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Title

Identifier

Here and There

Language

English

Source

Philippine 3 (4) June 15, 1943

Year

1943

Subject

Archival materials—Conservation and restoration

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In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

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For Safekeeping A RRAi'\iGEMENTS h.m;- been m.1de for the Philippine Nation.11 B:mk in New York ro accept for safekeeping, for the duration, war bonds, insurance policies, wills, bank books, and mhc:r v,1Juable papers of Filipinos in the Armed Forces of the United Sr,ues. Those who wish ro a\'ail them· seh·es of this ser\'ice are requested to send their documems by registered mail ro Mr. Joseph H. Foley. Manager of the Philippine National Bank. 25 BrOld"·:ir, New York Cirr. who will issue the corresponding receip;s. . Report to the Filipino People PRESIDENT QUEZON'S Report to the Filipi110 People, an address broadcast ro the Philippines \'ia shore-wave from \\ 7 ashington, D. C., on February 20, 1943, and published in Vol. Ill, No. 2 of PHILIPPINES. is now available in pamphlet form. . Copies may be obtained free of charge by writing to the Office of Special Sen·ices, Co=onwealth of the Philip· pines, 1617 Massachusem Avenue, N.W., Washington. D. C. Filipinos in Defense and Farm Work VARIOUS repom received by the Nationals Division, Office of the Philippine Residem Co=issioner, from heads of Filipino organizations and councils, indicare that Filipinos in the United States are either working or fighting. In Vallejo, California, where nearly 75 Filipino families live in the city and vicinity, about 1000 Filipinos are gainfully occupied in the Navy Yard, and average 88 cems per hour. Over 400 Filipino families in San Diego proper and San Diego county, most of whom are connected with the navy in one way or the ocher, factories and shipyards, have an earning capacity of 40 dollars a week. More than 100 Filipinos are employed in shipyards, railroads, and on farms in Portland, Oregon, where there are around 25 families in residence. Shipyard workers in Richmond, California, number approximately 150 working as helpers and trainees. Trainees employed as welders, ship.fitters, and machinists receive from 1.05 to 1.35 per hour; helpers gee from 95 cents co 1.15 per hour. The aooual income of 11 Filipino families in Fresno, 8 C1lifornia, range from l ~00 rn •'1000 dollars under favorable working conditions. There are about 150 Filipinos in Vemura County engaged in farm labor, mostly in chc cirrus inJusuy. Lemon :ind orange pickers get 28 cents plus 1'i cents for cverr box. Each picker averages from 35 to ·'iO boxes ;1 J.1y. Vege· cable farms pay 60 to 65 cents per hour. About 25 t.urnlic, live in chis coumy, In Recdly and vicinity. there: arc :m>und )ll formers whose average income is easily 1000 dollars a ye.a. Picking gr.1pes yields from 60 co 75 cems an hour. Contract jobs which lase from 25 co 30 days yield pickers as high .1s 25 dollar> a day. They average 10 doll.us daily. LJSC year there were: more rhan 1) families. but members dnited ro V.illejo fnr defense jobs. NINETY-FIVE per cem of the Filipinos m Oakbnd work in defense industries; 70 pc:r cem of them arc: cm· ployed in Marc Island, and the rest in the N.1v.1l Suppl) Depoe at Wesc Oakland and che Nav,11 Air Depoe in Alameda. They a\'erage 95 cems per hour. There were ;ibout 100 Filipino families in Alameda and Contra Cosu rnumics at rhe rime this data was secured, but since then an influx of workers mighc have swollen che number of families <:n· gaged in defense work. In Seattle, Filipinos work as smelters. earning an .wer.ige of 44 dollars a week. Those engaged in making mamesses for the army earn 90 cents per hour. Farmers earn 125 dollars a momh wich board and lodging. Some of che Filipinos in Salinas are labor comraccors. Each one runs his own camp for che companies which operate the farms around this locality. Ochers work on carrot, letmce, sugar beers fields, and on ocher vegetable fields. The average size of farms where chey work is 1000 acres. Work lases 10 months in a year. F iii pi no conrranors average from 15 to 20 men working in their camps, but before the war they kept from 60 to 85 men working under them. The Representative of the Office of the Philippine Resident Commissioner, Western Division, summarizes his findings after a visit to Filipino communities in Phoenix, Yuma, Somerton, EI Cemro, San Diego, and Los Angeles, thus: "The prevailing farm wages ranged from .fifty to sixty· cents per hour. Mose of the Filipino agriculcural laborers, however, are working on piece work basis. The average wage, under the latter arrangement, is from 8 to 10 dollars a day. Some workers who are very efficient earn as much as fifteen dollars a day. Ac the end of my visit our people were engaged in cutting lettuce, bunching carrots and harvesting citrus fruits." Figures used in these reports are only approximate because of military necessity. PHILIPPINBS

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