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Page 1: ~heM~t'~F~ig~r~ 10 · ASSOCIATION IS A 'MOVEMENT'MORE THAN A 'UNION'. ONCE A MOVE ... Anton Carattn, Dan Tudor, Frank Lucich, Bruno Dispoto, Missakian, and Radovich and George Lucas,

Strike in the Grapes... p.3

~"he M~t'~F~ig~r~ 10:

English Edition

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- 2-" EL MALCRIADOPublished Every Two WeeksFarm Worker Press

P. O. Box 894, Delano, Calif.

"EDITORIAL: ENOUGH PEOPLE WITH ONE IDEAI

WHAT IS A MOVEMENT? IT IS WHEN THERE ARE ENOUGH PIDPLEWITH ONE IDEA SO THAT THEm ACTIONS ARE TOGETHER LIKE A HUGEWAVE OF WATER WmCH NOTHING CAN STOP~ IT IS WHEN A GROUP OFPEOPLE BEGIN TO CARE ENOUGH so THAT THEY ARE WILLING TOMAKE SACRIFICES.

THE MOVEMENT OF THE NEGRO BEGAN IN THE HOT SUMMER OFALABAMA TEN YEARS AGO WHEN A NEGRO WOMAN REFUSED T0 3EPUSHED TO THE BACK OF THE BUS. THUS BEGAN A GIGANTIC WAVEOF PROTEST THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH. THE NEGRO IS WILLING TOFIGHT FOR WHAT IS HIS: AN EQUAL PLACE UNDER THE SUN.

SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE THEY WIL~ SAY THAT IN THE HOT SUMM~R

OF CALIFORNIA IN 1965 THE MOVEMENT OF THE FARM WORKERSBEGAN. IT BEGAN WITH A SMALL SERIES'OF STRIKES. IT STARTEDSO SLOWLY THAT AT FmST IT WAS ONLY ONE MAN, THEN FIVE, THENONE HUNDRED.

THIS IS HOW A MOVEMENT BEGINS. TmS IS WHY THE FARM WORKERSASSOCIATION IS A 'MOVEMENT' MORE THAN A 'UNION'. ONCE A MOVE­MENT BEGINS IT IS IMPOSSmLE TO STOP. IT WILL SWEEP THROUGHCALIFORNIA AND IT WILL NOT BE OVER UNTIL THE ,FARM WORKERHAS THE EQUALITY OF A LIVING WAGE AND DECENT TREATMENT.AND THE ONLY WAY IT WILL BE OONE 1S THROUGH ORG~ZATION.

THE FARM WORKER MUST ORGANIZE TO FIGHT FOR WHAT IS HIS.

WHAT IS A MOVEMENT? IT IS THE IDEA THAT SOMEDAY THE FARMWORKER WILL BE RESPECTED. IT IS THE IDEA THAT SOMEDAY HEWILL EARN A LIVING WAGE.

IT IS WHEN THE SILENT HOPES OF MANY PEOPLE BEGIN TO BECOMEA REAL PART OF LIFE.

OUR COVER: E1 Malcriado tfl:6, in February 1965,carried a similar picture by the same artist,Alfredo Zalce. Zalce has used the Maya Indiansof Yucatan, Mexico, as the subject for his expres­sion of the dignity of work.

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Huge Grape-WalkoutIn Kern and Tulare

Over 500 Filipino grape workers lefttheir jobs last week in a strike calledby the AWOC of stockton. Nearly allthe workers involved were living inthe labor camps of the eleven comp­anies.

When the companies turned off thewater, electricity and gas in the morethan 20 labor camps involved, theunion said they would help feed themen with a breadline at the FilipinoHall in Delano.

The companies involved in the AWOCstrike were Zaninovich, M. Caratan,Anton Carattn, Dan Tudor, FrankLucich, Bruno Dispoto, Missakian,and Radovich and George Lucas, allof tQe Delano area in north Kern andsouthern Tulare county. It was thelargest strike in the Delano areagrap!s since the 1930vs.

FILIPINOS MEET IN DELANO TOMAKE PLANS FOR THE STRIKE

Cesar E. Chavez, General Directorof the Farm Workers Associationimmediately offered to help AWOCunconditionally. Chavez said, "Nowis when every worker, without regardto race, color or nationality, shouldsupport the strike and must under nocircumstances work in those ranchestha t have been struck. "

As we go to press Chavez has not re­ceived an answer to his offer of helpto AWOC. ''We do hope that our offerof help will be received in the samespirit in which it was offered, beforeit is too late, " Chavez stated to E1Malcriado.

The Kern County Sheriff sent outseveral extra cars wImh burned up alot of gasoline looking for peoplebreaking the law. There were noarrests.

Police were on hand when workerswere bodily thrown out of their com­pany-owned houses. The Fresno Beesaid they were evicted from the M.Carstan Ranch "without incident. "

The AWOC union claimed they had2,000 workers out on strike. Thecompanies claimed that they werefilling their labor camps with wor­kers as soon as the strikers werekicked out.

There is no doubt that productionwas slowed in the grapes throughoutthe Delano area, and that there is agood chance that the ~ion will getthe contract they are striking for.

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FEDERAL COMPLA'INT AGAINSTEXETER DEHYDRATOR

The Association placed charges thisweek with the Federal. Governmentagainst the Exeter Dehydrator, wherea dozen employees were kicked offtheir jobs for demanding that theAssociation represent themo

Led "by Sr0 Ruben Gonzales of LinnellCamp, the workers left their jobs onAugUst 30th after they told JohnKazanjian, owner of the dehydrator, I

that they wanted to be represented bythe Assreiationo

The case is now being investigated bythe National Labor Relations Board,which has the power to force theDehydrator to talk with the Associat­ion about raising wages, and impro-

ving working conditions. Theworkers were receiving $10 25 perhour0 Since the incident the boss hasraised wages to $10 40 to the workerswho are still on the jobo

After firing the workers there was a4-day slowdown at the Dehydrator.This factory dries all types of fruitfor Tulare and Fresno countygrowerso After this time Kazanjianraised the wages in order to get a fullcrewo

But the dozen workers are angry andwithout their jobso We will wait and

. see if the Federal. Government forcesjustice down the throat of the ownerof the Exeter Dehydrator0

"UNSU¢CESSFUL UNION BUsTER:Here 1s Chuck Gwen of TulareCounty Farmers Associationo Heearns his living as a professionalstrikebreakero A law was intro­duced into Congress last month tomake this occupation illegal.

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All charges were droppt!d against theAWOC strikers of Arvin, who were"arrested last month for· "paradingWithout a permit. ". The Shertff, un­able to go any. further With persecut­ion against the 'strikers, . dropped thedlarges a,gainst th~ group;.

HANFORD LAND-G·RAB ~5-Charges· DroppedIS STOPPED IN Against Strikers

ITS. TRACKSHANFORD- - Residents who protes­.ted the' Housing'Authority land-grabin Hanford will be well rewarded fortheir trouble.

ArrestS like this are illegal, but thisis what happens when the most ignor­ant men are in power. It is up to the .people, no matter what their position,to know what their rights are and toasert them when necessary.

MR. KUCHEL DOES NOT EATTORTILLAS AND 'BEANS

We doubt the sincerity of SenatorKuchel of California for his voting infavor of the "bracero" law. His lawwould guarantee a minimum wage of$1. 15 per hoUr the first year and$1. 40 after that. We invite SenatorKuchel to- try sustaining his famnyon $1. 15 per hour wage.

Piden and. the Kings Authority finallyagreed to pay the people more moneyfor their houses--so the thousandsspent in changing the site will not goto the people.

This is what they say. The peoplewill watch them closely to force Pidento keep his word. .....ioIiiiooo_-i

El Malcriado first reported in Juneon William Piden, housing. director,and his evil plan to take over theHanford barrio, condemn some ofthe houses there and build 150dwellings in the back yards of theothers•.

This was the low-rent housing for. which the Hanf.ord CSO had fought for

many years. Now the project was in'the hands of a. man who refused tolisten to the people.But the voice of the people was insis­tent and Piden got his lawyer and wentto San Francisco to see if he couldmove the housing site, which is whatthe people wanted. He found that tomove to a new location would costthousands of dollars more.

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Martin Strike EndsThe second week in September came and Martin Ranch near Earlimart" wasstill trying to get the leaves pulled in its vineyard. They had already cover­ed all of Tulare County looking for workers. The Association pulled over200 workers oat of the field and Martin was left with only one small crew ofstrikebrea:<ers led by Manuel Sanchez of Lindsay. When Sanchez--a labOrcontractor.;.-continued to take strikebreakers into the field, the Associationsent demonstrators to his house at 891 Fresno st. with signs:

] A STRIKEBR EAKER LIVES HERE ISanchezvwife believed that they had been cursed by the devil when the dem­onstrators stayed on the sidewalk in front of the house. The Sanchez familycalled the police when the demonstrators refused to leave. The policewould not interfere. '

Work was finally completed a few days ago by the strikebreakers who Mar­tin had to pay $1. 50 an hour to take the jobs of the loyal workers who wereonly asking for ~l. 40.

Added to the list of honor of the Farm Workers Association is Sr. Luis Cam­pos, whose cooperation with the strike caused him to be fired by Martinafter' 15 years of work. This is an example of how iworkers will be treatedwhen they are no longer of use. If it were legal the growers would shoot oldworkers as if they were injured horses. .

Jess Valdivia of Visalia was forced to stay out of Martinvs Ranch after allthe farm workers of Visalia rose against him in disgust and anger for try­ing to break the strike. He had been leader of the Sequoia Farm Labor Co­operative. The Sequoia Co-op was started years ago by a San Franciscogroup who was trying to help farm workers. The project ended in failurelast year.

In addition to the strike action, the Association forced Martin to complywith the ~tate laws. installing toilets in his fields.

The first dayof the strike---.

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. . .FLORES AND SIANCHEZ

The two workers, Joe Sanchez, 22, andFrank Flores, 20, both from HanfQrd,are suing the police officer for$100, 000. 00. 'Gilbert Lopez of Fresnois their lawyer.

Sanchez and Flqres were fighting in a.deserted part of the Hanford Fair­groWlds when the policeman came up tothem to stop the fight. According tothe two members, he started kickingthem in the face and ,continued kickingeven though they offered no resistance.

Officer Glenn had been suspended forbeating up Robert Valdez of Hanfo'rd in1963. Earlier this year he had beat upa narcotics addict who did not turn himin because he was too frightened.

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RENT STRIKE:

NOTICES OF EVICTION

1WO MEMBffiS OF THE FARM WORKERS ASSOCIATION WERE BRUTALLYKICKED AND BEATEN LATE LAST MONTH BY A :iANFORD POLICEMAN,JAMES GLENN. THE C. S.Oo BROUGHT CHARGES AGAINST GLENN BUT,

he was cleared by the city manager,Vince Petersono

Eviction'Notices were served on afew of the residents at Linnell-Wood­ville, scene of a four-month longrent strikeo The notices were in alast desparate attempt to frighten thestrikers into paying their rent.

EL MALCRIADO SAYS: $6,000 is ahigh price for refusing to respond tothe needs of the people.

Hanford PoliceBeat Up Members

Sherman admitted last week that "theRent Strike' has cost us at least$6,000."

Frightened, Sherman of the HousingAuthority had a secret meeting withHealth officials. He was unable tomake a dealo The Health Dept. re­fused to "fix" the 51 violations. In anattempt to go over the Health Dept.,Sherman met with the Board ofSupervisors on Tuesday, Septo 14.It is possible that the Health officialswill force the shacks to be torn downand replaced with better houses forthe workers.

After this vicious action, the,strikers' lawyer, James Herndon ofBan Francisco, filed complaintsagainst the Housing Authority,charging "illegal attempts to collectrents 011 condemned ho~s. ,,'

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.~FARM WORKERS CREDIT UNON

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STEWED TOMAT

The Federal Govern­ment just financed a"tomato school" runby our old friend theDepartment of Employ­ment. 500 men wentto this tomato Rchoolwhich included indoorclasses and moviesabout how to picktomatoes. The schoolcos t $125, 000 0 f t a x ­payers' money, andthe "Tomato Students"W.ere paid $52 a week oGrowers called theprogram an "utterfailureo" For once weagree with thegrowerso

from San Francisco ExaminerSeptember 5, 1965

DIFFICULT TIMES"Canneries- are paying$35 a ton to growe r sfor tomato,es this year.This represents anincrease of $10 a tonover last year. "

THE TOMATO SCHOOL

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HOW TO JOINDear friends:I would like to know how I go aboutsending in money for dues and for thecredit union. In whose name do Imake out the check? How does oneidentify himself after he becomes amember? Several friends and I wouldlike to have this information, soplease s~nd it right away. To whomdo I send Lile money? To Cesar Cha­vez or to who?

I have already told my friends aboutthe benefits for membe,rs. I explain­ed it all to the other people in thecamp I live in, and I think they likedthe idea. I already have the moneyfor them to join the Association, andI am only waiting for your answer sothat I may send it to you.

A friend,A.R. DuranSultana. Calif.

EL MALCRIAOO SAYS: Dues go to','Farm Workers Assn., Box 894,Delano, Calif. Make the check to"F. W. A. " and be sure your name ison it. Write on the envelope,"Attention: Cesar Chavez".Savings for the credit union go the"Farm Workers Credit Union" at thesame address.

Each member of the Association re­ceives a red and white card to iden­tify him and each member of his fam­ily. Each member of the Credit Uniongets a payment book.

You are wise to join the Associationand receive its benefits•. You aredoubly wise to save your money inthe credit union so that you will have ,it when you need it.

Also. did you know that if you bring

10 members to the Association, thatyour membership is free fO'r a year?

THESE CONTRACTO,RS

Dear Editor:I am writing to the voice of the farmworker, since I have the bad luck tobe a farm worker myself. I refer tpthe bad luck of working with laborcontractors of ill will who rob theworkers.

For example I refer to a well-known, Delano 'contractor. This contractor

told a miserable farm worker--assure as the sun shines--that $12 a dayis more than enough to live on. Hetook it as his right to' rob the peopleof Nueva Leon who came here to work.They arrived hungry and in need of .work, and were so grateful when hegave them work that they promised toerect a statue to him in .sabinas, Mexico.

But it all came to nothing, becausethe people realized later that he was arat, from his toenails to the hairs onhis head. Now I wish to make itknown to everyone that he is a chislerwho robs the worker, paying a dis­graceful 15~ a box of grapes.

Please publish this letter so thateveryone will know what kind of ban­dits there are around here. I awaityour reply in the next edition ofEl Malcriado.

E. PlacenciaDelano, Calif.

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KNOW.YOURRIGHTS

Dear Editor:I have read many articles about-howthe poor are often arrested wijustly.I think the poor'should be remember­ed in El Malcriado and advised of alltheir rights under the law. Many ofus do not mow how to defend our·selves and often say things we shouldnot say, and this often results ingrave consequences. I would be verygrateful if El Malcriado could explainhow a victim can defend himselfunder the law.

An admirer ofEl MalcriadoPorterville, Calif.

EL MALCRIADO SAYS: Read the nextissue of EL MALCRIADO, where wewill write about this subject.

THE GOSSIPS

Dear Editor:Please publish these words in ElMalcriado. All those men who workfor $1.25 an.hour are dupes. Butthat doesn't matter; what matters iflthat they act like gossiping old women.They say that the officials of theAssociation are bullies that want tolive off the workers, and that they areparasites. I say that if they weremen they would say this to theAssociation officials themselves.But they ar.en9t men; they are onlygossiping old women.

A supporter of the strike andyour friend to the end,George Diaz, G.Earlimart, Calif.

EL MALCRIADO SAYS: The fight forwages is not sometPing for foolishgossips. They are not wanted.by theAssociation who does not need them.The Association will ignore them un­til they become' strikebreakers.

FARM WORKERS CREDIT UNIONTHE CREDIT UNIONIDEA IS BORN

The credit union idea was born morethan a century ago in the mind andheart of Frede~ick William Raiffeisen,mayor of a small town in Germany. Theatmosphere of its birth was famineamong farmers. Debt of epidemic pro·portions and unscrupulous money lend·ers were taking all that the farmersowned. Deeply troubled by the sufferingof his people, Raiffeisen appealed towealthy citizens for aid, but their helpwas inadequate. This was the time forthe dawn of a'new idea, and it came toRaiffeisen in these troubled times - anidea that the people could surmount thiscommon problem of poverty by pooling'their own meager savings and lendingthem to each other at a low rate of inter­est. This was the credit union idea.

I:/IlLANO. CAL)". ... o.•ox •••

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.Send this coupon toEL MALCRIADO, BOX 894DELANO, CALIFORNIA

THE POOR ONESThe DiGiorgio Corporation, one ofthe largest growers, packers andshippers of the world, reported itsprofits for the year 1964 last week:

The corporation earned $2, 536, 000in 1964. Its net sales were$132, 000, 000. This was an increaseof 20% over the last year. Besideshaving ranches here in the sanJoaquin Valley, DiGiorgio is owner ofmany more businesses like canneries,box factories, etc.

Among the officials who run DiGiorgioCorporation are some who aredirectors of Bank of America andother powerful companies. Thefounder of this monster was JosephDiGiorgio whose family commemorat­ed him as a "great humanitarian. "

The tractor drivers of DiGiorgio earnone-·third .the money made by tractordrivers in other industries.

.0 From El Malcriado t#7••(translated 'and reprinted),

''You always say that a manneeds his wife to give hima little push. "

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Send us the names of 5 people whb youknow will want EL MALCRIADO, to­gether with $2 for each subscription,and we will send you your prize.

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IThe best way to be sure you will getyour MALCRIADO is by mail, deliv­ered to your home eve.ry two weeks.Send your name and address to Box894, Delano, Calif., and we wUlsend you the newspaper to you forone year.

The cost is $2.00 per year, but youdo not have to send this now. Wewill send you a bUI.

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The labor contractor system shouldbe destroyed in the name of justiceand a decent salary. A system bywhich men earn money the same waythe slave-traders did in centuriespast should be ended, .and for thesame reasons--because it is contraryto Christian principles.

11U~ u tie 1ttlmf, -13-EDITORIAL: No More Contractors

fJl 7~ 7tJIfNe?

Each year more and more farm wor­kers are ge~ingwise to this systemby ·which part of their wages ends upin the pockets of the labor contractor.Now their questions are limited to"I wonder if this labor contractor isobeying the law?" and "How can weget him to pay us more money?"Tomorrow the question will be, "whyare these men permitted to maketheir living from the sweat of the wor­kers?"

SEND YOUR ANSWER ANDYOUR NAME AND ADDRESSTO:

"GAME OF THE TOWNS"P. O. BOX 894DELANO, CALIF.

The first correct answer to bereceived from over 25 entries to lastweek's contest was from: .

FLORENTINO VASQUEZ314 ~ver DriveDelano, California.

The town was POND, California.

Each year the law is making it harderand harder on labor contractors. Thestronger' the Association becomes, thesooner this system will end.

In the fields of the future, the onlycontract will be a union contract: acontract between the workers and therancher which guarantees a decentsalary and working conditions for allthe farm laborers".

The labor contractor is a1nlt finished.He is neither needed nor wanted. .

Translated and reprintedEl Malcriado :#=13

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Esau sold his birthright for a mess of pottage. Judas Iscariot sold hissavior for thirty pieces of silver. Benedict Arnold sold his country for apromise of a commission in the British Army. The modern Strike-breakersells his birthright, his country, his wife, his children, and his fellow menfor an unfilled promise from his employer, trust or corporation.

DEFINITION OF A STRIKE-BREAKER

After God had finished the rattlesnake, the toad and the vampire, he hadsome awful substance left with which he made a Strike-breaker. A Strike­breaker is a two-legged animal with a cork-screw soul, a water-loggedbrain, and a combination backbone made of jelly and glue. Where othershave hearts, he carries a tumor of rotten principles. .

When a Strike-breaker comes down the street .men turn their backs andangels weep in Heaven, and the devil shuts the gates of Hell to keep him out.No man has the right to be a Strike-breaker, so long as there is a pool ofwater deep enough to drown his body in, or a rope long enough to hang hiscarcass with. Judas Iscariot was a gentleman••• compared with a Strike­breaker. For betraying his master, he had the character to hang himself••a Strike-breaker hasn't.

Mrs. T. L. FrazierTracy, California

Also, could you change my subscription to theEnglish Edition as it would be more helpful tome.

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The Holland RiderA LETTER 10 THE EDITOR:I am concerned about a bill in the se~te calledthe "Holland Rider" that would allow the Agri­culture Secretary to determine needs for labor.This sounds catastrophic. I trust you knowmore of this and can take effective action.

EL MALCRIADO SAYS: This sneak play in Con-THE HOLLAND RIDER gress whEh was attempted last week would put

control of the braceros in the hands of the ranchers! We already know whathappens when they control the law: the minimum wage in sugarbeets is a goodexample. This law will pass over EI Malcriado's dead body. Write your Con­gressmen NOW to oppose this evil law, called the "Holland Rider." It may onlytake one vote to defeat it!

Esau was a traitor to himself. Judas Iscariot was a traitor to his God.Benedict Arnold was a traitor to his country. '

A Strike-breaker is a traitor to himself~ a traitor to his God, a traitor tohis country, a traitor to his family and a traitor to his class.

There is nothing lower than a Strike-breaker.\

(By Jack London)

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Agriculture is California's most' important industry. It is so profitable thateven companies from as far away as England have inv~sted money in Calif­ornia agriculture. Enormous corporations such as that which operate theSierra Vista Ranch(DiGiorgio Corporation), the California Packing Corpor­ation(Del Monte Products), the Guimarra Corp., and the giant Sunkist orangeand lemon cooperative, conduct their business in agriculture on pure specu­lation. The only reason there is so much profit in these operations is thatthey pay such low wages.

POPE LEO xm SAID:"By degrees it has come to pass that the isolated and defenseless workershave been subjected to the callousness of the employers and. to the greed of ­unbridled competition. To all this there must be added the custom of for­cing men to work by contract. "

There are more than 1, 000 licensed contractors operating in California. Itis estimated that 2, 000 more are operating without licenses. The men of theFarm Workers Association have dedicated themselves to fight unconditionallyagainst this cruel and immoral system.

POPE LEO xm SAID':"If a man falls, he should be helped up by another man. ,Therefore it isdesirable that associations of worker~ multiply and become more effedive. "

The attempts of the bosses to ,destroy groups of workers are notorious. Dur­ing large strikes ,they organize their own armies in order to try to subdue theworkers and make them obey. The big farmers make use of every possiblemethod, legal or illegal, in order to crush the Farm Workers Associations.

POPE LEO xm SAID: ,"It is beyond doubt that it is just to seek aid if the employers place unjustburdens upon the workers, or degrade them with,conditions which are re­pugnant to ~eir dignity as human beings. "

The, Farm Workers Association will use every means within its IX?wer to endthe cruel and Godless agricultural system of California which oppresses theworker, day after day.

--Translated and reprinted from E1 Malcriado t/f14

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