PAGE FOUR THE WORKMAN Pablished on Saturday by WALROND, at the office No 72 CARLOS MENDOZA Street No. 72, Panama, P. Box 74, Panama Box 1102, Ancon CZ RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION UNE YEAR.
90 9 90 SLX MONTHS THREE.
ONE MONTE.
20 The Liberty of the Press is the Palladium of our rights JUNIUS Cheap Mexican Labor is Big Factor in Negro Employment THE WORKMAN, SATURDAY DECEMBER 6, 1950 WE WONDER WE HOPE The season oi lesuvities is fast approaching, allu alreauy we see preparations being maue to celebrate it.
tauy me cmuren are commeucing to name What wey would like to have as toys, apparel, and so lortu, was which they hope to enjoy themselves when the season arrives. The scores too, are commencing to put on their gay apparel, and they have commenceu to uisplay them veauurul and otherwise garments and com mouities of various description and kind, so as to entice patronage or the season. All this is in keeping with uime worn custom which has become an annual anair in the month of December. Even upon the field we can see new nfe being put on by the plants and herbs and shrubs. The trees blossom and send forth sweet smelling fragrance, and the air is filled with their aroma. The birus fly about in joyous iashion and seem also to anticipate a period of extra happiness. The winds blow in somewhat of a different fashion from times before, and so, even Nature seems to give evidence of her expectancy, and join in the general preparations for the welcome of the approaching festive season.
is THE WORKMAN, SATURDAY DECEMBER 6, 1980 SHARE YOUR LOAF helped a few Negroes to succeed in accumulating even a small amount of wealth and a small surplus, that small amount of wealth and that small surplus must be Under the above caption, the Pittsburg Courier of drawn upon as liberally as possible in order to do our the 22nd ulto, says editoriallypart in this great program of human relief. Even when The government of the United States, state gov we think we are poor, we are decidedly rich as comparernments, municipal governments and the govern ed with thousands and thousands of others who have ments of boroughs, towns and hamlets have taken up not only no place to shelter their heads, but they have the question of relief for the hordes of unemployed citi absolutely no resources whatever to which they may look for daily bread. Conditions in some parts of this zens of our country.
country are unspeakable, and it devolves upon the more The President of the United States has set in mofortunate communities to give liberally but wisely toLaun a program or reller. The great cities of the country, ward this magnificent program of general relief. It is turougn their chief executives, have followed suit, and hoped the Negro will give and give again to the great upprupriations running into milions have been made cause of human poverty. If we have but a loaf, let us Lut the purpose of making the proposed relier a reanty.
share that loaf.
Many ul the large industries on the country, headed by wealny men, have shown a disposition to help by conTHE ADVENT OF OUR senting iniediately to begin their long delayeu proKING gram or building, enlarging and expanding. In addition to these activities, the banks in many of the large cities in this season of Advent when in the country will soon release millions of doilars in the form of Christmas savings. Within the next few che coming of the Messiah is up weeks there ought to be released in this country mil permost in the minds of those inter Lunis and MS Of dollars intended to relieve the cred in things eclesiastical, we much discussed and long felt depression.
look with joyful anticipation on the WNITES COMPETING FOR In many ot ut our country relief orga day when the Redeemer of mankind JOBS FORMERLY HELD nizations are soliciting funds for the purpose of supply.
was born.
EXCLUSIVELY BY TEGROES ing food, shelter and clothing for the unfortunates During the year, many might. The chief similarities be during the approaching winter months.
have had numerous disappointments. ANP) The chief similarities be This gigantic program inaugurated for the pur in business, frienship and other en tween the North and the South as pose of relieving the unemployment situation is a frank terprises, but, whatever the condi regards trends of Negro employ admission of the present condition of thousands and tion of our position or social status nient are that, in the border cities, thousands of our people. Almost in every district we ray be, the coming of the Mes the whites are competing for jobs find privation, poverty and want, dye largely to the siah assureg a glorious hope. This formerly held exclusively by Ne world wide depression. But this does not mean that is a virtue of which it may be men groes; in some other sections Mexi everybody in this great and wealthy country is suffer tioned that very few of us are lack cans are replacing Negroes; and ing. There are still thousands and thousands of success ing, and having such a hope, it is the principal expansion in opportu ful and prosperous industries and individuals. These quite possible we can with a greater nity is in the mechanical industry.
successful and prosperous institutions and individuals determination look forward into the Other factors in the North operate are the sources to which we must look for the millions future with a degree of certainty differently from those in the South.
of dollars necessary to relieve the poor and needy. The which will assure our facing the Such are the findings of the Negro has his poor and needy class and the Negro also world with greater courage and a committee on the economic status has his successful and prosperous few. It is not only desire to do better.
of the Negro appointed by the Unit fitting and proper that those of us who are successful and fairly prosperous should donate to the cause of ed Statey secretary of commerce.
The report of this committee general relief to our fullest capacity, but we should give until it hurts. This admonition is given with the Coming Sensation based on a careful survey of the hope that it will not only be read, but will be heeded.
situation made by Dr. Woofter It is asking too much of the white people of this Jr. and financed by the Rosenwald PHOTOMATION Foundation.
country to carry the entire burden of relief. There are poor whites by the millions as well as poor blacks by the In the North Dr. Woofter ro millions, and if providence and good judgment have WHAT IS IT?
port shows the use of Negro labor, considered necessary experimet during the war, was resumed after the 1920 depression and augmented by 1929. In certain plants it had be come a definite policy. Before 1920 Negroes were chiefly common la borers.
The report shows that, in addi ton to mechanical industry, there are two definitely expanding fields of Negro opportunity in the North: First, the municipal apointmenta influenced by policies, and second, the opportunity to serve as clerks and even managers of business serving Negro patrons. The trend in other lines is not so definite owing to the scattered nature of much em ployment as janitors porters, eleva tor men, chaufours and Whousehold mestics.
In assembling information for the Report, questionaires were sent to inure than five thousand manufae tvring plams, including most of the largest in the East and Middle West and 24 cities were visited. In addi Loll, reports of a number of ro cent wurveys were examined.
It was found that woman place outside the home has not changed greatly since 1920 except by way of rapid expansion in mechanical laundries and some increase in in dustry, particularly fruit and nut pecking in Chicago and textiles in Pennsylvania New York City re ported an advance of Negro women in the garment industry.
The status of the men is more ambiguous because it is determined by balancing gaind against losses, and neither are elerly definite even within a given industry. Often one employer will deny the Negro ability to do work which he is per forming with great success in.
neighboring city.
The report indicates clearly, how ever, that the Negro foremost con quests in the North have been in raechanical pursuits, especially steel, meat packing and the auto mobile industry, Openings in municipal employ ment have been created by the po litical influence which has accrued from the growth of Negro popula. Of all this we do not wonder. It is merely history repeating itself. But we do wonder if there has been any improvement in a practical understanding of the nieaning of the season that is approaching. We wonder if the old and pagan ideas which have been attached to the season have become aged and useless in proportion with the advance us mortals are supposed to have made during the years of our modern lifetime. And we wonder if there willas late as now, be contained in the festivi ties of the season, drunkenness and revelry, vulgarity and gluttony, and indulgence in acts that are triffling and marked by conduct of unbecoming levity.
We have unpleasant recollections of how some of our comrades mis spent some seasons like the one approahing, in the past. We remember how their every movement was characterized by a want of order by irregularity of conduct by a succession of disturb ances and breaches of peace and by open rebellion against the laws of common decency. And, as we say, we wonder if the like of these things will be seen when the season of festivities returns this year.
We have been wondering all the time. Now, we wish to hope. And we venture to hope that there will be a general demonstration that our population has improved in wisdom and understanding. That there has been progress made in the march of civilization. That there has been developed in the minds of the people a positive scorn for things sordid, and things which deprive persons of qualities that are necessary to place them up on the proper platform. We hope that our general conduct will coincide with our pretence that we understand the significance and meaning of the season.
That there will be an exhibition of concord, comport, and tally between ous general deportment and what we pretend to believe and know. That our gaiety will consist of mirth, jollity, and enjoyment not desecrated by any mixture of untoward deed or word. That our cheerful.
ness will be one of joyfulness and gladness that is delightful. We hope that there will be no compromise between fact and fiction, reality and hypocrisy, wisdom and folly and that when this season comes, there will not be exemplified another episode of racial or social hara kiri. We wonder, as we began, if the things we wonder about still are, and we comfort ourselves in the saying. We hope not, for such things ought not to be!
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HOMELY PHILOSOPHY By GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Cerveza Bohemia AFTER YOU FAIL WHAT?
After you fail then comes the real test of character.
Do you double your determination to succeed after every rebuff, or do you slump down and despair? Failure tries a man out, it separates the wheat from the chaff, the strong from the weak. Can you laugh in the face of failure and plug on? If so, for you then there is no failure the struggle itself is success. Continued on DAO 5)