EI MalcriadoVolume I I, Number 13

TH~ VOICE OF THE FARM WORKER

Delano, Cal iforniaIN ENGLISJl

Sunday, September 1, 1968

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'DELANO COPS..•There was no Labor Day Parade in Delano this year because Delano Copsclaimed they could not protect Union sympathizers from possible vio­lence.

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ment of s.ilent prayer" as anexcuse to end a spontaneousdemonstration of mourning andlove and respect on the con".vention floor.

We watched a fat, big-city'politician shake his fist ashe sat, surrounded by hench­men. And we thought of the35,000 patronage jobs in Chi­cago's city government. Wethought of petty civil ser­vants, cowed by pressures fromon high, and we were afraid.

We thought of the infamous"Mohawk VCllley Formula," a re­cipe for breClking strikes re­putedly authored by the presi­dent of Remington Rand in thelate 30's.

IIStep I V'IIIBring about the formCltion

of a large Clrmed police forceto intimidate the strikers and.to exert a psychological ef~

fect upon the citizens. Thisforce is built up by util izinglocal pol ice, State Pol ice isthe Governor cooperates, vigi­lantes and speciCll deputies ... ·chosen if possib.le from otherneighborhoods, so that therewill be no p~rsonal relation­ships to induce sympathy forthe ·strikers."

We remembered, and we wereafraid.

And we wondered if TheodoreWhite's book, on the currentcampaign oughtn't to be calledThe Making of the President--­1984.

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More and more p'eople are -finding 'a'ut' that asubscription to EL MAtCRIADO is the best wayto keep up with the farm worker struggle.Don't be left out--send in this coupon today!

EI Malcriado saysBy the Ed i tor

When you work for the Unionyou spend a lot of time onpicket lines and in peacefuldemonstrations.

And when youUnion, you learn1iceman is notyour friend.

As we sat in groups lastweek, watching the events inCh icago on. borrowed TV sets,we were afraid.

We watched the cops wieldclubs. We saw a terrifiedmiddle-aged woman attempt toextricate herself from an un­bel ievably horror-filled situ­ation, with a trigger-happyNational Guardsman pointing agrenade launcher at her. head.

We heard Sister Dolores Huer­ta, our vice president, tellus how she was tailed by twoplain clothes cops from thetime she got to Chicago untilshe left. We I istened in fearas she told us her paper huel­ga flags were siezed and con­fiscated by "security people."

And we were afraid.We know the importance of

the right to assemble.' Andthose of us who put out thisnewspaper know, in practicalterms, how "they" go about re­stricting freedom of the press

When Mike Wallace was beatenby a cop and hauled off to thestation house, we understood,here in Delano, what he felt.

We watched ,them use "a mo-

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New Contracts with PaulMasson, Franzia .8

Ex-Volunteers Say Boycott. 13

Council Denies ParadePermit .3

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Grape Shipments Plwrrmet .4

Wisconsin Court Victory .7

Union Files $37,000 inDemands 14

DELANO, August 22--The UnitedFarm Workers Organizing Com­mittee cancelled its plans fora Labor Day parade last week,after the city council upheldPol ice Chief James Ailes's de­ni~l of a parade permit, onthe grounds that the Citycould not provide protectionagainst possible grower~scab

violence.Ailes, supported by the Coun­

cil, argued that Delano hasan insufficient police forcefor protecting the Union mem­bers and sympathizers from allover the country who were ex­pected to participate in theparade, termed a "Sol idarityMarch."

The cancellation came Thurs­day night, August 22, afterthe council met for a secondtime to continue discussionson the appeal.

An earlier meeting, Mondaynight, August 19, had beencontinued to Thursday, despitethe fact that Mayor and localdentist Clifford Loader wasupset abo~t cancelling a visitto his mother in San Francisc~

In a sadly hilarious incidentat the August' 19 meeting, May­or Loader was delivering hisusual I ine'about "our magnifi­cent po 1ice depa rtment" whena small boy said, "There's theman who beat up my daddy."

Peering through the windowwas Gilbert Rubio, a localscab agitator in the pay of

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DeZano Cops watch as Union members march on, picketing the DeZanoPolice Station.

Council Denies Parade Permitthe growers who had been doubtful about the parade, andcharged with beating Manuel reiterated the danger of vio~

Rivera, a long-time Union mem- lence from the outside.ber and active striker. Cohen reminded the Council

Although a warrant had been of recent federal court rul-issued earl ier in the day for ings, which plqced the respon-Rubio's arrest on the assault s1bility for protecting mar-charges, the Delano police had chers squarely on the police.pone nothing. Cohen also said that the Union

Chief Ailes and a cop named had 100 experienced martialsEspinosa hustled out of the and picket captains who wouldCouncil Chambers, and eventu- be available and subject toally Rubio was arrested and the orders of the police forreleased on bail. crowd control.

PARADE DISCUSSION Cohen noted that a crowd ofDiscussion on the parade nearly 10,000 was present when

issue centered around the po- the late Senator Robert Kenne~

lice chief's claim that police dy came to Delano to breakprotection was inadequate to bread with Cesar Chavez at theprotect marchers from hecklers conclusion of the latter'sand scabs. fast, and that the day passed

Ailes also told the council without, incident, though thethat sanitary facil ities were Delano police had sent but oneinadequate to handle the crowd officer. This proved, Cohenexpected, and that the parade said, that the City could eas~

route, scheduled to pass ily handle a crowd of at leastthrough what the mayor called 10,000.the "high-value area on Main Cohen reminded the city thatStreet" was unsatisfactory. he had warned them of a threat

At the August 22 meeting, against the Senator's life onUFWOC General Counsel Jerome that occasion, but that noth-Cohen said that the Union was ing was done to ensure hiswilling to provide rented toi- safety.lets at the Forty Acres, par- Despite entreaties, however,king in the same area, and the denial was upheld, and thebuses to ferry participants Union had no Labor Day parade.and spectators back and forth One Union official said bit-from there to the parade area. terly, "It appears that we

He also said that the Union only celebrate national hoI i-was will ing to reroute the days that the Delano Cityparade around the down-town Council finds acceptable. La-area. bor Day must be on their black

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DELANO, August 30--While national attentionfocused on the pol itical conventions during thelater half of August, UFWOC's international con­sumer boycott of Cal ifornia table grapes contin­ued at a high peak of activity.

CLEVELANDIn Cleveland, Thursday, August 8, Carl B.

Stokes, first black man to be elected mayor of alarge metropol itan city, endorsed the boycott,say ing,

"In keeping with the national policy to chal­lenge and eradicate poverty wherever it may ex­ist, I commend the efforts to gain recognitionof the right of the Cal ifornia grape pickers toseek a decent s tanda rd. of I i vi ng."

Jul io Hernandez, UFWOC Vice-President and co­ordinator of the boycott in Ohio reports a majorgrape boycott drive spreading throughout thestate.

BOSTONFurther east, in Boston, farm workers and sym­

pathizers re-enacted the Boston Tea Party of1773, only this time the product dumped into theharbor was Cal ifornia table grapes.Negotiations with local supermarkets had resul­

ted in a large quantity of grapes being with­drawn from the produce counters. Many of thegrapes were turned over to the Union's represen­tatives for disposal, and several boxes weredumped into the harbor on Saturday, August 17.

The remainder were shipped to Cal ifornia Go­vernor Ronald Reagan, with a suggestion that hereturn them to the growers who produce them un­der unjust labor conditions.

Marcus Munoz, UFWOC organizer stationed inBoston for the boycott, was in ch.rge of theproject.

Boston Mayor Kevin White moved to put the eco­'nomic purchasing power of the city behind theboycott .

McGOVERN ASKS SUPPORTSenator George McGovern, who made an unsuccess-

Do you want to help Cal i­fornia's striking farmworkers achieve justice intheir struggle?

You can, and in your cityno matter where you live.

Call Jerry or Jane Brownat (805)725-1314, and learnhow you can help the boy­cott.

If you I ive outside Cal i­fornia, your collect callwill be accepted.

We need your help in e­very 'city of the UnitedStates and Canada. Yourorganization, or you andyour friends, can help.

Call area code (805)725­1314. Don't just read a­bout the struggle for jus­tice. Participate!PlUMM;ET

FEDERAL REPORT:

GRAPE SHIPMENTS

Grape shipments to the fivemajor eastern cities in the USwere off as much as 2,035 car­lots compared with 1966, accor­ding to official figures of thefederal and state agriculturalmarketing bureaus.

While it is impossible tostate with complete accuracyhow effective the internation­al consumer boycott of Cal i­fornia grapes has been, UFWOCresearchers said the figures,even if incorrect by 50 per­cent, still show a considera­ble drop in 'sales over lastyear.

The value of the unsoldgrapes, set by growers at $3to $4 per box, would mean aloss of about $7.5 mill ionthus fa r th i s season. Eachrailroad carlot holds about 1,250 boxes.

The figures appear to coin­cide with the growers' state­ments that they lost more than$2 mill ion on the CoachellaValley by the end of June.

John Giumarra Jr., youthfulgeneral counsel for the Giuma­rra companies, told the LosAngeles Times recently thatthe price per pound for tablegrapes is down about 25 centsbecause of the boycott.

The following chart of car­lot shipments of table grapesto the five major eastern ci­ties was compiled from figuresreleased by the US Departmentof Agriculture marketing ser­vice, and covers all Cal ifor­nia grape shipments. Figuresfor the 1966 season are inclu­ded since the 1966 and 1968harvests are similar in sizeand in maturity dates. The1967 season was smaller. Fi­gures are as of August 15.

GRAPE SHIPMENTS:

In numerous statements inrecent weeks, Union officialshave pointed out that the lossof revenue to the growers isnot something they are pleasedabout.

They note that the Union isas anxious for the boycott to

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Cleveland Mayor ~arl Stokesannounces support of UFWOCboycott. Cesar Chavez andJulio Hernandez of the Uni­on joined in the press con­ference.

end as are the growers, butthe Union is prepared to con­tinue active boycotting untilrecognition is achieved.

An all-out mobil ization offarm workers and volunte~r

forces allover the countryhas been ordered and at week'send, the boycott switchboardwas loaded with calls.

Approximately 40 additionalcities have been added to theboycott list since the lastissue of EL MALCRIADO andsales continue to be seriouslyhampered, later reports show.

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NEW YORKThe mayor of Rochester, New York, endorsed the

boycott last week. Juan and Maree Flores headthe boycott activity in upper New York state.

BALTIMOREIn Baltimore, where UFWOC Vice-President Andy

Imutan heads the boycott crew, Acting Mayor Wil­liam D. Schaefer directed the city purchasingdepartment to Join in a national boycott of Cal­ifornia grapes by refusing to purchase them for.city institutions, and called on consumers to'dothe same.

MINNEAPOLISMayor Arthur Naftal in of,Minneapolls issued a

public appeal Friday, August 16, askIng supportof farm workers who are on strike In CalIforniavineyards.

Pedro Cardenas and Macario Bustos, both UnIonorganIzers from Delano, were with the mayor ashe made his appeal.

In Issuing the statement, the mayor asked MIn­neapolis resIdents not to purchase CalIforniatable grapes produced by the Vineyards that areon the strlj(e.

ITLIONG IN ST. LOUISThe three~state area of Kansas, Nebraska, and

Missouri was the recipient of a frontal attackby UFWOC Assistant Director Larry It I long, whoreported to the membership Friday that labor,relIgIous, and civic organizatIons support forthe boycott were approaching a h~gh point.

He saId cooperation for the boycott In St.LouIs was far beyond expectatIons. The mayor ofthe city endorsed the boycott, and sales wereexpected to drop sharply in coming weeks, It­llong said.

BOYCOTTGRAPESBOYCOTTGRAPESBOYCOTT Iful bid for the Democratic nomination last week, Protestant and Jewish groups, the Council an­endorsed the boycott on Tuesday, August 13. He nounced that "patronage of those stores whichsaid, in a campaign speech in New York City, recognize and support the grape boycott is en-

"I want to make it clear right now that I am couraged. The Counci I deplores the practice ofnot here to ask for support, for in history, growers who import strike breakers to harvest(the farm workers') cause may be much greater grapes in violation of U.S. Department of Laborthan mine .. , I support this boycott of Cal ifor- regulations."nia table grapes by the United Farm Workers. Iurge all those concerned with human justice todo the same ... 11'

INDUSTRY STATEMENTSWines and Vines, the wine industry's prrnci~

pal trade magazine, had this to say about theboycott in their August issue:

"The boycott againet California table grapee,whiah eeeme to be epreading with every week, iehurting the grower8. How badly, it ie impossi­ble to tell. But one grower repre8entative toldWines and Vines that the situation ie 'bad rightnow and aan beoome desperate. '

"Everybody aeems to be getting into the aat--' r

the article continued, "ahurahmen, laymen, may­ors, aity oounaile, aongres8men, senators, pre­sidential aspirant8--and if the newspaper re­ports from aar08S the nation are aorreat, mostof the voiaes being raised are against the gro­were and in favor of the boyaott ... "

Meanwhile, as the boycott rolled forward, loss­es to the growers have been estimated at morethan S2 million this season, exclusive of multl­mill ion dollar losses in Coachella In June.

As boycott pressure continued to mount, andthe Delano harvest moves into full swIng, theuniversal question Is "How much Is enough?" Weknow we can win, Union officials say. The onlyquestion now is how many more weeks It Is goingto take. .

DETROITFollowini a lead by labor leaders and the ma­

yor of Detroit weeks ago, the Inter-Faith Ac­tion Council of that city became the 19th im­portant civic group to endorse the boycott.

Representing the Catholic archdiocese, major

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BAKERSFIELD, August 22-­Judge J. Kelley Steele issueda temporary restraining ordertoday prohibiting state agri­culture officials from showingpublic records to Union inves­tigators. The order specifi­cally prohibited Kern CountyAgriculture Commissioner Shel­don Morley from showing Unionofficials pest control report~

permits, and appl icators' re­ports deal ing with chemicalsprays, poisons, and other in­jurious material~ used oncrops.

Union attorney Jerome Cohenbranded the order "the baldestand boldest of political de­cisions, an outrageous use ofthe court system to suppressinformation."

Cohen had sought informationon the use of poisons and o­ther injurious materials inconnection with safety clausesin Union contracts (one majorcontract was signed last weekand another is at present be­ing negotiated with wine grapegrowers). He wanted informa­tion on the types of chemical

fertilizers and pesticidesused, methods of app1 ication,and possible short and. longrange effects these chemicalsmight have on workers who mustbe in contact with them.

(Similar studies are beingcarried out by Dr. I rma West,industrial toxic01 igist in theoccupational health bureau ofthe State Department of PublicHealth; and Eldridge G. Hunt,head of a research team of theState Department of Fish andGame on the short and longrange effects of such chemi­cals on the consumer and onwi ldl ife.)

Cohen and UFWOC attorney Da­vid Averbuck have filed a writof mandate to overturn the re­straining order and force theAgriculture Commissioner toshow these records to the pub­I ic.

Union officials are anxiousto know what the growers aretrying to hide, what informa­tion they fear, and why theyare making such a big deal outof these records on. poisons,according to reports at last

Friday's strike meeting.Cohen first approached Morley

on Tuesday, August 20 andasked to see permits grantedto use poisons and injuriousmaterials. These are publ icrecords, by law open to anyonefor inspection, Cohen said.

Morley refused permissionto view the records. Cohen re­turned on Thursday and was a­gain denied permission to seethe records. However, Morleyinvited him to return the nextday. Cohen left the Agricul­ture Commissioner's office atapproximately 11 :30 A.M. Lessthan two hours later, JudgeSteele, the same Judge whogranted Giumarra Vineyardstheir strike-breaking injunc­tion last August, signed thenew injunction closing thesepub1 ic records to inspection.

The request for the injunc­tion was presented by AtwoodAviation Company and severalother firms, and appears tohave been rather hurriedlyprepared. Atwood Aviation doeschemical spraying for many lo­cal growers. The petition forthe injunction admits thatMorley conferred with Atwood'sand growe rs ' 1awye rs befo rethe petition was filed. With­in two hours, a petition foran injunction was drawn up andpresented to Judge Steele, whoquickly signed it.

The petition itself admits,"Frankly, in the very 1imitedtime available due to the ur­gency of the situation here,we have not been able to ac­compl ish much research on thepoint and we have not founddirect authority on the point,but we do~bt that the courtwill ultim~tely rule thatthese people have the right tothese records ... "

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Wisconsin court victory

FORGOTTEN WORKERS

Eva Valenzuela and Jorge Guerra receive checkfor back wages in a ceremony at the Union head­quarters in Wautoma. CPA photo: La Voz Mexicana.

greed to pay Mrs. Valenzuela this area, and Obreros Unidosand Guerra a week's back wageL will continue to work withThe figure was set at $52 each, them and support them in exer-(based on $1.30 an hour, the cising their rights. The uni-state minimum wage, which it- on bel ieves that farm workersself was only established for will not be intimidated by thefarm workers last month, again fool ish acts of growers I ikethe result of a campaign laun- Wilcox into being timid andched by Obreros Unidos). voiceless. They know that

Obreros Unidos issued a their rights can only be pro-statement saying: tected if they are bold enough

"There are union members in to exercise them." .every major cucumber camp in

WAUTOMA, WISCONSIN, August16--A family of Mexican Ameri­can farm workers went to courttoday and established theright to wear their Union but­tons without fear of beingfired. In add i t ion, they won$104 in back pay 'from growerJon Wilcox, who had fired themand evicted them from his campfor the "crime" of wearingbuttons that said "Viva laCausa" ("Long live the Cause").

The case began on July 21,when Jorge Guerra, his sisterEva Valenzuela, and her foursmall children joined withmembers of the farm workers u­nion in Wisconsin, in a picketline in Wautoma, Wisconsin,protesting the sale of Calif­ornia grapes. Guerra and Sra.Valenzuela were employed onthe Jon Wilcox farm as cucum­ber pickers and I ived in acamp owned by Wilcox. All mi­grants from' Texas, they werenot union members, but sup-.ported the struggles of theCal ifornia grape pickers. Theyhad heard· about the grapestrike from relatives in Cali-forn ia, they' sa fd. .

"After picketing," Guerrasa id, '~we went. back to ourplace at the Wilcox ranch. Wewere wearing the red buttonsthat say 'Viva la Causa' onthe top and 'Obreros'Unidos'on the ~ottom. It was thenthat Jon Wilcox told one ofhis supervisors to kick Osout."

"We were told to get out be­cause we were wearing the but­ton," Sra. Valenzuela said.

With the he'l p of Obreros Un­idos, Guerra and' Sra. Valen­zuela filed an unfair laborcomplaint with the WisconsinEmployment Relations Commis­sion (WERC) asking that theybe returned to work with fullback pay, and that they andthe four children be givenquarters at the camp. The com­plaint charged Wilcox andGreen Bay Foods, his proces­sor, with discrimination a-

,gainst farm workers to dis­courage union membership. Aprompt hearing was requestedso that the case would be de­cided before the harvestingseason ended and the workersreturned to Texas. The hear­ing was held August 16 at theWaushara County Courthouse.

After the hearing Wilcox a-

MADISON, WISC., August 17~­

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Ie processors of orders forcucumbers.

According to informationsupp lied by OBREROS UNIDOS,the Wisconsin farm workers'union, the processing compan­ies offered $50 per acre togrowers for the 'plowed-undercrop, but no arrangements havebeen made for the ,workers whowere forced out of their jobsby the cancellations.

It is expected that half the'crop will be destroyed, obser­ivers said.

The majority of the Wiscon­sin pickle workers are mi­grants from Texas, who travelnorth on the basis of verbalpromises of work, union offi­cials report.

Some observers indicated theChicago Pickle Co. and otherprocessors contracted with cu­cumber growers from South Car­olina and other states withoutwarning the Wisconsin growers.

While the growers ponderedthe value of organizing work­ers and sma]·l growers againstthe big processors, there ap-peared to be little help forthe displaced workers thisseqson~

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after each variety is harvesied to provide for,guaranteed average wage of $3.25 per hour.

OVERTIME .An overtime premium of 25 cents per hour will

be paid after nine hours' work. Ten cents perhour will be paid by the company into the UnionSpecial Benefits Fund, which will provide healt~retirement, and similar benefits.

The contract also provides for three paid hol­idays (Labor Day, Independence Day, and Christ­mas), and a week's vacation for all 'workers withmore than 1,800 hours of work In the previousyear. Vacation pay will be two percent of theprevious year's salary. Workers with three ormore years of employment at Paul Masson will geta three percent bonus plus two weeks vacation,and after five years, they will get two weeksplus a four percent bonus.

The contract also calls for 15 minute restperiods after each four hours' work, and prohi­bits discrimination by both the Union and thecompany.

Hiring, promotion, and lay-offs will be basedon seniority with the company, and a detailedprocedure Is set forth for handling grievances.Arbitrary dimissal is prohibited.

Strikes and lockouts will not take place dur­ing the duration of the contract, It was agreed.

Representing the Union at the negotiationswere Mack Lyons, UFWOC's Lamont area representa­tive; Dolores Huerta, vice-president in chargeof negotiations; Jose Luna, San Benito County a­rea representative; Jose Banuelos Herrera andForibio Salvado of the Masson ranch committee.

Negotiators expressed gratitude to Irwin deShettler farm labor coordinator of the AFL-CIOfor his ~tir~less help and excellent advice dur­ing the course of the negotiations."

FRESNO, August 16--A three-year contract set­ting a $1.90 per hour minimum wage was signedwith Paul Masson Vineyards here today, coveringthe company's agricultural workers at Soledadand Gilroy.

The company, which employs about 350 workersat the peak of the harvest season, a1~0 agreedto annua I Inc reases of 10 cents pe r hou r eff.ec­tlve August 1 of 1969 and 1970.

The Masson contract marks the ninth grape-pro­ducing company which has agreed to collectivebargaining with the United Farm Workers Organiz­ing Committee since the first contract was sign­ed In April, 1967.

Hourly rates In the new contract are as fol­lows: general labor, $1.90; hand pruning, $2;mechanical pruning, $2.15; budding, $2.30; irri­gators, pipe repairmen, $2.10; truck drivers,$2.10; crew leaders, $2.15; working 'oremen,$2.40; tractor and fork-l ift drivers, $2.30;shop mechanics, $2.55. All classifications willbe subJ ect to the 10-cent per hou r annua I In­creases.

PIECE RATESPiece rates for the harvest will be based on a

sliding scale under the new contract, using var­ieties and yields per acre as guides in the es­tabl Ishment of the piece rates.

Based on studies of previous harvests, thefollowing maximum rates have been set (tonnagerates are equally divided among members of thecrew):

Plnot Nolr and Pinot Chardonnay, $58; FrankenRlesl ing and Johannesberg Rles1 ing, $48 per ton.Rates for Semil10n, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Blan~

Gamary and Emerald Riesling will bring from $8to $20.50 per ton, depending on yields. Thecontract provides for adjustments of piece rates

KUDOS TO LUNA AND LYONSTwo of the men who deserve special credit for the new Paul Masson

Contract are Mack Lyons (left), chief negotiator of the contract, andJose Luna (right), Union organizer for San Benito and Monterrey Coun-ties. "'-

Luna is in charge of the Ho1l ister office of UFWOC and administersthe contract that the Almaden Vineyards has with the Union, a fulltime job for most people. But Luna manages to squeeze in travels fromSan Jose to Soledad, from Pacheco Pass to Castroville, signing up newmembers for the Union and tell ing about the Union Cause~

With the Almaden contract as a 1iving example of the benefits of theUnion, Luna began approaching workers at the Paul Masson Vineyards lastwinter. Some were already members. Many more soon joined. UFWOC VicePresident Andy Imutan helped in the organizing drive. By February, allbut one or two workers had joined the Union. So Cesar Chavez, nationaldirector of UFWOC, approached the owners of Paul Masson and invitedthem to enter into negotiations. The contract was finally finished inearly August and the company and union representatives met in Fresno tosign the document.

Other key Union members participating In the negotiating of the con­tract were Dolores Huerta, UFWOC Vice-President in charge of contractnegotiations, and Jose Banuelos Herrera and F~ribio Salvado, workersat Masson. Irwin de Shettler, of the national AFL-CIO Organizing De­partment deserves special praise for his tireless help and good advice.But Mrs. Huerta singled out Lyons, UFWOC representative in Lamont, asthe one who was most responsible for the contract1s high wages. Lyonsnegotiated the piece rates for the various varieties of grapes whichare the highest in the industry.

PAUL MASSONSIGNS

FRESNO, August 30-~The Uni­ted Farm Workers signed a newcontract today covering farmworkers at Franzia Vineyards,another major Cal ifornia wineproducer. While complete de­tails of the contract are notavailable at press time, UFWOCnegotiator Mack Lyons reportsthat terms of the contract aresimilar to those of the newlysigned contract with Paul Mas­son Vineyards. The minimumwage is $1.90 an hour, plus10 cents an hour in contribu­tions to the Health and Wel­fare Fund.

A complete.report on the ne­gotiations and terms of thenew cont ract wi 11 be inc Iuded •__;;====;;;:~~~.;~_...~ ,in the next edition of EL MAL-CRIADO. The contract wassigned after several months ofnegotiations. There was nostrike.

Irwin de Shettler, of thenational AFL-CIO staff, whohelped negotiate both new con­tracts, commented that tablegrape growers have stubbornlyrefused to sign contracts withthe Union, or even sit downwith Union leaders to discusswages and working conditions,and ways to end the strike.Meanwhile, major wine grapegrowers such as Gallo, Almade~

Christian Brothers, Paul Mas­son, and Franzia have all en­tered Into negotiations withthe Union and signed contractswithout any trouble, withoutst~lkes or boycotts or lock­outs or reprisals. De Shettlercommented that thougb theseare pioneer contracts, theyare all working surprisinglysmoothly, to the benefit ofworkers and growers al ike.

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UFWOC:Do not quit; even for one

moment. Do not be afraid ofyour enemies. Love them, butcontinue to fight for justice.Support your leader, Cesar,but support him with all yourheart. You will win, or wewill die together!

Father Tom TotoleAll Saints ChurchDenver, Colorado

. Father James Magu i re, form-·erly of Sacred Heart Parishin Hollister, California, hasbeen named pastor of St. Pat~

rick's Church in Watsonville,EL MALtRIADO has learned.

Long a friend of the farmworkers, Fr. Maguire can bereached at 2401 East Lake Ave­nue, Watsonville.

Nick and Virginia Jones,staff workers for the UnitedFarm Workers, are the 'proudparents of a baby girl, Rachel8t pounds at birth. Mrs. Jone~

t~e former Virginia Rodriguez,.was secret~ry to UFWOC direc­tor Cesar Chavez, and Nick isan organizer for the Union.The new huelguista was born inTulare County Hospital on Aug­ust 22. Congratulations toNick and Virginia!

Editor:While serving in Viet Nam as acompany commander with the 1st.Cavalry Division, one of myChicano troopers, aware of mySouthern Cal ifornia back­ground, the fact that I hadgrown up in a Mexi.can-Americanenvironment, and spoke theslangular "lengua de lei fron­tera", gave me a copy of ELMALCRIADO, which had been sentto him along with his hometownnewspaper, the BakersfieldCalifornian.

We had a long and lengthydiscussion about the contentsof that issue, which I stillhave, although now it is some­what the worse-for-wear, dirt­ied and folded. Eighteenmonths have ~lapsed since thathumid day when we sat andtalked of the problems "athome"; the trooper fell incombat, the copy of EL MALCRI­ADO became a part of my per~sonal papers, and just yester­day, while sorting throughthem, I came across it.

And once again, as that dayseemingly years ago, I recal­led the pride that shone 'inhis eyes that "his . people"were doing something: that manneeds not have individualwealth to have the fortune of:dignity.

I trust that your movementis still growing, that contri­butions are necessary and ap­preciated, and that theremight be a need for all typesof assistance. If I might beof assistance, please let meknow.

The issue I have (#46) is anold one, and I am not certainof your subscription rates;please enroll me as a sub­scriber, and bi 11 me, if thatis within your pol icy.

My resources are yours; thespark that ignited the lightthat shone so fervently in hiseyes must not be extinguished.

Arlen WilliamsCal ifornia

I 68

WHAT'S IN A

NAME. ?by Antonio Orendain

We receive many letters fromreaders wishing to know why wegave the Voice of the FarmWorker the name of EL MALCRIA­DO. Maybe my understanding isnot very scholarly, or maybemy answer is not the best, butI am going to try to ~xplain

what "EL MALCRIADO" means tous,

For those of us who wereborn in Mexico, El Malcriadoreminds us of history. Fromour parents and grandparents,we learned about the manynewspapers that existed duringdifficult times of the revolu~

tion.In general, those s~all

newspapers were like lightning--announcer of the storm. Whengovernments didn't live up totheir promises or became in­tolerable, the poor people,educated or not, were thefirst ones to feel the effect~

Then these people would startpublishing malcriados. Thismeans that such a child wasbadly brought up--that is tosay, he is a malcriado.

A person who works in thehome of rich people is a cria­do. If th is criado doesn I t dohis work right, or doesn'thave any respect for his boss­es and tells them the truth,he is fired for being a mal­criado.

During the revolution therewere many orphans who were ac­cepted by the patroncitos tobe educated to serve them andto clean their boots. Whenthose orphans didn't do their

'work right or asked what wasjust, the bosses would tellthem that they had criado them(brought them up) and thatthey had turned out to be mal­criados (badly brought up).

If a person is so poor thathe doesn't have all t~e neces­sary food for his nourishment,this person is malcriada.

-Ou r Voice of the Farm Work­er tells the bosses the truth;it has bad manners; it is notwell criado--so it's EL MAL­CRIADO.

11/EL MALCRIADO, Sunday, September 1, 1968

er's name in nomination saidhe had the authority to with­draw it, and did so.

The Union had been invitedto submit a nominee for elec­tion, and the Committee whichincluded Loader as a member.

Loader, second from left, presides over Delano City Council.

taken 'by the Delano Chamber ofCommerce, which is partiallysupported with municipal taxfunds.

After the Union representa­tive spoke, the member of theCommittee who had placed Load-

BAKERSFIEL~, August 26--Thename of Delano Mayor Cl iffordLoader was withdrawn from nom­ination to the Kern County De­mocratic Central Committee to­night, after representativesof the United Farm Workers Or­ganizing Committee, AFL-CIOtold the Committee of Delano'santi-strike pol icies.

Loader's name had been pre­sented in nomination earl ierby a member of the Committee.Loader was not present at themeeting in the Board of Super­visors chamber at the CountyCourthouse. '

Union representatives out­I ined the increased violencein Delano in recent weeks, thenumerous threats which havebeen received, and the inac­tion of the pol ice departmentin protecting striking farmworkers.

The Central Commit~ee alsowas told of pro-grower actions

DELANO MAYOR REJECTED BYDEMOCRATS

FARM WORKERS CLAIM EQUAL PROTECTION

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NEI.J ORLEANS-Loca 1 300 ofthe Amalqamated Meat Cuttersand Butcher '.Jorkmen has fi ledsuit in the U.S. DistrictCourt to challenge the consti­tutional ity of the exclusionof farm workers from NationalLabor Relations Act.

Local 300, successor to theSouthern Tenant Farmers Union,well known for its organizingefforts in the 1930's, filedthe suit on behalf of 325tractor drivers, mostly Ne­groes, who work on South CoastCorporation sugar plantationsin Louisiana.The workers currently receive

$1.15 to $1.30 for t'heir work,with no hoI idays, no paid va­cations, and no pen~ions orhealth beneTfts. Factoryworkers employed by the samecompany earn up to $2.74 perhour, according to reports, asthe result of union contracts.

Local 300 demanded recogni­tion from the company in A­pril, and later-applied tothe National Labor Relationsct for assistance when no re~

ply was forthcoming.refused to considertion on the groundsworkers were notjurisdiction.

The new suit, which asks for

a three-judge panel to heararguments, claims that it isunconstitutional to deny suchemployees equal protection ofthe right to organize and bar­gain collecttvely.

Benefits Fund

ages of children, and similarquestions, will provide theinformation necessary to de­termine the benefits whichwill be available, he said.

The Health and Welfare Fundis financed by the 10-cent perhour payment made by the ma­jority of the companies underUFWOC contract for heaith, re­tirement, and similar benefits

Chatfield said he expectedCesar Chavez, Larry It I iong,Antonio Orendain, Phill ip VeraCruz, and Dolores Huerta wouldprobably represent the Unionat Wednesday's meeting.

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Rubio, RiveraBAKERSFIELD, August 30--The

District Attorney's office has,announced that Manuel Riverawill be tried on November 15on charges of assault and bat­tery, charges filed by anti-U­nion agitator Ignacio Rubio.No date has been set for trialof Ignacio and Gilbert Rubioon similar charges filed by U­nion member Rivera.

All charges arose after anincident on August 13 in whichthe Rubios and three carloads

! of their family and friends. forced Rivera off the road,

dragged him from his car, andbeat him unconscious.

Gilbert Rubio also facestrial on October 18 on chargesthat he appeared at a UFWOCpicket line brandishing a gunin a threatening and provoca­tive manner.

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12/EL MALCRIADO,

DELANO--Delano-McFarland Ju­dicIal District Court JudgeJohn McNally ruled last weekthat the Jury selection systemused In the area was not dis­crImInatory.

The rulIng was Issued in re­sponse to a challenge by UFWOCattorneys Jerome Cohen and Da­vid Averbuck, maintaining thatthe naming of Jurors from vo­ter registration lists is dis-

'crimInatory because It doesnot provide for equal repre­sentation of the whole popula­tion.

The attorneys pol~ted outthat the percentage of citi­zens with Spanish surnames onthe voter I ists is much lowerthan that shown by the census.

McNally's decision, whichhas already been appealed inSuperior Court by the Union'sattorneys, said, "In the opin­ion of the court, the selec-

13/EL MALCRIAUU, ~unaay, ~eptember 1, 1968

EX -VOLUNTEERS SAY UBOYCOTTP'

a reminder from theCREDIT UNION ...

Burns Objects

FRESNO, August 20---Right­wing Sta~e Senator Hugh Burnswithdrew his support for thecandidacy of Hubert HumphreyAugust 20, claiming the with­drawal resulted from Humphreysendorsement of the UFWOC-spon­so red consumer boycott of Ca 1,.ifornia grapes.

Burns, chairman of the StateSenate Committee on Un-Ameri­can Activities, attempted ared-smear against the Union in1967, but failed to turn up a­ny evidence of Communist sub­version in the Union.

The Senator, a nominal Demo­crat, introduced one ant i -boy­cott bill into the legislaturethis year, but the bill wentdown in defeat. He has statedhis intention to try again inthe next session, according toreports in the press.

grape industry in suppressingthe poor of two countries. Thecommittee pledges to activelysupport and participate in theboycott of all Cal ifornia ta­ble grapes until the unIon isrecognized by the table grapeindustry."

DiGiorgio Profits

SAN FRANCISCO, August 2~Pro­

fits of the Di Giorgio Corpor­ation, which signed a three­year contract with the UnitedFarm Workers Organizing Com­mittee in 1967, are up 47 per­cent over last year, accordingto recently published reports.

Stockholders received 51Fents per share on their in­vestments, totall ing $996,000for the first half of the year,plus an additional dividend of10 cents per share, which a­mounted to $179,000 for thesame per iod.

Sales for the first half of1968 were up to $157 million,five percent over last year's$148.6 mill ion.

Di Giorgio pays its agricul­tural employees a minimum wageof $1.70 per hour, plus otherbenefits called for in theUnion contract.

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the benefit of federally sub­sidized agribusiness. Suchpol icy prevents both the ille­gal Mexican strikebreaker andthe American farmworker fromobtaining' adequate workingconditions, decent wages andunionizing benefits long en­joyed by workers in other in­dustries,

"It is .just such pol iciesthat make people of developingcountries justifiably cynicalabout America's attitude to­ward poor people everywhere,

"The Bay Area Committee ofReturned Volunteers is affil i­ated nationally with the Com­mittee of Returned Volunteerswhich has a membership of 3100former international volun­teers .. The concern of. thesevolunteers stems from havingworked and 1ived with the poorof developing nations.

"It is inconsistent withthis service to the poor of o~

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SAN FRANCISCO, August 22--Thefollowing is the text of aresolution passed by the BayArea Committee of ReturnedVoulnteers in support of theUFWOC boycott against Califor­nia table grapes.

"The Bay Area Committee ofReturned Volunteers, composedof volunteers who have servedin developing countries withthe Peace Corps, private agen­cies, and reI igious organiza­tions, supports the demands ofthe United Farm Workers Organ­izing Committee for union re~

cognition in the table grapeindustry.

"The committee is particu­larly concerned with the fail­ure of the justice and labordepartments of the US govern­ment in preventing the illegalimportation of strikebreakersfrom Mexico.

"It is distressing to see USforeign policy pitting thepoor of Mexico against thepoor American farmworkers for

14/EL MALCRIADO, Sunday, September 1, 1968

UNION FILES $37,000 INDEMANDS AGAINST COPS

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unconstitutional. Issued soonafter the beginning of thestrike against Giumarra la.stsummer, it I imited pickets toone every 50 feet, and for awhile denied the use of bull­horns to picketers. The latterprovision was later lifted asa denial of free speech.

Two thousand Union membersheld a silent vigil at thecourthouse last March whenChavez, in the midst of his25-day fast for non-violence,appeared to answer the chargesThe trial was postponed inMarch pending the end of thefast, and has since beenpushed back by appeals andpostponements.

Union attorneys have appealedthe case to the State ~upreme

Court, on the basis that a ju­ry trial is merited in caseswith possible heavy penaltieseither in fines or prison.

Attorneys said the appealcourt seemed to feel resolu­tion of the question was out­side their jurisdiction, andintimated the case should betaken to the higher court.

There are two million ~exi­

an-Americans in California,ore than 12 percent of the

total population of the State ..Of the 120 state legislators

in Sacramento, none are Mexi­an Americans. There is one

Chicano county supervisor inCal ifornia.

Only one school board memberin the entire state is a Mexi­can-American.

City councils in the ninecounties of the San JoaquinVal~ey include three ~exican­

Americans, among them the no­torious Frank Herrera, Delanolabor contractor.

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to

--Delano City Attorney JohnHourigan looks glum as UFWOCpresents $37,000 in claims a­gainst the city; Hourigan ad~

vised rejecting the claims.

JURY DEMANDED

Injunction TrialFRESNO, August 27--The Fifth

District Court of Appeal inFresno denied today the rightof the United Farm Workers Or­ganizing Committee and picket

.captain Epifanio Camacho Baezto a jury in thei r trial on

'contempt charges.The charges result from a

Giumarra Vineyards complaintagainst the Union and Camacho,

'which was filed in February.The complaint, which original­ly included Cesar Chavez as adefendant, alleges 12 viola­tions of an anti-strike in­junction issued in August of1967 by Bakersfield SuperiorCourt Judge J. Kelley Steele.

I Although the charges couldbring a meximum penalty of 55days in jail and a fine of$5,500 for Camacho, plus an

\additional fine of $5,500 ,forthe Union, the law providesfor trial without a jury.

Despite the possible prisonsentence, the appea 1 ·:cou rtruled the charges were for ci­viI, rather than criminal con­tempt, and that therefore ajury was not required.

Union attorneys have arguedthat the original injunctionitself is unfair and probably

DELANO, August 19--Aftermonths of trying to get theCity of Delano and the DelanoPol ice to treat the. Unionfai'rly, the United Farm Work­ers Organizing Committee hasfiled charges against the Citydemanding over $37,000 in da­mages for illegal actions a­gainst Union members by Delanopolice, according to a state­ment by UFWOC General CounselJerome Cohen.

The first complaint for $10,020 in damages, was filed inbehalf of UFWOC treasurer An­tonio Orendain, who was seizedby police on June 15, andcharged with disturbing thepeace. Orendain asked repeat­edly to be allowed to see hisattorney, or to phone him, buthe was not permitted to do so.

When Union attorney JeromeCohen arrived at the policestation and asked to be al­lowed to see Orendain or talkto him, he was denied theright to see him. Cohen latercalled the incident a flagrantviolation of the Constitution.

The second case stems fromanother incident the same day.David Fishlow, editor of ELMALCRIADO and accredited bythe Cal ifornia Highway Patrolwith an official press card,went to the pol ice station toreport on the arrest of Oren­dain. Whi Ie in the publ icwa i t'i ng room of the po 1icestation, Fishlow was suddenlyattacked by an unidentifiedand ununiformed assailant, wholater turned out to be CaptainHarry Gilbert of the DelanoPolice. Gilbert threw F'ishlowagainst a door and seized theeditor's camera, breaking thestrap as he ripped it away.Delano Pol ice kept the camerafor over a week. Cohen saidthe Delano Pol ice captain hadviolated constitutional guar­antees of freedom of press andassembly, and was guilty ofassault. Cohen is asking for$2,070 in actual and generaldamages, and for $25,000 inpunitive damages.

Both claims were rejected bythe City, clearing the way forthe cases to be taken to courtCohen said both suits would befiled shortly.

15/EL MALCRIADO, Sunday, September 1, 1968·

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DELANO, August 19-5cab lead­ers Gilbert and Ignacio Rubiowere finally arrested by Dela­no Police today, after a weekof public protests focused na­tional attention on the biasedand one-sided administrationof "justice" in Delano andKern County.

After Kern County officialsissued a warrant on August 19for the Rublos' arrest, DelanoPolice Chief Ailes refused totake Rubio into custody unt nat a public city council meet­Ing, Unio~ attorney Jerome Co­hen accused Ailes of antI-Uni­on bias and pointed out to theCity Council members that Gil­bert Rubio was to be seenwatching the city council'ses­sion through the window.

The charges grew out of anIncident on August 13, whenGilbert and Ignacio Rubio andothers followed Union memberManuel Rivera home from a Uni­on meeting. First ramming hiscar and later forcing him offthe road, the Rubios then pro­ceeded to drag Rivera from hiscar and beat and kick him, thevictim reported.' Rivera'slife may have been saved bythe arrival of other· Unionmembers, who scared away' thescabs, and Rivera was rushedto the hospital.

When Rivera and Union offic­ials demanded the Rublos' ar­rest, Delano and Kern Countycops refused. Inste~d, theyarrested Rivera "and chargedhim with ~ttacking the threecarloads of scabs. The Unionthen set up a picket line atthe Delano police station,marching from 6 A.M. to asl~te as 2 A.M., and sometimeswith over 500 people walkingthe line. The Union alsobrought the incident to theattention of the FBI, theState and Federal AttorneysGeneral, and a House of Repre~

sentatives subcommittee inves­tigating the strike. Membersof the Rubio group, still un­apprehended, frequently ap­peared at the picket line toharrass the pickets.

On Monday, August 19, DelanoJudge John McNelley finally'Issued a warrant for 'the ar­rests. T~ough Chief Ailesknew of the warrant by earlyafternoon, the Rubios were al-

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