811F.504/301: Telegram

President Roosevelt to the President of Panama (Boyd)

I have received Your Excellency’s gracious telegram expressing the appreciation of the Government and people of Panama for the assurance to Panamanian citizens contained in recently enacted legislation in this country of equality of opportunity for employment and treatment in employment in the Canal Zone. I am gratified, as will be the members of the Senate and House of Representatives, to learn from Your Excellency that this legislation is acceptable to the people of Panama whose cooperation in all that concerns the Panama Canal is so much desired and appreciated.

Franklin D. Roosevelt