EI MalcriadoTHE VOICE OF THE FARM WORKER

IN ENGLISHThursday, August I, 1968Delano, California

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buy nothin' from New York un­til them city fellers startbuyin' scab grapes again.

While New York industrial­ists tremble, the have notyet announced which major in­dustries they intend to re-lo­cate in Delano.

Of course Delano has every­thing to appeal to new indus­try. The water .is unsafe forinfants. The' work force ismigratory as the result of lowwages. The temperature soarsabove 100 degrees In the sum­mer. The local yokels will beannoyed if potential indus­tries buy anything from NewYork. A great· town for newindustries.

If, however, the city fa­thers and the growers (whooppose industry because itraises the wage scale) wouldget together and sign con­tracts witn the Untied FarmWorkers to settle the three­year-old strike, Delano couZdbecome known as the Cal iforniatown which made history in thestruggle for justice.

Propaganda is no substitutefor a decent agricultural andindustrial economy. If theDelano "brain trust" wouldclean house a I ittle, some in­dustries might come to town.

Settl ing the strike would bea good start. Our phone num­ber is 725-1314.

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The Delano Chamber of Com­merce scheduled a dinner meet­ing for Wednesday night, July24, to discuss Delano's "ImageGap." The Southern CaliforniaEdison Company and the South­ern Pacific Railroad Companywere scheduled to send theirhotshots to the meeting to ex­plain what Delano needs to doto attract industry.

The Delano Record has beenrunning plaintive articles a­bout the poor publ i~ity show­ered on the town over the pastthree years.

The Chamber of Commerce andthe City recent 1y dropped abundle on two fancy new 1ight­ed signs at the northern andsouthern city limits along theHighway 99 freeway. The signsfeature the catchy and orig.i­nal slogan "Delano--WelcomeAny-time." Each sign has alarge clock-a perfect tie-inwith the "Any-time" slogan.Highway billboards do a greatdeal to improve the landscape.

At the same time that thecity father are franticallytrying to overcome the "imagegap," they are. also screamingabout their new "Don't Buy New

·York Products'" campaign .. Thelocal paper is urging peopleto write to their "Suppl iers"in New York and tell them thatnobody in Delano ain't a-gonna

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EL MALCRIADO, Thursday, August 1, 1968/3:

Str:ikle Sweeps Kern County1

New huelgistas sign up. Overworkers have signed Union cards

ARVIN-LAMONT, July 29--Withthe addition of 15 new ranchesto the list of certifiedstrikes, 90 percent of Cal i­fornia's table grapes are be­ing produced by struck compan­ies. Union organizers reportedthis week.

As the campaign reached outtc add the five remaininglarge ranches in the Arvin­Lamont area to the certifiedstrike 1ist, the followingranches were actively struck:

Kovacovitch, Mosesian, Sabo­vitch, El Rancho Farms, Nal­bandian, Bainco, Malovitch,Gagesian, Russo, Cal Fame,Fredlo, Giuderra, Kern ValleyFarms" Arvin Grape Growers Co.(Fox). Kern County Land Com­pany, and Giumarra.

The five remaining ranchesare Sandrini, Johnson, Tozzi,Bidart. and Haddad. All arelarge corporate farms, andsome of them, such as KernCounty Land, Giumarra, and Bi­anco, control tens of thous­ands or hundreds of thousandsof acres.

The new wave of strikes wastouched off after growers un­animously refused to discusswages, contracts, or even Uni~

on recognition. In an elec­tion in Lamont on July 9,workers voted 1,658 to 16 tostrike all ranches in the areawhere the ranchers refused toallow'negociatio"ns,The vote wastaken by secret ballot, andonly workers employed on KernCounty ranches were allowed tovote, observers said.

Union officials said theyhad more than 2,000 signed au­thorization cards on file,giv­ing the Union the go-ahead toact as collective bargainingagent for the workers in thearea.

In early July the Union of­fered to present the cards asproof of representation, but,as in D~I~no and Coachella,growers refused to answer Uni­on communications.

An offer of secret ballotelections followed. Growersresponded with publ ic refusalsto hold elections.

Union officials say thestrike and boycott of all Cal­ifornia table grapes is thereply to the growers' refusalto follow any more orderlyprocedu re .

Among 20 Kern County farmsadded to th~ 1ist of struckgrowers in the last month areincluded some famous names inCal ifornia agriculture.

Ke~n County Land Company, asubsldary of the Tenneco Cor­poration, owns 350,000 acresin Kern County alone, plusholdings in other parts ofCal ifornia, the Southwest, and

Austral ia. It owns manufact­uring companies in Mississippiand Hawai i, producing farm e­quipment, auto parts, and avariety of other products.Kern County Land collected$838,130 in direct federalpayments for NOT producingcotton in 1967.

Anthony Bianco and Sons,also

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4/EL MALCRIADO, Thursday, Auaust 1, 1968'

Gilbert Rubio was releasedon $625 bail by Delano-McFar­land Judicial District JohnMcNally after he was arrestedon charges of brandishing afirearm "in a threatening man­ner .11

Rubio, who fancies himself aleader of anti-Union forces inthe Delano area, appeared at aGiumarra picket I ine on Wed­nesday July 3, and threatenedpickets with a rifle.

UFWOC general counsel JeromeCohen told EL MALCRIADO Rubi­o's action was one of a numberof instances of violence orpotential violence emanatingfrom the Agricultural WorkersFreedom to Work Association, anewly-formed group which on­poses the organization of farmworkers by the United FarmWorkers Organizing Committee.

The charges against Rubioand his arrest stem from acomplaint by UFWOC picket Vic­tor Ortiz, who witnessed theincident July 3.

No trial date was set byJudge McNally, but a courtclerk said it was expected thedate for' trial would be an­nounced early this week.

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struck, own 7,000 acres inKern County, plus orchards andpacking houses in Tulare,Fresno, and 'Santa Clara count­ies. They own citrus orchards,vineyards. and lettuce andcotton fields in Arizona.Their cotton subsidy last yearwas $50.000, according to theCongressional Record.

Other struck farmers who re­ceive cash handouts from thefederal government on the cot­ton they do not grow are Bi­dart Brothers ($131,147), KernValley Farms ($123,809), andFredlo Farms ($58,651).

Giumarra, with more than12,000 acres under cultiva.,tion, collected $278,721 incotton payments last year.

It is difficult to explainsometimes why the governmentsubsidizes a struck farmer tothe tune of a quarter of amill ion dollars and refused toprotect the rights of farm

workers to organize,but life's/1ike that.

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steve Belcher, Union volun­teer, i8 carried to an ambu­lance after being run down byan unidentified ranah employ­ee. Belcher was treated inBakersfield Hospital and taterreleased. Kern County DistriatAttorney Kit Nelson has so farrefused to accept any aom~

pZaint or file any charges.The pattern of violenae a~

gainst the Union in Lamont issimilar to grower tactics inCoachella, states Union attor­ney David Averbuck. The sonof grower William Mosesianjumped off a truck and accost­ed Father Mark Day in one in­cipent. In .another~ a carbearing (l "Don't Buy /jew YorkProducts IT sticker swerved atleast four feet off the Toadand headed straight for Joa­quin Murguia, a 13 year oldboy who was playing while his'mother picketted. The youthjumped and narrowly missedbeing killed. The grower thenshouted obscenities at Mrs.Murguia.

Kern County officials refuseto protect the strikers andrefuse to make arrests of thecriminal element employed bythe growers. That's "LAW ANDORDER" in Kern County.

EL MALCRIADO, Thursday, August

CrlOwers AttackChurch Publication

Delano labor Day ParadeDELANO, July 30--Delano City

Manager r.erald Minford told ELMALCRIADO today that a deci­sion on UFWOC's appl icati0nfor a Labor Day parade permitwill be made some time nextweek.

UFWOC appl ied for the permiton Tuesday, July 23, in a let­ter which stated that 25-3qOOOpersons were expected to be inDelano for the event.

Several days later, the A-.gricultural Workers Freedom toWork Association Ca scab or­ganization), requested a per­mit for a parade of similarsize on the same day.

Minford said he would meetwith the chief of pol ice andthe city attorney before a de­cision was made on the con­fl ictinq permits. He said of­ficials would make an attemptto honor both requests if pos-sib Ie. .

He said that city ordinancesrequire, however, that theearl iest request received take·p~iority. He mentioned thepossibil ity of one parade be-i nq schedu 1ed for 1,0 AM on La­bor Day, and the other for 4PM the same day.

UFWOC's parade, called a"Solidarity March," is expect­ed to include union leaders,

'churchmen, pol'itical leaders,and union members from allparts of Cal ifornia and therest of the country, accordingto Director Cesar Chavez.

DELANO, July 22--UFWOC Gen­eral Counsel Jerome Cohen andattorney David Averbuck werethreatened in their office byan unidentified man with apistol about 9 PM tonight, ac­cording to a report they madeto Delano pol ice.

Cohen and Averbuck wereworking late in their officewhen a man in a white T-shirtappeared at the window. "I'mgoing to get you bastards,"the man said, and brandisheda pistol.

Cohen said the man evidentlychanged his mind and ran off,either through a back alley oracross neighboring yards.

Cohen said the incident oc-

FRtSNO, July 30--Advertising~~ncell~tions In the CentralCal ifornia Register, a weeklynewspaper publ ished by the Ro­man Cathol ic diocese of Fres­no, have plagued the paper asa result of pressure from an­ti-Union forces, according toManaging Editor r.irard Sherry.

Sherry told EL MALCRIADOthat a letter signed by JoseMendoza was sent to all theRegister's advertisers, ad­vising them that any who con­tinued to advertize after Au~

gust 1 would be picketed .."I bel ieve that there is a

tie-in between Mendoza andsome of the growers and farm­ers," Sherry said. "In sever­al instances our advertisershave been approached either bytelephone or personally byfarmers and growers who appearto know in advance that theMendoza letter had been sentout," the editor said.

"The growers urged that theparticular business take theirads out of the Register, andmany such advertisements havebeen cance 11 ed."

The editorial position ofthe Register has been neutralin the ·three year-old UFWOCstrike against C?l iforniagrape growers, though Sherry

cured so quickly and the1ighting was so bad he was un­able to identify the man. Heappeared to be of Latin Ameri­can descent, was clea~ shaven,and was 5 tho 11 in. or 6 ft.tall. Cohen estimated the manweighed between 185 and 190pounds.

Cohen said the incident wasonly one of several threats ofviolence received recently.Jose Mendoza of the scab Agri-cultural Workers Freedom toWork associ at ion th rea ten-ed a law clerk with a gun infront of the same buildingseveral days before. Cohensaid the night-time threat wasprobably made by a differentman.

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said the paper's position isthat "both sides have theright to organize if the ma­jority of their members wantit that way.'~he Farm Workers Union ha~

never been given the chance to,hold elections to prove that amajority of the workers wishto be organized in a labor Un­ion."

In informal elections (with­out legal standing) conductedrecently in Coachella and Bak­ersfield, results showed,clearly that workers did in­deed desire representation bythe United Farm Workers Organ­izing Committee, AFL-CIO. Inthe Coachella vote, conductedon June 15 and 16, by impar­tial . church, government, andtrades union leaders, workersvoted 1,138 to 27 in favor ofthe Union.

Sherry said approximatelyone-third of the Register'sweekly retail advertising waslost because of grower~l inkedpressures.

The paper supports NationalLabor Relations Act coveragefor farm workers. "This is apol icy of the Cal iforniaBishops," Sherry said. "\olefollow the guide! ines set bythem in our editorial pol icy.

He said several advertisershad voiced the positive inten­tion to, continue advertisingin the Register. In a letterto the editor, pharmacist­grower J. Martin Winton toldthe Register he had no inten­tion of being intimidated. "Iexpect you to run our adver­tisement as you have for many

'years," the letter said.Sherry said growers were

giving the Register a "hardtime" long before the currentcampd i.gn. "They have refu sedto help us, and they have de­prived us of perhaps $6,000worth of special advertisingin the last year."

"An ironic thing," Sherrysaid, "is that our latest'Good Will Issue' had to bepostponed. There seems to bevery I ittle good wi I I aroundthese days."

6/EL MALCRIADO, Thursday, August 1, 19~8

UNION ASKS FOR JURY TRIAL

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DELANO, August l--A largenumber of attorneys across theUnited States have offeredfree legal assistance to boy­cott represent~tives of the U­nited Farm Workers OrganizingCommittee, AFL-CIO, stationedin numerous cities around thecourit ry.

Legal department officialssaid the assistance of localattorneys greatly facil itatedthe work of the boycott, andadded that support from thelegal profession was fargreater than expected.

The assistance of four lawstudents who are spending thesummer in Delano as law clerkswas also mentioned in the an­nouncements. The students,Nan Kripke, Pete Raeder, PeteJaniak, and Pete Williamsonwork under the supervision ofattorneys Jerome Cohen, gener­al counsel, and David Aver­buck.

than 2,000 UFWOC memberssupporters accompanied

in a silent demonstra-

moreandthemtion.

In the appeal court, Cohenargued that the Union had theright to a jury trial, sincethe case could involve heavyfines or imprisonment. Giu­marra attorneys John Giumarra,Jr. and Will iam A. Quinlanmaintained that there was 'noright to a jury trial.

Cohen said the Union's law­yer and the opposition wouldpresent further arguments inwriting for the considerationof the three-judge court.

The trial of the Union oncontempt charges will not comeabout until the constitutionalquestion of the jury is de­cided, he said.

Cohen said that if the Courtof Appeals rules unfavorably,the case will be appealed tothe State Supreme Court, andto the Federal Supreme Courtin Washington if that becomesnecessary.

Mc earthyBacks Boycott

cause the tactics of the grapegrowers ... coupled with govern­mental failures at both theState and Federal levels havemade an effective strike im~

possible.""With the backing of Gover­

nor Reagan," McCarthy s3id,"the California Department ofEmployment is apparently usingits facil ites to aid employ~

ment of new immigrants who Ithus become strikebreakers."

"One of the solutions to ur­ban problems I ies in a seriouseffort to meet the challengeof poverty in the rurual ar­eas," he stated.

McCarthy voiced his supportfor putting farm workers underthe National Labor RelationsAct, giving them the right tounionize, to be paid minimumwages, and to enjoy the bene-fits which urban workers hav~

he bel ieved the become accustomed to.legitimate "be-

FRESNO, July 10--UFWOC Gen­eral Counsel Jerome Cohen re­ported today that an extensionof time for further considera­tion of arguments was grantedtoday by Presiding Judge Con­ley of the District Court ofAppeals in the case of the Gi­umarra Corporation's suit a­gainst UFWOC for alleged vio­lations of an anti-strike in­junction.

The case dates from lateFebruary, when UFWOC and indi­viduals were charged with con­tempt of an injunction issuedlas August by BakersfieldSuperior Judge Court Judge J~

Kelly Steele. The injunctionrequired pickets to remain 50feet apart, and for awhile theuse of bullhorns '~-as prohibit­ed, although that order waslater rescinded.

Cesar Chavez, Epifanio Cama­cho, and the Union were accus­ed of twelve counts of violat­ing the injunction. When theyfi rst appeared for trial inBakersfield six months ago,

SAN FRANCISCO, July 26--Dem­ocratic Presidential candidateEugene J. McCarthy pledgedfull support of the UnitedFarm Workers organizing driveand the nation-wide boycott ofCal ifornia table grapes in astatement issued today.

McCarthy also accused Gover­nor Ponald Reagan of support­inq what the candidate termed"strike-breaking in the Cal i­fornia grape pickers' strike."

"I urge all those who areconcenred with human dignityand determined to I ift theburden of poverty from outland to support t.he boycott,"McCarthy said.

"A victory in thei r strikewill bring both dignity andincome so vital to workerswhose I iving and workinq con­ditions are the shameqr ournation."

He s3id thatboycott to be

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Union Benefit P.lan

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FRESNO, August l~.A breakthrough in negotia­tions occurred last night, when LeRoy Chatfield,administrator of the National Farm Workers Ser­vice Center, Inc., was named coordinatro of theFarm Workers Health and Welfare Fund BenefitProgram.

The appointment came at a meeting of employerrepresentatives and union delegates, who weregathered to continue negotiations on setting upthe fund. Officially known as the "AgriculturalEmployers and UFWOC Health and Welfare Fund,"the program is financed by employers who contri­bute 10 cents per hour for each employee.

Intended to provide health care, retirementbenefits, and other welfare items for Union farm·workers, the fund is jointly administered by theemployers and the Union. Negotiations had brok­en down earl ier over the question of hiring anoutside firm to administer the benefit program.Union officials held out for appointment of aunion representative rather than an outsidefirm.

The Fund Board of Directors, chaired by UFWOCvice president Mrs. Dolores Huerta, is scheduledto meet August 14 for further discussions. Mrs.Huerta siad she is hopeful 1 the meeting will

produce a budget and a timetable for getting theBenefit Plan into operation."

"It may still be several months before thePlan is completed," Mrs. Huerta said.

"Due to the seasonal nature of farm work, itwill be difficult to estimate costs. We want toprovide all the workers, whether permanent em­ployees or seasonal workers, with as broad cov­eraqe and benefits as we can afford.

"We cannot make committments that the contri­butions to the fund cannot pay for."

Chatfield, a former parochial school admini­strator, has been with UFWOC for several years.His wife· Bonnie is secretary to the legal de­partment.

Board bf Trustees for the Health and WelfareFund include the following: Mrs. Huerta, Chair­man: Tom Dibbs of ·Gall, co-chairman; AntonioOrendain, UFWOC treasurer; Phil ip Vera Cruz,UFWOC vice president; UFWOC Director Cesar E.

Chavez; Jean Perell i-Minetti of Perell i-MinettiVineyards; Irwin Guyette of Christain Brothers;George.Morrison of Almaden (National Distiller­ies); and Ira Cross of Di Giorgio.

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l,OOO farm workers on struckranches showed a high percent­age of al iens in violation ofthe regulation.

UF\~OC general counsel JeromeCohen said that while theUnion is not directly involvedin the CRLA case, it is keenlyinterested in the outcome. Hesaid the Union is interestedin protecting the rights ofits members, many fo whom areresident al iens deprived ofjobs by the importation oftemporary residents.

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migration Service (a branch ofthe Department of Justice) wasordered to show cause why itshould not be ordered to keep"green· carders" from the na­tion's farms.

A 1965 federal immigrationlaw requires that the secre­tary· of labor certify a short­age of workers before foreignlaborers may be imported. Im­migration Service rules, nowun-enforced, prohibit the im­portation of aliens for5trike-breaking purposes.

A recent UFWOC survey of

SAN FRANCISCO--Mexican na­tionals working on U.S. farmstook an estimated $15 mill ionto Mexico last year, accordingto a suit filed in San Fran­cisco by Cal ifornia ~ural Le­gal Assistance recently.

The suit alleges that theState paid approximately $7mill ion in reI ief for perma­nent residents thus displacedfrom their jobs.

CRLA attorneys have echoedthe Unite& Farm Workers' com­plaint that many Mexican citi­zens use an immigrant visa toenter the country though theyhave no intention whatsoeverof becoming permanent resi­dents.

Union officials have citednumerous cases of such '~reen

card" immigrants being used asscabs and strike-breakers des­pite federal regulations pro­hibiting their work on struckranches.

Federal Judge George B. Har­ris is e~pected to hand down adecree on the CRLA suit inearly August, it was reported.At a July 23 hearing, the Im-

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Grape Boycott Spre ds Coast to Coast

Philadelphia"Since July 10,

only Arizonagrapes have beensold on the auc­t ion" in Ph i 1ade 1­phia, reports "ThePacker", a growernewspaper, in itsJuly. 27 edition.The PhiladelphiaFood Council, rep­resenting Meatcut­ters, Teamsters,Retail Clerks,Sea­farers, the BakeryWorkers and otherUnions unanimouslybacked the boy­cott. UFWOC rep­resentative FrankDiaz, 19 year oldformer employee ofr,iumarra Vine­yards, is optimis­tic that the boy­cott will end thesale of the ap­proximately 1126car lots of grapes(1,407,500) usual­ly sold in Phi 11y.

New York I

The grape boycott has been 95% ef­fective since May. Dne store rein­

and was soon sur-picket 1ine.

BaltimoreUFYOC Vice President Andy

Imutan met with' leaders fromalmost every Union in the cityin the mayor's office to offi~cia1ly launch the boycott.Vice Mayor Wil 1iam Schaeffercalled on all citizens of Bal­timore to refrain from buyinggrapes and City PurchaserGeorge \~arren c'lncel1ed allcity orders for grapes.

Cathol ic and EpiscopalBishops of Detroit metwith the city's Mayor,Jerome Cavanaugh, andunion representativesto announce theirsupport of the boycott."It is essential thatcitizens of Michigan re­frain from eating Cal i­fornia table grapes andthat stores remove thesegrapes from their

.shelves" stated Cathol icBishop Joseph Schoenherr.

UF\~OC rep resenta t i veCardenas announcesschools and hospitals aresidering cance1l ing all pur­chases of grapes. MinnesotaUnions are uniting sol idly be­hind the boycott.

.Bakersfield'"We're only working 6 hour

days because the growers can'tsell their grapes" reportworkers in the Bakersfieldarea. Kern Count~ is the cen­ter of the table grape harvestfor July and August.

Detroit)

Portland Unionswelcomed ManuelUranday, HijinioRangel, and JimKo rbe 1 of UF\~OC

and immediatelybegan raising mon­ey. "Union repre­sentatives havebegun working outdetails for sup­porting the grapeboycot t" reportsthe Oregon LaborPress.

10/EL MALCRIADO, Thursday, August 1, 1968

(DELANO, July 25~-Complete

support and active participa­tion in UFWOC's consumer boy­cott of Cal ifornia grapes wasannounced today by Leonard ,H.Carter, west coast regionaldirector of the National Asso­ciation for the Advancement ofColored People.

Carter told a news confer­ence in Delano, "Fifty-nineyears ago the NAACP startedits long battle against racialdiscrimination. ,Manifesta­tions of racism have been ex­hibited most dramatically inthe area of economic exploi­tation. Twentieth centuryquasi-slavery of farm workersin the South and North is acontributing factor to theplight of the California farmworker today."

Carter said his office's en­dorsement of the boycott wasmade with the knowledge andconsent of national NAACPpresident Roy Wilkens, who hasbeen requested to make themove a national pol icy forthe association.

He told reporters that 104adult branches and 19 youthchapters, with a total mem­bership of approximately25,000 people in nine westernstates were represented by thewestern region.

Carter said these localgroups would be contacted andasked to assist Union repre­sentatives in their boycottactivities.

"Our leadership in the tar­get cities will work closelywith farm worker fami1 ies whohave already been dispatchedfrom Delano to these cities.They will plan meetings witha variety of groups and indi­viduals, distribute education­al materials, and participatein selected boycotting," Car­ter saId.

He noted that Seattle, SanDiego, San Jose, Portland, SanFranciSco, Fresno,Bakersfie1d,Los Angeles, and Sacramentowere selected as the chieftarget areas for NAACP partic­ipation in a meeting held ear­l ier with UFWOC director CesarChavez.

Carter said there is noNAACP group in Vancouver,British Columbia, but that theSeattle branch would make con­tact with UFWOC representa­tives in the Canadian city.

"Mr. Chavez and the faithfulfollowers' in this effort havepursued a long, difficult,non-violent effort to bringequal ity and dignity, to theworkers in the tlelOS of Cal i-

fornia. Every minority inCal ifornia is included amongthe farm workers. Some 15 to20 percent of them are Ne­groes," Carter said.

He said that many of theghetto dwellers of the citieswere former farm workers driv­en into urban poverty by theterrible conditions of farmwork. "Thus the impact: of ourefforts to join with our bro­thers in the United Farm Work­ers in their efforts towardequal ity will surely be feltin the cities."

Chavez, who sat beside Car­ter as he made hia announce­ment, commented, "The NAACP isthe largest and oldest civilrights organization. Theyare the first to date to comeforward as an organizationwith all-out support of ourfight. I t is perhaps fittingthat they have taken the lead.However, we hope that manymore who subscribe to the non­violent belief and practiceswill join us. We welcome help'under the terms and condition~

of non-violence and the pro­gram of the United Farm Work­ers Organizing Committee, AFL­CIO."

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Co lorado farm 'Workers on Strike/'BRIGHTON, COLO. ,July 1--Fif­

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The workers are representedby the f1edgl ing 'NationalFloral Workers Organization,as yet unaffil iated with theUnited Farm Workers OrganizingCommittee, AFL-CIO.

Kitayama is Colorado's lar­gest grower of carnations, thestate's ninth largest crop byvalue. The same" firm alsoowns an immense cut-flowerfarm outside Union City, Cal i­fornia, near Oakland.

According to a statement bythe workers, conditions at theColorado farm are deplorable,with a single drinking foun­tain for 120 workers, at thepeak of the season, and a sin­gle rest room which often hasthree inches of dirt and mudon the floor. . Many of theworkers are women.

Pre-strike wages were 80cents per hour, according toreports, with a nine or ten­hour day and a six-day weekthe standard.

In what workers termed astrike~breaking move, Kitayamaraised wages to a top of $1.20per hour and hired numerousAnglo students eager for sum­mer jobs after the strike be­gan.

Brighton is an agriculturalcenter, and the home of alarge Mexican-American commun­ity. There are 10-15,000Chicanos in the county, form­ing about 15 percent of thepopulation.

Sen. Eugene McCarthy, inColorado recently to address'the state Democratic conven­tion, visited Brighton, wherehe joined workers on the pick­et 1i ne.,

GarcTa admits that difficul­ties in organizing workers inColorado are "almost insur­mountable, but we will contin~

ue with our struggle," hesaid. "The people are sickand tired of being treate~

1ike animals or machines.There comes a' time when youhave to make a stand."

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man Perkins of Kentucky."The primary' objective of

this bi 11 is to see that somefour-mill ion-plus youngsters'in pre-school, elementary, andsecondary schools of thiscountry who need free or re­duced-price meals get them,"Perkins said.

Sisk siad he was opposed tothe bill on "procceduralgrounds." That's the samereason he gave for voting a­gainst the civil rights billearl ier this year.

Sisk's support among farmworkers is expected to be min­imal in the November elec­tions, observers indicate.

have hot water showers and o­ther conveniences such as san­itary cooking facil ities inmodern kitchens."

~-From a resolution praisinggrape growers passed recentlyby the Kern County Board ofSupervisors.

"Sanitary conditions prevailin the fields including chemi­cal toilets and washing fa­cilities are under the con­stant supervision of the KernCounty Health Department. La­borers are provided modern,air-conditioned housing which

Sisk Opposes, School Lunch Prolram

Fresno's congressman BernieSisk was one of 78 votes a­gainst a bill to provide freeor inexpensive school lunchesfor needy children which waspassed by the House of Repre­sentatives 274-78 recently.

The new law, HR 17873, pro­vides funds to help feedchildren between the ages of3 and 17 whose famil ies ~arn

less than $3,00 per year.While approximately 20 mil­

l ion children participate inschool lunch programs, and a­bout\ 2.5 mi 11 ion receive freeor reduced-price meals, "mil­l ions of those most in need donot have access to any pro­gram,", according to Congress-

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go Terronez Memorial Cl inic,operated by the United Farm'>larkers for its members, wi 11remain open despite the recentdeparture of Dr. James Mc­Knight, who formerly served asdirector of the cl inic.

Mrs. Lourdes Dahil ig of thecl inic staff said physicianswill serve the cl inic on avoluntary basis, providingmedical care on the weekendsfor farm workers.

Mrs. Dahilig said there willbe a doctor in the cl inic onSunday, Aug. 4; Saturday andSunday. Aug. 10 and 11; and onSunday, August 18.

The cl inic will be open from10 AM to 4 PM on Saturday andI to 5 PM on Sunday.

She said the clinic is againin need of volunteer doctorsand dentists. Physicians anddentists who are interested inhelping the cl'inic should con­tact Service Center direct­or LeRoy Chatfield, she said.

Chatfield's address is PostOffice Box 671, Delano, Cal i­fornia, 93215. The clinictelephone number is 725-1281.

Dr. McKnight, who served thecl inic for several months, hasreturned to the San Francisco I

Bay area. His resignation wasfor personal reasons, he said.Union officials have voicedregret at his departure.

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FWOC boycott representatives across the Unitedates and in Canada need the assistance of loc­

people who want to help in the organizationAmerica's farm workers, according to a re­

est issued today by the boycott coordinationfice.Pressure from consumers can force chain storesstop sell ing scab'Cal ifornia grapes in your

ea. the request said. Pickets are needed, as11 as interested people to help in the manysks necessary for the successful operation ofe boycott.To assist you in getting in touch with thecott representative ip your area, EL MALCRIA­gives you the addresses and phone numbers of

ople you should contact if you want to help ...~ we ask for your help.

14/EL MALCRIADO, Thursday, "August 1, 196~

DEL REY TO INCORPOIRATEFRESNO, Augus~ l~A group of residents of Del

Rey, Cal ifornia were scheduled to appear beforethe Board of Supervisors and the County Local A­gency Formation Commission sometime thi p week torequest incorporation of the town as a city.

Because we are "tired of people outside of DelRey making all the decisions affecting the fu­ture of our town," one resident said, "we arerequesting incorporation, which will allow us toelect our own town officials and administration~

The town of Del Rey, with approximately 1,200residents, most" of them Mexican Americans, iscurrently administered as a part of Fresno coun­ty. The largest" employer in the town is Hegge­blade-Marguleas, which operates a packing shedin De 1 Ray.

The move to incorporate the city began lastspring, according to Sa"l Gonzales,a former farmworker and member of the United Farm Workers. OnMay 22, about 50 residents marched from Del Reyto the Fresno County courthouse to present thepetition for incorporation.

Enedino "Nino" Perez, chairman of the Del ReyCommittee for Better Government, led the marchand was also responsible for a voter registra­tion campaign that netted hundreds ot new vot­ers.

Both Perez and Gonzales predict hurdles for DelRey: Though the poor are allowed to vote, onlyproperty owners a re De rm it ted to sign the pet i­tion. Heggeblade and Marguleas, therefore, maybe able to block the petition.

San Joaquin Valley of.ficials have been reluc­tant to include large blocks of Mexican-Americanvoters in incorporated cities. In Parl ier (pop­ulation 1,300) for example, the colonia is out­side the city limits, though an integral part ofthe area.

Observers in Del Rey have calculated that asubstantial increase in municipal services" couldbe provided if taxes now levied by the countywere transfered to the incorporated city.

Top: Citizens of Del Hey, California, assemblefor their march to the Fresno County Courthouse.The huge Heggeblade Packing Shed in the back­grpund dominates the town.

Be lo/;J' The marchers head for Fresno. Symbo lfor the movement is an owl and the inscription,""JUSTICE. ..

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Further details will be re­ported in the August 15 issueof EL MALCRIADO.

Almaden 'lineyards ExpandsJos~ Luna, UFWOC represen­

tative for the Holl ister-SanBenito County area, reportsthat Almaden Vineyards, Inc.has arranged to purchase theFerry Morse Seed Companyranch in the Holl ister area.

Luna said he bel ieved thetransfer of property wouldtake place in September andthat Almaden was purchasingabout 2,000 acres whith willbe turned into vineyards.Almaden operates about 5,400acres of vineyards in thearea now.

Luna reports that about 80additional workers will comeunder the coverage of the$1 "80 oer hour Almaden con-

EL ~ALCRIADO, Thursd~y, August 1, 1968/J5~

B·ooks& Records of the Strike

"BASTA:" ("Enou~h"), The ~ of OurStruggle. Engllsh ano--Spanlsh text.Photos by George Ballis."Basta:" is a unique book, a photo­graphic essay on the battle for dig­nity in the fields of California. Thetext is from the historic Plan of De­lano, the proclamation of the farmworkers which was read at the ralliesas farm workers marched from Delanoto Sacramento in 1966. There is anintroduction by Cesar Chavez. Thephotographer, George Ballis, has spenthis life in the San Joaquin Valley.He is a sensitive artist, in the tra­dition of Dorothea Lange, who trulycapturyes the spirit of the Movement.$2.00

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"HUELGA:" The First 100 ~ of theGreat Delaii"O"""Grape Strrre,~ 't'UqeneNe'T"SOn."HUELGA:" by Eugene Nelson remains thefinest account yet published on theearly days of the Delano Grape Strike.Nelson was a picket line' Captain (andlater led the Union drive to or~anize

the melon fields of Texas) and writeswith intimate know1edge of the originsand beginnings of the strike. Nelsonalso inclUdes a brief biography andinterviews with Cesar Chavez and otherUnion leaders, and a history of theNational Farm Workers Association, thepredecessor of the United Farm WorkersOrganizing Committee.160 pages, with il-lustrations byGeorge Bal-lis. In EngLish onLy, $1.5~.

BLACK AND RED WALL POSTER, 17" x 23",of Emiliano Zapata, with the bannerheadline, "VIVA LA REVOLUCION". Za­pata was the hero of the Mexican Revo­1uti 0 n , whole d the pea s'a nt.s 0 f Cen­tral Mexico in their struggles forland and liberty.$1.50, plus 25¢ handling. 5 aopiesfor $5.00

"EL ESQUIROL" ("THE STPIKEBREAKER")"HUELGA EN GENERAL" ("THE GENERALSTRIKE"). 45 rpm record.

Two of the finest songs to come outof the Delano Grape Strike, sung bythe Teatro Campesino, the Farm WorkerTheater, Augustin Lira, Luis Valdez,David Alaniz, and Danny Valdez.$1.00, plus '10¢ handling.

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