CLEMENT PAYNE was not the only one worthy of recognition leading up to the 1937 riots.
Senior assistant general secretary of the Barbados Workers’ Union (BWU), Orlando Scott, while addressing the “Day Of National Significance” yesterday in Golden Square, The City, said the importance of the National Hero could not be overstated but he was not alone.
“The BWU commends you for your sustained efforts, [president of the Clement Payne Movement] brother [David] Comissiong in reminding Barbadians year after year of this defining period of this nation’s history.
“However, some 80 years after the social development of 1937 . . . some Bajans still appear to seem unsure how they should regard Clement Payne within the context of our respective pantheon of heroes as well as his trusty lieutenants Menzies Chase, Darnley Alleyne, Ulric Grant and Israel Lovell, who helped him to loosen the stranglehold on Bajan society and who suffered jail time, beatings and shame, yet have no standing in Barbados and that is ridiculous,” he said. (CA)
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