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Florida
Enrique and Amanda
Folklore

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"but I think it is this way: if you do not go to work--I mean if the factory is not open--then the factory, and the Government have the social insurance together which they pay you for about three or four months. They only pay you a certain percent of your average salary; I don't know how much ,but it sure sounds good, all right. You can't get anything, though, unless you register. Everybody is registering."
The Labor Temple is surrounded by a noisy crowd of men, women, children and dogs; the activity reminds me of typical scenes at voting polls. Enrique takes his place in the line of people waiting to register. Although all conversation is in Spanish, I hear frequent interjections in English, such as "OK,", and "That's nice."
I decide to enter the building, and as I walk thorugh the entrance I am immediately approached by a Cuban man who asks:
"You Americano? You sign the petition to life the embargo o Spain?" He has a card table erected near the doorway, and approaches everyone who enters.
I tell him that I am a member of the Jacksonville branch of the Medical Bureau and North American Committee to aid Spanish Democracy, and he responds enthusiastically.
He calls to a stocky Cuban man at the drink stand.
"This is Mr. Ginesta," he says. "He is the Tampa chairman of the Spanish Aid committee."
"I am pleased to meet you," says Ginesta. "I hope you will be here for the meeting when we sponsor two young ladies who are touring the country in a 'wounded ambulance.' One of the young ladies drove the ambulance for

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