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Colorado Bound!

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In This Issue

REGARDLESS of what else happens, the 28 Canal Zone Boy Scouts Anniversaries 18who attend the National jamboree at Colorado Springs this summershouldn't have any trouble finding their campsite. Around and About 4-5

Even if their maps and compasses fail them, the Canal Zone Scoutswill have a super-duper archway marking their camp area. Bov Scout jamboree 2

On a recent Saturday some of the Canal Zone Scouts who will attendthe jamboree went through a dry run and erected the big marker on Canal Historv 20the Prado. Thus the picture on the front of this issue of THE REVIEW.

The lucky boys posing in front of the archway will be among the Civil Defense 21more than 50,000 Scouts from all over the United States and foreignlands who will participate in the outdoor adventure known as the Health Directors 8National Jamboree on July 22-28. The Jamboree site will be a 2,000acre ranch facing the Air Force Academy. "Jamboree City" will be Health Insurance 17subdivided like Levittown. It will have 38 sectional camps, each con-taining 34 units of approximately 40 boys and leaders. Each of the Housing Reutilations 338 "villages" will have a population of 1,400 Scouts as well as its ownhealth lodge, water supply, shower baths, and commissary. New Launch 22-23

Attending biannual National jamborees and creating good will awayfrom home is not a new experience for Canal Zone Scouts. Two years Nine Points. 6ago the late Balboa Scoutmaster, Bill Taylor, led the Canal Zone Scoutcontingent to the National Jamboree at Valley Forge. t"Personnel Bureau . . .9-16Canal Zone Scouts making the Jamboree trip also will take side tripsthat will include sightseeing at Dallas, Kansas City and New Orleans, Promotions and Transfers 19visit an auto assembly plant, ghost town and other things of interest,and spend time at the famous Scout ranch at Philmont, New Mexico. Purchases in Pnmat

Posing in front of the arch, left to right, are front row: Billy Acheson,Harry Foster, Bill Catron, David Dowell, and Will Arey; second row:Peter Denton, Philip Ferguson, Roger Swaine, John Wise, and Liewel- Railroad Managers 17lyn Zent; third row: Rance Papcun, David Warren, Andy Jacobson,James Bay, and George Thompson; rear row: Bob Widell, David Retirements 21Stewart, Harry Munvon, and Richard Carpenter. Leading the Scoutswill be Lt. Clifton H. Deringer (rear, left) and Sgt. Louis G. Blakely, Safety 20(rear, right).

Others making the trip but not present for the picture are Douglas Shipping 21Major, Johnnie Lee Parker, John Sanborn, Christopher Wrenn, GlennPrice, Kenneth Phillips, Philip Barrett, Mike Hollen, and Joe Kincaid. Worth Knowing 8

W. E. POTTER, Governor-President - ELEANOR cICIHENNY, liditorJOHN D. MCELHENY, Lieutenant Governor E C nK F~UNicE RICHIARD) and TowI BITrITL

WILLIAM G. AREY, JR. Official Panama Canal Company Publication Editorial AssistantsPanama Canal Information Officer Published Monthly At Balboa Heights, C. Z.

Printed at the Printing Plant, Mount Hope, Canal ZoneOn sale at all Panama Canal Service Centers, Retail Stores, and The Tivoli Guest I-louse for 10 days after publication (late at 5 cents each.

Subscriptions, $1 a year; mal and back copies, 10 cents each.Postal money orders made payable to the Panaima Canal Company should be mailed to Editor, The Panama Canal Review, Balboa Heights, C. Z.

2 JNE 3, 1960

Policy on assignments

and residence in Zone

clarified in revised

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HOUSING REGULATIONS

HE FIRST general revision Since 1954 of tions normIall filled by local recruit- this category are the Lieutenant-Gov-,gilations governing the assignment, ment; and (3) persons in other cate- crnor-Vice President; Bureau Directors

ccupancy, and rental of employees' gories entitled to reside in the Canal and Staff Heads of the Office of the Gov-;;ing quarters was approved by Gov- Zone who may, from time to time, ernor-President; Assistant Bureau Di-

1ruor Potter last month just before his obtain assignments to quarters. The rectors-that is, the second position in'eparture for the United States. The latter category includes, among others, each Bureau; and Division Chiefs.,visions to the regulations have been employees of the District Court, clergy- Under the third category are theinder study for several months. The men, and contractors working in the "special assignments." These will go to'ivic Council had requested changes Canal Zone. Port Captains and Chiefs of Services in\lhich would clarify the matter of arbi- The new regulations also, for the first the Canal Zone hospitals; officials of theary or official assignments. time, clarify what were once known United States District Court appointedWhile some sections of the regula- variously as "arbitrary" or "official" as- by the President of the United States,

,ons are identical with those issued signments, and limit the area and the Assistant U.S. District Attorney and'reviously and others are a rewording of numbers of quarters for such assign- the two Canal Zone Magistrates; Canalurmer sections, there are several new ments. Zone Government doctors, dentists, and

.1d important changes. They provide for four classes of hous- veterinarians not included in higher cat-For the first time, the housing regula- ing assignments in U.S.-quarters areas. egories; tour-of-duty personnel not in-

ions state clearly that residence in the The first of these are regular assign- eluded in higher categories; Canal ZoneCanal Zone is not mandatory for em- ments, made on the basis of service Government hospital residents and in-ployees of the Company-Government, credits. Only those persons who have ternes; and separate cases approved by\

except for those who have been specifi- family status, as defined by the regula- the Governor-President.a'lly directed by the Governor-Pres- tions, are eligible for regular assign- Official and special assignments will

ident to live within the Zone. ment to family quarters. I addition, be limited to 204 quarters, located in:The regulations also, for the first time, preference for' assignment to all four- Balboa Heights, Ancon, Herrick Heights

set forth the basic long-range policy of bedroom and certain three-bedroom and the Corozal Hospital grounds; Coco[lie Company-Government. They pro- quarters shall be given to families of Solo, France Field and Margarita:vide that living quarters are to be avail- five or more persons-the employee and Gamboa-but for the Chief of theable in the Canal Zone to: (1) All four or more dependents, and to families Dredging Division and a Health BureauUnited States citizen employees, includ- of four persons, consisting of an em- doctor only; and at Gatun-but for theig dependents, in positions normally ployee, his wife, and two children of Superintendent of the Atlantic Locksfilled by recruitment in the United opposite sex, one of whom is over 10 and one Health Bureau doctor only.States; (2) a limited number of non- years of age. All other housing will be open forU.S. citizen hard core employees, in- The second category for quarters as- regular assignment, based on service.cilding dependents, occupying posi- signments is that known as "official." I No official assignments, for instance, will

(See Page 21)THE PANAMA CANAL BEVIEW 3

AROUND AND ABOUTin theCanal Zone

port OCheri will protect those arrivingin cars.

The front elevation w\ill be decoratedwith cast concrete inits aid a ceramictile mosaic of the Panama Hailroad(Imibilm, ill colors.

AtWW P,4 "R ,STA Tihe building xvill containI a main wxait-

ing room, a baggage and express roomA NEW Pacific side railroad station, foundations has been poureI and the and a ticket booth,which will replace tile presit station ill upper part of the building is now under It is located adjacent to a amplePamuinal City, is rapidly taking form ill construction. Isthminia Constructors, parking area which is used at night bythe Canal Zone. The accompan\ ing Inc. hold the contract for this work. patrons of the Theater Cuild.architectural reiidering shows what the The coitraetors' completion (late is The present railroad tracks will con-finished station will look like. Septi mber 22, but it is possible that the tinsue across the Frangipani Street cross-

The inew passxx gcier terminal is located work may be finished earlier. ing anidl( alotig Shaler Boad for switch-at the intersection of Frangipaiii Street Tue n 'xw termnimal wvill be a concrete ing cars i i ci onnectiol with the Inewand Roosevelt Aveiue iin Ancon. The masonry bloek building with a covered freight station which has already beentracks were relocated slightly to allow platform ni the side facing the railroad completed ill the building which for-

room for the log narrow building. The tracks. Oil the street side, a covered mrlriv housed the Tivoli ietail Store.

WHEN TiHE ferryboat Presideine Porras cligs slow\ tip tlle

Ferryboat Canl to Camhoa late this month, en route to laxop andeventual sale, she wl have no more fervent mourner thanMrs. Arthur J. McLean of Margarita.

Mrs. McLean w xas a little girl living oil Long Island xxiwenthe Porras, first as the Frank E. Gannett and later as the Nassau

("xwe just called it the ferryboat," she sax s), was oin a regularrtti between Port WYashington and New Rochelle. She recallsmany pleasant excursions on the now venerable ferr and ifshe were not in the States oi vacation wold surely try tomake one last trip aboard her.

When the Budget Committee of the Patamia Caial's Boardef Directors met here early iii May, thc decided that thePorras would have to go. They felt that al ouitlav of half to aquarthr-million dollars to putil'the 3:3-year-old vessel into safeoperating condition was not warranted.

Thev ordered all investigation into the possibility of ottaiin-ing a vessel to replace her. This replacenilt must be able toaccommodate up to 500 persons and woud b ised, as thePorras has beci, primarily to haul tourists, Panaimaiiiaim amdCanal Zone school children, and other groups out a sightseeingtiip through the Cut.

As if she knlev that this dry season would be the last of her18 years ini the Canal Service, the Porras and her master, Capt.C. S. McCormack, did themselves proud this year. Altog-'ther,during the fiscal year, they made 90 round trips, c'arryinig12,500 passengers, while such experts as Fred deV. Sill, FredB erest, and R. J. Byrne explained the wonders of time water'axto those aboard.

4 JUNE 3, 1960

ROBERT 1). DONALDsON, Jr. of the Spe- ization have been sent abroad oo other ing engineer who helped to preparecial Studies Branch of the Engineering construction projects, but Mr. Donald- specifications for the new moles. He willDivision, shown above, left, with Lt. son's appointment is believed to be the also work closelv with the Japanese Na-Col. Robert D. Brown, Jr. inspecting a first to cover such a period of time. tional Railways which maintain a onitmodel of a speedy new towing loco- lie will have his offices in the Tokyo similar to theU.S. Burau of Standards.motive, has been appointed Resident area. He will be responsible for arrang-Inspector for the Panama Canal Corn- ing a comprehensive schedule and

pany in Japan during the construction checklists for all aspects of the produe- pany announced award of the locomo-

of the locomotives. Mr. and Mrs. Don- tion of the many diverse parts of the tive contract to the Japanese firm of

alcson and their three children will new mules and will supervise, coordi- Mitsubishi Shoji Kaisha, Ltd. Represen-

have late this month or early in jolv nate and plan the locomotive tests. lie tatives of the COMpany are due herefor approximately two years in Japan.' will be assisted by a U.S. inspection eary this month for the formal signing

Representatives of the Canal organ- agenev and by Carl H. Giroux, consult- of the contract.

CONSTRUCTION and remodeling of some of the present build-ings at Gorgas Hospital moved one step forward last month Gorgas H-ospitalwhen the first set of drawings on the proposed new buildingwas submitted by the New York firm of architects, Kelly &Grozen, who have the contract to design the new constructionand plan alterations to the buildings which will be retained.

Ilelge Westermnann, a hospital specialist with the architec-tural firm, arrived early last week to discuss the preliminaryplans and to take back to New York the comments of the En-gineering & Construction and Health Bureau officials on the ro

design.

Meanwhile, the model shown in the accompanying pho-tograph, was on display in the rotunda of the AdministrationBuilding at Balboa Heights. The model and accompanyingcharts and drawings show the new building, to be located inthe present lower parking lot, and its connections with thesections of the present hospital which will be retained.

According to the present schedule, final designs and contractspecifications for the modernized Corgas, both new constru-tion and alterations, will be ready by December of this year.

These will go through a period of final review and study,after which the contract will be advertised for bid. It is prol-alble that the construction contract can be awarded by nextApril.

The actual work will require about 30 months and shouldbe completed by September 1963. The estimated cost of theconstruction and alterations will be approximately $5,200,000.

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BENEFITSfor

PANAMA

ON APRIL 19, from Augusta, Ga., Pres- ticeships are to be opened to voong mendent Eisenhower announced a nine- who have the necessary qualifications.point program of benefits designed to The trades in which the apprenticeshipsimprove relations between the United will be offered have been announcedStates and Panama. Of these, several and appointments will be made byapplied directly to the Company-Gov- July 1.erinent organization. Ground has been broken for the first

Today, a little over six weeks later, 12 replacement housing units in the

what is the status of these? Canal Zone and bids opened on the con-

His wide grin shows how Lionel Best, who Last week paychecks containing a 10 struction of these. Plans call for the con-

works in the Balboa section of the Printing 0 struction of 100 such units during eachpercent salary increase were issued to f te f fisl d

Plant, feels about the pay raise le received 8,863 unskilled and semi-skilled work- o te next our coming sca years, anlast week. lie was one of almost 9,000 ers, and to 245 teachers and school 88 for the fifth year.Canal employees who got larger paychecks. officers in the Canal Zone's Latin Aimer- Specifications have been issued and

schools. The new pay rates iot ony bids will be opened about August 15 onic-an a new 30-inch gravity main which, withprovide an immediate payroll increase other improvements now being made.totalling approximately $1,300,000 per will supply Panama's water needs untilyear, but also free some 1,000 em- at least i968. New water rates haveployees from a frozen status and make been announced for the Republic.them eligible for future pay raises. The Company-Government is sup-

Preliminary examinations have been porting legislation to increase cash reliefgive- to a large number of Paiama- payments to non-citizen employees, andnian applicants for the expanded ap- a continuing review of security'positionsprentice program, in which 25 appren- is under way.

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With former Gov. G. E. Edgerton at thebulldozer controls, ground was broken onMay 2 for the first 12 of the new houses.

6 JUNE 3, 1960

To Panama $2,513,485.89in April:

VHEN you see a trimly-garbed ward attendant at CocoSolo Hospital or a nursing assistant at Gorgas Hospital, it'sa pretty safe bet that the uniform he or she is wearing hascome from the Republic of Panama. Some of the patientsat Corozal Hospital wear daytime clothing manufacturedin Panama; hospital nightgowns also come from Panama.

These are some of the out-of-the ordinary purchases madein the Republic each month and are part of the directbenefits from the Company-Government organization.

In April alone, the Supply Division purchased 48 pairsof uniform trousers from Sastreria Sufirez, and 40 pairs oftrousers, 40 shirts and 24 coveralls from the Fabrica Na-cional de Uniformes. The two purchases totalled 8570.72.

Another regular purchase by the Supply Division is thatof two by-products from Panama's leading industries. Theseare blackstrap molasses, used by Mindi Dairy at the rateof 3,000 gallons a month, and brewers grain, of which thedairy uses 60,000 pounds a month. The molasses is a by-

'wenty-five apprenticeships will be available for qualified Pan- product of Panama's dairies, the brewers grain a by-productaniauans this year. Above, R. L. Seeley interviews sonic of them, of the National Brewery.

The molasses is sprinkled on grass in the feed trays asan added touch to the dairy cattle diet. The grain, in theform of mash, is hauled across the Isthmus in a specialmash trailer, four to five times a week and is served warmin two daily feedings.

In April, direct benefits to Panama from the Company-Government totalled 82,513,485.89. This included the82,073,381.20 paid to non-U.S. citizens for the three payperiods ending in April; the S292,071.69 value of the 11contracts let to local firms during the month; and expendi-tures by the Supply Division of 8143.033. A tabular reportof the Supply Division purchases follows:

1. Food Products: Valuea. Meats: Native Beef and Sausage Pro-

ducts. .844,683b. Seafood: Fish, Lobster, Shrimp . 3,319c. Agricultural:

Coffee. 165Vegetables and Fruit in Season. . 9,011

d. Dairy: Eggs and Milk Products . 9,259e. Bakery: Bread and Rolls. 1,531f. Others: Brewers Grain and Black-

strap Molasses . 1,120g. Sugar. 2,170

2. Beverages: Beers and Soda Water. .10,5903. Tobacco Products. . 844. Toilet Articles: Mouthwashes, Lotions, Co-

lognes, Ointments, and Pomades . 2,2185. Batteries "Tasco". 14226. Gases, Acetylene, Oxygen, Hydrogen, Cook-

ing.65097. Building Materials:

a. Forest Products. 73b. Cement. . 21,820c. Sand . 2, 305d. Paints, etc. . . 143e. Miscellaneous Building Materials . 833

8. Miscellaneous Goods for resale: PlantainChips, Sport Shirts, Post Cards, Brooms. 6,042

9. Miscellaneous Use Items: Visqueen Bags,Plastic Bags, Uniforms, Dry Ice . 3 672

Total Consumer Goods . .. 6 72 9

Gladys Urena teaches first grade at the Santa Cruz school. She was 10. Services. 16,064one of 245 teachers in the Latin American schools who benefittedfrom the salary increase recently, which was one of the nine points. Grand Total. 143,03:3

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W ort t knowing .the first session, is expected to be here for the June meet-ings, tentatively scheduled for June 27 -28.

A SMALL BOAT ramp which will enable Pacific siders tolaunch their craft directly from trailers into the Canal isnow under construction on the east bank of the Canalnear the Dredging Division Dock at Diablo Heights.

COmpletion date for the contract, held by Bildon, Inc., isjuly 19. The ramp was requested by the Civic Councilsas a public service.

A LARGE number of lantern slides of the construction ofCatun Locks and other early Canal Zone scenes has beenpresented to the Canal Zone Library-Museum by J. FHouston, of Erlanger, Ky. Mr. Erlanger worked with tl

CANAL ZONE Police and ROTC cadets formed honor Isthmian Canal Commission from 1905 to 191:3. The slide

guardss in Balboa and Cristobal for Governor and Mrs. were made 1y his uncle, also a construction-day em

Potter when they left the Canal Zone May 21. The picture ployee. The slides are now at the Library-Museum fo

above was taken at Balboa. Mrs. Potter was saying her review and preserving.final farewell; the Governor will be back this month JUNE 25 will be Canal Zone Day in Dixie-or rather abefore his term expires june 30. Dixipex III, the Dixie Philatelic Exhibition in Birming

MEMBERS of the Budget Committee of The Panama Canal ham, Ala. On Canal Zone Day, current Canal Zone stamp-

Company's Board of Directors, who met here late in in all denominations will be available at the convention

April and early last month, will return this month to headquarters, together with a special cachet honoring

complete a study of the budget for Fiscal Year 1962. As- Dr. William C. Gorgas, who was born in Alabama. In th(

sistant Secretary of the Army George H. Roderick, chair- Canal Zone a special postmark will be applied to a]

man of the Board of Directors who was unable to attend philatelic covers received on June 25.

Health Bureau to have

New DirectorCOL. ERLING S. FUGLLSo, Hospital Coin-

mander and Post Surgeon at Fort Mc-Pherson, Ga., has been appointed to

succeed Col. Thomas G. Faison as Di-rector of the Health Bureau. Thechange of directors will take place latethis month.

Colonel Faison has been assigned toFort Jackson, in Columbia, S.C. wherehe will be Hospital Commander andPost Surgeon pending his retirement.Ile had held this post prior to his ap-pointment to the Canal Zone in July1958. He first served here as Directorof Gorgas Hospital and was appointedHealth Director in December 1958.After his retirement, he expects to livein the Fort Jackson area.

Colonel Fugelso, a native of NorthDakota, took his undergraduate work at Col. Thomas G. Faison Col. Erling S. Fugelsothe University of North Dakota and hismedical studies at the University of invasion. He was Hospitalization and the 280th Station Hospital. Other over-Nebraska. He has been in the Medical Evacuation Officer for the First Army seas posts have included duty in Alaska.Corps since 1933. Surgeon's Office for the landing in Nor- He will be accompanied to the Canal

During World War II he was sta- mandy and later was in command of the Zone by his wife and their yonngesttioned in England and participated in Fifth Evacuation Hospital. During the son, who will enter his junior year illthe planning phase for the European occupation of Germany he commanded high school.

8 JUNE :3, 1960

A group of specialists makes up the staff of dhe Panama Canal Company's Personnel Director.

*or PERSONNELFROM TILE MOMENT an individual de- more, the Personnel Bureau has as-(ides that he would like to become a sembled a staff of men and women whopart of the Companv-Government or- have been especially trained in theianization - or the Company-Govern- comparatively new field of personnelaent decides they'd like to employ him work. At the end of the last fiscal year,

-until the time, an average of 32 years the Personnel Bureau, whose 66 em-later, when he does his last day's work, ployees make it the smallest of any(vervone working for the Panama Canal numerically in the Company-Govern-force is the business of the Personnel ment organization, had only one em-Bureau. ployee for every 207 in the entire force,

The Personnel Bureau hires him, wel- an exceptionally small percentage com-aomes him. briifs him, pro~esses lii. pared to Governmcint agencies in the

It fits him into his proper place in the United States.0rgan ization, adjusts his salary period- They include men and women who Members of the Personnel Bureau staff inreally through in-grade or wage board are skilled in analyzing the job assign- the photograph above are, by the numbers:raises, moves him to better paid jobs as ments for the Canal force, others whose 1. L. B. Burnham, Training Officer; 2. Mrs.his job knowledge, skill, and responsi- specialities are classification-who de- Margaret Murphy, Salary and Wage Ana-bilitv increase, and finally speeds him cide on the basis of U.S. Civil Service lyst; 3. Robert Van Wagner, Employeeon his way toward retirement. standards just how much any given job Services Offcer; 4. Mrs. Lorraine Loga,

In between, it listens to his troubles, is worth in rating and wages, others who Secretary; 5. Edward A. Doolan, Personnelpersonal and official, records any change have spent years in the training field Director; 6. Mrs. Nina Jenkins, Budgetin his marital or family status, honors and still others who are adept at hand- . .him for his years of service, rewards him ling the thousands and thousands of Offier and Clercal Assistant; 7. Gordon

with speciaI ratings for exceptional per- records and statistics which are a part M. Frick, Chief, Employment and Utiliza-

formnance, and trains him to handle his of today's personnel work. tion Division; 8. Dr. Daniel J. Paolucci,job better and help those under him Some of these Personnel people, and Assistant to Personnel Director; and 9.improve their work. the jobs they do, are shown on the fol- John Oster, Chief, Wage and Classification

To do all of these things, and many lowing pages. Division.

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iff EMPLOYMENTand

UTILIZATIONWiEN President Eisenhower announced Although the number of employees The Division arranges for annuala nine-point program of benefits for concerned was higher than that with physical examinations for those in posi-Panama six weeks or so ago, the all- which the Records Branch usually has tions requiring them. It administers four

woman staff of the Personnel Records to deal, it goes through a similar proce- insurance progranis and is now provid-

iranch of the Employment and Utiliza- dure every time the wage board em- ing information on which U.S. em-

tion Division took a collective deep ployees have a salary change or the ployees can enroll in additional health

breath, sharpened their pencils, and classified employees get a pay raise. In benefit programs. Its people discuss

went to work. fact, every change of rating, job, or pay with employees or their families, their

Three ays later, the had supplied is handled through this branch. During creditors or their ministers, personal

the Payroll ranch of the Comptroller's the past fiscal year, for example, there problems which may effect personal or

Office with the data needed to were 15,933 such personnel actions, in- job situations. It handles grievance pro-dividual or en masse. ceedings in the higher stages, and

pay cards so that every unskilled or through its Retirement unit deals withsemi-skilled employee on the Company- Although much of E&U's job is paper all retirements and all Disability Relief

Government rolls, as well as every work of some kind or other-4,143 job activities.teacher in the Latin American schools, applications received, 791 new em-

would have a pay raise in the check he ployees processed, 560 transfer applica- And it keeps records. Its files hold an

received the week of May 23. tions handled, 2,022 pieces of corres- individual card and file for each of the

pondence-including certificates of em- approximately 13,000 Canal employees.In the meantime they had checked ployment and letters to employees who In addition there are the records of each

the service cards of close to 9,000 men are in debt or who are failing t'o support employee who has retired within the

and women, listed each one of them by their families-answered-all in the last previous year and index cards on everyunits on long mimeographed sheets, fiscal year-there is much more to its former employee of the organizationand sent out individual notices to others. operations. -44 file drawers full of them.

Mrs. Nye Norris, who is the sole PersonnelBureau employee on the Atlantic Side,greets two newcomers, Captain and Mrs.R. G. Plummer, arriving by Panama Line.

Frank D. Naughton, an employment coun- The job of explaining the health benefitssellor, interviews an applicant for an ap- insurance program falls on the shoulders ofPrentice opening. Conferences with future Robert Van Wagner, who was recentlyemployees are a major part of his work. appointed Employee Services Officer.

10 JUNE 3, 1960

Lists of employees arranged chronological-ly or just about any personnel data isavailable from IBM machines which Mer-cedes Borrell and Clara de Striem operate.

invaluable and irreplaceable informationon past and present employees fills manydrawers in the Personnel Bureau files. Mar-jorie Engel, at desk, heads this section.

This gives an idea of the paper work forthe Personnel Records Branch when a largegroup of employees gets a raise. From left:June Stevenson, Martha McGee, OlgaJohnston, Evelyn Farbman, Barbara Kelly,Kathyleen Miller, and Dorothy Webb.

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Owh

2 William Kilgallen, wo handles Maine Brau studis, interviwlaunch operator Earle Johnson on the job as A. C. Mullenox listens.

WAGE AND CLASSIFaCATION, one of the major divisions ofthe Personnel Bureau, does just exactly what its title says-it surveys jobs and classifies them to a grade or pay level,which in turn sets the wage or "price."

And it does this not only in the Canal Zone, but alscn(ashington, Haiti, and New York Offices of Thb

in the Wsithn wHih,Panama Canal Company. The only positions in the entire

- organization with which it is not concerned are thos(held by the men and women who staff the Panamna Linle' ,

Position classifier Rufus Lovelady is responsible for job studies in Anicon and Cristobal.the Transportation and Terminals Bureau. Above, be discusses hisjob with a supervisory checker working on the piers at Cristobal. Even before the Employment and Utilization Division

hires a new employee, Wage and Classification has decided what his job title and classification will be, and thErate of pay he will receive.

The way it goes about this is actually quite simple bwthere are many employees in the Canal organization wh)do not, or do not choose to, understand how its peopLwork.W A G E "Just what does that position classifier know about butchering?"-or baking, or candlestick inaking, as the castmay be-is one of the questionss most frequently asked

d and asked, sometimes, of the classifier in person.an Before any of the Division's nine Position Classifiers.each of whomn is assigned to a separate Bureau, starts out

CLASSIFICATION

12 JUNE 3, 1960

Anna H. Pruitt is the position classifier for the Health Bureau.here, at the Gorgas Hospital pharmacy, she talks with Efrain As job analyst assigned to the Supply and Community Service Bu-Escalona and Alexander Egudin durii; a recent job analysis. reau, position classifier Maurice Kelleher has Summit Gardens on

his beat. Here he talks with Jos6 G. Santana, a tractor operator.

on a job classification study, he has behind him several set up for that particular position. If the job-holder's re-

years of study, some of it in college in personnel admin- sponsibilities or skill are more than the standards his jobistration courses, some of it gained on the job, and some calls for, he is apt to be moved into a higher rating; ifof it obtained through what amounts to post-graduate they do not meet these standards, his position is apt to becoursess in personnel classification offered in the United what is known in personnel parlance as downgraded.States by the Armed Services. Each job of the over 13,000 in the Canal organization

Each classifier is armed with a set of standards. Those is subject to re-study periodically. The Division calls thisstandards for what used to be termed "classified" and are a "cyclic audit."now known as "non-manual" positions are established by For non-manual employees, the salary of each job isthe Civil Service Commission in Washington. related to that set by Congress for classified employees.

The standards for crafts positions are based on those Wages for manual employees are based on the pay levelset up by the United States Navy for its Navy yards. Some system adopted by the Navy shipyards in the Unitedstandards, for jobs which are peculiar to the Canal Zone States.-such as those of towing locomotive operator or lock-master, for instance, have been specially tailored by theCanal's Personnel Bureau.

Each position classifier must know the standards foreach job he or she studies-and the on-the-job surveysthey conduct are apt to take them almost anywhere inthe Canal Zone or the States. After he reads an employee'sjob description and watches him at work, the classifierdiscusses the job with the person concerned and then seeshow closely it tallies with the standards which have been

Much of the W&C Division's paperwork is handled by EllenF. Husum, clerk-typist, and Betty Boyer, supervisory per-sonnel clerk. With them is Robert A. Stevens, position classifier.

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TRAINING CENTER

THE TrINING OFFICE of the Personnel Bureau is a sort of particular Bureau's special needs.

School of Education, what used to be called a normal The Training Office, which is officially known as the

school, for the Company-Government. It not only teaches Employee Development Office, also helps Bureau or Di-it calls this "conducting training classes"-but it also vision heads to select part-time trainers from among their

teaches men and women to teach other men and women own employers It teaches these selected employers howL. B. Burnham, left whose formal title is Employee Develormeot

The three professional trainers of the Personnel Bu- to train others, it coaches, assists and encourages them Officer and who heads the Training Office, and Fred w. Dahl,

reau take to the classroom as a rule only when a sizable in their tasks, and when they have completed a training Training Officer for the Supply and Community Service Bureau,

number of Canal organization employees in two or more course helps them to determine just how much they have examine a chart which shows how job instruction was handled in

the Storehouse Branch-from Mr. Dahl to various employee-in-

bureaus make up the student body. They teach super- accomplished. structors and from these instructors to the employees themselves.

visory development courses of various kinds, or give During the past fiscal year, the Training Office super-courses in reading efficiency or written business commu- vised or recorded more than a quarter-million man-hoursnication. of training in the form of 11,541 man-courses in training

But much more often, the trainers are busy teaching courses given locally, and helped to arrange for special

specialist trainers, so to speak, to train. When a Bureau off-the-Isthmus training for a good many other employees

needs a training officer of its own-like Fred W. Dahl in in specialized fields. All of which means that a lot of

the Supply and Community Service Bureau-the Training people learned to do their jobs a lot better than they did

Office helps to select him and then helps him meet his before,

One of the principal functions of the

Training Office, of course, is training in-

structors to train others. At the left,

Lloyd Murphy, an Employee Develop-R-16 TR. U"ro, I 4Gu ment Officer is instructing a class of Ter-

_1Tary finals Division employees while JamesBarrett watches how it is done. Later

Mr. Barrett himself will take over the

training.At the far right, is another phase of

the Training Office work. George Vieto,of the Transportation Section of the Ad-ministrative Branch is preparing a ticketfor James C. Foster, who is about to

take a special off-the-tsthnus course.

Mr. Foster, of the Engineering Division,is en route to the Sea Borse Institute, an

annual conference on marine corrosionsponsored by the International NickIe

Company at Wrightsville Beach, N.C.Arrangements for the course were madethrough the Training Office.

And at the immediate right, Mrs.Blanca Davidson makes a reservation

for a training room at the training center r

with Wallace F. Russon, Safety Repre-

sentative of the Transportation and Ter-

minals Bureau. The Center is available

to special groups, day or night; arrange-

ments may be made to borrow its

equipment and training aids for useelsewhere.

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CENTER

L. B. Burnham, left whose formal title is Employee DevelopmentOfficer and who heads the Training Office, and Fred W. Dahl,Training Officer for the Supply and Community Service Bureau,examine a chart which shows how job instruction was handled inthe Storehouse Branch-from Mr. Dahl to various employee-in-structors and from these instructors to the employees themselves.

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Central Employment Office

WVHILE not a part of the Personnel Bureau, the Central Em- in the Canal Zone.plovment Office, above, plays an important part in personnel Its biggest job to date was conversion of all employees tooperations in the Canal Zone. Established January 19, 1959, it the Merit System, the Canal Zone equivalent of Civil Serviceis the operating agency of the Canal Zone Civilian Policy Co- status. The CEO, through examinations of various types, estab-ordinating Board (below) and performs what are known as lishes registers for many types of work, ranging from jobs

pre-employment functions for all U.S. Government agencies as laborers to those in clerical positions.

Canal Zone Civilian Personnel Policy Coordinating Board

THE CANAL ZONE Civilian Personnel Policy Coordinating Caribbean and Army alternate member; Gordon M. Frick,Board meets regularly to determine personnel policies for all Chief of the Canal Zone Employment and Utilization Division,government agencies in the Canal Zone. Canal Zone alternate member; Edward A. Doolan, Personnel

The chairman of the Board serves six months, and the chair- Director and Panama Canal Company-Canal Zone Govern-

manship alternates between the Caribbean Command and The ment member; Col. David B. Stone, J-1, Caribbean Command,Pansamp atenaesbewenheCabea Compay-dalZnedvchairman of the Board; Mrs. Grace Roach, recorder for thePanama Canal Company-Canal Zone Government. Board; Col. John D. Coffey, Caribbean Command alternate

Board membership has changed since the above picture was member of the Board; Sa-Fair Henry, Industrial Relationstaken at a recent meeting. From left, Robert J. Taylor, Director Officer and Navy observer; S. R. Davidson, Civilian Personnelof Civilian Personnel and Air Force member; Otto W. Hel- Director and Navy alternate member; and Edmund S. Shaw,merichs, Chief of the Central Employment Office; Miss Mary Civilian Personnel Officer, Albrook Air Force Base and AirE. Murphy, Acting Civilian Personnel Director for U.S. Army Force alternate member.

16 JUNE 3, 1960

Change of command for

RailroadDivision

R. E. Pinkliam John BurdakinA CHANGE in command of the Railroad Quincy, Mass., and a graduate in Civil ment. Vhkn le came to the Canal ZoneDivision is slated for this month when Engineering from Massachusetts Insti- two years ago he left the position ofJohn Burdakin, of the Transportation tute of Technology. He has been with Superintendent of Equipment for theDepartment of the Pennsylvania Rail- the Pennsylvania Railroad since his Pennsylvania Railroad at Baltimore.road, moves into the position of Man- graduation from MIT in 1947. Heager for the Division. He succeeds R. E. comes to the Canal Zone from Cincin- Mr. Burdakin is the third Pennsyl-Pinkham, who has headed the Division nati, Ohio. vania Railroad man to serve as Managersince August 1958. Mr. Pinkham plans to leave the Canal of the Railroad Division in the Coin-

Mr. Burdakin is due to take over his Zone by Panama Line June 18, five days pany - Government organization. Thenew duties on June 23. He spent several before his successor arrives. He vill re- first was George M. Smith, who wasdays here last month discussing railroad turn to the Pennsylvania Railroad but Railroad Division Manager from Julyoperations and plans. He is a native of has not vet received his new assign- 1957 to August 1958.

If you're going to sign up for a Health Benefit Plan

THIS IS THE LAST MONTH TO ENROLL14EGISTBATION FOIIMS on which every sistants working during summer vaca- gical or medical bills which he has al-'ligible United States citizen employee -ions, for instance. ready paid. He fills out claim forms, at-of the Company-Government will in- Those holding temporary appoint- taches hospital bills and forwards themdicate whether he wishes to enroll in ments in the Postal Field Service pend- to the nearest claim s rvice office in the0ne of the various Health Beiiefit plans ing establishment of a register. United States.Acre distributed throughout the organ- Those on part-time, when-actually- The Employe Group Health Plan.ization last month. employed, or intermittent status, haviing This was designed for employees of

All registrations must be completed no regular tour of duty. the Company-Government using Canaland on file in the Personnel Bureau by Those whose salary, pay or compensa- Zone hospitals. It is a service type plan,Junt 30. Employees who do not register tion is $12 per year' or less. There will i.e. the insurance company pays directbefore the end of this month will not be few of these in the Company-Gov- to the hospital.have another opportunity to enroll in a erinent organization. This group would The Sercice Bencfits Plan, with highI health Plan until October 1961, and include those on the interpreters' roster, and low options. Although this is in-may not qualify to benefit from this called on infrequently to translate un tended as a service type plan in which1health insurance after retirement. unusual language. the insurance company pays direct to

Every United States citizen employee The final determination as to eligi- the hospitals, it would have to beis eligible to select one of the plans, ability for the insurance programs as an demty plan in theplas, biit fo te nsrace roransxI Cainal Zone as there is no member hos-ith some exceptions including: be inade by the Civil Service Commis- pital here.

TIhose serviisg nder an appointment sini. .AFGE Health Benefit Plan, with highlimited to onc year or less; Details of the four plans have already and low options. This plan is open onlyThose whose employment is of 1n- been published. In brief, for the con- to members of the American Federationcertain or temporary duration or those venience of the readers of TIHE REVIEW, of Government Emplovees. It is an in-emuployed iltermnitteIntly for brief pe- they are: demnity plan, with the insurance com-dls, or those wIh0 are expected to work The Indemnity Benefit Plan, with high pany reimhnrsing the member fur hos-less tl an six months each year. This aiid low options. This plan reimburses pital, surgical or medical bills whi eprovision would exclude student as- the insured individual for hospital, sur- has already paid.

THiE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW 17

ANNIVERSARIESCIVIL AFFAIRS BUREAU

ENGINEERING AND CON- George L. CainADMINISTRATIVE iRANCLI STRUCTION Cu spector

Clarence A. att. Ansehno Jimine'Comtp itt 1 mting la Enginecring Survey d I -w "B1ek U

Parkinson Headley cader Ship terCarpenter

1L F AIR B BEAU Christopher Sealey T ANSPORTAI 0 AND

asper Lot Core Drilling Leader T RMINALS U EAU1erinc III Fitz H. Brathwait ter

17rmu e a Painter erkBran ivision Isaac W. Beech erk

Water Tender Faustn ieroOiler

ADMINISTRATIVE BRANCH Ulpiano Rios Eustace G. Mathews Ivy A. Sisnett

Beatrice E. Lee General Helper Maintenanceman Laborer

Passenger Traffic Clerk Adin Veliz Wilfred West James ScottSeaman Launch Seaman Baker

CIVIL AFFAIRS BUREAU Ovidio Ciceres Albert Gooding Marie A. BrownieOiler Seaman Sales Section Head

Dale R. Meriwether Rafael Valdes Arturo G. L6pez Ivan R. EveringCustoms Inspector Carpenter Carpenter Clerk

Richard J. Salvato henry N. Murrell Gerald Anderson Leon H. TaittCustoms Inspector Highway Maintenance Laborer Helper Lock Operator Truck Driver

Jordan E. Walbridge Luis Cuentas John B. Powell Juan Vald6sFirefighter General Helper Fireman Laborer

Maurice E. Muller Robert James Mximo L6pez Millicent E. WeekesPolice Private Seaman Boatman Sales Clerk

Lorenzo R. Banista Juan Rodriguez Leopoldo 0. Marshall William A. WhittakerMaintenanceman Boatman Toolroon Attendant Clerk

Sydney A. Smith Policarpo Hernindez Carlos M. G6mez Herbert E. E. St. RoseLeader Laborer Cleaner Helper Electrician Laborer Stockman

Stanley G. Nicholson James A. Weeks Randolph J. BryantOFFICE OF THE COMP- Helper Electrician Seaman Warehouseman

TROLLER Victoriano Luzcando James B. Ingram Ethlin J. AlstonGeneral Helper Seaman Utility Worker

Cornelia M. Wright Julio Albeo Andres Ctirdenas Edna 11. FurrAccounting Technician Helper Electrician Lineman Helper Pipefitter Cash Accounting Clerk Teller

Carl M. Pajak Manuel H. Vence C. V. Brathwaite hyacinth C. GayleSystems Accountant Helper Machinist Helper Machinist Tailor

Ethel K. Askew Eduviges Ardines Jose -'ing Edith C. HarperAccounting Techmician Laborer ck Onera - Enginenan Sales Clerk

Patricio Pere ar -maENGINEERING AND CON- Boatman elper Loc O 'rator TRANSPORTATION AND

STRUCTION BUREAU Henry G. Danzic drew F. Cod ig n TERMINALS BUREAUCharles A. Behringer Helper Electrician Helper Boileri ak r

General Estimates Engineer Joaquin L6pcz A. aniel Blake Stanley A. BartleyMilton Horter, Jr. Helper Electric I L- m.tn Toolroom Att nd- nt Leader Laborer

Operator Foreman Electrician HEALTI B E U MMUNITY Truck DiEJoseph A. H-arvey HAT M NT ukDie

Helper Electrician Fred L. Wo -man SERVIC UREAU Clifford E. BovellFrank Stewart Funeral Direc or Mary H1. oster Rafael A. Vaug iN

Maintenanceman James S. Yard Accounting Technician OilerJuan T. Flem gs Chaufeur Jackson J. Pearce James 1). MikealOiler Clyde D. Bailey Assistant Housing Manager Helper MachittistMarciano Egues Laundry Checker Isadora 0. Gittens Henry G. Ledgerwood

Engineering Survey Aid Reginald M. Hayden Sales Checker MaintenatcetattRuloiph Davey Accounts Maintenance Clerk Joseph C. Hill Pablo SantamariaHelper ElectricianCarlos F. Joseph MARINE BUREAU Meat Cutter Truck Driver

Navigational Aid Worker Stanley R. rhiips B. A. CaballeroPastor Correa, Jr. Morris R. Collins Truck Driver Leader Laborer

Helper Electrician Lineman Towboat or Ferry Chief Fernando A. Yip Manuel S. AparicioSimeon Shirlev Engineer Scrap Materials Sorter Oiler

Laborer ' Marcos F. Rueda Hilda F. Harriman Samuel AlfredEulalio Romero Painter Garment Presser Helper Nlachinist

Laborer John Jackman John W. Purvis Ernest JohnsonCedric C. Treleaven Helper Office Machine Lead Grounds Foreman Braketman

Helper Refrigeration and Air Repairman Doris NI. Brown Herman ProvidenceConditioning Mechanic Charles V. Scheidegg Canvas Worker Truck Driver

Lorenzo Deer Lead Foreman Locks Control Ulric S. Moore Joseph N. ChandlerGeneral Helper House Laborer High Lift Truck Operator

18 JUNE 3, 1960

PROMOTIONS -7

AND

TRANSFERSApril 15 through May 15

EMPLOYEES who were promoted or HEALTH BUREAU Euclid C. Jordan, Laborer, from Mainte-

transferred between April 15 and May Gorgas Hospital nance Division.

15 are listed below. Within-grade pro- Mrs. Margaret 0. Wong, to Nurse Super- Navigation Division

motions and job reclassifications are not visor. Mrs. Bertha B. Brown, to Time and Leavejoborted. rMrs. Benedicta M. Koranyi, from Substitute Clerk.

reported. Teacher, Division of Schools, to Die- John E. Wallace, Jr., Dean K. Bruch,

CIVIL AFFAIRS BUREAU titian. Robert F. Rowe, Jr., to ProbationaryCocoSoloHosptalPilot.

Mrs. Alice M. Turner, to Librarian, Library Coco Solo HospitalSection. Mrs. Betty L. Marshall, Clerk, from Hous- SUPPLY AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

ing, Branch, Cormmunity Services Di-Clemente Ara B., to Detention Guard, Po- si BnBUREAU

lice Division. Cecil D. Archbold, to Physical Therapy Felton L. Gill, Jr., to Clerk-Typist, Office

Division of Schools Assistant. of General \Ianager.

Mrs. Bess B. Conley, Mrs. Dorsey S. George C. Worrell, Hospital Laborer, from Gerald HI. Halsall, from Substitute Distri-FraksMrs. aic. C y V ot .o Gorgas Hospital bution Clerk, Postal Division, to HousingFranks, Mrs. Patricia A. \Van Cott, to Hosil o a nManagement Assistant.Elementary-Secondary School Teacher. Division of Sanitation Frank E. Day, to Assistant Store Manager.

Martha Lawrence, Elvira Jordan, Enelina Inocencio Leguia, Jos6 E. Sanguill6n, Be- Edwin C. McIlvaine, from Supervisory Ac-Hurley, to Junior High Teacher, Latin tildo Maltez, Ernesto Panezo, to Heavy counting Clerk, Gorgas Hospital, to Ac-American Schools. Pest Control Laborer. counting Assistant, Office of General

Patricia E. Headley, Albertina Henlon B., Florencio Akins, from Heavy Cold Storage Manager.Gladys D. Urefia, Ivonne M. Frederick, Laborer, Maintenance Division, to Heavy Ernest F. Sandiford, to Sales Clerk.Yvonne A. Crooks, Millicent T. Fred- Pest Control Laborer. Luther A. Caddie, Roy Elliott, Harold D.ericks, to Elementary Teacher, Latin Spencer, to Stock Control Clerk.American Schools. MARINE BUREAU Marcel Scale, to Food Service Sales Check-

OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER er.Mrs. Bettie J. Hogan, to Clerk-Stenogra- Ethel C. Yearwood, Mrs. Marcella W. At-

Mrs. Cordellia B. H1a1, to Stenographic and pher. kinson, to Clerk-Typist.Typing Unit Supervisor, Accounting Di- Burnell F. Dowler, William Kosan, from Nicolasa B. de Vald6s, Clibice Boyce, tovision. Diesel Machinist Operator, Electrical Garment Presser.

Mrs. Shirley H. Barca, to Travel Expense Division, to Marine Machinist. Edwin S. Gayle, from Clerk Checker, Ter-Claims Examiner, General Audit Di- Christopher C. Bennett, from Diesel Ma- minals Division, to Clerk-Typist.vision. chinist Operator, Electrical Division, to Reginald Haynes, Heavy Cold Storage

ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION Elevator and Crane Inspector. Laborer, from Maintenance Division.Hugh M. Thomas, Jr., from Diesel Ma- Gregorio Bonilla, from Dock Worker, Ter-

BUREAU chinist Operator, Electrical Division, to finals Division to Laborer, CommunityFrank W. Van Horne, from Lock Operator Maintenance Machinist. Services Division.

Iron Worker-Welder, Locks Division, to Claudius Moulton, from Ship Worker, Ter- Mrs. Enid M. Dignam, Dawson Jolley, toConstruction Inspector, Balboa Bridge finals Division, to Helper Machinist. Sales Clerk.Project. Berrold H. Hurdle, from Carpenter Helper, Amado Rodriguez P., Henry J. Ford, to

Contract and Inspection Division Maintenance Division, to 'illman Help- Kitchen Attendant.er. Alfonso Berguido, from Laborer, Locks Di-

William H. Will, to Construction Inspector. hlezekials Richards, to Crane Hookiman. vision, to '\eat Cutter Assistant.Mrs. Shirley K. Finlason, to Supervisory Roy A. Dudley, from Laborer, Mainte- Montoque Rogers, to Laborer Cleaner.

Clerk. Dredging Division nance Division, to Machinist Helper. TRANSPORTATION AND TERMINALSDregin DiisimsLocks Division BUREAU

Robert F. Dunn, to Dipper Dredge M\ate. Dorothy B. King, to Secretary.Charles L. Miller, from Lock Operator alter C. Reed, from Automotive Me- Terminals Division

lachinist, to Hoisting and Portable En- clanie Motor Transportation Dii sn Donald A. Hause, to Leader Boilermaker,ginesnan. to nard vision, Clement J. Moses, Richard A. Parkins, Fire-

Electrical Division Julius A. Vaughn, Harold Irvin, from men, from Maintenance Division.

hubert F. Smart, from Lock Operator Elee- Kitchen Attendant, Supply Division, to Jose . Fitzgerald, Estamslao Paredes, totriciaii, Locks Division, to Electrician. ILaborer. Ship 'Worker.

Albert A. Lowe, to Helper Electrician. Oscar Newland, Eugene A. Tucker, from Juan A. Loaiza, from Laborer Cleaner, Di-Laborer Cleaner, Supply Division, to vision of Schools, to Ship Worker.

Maintenance Division Laborer. Railroad DivisionHarry B. Clark, Accounting Clerk, from Vernal A. McKay, from Utility Worker, Burton J. Deveau, from Lock Operator Ma-

Industrial Division. Supply Division, to Laborer. chinist, Locks Division, to Machinist.Clarence E. Notyce, Bookkeeping Machine William H. Henderson, from Electrician, Frank Gittens, to Helper Carman.

Operator, from Industrial Division. Electrical Division, to Lock Operator Motor Transportation DivisionAnthony J. Kucikas, to Eader joiner. Electrician.Camilo Calder6n, to General Helper. Jos6 A. Reyes B., to Cement Finisher. Frank Dyer, from Field Tractor Operator,Jack G. Lenneville, to Leader Pipefitter. Edward R. McDonald, Julian T. Brath- Mlainteinance Division, to Truck Driver.Joseph A. Husband, to Leader Carpenter. waite, George A. Salmon, Carlos Me- Hector A. Richards, from Deckhand, Na-

Angel G. Herazo, from Laborer, industrial l6ndez, Cipriano Mornn, to Lock Op- vigation Divson, to Truck Driver.

Division, to Painter. crater Helper. Sidney 1. Johnston, to Automotive Mc-Henry S. Steven, from Dock Worker, Ter- Jos6 Suarez R., from Dock Worker, Ter- chanc

iminals Division, to Laborer. finals Divisioi, to Laborer. Jose St. John, from Service Station Attend-Clarence R. Taht, Richard F. Daniel, Ed- Justo E. Jaslin, Laborer, from Division of ant, Supnly Division, to Chauffeur.

gar F. Daggett, John E. Ridge, Jr., Schools. Daniel E. Gerald, Cecil S. Brown, to Auto-Alfred J. Waldorf, James A. Van Dyke, Cyril J. Myers, from Guard, Terminals Di- motive Mechanic.

to Water System Controlman. vision, to Laborer. (Sce Page 21)

THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW 19

AboutSafety

which required that the knight had to frequently neglected type of equipment,be hoisted oin his horse by a derrick. is the safety rorlc which stands guard(Voe betide him if he fell off his horse against blindness. Eyesight is a preciousin battle.) gift. The only time of the day when it

Modern day warfare has brought isn't in constant use is when we're sleep-about the light-weight bulletproof vest mng.and steel helmet. In sports we find the If you'd like to get an idea of howbaseball catcher with his wire cagc face important it is even in little things, trymask, the batter with a protective liner lighting a cigarette with your eves closedin his cap to protect him from getting (that is if you don't mind using up a"beaned" by a wild pitch, and the foot- box or two of matches or lighting theball star with his heiavily-guarded end of your nose instead).helmet and various body p,ds. Wear your goggles-vou won't ever

The most commonly used, yet most be sorry yom did.

ACCI DENTSPnOTECTIVE clothing such as that worn FORby a Section I employee while pouringmolten lead had its beginning in the THE MONTHdawn of time when the cave man woreheavy animal skins and furs to deflect ANDor absorb the impact of primitive mis-siles. Down through the ages man has THE YEARalways been concerned with protectinghis head and bodv. The passing of the FIRST AID DISABLING DAY Scenturies has seen many developments APRIL CASES INJURIES LOSTin this field-first in warfare and later in '60 '59 '60 '59 '60 '59sports and industry. One of the more ALL UNITS 269 255 11 11 51 330spectacular types for warfare was the YEAR TO DATE 746 658 42 43 423 1275armor suit weighing 100 or more pounds

to the McClintic-Marshall Co. of Pitts- 10 Years Agoburgh on their low bid of $5,375,000.A This was the Isthmian Canal Commis- Ia speciNsTo 10 eamrs ago this monthsion's largest single order since the a special Iouse of Representatives sub-beginning of the Canal work. committee began hiearings o a bill

b eg oftnhe sc on rk , built whimh would modernize the Panamaew 20-inch suction dredge, ililt Canal organization by, in effect, split-

by the Ellicott Machinery Company of tin' it inimllI fc* 7 DO",Irk Y til(T t i twn parts, the Paniamla CanlalBaltimore for use in the hydranlic fill Company and the Canal Zone Govern-50 Years Ago at Gatun Dam, arrived June 11, 1910, went. In the Canal Zone the plrdlilimnr

ALL excavation records at Culebra Cut in tow of the tog "Tormentor." reorganizationm for this move was mnder-(liing the rainy season months werebroken in June' 50 years ago, when 25 Years Ago I fter four days of collferellccs withI,305,141 cubic yards of material were A BILL to eliminate all umwarrantedi x- Canal of/weds. repr'seniaolies of ihremoved from the Canal prism. The emptions and require all ships to pay American Fedration of Labor an-Jime figure, however, was still under the tolls on their actual earning capacity oonced tlat Ihey beiieced 0 sohitionall-time record of the previous March. was under consideration by Congress had been reached t tit Caoal's iOr

records were also being set at Gatun 25 years ago. problem; the labor situation, they' said.Locks where concrete laying passed the As the month ended, the Panama For- had caused "unrest and miisundstfand-half-million yard mark o June 27, eign Office announced that the United ig." One of the solutiOls ineolteid a1910. Three weeks earlier, workmen States had agreed to pay the S250,000 newe grievance-handling procaedr.had achieved a new daily record when Canal annuity in gold. This wonldthey poured 3,998 cubic yards in one aounint to approximately 5430,000 in One Year A godoaj. The average hourly output of each devaluated dollars. -Ti. CONTnAcr for the silbstrUctUre ofof the eight mixers on the job was about Members of the first graduating class the new Balboa Bri :!ge was awarded a53 clbic yards. of the Canal Zone Junior College re- vear ago this moinli to the firms of

The contract for furnishing and erect- ceived their diplomas, 25 years ago this i'ruil-Colnon Inteniational S.A. anding 46 miter gates for the Canal locks month. Speaker for the Commencement Lebooef & Doumglhertv, Inc. o1 their lowwas awarded 50 years ago this month exercises was Gov. J. L. Schley. bid of $2,943,960.

20 JUNE 3, 190

civil

Defensellicii Pi sE1 for a cadre of first aid in-structors, shown at the right, was ex-

pr -ssed last month by Eugene Jones,American Red Cross instructor from\Washington.

Mr. Jones caie to the Canal Zoneespecially to certify the class, which had age and plan first aid training in all localreceived extensive preliminary instruc- official Government agencies. This villtion from Mrs. Charlotte Kennedy, lead to more effective training than hasAmerican Red Cross Volonteer in- been possible when the responsibilitystructor, before its members took the for such a program rested on one person. RETIREIMENT Certificates wer presentedinstructors' course under the direction Members of the new First Aid Coi- at the end of May to the following e-of Mr. Jones. inittee are: M. F. Millard, Chairmanf Xl v a te flio cl

The cadre will start to organize elas- Philip L. Dade, Chief, Civil Defense ployees who are listed alphabeticallyses, mainly within their own Bureaus, of W. C. Dolan, Chief, Fire Division; W. below, together with their birthplaces,

those employees who must know first H. Smith, Chief, Safety Branch; L. J. heiaid as their 'civil defense responsibility Meyers, American Red Cross Director their future addresses:

in case of an emergency. of Operations, Caribbean Area; and Dr. Mrs. Margaret D. Austin, Bonn, Germany:Another result of Mr. Jones's visit was Sydney B. Clark, Chief, Division of Supervisor, Supply and Community ScrV-

PrevnieMdcn n ice Division; 18 years, :3 months, 19the formation of a Canal Zone First Aid Preventive Medicine and Quarantine, days; Fort Knox, Ky.Committee which will sponsor, encour- Medical Advisor. Hubert N. Beckfor, Colon, .P.; Dock

Worker, Terminals Division: 22 years,Housing Regulations Promotions and Transfers i. months; Colon, R.P.(Continued from page 3) (Continued from page 19) Willie Alexander Bowie, Pananma, R.P.:

be made at Diablo Heights. and Los OTHER PROMOTIONS Laborer Cleaner, Supply Division; 17. years, 8 months, 19 days; Panama, .P.liios, and at Gatuin or Gamboa, except PBoMonoNs which did not involve Miss Frances . Clarv, Nlrirose Minn

Ior the four exceptions listed above. changes of title follow: Elementary School Teacher, Division (fEmployees occupying quarters in Leslie M. Spencer, Systems Accountant, Schools; 30 years, 3 months, 25 days:

where social or special assitn- Office of the Comptroller. Orlando, Fla.m s Wre made xwi nt e r id Mrs. Elvira M. Dejernette, Staff Nurse, Charles H. Crawford, Chester, S.C.; Si-mdots i , emaewllntb required Gorras Hospital. evsrPronlAsit -,EiIpo-to vacate; they will be "grandfathered" Mrs. Nita B. Hartman, Supervisory Ad- pervsory Persinnel Assistant, Employ-into their quarters until the. choose to ministrative Assistant, Contract and In- ment and Utilization Division; 20 years,

spection Division. months, 19 days; undecided.Manuel Quintero R., Civil Engineer, En- Juan Gualberto Fagette, Panama, R.P.;The final section ol assignments. giucering Division. Laborer, Coco Solo Hospital; 16 years, 3

those governing provisional assignments Hubert Oken, Electrical Engineer, En- months, 25 days; Colon, R.P.for contractors, clergymen, contract gineerin' DivisiOn Pedro A. Garcia, Colon, R.P.; Clerk, Ter-dentists, etc., is unchainged. Jes C Fot neral Engineer, En- finals Division; 34 years, 2 months, 24

gi lneering Dixisi(Ifl das;Coon RPIn Latin American housing, quarters Allen Alexander, Information Specialist, das; Colon, .

will be provided for a limited number Office of the Covernor-President. Mrs. Eselina L. Harriott, Colon, H.P.Mrs. Katherine A. Lessiack, Clerk-Stenog- Utility Worker, Supply Division; 25of hard core enNplo ees and their dc- rapper, Executive Planning Staff. years, 9 months, 27 days; Colon, R.P.pendents. Employees other than those Miss Isabel T. Wood, Clerk-Stenographer, Dr. George B. Hudock, Sandy Run, Pa.:in the hard-core categor may transfer Office of the Comptroller. Chief Medical Officer, Corozal Hospital:

to other quarters oi the basis of service Robert N. Bowen, Auditor, Office of the 15 years, 4 months, 11 days; Pittsburgh,,Tedit and family size. Comptroller. Pa.

Mrs. Martha J. M. McGee, Clerk-Typist, Miss Rosalie Jones, Tavlor, Tex.: Elemen-fit the absence of qualifying appli- Employment and Utilization Division. tary School Teacher, Division of Schools:cants based on family size, assignments Mrs. Juanita F. Day, Accounting Assistant, 32 years, 5 months; Dallas, Tex.ora be made to apartments with more S D n.sDomingo Pinilla, Arraijan, 1. P.; Pipelayer,Or rless bedrooms than the famy size M ksElizabeth G. Washburn, Clerk-Typist, Maintenance Division; 36 years, 5 davs;l,ocks Division. Arraijan, H.P.calls for. Salvador Navas, Laborer, Maintenance Di- Charles A. Prentice, N.Pi. Island, BAV.:

vision. IAn assignment to family quarters in Eric J. Salkey, Clerk, Dredging Division. Helper Electrician, Electrical Division:either U.S. or Latin American coin- Joseph R. Alexander, Cargo Clerk, Ter- 3) years, 9 months, 1( days; Colon, H.P.inlimlitics may be canceled for non- minals Division. Ansford L. Rowe, West Moreland, jamai-payment of rent, may be modified or Eslyn W. Brandt, Supervisory Administra- ca; Helper Automotive Machinist: 13canceled for violation iof the housing t.ve Services Assistant, Industrial Divi- years, 11 months, 22 days; Colon, 1.P.Sion. D)avid Thompson, Clarendon. Jamaica:regulations, and an employee may be Ruben f. Blauchett, Clerk-Typist, Supply Helper Lock Operator, Lnocks ix ision;evicted for "imdecent or notoriously Division, 42 years, 8 months, 15 days Calidonia,disgraceful conduct" or because the or- Basil G. Coke, Clerk-Typist, Terminals Di- H.P.

t or his dependents have engaged vision. Edwin C. Tompkins, Beacon, N.Y.; DipperHorace M. Roberts, Clerk, Supply Division. Dredge Engineer, Dredgin Division; 18in coniitrabandil activities. Alberto G6niez, Laborer, Supply Division. years, 6 months, 7 days; undecided,

TliE PANANMA CANAL REVIEW 21

Eleven months after the 40-foot Barracuda was nothing but a half-model she took to the water for the first time.

June 1959

Augusi

Jante J. Ciechelli, shipfltter Joftsmnan, instructs apprentices Raul Swaim,2harles DeTore, and Billy Rankin in the pattern work on the Industrial Di-'ision's lofting floor. At right: Longitudinal planes made from templets arcet into place at the boiler shop by Fred Trout and Ralph Morales, welders. ore

22 JUNE 3

A NEW LAUNCHMoves frorn planning board to water under

many skilled hands at Industrial Division

W. J. Schnexnayder, ship joiner, made thehalf models for the Canal's new launches.

ZIPPING around Limon Bay these days, designing and building the two laun- form the launch hulls. In the meantime,carrying pilots and boarding parties ches, as the pictures on this page show. the sheet metal shop began building thefrom ship to ship and ship to shore, is The job also provided invaluable ex- aluminum cabin.the handsormle new launch Barracuda perience for apprentices assigned to the When hull and superstructure were-from stem to stern a product of the Industrial Division. Under the direction finished and fitted together temporarily,Industrial Division's shops at Mount of an experienced shipfitter, they prod- they were then separated so that theHope. She is the fastest pilot launch uced all of the wooden templets, or engine could be installed and the entireever built in the Canal Zone and the first patterns, from which the metal work hull sandblasted and painted with asteel boat produced by the Industrial was done, and worked on all phases of special anti-corrosive zinc coating. Fi-Division in many years. the actual building. ally, the pilot house and cabin were

Forty feet long, she has a running First step in the construction of the set in place pemanently Wiring andtw ~sheathinff were ftesern n n

speed of 20 miles per hour and a capa- two launches was the manufacture of steering and en-city for 20 passengers. Like her sister the half-model, which is a miniature gine controls run, tanks and fuel systemboat, which will be completed the end launch hull, cut in half vertically. The hooked up and seats installed. When theof June, she has a rubber fender com- model helped the apprentices as they nal painting was completed, she was

pletely around the hull and an aluminum worked from design drawings, layingsuper~sructure. Her planing hull was out the lines on the loft floor. On May 2, Barracuda was lowered

supestrctue. Hr pammg hul ws ot ~ehit 00into the slip alongside the Industrialdesigned by Philip L. Rhodes, noted By Auust, the boiler shop began to Division dock as Mrs. Geoffrey Thomp-naval architect, duplicate the wooden patterns in metal son smashed a bottle of Burgundy across

A number of the shops had a hand in plates and to weld them together to her bow and gave her her name.

1960 March

February

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Beginning to look like a launch, the Barracuda is fitted for the pilot hodeck under the direction of Cyrus Fields, master of the boiler and shipfitshops. Above: The superstructure is being tried out for placing. A comphpaint job with a special anti-corrosive zinc coating was the launches' final st

THE PANAMA CANAL REv1Ew 23

\VrriH Ni ships, or ships on their TRANSITS BY OCEAN-GOING Panama Canal by the Splosna Plouvamaidett trip through the Panama Canal VESSELS IN APRIL Line, of Piran, Yugoslavia, according toarriving at the Canal Zone's terminal 1959 1960 an item in a recent issue of the Pacificports at the rate of 85 per month, the Coitmercial. 830 902 Shipper, West Coast shipping weekly.biggest news in shipping circles these U Government.22 13 The service will be started with thedays concerns these new ships. 15,000 deadweight ton Piran, which

'Ote of the unusual twists in the new- Total. 852 915 will load on the 'West Coast early thisship line, according to admcasurers at TOLLS month, after her arrival from Japan,the port of Balboa, is the scarcity of newv Cotntnercial .$3,910,101 $4,205,200 where she was built.Japanese flag vessels. S. From the West Coast she is sched-ago ships of Japanese registry were ar- t 9 5 uled for Mediterranean, Adriatic, Nearrtvt'1g at Balboa for their initial transit Total. $4,000,154 $4,22311 East, Pakistan and Indian ports.at the average of four a month. Through CARGO (long tons) Piran is a notorship with her machin-the middle of May, the admeasurers re- Cornmercial. 4,264,960 4,989,129 cry aft. One feature is a deep tank mid-ported, they had measured no ships of U.S. Government. 100,086 57,884 ships for carrying vegetable oil.this sort since February. Japanese-built -vessels continue to arrive, but they are Total. 4,365,046 5,047,013 Johnson Lineunder other registrv, indicating the pos- includess totts on alt vessels, ocean-going and mo DUE THIS WEEK Ott her maiden voyagesibility that Japanese shipyards are now from Sweden was the Johnson Line'sconcentrating on manufacture for other new cargo-passenger ship Rosario, fifthcountries. all and has a deadweight tonnage of of her class to be built for the Line. She

New Tanker 19,380. She is handled in the Canal is entering the Line's run between Scan-

BteGEST of theso new Japanese-built Zone by Esso Tankers, Inc. dinavian ports and the west coast of

ships to transit the Canal within recent Change of Face South America.

weeks was the 42,800 deadweight-ton THE FAMILIAn black hull on the Grace She is a sister ship of the Buenos Aires

tanker Idaho, launched by the Mitsubi- Line's ships will soon become a thing of ween regenand the te Catesshi Zosen shipyards in 1958. She was the past, although the familiar green- between Sweden and the United States

northbound through the Canal last and-white stacks will remain unchang- A dist.week, en route in ballast from San Fran- ed. One of the ships running in the this tin-screw ve is tacisco to Tanura, in the Middle East, Caribbean service has already been re- this class of twin-screw vessels is thatwhich means that she will also transit painted, with a light gray replacing the or four engines, instead of the

0 0 one Ortwo commonn\ used in Dieselthe Suez Canal on this voyage. black on her hull, and a second is now craft. The ships have eleetr(-mDanetieHer 102-foot 5-inch beam gave her in the color change process.

less than four feet of clearance on either It will be three to four months, how\'- geared couplings to the propeller shaftsside in the Locks. ever, before Isthmians will see the new b.hich enable them to run o any coi-

The Idaho is running for Texaco and paint job on the Santa ships which ply bimation lf engines.wasiarl cars Antilles,, theh Caalrmetlwas handled here by the Texas Antilles, the Canal regularly. The Line's local rfry pactg vees it -se

Ltd. agents are Panama Agencies. reefer space, they have limited passen-

Doble T t ger accommodations. The Btenos Aires-oube Transit Yugoslav Ships class craft gross 8494 tons and are 489TttE NEW Norwgia motorshtp Betuin, A1iOUND THE wORLD service will be feet overall. They are represented lo-a tanker chartered to the Panama Tran- inaugurated this tnonth through the call by Panama Agencies.sport Company, made two trips throughthe Patalna Canal last month. On herfirst southbottnd transit, May 4, she wasen route from Cartagena to Buenaven-tura carrying gasoline, Diesel oil andkerosene consigned to Esso ColombianaS.A.

She continued on to Talara and Cal-lao in Peru, and then headed backthrough the Canal to Cartagena to pickup her second load of petroleum pro-ducts for Buenaventura. On her secondnorthbound trip through the Canal sheheaded for Aruba for orders.

The latest type of motorship to comeout of Norwegian shipyards-Beduinwas built in 1959-she is 557 feet over-

The new tanker Beduin carried oil betweenColombian ports on her first Canal transit.