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{"value"=>"<p>Series encompasses the many speeches Westerman delivered in Panama and the United States, as well as several interviews. Topics he spoke about involve United States-Panama relations, including tensions which sparked the Panama riots of January 1964, the history of basic changes in Canal policies governing relations between the two countries, and the tax haven law of 1962. There are several addresses concerning the history and contributions of West Indians in Panamanian society, and blacks of Hispanic traditions in Panamanian society, (i. e. blacks transported directly from Africa or Spain to Latin America). Religion, Panamanian economics, and Westerman's acceptance speeches for awards presented to him, and other subjects about which he spoke are included. Among them is a statement he made in 1946 before the House Committee on Un-American Activities denying Communist infiltration of a Panamanian labor union. Westerman's speeches at colleges, universities, professional and civic organizations, as well as churches and other religious institutions can be found in this series. During his years as a United Nations delegate he spoke before the Texas legislature, the Carnegie International Center, and business associations, among other institutions. In 1966 he was on the lecture circuit sponsored by the National Cash Register Company and delivered presentations throughout Ohio to various civic organizations. On a 1973 United States lecture tour, Westerman was a speaker for the Hubert Humphrey Lecture Series at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, and also travelled to various colleges in California and Ohio. Files for both lecture tours include his speeches, correspondence concerning tour arrangements and related matters, and news clippings. The series includes duplicates of some of the statements he made during his ambassadorship to the United Nations pertaining to independence for non-self-governing territories; a complete set of these statements can be found in the Diplomatic Career-United Nations series. The series has been arranged chronologically.</p>"}

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1944

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1944

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1982

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1944

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1982

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1. Speeches for National Reform of the Constitution
2. 1943
3. "Solicitud de Reforma de las Disposiciones Constitucionales Vigentes Sobre Nacionalidad Formulada a la Honorable Comisión Codificadora de Panama" - Liga Civica Nacional
4. "U. S. - Caribbean Relations" - National Writers Conference
5. "U. S. War Bases in Panama" - Interviews - New York City
6. United States Military Bases in Panama - Radio Addresses
7. House Committee on Un-American Activities - Statement by Westerman re Denial of Communist Infiltration in a Panamanian Labor Union
8. "Segregation, Commissaries, Housing and Employees"
9. Untitled
10. Presentation Ceremony of Local #900, GCEOC-CIO
11. First International Congress of Sociology and Political Science, - UNESCO, Zurich, Switzerland - Delivered at Trinity Methodist Church
12. Untitled
13. Untitled
14. "Group Relations in Panama and the Canal Zone"
15. "Sore Spots in United States-Panama Relations" - Inter-American Press Association 8th Annual Meeting - International House, Chicago
16. Panama New York Civic Committee - New York Grand Street Boys' Club
17. Press Statement at the Embassy of Panama re Discriminatory Policies in the Canal Zone
18. "West Indian Blacks in Panamanian Society"
19. Canal Zone Schools - Rotary Club of Panama
20. Coalicion Patriotica Nacional
21. American International Academy, New York
22. Fragments
23. "Business Possibilities in Panama" - New York Council of Business and Professional Men - Times Annex, New York
24. To United Nations Committee - United Methodist Church, Austin, Texas
25. United Nations - Hofstra College, Hempstead, New York
26. "Activities of the United Nations" - University Methodist Church, Austin, Texas
27. "Economic Development in Panama and its Opportunities for Foreign Investors" - University of Texas, Austin
28. To Texas Legislature - Austin, Texas
29. Chicago
30. Statement to Panamanian Journalists and Tourists - New York Port Authority
31. United Nations - Non-Self-Governing Territories
32. United Nations - "Text of Declaration on the Future of Togoland Under French Administration"
33. United Nations - Cameroons under British and French Administrations
34. Address Before the Speakers' Club of New York on its 50th Anniversary, Times Annex
35. "Ideals of the United Nations Cited" - Pacific Town Hall, Los Angeles, California
36. "A Progressive Administration" - Pacific Town Hall, Los Angeles, California
37. Press Interview at Statler Hotel, Los Angeles, California
38. Remarks at Luncheon by Golden State Insurance Company of Los Angeles, California
39. Interview - Lew Irwin, Radio (KPOL) Commentator and Telecaster (KADC), Los Angeles, California
40. "Declaracion Ante La Junta de Supervisores del Condado" - Municipal Room, Los Angeles, California
41. "Panama Speeds Work on Completion of Pan- American Highway"
42. United Nations - Kol Shearith Israel Community Hall, Panama - News Clippings Only
43. Interview - The New York Age
44. "Salute to Free Hungary" Meeting - Program Only
45. "Brotherhood" - Labor Temple Fellowship Brunch - Carnegie International Center, New York
46. United Nations - Racial Discrimination on the Panama Canal Zone [in Spanish]
47. National Business and Professional Council, - Times Annex, New York
48. Untitled - Albert Einstein Institute
49. "Race Relations on the Isthmus of Panama
50. "Good Neighbors on the Isthmus of Panama" - Manhattan Civic Club, New York
51. Westerman - Recipient of 1959 Louis D. Brandeis Gold Medal for "Service to Humanity" - City Hall, New York
52. First Annual Exposition of the Negro in Business and Culture - Chicago, Illinois
53. Broadcast - Station WHA - University of Wisconsin
54. Statement at Philadelphia Festival - Music of the Western Hemisphere
55. "Political Leverage for Economic Security" - American Council on Human Rights - Washington, D. C
56. "Education in Panama" - Delaware State College
57. "The Other Side of U. S. - Panama Relations" - New York Export Managers Club and New York Chapter of International Advertising Association, New York
58. "Educational and Political Trends in Panama" - St. Francis College, Brooklyn, New York
59. Remarks by Westerman - Caribbean League of America - Award Ceremony with President Ernesto de la Guardia
60. Statehood of Alaska and Hawaii
61. Interview - New York Amsterdam News
62. "The Feast of Tishri and its Call to Dedication"
63. Untitled
64. Address Delivered at the British West Indian Welfare Association's Welcome Service in Honor of George Vaughn, New British Ambassador to Panama, First Isthmian Baptist Church, Colon, Panama
65. Address Delivered at Panama's Methodist Church's Welcome Service in Honor of George Vaughn, New British Ambassador to Panama
66. U. S. - Panama Relations - Curundu Civic Center
67. Untitled
68. Investment Opportunities - Fragment
69. "Panama at a Glance" - Research Institute of America, New York
70. "Views on Latin America" - Excerpts of Address - Research Institute of America
71. New York
72. "Views on Latin America" - Freemasonry on the Isthmus of Panama" - Integrity Lodge No. 917
73. "The Panama Canal and U. S. - Panama Relations" - Yale Law School - Commencement Address
74. American International Academy - Investiture Ceremony of Nathan A. Reid and Walter C. Watson at Kol Shearith Israel Community Hall, Panama City
75. Knights of St. Paul - Cristobal, Canal Zone
76. Address Delivered at Los Amigos del Pueblo Social Club - Panama City, Panama
77. Eulogy - Memorial Service of Arthur Francis Nightengale, Archdeacon - St. Paul's Church, Panama City
78. "Women Meet the Challenge of a Changing Society" - Las Amigas de la Caridad Fourteenth Anniversary Luncheon - Colon, Panama
79. American International Academy - Investiture Ceremony of Vice President José D. Bazan of Panama - Royal York Hotel, Toronto
80. U. S. Tax Haven Bill - Cristobal-Colon Rotary Club, Colon Strangers Club
81. United Nations - Parasio Gymnasium, Panama
82. Investiture Ceremony of Prime Minister John P. Robarts - Ontario, Canada
83. "Pan Americanism"
84. "Un Panameño En Israel..."
85. Justice Lodge of Elks - 36th Anniversary Balboa, Canal Zone, Panama
86. "United Nations Activities" - Balboa Lions Club
87. Golden Jubilee Celebration of Rabbi Moses D. Sasso - Virgin Islands, W. I
88. St. Thomas Rotary Club
89. American Friends Service Committee
90. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
91. Commemoration of the Republic
92. Improved, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World - Aurora Lodge 523 and Jasmine Temple 323 - 40th Anniversary Celebration - Colon, Panama
93. "Constitutes Symbol of Social Justice" - Awarded 'Key to the City' by Colon Civic Council
94. Address Delivered to Group of Visiting U. S. School Teachers Under Auspices of Pan- American Institute Social Science Department
95. Christ Church Academy - Commencement Address - Colon, Panama
96. National Cash Register Co. - Sponsor
97. Correspondence and News Clippings
98. "An Alliance of Partnership, Not One of Paternalism, "
99. "The Enlarged Purpose of Serving the Nation - University of Panama"
100. "Factores Sociales y Economicos de Panama"
101. "Socio-Economic Factors in Panama's Development"
102. "U. S. Goodwill Earns Greatest Dividends in Latin America"
103. "Women Meet the Challenge of a Changing Society" - Centerville Women's Club, Dayton, Ohio
104. "Why is the Church in the World" - World Day of Prayer - St. Luke's Cathedral, Panama
105. "United States-Panama Relations" - National Cash Register - Sponsor - Rotary Club, Dayton, Ohio
106. Isthmian Negro Press
107. "The Universal Declaration of Human Rights" - Colon Bahai Center of Panama
108. Las Servidoras
109. Panama Rotary Club
110. "West Indian Contributions to Isthmus: A Most Essential Element of Panama's Progress" - Fragment
111. "The Security Council in Panama"
112. U. S. Lecture Tour [2/2]
113. "Panama Canal Policy Changes Governing U. S. - R. P. Relations During the Period 1914-1974" - Indiana University, Latino Awareness Seminar
114. "Blacks in the Panamanian Culture"
115. Fellowship of Reconciliation - Episcopal University Center
116. Dan A. Pagenta - Panama Rotary Club - Holiday Inn, Panama City, Panama
117. "The History of the West Indians on the Isthmus of Panama"
118. "Report on the Hemisphere" - Latin American Seminar - Auspices of School of Journalism and Inter-American Press Association, Ohio State University
119. "Brotherhood" - Cathedral of St. Luke, Ancon, Canal Zone
120. Statement to National Committee on American Foreign Policy - El Panama Hotel, Panama City
121. Open Letter on Ratification of Panama Canal Treaties Submitted to Senate Majority Leader Robert C. Byrd
122. "Constraints and Contributions or west Indian Immigrants in the Historical Development of Panama" - Research Institute on Immigration and Ethnic Studies - Smithsonian Institution
123. "Migration of West Indian Workers to Panama" - Auspices of Smithsonian Research Institute on Immigration and Ethnic Studies - Smithsonian Institution
124. "For an Enduring Canal Partnership Auspices of Institute of International Studies and Institute or Study of Social Change - University of California, Berkeley
125. African Heritage
126. Untitled - Second Congress of Black Culture in the Americas
127. "Private Enterprise in Central America and Panama", Houston, Texas
128. B'nai B'rith Irving Zapp Society of Panama, November 18, 1981 Friends of George Westerman Committee, New York City
129. Friends of George Washington Committee, New York City
130. Untitled - Jamaican Benevolent & Protective Society
131. Invitations Not Accepted