 1 month,

6 days. Beresford Phillips, Cement Finisher, Maintenance Division; 35 years, 9 months,

17 days. Albert E. Prince, Storekeeping Clerk, Supply Division; 39 years, 11 months, 4 days.

John Simms, Deckhand, Port Captain's

Office, Cristobal; 24 vears, 3 months,

21 days.

John A. Sterling, Cement Finisher, Maintenance Division; 28 years, 9 days.

Richard Connell, Oiler Floating Plant, Dredging Division; 47 years, 6 months. Manuel Salazar, Line Handler, Terminals

Division; 16 years, 11 months. 2 days.

ocean traffic on the west coast of the United States since October. It was

estimated that the strike cost the Canal more than $1 million in tolls. One of the most severe slides in a number of years occurred in the Cut on

the night of January 14, following an

unusual January cloudburst which

flooded Balboa with a record dry season

rainfall of 2.06 inches in 1 hour. The

slide narrowed the channel to 100 feet

in one section. Traffic was delayed only

1% hours to permit examination, but

two Canal dredges started work immediately to remove the slide material from the channel. 10 Years Ago

THE SELECTION of William H. Dunlop as Finance Director for the Canal enterprise and approval of plans

to establish a Comptroller's Office to supersede the existing Management

Division were announced at Balboa

Heights in January 1952, following the annual meeting of the Panama Canal

Board of Directors. The reorganization of the Panama

Canal administrative machinery the year before necessitated basic changes in the

fiscal structure of the enterprise and

development of an appropriate corporate accounting system to provide cost data necessary to determining tolls and

other rates charged for goods and services provided by the Panama Canal

Company, President Truman told Congress in his budget message. The Pres- ident said plans called for all rates for goods and services, except tolls paid

bv vessels, to be increased enough bv

March to put the Company's operations on a self-sustaining basis.

1 Year Ago

RESIDENTS of the Canal Zone were

getting ready for their traditional participation in Isthmian Carnival events, with plans announced for raising of the blue and white flag in the Zone early

in February.

The John F. Wallace, first of the Pan- ama Canal's three new and more powerful tugs arrived at Cristobal early in the month. The new vessel had participated

in a rescue mission involving a group of Cuban refugees off the coast of Florida during her trip from Savannah, Ga., to the Zone.

The Panama Canal Review 23
SHIPPING

Navigation Chief Named

CAPT. CLAUDE S. FARMER, USN,

Balboa Port Captain, has been appointed

Chief of the Navigation Division, in addition to his duties as Port Captain.

The office of Chief of the Navigation

Division recently was reactivated by

Governor Carter.

In his additional position, Captain

Farmer will be responsible to Capt.

Richard G. Jack, Marine Director, for

all matters solely or chiefly concerned

with the transiting of ships through the waterway, except operation of the locks. One of the new duties to be handled

by the office of the Chief of the Navigation Division is examination for and

issuance of licenses for private small- boat operators. Administrative details concerning such licenses, which are

required for all persons operating any

type of inboard or outboard motorboat

in Canal Zone waters, previously were

handled in the Office of the Marine

Director. New Bulk Carrier

THE 35,000-deadweight-ton bulk

carrier Janecke Maersk, first of two

vessels of its type to be ordered in Japan

by A. P. Moller of Copenhagen, was

due to arrive at the Canal the last part

of December on her maiden voyage

from Japan to Norfolk. The two vessels reportedly were

ordered under a long-term charter with

Japanese iron and steel companies to carry coal from the United States

east coast to Japan.

The ship was built at the Tsurumi

Shipyard of Nippon Kohan, where the

keel of the sister ship also was laid. The second ship is due for delivery in February. C. B. Fenton & Co. represents the Maersk Line at the Canal.

Liberte To Transit

THE FORMER French liner Liberte, one of the world's largest ocean liners, will arrive at the Panama Canal during

the last part of January as a dead tow

an her way to the west coast of the United States. At Seattle, the once proud member

of the French Line fleet will be used as a floating hotel, restaurant, and theater

for visitors to the Seattle World's Fair,

which opens in April.

A RECENT ADDITION to the world fleet of superships which must be classified as "clear Cuts" for passage through the Panama Canal recently transited the waterway on

her maiden voyage from Japan, where she was built in the Kure Shipyards. The vessel, named the Ore Venus, was constructed for National Bulk Carriers. She is 751 feet long

and 102 feet wide. The photograph at the bottom indicates her length in comparison to the 1,000-foot long chambers of the Canal locks, while the narrow ribbon of water alongside her in the photo at left shows how snugly she fitted between the lock walls, with only

4 feet to spare on each side. She was represented at the Canal by Panama Agencies.

TRANSITS BY OCEAN-GOING

VESSELS IN NOVEMBER

I960 I9SI Commercial 859 891

U.S. Government 18 15 Free 11 4

Total 888 910

TOLLS ° Commercial $4,303,756 $4,444,586

US. Government. 75,508 77,726

Total $4,379,264 $4,522,312

CARGO00 Commercial 5,163,010 5,232,796

U.S. Government. 36,598 _ 99,216

Total 5,199,608 5,332,012

* Includes tolls on all vessels, ocean-going and small. "Cargo figures are in long tons.

The ship, which was sold to the Northwest Leasing Co. of Seattle for $2.5 million, is to leave Le Havre on

January 15 for her long trip from

Europe. She will be towed the entire distance. The 51,839-ton ship has sailed under

three flags—German, United States, and

French. She has been sunk and raised twice during her long career. The first sinking occurred in f 928 when she was

being fitted out in Bremen for her

maiden voyage as the North German

Lloyd liner Europe. The second sinking was in 1946 at Le Havre, just before being taken over by the French. She

has been in service with the French

Line since 1952 and made her last trans-Atlantic voyage in November from

New York to France.

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