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IN THIS ISSUE

You and Executive Order 10988

From Walla Walla to Panama

Challenges of the Present

Bridge Spectacular
Robert J. Fleming, Jr., Governor-President

\\ I'. Leber, Lieutenant Governor Will Arey

Panama Canal Information Officer

ifaFih, N. D. Christensen, Press Officer Joseph Connor, Publications Editor

Editorial Assistants: Eunice Richard and Tobi Bittel

William Burns, Official Photographer

Official Panama Canal Company Publication

Published Monthly at Balboa Heights, C. Z.

Printed at the Printing Plant, Mount Hope,Canal Zone On sale at all Panama Canal Service Centers, Retail Stores, and the Tivoli Guest House for 10 days after publication date at 5 cents each Subscriptions, $1 a year; mail and back copies, 10 cents each.

Postal money orders made payable to the Panama Canal Company should be mailed to Box M. Balboa Heights, C. Z. Editorial Offices are located in the Administration Building. Balboa Heights. C. Z.

Going Up and Over

Thatcher Ferry Bridge

THE HEAVIEST SINGLE LIFT scheduled during construction

of Thatcher Fern- Bridge was completed successfully early in March, as the steel framework of the structure inched skyward

from the side-of-channel piers toward its sweeping center crest.

Securely fastened to the main load block of the 300-foot boom

of the barge-floated crane being used to lift truss members and

other parts to the highest points of the bridge, the 98-ton mass

of steel was lifted almost straight up to its assigned position,

where the skilled men working for John F. Beasley Construction

Co. bolted and pinned it securely into place.

The massive section, shown being fitted into place in the cover

photo, represented more than simply the heaviest single piece

of superstructure to be lifted for the bridge. It also was the first major section of the tied-arch, suspended span which will swoop

high above the waterway. (For additional striking photos of construction work on the bridge, including one of the 98-ton

section being tugged upward, see pages 12 and 13.)

As March ended, each day's work was visibly lessening the

distance remaining to be spanned by the soaring crest of the

bridge. Officials in charge of the project estimate that by mid-May

the protruding ends of the bridge will have met and been fastened

together above the channel. Much work still will remain

to be done after that, but from a visual standpoint most of it

will be anticlimax.

The S20 million bridge is scheduled for completion this fall and present plans call for it to be opened to traffic this fall. While the tons of steel which make up the supporting superstructure of the bridge still are being moved into place, work

is progressing on paving of the roadway which the bridge will

carry across the Isthmian waterway.

Simultaneously, work was moving forward on the widening

I extension of the new 4-lane street which will lead to and

from the bridge on the east side of the channel. The new and

improved approach roadway is slated to be ready for use when

tin last yard of concrete on the bridge roadway, the final lighting

fixture, the finishing daub of paint, has been put in place and the

Formal opening ceremonies completed.

Index

Needed: Water, Water, Water

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Isthmian Visitors 5

Program for Better Healt.._ 6

Local Unit of AAUP Chartered _ 7

A New Era Ahead: Executive Order 10988. S

Challenges of the Present-

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The Building of a Bridge- 12

Sewing Circle in Cativa 14

The Long Arm of Friendship 15

Payoff—for Suggestions and Superior

Performance- . 16

Interesting People 17

Worth Knowing- - 18

Anniversaries-. 20

Promotions and Transfers-- 21

Canal History 22

Pop Makes the Rules 23

Retirements- 23

SI lipping 24

April 6. 1962
NEEDED:

Water,

Water,

WATER

Studies now being

made to find best

way to meet needs.

Hydroelectric power generated at Madden causes no loss of water

ANY ISTHMIAN" NEWCOMER who

w atches the almost daily deluges of the

rainy season might find it difficult to believe that lack of water ever would

become a problem here. But those

familiar with the Canal operation and

the almost rainless months of the dry

season recognize the very real and continuing concern about the available supplv of water. Every complete lockage from one ocean to the other requires 52 million gallons of water, which is approximately the same amount as an industrial Stateside city of 50,000 would use in a week's time. It is true that this amount

of water, vast as it is. nevertheless is only the proverbial"drop in the bucket." compared to all the rainfall here. The gimmick that might trick the newcomer watching the rainy season weather is that there also is an annual

dry season from January to May. Most

of the water to be used during those months must be stored during the rainy

season. It is this necessity for storing water during the rainy season to sustain Canal operations during the dry season

that causes furrowed brows among

Canal officials. At the present time. Canal storage

facilities are capable of impounding

somewhat less than one-fourth of the average available runoff. The increasing

Canal traffic of recent years and conse- quent increases in the use of water for ship transits is causing fresh concern about future water requirements for the

first time since 1935, when Madden

Dam was completed.

In recent years, there have been brief and minor water shortages during extra- dry seasons. These have resulted in temporary reductions in the allowable

draft of transiting vessels. Even these temporary limitations, minor as the few

But dry season use of hydroelectric generators at Gatun do result in loss.

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inches they involve may seem to lay- men, often result in economic loss to shippers and, consequently, the ulti- mate consumer, who must pay the

increased cost. For example: If the

limitations force a vessel to reduce its potential cargo from 30,000 tons to 28,000 tons, the per-ton shipping cost is increased by about 7 percent, inasmuch

as ship operating expenses remain

virtually the same, regardless of the amount of cargo carried. To enable the Canal to more ade- quately and continously serve the needs

of world shipping, three possible ave- nues of action are being considered by

the Engineering and Construction Bureau to increase available water during

drv seasons. They are:

1. Conservation, during dry seasons,

oi water stored in Madden and Catun

Lakes.

2. Increasing the storage capability

of Catun Lake.

3. Creation of additional reservoir

storage. The most easily accomplished of the possibilities—greater conservation of present water storage—already is far along in both planning and actual implementation. Chief among the

conservation measures are plans for reducing and eventually eliminating

completely the generation of hydroelectric power at Gatun, at least during

severe dry seasons. Two gas turbine

generators have been ordered by the Engineering and Construction Bureau from Westmghouse Electric Corp., and

Underwater blast was part of study made

about the feasibility of building a dam across Trinidad arm of Gatun Lake.

are scheduled for installation before the beginning of next dry season, to at least partially replace the electric power

needs now supplied by Gatun Hydroelectric Station during dry seasons. Studies now are being made about possible purchase of additional thermal

generating units to further reduce the need for hydroelectric power generation

at Gatun.

Conservation of Gatun Lake water

bv eliminating its use for generating

electricity during dry seasons would

enable present water storage to provide

for a minimum of 35 lockages daily,

approximately 5 more than present

requirements. Generation of electrical power at Madden Hydroelectric Station would continue, because all water

released for generating purposes there

flows into Gatun Lake, where it can be used for lockage purposes. Elimination of power generation at Gatun is important from a water conservation standpoint because of the vast amount of water such power generation

requires. To generate enough electri- city at Gatun to operate 10, 2-ton air conditioning units for a month takes approximately the same amount of water as required bv a complete lock- age from ocean to ocean. Or, stated another way, four families with monthly

Canal Zone electricity bills of $26.50

would, as a group, be using enough

water per month to provide for one

ocean-to-ocean transit if the power were

generated at Gatun. The second means of improving the water supply situation—by increasing the storage capability of Gatun Lakecould be accomplished by deepening

the channel or increasing the maximum

level of the lake. The result of either deepening the channel by 5 feet or raising the maximum level of the lake by 5 feet would be to add a minimum

capability of at least 9 additional lock- ages per day. If both were done, it would add double this, or 18 lockages per da)

Of these two possibilities, deepening

the channel appears to be more attractive because it is relatively simple and

inexpensive compared to increasing the maximum level of Gatun Lake. Such

an increase in the level of the lake would require extensive—and expensive

—changes in the Locks, dams, and main

other Canal installations and. at least

loi the present, is considered too costly

for the potential benefits. It also would

decrease the ability of the lake to absorb

sudden, heavy rainfalls, thus increasing the danger of it flooding with potentially disastrous consequences for ('anal

installations and operations.

Deepening of the channel would

add to the storage capability of the lake because it would permit the

minimum level of the lake to be reduced

below the present minimum of 82 feet. Each foot of additional reduction

would, of course, represent additional storage capability for the lake. The third means of increasing water

available during the dry season—by

creating additional reservoir storageincludes two major possibilities. One

would be construction of a new dam on

die Chagres River above Madden Dam.

The other would be construction of a dam between an arm of Gatun Lake

and the main body of the lake. Onlv

the latter possibility, involving part of the existing Gatun Lake, is being

given serious consideration at the present time. Studies indicate that construction of a dam across the so-called Trinidad arm

of Gatun Lake and raising the water

level behind it to a maximum of 98

feet, or 11 feet above the present maximum level of the lake, would provide

storage space for enough water to per- mit 9 additional lockages per day during the drv season. Such a project also would provide other benefits, including

greater potential for hydroelectric'

power generation.

In addition to these three major possibilities, studies also are being made

relative to pumping large quantities of water back into Gatun Lake from below

Gatun Dam. Such pumping would be

clone during the dry season to keep

the lake at the level necessary for j navigation purposes. With lockages now averaging almost 30 per day and traffic increasing steadily. Canal officials hope to meet future water requirements for some years by

eliminating dry season electrical power

generation at Gatun and deepening the channel through Gatun Lake or building

a Trinidad Dam, or both. The Canal officials are confident that water requirements can be met bv these means for many years to come. Implementing these plans will, of course,

necessitate continuing improvements

over the years ahead to keep abreast of needs. But improvements are nothing new for the Isthmian waterway. There

has been steadv improvement of it throughout much of the period since it was opened in 1914, thus keeping it abreast of world shipping needs and

enabling it to provide efficient service

to world commerce. Providing adequate

water storage to meet future needs

is, therefore, simply another step in the continuing improvement of the Isthmian crossing.

April 6. 1962
ISTHMIAN VISITORS

Capt. Farmer and other Canal officials discuss Canal operations with Seaway visitors.

EXCEPT for the marked difference in climate, executives of the St. Lawrence

Seaway who visited the Isthmus last month found they had a lot in common

with the men who run the Panama

Canal.

R. J. Burnside, Director of Operations

and Maintenance of the St. Lawrence

Seaway Authority, and D. MacKenzie,

General Operations Superintendent of the Seaway, spent a week on the Isthmus. The two men asked a series of questions about operation and maintenance

of the Isthmian waterway during an

informal meeting with Capt. Claude S. Farmer. Acting Marine Director at the

time; Roy C. Stoekham, Chief of the Locks Division; and P. A. White, Chief

of the Dredging Division. The two, both associated with the Canadian Government, were particularly interested in the Locks of the Pan- ama Canal. The locks of the Seaway

are 80 feet wide and can accomodate

ships up to 730 feet in length, compared

with the Panama Locks of 110 feet wide and 1.000 feet long.

TWO LONGTIME EMPLOYEES

of the Canal, Russell B. Potter and

Thomas G. Coleman, paid a return visit to the Isthmus last month and toured

the Canal widening work along Empire

Reach. For Mr. Potter, who retired in 1946.

the trip to the Empire Reach project was a homecoming of sorts. His earliest residence in the Canal Zone was in the construction-era townsite of Empire in 1905. Despite the intervening years, Mr. Potter has many memories of the area and was able to identify various

old foundations and other objects for personnel of Project Engineer C. W.

MeG. Brandl's office.

Thomas G. Coleman, former superin- tendent for the Municipal Engineering

Division, also was able to add to the

lore about the area. Both men voiced

their interest in the difference between

present earthworking techniques and

those used during the construction era. Mr. Potter and Mr. Coleman, accompanied by their wives, return to the Isthmus periodically to visit children,

grandchildren, and friends. The Cole- mans' children are Mrs. John Dombrowskv of Diablo Heights and Mrs. James

Pattison of Curundu. The Potters' chil- dren are Richard Potter and Mrs. Ross Cunningham of Balboa.

C. P. Earton, Assistant Project Engineer, with R. B. Potter and T. G. Coleman.

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THE BRONZE BUST of her husband's

famous grandfather Theodore Roosevelt was of special interest to Mrs. Kermit Roosevelt as she and her hus- band stopped in the rotunda of the Administration Building at Balboa

Heights during a brief visit to the Isth- mus last month. Mr. Boosevelt had been

to the Isthmus when only a few months

old. but had not been back since. That

first visit was made while the family was returning from Argentina at the time of World War I.

Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Roosevelt.

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Dr. Jose J. Calderon

For Disability Relief Annuitants

Dr. Luis A. Puvol Dr. Ernest C. Bynoe, Jr. Program For Better Health

THE ACTIVE and determined effort of the Panama Canal organization to improve the medical care, living conditions, general health, hygiene, diet, and environment of the more than 2,900

cash relief annuitants of the Company

Government who live on the Isthmus

has made several major advances during

recent months

These forward movements have centered on improved medical care now

being provided as a result of expanding

the former Visiting Nurse Program into

a Home Medical Assistance Program,

with five full-time nurses, one full-time doctor, and two half-time doctors

employed in the effort. The Visiting Nurse Program, as originally established in September 1960 by

order of the Board of Directors of the Panama Canal Company, authorized

the employment of three nurses to work

among (lie disability relief annuitants. man) of whom are in need of regular

or occasional nursing care. With a \car's experience as a guide,

the Hoard of Directors last October

Ordered an expansion ol the program to

imi lude tlu' services of the doctors and

two additional nurses now employed.

All nurses and doctors are Panamanian

citizens. At the same time as the additional

ime! was authorized, the Board

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; hat medicines and drugs prescribi i loctors for the annuitants

are to bi iro> ided to them free oi ge is pa ' 1 the program. Prescripissued through Gorgas

and Coco Solo Hospitals, with the Personnel Bureau paying for them.

Dr. Jose J. Calderon, a former public

health physician in Panama, is the full- time doctor employed on the Pacific side of the Isthmus. Dr. Luis A. Puyol

and Dr. Ernest C. Bynoe, Jr., share the

task on the Atlantic side. In addition to

his medical duties, Dr. Calderon has

been named to supervise the work of the two doctors on the Atlantic side and

all five nurses. Mrs. Nellv B. Cantillo is supervisory

visiting nurse, with responsibility for scheduling work of the other nurses and maintaining high standards of per- formance bv them. Dr. Calderon and

Mrs. Cantillo plan the work schedule

a week in advance, making assignments

to the other nurses each Friday for the following week.

Dr. Sidney B. Clark, Chief of the Division of Preventive Medicine and

Quarantine, serves as advisor-consultant

for the program and all problems pertaining to the medical profession are discussed with him.

With the new personnel now well established in the routines of the expanded program. Dr. Calderon and

Mrs. Cantillo have made plans to continue the investigative home visits to

all cash relief annuitants. This program,

started under the Visiting Nurse Pro- gram, is aimed at establishing a card

file of pertinent information about each

annuitant living on the Isthmus. About

450 remain to be seen lor the first time

and it is believed all ol them will have

been visited at least once before the end of next month.

Much of the effort by both the nurses and the doctors is, quite naturally,

devoted to those annuitants suffering

serious ailments. There are 217 bedridden annuitants on the Pacific side of the Isthmus and 60 on the Atlantic

side. Several hundred more require

periodic care. The effect of all this effort? Personnel Director Edward A. Doolan, whose Bureau is responsible for operation and administration of the pro- gram, says it is difficult to assess the value from any statistical standpoint,

but notes that there has been a decline

in the death rate among the disability

relief annuitants. "We believe," Mr. Doolan said, "that the decrease in the number of those dying among this aged group can be

attributed largely to this program and

the additional medical care many have

received as a result of the Croup

Health Insurance Program initiated among them in February 1961."

Approximately 2,500 of the annuitants

carry the insurance. Robert Van Wagner, Employee Services Officer, who is directly responsible

for supervision and administration of the program, sees the results from a more direct association with the men

and women it has benefitted. "These old people need and deserve

help," he says. "A lot of them come in here to see the doctor, one of the nurses,

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or me, and thev all let you know they

appreciate what is being done. I think

this program has given them a lot of security that thev didn't have before. Now thev can go to a doctor without

fear that it will cost them the money

they need for food and rent." Mr. Van Wagner says the program

probably will be unproved and possibly

expanded as time goes on. Exactly what

form or forms any addition or expansion

of the program will take has not been

determined fully, but a potentially

major contribution to the well-being of the annuitants is a plan under which

surplus foods from the United States may be brought here at Panama Canal

Company expense for distribution to them, along with their cash relief checks. Hopes are that arrangements may be

completed for the first of the surplus

food to arrive here within 4 to 6 weeks,

then be divided and distributed among

the annuitants, many of whom reportedly are ill-nourished or under-nourished.

Other efforts to improve the lot of the annuitants also may result from a

petition delivered to Governor Fleming

late in March by a delegation of annuitants from the Atlantic side. The

petition, signed by 500 Atlantic-side annuitants, asked that the cash relief payments to them be increased, a move

that depends upon congressional action. Governor Fleming assured the delegation that every consideration will be

given the petition, although he pointed out that he could not promise any

immediate results. The present pay- ments to annuitants range from about

$25 to 855 per month.

With the recently hired physicians now available to follow up in cases of

illness discovered by the nurses in their

visits to the homes of annuitants, the nurses report an incidental effect which they believe indicates some of the

intangible results of the program. "Main' of these old people have

become so used to being ignored by

almost everyone," one of the nurses commented, "that they frequently fail to keep their rooms or homes tidy or even reasonably clean. And a lot of times they wouldn't follow medical

advice. It's different now, though. Most

of them follow the doctor's orders and

do their best to keep their quarters

clean. I think one reason is that they're never sure when one of the doctors or nurses is going to stop in—and their pride makes them want everything in order." Thus, the program not only is improving the health care received by the annuitants but also is providing them

with revived interest in life and

their surroundings.

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EXECUTIVE ORDER 10988

Employee- Management Cooperation

in the Federal Service

A NEW ERA

AHEAD

THE STAGE has been set for a new

era in relations between employees of the U.S. Government and the management of the governmental units

for which they work, including the Canal organization.

An Executive order clearly establish- ing the rights of Federal employees to organize and to participate in the formulation of personnel policies affecting

them and their working conditions is the basic element of the stage-setting.

Signed by President Kennedv on Jan- uary 17, Executive Order No. 10988

entitled "Emplovee-Management Cooperation in the Federal Service," will exert

a major influence on the future practices, procedures, activities, and rela- tionships of employee organizations and

the management of the Canal enterprise.

A major objective of the Executive

order, as expressed in the explanatory

preamble, is that "subject to law and

the paramount requirements of public

service, employee-management relations within the Federal service should be

unproved bv providing employees an

opportunity lor greater participation in the formulation and implementation of

policies and procedures affecting the

conditions of their employment."

Although the order permits the head

of a Federal agency located outside the United Stales, such as the Canal organization, to suspend any provision of the order when it is considered necessary

in the national interest, Canal Zone

Governor Fleming, has made it clear

that he intends to implement the intent of the order through appropriate rules and regulations.

A committee composed of the Secrc1 :

1 mi as chairman, the Secretary

of \) tl Postmaster General,

and the Chairman of the Civil Service

Commission now is preparing a report on implementation of the Executive

order. The Canal's Personnel Bureau is awaiting the suggested "guidelines" for implementing the order which are to

result from the committee's work. It may be a number of weeks before the

guidelines are received and detailed work on appropriate rules and regulations for the Canal organization can be started. Commenting on the Executive order. Governor Fleming said, "There are a number of problems which must be

worked out before regulations can be

issued, but I know they can be resolved through careful study by officials of the Personnel Bureau, in consultation with

representatives of Canal employees.

"The Personnel Bureau has been

instructed to prepare the necessary rules and regulations to transform the Executive order from a directive on what the President wants done into a working

plan for accomplishing it. Employee

representatives will be consulted in regard to these rules and regulations

and I, personally, will carefully review

them before they are issued.

"I want to assure all employees that uppermost in my mind, while considering the rules and regulations, will be

the objective of faithfully adhering to the intent of the Executive order and

insuring that the procedures established

will bring the full benefits of the order

to the more than 14.000 employees of the waterway.

"Even at this preliminary stage of our study of the Executive order," the Governor continued, "it is apparent

that two major problems which will arise in implementing it are (1) the type of recognition to be given employee

organizations and (2) deciding what

constitutes an appropriate unit for recognition purposes.

"Fortunately, these two problems are recognized by employee organizations

Gov. Robert J. Fleming, Jr. "Employee representatives will be consulted." now representing Canal employees and

I am confident they will cooperate fully

with the Personnel Bureau in efforts to make sure that adequate and proper

solutions are found for them."

In addition to matters concerning

employee-management relations, the

Executive order, in section 14, which

is reprinted in a box elsewhere with

this article, equalizes the appeal rights

for veterans and non-veterans employed

in Federal service. The text of the Executive order, edited to eliminate part of section 11 and all of sections 12 and 16, which

deal with national-level administrative

details and the extent and coverage

of the order, as discussed above, is as follows:

Section 1. (a) Employees of the Federal Government shall have, and shall be protected in the exercise of, the

right, freely and without fear of penalty

or reprisal, to form, join and assist anv employee organization or to refrain from any such activity. Except as hereinafter expressly provided, the free- dom of such employees to assist any

employee organization shall be recog- nized as extending to participation in the management of the organization

and acting for the organization in the capacity of an organization representative, including presentation of its views

to officials of the executive branch, the Congress or other appropriate authority.

The head of each executive department

and agency (hereinafter referred to as "agency") shall take such action, consistent with law, as may be required in order to assure that employees in the agency are apprised of the rights des- cribed in this section, and that no inter- ference, restraint, coercion or discrimi- nation is practiced within such agency

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ship in any employee organization.

(bl The rights described in this sec- lion do not extend to participation in tne management of an employee organization, or acting as a representative

of any such organization, where such

participation or activity would result in a conflict of interest or otherwise be

incompatible with law or with the

official duties of an employee.

Section 2. When used in this order, the term "employee organization" means any lawful association, labor organization, federation, council, or brotherhood having as a primary pur- pose the improvement of working conditions among Federal employees, or any craft, trade or industrial union

whose membership includes both Federal employees and employees of pri- vate organizations; but such term shall not include any organization (1) which

asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United States or any agency thereof, or to assist or participate in any such strike, or which

imposes a duty or obligation to conduct,

assist or participate in any such strike, or (2) which advocates the overthrow

of the constitutional form of Government in the United States, or (3) which

discriminates with regard to the terms

or conditions of membership because

of race, color, creed or national origin.

Section 3. (a) Agencies shall accord

informal, formal or exclusive recognition to employee organizations which

request such recognition in conformity

with the requirements specified in sections 4, 5 and 6 of this order, except

that no recognition shall be accorded

to any employee organization which the head of the agency considers to be so subject to corrupt influences or influ- ences opposed to basic democratic

principles that recognition would be

inconsistent with the objectives of

this order. (b) Recognition of an employee

organization shall continue so long as such organization satisfies the criteria of this order applicable to such recognition; but nothing in this section shall require any agency to determine

whether an organization should become

or continue to be recognized as exclusive representative of the employees in any unit within 12 months after a prior

determination of exclusive status with

respect to such unit has been made

pursuant to the provisions of this order.

(c) Recognition, in whatever form

accorded, shall not—

(1) preclude any employee, regardless of employee organization membership, from bringing matters of personal

Appeal Rights Equalized

Section 14. The head of each

agency, in accordance with the provisions of this order and regulations

prescribed by the Civil Service Commission, shall extend to all employees

in the competitive civil service rights identical in adverse action cases to those provided preference eligibles

under section 14 of the Veterans' Preference Act of 1944, as amended.

Each employee in the competitive

service shall have the right to appeal

to the Civil Service Commission from

an adverse decision of the administrative officer so acting, such appeal

to be processed in an identical manner to that provided for appeals

under section 14 of the Veterans' Preference Act. Any recommendation bv the Civil Service Commission

submitted to the head of an agency

on the basis of an appeal by an employee in the competitive service

shall be complied with bv the head

of the agency. This section shall become effective as to all adverse

actions commenced by issuance of a

notification of proposed action on or

after July 1, 1962.

concern to the attention of appropriate

officials in accordance with applicable

law. rule, regulation, or established agency policy, or from choosing his own representative in a grievance or

appellate action; or

(2) preclude or restrict consultations and dealings between an agency and

anv veterans organization with respect

to matters of particular interest to employees with veterans preference; or

(3) preclude an agency from consult- ing or dealing with any religious, social, fraternal or other lawful association, not

qualified as an employee organization,

with respect to matters or policies which

involve individual members of the asso- ciation or are of particular applicability to it or its members, when such

consultations or dealings are duh

limited so as not to assume the character of formal consultation on matters

of general employee-management policy or to extend to areas where recognition of the interests of one employee

group mav result in discrimination

against or injury to the interest of other employees.

Section 4. (a) An agency shall accord an employee organization, which does

not qualify for exclusive or formal

recognition, informal recognition as representative of its member employees

without regard to whether any

other employee organization has been

accorded formal or exclusive recognition as representative of some or all employees in any unit.

(b) When an employee organization has been informally recognized, it shall, to the extent consistent with the effi- cient and orderly conduct of the public

business, be permitted to present to appropriate officials its views on matters

of concern to its members. The agency

need not, however, consult with an

employee organization so organized in the formulation of personnel or other

policies with respect to such matters.

Section 5. (a) An agency shall accord an employee organization formal recognition as the representative of its members in a unit as defined bv the agency

when (1) no other employee organization is qualified for exclusive recognition as representative of employees

in the unit, (2) it is determined b\ the agency that the employee organization has a substantial and stable membership of no less than 10 per centum

of the employees in the unit, and (3) the employee organization has submitted to the agency a roster of its officers and representatives, a copy of its constitution and by-laws, and a statement

of objectives. When, in the opinion of the head of an agency, an employee

organization has a sufficient number

of local organizations or a sufficient

total membership within such agency, such organization mav be accorded

formal recognition at the national level, but such recognition shall not preclude

the agency from dealing at the national

level with any other employee organization on matters affecting its members.

(b) When an employee organization

has been formally recognized, the

agency, through appropriate officials, shall consult with such organization

from time to time in the formulation

and implementation of personnel

policies and practices, and matters

affecting working conditions that are of concern to its members. Any such organization shall be entitled from time to time

to raise such matters for discussion with

appropriate officials and at all times to present its views thereon in writing. In no case, however, shall an agency be

required to consult with an employee

organization which has been formally

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recognized with respect to any matter

which, if the employee organization were one entitled to exclusive recognition, would not be included within

the obligation to meet and confer, as described in section 6(b) of this order.

Section 6. (a) An agency shall recognize an employee organization as the

exclusive representative of the employees in an appropriate unit when

such organization is eligible for formal

recognition pursuant to section 5 of this order, and has been designated or

selected by a majority of the employees

of such unit as the representative of such employees in such unit. Units may

be established on any plant or instal- lation, craft, functional or other basis which will ensure a clear and identifiable community of interest among the employees concerned, but no unit shall be established solely on the basis of the extent to which employees in the pro- posed unit have organized. Except

where otherwise required bv established practice, prior agreement, or special circumstances, no unit shall be

established for purposes of exclusive recognition which includes ( 1 ) any

managerial executive, (2) any employee

engaged in Federal personnel work in other than a purely clerical capacity,

(3) both supervisors who officially eval- uate the performance of employees and

the employees whom thev supervise, or (4) both professional employees and

nonprofessional employees unless a majority of such professional employees

vote for inclusion in such unit. (b) When an employee organization has been recognized as the exclusive representative of employees of an

appropriate unit it shall be entitled to act for and to negotiate agreements

covering all employees in the unit and

shall be responsible for representing

the interests of all such employees without discrimination and without regard

to employee organization membership.

Such employee organization shall be

given the opportunity to be represented

at discussions between management and

employees or employee representatives

concerning grievances, personnel policies and practices, or other matters

affecting general working conditions of employees in the unit. The agency and

such employee organization, through

appropriate officials and representatives,

shall meet at reasonable times and confer with respect to personnel policy and

practices and matters affecting working

:Onditions so far as may be appropriate

subject to law and policy requirements.

This extends to the negotiation of an

agreement, or any question arising

hereunder, the determination of appropriate techniques, consistent with the terms and purposes of this order, to

assist in sucn negotiation, and the exe- cution of a written memorandum of agreement or understanding incorporating any agreement reached by the partus. In exercising authority to make

i nit s and regulations relating to personnel policies and practices and working

conditions, agencies shall have due

regard for the obligation imposed by

this section, but such obligation shall not be construed to extend to such

areas of discretion and policy as the mission of an agency, its budget, its organization and the assignment of

its personnel, or the technology of performing its work.

Section 7. Anv basic or initial agree- ment entered into with an employee

organization as the exclusive representative of employees in a unit must be

approved bv the head of the agency or any official designated by him. All agreements with such employee organizations shall also be subject to the fol- lowing requirements, which shall be

expressly stated in the initial or basic agreement and shall be applicable to all supplemental, implementing, subsidiary

or informal agreements between the agency and the organization:

( 1 ) In the administration of all matters covered by the agreement, officials and employees are governed by the

provisions of any existing or future laws

and regulations, including policies set forth in the Federal Personnel Manual

and agency regulations, which may be

applicable, and the agreement shall at

all times be applied subject to such

laws, regulations and policies;

(2) Management officials of the

agency retain the right, in accordance

with applicable laws and regulations,

(a) to direct employees of the agency.

(b) to hire, promote, transfer, assign,

and retain employees in positions within

the agency, and to suspend, demote,

discharge, or take other disciplinary action against employees, (c) to relieve employees from duties because of lack

of work or for other legitimate reasons, (d) to maintain the efficiency of the Government operations entrusted to them, (e) to determine the methods, means and personnel by which such

operations are to be conducted; and

(f) to take whatever actions may be

necessary to carry out the mission of the agencv in situations of emergency.

Section 8. (a) Agreements entered

into or negotiated in accordance with

this order with an employee organization which is the exclusive representative of employees in an appropriate

unit may contain provisions, applicable

only to employees in the unit, concerning procedures for consideration of grievances. Such procedures (1) shall conform to standards issued by the

Civil Service Commission, and (2) may

not in anv manner diminish or impair anv rights which would otherwise be

available to any employee in the

absence of an agreement providing for such procedures.

(bj Procedures established bv an agreement which are otherwise in con- formity with this section may include

provisions for the arbitration of griev- ances. Such arbitration ( 1

) shall be

advisory in nature with any decisions

or recommendations subject to the approval of the agency head; (2) shall extend only to the interpretation or application of agreements or agency

policy and not to changes in or proposed

changes in agreements or agency policy;

and ( 3 ) shall be invoked only with the approval of the individual employee or employees concerned.

Section 9. Solicitation of memberships, dues, or other internal employee

organization business shall be conducted during the non-duty hours of the employees concerned. Officially

requested or approved consultations and

meetings between management officials and representatives of recognized

employee organizations shall, whenever

practicable, be conducted on official time, but any agency may require that negotiations with an employee organization which has been accorded exclusive recognition be conducted during

the non-dutv hours of the employee

organization representatives involved in such negotiations.

Section 10. No later than Julv 1. 1962, the head of each agency shall issue appropriate policies, rules and

regulations for the implementation of

this order, including: A clear statement

of the rights of its employees under the

order; policies and procedures with

respect to recognition of employee

organizations; procedures for determining appropriate employee units; policies

and practices regarding consultation with representatives of employee organizations, other organizations and indi- vidual employees; and policies with

respect to the use of agency facilities bv employee organizations. Insofar as may be practicable and appropiate.

agencies shall consult with representatives of employee organizations in the formulation of these policies, rules and regulations.

Section II. Each agency shall be

responsible for determining in accord10 Aphil 6, 1962
ance with this order whether a unit is appropriate for purposes of exclusive recognition and, by an election or other appropriate means, whether an employee organization represents a majority of the employees in such a unit so as to be entitled to such recognition.

Upon the request of any agency, or of any organization which is seeking exclusive recognition and which qualifies for or has been accorded formal recognition, the Secretary of Labor, subject to such necessary rules as he may prescribe, shall nominate from the National

Panel of Arbitrators maintained by the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service one or more qualified arbitrators who will be available for employment by the agencv concerned for either or both of the following purposes, as mav be required: (1) to investigate the

facts and issue an advisory decision as

to the appropriateness of a unit for pur- poses of exclusive recognition and as to related issues submitted for consideration; (2) to conduct or supervise an

election or otherwise determine by such means as mav be appropriate, and on an

advisory basis, whether an employee

organization represents the majority of the employees in a unit.

o o o

Section 13. (a) The Civil Service

Commission and the Department of Labor shall jointly prepare ( 1 ) proposed standards of conduct for employee organizations and (2) a pro- posed code of fair labor practices in employee-management relations in the Federal service appropriate to assist in securing the uniform and effective

implementation of the policies, rights

and responsibilities described in this order.

o c o

Section 15. Nothing in this order

shall be construed to annul or modify,

or to preclude the renewal or continuation of, any lawful agreement heretofore entered into between any agencv

and any representative of its employees.

Nor shall this order preclude any agency

from continuing to consult or deal with any representative of its employees or other organization prior to the time that the status and representation rights of such representative or organization are determined in conformity with this order.

Copied c4vailaole

COMPLETE COPIES of Executive

Order No. 10988, the major perti- nent parts of which are printed in the foregoing article, can be obtained

from the Personnel Bureau at Balboa Heights.

Governor Fleming

addresses annual

meeting of

engineers.

Challenges of the Present

"Emotional, Social, Human"

"THERE ARE always people in any

society who have closed their minds to everything outside their own ever- narrowing viewpoints." in the opinion

of Gov. Robert J. Fleming, Jr., writing

in the lead editorial of the March-April

issue of The Military Engineer magazine.

"These people," Governor Fleming

says, "can become dangerous when

they can grab popular causes and use them as a cloak. Their militancy then

gives them influence far beyond their worth. And the atmosphere of confusion

so created can become a tremendous

passive roadblock in the way of positive solutions to our problems."

The Governor, who often has voiced

his concern with "human values," also discussed what he termed the "excessive chauvinism" of "self-appointed messiahs" in a talk to the Canal Zone Soci- ety of Professional Engineers late in February. The talk, very similar in thought and expression to the magazine

editorial.was the Governor's first public

speech since arriving on the Isthmus.

In both the speech and the magazine

editorial, which has been reprinted in the Congressional Record at the request

of Rep. Daniel J. Flood, the Governor

expressed his disapproval of individuals who blindly oppose all change, saying

such persons "hypnotize themselves into a belief that their narrow viewpoint is normal." He asserted, "I have no respect

for their judgment and I think they

are stupid."

"We have a priceless asset— the

American dream," the Governor told

his Canal Zone audience. "Many people

have tried to define it, but it has never been defined better than in the Declaration of Independence: 'We hold these

truths to be self-evident, that all men

are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these

are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.'

"That heritage of ours imposes a

responsibility on us," the Governor

continued. "The rest of the world ex- pects us to live up to that ideal. The

emotional revolution and the explosive

pressures in the world today have been

triggered off to a great extent by other people trying to follow the example

which Americans of past generations

have given them. We must, ourselves,

continue to follow that example."

He concluded by saying, "We Americans have a job to do—we must raise our sights and raise our minds in order

to do it. . . . The past met material

challenges; their problems were imposed by physical conditions which

could be combatted physically. Present

obstacles are not physical; they are

' motional, thev are social, they are human. And meeting them is not as simple as overcoming physical adversity.

"To meet satisfactorily the challenge

of the human and emotional factors with which we are now surrounded

requires an intellect with enough vision

to comprehend it, going beyond material and finite facts. It also requires a

real dedication, in fact and not merely

in words, to the American dream of equal opportunity for all."

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I

Closing the gap. The Building of a Bridge '%.

Ride to work. THE VITAL STATISTICS of the three- span, arch-truss type, high-level Thatcher

Ferry Bridge are: Length: 5,425 feet in 14 spans, abut- ment to abutment. Longest span: 1,128 feet, across

channel. Height above water: 201 feet clearance

at high tide. Height to highest point: 384 feet above mean sea level. Width of approach spans: 34 foot road- way, with three traffic lanes, and

a 4-foot walk. Width of tied-arch span: 42-foot road- way, with four traffic lanes, and

a 4-foot walk Roadway: 7-inch reinforced concrete. Foundations: Reinforced concrete

abutments and piers resting on firm rock or on reinforced concrete cais- sons which extend down to firm rock. Designer: Svedrup & Parcel & Associates, Inc., of St. Louis. Contractors and bid prices, major

contracts: Substructure: Fruin Colnon Inter- national, S.A.-Le Boeuf &

Dougherty, Inc., a joint venture,

of St. Louis. Superstructure: John F. Beasle) Construction Co., Dallas. West approach. L. R. Sommer,

Panama.

East approach and paving of both

east and west approaches,

Bildon, Inc., Panama.

Tivoli Ave. widening and extension. Isthmian Constructors, Inc. Total estimated cost, S20 million.

12

Long way down

Watch it, watch i

Tropical ski jump.

Building toward the sky.

w
SEWING

CIRCLE

Women of Cativa learn

sewing art with assistance of Mrs. W.P. Leber

THE WOMEN of Walla Walla in the

State of Washington, U.S.A., and those

living in the little town of Cativa, Colon

Province, Republic of Panama, are thousands of miles apart geographically and, with only rare exceptions, never will meet face to face. Despite

A newly-made dress for Cativa miss.

Lieutenant Governor and Mrs. Leber with Cativa children and members of sewing class.

this, however, close bonds of friendship

have been established through the medium of needles and thread and sewing material, with Mrs. W. P. Leber,

wife of Canal Zone Lieutenant Governor Leber, serving as intermediary.

Bright and early every Monday

morning, Mrs. Leber loads her car with

contributions of materials sent by the Women's Guilds of Walla Walla, and

Zone contributions, adds a supph

of hot coffee and cookies, then sets

oft for Cativa, on the Atlantic side of the Isthmus. At Cativa, about 30 women gather

in the church—the center of village activities—for the weekly sewing class which Mrs. Leber conducts. The class has become the weekly high point of the village women's social activities. Scrap materials, together with needles and thread are handed out. and fingers

begin to fly. Mrs. Leber's slogan for her

Cativa sewing class is "make our thing

lor yourself, and one for someone else." Thus even the poorest attain a sense

of pride in sharing, those unable to participate in the class benefit, nonetheless, and the entire community gains.

The women in the sewing class take

great pains with, and as much pride

in, the articles they make for sum lone

else as they do in those the) make for their own use or for their families. One young woman showed Mrs.

Leber an attractive shirt she had completed and with considerable pleasure

announced that this was her contribution to someone else. Haltingly, she added that she had never before been

able to give anyone else a gift, and she seemed to gain stature as she placed

her donation in Mrs. Leber's hands. Some of the women, as their contri- bution to someone else, are working on

the blouses, skirts, shirts, and trousers which are the local school uniform.

"This \ear," thev say, "we'll make sure

that every child in Cativa will have a school uniform and no one will have

to stay home because they have nothing

suitable to wear." The Walla Walla women are happy

about their participation in the project. As they've written Mrs. Leber, herself a former Walla Walla resident, for the

first time they know exactly where their contributions are going and what is being done with them. The Cativa women are pleased and thrilled with

the sewing skill they are learning under Mrs. Leber's guidance. Moreover,

they have a precious sewing machine,

carefully housed in the church.

Jose Dominador Bazan, Second Vice

President of the Republic of Panama,

recently wrote to the Women's Guilds

of Saint Paul's Church, Walla Walla:

"Tlu' residents of the small town of Cativa, near Colon, have told me of the wonderful work being accomplished in their village under the guidance of Mrs. Walter P. Leber, who for the past several months has been teaching a group

of local ladies to sew. This project

would not be possible were it not

14 April 6, 1962
for the cloth and other materials

which have been donated for use in these sewing classes.

"1 understand that the members of vour Guilds have sent many packages

of materials for use in this extremely

worthy cause, and I want to thank you

very much for your assistance. "Projects such as this, in which people are helped in helping themselves,

are most worthwhile and most beneficial. Please express mv sincere appreciation to all members of your Guilds

tor their generous assistance." When Mrs. Leber, shortly after arriv- ing in the Canal Zone, sought a project

to promote self-help among the needy,

rather than dole out charity, the Rev.

Victor Watson of Colon suggested the

village of Cativa, where many were

destitute and desperately in need of help. Father Watson offered the use of the village church and community

center, Mrs. Leber obtained a gift sewing machine for use bv her "pupils,"

appeals went out to individuals and

organizations, the ladies of Walla Walla were contacted, contributions began to come in, and the project was underway.

The Cativa women take turns using

the one sewing machine on Mondays

and the church caretaker has the keys

so that the machine may be used during

the week.

Designs are often unusual but always

colorful and even scrap is used. Skirts, blouses, potholders, children's dresses,

and little boys' trousers, are among the many articles made under the guidance

of "Bernie," as the village women

affectionately call Mrs. Leber. A high point of Mrs Leber's visit to Cativa is the "kaffee Match" when a

rest break is taken, and the coffee and

cookies she brought are served.

In addition to the materials contri- buted by the women of Walla Walla, Mrs. Leber is receiving materials from

local people who have heard of the

project. Among these are Mrs. Ava

W'ilev of Balboa. Mrs. Eleanor Burnham

of Los Rios, Mrs. R. O. Theriault, T. G.

Relihan, and L. A. Ferguson, all of Balboa Heights, and Mrs. Joseph

Farland. wife of the U.S. Ambassador

to Panama.

Almost any ring at Mrs. Leber's doorbell may mean someone has brought

another box of pieces of material,

zippers, burtons, thread, rickrack braid,

and odds and ends that may be of no use to the householder, but represent a treasure trove to Mis. Leber's sewing class in Cativa, a village where

the strange-sounding name of Walla

Walla has taken on special meaning

and significance.

Eugenia D. Koutrousi A TEENAGE GIRL and her older brother may never travel far from their native village of Serres, Greece, or meet

an) of the three Canal Zone employees

who have befriended them for several

years, but it's a certainty that they'll

in \ er forget those Zone employees.

The girl, 14-year-old Eugenia D.

Koutrousi, now is serving an apprenticeship as a dressmaker, while her brother,

Leonidas, is completing an apprenticeship as a printer. Without the assistance provided by their three friends in the Zone, the brother and sister would be

working at menial, low-paying jobs instead of learning trades. The two Greek youngsters are the

children ol a couple married in 1940. The famil) survived World War II only

to see their home burned to the ground

during an attack by Communist guerrillas in the postwar civil disturbances

in Greece. The family moved to another

village, but Mr. Koutrousi was in poor

health and unable to work. Mrs. Koutrousi worked as a laundress and in the tobacco fields to support the family. Alter her husband died in April 1951, Mrs. Koutrousi became ill and the

family's economic condition deterio- rated to an extremely low point. They

lived in a single room with practically no furniture, household goods, or even adequate clothing.

In early 1953, the family's plight was

outlined' to Fred E. Wells of the

Company Government's Transportation

Section, in response to a query he sent

to the Save the Children Federation

about the possibility of assisting in the work of the Federation.

The information Mr. Wells received was shown to his co-workers, L. W.

Peterson and Mrs. Barbara Hutchings.

Impressed with the Koutrousi family's

obvious need for help, the three decided

The

Long

Arm

of Friendship

to join in sponsoring Eugenia, who then was only 5 years of age. To become her

"sponsors" thev pledged a Nearly contribution of $100, which since has been

increased to S150. Five years later, in the summer of 1958, they increased

their aid to the family bv also sponsoring Leonidas, who then was 17 \ ears of age. The\' have continued to sponsor both since that time. In addition to their regular sponsorship payments, the Zone employees also have sent occasional gift packages and

cash presents to supplement the family's

meager standard of living. Brushing

aside compliments about their contri- butions, the three sponsors say they are quite happ) with their 9 years as sponsors, feeling thev have been repaid

many times by the knowledge that their assistance has provided a deserving

family with a better present and a more

promising future.

Leonidas Koutrousi

The Panama Canal Review 15
PAYOFF

For suggestions

and superior

performance

Governor Fleming presents watch to Porter McHan as Marine Director Capt. Richard

G. Jack and Maurice B. Nickle. recently-named chief of Industrial Division, stand by.

THE LARGEST cash award ever made for a single suggestion under

the Company Government's Incentive

Awards Program was presented last month by Governor Fleming to three employees of the Industrial Division who devised a new procedure for fabricating 28-inch pontoon pipes.

The three men, Owen J. Corrigan,

Ra) M. Smith, and Cyrus \V. Field,

each received checks for S260, repre- senting one-third of the total award of .$780 for the suggestion. It is estimated

that the new procedure, utilizing

submerged arc welding, resulted in average annual savings of $23,633.

The three men were among 17

employees who, in a ceremony at Balboa Heights, received cash awards

totaling $2,070 for suggestions and

superior service. An Industrial Division employee also figured in another recent action asso- ciated with the Incentive Awards Pro- gram. He is Porter M. McHan, lead foreman welder in the division's boiler shop. Mr. McHan was presented with

a gold watch by Governor Fleming in recognition of having submitted the most beneficial suggestion accepted

under the Incentive Awards Program

during 1961.

Governor Fleming with award winners Owen J. Corrigan, Ray Smith, and Cyrus W. Field.

Mr. McHan's suggestion also was

concerned with dredging pipe, but was

related to reconditioning of badly worn

ball joints rather than making the pipe.

During the March ceremony in which

the three Industrial Division employees

split the $780 award, five other

employees were awarded $100 or more. One of the five Roy Burgener of the Communications Branch, received

$375 as a supplemental award on a suggestion for which he previously had

received $250, raising the total award

for the suggestion to $625. The supplemental award resulted from reevaluation of a suggestion he made on conversion of micro-wave impulse repeaters.

Two employees of the Atlantic Locks,

Walter D. Johnson, Lock operator, and

H. C. Christie, lead Lock operator,

divided a $400 superior service award

for development and improvement of devices and procedures involved in the overhaul of Panama Canal Locks. A check for $225 went to Herman

H. Keepers of the Dredging Division

for suggesting a method by which the sun switches used on acetylene gas buoys can be remachined and adapted

for electrical operation. Warren D. Marquard of the Supply Division re- ceived a $100 check for developing an improved procedure for stock control of slow-moving items in the retail stores. Other recipients and their awards

were: William T. Lvons, $25; Richard

A. McClean, $25; Calvin Shepherd.

$20; Mrs. Nina J. Jenkins. $20; Anthony

Malagutti, $20;" Joseph L. Sestito. $20:

Alfredo Archibald. $20; and Paul

Badonsky, $15.

16 April 6. 1962
"I DON'T FEEL much older now than

when I started," Vivian E. Johnson,

65-year-old native of Jamaica asserted

jovially, as he accepted the congratulations and best wishes of the many

friends he made during almost 40 years

of employment with the Canal organization on the Pacific side. Mr. Johnson

retired at the end of FebruaryKnown to hundreds of Pacific-side employees and residents, the friendly

Administration Building messenger had

worked as waiter, motorcvcle messenger, and mail clerk during his many

years with the Canal enterprise.

On his final working day, Mr. Johnson acknowledged that he had never handled anything more complicated

than a bicycle prior to applying for a job as a motorcycle messenger the same

year as the Isthmian waterway went

into operation. He mastered the 2- wheeled vehicle, however, and deliv- ered official mail, packages, and messages aboard one of them until 1956,

when the motorcvcle was replaced with

a light truck. The retiree came to the Isthmus from

Jamaica in 1913 and went to work for the Canal the same year. He had a short break in service during 1914, but since then has been employed continuously

bv the waterway.

Forrest G. Dunsmoor laughs at humorous card presented to Vivian E. Johnson on last

day of work. Package held by Mr. Johnson contains gift radio. Harold I. Perantie watches.

the Administrative Branch, also was on On his last day of work. Mr. Johnson was given a portable radio by his fellow employees, with F. G. Dunsmoor,

Administrative Assistant and Deputy

Executive Secretary, making the presentation. Harold I. Perantie. Chief ol

hand for the informal farewell ceremony. Mr. Johnson will spend his retire- ment in Panama City, where he has

been making his home for the past several years.

LIKE A NUMBER of the hundreds of

skilled craftsmen who keep Canal equipment and installations in ship-shape

condition and repair, Victor M. Briceno

is a boilermaker. But a specialty within

the boilermaking trade gave Mr. Bri- ceno a unique title in the Canal

organization for a number of years and continues to provide him with

unique duties. The title of "boilermaker, Iayerout,"

which Mr. Briceno once carried, was

discarded about 5 years ago. His job

title now is "boilermaker inspector," but

he continues to be the leading and only

steady practitioner of "Iayerout" work

among Canal boilermakers. Mr. Briceno's specialty is roughly

similar in nature to the task a woman

faces when she buvs a pattern and a

partial bolt of cloth, then sets out to make herself a dress. There are a number of very sharp differences, however,

and these differences represent the train- ing required of Mr. Briceno in contrast

to that required of the dressmaker. The woman with the pattern has to figure out how best to pin the tissue- thin pieces of the pattern to the cloth, then follow the instructions provided. Mr. Briceno is not supplied with an)

INTERESTING PEOPLE^

such simple and easily followed cutouts. He must transfer shapes and sizes of

a scaled drawing or blueprint to the heavy, tough plate of steel from which

the pieces are to be cut. And, without benefit of cutouts which can be shuffled around like checkers to determine the most desirable arrangement, Mr. Briceno must deter- mine how to get the most pieces from

the plate of steel without wasting the

costlv metal. A major measure of his

skill and ability is the speed and accuracy with which he can accomplish this. A native and citizen of Panama, where

he was bom on September 4, 1914,

just 20 days after the Isthmian water- way was opened to commercial traffic, Mr. Briceno had studied at the Inclan Institute in Havana, Cuba, before

becoming one of two Panamanian

youths selected for apprenticeships with

the Canal enterprise in 1931. From 1935, when he completed his apprenticeship, to 1948, Mr. Briceno's

job title remained simply "boilermaker." But in July of the latter year, the

additional word "Iayerout" was tacked

to it. He acquired his present job title in 1959, but his duties still include the

"las ciout wor shop of the

Mount Hope.

k needed

Industria

in the boiler

I Division at

Victor M. Briceno at work.

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The Panama Canal Review 17
Capt. Axton T. Jones, Director of Transportation and Terminals Bureau, and Atlanticside softball players watch as Frederick J. VVainio accepts championship tropin on behalf

of Terminals Division team. Miss Elena Pamell of Rainbow City made the presentation.

Worth Knowing

CLASSICAL and modern ballet one night, and Spanish dances the other, were

presented in Balboa Stadium performances March 28 and 29 by pupils of Panama's National

hool of Dance. The imitation to appear in the Canal Zone was extended by Governor

Fleming, on behalf of the Canal Zone Division of Schools, to the Minister of Education of the Republic of Panama and the Department of Fine Arts, which is under this Ministry.

A number of Zone children who study at the school were among the performers.

CONTINUING to follow its motto that "A Healthy Body Houses a Health)

Mind," the Atlantic Division Softball League last month rounded out its fourth year by awarding the League

Championship trophy to the Terminals

Division team. Unlike some Stateside professional

leagues, the Atlantic Division Softball League isn't dominated bv one or two

outstanding teams. The Retail Store Division team copped the top spot in 1959, the Industrial Division in I960,

and the Locks Division in 1961. "Also

rans" have included teams from the Health Bureau, Schools Division, Electrical Division, Maintenance Division. Police Division, Fire Division, and

Grounds Branch. A number of the participating teams

are sponsored by business firms in the Republic of Panama, while other firms have contributed prizes, according to Alberto H. Dogue, President of the League. Executive Board members of the League, in addition to Mr. Dogue,

are Lloyd Smith, vice president; Walter

< 'lark, secretary-treasurer; Kelvin Barnett, publicity; Harold Rowland, public

relations; and Astor Lewis, advisor. Noting that the annual Softball season

is looked forward to with great enthu- siasm bv both players and spectators, members of the Executive Board say

they believe such adult recreation "has

quite a lot to do with employee morale."

IS April 6. 1962
FUTURE archeological explorations in the Canal Zone will be limited to qualified representatives of museums,

universities, colleges, and other recog- nized scientific and educational institu- tions or societies in the United States or on the Isthmus of Panama, if a bill (H.R. 9946) submitted in the House of Representatives becomes law. Introduced at the request of the Canal Zone Government, the proposed

law is designed to preserve as a public

heritage all items of prehistorical and his- torical value and to increase knowledge

about such items.

If the proposal becomes law, permits

to allow qualified archeological explorations in the Zone would be issued by

the Canal Zone Governor or appropriate

military and naval authorities "only to reputable museums, universities, colleges, or other recognized scientific or educational institutions or societies" or

their agents. The bill is designed to clarify and make certain the law and

regulations governing archeological

explorations in the Canal Zone. The bill also would provide that "no

person shall excavate, explore, injure,

destroy, or appropriate any prehistoric or historic ruin, site, wreck, or other

thing of prehistorical value except as authorized" under the law. The bill provides that any object,

article, or thing of prehistorical or his- torical value taken, removed, or appropriated without a permit, or contrary

to the terms of a permit, can be seized whenever and wherever found by

any person authorized to enforce the

provisions of the law. Anvone found guilty of violating the proposed law would be punishable In imprisonment for not more than

90 days, or by a fine of not more than $500, 'or both.

CONTINUOUS CONTRIRUTIONS

of both time and service to the Special

Education Association of the Canal

Zone by Forrest G. Dunsmoor since it was founded almost 5 years ago were

rewarded last month with a dinner in

his honor at the Tivoli Guest House. A bronze plaque was presented to Mr. Dunsmoor by Gregorio Toribio of Gamboa and a testimonial letter was

read by Mrs. Dorothv Bitter. The letter said, in part, "You are responsible for making the heavy hearts of parents

lighter and for helping to create a new

world of hope and happiness for the handicapped," and concluded by recog- nizing Mr. Dunsmoor's "Distinguished

service to handicapped persons and to the community.'

The clown of the

Canal organizations

float grinned in

delight at the

Carnival merriment,

THE CARNIVAL FEVER once more

has come to the Isthmus, gone its infec- tious way, and departed, but memories

of the festivities linger.

There are the memories which the various queens will cherish for main

years, the memories of those who

helped plan the celebration, the memories of those who participated in the

activities, and the memories of those who did little more than observe.

In the Canal Zone community, there are thousands who still relish the plea- sure and excitment of the Carnival, but

six persons in particular retained very

special treasure troves of personal experiences as the revelry was concluded

with the "burial of the fish." Those six are the four girls who

reigned as queens in their respective

Canal Zone communities and the two men who served as chairmen of Carnival committees on the two sides of the

Isthmus. In addition to their memories,

the four girls and the two chairmen

have letters of appreciation from Governor Fleming expressing his admiration

for the manner in which they fulfilled their respective obligations.

The queenswere: Miss Hazel Kirkland

of Coco Solo, Atlantic side; Miss Irene

Miehaelis. Balboa, Pacific side; Miss

Sonva Thorne, Santa Cruz; and Miss

Volanda Henlon. Rainbow City. The

chairmen were: Dwight Van Evera,

Pacific side; and Gilbert A. Sollas, Atlantic side. In addition to these six. there was

one other individual with a special

memory of the 1962 Carnival. He is Frank Kwai Hen of the Panama Canal

Company Engineering Division, who

earned a S100 prize for designing the

identical Canal Zone floats which participated in the parades on both sdes

of the Isthmus.

Atlantic-side Queen Hazel Kirkland and her court reigned with beauty and poise.

The Panama Canal Review 19
ANNIVERSARIES

(On the basis of total Federal Service)

SUPPLY AND COMMUNITY

CE BUI

iealey Opera

RI S'E B

h Pena

ENGINEERING AND

CONSTRUCTION BUREAU

Murphy B. Alexander Lead Foreman, Public Work:

Whaifbuilder

Azariah Bun

Helper Pli Joseph M. Ford

Helper Electric Pierre A. Gibbs

Carpenter

Howard Green

Leader Na

Mainten' Arnold L. San

Sheetmetal Worker

MARINE BUREAU

George M. Lowe

Supervisory Administrative

Services Assistant SUPPLY AND COMMUNITY

E BUREAU

Operator

ION AND

BUBEAU

Yolney V. Swaby

Cargo Clerk

ADMINISTRATIVE BRANCH

Kenneth Mason

Mail and File Supervisor

Rubv L. Roberts

File Clerk CIVIL AFFAIRS RUREAU

Russell T. Billison Police Sergeant

Hollis Griffon

District Detective Gardner R. Harris

Police Private Chrysostom A. Trapp

Leader Laborer Cleaner ENGINEERING AND

CONSTRUCTION BUREAU

Amos C. Duncan

Oiler, Floating Plant Arthur N. McFarlane

Helper Electronics Mechanic

Felix G. Lopez

Oiler, Floating Plant Pablo E. Troya

Seaman

Eric J. Salkev Clerk Harry F. Shannon

Machinist, Maintenance

Antonio Palma

Whaifbuilder

Clovis Sinisterra

Oiler, Floating Plant HEALTH BUREAU

Herbert B. Dwycr

Patient Food Sen ice Attendant Lemuel Rose

Nursing Assistant, Psychiatry

Joseph S. Shaw

Patient Food Service Attendant

Carlota S. Nation

Nursing Assistant, Medicine

and Edward Thomas

Nursing Assistant, Medi

and Sui ger> Iberforce W. Smith

id. Orthopedics

MARINE BUREAU

Clyde W. Archer Deckhand

Rogelio H. Piriate Launch Seaman

N. L. McFarlane

Deckhand Boatswain

Julia J. Holmes

Time and Leave Supervisor

Abraham Julio Deckhand

Higinio Nunez

Helper Lock Operator

Frank E. Thomas

Painter Benjamin Tejada

Heavy Laborer

Daniel A. Glen

eckhand

Jlarence

tad

'I I v

Deckhanjd

l.ouroy a. Anthony

Deckhand

Dorrell II. Irving

Carpenter. Maintenance

Sully Oscar

Teletypist Carlos Ortega

Asphalt or Cement Worker

Climaco Becerra Heavy Laborer Randolph J. Donawa

Helper Lock Operator

SUPPLY AND COMMUNITY

SERVICE BUREAU

Gwendolin A. Newell

Retail Store Sales Checker

Ivy F. Lewis

Counter Attendant

Florence W. Vaughn

Clerk

Claude V. Halligan

Utility Worker

Iris Yard Pantryman

Roberto Martinez Baker Celimo Caseante

Milker Leonora C. John

Sales Clerk

Sylvestra Worrell

Sales Section Head

Lilian Rutherford

Sales Clerk Edith Peters

Sales Clerk

Hilario Cortez Grounds Maintenance

Equipment Operator

Winifred M. Perrott Grocery Worker

Jasper N. Medford

Laborer Cleaner

F. de la Lastra Laborer TRANSPORTATION AND

TERMINALS BUREAU

Moses N. Raymond

Painter, Maintenance

Rodolfo Lozano

Clerk Checker

Jose Barraza

Tire Builder

Clifford A. Richards Chauffeur Wilmoth N. Cameron

Brakeman

Antonio F. Vasquez

Clerk Checker

Prospero Cordoba

Railroad Trackman

F. J. Rrathwaite Clerk Gerald Charles Clerk Checker

Martin Amador

Guard

Clifford A. Aitken High Lift Truck Operator

20 Apiul 6, 1962
PROMOTIONS AND TRANSFERS

February 5 through March 5

EMPLOYEES who were promoted or transferred between February 5 and

March 5 are listed below. Within-grade

promotions and job reclassifications are not listed. CIVIL AFFAIRS BUREAU

Cliford S. Tomlison, from Seaman, Dredging Division, to Detention Guard,

Police Division. Elmer H. Bennett, from Truck Driver, Motor Transportation Division, to Firefighter, Fire Division. Charles E. Chase, Jr., from Theater Usher,

Supply Division, to Substitute Philatelic Order Filler, Postal Division. Division of Schools

Alice A. Floyd, from Substitute Teacher to Elementary and Secondary School

Teacher. Arthur Baptist, Avanso A. Farrell, and

Stanford A. Levy, from Heavy Laborer

to Swimming Pool Operator.

ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION

Thomas W. Grimison, from Engineering

Draftsman, Ship Construction, Industrial Division, to Engineering Draftsman,

Architectural, Engineering Division. Dredging Division

Russell C. Stevens, from Administrative

Assistant, to Construction and Maintenance Superintendent. Bernard M. Parmentier, from Leader Boil- maker, to Lead Foreman, Welding and

Forging. Richard Danvers, from Floating Plant Fire- man, to Floating Plant Watertender. Woodrow L. Stephens, Jorge A. Fuentes, Rogelio H. Pinate, Rafael A. Lascano,

R. R. Lasso, Jaime Salas, Adolfo K. Nobuhira, Clark Sinclar, William A. Gibbons, Rafael I. Blanco, John Chandler, Jr., Wilfred West, Hugh S. Abednego, from Launch Seaman to Launch

Operator.

Magdaleno Navarro, from Heavy Laborer,

to Launch Seaman.

Gladstone L. King, S. O. Fields, C. L. Irumluig, P. C. Neblett, J. A. Charles,

Raul Rodriguez, from Deckhand to Seaman.

Alfonso Paul, Felipe Soo, Alonso Sanchez,

Gonzalo Lopez, Sidney A. Legore,

George H. Aleyne, Ernesto O. Williams,

Carlos J. Reves, Edwin Miller, Walter L. Clarke, Wilbur T. Greaves, Walter S. Thompson, John Frederick, Ezra Cohen, Juan Sheffer, Jaroth E. Archibald, Roberto Feurtado, Luis Alberto, Wilfred

E. Stuart, Albert S. Hunter, from Deckhand, Navigation Division, to Launch

Seaman. Domingo Munoz, from Grounds Mainte- nance Equipment Operator, Community

Services Division, to Boatman.

Electrical Division Robert L. Hummer, from Apprentice

Machinist. Industrial Division, to Apprentice Power Plant Operator.

Rudolph Coppin, from Helper Lock

Operator, Locks Division, to Helper

Electrician. Amos A. Brathwaite, from Heavy Laborer,

to Helper Cable Splicer. Noel U. Baptist, from Utility Worker, Supply Division, to Helper Electrician.

Maintenance Division Max C. Conover, from Lead Foreman,

Buildings, to General Foreman, Buildings. Nelson orWilliar, from Leader Joiner, to Lead Foreman, Buildings.

John D. Mitchusson, from Refrigeration

and Air Conditioning Mechanic, to Leader

Refrigeration and Air Conditioning

Mechanic.

Jose M. Oquendo, from Maintenanceman,

to Cement Finisher. Ernest Stephenson, from Helper Painter,

to Painter. Wilfred U. Forbes, from Helper Machinist. Maintenance, to Oiler. Luther Smith, from Helper Refrigeration

and Air Conditioning Mechanic, to Oiler. Pedro P. Musmanno, Heavy Laborer, from

Industrial Division. Esteban Justavino, Carlos A. Marin, from

Laborer, to Heavy Laborer. Ramon E. Arosemena, Aniceto Jimenez,

from Heavy Laborer, to General Helper.

Hugh E. Gadsby, from General Helper, to Maintenanceman.

Contract and Inspection Division

Albert S. Adams, James M. Thompson, Jr., from Engineering Aid, General, to Construction Inspector, General. HEALTH BUREAU

Gorgas Hospital

Alice B. Mayo, from Staff Nurse, to Staff Nurse, Medicine and Surgery.

Guillermo L. Dixon, from Clerk, to Teller. Luis Rivera, from Housekeeping Aid, to Nursing Assistant, Medicine and Surgery- Valentine A. Edwards, from Ward Service

Aid, to Nursing Assistant, Medicine

and Surgery.

Clive Lavalle, Angel Lino, from Warehouseman, to Stockman.

Antonio Castillero, Baudilio Gonzalez,

Joseph W. C. Haig, Jose Ortega. Daniel

G. Roper, from Pharmacy Helper, to Pharmacy Assistant. Coco Solo Hospital

Ruby E. Radel, from Staff Nurse, Medicine

and Surgery, to Nurse Supervisor.

Sylvester Green, from Hospital Laborer, to Nursing Assistant, Medicine and Surgery. Arnoldo Rook, from Attendant, to Hospital Laborer. MARINE BUREAU

Navigation Division Maxine A. Cawl, Arden L. Swisher, from

Time and Leave Clerk, to Supervisory'

Timekeeper.

Fredrick W. Jones, from Signalman, to Clerical Assistant. George L. Edghill, Joseph R. McLean,

Frank S. Wason, from Clerk, to Clerical

Assistant. Kenneth L. Anderson, Harold G. Henry.

from Deckhand, to Timekeeper.

Claude E. Burgess, from Launch Dispatcher, to Timekeeper.

Erick I. Raphael, Pablo E. Salas, from

Clerk, to Timekeeper.

Carlton S. Mullin, Firmin A. Reid, from

Clerk-Typist, to Timekeeper.

Russell A. Weade, from Towing Locomotive Operator, to General Foreman,

Docking and Undocking.

Emilio II. Archer, Carlos C. Castillo, Edgar

Shaw, from Launch Dispatcher, to Clerk.

Leslie L. Maynard, Clyde Austin, Rodolph

A. Francis, Aurelio Newball, Gaston E. Headley, Woodrow L. Lungrin, Leonardo V. Blackman, Alvin Hall, from

Deckhand, to Clerk.

Joel A. Prince, from Deckhand, to Launch

Dispatcher.

Dudley O. Prescott, from Seaman, to Clerk. Edmond Augustine, Borris A. Ellis, Victor Ramos, from Heavy Laborer, to Launch

Seaman.

Locks Division

Clifford S. Asbury, from Leader Lock

Operator Machinist, to Lead Foreman,

Lock Operations. Oscar L. Hakanson, from Lock Operator

Machinist, to Leader Lock Operator

Machinist.

Gilbert H. Davis, Woodrow W. Richardson, from Lock Operator Iron WorkerWelder, to Leader Lock Operator Iron Worker-Welder.

Robert E. Waggoner, from Guard, to Locomotive Operator.

Manuel S. Henriquez, from Line Handler,

to Boatman.

Lionel Bryan, Juan Joseph, Severino Navarro, from Line Handler, to Helper Lock

Operator.

OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER

Walter C. Bottin, from Distribution Clerk, Postal Division, to Teller Treasury

Branch. Norma M. Jones, from Office Machine

Operator, to Card Punch Operator,

Accounting Division. SUPPLY AND COMMUNITY

SERVICE BUREAU

Timoteo Magallon, from Stevedore, Terminals Division, to Laborer Cleaner. Community Services Division. Supply Division Theresa Douglas, from Counter Attendant,

to Sales Clerk. Joseph Buval, from Light Packer, to Store- keeping Clerk. Clarence D. Bovell, from Truck Driver, to Leader Laborer.

Nicolas Cameron, from Utility Worker, to Sales Clerk. Earl R. Samuels, from Utility Worker, to Service Station Attendant. Hepburn S. Barber, from Utility Worker,

to Kitchen Attendant. John M. Eberenz, from Theater Usher, to Theater Doorman.

Donald C. Escalona, from Dock Worker,

Terminals Division, to Package Boy. Roberto Bowen, Alvin L. Foster, from

Package Boy, to Utility Worker.

Octavio Bethancourt,from Laborer Cleaner,

to Heavy Laborer. Martin F. Harper, from Scrap Materials

Sorter, to Scrap Flame Cutter. I\y M. Gillespie, from Heavy Laborer, to

\\ arehouseman. Solomon H. Da Costa, from Laundry

Checker, to Warehouseman.

Harlington G. Davidson, Zacarias Garibaldi, Claudius T. Samuels, Eladio Montero, from Heavy Laborer, to HeavyCold Storage Laborer. TRANSPORTATION AND TERMINALS

John J. Cusick, from General Agent, Water

Transportation Division, to Water Transportation Officer (Chief, Water Transportation Division). (See p. 22)

The Panama Canal Review 21
CANAL

HISTORY

50 Years Ago

A COMMITTEE was appointed in April 1912 to recommend sites for the permanent administrative headquarters

and offices of the Canal and a permanent settlement for Canal employees in the vicinity of the Pacific terminus.

The Canal Record noted that the site

for the office headquarters "will be on Sosa Hill or at some other place nearby."

The warmest weather during the <S years of L

T .S. construction activity on the Isthmus was recorded, as the mercury

reached 97° at Ancon on April 7 and

96° at Culebra on April 17. The ladder dredge Corozal went to work in the Pacific entrance of the Canal on April 15. The dredge had

arrived at Balboa on March 27 after

sailing 12.064 miles from Clyde, Scotland, where she was built for the Canal

organization. The trip required 117

du\s, 96 of which were actual sailing time. Capable of excavating more than

1.200 tons of soft material an hour from

Promotions and Transfers

(Continued from p. 21)

Otho F. Holtzclaw, from Carman, Wood

and Steel, to Inspector. Railroad Division. Jorge A. Brown, from Service Station Attendant, to Chauffeur, Motor Transportation Division. Terminals Division Harold L. Shaw, Leopold Lester. Arthur

II. Peter, Selvin A. Bryan, Kenneth L. Beid, Lucilo H. Hoyte, Louie H. McNish, Clarence Belgrave, George B. Athias, Glenvill D. Franklin, Alfred Vega, Nugent B. Josephs, from Supervisory Clerk Checker, to Supervisory

Cargo Checker. David Benskin, from Typewriter Repair- man, Industrial Division, to Cargo

Checker.

Arturo E. Agard, Jr., John B. Burnham,

Erick G. McFarlane, Bicardo Moreno,

George W.Pinnock, Luis E.Smith, Claudius D. Gowdie, Cyril S. Hall, Henry A. Foulen, Wilfred G. Gittens, Frederick McKenzie, Edgard S. Baptiste, Ferdi- nando Cherie, Carlos B. Evering, Harold S.McLeod, Hubert E.Anderson, Antnine Dudley, Borneo Francis, Rasilio V. Holness, Gabriel Correa, Aleides D. Linares,

Llewellyn C. Smith, Edgar Mewa„ Jose

A. Palatios, Jose C. Naranjo, Joseph R. Alleyne, Alphaes Plato, Gregorio Camarcna. Wendall P. Maynard, G. A. Wittaker, Eniest A. Turnbull, James S. Lewis, Richard Toppin, Paul J. Harper,

Jose R. Llovell, Miguel W. Oruitiner,

Joscelyn F. Parker, Arnold Benjamin,

George E. Mayers, Felix Jeanmarie,

\ ernal Rose, Harry I. Inniss, Lloyd L. Holder, Vincent T. Gray, Victor M.

Suarez, Roy J. McLenan, Roy W. Bryan,

Sylvester A. Patterson. Oliver O. Clarke. Joseph O. Nicholson, Alfred M. Franklin, Euclid C. Jordan, Carlos R. Cameron,

Rupert H. Seales, Arthur M. Fareux,

Florentino Rivera, Carlos E. James,

Richarclo Thompson, David A. DeCosta.

Wilfred MeFarquhar. Edgar C. Erskine. Ernie E. Wareham, Charles T. Whyte,

W. G. Millett. Jr.. Charles L. Welsh. Roland D. Hinds, Melvyn H. Jones. George E. Piper, Jr., Vincent A. Foster, Carlos E. Pernett, William W. Campbell, Clarence T. Drakes, Rudolph E.

Fuller, LukeM.Levy, Theophilus Carter,

Allie W. Bruno, I .eonard Brown, John F. \nderson. ( arl is Alexander, Adrian A.

Ricketts, Rafael I hong. Sidney H. AnderRufus D. Morant. Filomeno Boyes. II bert, Earl B.C. Janniere, Ithran I". Stewart, William U. Allen,

Robert W. Ward, Icelus A. Stewart, Augustus St. John, Joseph A. Williams,

Ferdinand E. Wynter, Benjamin S. Shoy,

Alton C. Anderson, Aston L. Morris. Bodolph W. Treleaven, Magan Lallu, Mario J. Ceballos, Perrv A. Marsden,

Herbert Clark, from Clerk Checker, to Cargo Checker. Horace Lewis, Elliot F. Whitaker, Alloric Earle, Hubert McFarlane, Sibert C. Treleaven, Cecil L. Lowe, Charles

Simon, Wilbert C. Jordan, Lesley G.

Anderson, Arthur L. Whittaker, George

G. Hibbert, Ormand B. Harrison, from Cargo Clerk, to Cargo Checker. William J. Simpson, from Stevedore, to Winchman.

Alejandro Sandoval, from Deckhand. Navigation Division, to Stevedore. Jorge Garay, James L. Gaskin, Pablo Otero, from Dock Worker, to Stevedore. Walton G. Green, Albert A. McQueen.

Bently B. Murphy, Frank L. Titus, Leopold Williams, from Laborer, to Heavy

Laborer.OTHER PROMOTIONS

PROMOTIONS which did not involve changes of title follow ; William R. Bailey, Gerald W. Coffey,

Marine Traffic Controller, Navigation

Division. Emelina Frensley, Secretary, Panama

Canal Information Office. Frances D. Wheeler. Accounting Technician, Accounting Division. Guillermo Van Hoorde, Construction Ins- pector, Contract .nil] Inspection Division. Edgard F. Bascombe, Alberto N. Biggs,

Patricio Blackmail, Wilbert T. Dryden,

Philip Ottey, Joseph N. Springer,

Samuel E. Taylor, Kenneth Wade, Clerk. Navigation Division. Eugenio Calame, Clerk-Typist, Divismn

of Schools. Joyce A. Clarke, Clerk-Typist, Contract and Inspection Division. James A. Dowlin. Lloyd B. Joseph. Manuel

S. Bivera, Bookkeeping Machine Operator, Accounting Division. Albert R. George, Clarence A. Lambert.

Utility Worker, Supply Division. Francis V. Lord, Letterpress Pressman,

Printing Plant, Mount Hope.

John S. Romelis, Timekeeper, Navigation

Division. Hardev Singh, Cargo Clerk, Terminals

Division. Carmen M. Smith, Graduate Intern,

Business Administration, Office of the

I )irector, Supply and Communitv Ser\ ice Bureau.

a depth of 50 feet, the Corozal was sched- uled for use in digging an estimated 4 million cubic yards of material from

the Pacific entrance to the waterway.

From May 1904 through April 1912,

the U.S. -directed construction forces had

used almost 50 million pounds of dynamite, while excavating 168,486',884

cubic yards of material and spending

$25 1,818,475.17 on the Canal project.

25 Years Ago

SCRAP IRON, pig iron, and steel and iron manufactures moved south through the Canal at a record rate 25

years ago. It was announced in April

that tonnage of this type of cargo during the previous month had set a new record. Almost all of the scrap and

pig iron was being shipped from the

U.S. east coast ports to the Far East, principally Japan. Such iron and steel shipments accounted for more than 42

percent of the 1,048,337 tons of cargo which moved to the Pacific through

the Canal during the month.

Widening of the Panama Canal channel through Miraflores Lake between

Pedro Miguel and Miraflores Locks,

which had been started 5 years previously, was completed in April 1937 by

the Dredging Division. The work consisted of widening the channel from 500

to 700 feet from the south end of Pedro

Miguel Locks to the north end of Miraflores Locks. 10 Years Ago

BRIG. GEN. JOHN S. SEYBOLD

was nominated as Governor of the Canal Zone to succeed Gov. Francis K. Newcomer 10 years ago. It was the first time in the history of the Canal that an Army officer without previous serv- ice with the organization had been

appointed to the position of Governor.

Previously the post of Governor nor- mally had gone to the Engineer of Maintenance, who usually served 4

years before he moved into the top

Canal post. This practice had started with Gov. Chester Harding, who suc- ceeded Col. George W. Goethals, the

first Canal Zone Governor.

Plans for construction in Balboa of

a 56-foot memorial to Col. Goethals were approved on April 7, 1952. by

President Truman.

1 Year Ago

DRAFT RESTRICTIONS were placed

in effect during the month limiting

transits to ships with drafts of no more

than 35 feet and 9 inches. Maximum

draft for ships with beams of 90 feet or more was 6 inches less, or 35 feet and 3 inches. The restrictions were imposed as Gatun Lake dropped below

84 teet.

no April 6, 1962
SAFETY

Pop Makes the Rules

(But Does He Obey Them?)

ALL OF US realize that safety is really serious business, but every once

in a while we have come across a safetv message written in a laconic, offbeat vein which lends a touch of humor.

One such item appeared in an issue

of Safetv News Letter, Machine Shop

Section, published bv the National

Safetv Council, and we take the liberty of retelling it:

RETIREMENTS

RETIREMENT certificates were pre- sented at the end of February to the employees listed below, with their positions at time of retirement and years of Canal service: Manuel Arosemena, Helper Machinist, In- dustrial Division; 42 years. Patricio Borbua, Boatman, Dredging Division; 24 years, 5 months, 13 days. Robert E. L. Brown, Supervisory Construction Management Engineer, Contract and Inspection Division; 19 years, 1 month. 7 days. Esteban Chavez, Deckhand, Navigation

Division; 21 years, 10 months.

Eldridge Dunn-Moodie, File Clerk, Coco

Solo Hospital; 39 vears, 1 month,

29 days. Vivian E. Johnson, Mail Clerk, Administrative Branch; 45 vears, 4 months. 9 days. Walter R. Lindsay, Agronomist. Community

Services Division; 31 vears, 1 month,

11 days.

Julius G. Lusky, Towboat or Ferry Master, Navigation Division; 17 years, 1 day.

Anthony C. Maggiori, Lock Operator Iron Worker-Welder, Locks Division; 35

years, 15 clays. James Malone, Heavy Laborer, Supply

Division; 34 years, 6 months, 17 days.

Andrew J. May, Service Center Supervisor,

Supply Division; 20 vears, 3 months. 27 days. Cuthbert L. Padmore, Laborer Cleaner,

Community Sen ices Division: 22 years,

1 month, i clay. Lionel A. Seon, Deckhand Boatswain, Navigation Division; 40 vears, 9 months.

10 clays. Pala Singh, Dock Worker, Terminals Division: 22 years, 27 days. Charles A. Stewart, Leader Lock Operator

Machinist, Locks Division; 27 years, 2 months. Xeheamiah B. Taylor, Laborer Cleaner,

Division of Schools; 20 vears, 11 months.

21 clays. Herbert Watson, Deckhand, Navigation

Division; 41 years, 2 months. 12 days.

Stanley Yearwood. Dock Worker, Terminals Division; 21 years, 10 months. 25 days.

A little one is born, and a new sover- eign rules the household. Immediately,

the little bundle in pink or blue becomes

the axis of all activity.

Pop, having proven there was more

there than meets the eye, lays down an ultimatum that nothing shall happen or be allowed to exist that can interfere with the chances of little Noodnick to survive and grow up. "Be careful of those drafts; give him some air; that water is too hot; that water is too cold;

sterilize that bottle; vou're feeding him

too much; he's starving to death; don't

leave him in those wet drawers; don't sneeze in his face; stop breathing v\ lun

you look at him; don't smother him:

don't wake him up just to change him;

has he got enough clothes on? What's

his temperature? Did vou ever see such

an intelligent face? Etc.. etc. Woe be it to anvone hurting that baby.

After prescribing the rules for mother

to follow for the day, what does Pop do?

Does he think about what he can do for the welfare of the kid?

Little does Pop stop to think that

there's a killer in his home!

The killer? Poisons! Thev lurk every- where. In the medicine cabinet, under

the kitchen sink, on dressing tables. You'll even find them on food shelves,

in the workshop, and in the cleaning

closet. These camouflaged killers in the

home take more than 1,000 lives annually. They take a steady toll throughout

the year—about 120 lives a month.

Pop does not realize that the most

frequent victims are children 5 vears of

t—ACCIDENTS

FOR

THIS MONTH

AND

THIS YEAR

age or younger. The types of accidental poisoners are

as varied as the containers they come

in—bleach, permanent wave solution,

shampoo, nail polish remover, furniture

polish, art supplies, bug killers, paint removers, and thinners. Regardless of the killer, in just about

every instance there's an accomplice to the crime—carelessness or ignorance.

And when it comes to driving, just

how welfare-minded is Pop where

little Noodnik is concerned?

Pop hops in the car, roars out of the

drive, and into the street on his way

to work.

Pops a past master at all tricks in driving. He's got that 30-minute drive to the plant down to a slick 23 minutes.

Of course, that's exceeding the limits a

bit in school and residential areas, but

he's not stupid like the drivers for whom

those limits were set. Pop is alvvav s the first one at the timeclock at quitting time. Also, he

takes the stairs two or three at a time,

roars out of the parking lot, and 7 caution lights. 5 tight intersections. 7 stops on a dime, 21 jet propelled take-offs, 8 horn bookings, and ves, 2 scared kids on bikes that someday could well be one

of his own. he comes to a stop in his own driveway.

He hops out of the car and veils, "where's my boy? Don't tell me you've

let something happen to him. One of these davs, v eh one of these days,

whammo right in the kisser—if you do. That kid's going to have what I wasn't

able to have." What's he mean—a widowed mother?

FEBRUARY

ALL UNITS

YEAR TO DATE

FIRST AID

CASES

•62 '61 215 491(301)

403 1026(623)

DISABLING

INJURIES

'62 '61

11 10(2)

23 26(4)

DAYS

LOST

'62 '61 282 564 26 6360 661 26 Locks Overhaul injuries '.ncluded in to'al

The Panama Canal Review 23
SHIPPING

Hawaiian Cruise

THE RMS Andes, which is one of Great

Britain's few full-time cruise liners operating on a year around basis from

the United Kingdom, has made two

trips through the Panama Canal this year. With a full list of cruise passengers, the Andes made the Canal transit southbound in January en route to the

U.S. west coast and Hawaii. The vessel returned to the Canal the last of, Februar) on the return leg of 'her -62-dav

winter cruise and saSlgd for,' Southampton via Barbadosr.and Lisbon.

The cruise to Hawaii' was the' last voyage for Capt. GeoffBey M. Fletchermaster of the Ancles, who retired upon «

lu's return to England. >A veteran of 38 years with the Royal Mail Lines,

( laptain Fletcher has also been in com- mand of the Loch Avon, Loch Loyan,

and the Highland Brigade, all of which

arc regular customers of the Canal.

Record Load of Barley

A RECORD-BREAKING CARGO of barley en route to Poland from the U.S.

west coast passed through the Canal

March 1.3 aboard the tanker-grain

eanier Titan, which loaded its 37,149

long-ton load in Portland, Oreg., and

Seattle. Wash. The shipment, which is equivalent to 2,350,000 bushels of

grain, surpassed by one-third the largest cargo of a single grain in U.S. maritime

histor) which was shipped through the

( 'anal to Poland in 1961 aboard the tanker Transeastern. The Titan, a 735.6-foot-long supertanker, which can carry either oil or

grain, is owned by the Overseas Oil Transport Co. and operated by A. N.

Bull. It flys the U.S. flag and was built on the U.S. east coast in 1960. Although

this was her first transit of the Canal,

it was not her first trip to Poland with

grain. The Titan loaded 1,549,000

bushels of wheat for Poland in 1960 at Baton Rouge and New Orleans.

I), spite the size of her cargo, the tanker was not loaded to her full capacity. Because ol draft restrictions on

superships passing through the Canal

lor the first time, her cargo was limited

to keep her draft to a maximum of 33 I,

i mi. i I o., which acted as agent for the Ft inseastern, also handled

'

' t at the Canal.

TRANSITS BY OCEAN-GOING

VESSELS IN FEBRUARY

1961 1962 Commercial 843 841

U.S. Government 20 11 Free_transits 5 11

•J Total 868 863 TOLLS °

Commercial $4,114,601 $4,390,163

U.S. Government. 140,857 47,207

Total $4,255,458 $4,437,370

CARGO 00

Commercial 4,869,175 5,290,974

U.S. Government. 233,546 55,038 ... Total 5,102,721 5,346,012

* Includes tolls on all vessels, ocean-going and small "Cargo figures are in long tonsNew 18-Knot Ship

A NEW ADDITION to the fleet of

ships which maintain a regular service between the east coast of North America and Australia and New Zealand is the motorship City of Canberra, which

sailed from New York in January and

passed through the Canal on its maiden

voyage to Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne,

and Adelaide.

The new 18-knot ship has 240,000

cubic feet of refrigerated cargo space

to accommodate the"down under" products which she transports to the United

States on her return trips. The City of Canberra is operated by the Elleman

Line and is represented at the Canal

by Norton, Lilly & Co. Chinese Luxury Freighter

A NEW FAST SERVICE between

Formosa. Yokohama, and New York- was introduced last month bv the Orient Overseas Lines. The Rn Yung, a brand new Chinese passenger cargo ship,

passed southbound through the Canal

March 15 on the second half of her maiden voyage between New York and

the Far East. The Ru Yung, built in Japan at a cost

of $3.5 million, is of the closed shelter- deck type and has accommodations

for 14 first-class and 12 tourist-class passengers. All public rooms and living

quarters are air conditioned. In addition

to the usual dining rooms, there are music room-bar-library, a special Chi- nese lounge, and an enclosed observation

gallery on the top deck. Japanese maple was used for paneling, while the

main doors and partitions are of

etched glass. The ship also carries a valuable collection of Chinese and

Japanese paintings.

The Ru Yung is the first of two cargo

ships to be built for this trade. The

second will be the Siam Yung, due at the Canal April 4. Like its sister ship, the Siam Yung will make the voyage

between Yokohama and New York in approximately 23 days and will call at other U.S. Atlantic ports and gulf ports on its return vovage. Boomerang to Australia

SHIPS OPERATED by the Swedish

East Asiatic Co. of Gothenburg are running through the Canal these days on an express service between Australia and the west coast of South America to the West Indies and U.S. gulf ports. Named the Boomerang Cargo Line, the service was inaugurated in February

by the motorship Vegaland, sailing from Houston and New Orleans. It was fol- lowed by the Sarneland. The ships operate on a regular bi-monthly service from

Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, and Bris- bane to Callao, Guayaquil, Buenaventura, Cartagena, La Giiaira, Port-of- Spain, Bridgetown, Georgetown, Para- maribo, Kingston, and the U.S. gulfports. The ships have a speed of 16 knots and have general cargo, reefer, and

deep tank storage space. C. B. Fenton & Co. handles the vessels at the Canal.

Bid for "Ancon" Bejected

THE ONLY BID received by the Maritime Administration for the Ancon,

formerly used in Canal steamship operations, has been rejected and the vessel probably will be readvertised. Bids were opened March 9 in Washington,

D.C. The Ancon was removed from

service last year and since that time has been docked in New Orleans.

Oil Big Transits

IT WAS an odd-looking customer that moved south through the Canal on March 20 as an oil-drilling rig mounted

on a self-propelled drill barge made

the transit. The rig, which was on its way from

Texas to Alaska, is to be used for off- shore oil exploration. It was approximately 180 feet high, making it one of the tallest pieces of equipment ever to pass through the Canal. The barge on which it was mounted was 267 feet long.

24 April 6. 1962




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