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Vol. 3, No. 7 BALBOA HEIGHTS, CANAL ZONE, FEBRUARY 6, 1953 5 cents CARDENAS, GATUN, TO BE COMPLETED IN FISCAL 1954

IF CONGRESS APPROVES CANAL HOUSING ESTIMATES

South Corozal May Be

Deferred Until Later

In Building Program

Completion of the townsite developments at Gatun and

Cardenas, in the long-range

building program is planned

for fiscal year 1954 if budget

estimates as submitted by the Panama Canal Company for the 1953-56 housing construction program are approved by

Congress.

In addition to those quarters started during fiscal year 1953, the 1954 program,

as listed in the President's annual budget

message, will provide for the construction

of 65 U. S.-Rate family units in the Balboa "Flats" area; 67 U. S.-Rate

family units on sites now occupied by

twelve-family buildings at Diablo Heights

scheduled for demolition this year; 15 U. S.-Rate family units to complete the U. S.-Rate program at Gatun; Local- Rate community facilities, including school building, commissary, and community center; and a planned increase in the number of houses at Cardenas, and

approximately 50 U. S.-Rate family units elsewhere on the. Pacific side. The latter project called for construction at Diablo Terrace at the south end

of the new Corozal townsite. Due to unavoidable legislative delays at the Washington level in clearing agreements with

the Army in this connection, the 50 units may be built in the Ancon-Balboa - Balboa Heights area in fiscal year 1954

with the Diablo Terrace construction postponed until later in the overall program

$8,500,000 In 1954 The budgeted cost of the quarters construction program for fiscal year 1954 will be approximately $8,500,000, of which

$6,000,000 will be spent by the Panama

Canal Company and the remainder will be

provided in the Canal Zone Government

expenditures for townsite development. Hearings on the 1954 budgets for the Company and Government were held by

the House Appropriations Committee late

last month and were attended by Governor Seybold and several members of his

staff. Senate hearings on the Canal's appropriations for the 1954 fiscal year have not yet been scheduled. The Congressional hearings on_ the budget estimates for the (See page 6)

PORT-AU-PRIXCE has stretched about 200 acres

farther into the Bay of Gonave since Panama Line

ships stopped there last as a result of the reclamation from swamp land of the Cite de l'Exposition, in the

forefront in this air view of the city. The fine new

section, which is circled by Harry S. Truman Boulevard, houses government buildings and legations as

well as restaurants, folklore theater, casino, and other

tourist attractions. Additional pictures of Haiti and a story of the "Magic Island" will be found on page 6.

Reactivation Of Civil Defense Moves

Ahead With Naming Of Advisory Group

Reactivation of a civil defense organization, which began in December with

the appointment of Fire Lieutenant William G. Dolan as Civil Defense Chief, moved a step further late in January with

the formation of an Advisory Civil Defense Committee, and selection of leaders in warden service. Requests were sent from the office of Governor John S. Seybold that each of the following appoint one person to serve on the Advisory Committee: Each Bureau of the Canal organization; the LawDivision; General Committee of Civic

Councils; Central Labor Union; Local 900 of the Government and Civic Employees Organizing Committee— CIO;

and the Canal Zone Chapter of the American Red Cross. A local rate community

representative will also serve on the Committee.

Lieutenant Dolan left January 30 for Washington to attend the Staff College and Warden and Rescue Training Courses

of the Federal Civil Defense Administration. He will also discuss with Federal

Civil Defense officials the projected Canal

Zone program. He will return about March 10 in time to begin the training

of wardens. The local program, as now planned,

will call for some 4,000 volunteers, 15 per- cent of the population will man the

Civil Defense service teams but everyone

will have to participate in one way or another if the program is to be effective. The Advisory Committee will decide what problems would have to be faced in case of a local disaster, "either man or nature-made." Lieutenant Dolan explained, and how these problems would

be met. The Committee will also appoint

technical staff chiefs who will be responsible for such matters as health, fire- fighting, utilities, rescue, welfare, etc. Working closely with the Advisory Committee will be a Chief Warden,

selected by the Civic Councils, and two

District Wardens, who will be known as

District Commanders. One will handle

the northern and the other the southern end of the Canal Zone. They will also be selected by the Civic Councils. Each

will probably be a man, but (See page 15)
THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW February 6, 1953 P

Lindsley H. Noble

Comptroller

KM

Ira L. Wright

Assistant to Comptroller Marc P. Quinn

Management Staff

Philip L. Steers, Jr.

Accounting Systems Staff John D. Hollen

Plant Appraisal Staff George E. GirardInternal Audit Staff

Arthur J. O'Leary

Accounting Division Floyd Baldwin

Fiscal Division John F. Lewis

Rates Analysis

Joseph V. Turner

Treasury Branch LeRoy B. Magnuson

Budgetary Procedures Thatcher A. Clisbee

Capital Program

Lit

Julius 0. Barnes

Payroll Branch Russel J. Jones

Cost Accounts Branch Miguel Corco

General Accounts Branch

James R. Johnston

Agents Accounts Branch John L. Stephenson

Tabulating Machines Branch James L. Fulton

Claims Branch

Comptroller's Office

And Finance Bureau

Become Single Unit

The consolidation of the Finance Bureau and the Office of the Comptroller

into a single entity, known by the latter

title, was effective in mid-January. The change was an administrative one and the majority of the 272 men and women in the organization continued in the same jobs where they had been working prior to the merger. There were no

force reductions. The Office of the Comptroller now

consists of four staff groups and two

operating divisions. It is headed by

Lindsley H. Noble, Comptroller, with Ira

L. Wright as Assistant to the Comptroller. Mr. Wright is in charge of budget and

administrative matters for the office, and

also serves as a technical adviser. John F. Lewis, formerly Chief of the Accounting Division, moves to a staff position as a rates expert. The four staff groups are: Management, Marc P. Quinn, Chief: Over-all managements functions, plus budget and rate analysis, and statistics. Accounting Systems, Philip L.

Steers, Jr., Chief: Development of financial policies and systems of accounting and

internal control. Plant Inventory and Appraisal,

John D. Hollen, Chief: Appraisal of Government-Company fixed assets and

establishment of the amounts of related

reserves. Internal Audit, George E. Girard, Acting Chief: Comprehensive audit of the

accounts, financial statements, and busi- ness records of the Government-Company.

In addition to the staff groups there

are also two operating divisions: Accounting, headed by Arthur J. O'Leary, Acting Chief, and Fiscal, with Floyd H. Baldwin as Chief. The Accounting Division's main work

is to maintain the Company's general corporate accounts and appropriations and fund accounts of the Government,

together with cost accounts of divisions not maintaining their own accounts. This division is divided into four branches. General Accounts, headed by Miguel Corco as Chief; Cost Accounts, with Russel J. Jones

as Chief; Agents Accounts, James R. Johnston, Chief; Tabulating Machine, John L. Stephenson, Chief. The Fiscal Division is responsible for the collection, custody, and disbursement

of funds on the Isthmus and with the U. S. Treasury; prepares all payrolls, other than that of the New York Office, audits and settles claims, reviews contracts and maintains records showing

leave credits, retirement, income tax, and

other deductions.

Its three branches are: Treasury, headed by Joseph C. Turner as Treasurer; Payroll, Julius 0. Barnes, Chief; Claims, James L. Fulton, Chief. Two specialists in the Management

Staff, beside Mr. Lewis, are LeRoy B. Magnuson, Budgetary Procedures, and

Thatcher A. Clisbee, Capital Program,
February 6, 1953 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW

Acting Governor

Conducts January

Employee Conference

Subjects ranging from commissary

problems to the disturbance to night workers of the noon-day siren were covered January 28 at the monthly Governor- Employee Conference at Balboa Heights. The conference was conducted by Col. Harry 0. Paxson, Acting Governor, in the absence of Gov. J. S. Seybold who

was in Washington to attend House

Committee hearings on the budget.

Colonel Paxson opened the conference with a report on a number of matters

raised at previous conferences. These included presentation of "I. C."

cards when entering the commissary in- stead of at each counter- not feasible because of limited authority cards, multiple entrances, and added expense; the

possibility of firemen, who are trained in

first aid, riding on ambulances, which is under consideration; surcharges on school books, to be remedied for official pur- chases by consolidating orders; parking

space at the Balboa Field Office of the

Electrical Division, which will be provided. Also acted upon favorably were the conservation of trees on Empire Street; a change in plumbing regulations, to eliminate assistant plumbers; and the promise

of covered runways at local schools. He announced that the administration

is studying the possibility of issuing a new-type identification card, one which

will be useful in cases when an employee

is travelling and needs positive identifi- cation to cash checks. In connection with the "I. C. Cards," Edward A. Doolan, Personnel Director,

told the conferees that the Canal was

unable to get as good quality of card- boards as had been used previously and

that the present cards may fray. The

cards, he said, will be replaced by the Personnel Bureau on request if employees

will turn in their worn cards.

All remaining unlabeled canned goods

in the Commissaries, except for three items for which there is no adequate

replacement at the moment, are being removed from retail sales. The small amount of this merchandise remaining, which has been the subject of a number

of employee complaints, will be used to

fill wholesale orders, Colonel Paxson said. Commissary bread also came in for discussion, with the Acting Governor

reporting that bread-slicing machinery

has been ordered. The Commissary

Division will be asked to survey cus- tomers' desires on the matter of fluffier bread. Dairy Under Study Some discussion followed on milk supply, with Colonel Paxson reporting that milk is presently subsidized at about

6 cents a quart. The entire operation of Mindi Dairy is one of several special items on which L. B. Moore, Supply and

Service Director, is presently making a special study. Plans have been made to increase the Mindi pasture area, Colonel Paxson said. Chester Luhr of the Central Labor Union asked for a percentage breakdown

on Commissary mark-up, i. e., what part

of a dollar goes to retirement, local-rate disability relief, etc., similar to the breakSimplified Layoff Procedures

Become Effective February 15

Reduction in force categories of the Government - Company the categories determining the order in which personnel

are laid off and establishing "bumping"

rights -will be reduced from the present 23 to 6, effective February 15. Identical simplified layoff procedures become effective the same date for all government agencies, as prescribed by

the Civil Service Commission. The changes, as they relate to present

reduction in force methods in the Govern- ment-Company, affect generally only the approximately 1,000 employees occupying competitive Civil Service positions in the organization. The six new categories are: Career

veterans, Career nonveterans, Careerconditional veterans, Career-conditional nonveterans, Indefinite veterans, and

Indefinite nonveterans. Veterans And Nonveterans

Veterans have superior retention rights

in each of the three main groups: Career,

Career-conditional, and Indefinite. Career employees are described as those permanent employees who have permanent jobs and who have completed

the probationary periods in their jobs. They are not "temporary" or "indefinite" as the result of promotion, transfer, or reinstatement.

Career-conditional employees are those permanent employees serving probationary periods or those who are "temporary" or "indefinite" because of promotion, transfer or reinstatement.

Indefinite employees are those whom

the Civil Service describes as serving under "nonstatus, nontemporary appoint- ments." In other words, they are per- sons who, since September 1, 1950, have

been occupying positions in the competitive service and who have been re- employed, promoted, reassigned, or transferred. Ascending Credits Reduction of force will be made in the ascending number of retention credits,

first for the nonveterans and then for the veterans, through the Indefinite, Career-conditional, and Career groups, in that order. No person in a higher group, or sub- group, will be given reduction in force

until all persons in lower groups and

subgroups have been reduced, unless

special circumstances permissible under

the regulations of the Civil Service Commission permit the passing over of persons lower on the retention registers. NEW RETENTION GROUPS FOR REDUCTION-IN-FORCE PURPOSES

Group I CAREER EMPLOYEES

SUBGROUP a: Employees with veteran

preference subgroup b: Employees without vet- eran preference

Includes permanent CAREER employees in the competitive service who have completed a probation- ary period and who are not "temporary" or "indefinite" as the result of promotion, transfer, or reinstate- ment. Career employees serving under conditional promotions shall be considered in this group with

respect to positions at and below the grade in which

they last served on a permanent basis. This group

also includes employees appointed to positions outside the competitive service with no conditions or

restrictions. Group II CAREER-CONDITIONAL EMPLOYEES

subgroup a: Employees with veteran

preference subgroup b: Employees without vet- eran preference

Includes career employees in the competitive

service who are conditional because they are serving probational periods or are "temporary" or "indefinite" as a result of promotion, transfer, or reinstate- ment, or are subject to a similar limitation. In positions excepted from the competitive service, it includes employees who are conditional solely as the result of promotion or reinstatement.

Group III INDEFINITE EMPLOYEES

subgroup a: Emp'oyees with veteran

preference subgroup b: Employees without vet- eran preference

Includes persons serving under nonstatus non- temporary appointments in positions in the competitive service. It also includes employees in positions excepted from the competitive service serving under any condition or limitation other than a conditional promotion or reinstatement or a specific time limi- tation of one year or less.

down given last year on coffee prices. Colonel Paxson promised some report at a later conference. In connection with high-test gasoline, Colonel Paxson reported that pumps have

been ordered and tanks are being refitted to dispense the new product. Some diffi- culty is being experienced at this time in obtaining the desired high-octane-rating

gasoline. Gasoline of higher octane rat- ing than that now used, but lower than

that desired, can be had, he said, and

asked the conferees whether to defer the change or go ahead. The additional price on this gasoline would not be as high as

for higher octane rating, but would still be above that for the present 76-octane

rating. It was agreed that the medium

rating premium gasoline should be pro- cured if possible. In connection with gasoline, Charles

Hammond of the Civic Councils, asked

for a modern pump at Pedro Miguelone that will register in dollars and cents. Colonel Paxson spoke briefly on the high cost locally of fire protection. This

led to some discussion of the cost of fire, police, and school operations in the Zone. The cost of fire protection was compared

to that of a large number of Statesside

cities of comparable size. Administrative Costs

Jack Rice, of the Cristobal-Margarita

Civic Council, said that if local costs were

to be compared to those in the United

States he would like to see administrative

costs also compared. Colonel Paxson

said that there was no true comparison

for administrative costs but that there was for fire and police protection and for schools and that this (See pagi 15)
THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW February 6, 1953 Sea Shells From The Seashore

Are Hobby Of Zone Policeman

THAT'S A Malea (dolium) Ringens which Police

Officer Stewart H. Jadis is holding in his hand. It

is the largest of its type ever found in the Panama

Canal Zone Police Officer Stewart H.

Jadis picks up sea shells by the seashore

like a lot of other people but he brings his

shells back alive, then extracts the little shell dwellers. Because of his special hunting tactics and "spit and polish" methods, his shells have a showy color and shine unknown to ordinary shell collections. He has about 3,000 shells of about 500

varieties, many of which are slated for exhibit at the Civil Affairs Building in Ancon. They range from little earring-shaped

shells set with coral beads of color that

look like art items that might have been produced by a skilled ceramist or jeweler, up to the big pink and ivory conchs in which you hear the roar of the sea. The

largest of his collection of conchs is about

a foot in diameter. Some Are Spectacular

In between these extremes of size are

several specimens of the fluted Rose

Murix, lined with rose and banded in black and used by natives for salad; the bleeding tooth, marked by three red "tooth prints," and many others, more

or less showy. Policeman Jadis gathers only living mollusks and collects them only at certain times. Those in his Pacific Ocean collec- tion come from the beach flats deserted by the water when the low tide drops to a minus stage during the dry season months.

Atlantic side shells can be gathered almost any time because of slight variations in tide. Some of the mollusks that once wore

the shells that now are in his collection wander only at night and that is when he found them, usually clinging to porous

rocks. He pries them out from their hiding places, illuminated by his Coleman

lantern, steering clear of other night beach prowlers like octupi, eels, starfish, sea urchins, and baby sharks, also high but not quite dry on the flats. He usually doesn't know just what he

has picked up until the shells are cleaned but he does know by the feel or sight, if the mollusks are alive. Classified At Cornell

Cornell University now has about 1,000

area of the Pacific Ocean. Mr. Jadis is standing

beside a display case in which are exhibited a small part of his collection of about 3,000 shells.

of his shells for scientific classification. One of each variety that he sends to conchologists there is returned to him

with their identification. The other one,

if there are two, or two, if there are four, are retained for the University collection. He also has his own source material for tentative identification of unknown finds. He does not ordinarily collect shells of

less than an inch in size which are numerous in many collections. Shells lose their color when exposed to

light so his make few public appearances. Those that are frequently picked up on

the beach by desultory collectors have

been bleached by the weather after being

deserted by their former live inhabitants. The cleaning process begins by boiling the shells for 20 minutes. The organisms

die within 24 hours outside their natural environment or instantly in fresh water. When the shells are boiled the policeman

picks out the insides with a set of dental instruments. Or, some shells are pre- served with the organisms inside by

"pickling" in formaldehyde.

Boiled And Brushed

After they are boiled, the shells are wire-brushed to remove any remaining

scales deposited on them in the sea. Then

they are dipped in a hydrochloric acid

solution to bring out their color and gloss, then dunked in ice water to remove the

acid. Policeman Jadis picked up the habit

of picking up sea shells from Walter

Clark, a shell collector who formerly managed the Balboa Clubhouse, which is one of the policeman's regular duty

stations. After four years of collecting sea shells, the policeman pronounces it a satisfying hobby. Shells are beautiful to look at and nearly endless in colors, shapes, and

varieties, he explains. Even the largest museums cannot hope to acquire anything

like a complete collection. Shells are as nearly indestructible as any of the items ordinarily gathered by

hobbyists. They are readily salable, through industrial channels, or to a very

large world-wide group of collectors. The

fields of study shells open up are nearly

endless if one wishes to pursue them, in the realms of natural history, geography,

Ten Years Ago

In January

The Canal Zone Experiment Gardens

bought 182 pounds of dried crude rubber

taken from wild trees in the Canal Zone,

the first results of a Supply Department

plea to aid the war effort by gathering

local wild crude rubber. The first rubber came from James A. Dorsey, then Panama Railroad track foreman at Frijoles, who arranged for the

collection with residents in that vicinity. The crude rubber was turned over to the

local representative of the Rubber Reserve Corporation for shipment to the United States.

Canal employees were subscribing 9.9

percent of their income—almost the 10

percent goal of the Treasury Department—

to the purchase of war bo7ids, according to the monthly report on payroll deductions

for December 191^2. The Canal Zone divorce rate was up, and 55 percent of the divorces were filed by husbands. Almost a quarter of the

divorce actions were against women who

were not living on the Isthmus.

"Bunny" gas masks for small children were explained by E. I. P. Tatelman,

Civilian Defense Director. Plans were

being made to provide the masks for small Canal Zonians, who were too little to fit the regular adult size. They were to be made

with flour sacks treated with a gas repellent chemical. Two corners of the sacks were

tied with tape or strips, giving the effect of

rabbit ears and giving rise to the name

"bunny mask." The 28-inch suction dredge Mindi,

one of the most powerful of its size and

type built to that time, was delivered to the Canal Zone in January 1943 and pre- pared for service at the Dredging Division headquarters at Gamboa. The mammoth dredge was built by the Ellicott Machine Corporation of Baltimore at a

cost of $1,514,000. War dogs arrived on the Isthmus to help guard the Canal and vital installations. The soldiers with whom the dogs were to work were being trained by the sergeant who

accompanied them when they came from

the Quartermaster Corps training grounds

in Front Royal, Ya.

It was pointed out that the dogs' sense of

smell, sight, and hearing icas more acute than that of humans and that the canine guards did not tire so easily or have to be

relieved from duty as often.

Bicycles received by the Commissary

Division were not for the kids, but for war workers only. Applicants for the small supply of bikes had to show proof

that the bicycles were needed for travel to and from work or organized war activities to which there was no other available transportation.

legend and folklore, or their economic

importance (oysters and teredos, for in- stance) to many human activities. As a hobby, shell collecting takes its followers to pleasant outdoor surroundings, a main object of many recreational

activities. Last, but not least, it is a cheap form of fun, costing Policeman

Jadis, for example, about $10 a year.
February 6, 1953 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW

FOR YOUR INTEREST AND

13ML

GUIDANCE

1. 1 INUjACCIDENT PREVENTION

OFF THE JOB ACCIDENTS

Ben Axel Dent, the accident-prone employee, is more likely to have an acci- dent off the job than when he is working. On the job he has certain safety rules and

a boss to help him mind his ways, but off the job even his wife can't stop him from

foolish antics. Not counting the expense and trouble he has caused his unit to find another

employee, or some fellow worker to take over his job while he languishes in the

hospital, the expense and anxiety to his family is considerable. The year past has experienced many

such accidents, not counting traffic accidents, which were usually more severe. There was the employee who fell downstairs over his own milk bottles and other items left there; there was the aeronaut

in a duplex, who could not walk around to

visit his neighbor; then a husband, or two, who tried to be the top man in a

balancing act; next, the armchair mechanic who filled a gasoline lantern with a

lighted cigar in his mouth; a few hunters

with "deeropia" eyes, where at night over

a gun, anything with shining eyes looked

like meat on the table; then that Don

Juan who could not resist helping the lady close the car door on his fingers. Therefore, don't leave your safety precautions at the job this year; take them home with you to practice in your

spare time.HONOR ROLL

Bureau Award For BEST RECORD

December

CIVIL AFFAIRS BUREAU

INDUSTRIAL BUREAU AWARDS THIS CALENDAR YEAR

Community Services 5 Industrial 5

Civil Affairs 4 Engineering and Construction 3 Health 1 Marine

Railroad and Terminals

Supply and Service

Division Awards For NO DISABLING INJURIES

December DREDGING DIVISION CLUBHOUSE DIVISION ELECTRICAL DIVISION MOTOR TRANSPORTATION DIVISION RAILROAD DIVISION AWARDS THIS CALENDAR YEAR

Grounds Maintenance 8 Motor Transportation 8 Clubhouses 7

Electrical 7 Dredging 5 Hospitalization and Clinics 4

Railroad 4 Maintenance _ 3 Sanitation 3 Storehouses _ 3 Commissary 1 Navigation 1 Locks Terminals _

DECEMBER 1952

Civil Affairs Bureau

Industrial Bureau Community Services Bureau Marine Bureau

C. Z. Govt.— Panama Canal Co. (This month)

Supply and Service Bureau

Engineering and Construction Bureau

C. Z. Covt.-Panama Canal Co. (1952 to Dale I Health Bureau

C. Z. Govt.— Panama Cana !Co. (Best Year)

Railroad and Terminals Bureau

Number of Disabling Injuries 24

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

(Frequency Rale)

Man-Hours Worked _ 2,804,704 LEGEND

Amount Better Than Panama Canal Company—Canal Zone Government Best Year Amount Worse Than Panama Canal Company—Canal Zone Government Best Year
THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW February 6, 1953 Stop In Vivid Haiti Is Pleasant Break

For Passengers On Panama Line Ships

Vivid and variegated Haiti, molded of clashing cultures, can now be enjoyed by Panama Line

passengers on stopovers at Port- au-Prince on sailings between New York and Cristobal. The first call at Haiti since before World War II will be made by

the S. S, Ancon when she stops

there February 7, 4 days after leaving New York and 2 days out

of Cristobal. The Ancon will also make the first post-war stop on a northbound Panama Line sailing when she docks at Port-au-Prince February 15. On northbound sailings the

ships will leave Cristobal at 10

o'clock Friday morning, dock at Port-au-Prince at 7 o'clock Sun- day morning and leave at noon the same day, arriving in New York

at 8 o'clock Thursday morning. Southbound ships will leave New

York at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, dock

at Haiti at 7 o'clock Saturday morning and

leave at 4 the same afternoon, arriving at Cristobal at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon. The fare between New York and Haiti one way will be $130, $140, $150, or $170, depending on accommodations. The

round trip fare will be $234, $252, $270, or $306 for transportation between the two

points. All fares are exclusive of the 15 percent United States travel tax, where

applicable. The rate between Port-au-Prince and

Cristobal will be $70 one way with the passengers to be assigned to such accommodations as are available. No provision has been made for reduced rates for Canal employees for travel between Cristobal and Port-au-Prince. History Of Violence The Haitian half of the Caribbean

Island that the country shares with the Dominican Republic was washed and

warred over for centuries by Spanish, then French colonials, English and other

buccaneers, and discordant internal factions, to be won at last in a scries of blood

baths by the imported African slaves. The conflicts and cultures have left the marks that make the country unique. The language is French but the man in the street speaks a Creole patois and maybe English and Spanish. Voodoo

dances and the beat of omnipresent drums

echo Haiti's African heritage, which also runs through the country's music and

literature and the work of her world- famous artists. The monetary unit is the gourde but United States money is also

in common circulation. One Haiti, that is near primitive, contrasts with another that is modern—with swank resorts, hotels, casinos, and restaurants, featuring international and local Creole cuisine, imposing new public

buildings and boulevards and industrial and agricultural developments. Smart modern shops are not far away

from the clangorous colorful market, both

of which lure bargain hunting visitors in search of hand-crafted mahogany and

lignum vitae and other native products,

rare French perfumes and other luxuries that come to Haiti from Europe.

Drive Into Mountains

The dissonances and dissimilarities of

ONE HAITI that is modern contiasts with another

that is near-primitive, providing one of the dissimilarities that makes the country unique. This swimming

pool at one of the resort hotels is typical of the modern,

sophisticated attractions Haiti offers visitors.

WINDING ROADS through flower-splotched hills lead from tropical lowland plains to cooler forested highlands. The one shown here leads from Port-auPrince to the suburb of Petionville and to the mountain resorts of Kenscoff and Furcv.

Haiti's past and present are echoed in the land itself which is alternately striped by

mountain ranges and low tropical plains. A 5-minute drive from Port-au-Prince winds upward through flower splotched

hills to the cool and sophisticated suburb

of Petionville overlooking the capital

city. In 40 minutes more the road ascends

to the resorts of Kenscoff and Furcy,

5,000 feet above sea level in the forested Haitian "Alps."

Haiti has a gallery of national heroes

in the giant epic style and a history of infamy and violence on the same colossal

scale, which have combined to mold the country and capture imaginations around

the world. Magnificent ruins of the Citadelle

Laferriere and the palace Sans-Souci bear

ghostlike testimony to the stature and

accomplishments of King Henri Cristophe. His rise from slave to king inspired the play by Eugene O'Neill entitled "Emperor Jones." These architectural masterpieces reflect this giant of a man and the fantastic

nobility he created as they lived and

ruled the country they wrested from

France and modeled in the most splendid manner of their former masters. Cap-Haitien, the "Paris" from which

France ruled this richest 18th Century

possession, contains the remnants of the

regal palace of Napoleon's beautiful

sister, Pauline. The attempts of her husband, General Leclerc, and succeeding

Napoleonic, generals, to retain the overseas colony only increased the savage

bloodletting of the original slave uprisings. Kenneth Roberts' novel, "Lydia

Bailey," and the recent movie of the same name deal with this period of Haitian history. United States Marine Faustin Wirkus

provided a comic echo of the emperors and kings. Stationed on the Island of Gonave during United States occupation

in the 1920's, the non-commissioned

officer was proclaimed by the natives as

their king with consequences he described

in the book "The White King of La

Gonave."

Cardenas, Gatun To Be Completed

In Fiscal 1954 If Congress Approves

{Continued from page l) coming fiscal year will have an important bearing on

the long-range quarters construction pro- gram which was cut approximately in half in 1952 when Congress effected a re- vision of the overall program. The re- vised 1952-56 program, calling for a botal expenditure of slightly over $40,000,000

including work already done, was pre- sented to the Congress for the first time

at the January hearings. Two-Year Program In Flats The replacement of the old four-family houses in the Balboa "Flats" an two-year program; approximately half of the units there are to be vacated dining

this calendar year, with construction to start promptly thereafter. Occupants of all the twelve-family apartment buildings in Diablo Heights have been notified of the proposed demolition schedule there and have been re- quested to apply for other quarters. Many

of the Diablo units have been occupied

by Armed Forces personnel. Special arrangements for their transfer to other accommodations on military reservations are being made jointly by the Panama Canal Company and the military

authorities. The completion of the new houses in Ancon and Diablo Heights during recent weeks has made available additional houses on the Pacific side: it is planned

that the construction of 192 U. S.-Rate

family units in the fiscal year 1953

building program will provide a sufficient number of quarters to meet the demands

arising from the clearance of one-half of the Balboa "Flats" area. There is not, and will not be at any

time during the 1952 1956 program, a

shortage of bachelor quarters. At critical periods during the next two years the housing of all U. S.-Rate employees will require the utmost cooperation and consideration between the Company housing

anthoi ilies and the employees concerned. As someone aptly expressed the operation, "Folks will have to lie fitted in with

a shoehorn, but it looks as though it can

he done."
February 6, 1953 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW OF CURRENT INTEREST

Official Panama Canal Company Publication Published Monthh a1 BALBOA HEIGHTS, CANAL ZONE

Printed h the Printing Plata Mount llo[> . f 'anal Zant John S. Seybold, Governor-Presideni H. 0. Paxson, Lieutenant Governor

E. C. Lombard, Executive Si creta y

J. Rjjfus Hardy, Editor Eleanor II. McIlhenny

Oleva Hastings

Editorial Assistants LETTERS in I ill. I HI rOR

Letters containing inquiries, suggestions,

criticisms, or opinions ol ' general nature

will be welcomed. I hose <•! sufficient interest

will be published but signatures will not be

used unless desired. SUBSCRIPTIONS—SI. 00 a year SINGLE COPIES—5 cents each On sale at all Panama Canal Clubhouses

Commissaries, and Hotels for 10 days after publication date. SINGLE COPIES BY MAIL-10 cents each BACK COPIES—10 cents each On sale when available, from the Vault

Clerk, Third Floor, Administration Building, Balboa Heights.

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

Canal Review, Balboa Heights, C. Z.

Diablo Commissary

Renovated, Compacted

The Diablo Heights Commissary has been renovated and compacted—reno- vated to preclude glare and make the

interior more attractive, and compacted

to provide much needed storage room and

to eliminate drygoods, of which the limited stocks for which space was avail- able could not be properly merchandised. With the renovation, Diablo Heights Commissary now becomes a food and

essential items store. What drygoods

items were formerly carried have been

transferred to Balboa Commissary, as has

also been done with much of the hardware. Only a few household items, such as

polishes, a few pots and pans, etc., remain. Commissary officials explained that the change is a trial in consolidating other than food supplies in larger stores where

complete stocks can be carried, and that

if it is successful a similar compacting may eventually be done with other stores

in the smaller communities. The interior walls have been covered

with two coats of paint in a new color scheme. The shelves have been re- located, the office moved to the back wall, directly over the post office sorting room, and the cashier's cage brought forward from its former isolated location to a new

vantage point beside the checkout stands. Checkout stands have been moved for- ward about 10 feet. A vegetable counter and a cabinet for dairy products stand where the office was, with a pastry counter and cold storage cabinets at a right angle. Shopping baskets are being refurbished,

six at a time, and the grocery display stands are getting fresh paint.

SECOND GRADERS at Margarita Elementary

School, ready with the "objeta d'art" they have

fashioned in art classes, gather around the kiln where

their pottery will be fired with the help of Mrs. Ernest

A. Kareh, left, Supervisor of Art in the Canal Zone

Schools. Elementary school children in grades one to six

are learning about clay modeling and pottery making

in their art classes this year for the first time. The

finished pieces are fired in small kilns at Balboa and

Margarita Elementary Schools. Many parents

received samples of the youngsters' ceramics in the form of ash trays, tea tiles, and clay jewelry for Christmas presents.

A new scale of rates at the Hotel Washington for employees of the Government- Company and other U. S. Government

agencies was approved last month. The

new rates are almost identical with the rates to employees who were given a 25 percent

discount on the commercial tariff. With the new employee rates, the 25

percent discount is eliminated; employees, however, now become eligible for the same

long-term 50 percent discount for 5 months

or more of occupancy which is offered to guests paying the standard tariff. Under the old discount an employee paid

$10.12 per day for single occupancy of a

suite for which the standard tariff rate was

$13.50. This becomes $10 daily. The

same suite, for double occupancy, is $16.50

for standard tariff guests and $12.50 for an employee, as compared to the $12.37 he

paid previously under the discount system. A corner room with bath, $7.50 for commercial guests, becomes $5.50 for single occupancy, instead of the $5.62 formerly charged with the discount. The same

room, $10 at commercial rates for double

occupancy, is $7.50 for employees, just as

it was with the discount. A seaside room,

with bath, $6.50 for commercial guests, becomes $5, instead of $4.87 for an employee, and the same room, $9 at commercial

rates for double occupancy, is $7 for employees instead of the previous $6.75.

Heavy wire mesh protection for a number

of quarters in the New Cristobal- DeLesseps and Colon Beach area was ordered January

21 by the Housing Division. The request for work, to be performed by

the Maintenance Division, was issued after a survey of the houses in this section showed

that while 75 percent of the original heavy mesh on the houses was in sound condition, 378 window panels and 94 door panels needed the protective heavy mesh.

Recently Appointed To

Board Of Directors

The three and a quarter mile section

of Panama Railroad track from Fort

Davis to Lake Junction which was part

of the Third Locks project is to be dismantled and the track used as replacements elsewhere on the line when needed. The track will be removed by railroad

forces during the dry season. It was

laid in 1942 as part of the Third Locks work at Gatun. It bypasses Gatun, which would have become an island between the present locks and the pro- posed Third Locks. Gatun would have

been connected to the main railroad by

a spur crossing a bridge over the north end of the Third Locks. Except for a few special passenger or

freight trains there has never been any

appreciable traffic over this piece of track other than the small motor cars used in the maintenance of the electric power transmission line.

MELVIN DAVIS HILDRETH, Washington,

D. C, attorney, was appointed recently as a member

of the Board of Directors of the Panama Canal Company. He replaces Gordon Gray, former Secretary of the Army and present president of the

University of North Carolina. A native of Fargo, North Dakota, and a veteran

of World War I, Mr. Hildreth has practiced law in the District of Columbia since 1921. A long-time Democrat, he was Chairman of the Truman-Barkley

Inauguration Committee in 1949, played a prominent

part in earlier inaugural planning, was a delegate to the 1936, 1940, and 1944 Democratic Conventions ami is a member of the Democratic National Committee for the District of Columbia.
THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW February 6, 1953 Natural History Society Dedicated

to Serious Consideration of Nature

Doctors ordinarily talk seriously about

medicine only to other doctors. Lawyers

shop talk about their business primarily

in bar associations. Laymen generally are assumed to lack the interest and specialized knowledge

necessary to serious consideration of the work within the learned professions—even

if busy professional men had time to explain it to them. The Panama Canal Natural History

Society was founded on a different as- sumption on which it has flourished for 21 years and shows no sign of failing. It is an unusual, if not unique, alliance

of scientists and laymen mutually inter- ested in serious study of fields of natural

history ordinarily relegated by common

consent to the men of science. The "ain't nature wonderful" school

of thought is notably absent in the membership.

Dr. James Zetek and Dr. Herbert C.

Clark, world known for their work in science, have been leaders of the Society from the time of its founding. Presidency Switched The Presidency switched back and

forth between them in the early years but

Dr. Zetek says he is President now be- cause Dr. Clark has become too lazy. Dr.

Clark, who is Vice President, says it isn't that he's lazy—he's just too old to work.

Studies by W. E. Lundy, SecretaryTreasurer of the Society, which have been

published by the American Museum of Natural History, illustrate the serious

scientific purpose of many so-called lay- men members. The interest which prompted the papers and the caliber of the work are termed by

Dr. Zetek "excellent" and "finished" and

used to prove another unique feature of the Natural History Society. He says it would be hard to find an- other area with similar population in which there are so many people interested

in natural history. His only explanation

is that the Isthmus has so much of it. Two studies by Mr. Lundy, Assistant Treasurer of the Panama Canal Company,

will be included in a special volume to be

published by the American Museum of Natural History, an anthology of out- standing articles from past publications

of Natural History Magazine. Member's Article Published Mr. Lundy's published articles include

studies of the sloth, "The Upside Down

Animal," and Panama potoos (Nyctibius

griseus panamensis), night birds related to the whippoor-will and nighthawk, published under the title "Poor-Me-One."

Another on howler monkeys has been

accepted for publication. George 0. Lee, Professor of Biology at the Canal Zone Junior College is Li- brarian of the Natural History Society.

DR. JAMES ZETEK, left, and DR. HERBERT C. CLARK, right, have been the only presidents of the Panama Canal Natural History Society. President

is Dr. Zetek, Curator of Harm Colorado Island Biological Laboratory of the Smithsonian Institution and

Entomologist for the Department of Agriculture.

Dr. Clark, Director of Gorgas Memorial Institute,

is Vice President. W. E. Lundy, center, Assistant Treasurer of the Panama Canal Company, is Secre- tary-Treasurer of the Society. The three are looking

at a jar of Panama's golden frogs named Aielopus

tarius zeteki for Dr. Zetek.

He has lectured several times at the

Society's monthly meetings. Talks by members of the Society and

by other Isthmians have been interspersed with lectures by a long list of visitors whose names read like a page from

Who's Who. A few of the many visiting lecturers were: Dr. Raymond Ditmars, Ph. D., Curator of Reptiles for the New York City

Zoological Park; Dr. Charles L. Gazin, Chief of the Division of Vertebrate Paleontology of the Smithsonian Institution; Dr. Emmett R. Dunn, Professor of Biology at Haverford College; Dr. A. A.

Allen, Professor of Ornithology at Cornell University; Dr. Frank M. Chapman,

Sc. D., Curator-in-Chief of the Division

of Birds of the American Museum of Natural History; Dr. Thomas Barbour,

Ph. D., Sc. D., Director of the Museum

of Comparative Zoology of Harvard

University; Dr. Arthur H. Compton,

Ph. D., Sc. D., of the University of Chicago; Dr. A. G. Price, Master of St. Mark's College, University of Adelaide,

Australia; Dr. Alexander Petrunkevitch, Ph. D., of the University of Freiburg;

Professor Arthur M. Chickering, Professor of Biology at Albion College, Mich.;

Dr. Per Host of Sweden; and Dr. Matthew M. Stirling, Chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology of the Smithsonian

Institution. A list of scientists who have lectured

to the group could be extended almost

indefinitely with the same Who's Who

effect. 220th Meeting The January meeting was the Society's 220th. The meetings are held on the fourth Wednesday of the month in the auditorium of Gorgas Memorial Laboratory in Panama City. Members acknowledge their debt to

their President and Vice President for the type of lecturers they have had, many or most of whom might not ordinarily talk to nonscientific audiences or would com- mand elsewhere lecture fees that would

be prohibitive. They consider it possible that the

scientific standing of Dr. Clark and Dr.

Zetek, as well as the services they perform

for many visiting scientists, make it diffi- cult for the visitors to decline when they

are asked to speak to the Society. Since members seldom resign from the Society (it seems they have to die or move away from the Isthmus to leave the group, Dr. Zetek says), the President assumes they think they get their money's worth from the $1 annual dues. Money Matters But the Society, in common with many

other groups, has its small money troubles. Members who go along for years are not

pressed for payment of dues. Others continue to pay long after they leave the Isthmus. Then every now and then a good sized check is received from a former

or present member as a gesture of grati- tude to the Natural History Society. "We aren't in it for the money," Dr. Zetek says drily about the non-businesslike attitude toward dues. The dues pay for the monthly letter from the President telling members about
February 6, 1953 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW

coming meetings, written in a style that is unmistakably Dr. Zetek's own.

j' Personally, I would not exactly say

that this was a 'chance of a life time'," he wrote about a coming lecture by a visiting

scientist, "but without hesitation I do say

that we will have this Wednesday a peer among very few equals."

lie concluded about another subject to be dealt with by a visitor, "To me, all of

this is most interesting." Apropos of a

lecture on impressions of Tahiti, Dr. Zetek reminisced, "I remember many

years ago I hoped that I could establish myself in Tahiti or in French Oceania." Many Inquiries Received The small cost of correspondence

carried on by the Secretary-Treasurer

also is defrayed by the $1 dues paid annually by the members. The Society

receives inquiries from many individuals and scientific groups asking all manner of information from the Panama Canal group. The queries apparently come from

people, according to Dr. Zetek, who labor under the impression the local Society has a full-time secretary and lots of time and assistance to delve into all manner of

scientific problems.

Officers labor to answer as many in- quiries as possible but the ones that are not- replied to are dismissed with the simple philosophy: If the problem is im- portant enough, they will write again. Many of the most interesting lectures have come from the Society's own

membership.

Dr. Clark, Director of the Gorgas Memorial Institute, the "Jungle Doctor"

featured in the October 4 1952 issue of the Saturday Evening Post, has spoken

on several occasions. First Lecture by Dr. Clark Some of the early phases of his studies

of tropical maladies which have made him

the "Old Man of Tropical Medicine" and

earned him a long list of medical honors

including the Walter Reed Medal, were

discussed at the first meeting of the Society on August 19, 1931. The subject of that lecture was "the

influence of animal reservoirs on diseases

of domestic animals and man," illustrated with microscopic exhibits of germs of several diseases common to men and

animals. Dr. Zetek, Curator of the Barro

Colorado Island Biological Laboratory of the Smithsonian Institution and Entomologist in the Canal Zone for the Depart- ment of Agriculture, filled the first of several speaking engagements for the group at the third meeting of the Society. Lectures by Dr. Zetek

His first lectures to the members also reflected his special scientific interests: termites, fruit flies, teredos, and other marine borers, moltusks, and medical entomology. He is a member of the Washington

Academy of Science, the Cosmos Club of Washington, D. C, a corresponding member of the Zoological Society of London, was named an honorary member

of Byrd's Second Antartic Expedition and

has headed the Section of Biological Sciences at the American Scientific Congress. Not the least of his services to science

and incidentally to the Society—is the

assistance he has given to some 500

scientists who have visited and done

research at Barro Colorado Island. A brochure published about the Society

WHITE, TALL-PILLARED Gorgas Memorial

Laboratory on Justo Arosemena Avenue in the

Exposition Grounds section of Panama City has been

the meeting place for the Natural History Society for 21 years. The meetings are held in the building's auditorium which is usually filled to capacity.

says that at the time of its founding "it was believed that there were a sufficient number of men of science in our midst and of independent observers to assure monthly programs of interest and value." That belief has been well justified. Several of the members who played a prominent part in the founding of the

Society later lectured to the group

concerning their special interests and

fields of inquiry. Local Lecturers Karl P. Curtis, former Canal employee who now lives in Gamboa, is a recognized

authority on archeology on the Isthmus and has served as guide for most of the

archeological expeditions sent to the Isth- mus from the United States. He spoke on more than one occasion to the members

of the Society. The late Fred McKim, former employee

of the Property Bureau of the Canal

organization, was an authority on the Indians of the Darien country and San

Bias Islands and spoke to the group on

that subject. He authored two studies on

Indians of the Isthmus: San Bias and The

Forbidden Land; A Reconnaissance of the Upper Bayano River. The late R. Z. Kirkpatrick, former

Chief Hydrographer and Chief of Surveys

in the Canal organization, was an ardent outdoorsman and a capable observer of the natural history around him. He spoke

to the group on tides and weather

conditions. Other members who were prominent in the founding of the Society were Professor Alejandro Mendez, Director of the National Museum of Panama; 0. T. Marstrand, who retired in 1937 as Chief of the Property Bureau of the Canal; H. H.

Evans, who retired in 1943 as Assistant Superintendent of the Mechanical Division; L. H. De Vore, who retired in 1948

as Commissary Accountant; and A. J. Dorn, who retired in 1950 as Lockmaster

at Pacific Locks. Nine Charter Members Now

Nine of the Society's 70 charter members remain in the organization today:

T. Gabriel Duque, Van Allen Lyman, who

is now in Costa Rica, Mr. Curtis, Mr. and

Mrs. Lee, Dr. H. M. Mitten, Mr. Lundy,

Dr. Clark, and Dr. Zetek. Lectures do not always deal with

scientific treatment of subjects. A. I. Bauman, Senior Supervisor of the Grounds Maintenance Division, talked to the group on the history of sport fishing

in Panama. F. M. Foore, a former Army

employee in the Canal Zone, spoke on

"Cartagena, Pearl of the Indies." Edwin F. Rigby, Chief of the Purchasing Section of the Balboa Storehouse,

talked on "Impressions of Tahiti and

French Oceania," after his trip to Tahiti

in the 72-foot ketch Palmosa. Frank

Violette, Panama Contractor, talked to the Society about fishing off Pinas Bay. One of Dr. Zetek's few regrets about

the Natural History Society is that there

are so many more members who have

interesting things to say but do not

consider themselves lecturers and do not

talk to the Society.

First Thirty Apartments

Of New Paraiso Housing To Be Finished This Month

The first 30 units of the 244 apartments

being built at Paraiso are scheduled for completion early this month. The 30

apartments, in 15 houses, are in the south- ern end of Paraiso, near the ball park. They will be transferred to the Housing

Division after acceptance by the Contract and Inspection Division and will be

assigned soon. No more Paraiso quarters are due to be completed before March. After that they will be finished at the rate of several each week. A]] 124 units in south Paraiso will probably be completed before those in north Paraiso are finished. The contract for the Paraiso housing is held by Tucker McClure; its completion

date is July 3. A contract for the construction of two new school buildings at Paraiso and for alterations to existing school buildings was opened late last month.
10 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW February 6, 1953 Forty Years Ago

In January

A steam shovel started excavation for the entrance basin and Dry Dock No. 1 at Balboa. As excavation equipment was released from other Canal work, additional shovels were to be put to work

on this project.

The third case of sunstroke reported by Canal physicians during 8yi years of Canal work occurred Ifi years ago. The

victim, an Italian laborer, recovered. YMCA workers labored mightily to provide lunches for sailors who inspected Canal installations from special Panama

Railroad trains when the Atlantic Fleet

visited the Isthmus in January 1913 to become acquainted with the new water- way.The YMCA also provided two information bureaus, one on either side of the Isthmus, and a committee at Gatun to

tell the visitors about the Locks. The sailors—from 23 ships in four divi- sions—were taken from Colon to Panama

at a rate of about 1,000 per day for four davs. A new steamship, the Panama, built in Scotland, was brought to Panama by the recently organized Panama Steamship Company and was placed in service be- tween Panama and David and intermediate points. The new ship was of "1,000

tons burthen and equipped with electric

lights, baths, and other conveniences". Canal employees received 10 percent dis- counts on fares.

Erection of the east emergency dam

at Gatun Locks was started and S40 tons

of material were received for the east dam at Pedro Miguel. A few concrete lamp posts were erected and exhaustive studies concerning the illumination of the locks had progressed to the point that the future lighting system

icas described in the Canal Record. Explaining that the aim was to approach

sunlight distribution as closely as possible in the exterior lights at the locks, the Record

stated: "Advances during recent years in lamp manufacture make it possible to obtain nearly white light by the use of the metallic filament lamp, and to obtain nearly uniform distribution of lighting flux by the use of a properly designed

reflector." A lecture on "Alcohol," scheduled to be given by a Dr. Orenstein at Isthmian Canal Commission Clubhouses, was in- definitely postponed because the Doctor was ill.

Work on a Macadam highway from Gamboa toward Empire, on the cast side of the Canal, was started by convicts who

had been busy up to that time on construction of the Canal Zone portion of the Empire-Chorrera Road.

Plans were made to extend the Car- denas River bridge on the highway

between Corozal and Miraflores because

the opening of 30 feet between abutments had proved inadequate during freshets. The road had been washed out twice during the previous rainy season.

CHEZ ELOISE, annual fashion show of students

in Balboa High School household arts classes, featured 50 mannequins for a night modeling their own

creations they had made in sewing classes. The

show, named for Miss Eloise Monroe, instructor

of household arts, was held January 21 on the Hi«jh

School lawn. The models shown here in the dresses they made

are, left to right: Mitzi Siegel, Pat Steiner, Ann

McGee, and Janeth Willoe. Frankie Lerchen and

his accordion, hft, made a solo appearance at the

fashion show.

EXTRA LONG shower cuitains, 6

: 2 feet long —long enough to stretch between the shower curtain rods and the floor in all Canal

houses —are being made on special order for the Commissary Division by a manufacturer

in the United States. So if you have one of the 'outsize' bathrooms that standard shower

curtains don't fit, just keep on mopping until about the end of February, when the special shower curtains are expected to arrive.

Fresh frozen coffee is one of the newest

wrinkles in the frozen food line. rresn j^ e (Commissary Division has ordered

Coffee a sma " supply of the "Snow Crop"

product so Canal people can give it a try. It will come in 5>£-ounce jars and is expected about the end of January.

ALUMINUM LAWN furniture, "Perma Gleam," has been ordeied from a Miami

manufacturer, and is expected to arrive in Feb.uary. There will be folding contoui

chairs, chaise lounge:, juvenile chairs and

juvenile rockers. The prices will range from $6.50 to $32.50.

A new vitamin solution, ABDEC drops, that can be given to babies, for in- [New

stance, in their milk or orange

Vitamin . Solution juice, is one of the new drug

products now being sold in the Commissaries. Other new drug products

include Parke-Davis hydrogen peroxide and

Caladryl lotion, a soothing skin lotion of calamine and benadryl for minor skin

irritations.

THERE ARE four new fresh frozen vegetablas

in the frozen food sections baby pod okra,

collards, kale, and butter beans. If you

haven't already discovered these new "Snow

Crop" products, you should give them a try.

Really fine woolens from England, for men's

or women's suits, are now available in the Commissaries and more are exc

ln

,? L pected soon. Almost every Brit- English , , ,

, . Woolens lsn boat that arrives has some wool

for the Commissary Division but exact arrival times for specific orders are

hard to predict because the manufacturing

process starts from scratch—with the purchase

of the yarn —when an order is placed. Expected soon, however, are tropical worsteds of fine quality in about seven shades

of grey, brown, and blue, in plain colors and

subdued stripes, that will cost about $7 for a

yard 58 inches wide; worsted gabardine, in green, slate blue, navy, tan and two shades

of brown, for about the same price; worsted wool Botany cloth in blue and brown pin

stripes at $5.50 a yard 56 inches wide,- and covert gabardine at about $6.50 a

yard, 58 inches wide. THERE ARE two new Gerbers baby cereals now available in the Commissaries. One is barley and the other is rice. They cost

1 8 cents.

Pert little handbags, handwoven of coconut Bags From fibre by natives of the Caroline The Carolines Islands, are new, finely made, and appealing in style as well as price.

PLASTIC planters, designed to do the most

for African violets and other house plants, are new in the houseware, section;.

There are lots of new Honeydeb Italian

raffia sandals in the shoe sections now. The

Commissary Division is one of the

J, £" first retail outlets to place the new

Raffia , tl Sandals snoes on sa ' e- '" ey come in so many color combinations and are

so pleasingly cheap—about $3.50 and

$4.25 —that women who want sandals are bound to find a pair or more that they consider "cute."
February 6, 1953 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW 11

Training Course Given To Supervisory Groups

From Five Canal Units

Four groups of Canal employees soon

will complete training courses designed

to teach thi-ni to lead planned conferences,

a means of "group thinking" widely adopted by industry in the United States

as one of the most effective means of solving certain types of industrial and

business problems. The courses in conference leadership

are conducted by the Training Section of the Personnel Bureau under the direction

of C. A. Dubbs, Training Officer. One of the conference leadership train- ing groups included nine supervisors from

the Electrical Division. Another group

of nine is composed of police sergeants and lieutenants. Seven trainees in an- other group are supervisory employees of Gatun Locks. The fourth training group

is made up of seven supervisory employees of the Division of Storehouses, the Personnel Bureau, and Grounds Maintenance and Electrical Divisions. The training groups started their meetings in October or November. The

two-hour meetings will continue weekly up to about the middle of February. The planned conference is only one of the techniques that can be used to train employees in industry and one which has been proven very effective for solving

certain types of problems. Training Techniques Differ The so-called "informational method"

of instruction usually takes the form of an address or lecture "pouring" many

facts into employees' minds. It is the method generally used when a large group

of employees with little experience need

to be taught a great deal in a short time. The "instructional method," another

training technique, is basically a 'learn- ing-by-doing" process in which a qualified instructor provides either individual or group instruction. This may be a demonstration in which the participants try out the principle that is being taught. The "conference method," on the other hand, deals with a specific problem which

is to be solved by the conferees. It

differs from the other types of training

in that conferees generally have a back- ground of information and experience to contribute to the solution and the ideas which are propagated come from the

participants themselves. One of the primary advantages of the conference system is that a specific prob- lem is solved and accepted by those taking part in the conference, who are

also the persons responsible for putting

the solution into practice. The planned conference of this type is not a glorified bull session. The confer- ence leader elicits ideas on the specific subject of the conference; acts as an

impersonal arbiter in the objective examination of facts; and helps guide the

conferees to a solution acceptable to all participants. The leader acts as stimulator and director; never as a teacher. Mr.

Dubbs, instructor of the groups, led only

the first six meetings of each group,

explaining some of the general techniques

that can be used by conference leaders. After the original instruction, each member of the training groups conducted a planned conference on a subject of his own choosing.

CONFERENCE LEADERSHIP TRAINING GROUPS

ONE TRAINING GROUP is composed of these supervisory employees of Atlantic Locks: Left to right: Howard Harris, Richard Danielson, Earl Cassrll, George Poole, and Morris Weich. i ither members of this group who were absent when the picture was taken are William Van Siclen and John Ward.

ANOTHER OF THE TRAINING GROUPS

includes these employees of the Personnel Bureau,

Electrical Division, Grounds Maintenance Division, and Division of Storehouses. Seated, left to right: James R. Doran, John Terry, H. D. Halverson, and

L. H. Demers. Standing: C. A. Dubbs,

Training Officer in charge of the classes, Boyd M.

Bevington and W. R. Lindsay. A. I. Bauman, another member of this group, was absent when the

picture was taken.

SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL of the Electrical Division made up another training group. Seated,

hit U> right: E. 0. Dailey, M. I". Millard, R. R.

E. L. Brown, and A. K. Miller. Standing: Mr. Dubbs, C. W. Chase, George C. Dunlap, T. J. Wilber, and J. R. Smith.

POLICE DIVISION' TRAINING GROUP.

Standing, left to right: Lt. William H. Munyon, Sgt. Edmund C. Fishbough, Sgt. Harvev G. Rhvne. and

Lt. Stewart Trail. Seated: Sgt. Jack C. Sutherland,

Sgt. James L. Hatcher. Sgt. Morton LeYee, and

Mr. Dubbs.

Lt. Richard Nichols and Sgt. Jack Morris were

absent when the picture was taken.
12 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW February 6, 1953

PACIFIC EVERGREEN

GARDEN CLUB A LARGE

ENTHUSIASTIC GROUP

The Pacific Evergreen Garden Club, which meets monthly in La Boca, is dedi- cated to the beautification of individual gardens and the planting, cultivation and

preservation of trees, shrubs and flowers

for the benefit of the entire community.

It is one of the newest organizations in the La Boca community, having been

organized last September, but has a large and enthusiastic membership that proves

it a healthy youngster. The roster now lists 104 members of the Club, compared with the membership

of 87 when the group was organized. Enthusiasm for the Club's activities was evidenced in November when a crowd of several thousand turned out for the first flower show held at Pacific Clubhouse. There is only one requisite for membership in the Club and that requirement

leaves plenty of room for the recruitment

of many more members, one of the aims

expressed by officers for the future of the

organization. Members Completed Classes Members must have completed one of the classes in flower arrangement which have been given during the past year by

Mrs. Charles P. ("Pat") Morgan. She

has held three classes in La Boca so far and each had about 90 members.

Several present members of the Garden

Club have attended all of the classes given in La Boca.

In the course of the flower arrangement

classes, Mrs. Morgan enlivened the inter- est in plants and flowers and provided the encouragement that resulted in the formation of the Pacific Evergreen Garden

Club. In view of the enthusiasm for plants and flowers she encouraged or developed in those in her classes, it is not

surprising that she was named an honor- ary board member when the club was

organized. Other honorary members of the Club

are Mrs. R. K. Morris, who assisted Mrs. Morgan in the flower arrangement classes

in La Boca; and Mrs. Lemuel B. Shirley, Honorary President, wife of Archdeacon

Shirley, Rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Panama and formerly of St. Peter's Church in La Boca.

Officers Of Club

President of the organization is Mrs. Frank S. Wason, whose husband works

in the Stevedoring Department of the Esso Shipping Company in Balboa. She won first prize for cut flowers in the Club's November flower show with an arrangement of elephant ears from her garden in the San Fernando/ Juan Diaz

section of Panama City.

First Vice President of the Club is Mrs.

Cornelius Lambert of Parque Lefevre who is employed in the Grocery Section

of the Ancon Commissary. Mrs. Allan Walker of Panama is Second Vice Presi- dent and won first prize in the horticul- tural arrangements at the Club's flower show. Other officers are: Mrs. Herbert W.

McKenzie of La Boca, Recording Secretary, whose husband is a boatswain in the Navigation Division; Mrs. Eric A. Greene of La Boca, Assistant Secretary, who works in the Dental Clinic in Ancon; and Mrs. James Ferguson of Parque

MRS. CHARLES P. "PAT" MORGAN, whose

classes in flower arrangement resulted in the formation of the Pacific Evergreen Garden Club, is shown

here with officers of the organization. Mrs. Morgan

is an honorary board member. Left to right, front row: Mrs. Frank S. Wason, President; Mrs. Cornelius Lefevre, Treasurer, who works in the hardware section of the Ancon Commissary, and won first prize at the flower show in the fruit and vegetable arrange- ments; and Mrs. Isaac W. Ingleton of La Boca, Chaplain, whose husband works

for the Oil Handling Plant.

Officers of the Club took all top honors

at the flower show with only two exceptions: Mrs. Steve Sinclair of Panama, who

won first prize for arrangements of dry

Retired Pilot Expands

Story of Canal Island

Additional light on one of the Canal

Zone's oldest legends has been brought

in a letter to The Panama Canal Review

from Capt. A. R. McDaniel, retired

pilot whose Canal service began in 1909. The legend, referred to briefly in the January 1952 issue of The Review, has

to do with a near-international inci- dent brought about when a British

flag was planted on an island which

suddenly appeared in Gaillard Cut not

long after the Canal was opened. From Southern Pines, North Carolina, Captain McDaniel writes: "Tommy Doran, a dipper tender, from his elevated seat in the boom of the dredge PaRAISO, 'discovered' the

island and promptly placed a small

British flag on its top. Mr. MacFarlane

(J. MacFarlane, Superintendent of Dredging) appeared on the scene and

wanted to know who had planted

the flag. "Tommy answered him, saying 'Oi did it in the name of our auld country.' None of the many men present could

agree on just what the Superintendent

said, but they were all in accord about

the vegetation from the water's edge

to near the Old Administration build- ing being seared as if from the flame

of a blow torch. "From the foregoing you can readily understand that no part of an 'inter- national incident' could have been

raised because Superintendent MacFarlane was wholly capable of handling any local matter that might come up." With his letter, Mr. MacDaniel encloses a note from the "Tommy Doran"

referred to. Mr. Doran, who was born

in Ireland, worked during construction days as a barge engineer. He retired

in 1934, but reported that he had been

in World War II from 1942 to 1945. Later he went to India, Africa, and

South America. His letter was written from Deer Park, New York.

Lambert, First Vice President; and Mrs. James

Ferguson, Treasurer. Back row: Mrs. Allan Walker, Second Vice President; Mrs. Eric A. Greene, Assist- ant Secretary; Mrs. Herbert W. McKenzie, Recording

Secretary; Mrs. Isaac W. Ingleton, Chaplain; and

Mrs. Morgan. and exotic plants, and Mrs. Leon

Headley, whose husband is an employee

of the Motor Transportation Division in Gamboa, who won the first prize in arrangements for special occasions. Committees Show Club Functions

Special committees of the organization

illustrate some of the functions of the Club. Mrs. Ernest Robertson, whose husband

is manager of the Paraiso Clubhouse, heads the committee in charge of the exchange of plants among members of the Club. Mrs. Wilfred Fraser of Panama, whose

husband works at Fort Gulick, heads the committee of the Club in charge of garden

tours. The first of what are expected

to become a series of monthly visits to members' gardens was a tour in November of Mrs. Morgan's gardens on Gaillard Highway. The second in the proposed series of garden tours was a New Year's Day

"open house" for Club members at the home of Mrs. Wason, President of the

organization. Miss Amy Webley of Panama, who

works at the La Boca Clubhouse, heads

the publicity committee. A housing committee was occasioned by early difficulties about a meeting

place. The first meetings were held in the Parish Hall of St. Peter's Church in La Boca. Now the group meets on the second Monday of the month at the study

hall at the La Boca Occupational High

School. Head of the housing committee

is Miss Inez McLean of Panama.

Mrs. Floyd Johnson, Librarian at the La Boca Occupational High School, is chairman of the program committee, which is in charge of the programs for the monthly meetings. Another function of the Club- -without

benefit of special committee -is that of sending flowers to members who are ill. Present members of the Club- strictly feminine at this point -hope to encourage

their husbands to take part in activities of the organization. Thus far, however, the

potential male members have taken no

part in the proceedings except for a hangup male attendance at the first flower show.
February 6, 1953 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW 13 STATISTICS ON CANAL TRAFFIC

For the purpose of comparison between pre war and post-war traffic through the Panama Canal, statistics the fiscal year 1938 are used in this section, as being more nearly normal for peace time than those for 1cs for

939.

Canal Shipping Heads

Toward New Records

For Fiscal Year 1953

Shipping through the Panama Canal, which has been breaking records steadily

for some time now, is headed for another new record this fiscal year if the present volume continues. A total of 336 more commercial vessels, large and small, went through the Canal

during the second quarter of fiscal year

1953 than in the corresponding quarter of

fiscal year 1952. For the first two quarters

this fiscal year 3,597 large (300 tons or over) commercial vessels have transited, compared to 3,065 for the first two quarters

in fiscal year 1952. Tolls are correspondingly high. For the

first two quarters of 1953 a'tota^l of $15,575,- 000 has been collected, as compared to $12,902,000 for the same period in 1952.

Statistics just released by the Management Division indicate a number of interest- ing trends in Canal shipping. Intercoastal Traffic Up

Although intercoastal shipping is still considerably lower than in fiscal year 1938,

last normal pre- World War II year, it is again on the increase. During the quarter just concluded, there were 65 more large commercial transits in the intercoastal trade than during the corresponding period in fiscal year 1952. Other main trade routes which also show

a marked increase are those between the United States East Coast and South America, the United States East Coast and the Far East, and the route between Europe and the United States and Canadian West Coast. Some decline in traffic appears this past

quarter, as compared to fiscal year 1952,

in the following routes: United States East

Coast to Central America, United States East Coast to Australasia, and between Europe and Australasia. The United States continues to hold the No. 1 spot as the nation whose flag transits the Canal most frequently. Great Britain and Norway follow, in that order, as they

did in the corresponding period last year and in the first quarter this year. Panamanian-registered ships moved into the No. 4 spot, with Honduran vessels, which had been fourth, moving back to No. 5. German Shipping Increases The increase in Japanese shipping continued, with that nation which had only 29 vessels transiting in the second quarter

last year now in sixth place with 81 ships. Another marked increase was in the number

of German ships, 50 this past quarter, as compared to only one during the corresponding period last year. Other national

increases were in the numbers of Liberian,

Irish, Italian, Spanish, and Venezuelan

registered vessels. Mineral oil continued as the prime commodity carried on the Atlantic-Pacific

routes, although it is slightly less this quarter than the last. On the Pacific-Atlantic routes ores now rank first in number of tons

carried through the Canal. The only commodities showing a decline

in the Atlantic-Pacific trade are sulphur and

cement, while a marked increase appears in the number of tons of coal, iron and steel manufactures, sugar, phosphates, and

machinery.

In the Pacific-Atlantic routes, ores out- stripped lumber this quarter as the No. 1 commodity, although lumber, wheat, ni- trates, and bananas all show a marked

upswing in amount from the previous

quarter. Sugar shipped on these routes was considerably less than in the first quarter of fiscal year 1953.

Principal commodities shipped through Canal

(All figures in long tons)

Figures in parentheses in 1938 and 1952 columns indicate

relative positions in those years ATLANTIC TO PACIFIC

Commodity

Mineral oils. Coal and Coke

Manufacturers of iron and steel Sugar

Phosphates Paper and paper products Machinery

Sulphur Automobiles Raw cotton Tinplate Cement

Canned food products Ammonium compounds

Ores, various

All others Total

Second Quarter—Fiscal Year

1953 1,155,677 679,396

405,089

177,715

100,529 88,629

81,764

72,283 64,879

63,564

59,342 46,596

34,997

13,062 9,573

1,278,046

1952 909,773

410,689

381,639

124,311 187,657

107,185 70,287 68.856

97,693 98,985(10)

67,395 (12) 57,850 (9) 26,810 (21) 30,964 (18) 7.109 (28) 952,169

4,331.141 3.599,372

1938 287,537 (3) 37.108(14)

479,661 (1) 971 (31) 71,763 (6) 94,572 (5) 40,773(10)

101,599 (7) 81,751 (9) 18,155(13)

54,507 (8) 37,256(11)

38,451 (15) 15,806(22) 24,366(18) 902,124

2,286,400 PACIFIC TO ATLANTIC

Commodity

Second Quarter, Fiscal Year

1953 1952 1938 883,220

864,238

792,428

340,142

330,603

220,649

195,835

179,513 126,844 86,715

63,065

55,107

49,481 48,714

32,769 583,290

936,585 (1) 829,215 (2) 413,053 (3) 285,351 (5) 370,334 (4) 182,532 (7) 204,389 (8) 158,607 (6) 95,533 (9) 166,515 (10) 66,016 (13) 44,176(14)

38,963 (17) 38,368 (16) 7,517 {ii) 779,083

524,191 (3) 671,973 (2) Wheat 217,658 (7) 303,166 (6) 306,890 (5) 4,911 (29) 179,591 (8) 302,617 (4) Refrigerated food products (ex- 64,079(10) 665,884 (1) 33,454(18) 33,884(16)

120,664 (12) 32,369 (20) 1,928 (*) 920,582

Total 4,852,613 4,616,237 4,383,841 MONTHLY COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC AND TOLLS

Vessels of 300 tons net or over By fiscal years

Transits

Tolls

(In thousands of dollars) 1953 1952 1938 1953 1952 1938

July 529 463 457 $2,343 $1,981 $2,030

533 490 505 2,288 2,103 2,195

615 516 444 2,636 2,188 1,936

674 544 461 2,917 2,230 1,981

620 502 435 2,611 2,053 1,893

626 550 439 2,679 2,347 1,845

522 444 2,121 1,838

507 436 2,082 1,787

613 506 2,512 2,016

\ r'l 601 487 2,423 1,961 May 622 485 2,481 1,887

594 445 2,401 1,801

Totals for first 6 months of 3.597 3,065 2,741 $15,474 $12,902 $11,880
14 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW February 6, 1953 THIS MONTH'S CALENDAR

FEBRUARY

7th—Track Foreman No. 2741, Balboa B & B Shops. 8th Sheetmetal Workers, Balboa Clubhouse, 9:30 a. m. Plumbers No. 606, Balboa Lodge Hall, 9:30 a. m. 9th—Machinists No. 699, K. of C. Hall. Margarita, 7:30 p. in. American Legion Post 1, Legion Home,

7:30 p. m.

10th—Pipefitters, Margarita Clubhouse,

7:30 p. m.

Electrical Workers No. 397, Wirz

Memorial, 7:30 p. m. VFW Post 100, Old Boy Scout Building,

Cristobal, 7:30 p. m. American Legion Post 7, Fort Clavton,

7:30 p. m. Legion Auxiliary Unit 1, Balboa

Legion Home, 7:30 p. m. 11th—Carpenters and Joiners, Balboa Lodge Hall, 7:30 p. m.

Pacific Civic Council, Board Room,

Administration Building, 7:30 p. m. American Legion Post 2, Legion Home, Old Cristobal. 13th Blacksmiths No. 400, Boilermakers Nos. 463 and 471, K. of C. Hall, Margarita, 7:30 p. m.

15th CLU-MTC, Balboa Lodge Hall, 8:30 a. m. 16th—Electrical Workers No. 677, Gatun

Masonic Temple, 7:30 p. m. Truckdrivers, Balboa Lodge Hall, 7:30

p. m. 17th—Operating Engineers No. 595, K. of C. Hall, Margarita, 7 p. m. Machinists No. 811, Balboa Lodge Hall, 7:30 p. m. 18th—Teachers No. 227, General Library, Balboa High School, 7 p. m. AFGE No. 14, Balboa Clubhouse, 7:30

p. m. American Legion Auxiliary Unit 3, Gatun Legion Home, 7:30 p. m. 19th—American Legion Auxiliary Unit

6, Gamboa Legion Hall, 7:30 p. m. 22d—Machinists No. 699, K. of C. Hall, Margarita, 7:30 p. m. 23d—VFW Auxiliary, Post 3822 Home,

7:30 p. m. 24th—Operating Engineers No. 595, Balboa Lodge Hall, 7 p. m. American Legion Post 7, Fort Clayton, 7:30 p. m. 25th —Governor - Employee Conference,

Board Room, Administration Building,

2 p. m. VFW Post 100, Old Boy Scout Building,

Cristobal, 7:30 p. m. American Legion Auxiliary Unit 2, Legion Home, Old Cristobal, 7:30

p. m. MARCH

1st—VFW Post 3857, Cristobal Veterans

Club, 9 a. m.

2d Postal Employees No. 23160, Bal- boa Lodge Hall, 7:30 p. m. Pedro Miguel Civic Council, Union

Church, 7 p. m. Cristobal-Margarita Civic Council,

Margarita Clubhouse, 7:30 p. m. VFW Post 727, Fort Clavton, 7:30 p. m. VFW Post 3822, Curundu Road, 7 :30 p.m. American Legion Post 3, Gatun Legion

Hall, 7:30 p. m. 3d—Meatcutters and Butchers No.

121, Officers' Home, 7:30 p. m. Teachers, No. 228, Auditorium, Cristobal High School, 3:30 p. m. Gamboa Civic Council, Community

Center, 7:30 p. m. Gatun Civic Council, Gatun Clubhouse, 7:30 p. m. Machinists No. 811, Balboa Lodge Hall, 7:30 p. m. 4th—VFW Post 40, Wirz Memorial,

7:30 p. m. Isthmian Nurses Association, Building 283, Gorgas Hospital, 8 p. m. 5th—Carpenters and Joiners No. 667, Margarita Clubhouse, 7:30 p. m. Marine Engineers, Jewish Welfare

Board, 7 p. m. 6th—American Legion Post 6, Gamboa

Legion Home, 7:30 p. m.

December 15 through January 15 The following list contains the names of those V. S.-rate employees who were trans- ferred from one division to another (unless the change is Administrative) or from one

type of work to another. It does not contain within-grade promotions or regradings. CIVIL AFFAIRS BUREAU

Alan C. Gillespie from Guard, Pacific Locks, to Postal Clerk, Postal Service. Mrs. Evelyn M. Taylor from Substitute Teacher to Kindergarten Assistant, Schools

Division. Mrs. Beatrice M. Rhyne from ClerkTypist, License Section, to Clerk-Stenographer, Office of the Civil Affairs Director. Lyon J. Hoard from File Clerk, Record

Section, Administrative Branch, to Postal

Clerk, Postal Service. Robert L. Jordan * 2 from Heavy Truck

Driver, Motor Transportation Division, to Fireman, Fire Division. COMMUNITY SERVICES BUREAU

Mrs. Ellen E. Bailey from Property and

Supply Clerk, Record Section, Administra- February Sailings

From Cristobal

STEAMER Leave Cristobal 10 a. m. Friday

Arrive Port-au- Prince 7 a. m. Sunday, leave noon Sunday

Arrive New York 8 a. m. Thursday A neon _ _ . Panama -. _ Cristobal

February 13 February 20 February 27 March 7

February 15 February 22 March 1 March 9 (Monday)

February 19 February 26 March 5 March 13 (Saturday 1 (Friday) From New York

STEAMER Leave Neic York

4 p. m. Tuesday

Arrive Port-au- Prince 7 a. m.

Saturday, leave

4 p. m. Saturday

Arrive Cristobal 2 p. m. Monday Panama _ February 10 February 17 February 26 (Thursday)

March ' 3

February 14 February 21 March 2 (Monday)

March 7

February 16 February 23 March 4 (Wednesday)

March ~l)

CnstobaF- . . Ancon * . _ Panama _ - - . . . .

* Schedule changed because of Washington's Birthday holiday.

tive Branch, to Clerk-Typist, Housing

Division.OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER

Mrs. Chiquita C. Cassibry, ClerkTypist, from Terminals Division to Typist,

Office of the Comptroller. John N. Walker, III from Postal Clerk, Postal Service, to Cash Accounting Clerk Accounting Division. Mrs. Frances A. Hunter from ClerkTypist, Contract and Inspection Division,

to Clerk-Stenographer, Plant Inventory and

Appraisal Branch. Charles L. Nix from Contract Assistant, Contract and Inspection Division, to Valuation Engineer Plant Inventory and Appraisal Branch. Mrs. Margaret M. Janssen from

Clerk-Typist, Accounting Division, to Clerk Stenographer, Management Division. ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION BUREAU

Samuel B. Mauldin from Powerhouse

Operator-Dispatcher to Power Dispatcher,

Electrical Division. Augustus R. Kam from Civil Engineering Aid, Engineering Division, to Contract

Assistant, Contract and Inspection Division. Chester R. Boltz from Wireman to Distribution Foreman, Electrical Division. William A. Muller from Apprentice Wireman to Wireman, Electrical Division. Miss Maria I. Uribe from Typist, Engineering Division, to Clerk-Typist, Contract and Inspection Division. HEALTH BUREAU

Miss Annie L. Allnutt, Dental Hygienist, from Gorgas Hospital, to Pacific Dental

Clinic^. MARINE BUREAU

Victor L. Sanger from Junior Fere nan, Ferry Service, to Tractor-Bulldozer Operator, Dredging Division. John F. Martin, Guard, from Atlantic

to Pacific Locks. Maurice F. Dunn from Towboat Master

to Senior Towboat Master, Navigation

Division. Frank D. Harris from Master {Taboga)

to Maintenance Superintendent (Chief, Aids to Navigation Section). Charles F. Brown and Heyward A. Shingler, Lock Operator (Wireman), from

Atlantic to Pacific Locks. Abe L. Lincoln from Rigger to Lock

Overhaul Foreman, Locks Division. Carl R. Meissner from Life Guard,

Physical Education and Recreation Branch,

Schools Division, to Checker, Locks Division.RAILROAD AND TERMINALS BUREAU

Mrs. Zulu Lee Smith, Clerk-Typist, from Electrical Division to Terminals Division.Mrs. Louise K. Allen, from Accounting

Clerk, Printing Plant, to Clerk- Typist, Terminals Division. Charles E. Chase from Heavy Truck

Driver, Motor Transportation Division, to Ganger and Foreman, Cribtender, Terminals Division. SUPPLY AND SERVICE BUREAU

Mrs. Helen T. Bradley from Card Punch Operator, Accounting Division, to Clerk, Division of Storehouses. Kenneth N. Woodcock from Cash

Accounting Clerk, to Commissars Assist- ant, Commissary Division. Samuel Dubin from Cash Accounting

Clerk to Storekeeper Division of Storehouses Edward T. Rathgeber from Storekeeper.

to Cash Accounting Clerk I tivision of Store- houses, James B. Gilder from Commissary

Assistant to Property .uu\ Supply Clerk, Commissary Division. Leo J. Krziza, Accounting Clerk, from Maintenance I >i\ ision to Motor Transportation Division. Earl E. Trout, Safety Inspector, from Commissary Division to Office of Supply and Service Director. Max R. Hart, Safety Inspector, from Motor Transportation Division, in Office of Supply and Service Director. Reed R. Mcllvaine, from Stevedore Foreman, Terminals Division, to Supervisory Steward, Hotel Tivoli.
February 6, 1953 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW 15

ANNIVERSARIES

CANAL TRANSITS—COMMERCIAL AND U. S. GOVERNMENT

Employees who observed importanl anniversaries during the month of January •'"• li-tcd alphabetical^ below. The numbei

of years includes .ill Governmenl service with the (-'anal or other agencies. Those

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

Gregor Gramlich, Dipper Dredge Master, I dredging I >ivision.

<5 YEARS

Gapt. Lucien A. Skeels, Panama Canal

Pilot, Navigation Division.

25 YEARS Ruth E. Creasy, Elementary School

Principal, Diablo Heights, Schools Division,

l.ela M. Holden, Elementary Teacher, Balboa, Schools Division. John A. Knox, Lock Operator-Machinist, Locks Division.

20 YEARS

George T. Darnall, Jr., Hydrographic

Engineer, Dredging Division. VVilmer I.. Downing, Payroll Clerk, Finance Bureau. Richard W. Fuller, Voucher Examiner,

Finance Bure m. Capt. William C. Hearon, Panama

Canal Pilot, Navigation Division. Carl W. Hoffmeyer, Postal Clerk,

Postal, Customs, and Immigration Division. Noble A. Phillips, Sheetmetal Worker,

Industrial Bureau. Christian S. Skeie, Sanitation Inspector, Health Bureau. Frank D. Spencer, Hydrographic Engineer, Dredging Division.

15 YEARS Edward M. Altman, Magistrate, Bal- boa Magistrate's Court. Clarence L. Dimmick, Service Mechanic and Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Mechanic, Commissary Division. Russell E. Hileman, Housing Manager,

Pedro Miguel, Housing Division. Douglas Jordan, Bricklayer and Boiler- maker, Industrial Bureau. Ernest P. Muzzio, Construction In- spector (Plumbing), Contracts and Inspection Division. RETIREMENTS IN JANUARY

Employees who retired at the end of January, their birthplaces, titles, length of service at retirement, and their future addresses are: Melville L. Booz, Pennsylvania; Cash

Accounting Clerk, Office of the Comptroller;

26 years, 5 months, 12 days; address

uncertain. John T. O'Donnell, Pennsylvania;

Civil Engineering Aid, Maintenance Division; 26 years, 9 months, 20 days; Philadelphia, Pa.

Acting Governor Conducts Conference

{Continued from page 3) comparison was

being studied. Sam Roe, of the Pacific Civic Council, asked if the daily air raid siren tests could not be made at some time other than at noon and if the daily tests are necessary. Attending the conference were: Colonel Paxson, Mr. Doolan, F. G. Dunsmoor, Administrative Assistant to the Governor, for the Administration; Henry

C. Simpson, Marine Engineers; F. H.

Hodges, Locomotive Engineers; S. J. Garriel, Plumbers; Mr. Lovelady; Robert

C. Daniel, Conductors; M. J. Goodin, Mr. Rice, Mr. Hammond, and Mr. Roe,

Civic Councils; Carl F. Maedl, Walter Wagner, Mr. Luhr, John R. Townsend,

E. J. Husted, and Henry Chenevert,

Central Labor Union; Otto Hemerichs, a

visitor from the Washington office, and

C. R. Vosburgh, Schools.

Second Quarter—Fisral Year

1953 1952 loss

Atlantic

to

Pai mm

to

X 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 i

. Total Total Total

( Commercial \ essels:

( Icean-going 956 964 1,920 1,596 1,335 Small 134 136 270 258 536

1 (I'M) 1,100 2, ion 1,854 1 S71 **U. S. Government vessels: Ocean-going 174 84 258 152 'Small . .

.

43 52 95. 84

Total commercial and U. S. Government 1,307 1,236 2,543 2.090

*Yessels under 300 net tons or 500 displacement tons. "Vessels on which tolls are credited. Prior to July 1, ships transited free. 1951 . < iovernment-operated Canal commercial traffic by nationality of vessels

Second Quarter—Fiscal Year

Nationality 1953 1952 1938 Number of transits Tons of cargo Number of transits Tons of cargo

Number of transits Tons of cargo

Argentine 2 4,270

3 297

115 25

347

31

1 36

1 19 115

1,523 1,871,704 50,899

40,252

29,926

16,676 235.345

26,451 2,200

153,920 9,400

163.541 139,349

British.. 342

13833

446

38

1.985,014

80.322 57,113

34,871 20,162

192,353 26,174

297

1

1 447 7?0

Colombian

Costa Rican.

.

Danish. Ecuadorean. _ 56 220,973

38

50

26

99

153,249 55,900

238.848

141,777

28

83

19

13 Honduran 869

13 235

26

1729

11

I

434 3,070

89,716

154,169 67,049

Irish : 1237

8133

5

2 30

5 229

112

75

8,230

178.416 496.489

198,441 15,643

10,837 144,044 2,338 825.438

583,123

14,663 24.268

Italian _. 1372 46.192

418 525

Liberian Mexican Moroccan

Netherlands. Nicaraguan.

23 135,513 74 205,439 Norwegian Panamanian

Peruvian

Philippine

210

916

7

4

861,976 491,110

1.986 40,216

11,656

15139

1

795,486

94,155

1,148

2 4 990

Spanish.. 11 49

3 584

16

53,471 170,340 25,687 3,422,199

20,074

5 36

2 535

6

25,395

168,738

12,566 3,400,570

10,259

Swedish .

.

Swiss . 27 180,032

United States Venezuelan . 464 2,583,090

4 21 052

Total 1,920 9,183,754 1,596 8,215,609 1,335 6,670,241

Reactivation Of Civil Defense Moves Ahead

(Continuedfrom page 1) will have a woman alternate. The Civic Councils are also selecting a head warden for U. S.-rate townsites who

will be known as a Zone Commander.

The Zone Commander in turn will select Section Commanders, most of whom will be women and each of whom will be

responsible for an average of 25 families. They will organize first aid, child care,

light rescue and fire guard teams in their respective neighborhoods. The same procedure will be followed

in the local rate townsites with the exception that the local rate school principals

of each community are selecting the Zone Commander in lieu of a Canal-wide local rate civic organization. Each warden will be trained in a course

to be conducted by Lieutenant Dolan

when he returns from Washington and

each will be responsible for passing down

civil defense information to his neighbor- hood group. Through this community effort, Lieu- tenant Dolan said, Civil Defense expects

to teach each Canal Zone resident the elements of "self protection." that is, what to do when the siren sounds, what

measures to take to protect themselves, how to take care of their families, their neighborhoods and, ultimately, the community.

All teams will be mobile, to be called upon in case of need in another area, but

the efforts of all will be coordinated to avoid duplication and confusion.

First aid and Nurses' Aide training programs will be coordinated with the

local chapter of the American Red Cross. In November 1904 the Isthmian Canal

Commission's employees on the Isthmus

totaled 3,500.
16 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW February 6, 1953 Donor Worries As His Boxer

Goes To "Seeing Eye" School

THESE POTENTIAL SEEING EYE DOGS are the pups, Duke, about to make contact with the bones offered by his master, Charles E. Reilly, and

Crony, shown with her back to the camera. On the

right is the Reillys' pet Boxer, Pippin, who sired these pups and the Boxer, Gee, donated to The Seeing Eye

and recently graduated from guide dog training with a new, blind owner.

No final grade from a crucial examination ever was awaited with more hope and apprehension than the reports Charles

E. Reilly received while the Boxer he donated to the blind was going through

"Seeing Eye School." By the time that dog, "Gee," had made the grade and was graduated with

a new blind owner, Mr. Reilly, Chief Accountant for the Commissary Division, was training and worrying about the

potentialities of two more tentative candidates. The present potential Seeing Eye dogs

are 20-week-old "Crony" ("Gigolo's Crona"), sister of "Gee" ("Gigolo's Rubicon" ARC W-256367), and 18- week-old "Duke" ("Lustig Duke"), half brother of the successful candidate. Mr. Reilly has already told The Seeing Eye that either puppy is theirs for the asking and because of his wish to give the dog to that organization has turned down an offer of $200 for the fine young

specimen, Duke.

It isn't enough that a dog owner is willing to part with his pet for the sake

of the blind—even if the pet is some $300 worth of purebred like the handsome,

fawn-colored Gee.

Physique, health, temperament, and

intelligence must be letter-perfect for the purpose if the puppies are to serve as Seeing Eye dogs. Mr. Reilly tentatively offered Gee to several training centers before he de- cided to send him to The Seeing Eye,

Inc., in Morristown, N. J., the first such

institution in the United States and

still a leader in the field. Hard To Part With Dogs

"It would not be easy to part with one

of my dogs," he explained in making the

offers, "unless it be to a trained benefi- ciary whose life would be bettered

through our separation." Only German Shepherds are taken at some of the training centers and are

in the majority at The Seeing Eye, where some Boxers and Labrador Retrievers

are also used. The requirements of the training centers only heighten the little anxieties inherent in the ownership of fine dogs

which resemble more than anything else the pangs of parenthood.

In the case of his personal pet Boxer

"Gigolo" ("Pippin"), who sired the other pups, Mr. Reilly worried and wrote

to kennel clubs about the dog's "ignoble

timidity." Boxers are supposed to be

fearless, but Gigolo just went away when

threatened by other dogs—even those that were only about a fourth as big as he. Gigolo disposed of that worry when he outgrew the discouraging faint heart

that belied his fine long British Boxer

blood line. Mr. Reilly made arrange- ments to acquire that dog, the first Boxer that he had, while he was on vacation in England, in the summer of 1948. Then Mr. Reilly worried that Gigolo was going to be too big for his breed until he was assured by a kennel club that the dog's dimensions were perfect. Then there are the worries and infinite care that he gives to all his dogs to assure

that their living conditions and diet are

as nearly perfect as possible and to pre- vent all the maladies that can afflict dogs, particularly in the tropics. After Gee was accepted by Seeing Eye, came the anxieties of the dog's trip to New Jersey—some 2,500 air miles in a cramping crate in strange and possibly upsetting surroundings. Mr. Reilly made

three telephone calls to Morristown and

to airline offices before he assured himself

that Gee was all right and safe with his

new trainers. 5

Dog's Progress Reported I Then came a series of letters about _^i

Gee's progress at the school. £J| "He is a handsome Boxer and appears *»|

to have an ideal temperament," came the g|

first report from Seeing Eye on March <*|

26, 1952. "Of course we can tell much oil better about this after he is in training, gj| which will begin about 3 weeks from now. <C; In the meantime, he will have a romping

j gay time with his canine companions and

get acclimated to his new home."

Later letters assured Mr. Reilly that Gee was in perfect health, was a "healthy happy fellow," and "showed promise of becoming a very successful dog guide." Training Started Early There were more reports from Morris- town that Gee was doing well and was

such a mature dog for his age that he was

put in training a little ahead of the usual schedule of starting training at about 14 weeks and also so he would have no time

to brood or get upset. Then came the bad and upsetting news

that Gee was not in condition to meet his

sightless, future owner. He had devel- oped bad hookworms, "which may possibly be a common problem among dogs

in the Canal Zone," Seeing Eye explained. So Mr. Reilly wrote Seeing Eye more

of Gee's veterinary history and suggested

using hexylresorcinol pills after the dog had been without food for 24 hours—if they had not already been tried. That

was in July and at the end of August both Mr. Reilly and Seeing Eye were hoping

that Gee would make the grade.

Finally on December 2 came the long- awaited word that Gee was graduated, and had left the school with his new

sightless master. "To observe Gee and his young master working together," Seeing Eye wrote Mr. Reilly, "one would think they had

been together for years. The young man

wanted a Boxer and I could not possibly express in written words his joy and feel- ing of great pride in having handsome Gee for his dog guide. "I feel confident everything will go smoothly for them and that they will have many years of happiness and har- mony in their life together." Outcome Worth The Worry

Apparently that news was worth all the worry since Mr. Reilly has offered to go through the same thing with more of

his fine dogs. Boxers, he says, should be useful. They need a better excuse for living than

serving as household ornaments. The

idea of offering one of his dogs to serve

as a guide for the blind occurred to him when he was recuperating from a serious

illness. When he and Gee went for walks around home in Margarita, he noticed that the dog seemed to be aware that something was amiss with his master. Instead of bounding about as usual. Gee stuck close to Mr. Reilly's side and seemed to want to help him, watching

closely as he made the steps that had become difficult in his weakened condition.

If Gee were so solicitous of him, Mr.

Reilly reasoned, he might very well have

just the right temperament to guide a

sightless owner.

Besides donating one of his dogs—and

possibly others in the future—Mr. Reilly

is a member of Seeing Eye, and has en- couraged other Isthmians to join the philanthropic organization, which is sup- ported solely by memberships and gifts.