The Voice of the Farm Worker

MAY 10, 1967OELANO,' CALIF..

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and tell them about it, and then leave the fields. 'fhesame applies when they come to teach you some­thing. But the foremen have always gone in and donethe workers' jobs themselves. And the other,thing that I hope is changed is the question of thegondolas. Even if they decide to let our present'con­tract run another year, we still want to negotiatethe matter of the gondolas. ,The Union always wan­ted to have four workers per gondola, each one tak­ing his turn at driving the tractor. But the companyhas its way as the contract stands now: one special­ized worker hired by the company does the drivingall the time and four others do the picking. Theproblem with this is that the four workers, who dothe most difficult work-the picking-have to give uppart of their wages to pay the guy who drives-andthat way are left with no money for themselves. Onthe first day many quit because of this.

Last Friday we had a meeting and they told usthat almost certainly the Schenley contract wouldrun another year. This is good-this is very good-I have never worked so pleasantly as I did this lastyear. Besides, the company is happy with the workwe're doing for them. And they're happy too becausethey have not lost so much money paying Union wa-ges as they thought they would. '

I was the Steward at Schenley for the past yearbut now that we're not working I don't know. I thinkthat when the work begins again there will be elec­tions. And I want new elections-this way the wor­kers can have the opportunity to elect somebodyelse, and the more women who will be able to helpthe Union in this way the better. Because now I knowwhat it's worth. There's a great difference betweenthey way they treated me before and the ;'ay I'mtreated now. And that's the way it should be.

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THIS WEEK has been one of importance in the history of the Schenley contract, whichis finishing its first year in operation. And to celebrate it we have decided to make achange in El Malcriado policy. The editorial column will, from now on, be written bythe very farm workers who make up our Union. Writing this week's editorial is Mr,s.Jessie Holguin, who has worked for Schenley for the last three years. These are herW~· ~

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I" E ;, born in Texas and grew up in Arizona.~hen vI e were kids, we would follow the crops and70rk wherever we found work to do. I was verymall at tbis time, but my brothers and my one 01­,er sister always worked along with my father inl1e fields. We stayed eight year.s in Salinas; thereIe worked in the strawberries and the tomatoes, and.lso for a while in the apricots. And what's more,~e culled and packed the fruit. This was before com­ng here to Delano, where the grapes are the only:rop. And I have picked grapes and packed them,'Od done all other kinds of work in the vineyard~.

3efore, farm workers' kids never had any education.~ow, 'my children go to school. I don't know whathey will do when they grow up, but I hope to givehem as much education as I can. And because ofhe Union my hope is much closer to reality nowhan it ever was before.

Since the Union began the most important thinghat has changed for the worker is the pay, which isnuch better now; and next to that the benefits we get.:t also seems to me that the worker is treated morelecently than before. And the worker no longer hasmy fear of the company, because now they can't'ire us just because they don't like us or because:hey don't like the way we work. And in many otherways the Union has made the work better. With theUnion, anyone who is able work, works. They're not~oing to give you work just because they like you.~o, you'll ge't the work because you know how to doIt-whether you're a Mexican or belong to any otherrace. There aren't any fa~orites under the Union. '<\nd before at Schenley they didn't give people the~hance to learn. Now we get this opportunity.

Here's what I don't like about the contract:The workers don't like it 'when the foremen come:

in and do their work. If they're doing somethingwrong, it would be better if the foremen would came

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IBOYCOTT CAINS STEAM IThe Next Target:

Look Out; Tribuno!

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CHICAGO, Ill. --The United Farm Workers will "throweverything we have at Tribuno Vermouth in Chicago andNew York City. "

That was the word late last week from Cesar Chavez, UF­WOC director, as he stopped here for talks with other la­bor leaders. Chavez was sounding out boycott prospects inthe South, East and Middle West. And the prospects lookgood.

Tribuno apparently is the No. 1 seller here and is in thirdplace in New York City. This makes these areas primetargets for the boycott, which is seeking a fair and impart­ial election at A. Perelli-Minetti & Sons, a Delano-areagrower which signed a backdoor deal with the Teamsterswhile UFWOC members were on strike.

Perelli-Minetti makes Tribuno ~nder a cmtract fromVermouth Industries of America.

Chavez and Jim Drake, his administrative assistant, alsodiscovered another top prospect--Wisconsin. Consumersthere buy two-and-a-half times more brandy than customersin any other state. This means Perelli-Minetti's A. R.Murrow and Assumption Abbey brands sell better in Wisc­onsin than anywhere else.

"This is the place to start the all-out brandy war, " Drakesaid.

Chavez and Drake held successful meetings with the Mich­igan AFL-CIO, the national AFL-CIO office in Michigan,the Milwaukee Central Labor Council and the United AutoWorkers Michigan council., in addition to representativesfrom various youth groups, including Students for" a Demo­cratic Society, peace organizations, the Wisconsin MigrantMinistry and priests and nuns active in helping farm workers.

Because of the energetic :campaign by Jesus Salas, everymajor central labor council in Wisconsin has endorsed theboycott. This adds significant new muscle to the farm wor­kers' efforts in this key state.

Me anwhile, in California, the boycott office at Delano isconsidering a "sip-in" form of direct action against theBrookside tasting rooms chain. These wine-tasting roomsalso are part of the Perelli-Minetti octopus, which at lastcount was made up of 26 interlocking family corporations.

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Crooked Contrac'tors

THE PEOPLE'S PAGE

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Dear Sir:

Here in this Salinas Valley ofCalifornia we work all year, from'the month of February until themonth of December, for a con­tractor in beets, lettuce, garlic,tomatoes and chile. They pay us$1.40 an hour. Now what I call aninjustice are those contractorsthat have camps for the workersand their families and charge reDof $15, $20, up to $30 a week­and I believe that this is not just.The people help them in theirwork during all the year. Thishappens in all the little towns inthe Salinas Valley starting withSan Lucas, King City and Soledad.I would like a representative ofthe union to come to see us andtell us what rights a farm workerhas when he works for a contrac­tor in a case like this. I wait foryour answer on the PEOPLE'SPAGE. I hope you will excuse me,but this is done with the idea ofhelping and speaking for the farmworker who like me was born in­to the fields of agriculture in thisCalifornia where God gives usfrom the land the bread for each "day for us and our children. Isalute you.

• JOSE ANDERESoledad, .California

Dear Sir:

Keep up the good work in Cali­fornia.

I was a C. C. C. D. trainee,so I know the long hard fight youhave been having. Here in Okla­homa I have told the people aboutN. F. W. A. and the good it hasdone.

The pay is low here and somepeople work for fifty cents a hourand up, A group of people from

EL MALCRIADO SAYS: Our~reat movement works, and itworks beautifully, but it doesn'twork at all until you know thatYOU ARE THE UNION. You workfor the cause, not because youhave special abilities and havebeen appointed by Cesar Chavez,but because you believe in it. Soyou ask, what are our rights?We have no rights other than thosethat we are strong enough to take.There are labor laws in thisgreen state of California, andthere is no question about it, thesecontractors are cheating you andthey are breaking the law. ,

And you can do nothing about itunless the workers are organizedinto strong, unbreakable groupsof people who trust each other andare willing to fight unselfishly fora common goal.

This is the process that is tak­ing place all over the country rightnow, in hundreds of towns, thou­sands of miles from San Lucas orKing City. Protest marches, rentstrikes, slow-down strikes, cre­dit unions and co-ops, collective'work projects, small meetings toplan for the future and to learn theart of fighting together: against acruel field boss, a crooked judge,a brutal police force, a cheating

Henryetta went to Oklahoma Cityto protest the low unemployment(compensation) -- $32 a week,where California pays $65 perweek. True, the poor people inOklahoma don't make much mo­ney now, but I hope to have asmall part in changing that someday.

Viva La CausaDON WILLIAMSHenryetta, Okla.

contractor-with the whole forceof the group struggling against oneaspect of the system of oppressionThis is the only way it can bedone. Then, when the huelga co­mes to the Salinas Valley, and itwill come as surely as the nextrain, you will be ready.

Cesar Chavez can't send some­one to help you do it, because thehuelga of Delano is taking all hisstrength and energy. But you canwrite to MANUEL CHAVEZ, Box130, Delano, California. He willwrite you and put you in touch withother people in your area who areworking for the cause. On your,own, you can organize the peopleof a particular camp against theircontractor. You will not be strongenough to strike, perhaps, butyou may be surprised how muchyou can make him give you justby being courageous and united inyour efforts against him.

An AriionanOffers Help

Dear Sir:

Recently I was handed a copy ofthe El Malcriado magazine; afterreading it I became interested and,was able to obtain more informa­tion in Phoenix. Well today I amproud to say that I am helping Boy­cott in something I strongly be­lieve in.

I sent the publication to my fa­ther in Wyoming and he is very a­ware of what the patron is doingto the people. We were migrantsat one time. Nowj Would like toknow if it would be possible if Icould have the publication sent tomy father and me both. If there isa charge please inform me, if notI would be most happy to send acontribution.

Thank You,VICTORIA VALDEZCoolidge, Arizona

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To Help the Huelga..

ARTHUR J. MEYERPlacentia, California

I enjoy Ei Malcriado I read e­very page of it then pass it overthe back fence to some of the parkattendants.

If you or any of your crew everget to Placentia please stop in fora chat.

Wishing you the success you de­serve I am very truly yours,

A Farm Worker,MRS. MARY RAYADucor, Ca~ifornta..

Miss Bea Sandler,Los Angeles, Calif.

fused work, he should write downthe name of the rancher and thedate. , He should then forwardthis information to Secretary ofLabor Willard Wirtz, informingMr. Wirtz that this rancher isnot interested in hiring localworkers. If he (the rancher)doesn't need local help, he mostcertainly does not need foreignworkers. If everyone would dothis, I am quite sure you wouldfind out soon enough that brace­ros would not be coming to takeaway our jobs.

you in your struggle? Perhaps thethere is someone who will contactme. Please let me know. I willbe looking foreward to your re­ply. Thank you.

EL MALCRIADO SAYS: Thankyou for your;generous offer. Youcan contact Eddie Frankel at theEmmanuel Church, 1785 E. 85thStreet. Those people in the SanFrancisco area should see JohnShroyer at St. Benedict the MoorChurch, 2891 Bush Street.

I am the mayor who had thestore and post office in Atwood.

Before the war many of our cu&­tomers with their families wentnorth to work in the crops. Wehaven't forgotten the stories theytold us about the working condi­tions up there. This is probablywhy we are interested in your pro­ject.

Dear Editor:

Gentlemen:

I have been reading your news­paper for some time now and Iam on my second subscription. Iam a bookkeeper, not a farmworker, but I deeply believe wehave a common enemy and a com­mon struggle. I am most anxiousto help--to do more than just sub­scribe. Unfortunately, I am notin a position to contribute money.I wish I could! But I can contri­bute, time and effort. Is theresomething I could do here in LosAngeles in an active way to assist

Dear Sir:

In your April issue, there wasan article concerning the impor­tation of foreign workers whichstated that before the rancherwas allowed to have braceros, hemust hire local workers first andpay $1. 60 an hour. You know andI know as long as he (the rancher)thinks he can get foreign labor,he is not going to recruit and hirelocal workers.

There is only one way to makesure our workers are hired. Any­time a worker goes looking forfarm work, he should find out thename of the rancher to whom heis applying for a job: If he IS re-

I want to congratulate a~d thankyou for the work that you are do­ing in this Union that is guided byour leader Cesa,r Chavez. I alsowant to congratulate all our- bro­thers and friends in all the Valleyof T~xas. The day finally camefor all our brothers to show thegrowers that we are united, andthat we love each other as bro­thers without distincti.on of raceor religion.

For all our fellow workers inthe valley of Texas, the time hascome to stop giving the growersand contractors their money andtequila for the purpose of gettingour jobs.

Thank you very much, andViva la Causa!

JOSE CORTEZKingsburg, California

Dear Sir:

'THE DAY WILL COMEFOR OUR BROTHERS'

Law andOrder?

(COPy to Et Malcriado)Mr. and Mrs. William NoelBerkeley, Calif.

This is in rep ly to your let­ter to president Johnson in whichyou allege that atrocities andunconstitutional police actionsare occurring in Rio Grande Cityand Starr County, Tex., andyou request further federal in­vestigation of this matter.

The maintenance of law and,order is mainly the responsi-bility of locai police and law en­forcemmt agencies. The Dep­artment of Justice is looking in-to complaints against various lawenforcement officials in Rio GrandeCity and starr County. If aviolation of federal law is dis­covered, appropriate action willbe taken.

The information that you havefurnished, however, does not in­dicate a violation of federal law.If you would care to furnish ad­ditional details, the matter willreceive our careful attention.

JOHN OOARAsst. Atty . GeneralCivil Rights DivisionWashington, D. C.

"This is in reply to your telegram, in which The peak work force is about 600 in August onyou claim to represent a majority of our farm the 6000-acre ranch near here.employees. We were notified by the United FannWt')rkers Local of the Teamsters union that thev Gallo also gets its grapes from 1000 other ran-

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"E & J Gallo Winery has collective bargainingagreements with several labor unions, and doesnot oppose unionization of its agricultural em­ployees if those employees so desire. We feel

the question of representation should be decidedby our farm employees in a fair and democraticmanner, in an election supervised by the statE',so that our farm employees .may have a freechoice. Therefore we are asking the StateConciliation Service to proceed to arrange forsuch an election, so that our farm employeesmay determine for themselves if they want rep­resentation, and if so which union, the UnitedFarm Workers-AFL-CIO or the United FarmWorkers-Teamsters, theY would like to haverepresent them. "

-·~laJmed to represent a large number o~ our"farm employees and requested recognition.

Gallo is one of the largest wine companies inthe world. It produces 65,000 cases every day.Twenty-five million gallons of wine are ferment­ing at. the Gallo winery while another 25 millionare in storage.

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Gallo's action was sparked by a telegram fromCesar Chavez, UFWOC director, asking for anelection as soon as possible because the AFL­CIO union represents most Gallo workers on theranch near here.

The Teamsters aemanded Gallo sign' contractwithout an election. Teamsters hired rent-a­pickets to surround the Gallo plant, but nobodyis.on strike there--only outside, rented pickets:

LIVINGSTON, Calif. --Breaking with other non­union growers, the E & J Gallo Winery has ag­reed to "fair and democratic" elections so work­ers can choose between the AFL-CIO UnitedFarm Workers Organizing Committee and aTeamster captive union.

Complicating the issue is the fact that the Team­sters call one of their farm locals the UnitedFarm Workers. But this is not the same unionas the United Farm Workers Organizing Com­mittee of Cesar Chavez.

In a telegram to Chavez from Gallo's Modestoheadquarters, Julio R. Gallo said:

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U.F.W.O.C. ASKED FOR AN ELECTION

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What kind of a union is it that is afraid of an election? A union like the Teamsters,of Course. Rather than cooperating to organize the Valley's farm workers in a demo­cratic way, the Teamsters refuse to hold free elections. Why? Could it be becausethe Teamsters know they can't win? Maybe it was the DiGiorgio election that taughtthe Teamsters that lesson--that they·can't hope to win a free election against astrong union run by its own members, like the United Farm Workers OrganizingCommittee, AFL-CIO. That's why the Teamsters want to sign so-called contractswithout giving the workers a choice. But UFWOC holds no grudges: we challengethe Teamsters to PROVE they are the majority's choice at Gallo. Teamsters: Let'shold that election and see who wins!

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WAGES AT THE SCHENLEY RANCH BEFORE THE CONTRACT

SCHENLEY WORKERS VOTE ,The Schenley workers voted to

let their contract run for onemore year without re-negotiatingit. When the contract was signedlast year, it was to run for oneyear and then to be renewed forone more year unless the compa­ny or the workers wanted to makesome changes in it. The contractwill not expire until June 21st,but if either side wants to changeit at all, they must tell the otherside about it at least 60 days be­fore that. The Schenley workers,at their meeting to discuss thecontract, voted almost unani­mously to let the contract run forone more year.

Both the workers and the com­pany are generally satisfied withthe way work has gone under thecontract. There were a few

complaints: some of the workerssaid that supervisors were doingwork that should belong to unionmembers. Also, the company isassigning five people to each gon­dola crew, where the workerswant only four. Picking in agondola crew is done on a piece­rate basis. Wages are figuredby the amount of work that thewhole crew has done and thenthey are split between the mem­bers of the crew. The smallerthe number of workers, the moreeach one makes. If there is afifth person hired, he only drivesthe tractor pulling the gondola,and his wages are taken fromwhat the other four make by pick­ing.

In spite of these and a fewother complaints, the workers

did not think that it was worth itto re-open the contract, and tryto get them changed. If they didthis, the workers said, there isthe possibility that, once th~ con­tract is opened for re-negotiation

'. the company might try to changesome other things, and the work-

. ers could end up with a worsecontract than they started with.This possibility is very real, be­cause the Schenley contr~ct is'such a good one. When the con­tract went into effect everyonereceived a 35~ an hour increasein wages. The workers feel thatthis is very good, and that afteronly one year, it is too early toask for another wage increase.

Also, according to some of thepeople at the meeting, if the con­tract was re-opened and the union

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TO CONTINUE CONTRACTdecided to fight for certainchanges, there is the possibilitythat the company might try tobring in another union'that doesn'trepresent the workers, and wewould have to fight them as wellas fighting for the contract.

There are other important be­nefits, besides wages, at theSchenley"Ranch now. Accordingto Paul Vargas, the chairman ofthe Ranch Committee, "Every­thing will go all right next year.Everything worked out all rightthis season. The work was good,we didn't have any trouble.Everybody worked good.

"The boss doesn't bother thepeople now like before (the con­tract) and so the people work bet­ter. Before the boss looked atyou and if he didn't like you, he'dsend you home with no pay. Nowthe boss has to come to the crew

leader (who is in the union) if hehas a complaint.

"Now everybody who is sent towork (by the union) knows how towork and works well. Before,the year before, we had mostlydrunks and winos and it made itharder on everybody else.

"If someone has a complaint hetalks to the shop steward and thenthey come to me and we fix itright there with the company man.The year before, if you had acomplaint, you couldn't do nothingabout it, you'd just get fired andyou'd be out.

"Now you can just take yourtime ~orking. Before you had torun all the time to get points.When they used to come to layofftheon'es who didn't run would belaid off first. Now we do it byseniority. Now the men who dothe picking, when the pruningseason comes, they're going to

stay and work because of theirseniority. Before someone justsaid, 'You and you and you stay.'

Now there's no special thingsfor mothers and sisters and bro­thers. It's all by seniority. Theones who worked the longest havethe seniority and they get to stay.

liNow we got rest rooms andpaper to wash our hands at noon.They put in some ice water in thesummertime. Before, we had norest rooms. We had to walk outin the fields, far because the men'and women worked together. "

So there are other things in­volved in a union contract besidewages, small things and largethings, all of which give peoplepride in themselves and their'work, things which show that thegrowers are finally being forcedto respect, rather than destroy,the workers' dignity as humanbeings.

Congress Hearings for Farm WorkersThe House of Representatives of the United States

Congress is holding hearings.The United States Congress is holding hearings on

the question of whether or not to extend the NationalLabor Relations Act to farm workers. This act nowcovers all workers except farm workers. It guaran­tees to other workers the right to bargain collective­ly with their employers, that is, if the workers in acertain place say that they want to be represented bya union, then that union will be recognized by the lawas representing them, and the employer has to sitdown and bargain with the union. Because farm wor­kers are not covered by this law, they have never hadthis right, and the only way the United Farm Workers

.Union has been able to win anything has been throughstrike and boycott. If our friends in Congress succeedin extending this law. then farm workers will be ableto organize much more easily and much faster.

The first hearings will be held on May 3rd, 5th,6th and 7th in Washington, D. C. by the Sub-committeeon Labor of the House of Representatives. The chair­man of this committee is Rep. Frank Thompson ofNew Jersey. Many people will be called to testify.Among these will be Dolores Huerta and Larry Itliong,officers of the United Farm Workers Organizing Com­mittee, and farm workers from Texas and California,including Joe Serda, head of the hiring hall at the Di­Giorgio Ranch in Borrego Springs, and Mack Lyons,head of the hiring hall at the DiGiorgio Ranch in Ar­vin. There will be a statement made by leaders of theCatholic" Protestant and Jewish faiths, and otherpeople testifying, such as George Meany, the Presi­dent of the AFL-CIO, Walter Reuther, the Presidentof the Industrial Union Department of the AFL-CIO,and Ronald Haughton, who helped to arbitrate the Di­Giorgio contract.

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And guys are falling furtherbehind in their hotel rent. Asreported in the last issue of ElMalcriado, there is an acuteshortage of housing in Stockton.Some men were staying at theGospel Mission. Others sleptat the county honor farm, butthat was closed to farm workers!1lmost two weeks ago.

But the fields haven't beenclosed to prisoners. "You seelast night's paper 7" one manasked. "It says they've broughtconvicts in from San Quentin towork some of the places alongwith the green-carders."

Work used to look pretty goodif you hit Stockton right aboutthis time of the year--the peakof the asparagus season. Wagesare paid piece rate and a guycan usually make more thatway than on a straight hourlyrate.

'''Course,'' said a farm wor­ker, "it depends on what kindof a crew you get into. Now youtake some crews, a lot of guysthey'll just stay for a coupladays and then get drunk andquit or get fired.

"Or," he continued, "you takea crew what's got maybe two orthree guys who ain't never cutbefore and you gotta help themalC?ng. That slows down every­body. M~ybe you're takin' two'rows yourself and then you got·ta hop across to his row andhelp him keep up. That ain'tno good."

In the peas, you can make$19.95 for a Ii-hour shift.That's about $1. 66 an hour. Butyou won't get it all.

"You know that old boy AI?"one guy asked another. "Do Iknow AI? Yeah, I know him,"the other man said. "Him andGrace--you know, his wife.Hell, Al pays you and then youpays Grace and she gives itback to Al again. It goes fromAl to you to Grace to AI."

He was speaking of the var­ious deductions growers takeout of a man's pay.

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mestic workers--1VleXlcan andAnglo--stomping their feet forwarmth at Market and Commerce-­were angry.

"It's not just the Filipinoswho have the work." one said."The camps are full of green­carders. They've got 'em packedin. They even keep them whenit's too wet to go into the' fields.They don't pay them then--theyjust feed them. And you knowwhat kind of stuff they feedthem, don't you?"

Meanwhile, even the contrac­tQI'$ are looking a little thin, ifthat's possible. When a report-.er from El Malcriado arrived,

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GREEN- CARDERS

FLOOD STOCKTON

STOCKTON, Calif. --The damI­cold hung over the bleak cornerof Market and Commerce, saw­ing away at your guts like adull, wet razor blade as nearly50 men milled about waiting forspot jobs that never came.

You could blame the lack ofwork on heavy rains which leftmany asparagus and pea fieldsunder more water than the Pa­cific Ocean. But that woufd beonly part of the story, for other,luckier men had been seen cut­ting the asparagus just a daybefore.

These men are green cardholders from Mexico. The do-

EL MALCRIADO May 10, 1967 (11)

RENT STRIKE PEACE REJECTED

VISALIA, Calif. --A proposalto end the Woodville-Linnellrent strike last week was turneddown by the Tulare County Boare I

of Supervisors.Ernesto Laredo, leader of

the labor camps' rent strikers,said at a pub)ic meeting with thesupervisors that the two-yearstrike would be ended if:

l--The residents are not evi­cted. Eviction is planned by

-July l.2--The camps are not closed

until the County Housing Auth,ority builds new units.

3--The camps are opened tomigrants who are beginning toarrive for the summer work.

But the supervisors said theyhave no authority over what theHousing Authority does exceptto appoint its members. Super­visor Chairman Charles J.Cummings said the whole issueshould be dropped until after acourt case involving the legal-

ity of the rent strike is settled.That could be a year or more.

Both camps have been con­demned as unsafe and unsani­tary. But the strikers say theystill are better than sleeping inditches and fields.

Two supervisors--Donald M.Hillman and Fred Batkin--wereabsent. Of the three supervis­ors who attended, only RaymondJ. Muller showed any understand­ing of the poor people's prob­lems.

The Housing Authority' willbuild new units--lOO in eachcamp--but that will take morethan a year. Meanwhile; exist-

, ing units are to be razed afterJuly 1.

It was suggested the new hous­ing be built 20 units at a time sothat the workers will have a?- place to live while the con­struction continues. Thi s poss­ibility is being studied, espec­ially since it is, a suggestion of

the Farmers Home Administra­tion, the federal governmentagency which would put up themoney and the low-interest loans,

Ferris Sherman, the HousingAuthority's director, said rentsin the new units would be $60a month for a three-bedroomplace. (Actually, the units willhave only two bedrooms, butone bedroom will have a par­tition.) Laredo protested thatthese rents are too high, andthere was some inconclusivetalk about lowering the rent to$45 a month.

The strikers are paying theold rate of $18 a month for thef1 rst shack and $8 a month forevery additional shack intofund. They are not paying thenew rate of $22 for the firstshack and $8 for the additionalshack. This is what started thestrike -- the Housing Authority'sraising the rents for the miser­able places it has forced theworkers to live in .

Stockton: The Bus Doesn't· Stop Here AnymoreFROM P~GE 10

"Well," one of the men said,"at'least I ain't in debt to thatbastard no more. "

But you'll always be in hockto somebody in this town of'90,000 that looks ~s if it went thr­oug!?- a World War II bombingraid. Buildings are being torndown all over, espe~ially on theedge of the downtown area, wherethe workers wait for the busesthat never come.

Last.year at this time, youcould see 50 buses pulling upat Market and Commerce in

. the morning. You don't seemuch of anything now. One hard­faced woman drove up in a whitesed~n and packed, five guys intoit for miscellaneous work. Thatwas about it, except for a littlework planting potatoes.

As another group of men ablock east strung themselves

out ~round a big b~nfire at ademolition sl te, a worker fig­ured how long it would take himto get into the apples and coldpack in Oregon and Washington

"Pm finished with this damnCaliforni a, " he said to a com­panion.

"Well, " the other man saia,"Pm going up into the applesand then Pm going '.to hit thewheat in Oregon. "

"I guess I might be able tomake it back to that sheep ranchin Montana, " the first man said."But I'll tell you what: if youstay around here, don't get onone of them peat harvesters.Those damn things only got onespeed--top speed. And theyain't got no brakes. Last time,I was the second guy and theleader ran himself right intoJhe flitch. So did the F:UY behind

me. They tried to use the bra­kes, but that just swerved thething off to the side. Hell, thereI was with a guy stuck in frontof me and a~other guy in it back-

a' me. I was the only onl- .nhigh land. You stay off themthings. " . ,

Wearing a bright red jacket,one guy sai d he; too, was get­ting the hell out of Stockton."Tell you what Pm gonna do,"he remarked to a couple of othermen. "Pm goin' back down toDelano. DiGiorgio needs someguys. Pm gonna get $3. 50 somf'way and join that union and godown to their hiring hall. "

"Yeah," said anothC'r man."You'll be a lot better off ifyou do that. "

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Something for Everyonefrom

FARM WORKERS TEXACOCee i I and ;v~ac i son. De lena

pecial Prices lor Members 01 All Unions

Regular, 30.9 Ethyl,3 Ll .9

Special Prices lor Our Other NeighborsYou need not be amember of any union to take advantage of these s'pecial prices to the generalpublic, which are still lower than prices anywhere else in the' valley:

Reaular, 31.9 Ethyl, 35.9

And members of all unions, not only UFWOC members, also get special prices on oil, tiresbatteries, filters, and other accesories.

Another Service from Your Neighbors in farm Workers (o.op ,i,

IF

ARE YOU STRANDED ONTHE ROAD AND TIRED?DON'T LET THIS HAPPENTO YOU AGAIN. RE?AIR,YOUR CAR AT THE CO-OPGAS STATION.

"A STRONG UNIONMEANS A PROSPE­,ROUS COMMUNITY"

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Our Own Music ManDELANO--Tim Kelley is the music m~n of LaHuelga. ;/

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The retired San Francisco longshoreman is mak­ing the strike sound with three-part classical har~

mony as he taaches the children how to play therecorder, a type of flute.

Augustin Lira? an accomplished musician, singer,song-writer and short-story author who is withEI Teatro Campesino.

New classes will begin soon for intermediatestudents and others. A class also is planned foradults (see schedule, this page).

Along with a sound background in music notation,Tim is introducing class members .to classicalmusic.

Graduating from the first IO-week beginners'class were Mary Zapata, Elizabeth Rodriguez,Joel Rivera. Reggie Reyes, Robert Reyes and­Paul Chavez. Adults graduating were Kerry Ohta l

who also conducts children's art classes, and

Tim, who also has taught recorder to the chil­dren of striking sharecroppers in Mississippi,studied music at San Francisco state Collegeand is one of the founders of the Marin County(Calif. ) Re corder Society? which is affiliated withthe American Recorder Society.

The Delano children played to a convention of theAmerican Recorder Society in Fresno, Calif.,recently.

INTERMEDIATE CLASSESTwice a week: Wednesdays from 4 to 5, Saturdaysfrom 10 to 11 a. m.

FREE FOR U. F. W. CIDLDREN

CLASSES FOR VOLUNTEERSTwice a week: Mondays and Thursdays, 6:30 to 8.Modern methqd of sight reading taught.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT THE TEACHER, '.eIM KELLY AT 725-8661 OR 725-1919

INTENSIVE MUSIC COURSE FOR BEGINNERSApril 22nd - May 29th, twice a week; Wednesdaysfrom 3 to 3:30, Saturdays from 11 to 11:30. Atthe Teatro, corner of 6th and Ellington, Delano.

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It's Your OwThe company must give the union 72 hOurs notice when it needs workers. The union shall have 72hours to supply the company with workers, who must be chosen according to the rules of seniority.At the end of the 72 hours, if the union has not been able to provide the company with all the workersneeded, then the company may get the remainder by whatever means it chooses. The union mustoffer work to all, including non-members.

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Hiring Hallhow the union has changed

the face of di giorgio

WORKERS LINE UP TO VOTE AT SIERRA VISTA LAST, YEAR. NOW WE LINE UP AT THE UNION HillING HALL

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telephone number is

WHER~ TO GO

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845-1488

The union now is trying to es­tablish a new trainee wage, sothat every field worker can getthe chance to do the more special­ized jobs:' irrigation, packingand machinery work. When thisproposal is signed, all field wor­kers will have a right to thesebetter-paying jobs and they willbe paid trainee wages for twoweeks until they can do the workas: _fast as the specialized wor­kers. As a, result, whereas be­fore there were mostly Anglosin the packing sheds, there willnow be Anglos, Negroes, Fili­pinos, Mexicans and Puerto Ri­cans.

The integration of all racesand all farm workers is the mostimportant co~nerstoneneeded tobuild a strong, united and well­functioning union.

WORKERS: REGISTE:R TODA'Y 1

St., Lamont. The

located at 10913 Main

The union hiring hall is

:~ro the union went down the list,employing other farm workers,but since then the other two have'been phoning back every day be­cause now they realize that theywould be better off with themore secure jobs the union of­fers.

"People have to go by thesystem," Ganz said, "and theyhave to be ready when they arecalled. It is such a premiumnow to work at DiGiorgio underthe new union contract that pla­ces get fi lIed am almost im­mediately. The main thing is totrain people to go to work everyday and report to the union ifthey can't. "

vez said they would not acceptthe job unless the other twoworkers were refiired withthem, for the company didn'thave the right to choose. Thecontract clearly states the rulesand if the company does notfollow them, everything wouldhave to go back into arbitration.Meyers finally agreed to em­ploy all the workers.

Th~re were many other prob­lems that the new hiring hallhad to deal with. Two workers,f or instance, who had been laid

off by DiGiorgio, were calledback to work by the union. Buttheir answer was that they had"some nice small jobs anddidn't want to quit them now. "

he has applied for the job. Butit took more than this to con­vince Meyers. Ganz calledthe DiGiorgio attorney, a Mr.Connors, who agreed thatthe workers had a legitimateco~plaint.

But the next day, at '7 a. m. ,Luis Chavez was sent back fromthe ranch hiring hall with thesame story, together with twoother workers who had previouslybeen fired, but for other reas­ons. So Meyers was calledagain, and he finally agreedto employ Eveita, Garcia andChavez, but not the other two

'workers. That night the fivemembers held a meeting at'Yhich Eveita, Garcia and Cha-

patch slips and with 'them theywent to the ranch hiring hallto begin work.

But not everythi ng went sosmoothly. The first day, JesusEveita and Felipe Garcia, twoeX-DiGiorgio workers who hadbeen fired for union activities,came back at 6:30 a. m. to theoffice. The company had re­fused to hire them. ImmediatelyMarshall Ganz, UFWOC organ­izer and director of the Lamontoffice, telephoned Dick Meyers,personnel manager of the Arvinr,anch. The workers had alegitimate complaint becausethe contract clearly states thatany worker who was fired priortg--April 3 must be rehired once

This, in short, is the hiringhall clause of the DiG! orgio con­tract. The union hiring hall,in Lamont, directed by MackLyons, has been functioning inthe Lamont union office since thEday after the DiGiorgio contractwas signed. Hundreds of work­ers have entered its doors andregistered for work for the nectmorning. And many more arelining up outside the doors witha new feeling and a new look ontheir faces. No longer do theyexpress the thought that they owesomething to the company. Nowthey have the new security ofknowing that it is THEm veryown un{on that is giving them thejob, THEm very own people thatare writing out the dispatch slips.

On Monday, April 10, DiGiorg­io asked for 200 workers. Dur­ing the three dispatch days thatthe union was given to find themand the days that followed, 600farm workers came to registerat the office. At the hiring hall,each worker is interviewed asto age, work that he has prev­iously done, etc., .and he fillsout a work registration card.During dispatch days, the namesof those who had been chosen forthe jobs (following the rules ofseniority) were posted on a listin the union office.

The workers who had t ele­phones were 'contacted. Theothers came to read the list.The next day at 6 a. m. at theunion office, Mack Lyons begancalling out the names of thosepresent. Each 'person had tohave the date ~f dispatch stampedon the back of his card. Themcn then were given their dis-

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Part ')f leaflet distributed by workers' friends

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they immediately raised the priceof their onions from 12 cents adozen to 14 cents a dozen. Thatway they could claim poverty.But three weeks later, the pricewas down to 12 cents again.

Most of the 600 -'-incHidingsome fired from radish farms -­are back at work, forced to re­treat by advancing hunger andwant.

This is a common story in,Arizona, a state which has plentyof sun but little warmth for theworking man. 12uite recently, forinstance, a strike of city workersin nearby Tempe was broken anda long strike against KPHO- TV,Channel 5, was lost an<~ the unionwas kicked out.

Arizona employers make suretheir workers pay for the sunshineand the relatively healthly climate.Many workers are stuck in Ariz­ona. -They cannot leave becauseof their health. The Qosses knowthis.

For the farm worker, the rea­sons for hardship are different,and the result is worse. As in the

bunch;s a day, which works outto a wage of $6.80 a day, or alittle less than $1 an hour.

The irony is that if the grow­ers obeyed the law and paid $1an hour, it would amount to only20 cents more a day for each a­verage worker.

Your day in the onions startsat tl a. m. ana enu:; at '1 p. m. Thisincludes an hour for lunch--intheory. Actually, you work rightthrough lunch.

With this rigged-hour setup,the growers are free to rig al1:?0the time cards. If a man picks~nough onions to make $5 a day,the grower simply marks fivehours on the time card. That's$1 an hour if you don't know anybetter.

The federal government doesn'tknow any better. There are onlythree Bureau of Wages and Stand­ards investigatOl;:s in CentralArizona and they can't check allthe time cards. They may noteven be checking any of them.

The growers pulled other tric,ks,too. When they fired the 600 men

MASS

ARIZONA:

GLENDALE, Ariz. --Lee K.Wong came up the hard way. Hestarted out with a tiny grocerystore around Salinas, Calif., andgradually built an empire thattoday includes the largest greenonion farm in the country.

As he once told a PhoenixGazette reporter, "balance" isthe key to life: the balance be­tween honest work and honestpersonal dealings.

The story is anything but thatat Lee Wong's onion farm nearthis Phoenix suburb in the richSalt Riv~r Valley of CentralArizona.

And "balance" isn't the storyat a half-dozen other onion farm~

around here either.When the federal $1 an hour

minimum wage went into effectthis February, Wong and othergrowers decided they wouldn'tpay it. So they suddenly firedmost of their field workers-­about 600 men were locked out.

Then they speeded up the work=ers who remained to get theonions picked, cleaned, and tied.Workers charge that time cardshave been falsified to show thatthey're getting $1 an hour whenin fact they are not.

Onion workers are paid piecerate at about 12 cents a bunch,a dozen onions to the bunch. Toput a bunch together, you mustpick, clean, and tie them.

And to make $1 an hour, youmust tie &1/2 bunches. TheaVflra!!e worker can do 50 to 60

LOCKOUT

A Glimmer of Hope

on the poor.

EL MALCRIADO May 10, 1967 (17)The same leaflet was distrib­

uted at the Hotel Westward Hoin downtown Phoenix when VicePresident Humphrey spoke therein February.- But Maricopa County isn't thewhole story. Yuma County, oneof the country's leading citrusareas, has two-thirds of Arizona's

'farm workers. Just recently,':armers there rallied in support ofthe nefarious green card program.

This is ArizQna--where the cli­mate shines on the rich and rains

PHOENIX, Ariz. -- The first glimmer of hope for Ari­zona farm workers has been in operation for a little over amonth., It's the office of the United Farm Workers OrganizingCommittee, AFL-CIO, at 1414 E. Mohave in Phoenix's In­ner City barrio.

The office is run by Marcos Munoz, and is the focal pointof UFWOC's boycott against Perelli-Minetti.

Word is getting around and more and more farm workersare stopping by the office, Munoz said. And many of themare calling the office at 252-0343.

In a leaflet titled "Arizona Farm Workers Mobilize, " theUFWOC office said:

"The farm workers, students and the Young ChristianMovement are starting the necessary action to extend theboycott to all of Arizona against the products of Perelli­Minetti.

"The farm worker nt Arizona suffers the same circum­stances that do the farm workers of California. But thesituation is not one of total desperation because of the tri­unph in California, where the farm worker has formed hisown union." -

A support committee--Los Amigos de los Campesinos-­also is being set up by John M. Haynes, assistant regionaladministrator of the Electrical, Radio & Machine WorkersUnion. Those wishing more information should write Hay­nes at 2526 N_ 56th Street, Phoenix, or they may call himat his office, 274-3200.

most of Arizona knows---evenif it does not admit it--that thefederally financed Salt RiverProject, a water and power com­plex, is supporting the farmer.

Friends of the farm workersattempted to distribute the leaf­let, which attacked the oniongroers, at the theater, but werestopped by Phoenix cops with 'their cries of "Hey, boy." Thepolice threatened to arrest theleafleters for "obstructing traf­fic", but failed to carry throughtheir threat.

Worker-s

Terrified

rest of the country, farm workersare at the bottom of the heap.

Most of the farm workers heretravel from state to state. Still,they are here for at least nine mo­nths out of the year( the green

, onions start in September, end inMay.)

Many of Arizona's farm workersorigionally came from Texas. Be­cause it's so far, they settled hereinstead of travelling back and forthfrom Texas. Farm workers livemostly in western Maricopa Coun­ty--in the dusty towns of Cashion,El Mirage, Avondale, Stanfieldand others.

Few of them live in growercamps any more. "There aren'tthat many camps left, " one work­er said, recalling that the StateHealth Department closed LeeWong's camp two years ago.This is significant. Like allother Arizona government agen­cies, the health department is ,not noted for its concern for thepoor. But Lee Wong's camp wastoo much even for the state ofArizona.

The thinking of Arizona grow­ers is pointed up by the lateJohn Jacobs, a community lead­er and boss of a large farm whiet.grows all types of vegetables.Jacobs traveled to Mexico 0

study the oppressive plantationstystm there. When he returned,he put the same system into ef­fect at his ranch near here.

Today, the workers at the Jac­obs ranch are terrified. Thechicano camp is kept separatefrom the Navajo camp, thuspitting race against race in acontinuing pool of ignorance.

And it was Jacobs' son-in-law,who now runs the ranch, whotold workers ttley had no rightto distribute a leaflet (see top ofpage 16) in front of the Star Thea­ter in Phoenix.

The young patron said the farm­er is supporting the worker. But

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Such determined people asthis Texas woman - - and thethreat of a profit-destroyingstrike -- have- orought aboutelections at the Starr PackingSheds. The pressure of hungrypeople will continue until all

. of Texas is organized.

Three Votes to Decide Texas (IectionThe three contested votes in

the Starr Produce Co. election atRio Grande City, Texas, will de­cide whether the union wins. Be­cause of unfair practices by thecompany, the union has declaredthat the farm workers did not getall the votes to which they wereentitled.

Fourteen packing shed workersvoted for the union. Fourteenmore--frightened by companythreats-- voted against it. Threemore votes were contested, andthe government has not yet an­nounced the results of the elec­tion.

One worker, who voted for thecompany, said:

"Well, I'll tell you what I did.First I thought that if the unionwon we would all be fired. Butthen I found out that wasn't true,and I went there to vote for theunion.

"But I got scared and voted 'no'.Pancho (a poll watcher who was

also a company supervisor) wasthere and then they asked me myname--it had been said theywould not do that-and I got scared.

"I wasn't scared all the time.but Just then, and I voted 'no'.First I wrote 'yes' and then Iscratched it out and voted 'no'.I'm sorry' I did that. If there isanother election I'll vote for theunion. I'm sorry, that's all."

There has never been a unionfor farm workers in South Texas.There is an atmosphere of fearand people are grateful to havetheseiobs. The jobs in the sheds-­like Starr Produce--pay betterthan field work, even though thewages are still miserable whencompared to union contractwages of California.

People in Rio Grande City areafraid that if they do anything todisplease the employer they willlose what little they have. Menlike Eugenio Pena, who courag­eously spoke out in favor of the

union and were fired, have learnedthat this fear was groundless.THE UNION GOT HIS JOB BACKFOR HIM.

It was last December when theunion signed up the workers ofStarr Produce. Eugene Nelson,the organizer, petitioned thegovernment for an election. Theelection was held April 13, andthe results are still not public because of the contested votes. ThEgovernment will decide whetherthe union wins within the nextweek.

But the union has brought upthe question of whether the elec­tion was fair at all. Sheriff'sdeputies followed Nelson and aCatholic priest who were visitingthe workers to tell them aboutthe election. The police botheredthe voters and were ordered toleave the place of the election bythe government officials. Thisalone is enough to invalidate theelection unless the union wins.

EL MALCRIADO May 10, 1967 (19)

100 MARCH fOR JUSTICE

Yuba Protest

in Sutter County, Mr. Parrishand a group of the marcherswent to the Board of Supervisors'meeting to demand justice. TheBoard of Supervisors gave themno help, saying only that theywould turn the problem over toJohn Montgomery, the state di­rector of Social Welfare. Thefarm workers then went to Sac­ramento to talk to Montgomery,who said he would consider theproblem.

use all of the resources the unionhas to fight this, battle out untilit is settled. Cesar Chavez said,"We tried the diplomatic approachfirst. But, if need be, we willgo to court. "

Benny :Parrish~ good friend ofthe union and a man with lots ofexperience in welfare fights hasgone to Sutter County to help thefarm workers in their fight. Af­ter the marchers were denied themeeting they had been promised

YUBA CITY, Calif. -- Almostone hundred farm workers march­ed on the Sutter County WelfareDepartment to protest the unfairtreatment they've been gettingfrom the welfare director, MaryQuitoriano. Although most countj­welfare <departments discriminateagainst farm workers, it is es­p'ecially bad in Sutter County,where unemployed farm workersare sometimes not even allowedto fill out applications. Whenthey do get applications to fill outand are approved for welfare,the money they receive is notenough to live on, and many areabout to lose thElir homes be­cause they are not able to pay tlierent.

The marchers picketed infront of the Welfare Department,expecting to meet with SutterCounty Administrative OfficerLarry Cilley. Cilley had promi­sed them a meeting, but when themarchers arrived, they foundonly another broken promise.The promise was broken by twoSutter County supervisors. Oneof them, George McFeeley, said:"I saw the people in the hallway,claiming to be hungry. 'T-heydidn't look hungry to me." DoesMr. McFeeley know what hungeris ? The biggest problem withthe county welfare 'departmentsis that they are run by people likethis who sit on the County Boardof Supervisors and do not knowthe meaning of the words povertyand-hunger. Not knowing any­thing about the farm workers I

problems, welfare officials caneasily make statements like,"They could get out and work ifthey wanted to" (said by MaryQuitoriano) .

Many people marched, inclu­ding both' Mexicans and Anglos.Some of the marchers wereUFWO C members: Julian Pena,Albert Deveto, Hector Fernan­dez, Jose Luis Vasquez, JesusDiaz, Mike Mendoza, and EliseoLimones. Welfare is not charityUnder the law, unemployed workers who have chi-ldren have aright to receive welfare, and not,only the marchers, but manyfarm workers all over the state,are being denied this right.

The United Farm Workers will

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SAC"RAMENTO--The California Farm LaborService is going to be "reorganized, " according toformer movie star Ronald Reagan. A "separateand identifiable Farm Labor Service" will be crea­ted' however it will still be under the State Depart­me~t of' Empioyment. The difference will be thatthe people in local offices who run the Farm LaborService will be directly controlled by a person ap­pointed to that job in Sacramentp.

Reagan said, "The new operating arrangementis streamlined in such a way as to centralize auth­ority... " Unfortunately, this authority will be"centralized" under William H. Tolbert, deputydirector for farm labor and ALSO a VENTURACOUNTY CITRUS GROWER. Tolbert will have fullauthority to direct the farm labor program through­out the (employment) department's structure, whichincludes 29 Farm Labor Service field offices th rough­out California.

This employment service of the state is supposedto be neutral, helping growers to find workers and

What's the Nam e of This Town?,

first Answer Wins 55.00

SEND YOUR ANSWER AND YOUR NAME ANDADDRESS TO:

GAME OF THE TOWNSBOX 1060DELANO, CALIF. 93215

LAST TlME'S WINNERGilbert Rubio of Delano was first to iden­tify last week's town--McFarland. Hewins $5.

helping farm workers to find jobs. However, nowit will be headed by a grower with "full authority"to run the service, and, as farm workers havelearned through struggle and sacrifice, growersare not usually neutraL This employment servicecould be very helpful to us if farm workers, whoknow the problems of finding work, were involvedin running it.

But instead there is a grower running it, and sowe cannot depend on it. Farm workers have learnedthat the only "employment service" which is of anyvalue to us is the kind that we run ourselves asunion hiring halls, protected by union contracts,which can be won only by organization of farm work­ers through much struggle.

NEW DI GIORGIO VOTEMARYSVILLE, Calif. --The union representation

election at the DiGiorgio ranch in Marysville has beensetfor July 18. The people eligible to vote will be

.those who will be working at the Marysville ranch ', anytime bewtween July 1 and July 14, and do not have

the power to hire and fire workers.The agreement to have an election at the Marysville

ranch was signed last fall, but a specific date andrules for the election were not included.. Now these,too, are definite and on July 18 all workers will beasked to decide whether or not they want to be rep­resented by the Farm Workers Union, the UFWOC.

This is the last of the DiGiorgio ranches in Calif­ornia'to hold representation elections. The UnitedFarm Workers Organizing Committee has already wonelections at DiGiorgio's Delano, Borrego Springs andArvin ranches and the workers at these ranches arenow enj oying the benefits of a union contract whichthey themselves negotiated with DiGiorgio, benefitssuch as higher wages, free health insurance and agrievance procedure to settle complaints. Now thereis to be an election at Marysvi lIe and when that iswon, the workers there will have the chance to ne­gotiate their own contract and get the same benefitsfor their labor that the workers at all the other Di­Gi~rgi~ ranches get. Call the Union at 743-6771.

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ALLENSWORTHNot only Delano has a water poisoning prob·lem. Allensworth, an almost non-existantNegro town that stands at the edge of thetracks about ten miles west of Delano, has

been depopulating due to the lack of water:arsenic-poiS1ned water. Kerry Ohta andManuel Sanchez of the United FarmworkerOrganizing Com'mittee, went to see what itwas all about. And this is what they' found:

Allensworth, Calif. was formerly an old TulareLake that has since dried up. Arsenic from andd lake bed in the area has poisoned the waterthere.

"The residents of Allensworth didn't discoverthis until the water authorities checked the waterlast spring and claimed that the water had a smallpercentage of arsenic in the drinking water, andthey said they had no idea as to how long the waterhad been poisioned," Mrs. Juanita Bruce said.

Mrs. Bruce is the teacher and principal of theAllensworth school. She teaches grades onethrough eight and has 26 children. "I was recruitedfrom Bakersfield to work here," Mrs. Bruce ex­plained, "and I've been here two years, and reallydon't know how long I'll be staying." She had tointerrupt the conversation to have their trackteam go out to the schoolyard, which is overgrownwith weeds, and dry grass. The schoolhouse is anold building as are all'the buildings in All ensworth."Our track team will be competing in the Jr. Olym­pics in Earlimart soon.

"The residents are .trying to get water in thetown so that they can keep the t'own from becominga ghost town. The school building is the only build­ing in town that has fresh water. The residentswho have moved out of Allensworth have not movedbecause of the poismed water, but because of thecomplete lack of water in the town. The peopledon't want their town to get any smaller, it hasonly 34 families as it is, and they are trying tofigure out ways to keep the people from movingout. They feel that once there is water in thetown, the families that have moved away will comeback, and the families that are living here now willremain. Most of the people that live in Allen sworthdo farm work, are self-emoloyed, or go out oftown to work. One of the boys that I teach just

bykerry ohta

told me that his mother and father have gone toBakersfield to work, and he is staying with an old­er sister. Many of the families go out of town towork, and they would rather live here, if it weren'tf or the water problem that is forcing them intoother towns."Since the authorities discovered the arsenic

poisioning we have always had a fresh tank full ofwater, which the fire trucks bring in. The firsttank was brought in during the night and we didn'tfind out until a few days later that the tank wasthere because the water was poisioned. They don'thave any idea as to how long we've been drinkingthe poisioned water, but no one has been sick ordied because of the water, yet. The Health Dept.of Tulare said that arsenic poisoning is a very slowprocess, so we'll just have to wait and see.

"The people have been trying to get water pipedinto their homes but the Farm Home Qffice in Visa­lia says that they will have to pay for the piping.And now they're trying to find out if the governmentwould lend them the money but even if they did, it

would put people into debt for 10 years or more,because the piping and water is so expensive, andthe government will not pay for it. "

Why then is Governor Regan's biggest schemeto spend billions of tax payers dollars on new ir­rigation systems for the growers? And why hasthe government allowed the growers around Delanoto get water free from the irrigation canals EYE T

THOUGH IT IS AGAINST THE LAW FOR ANYGROWER WHO OWNS OVER 160 ACRES TO USETHIS WATER WITHOUT PAYING FOR IT? Whywon't the government pay to have water for thefamilies in Allensworth?

The one tank that supplies the town of Allens­worth is periodically checked by the CCl.mty HealthDept. and stands in front of the school house, fromwhere the people have to haul it every day. Mrs.Bruce says that the National Guard brought thewater in after the Health Dept. of Tulare broughtthe first tank in, but the National Guard neededthe tanks to supply water to their trainees duringthe summer. So the State Forestry Service tookover the job and now the water is supplied b,\' theTulare Health Dept. There is no more than onetank, no water in the houses, and no ~ ater towaste.

Child Care Center for StrikersA nursery school for children in the strike began lastMonday, April 24th, at Dolores Huerta's house, 137Austin St., Delano. The children are from two to fiveyears old, and the hours are from 9 until 4,days a week. '

The ,reason, for the nursery school is so that yourchildren can learn to share with other children, canjoin in art; classes, listen to music, hear stories,p~ay with blocks, toys and puzzles, and build things.Lunch is also given to the children.

Any mothers who leave their children at the nur­sery will be able to work on the picket line, work in

the office, work in the kitchen, or work with thechildren in the nursery school.

,If you would like your children to learn and youwould like to help the strike during your free time,leave your children at the strikers' nursery school.

We are in need of supplies for the nursery school.Please help by sending all toys, art materials andmoney to:

Strikers' Nursery Schoolc/o Kerry' OhtaBox 130Delano, California

UNION BLOOD BANK

Cas Station Damaged

Those who are going to donate blood must not~at anything for three hours before they go tothe b!~Qd bank except black coffee and fruitjuice: But a complete meal -can be eaten fivehour~ before giving blood.

The Houchin Community Blood Bank is at2601 G Street, Bakersfield. It is open from 10a. m. to noon Monday, Tuesday and Friday,from 3 p. m. to 5 p. m. Tuesday and from 5 p. mto 8 p. m. Friday.

"Please donate if you can, " Miss McGivernsaid. ''When you donate blood " sh e added, ,"say it is for the United Farm Workers Organ­izing Committee." That way UFWOC will getcredit for. the blood you have donated and it willbe put into the union's account.

DELANO -- The Farm Workers Health Clinicis setti'ng up a blood bank for UFWOC mem­bers, nurse Peggy McGivern announced thisweek.

To give blood, you must:Be between 18 and 60 years 'old and if you are

under 21, you must have your parrnts' writtenpermission, never have ~d yellow jaundice,not have had malaria within the last two years,not have had any smts within the last tWo week~weigh more than 110 pounds, not have had highblood pressure or heart disease, not have hada child within six months, not have a cold,must not have given blood during the last threemonths.

DELANO -- On April 24th, at 2:00 in the morning, the police knocked at the door of Juan Flores of the FarmWorker Co-op gas station. Together they rode to the service station at the cornet. of Cecil and Madison.The windows of the station had been shattered by two . ~"T"----------small cartridge bombs. ........

Damage wa,s done to both large glass windows ofthe station office, and also to the glass on the doorof the ladies' restroom. The empty cartridge wasfound in the sink, still with some of the explosive

The Farm Workers Service Center began runningthis gasoline station a month ago, in order to beable to offer cheaper gasoline and oil to the farmworkers and Delano residen~f',But now, becaus~ ofharrassm?nt by. some "persons who insist on dam~g­ing the unIon, the station is temporarily closed __and the damage extends to ail of the people in Delano.

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. BLACK EAGLE"

CONGRATULATIONS TO DI GIORGIO WORKERSfROM THE fARM WORKERS· CREDIT UNION

WE OF THE FARM WORKERS CREDIT UNION WOULD MOST LIKE TO 'CONGRATULATETHE DIGIORGIO WORKERS AND THEIR NEW UNION CONTRACT.MAY THERE BE MANYREA~ VICTORIES FOR YOU IN THE FUTURE AS YOU HAVE HAD IN THE RE CENT WEEK:

A second victory will come now when the NEW FARM WORKER, the DiGiorgio worker, will begin toput larger amounts of money into the savings institution of his choice, the FARM WORKERS CREDIT

UNION.

SAVE for that rainy day when you cannot work.SAVE for that sudden sickness.SAVE for the brand new stove.SAVE the NEW FARMWORKER- way.

With wise care, the higher wage that you, the DiGiorgio worker, now earn can be made to seem likeeven more money simply by saving a- little and spending a little. Save your money and pay cash forthe things you want. DON'T PAY INTERE.ST, DON'T PAY CARRYING CHARGES. Buy that refrig­erator or television set with the cash you can save in the FARM WORKERS CREDIT UNION. Withthe money you save by paying cash, you can buy something extra that you could not have bought if youhad bought on an installment plan.

So we ask you, SAVE and borrow at THE FARM WORKERS CREDIT UNION TODAY. Any farm'workerwho is a member of the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee can have savings in the Credit

union.

HERES A tOAST TO THE NEW FARMWORKER OF TODAY, THE DIGIORGIO WORKER.

Signed:The Board of DirectorsFarm Workers Credit Union

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May 10, 1967 EL MALCRIADO

"Orale muchachos, aqui esta la raya!" (Come on men, this is where you'll make money!") Hernandezwas making his daily speech for workers. His blue and white labor bus looked like an overworked mule.The paint had chipped off most of the body, and when anyone boarded it, it groaned. The streets werelittered with passing men and women. Children of all ages were in work clothes. Shabby men in a littlegroup passed the bottle back and forth.

An old woman with much powder on her face tapped me on the shoulder. "Hi. Where are you going?"I noticed that her lips were covered with lipstick and it was smeared over her lips. For just a second Ithought she was a circus 'clown made up for a performance. Her dress was too tight over her boney hips.She tried like hell to look sexy. "Ma'am, I'm going to work and I don't need a companion. Thanks, huh?"She made a face like a prune, then walked a few steps and tapped another man on the shoulder.

"Hernandez, I need a job." He looked at me and said, "You too young.""I can work better than this whole busful of winos. ""Yeah, you probably can. Go hed."I climbed into the bus· and found a seat. The floor of the bus was littered with papers, cans and just '

garbage in generaL Wheezing ~d coughing. overtook the bus. The women sat quietly. A strange smellwas in the atmosphere. A smell of something that had gone unwashed for a long time.

Hernandez climbed into the driver's seat. The bus sputtered to a start and shook alli-tver. We were onour way.

I looked out the window. There were men leaning on the old buildings smoking and talking in loudvoices. Some men slept on the concrete and I wondered for how long. Well, not too long. Because therewas always that paddy wagon picking up the men that had been either too drunk or too damned tired to getup before the law caught them enjoying a few quick winks. As early as it was in the moring, the pool hallsand liquor stores seemed always to be open and doing business.

We made our way out of the city and travelled about 45 miles into the country until we came to thefit:lds. The bus went slowly over the still-wet ground. Fog was thick and I knew we would have to wait a

EL MALCRIADO May 10, 1967 (25)~ before we started picking. Hernandez was checking out the cotton and cursing because it wasret. The men were getting impatient but some still slept and could probably have cared less.z came back in and opened a carton box. "Orale vatos, here you go!" He was showing wine bot­~ men. "Awright, before we start to work, who wants a little shot? Don't worry about the money, you can pay me after work."much?" -- a voice from the back.Har," Hernandez answered.lllar?! Hell they only worth 26 cents!" said the voice.,llar, take it or leave it!"lWd of men went forward and signed their names.ot our cotton sacks and started in to work. The cotton was good, no machine had been through thealfway through my row, I filled my sack, picked it up, loaded it on my back and went to weigh.andez was weighing the loads of cotton. His fat stomach shook as he picked a sack to weigh. Thenyell the amount of the weight so that anybody within distance would hear. I walked up and he

!ly sack. The needle marked 88 pounds. "Seventy-two pounds of cotton!" he yelled out to the"Theif!" I thought but couldn't tell him. It wouldn't have done any good anyway. He would have

d me on the spot or argued about the wetness of the cotton and the weight of the sack. I went backIW and finished the rest of the day.landez was calling out the numbers to pay up. Then he informed us that he was taking out $2.60lSe of the cotton sacks. "number 43!" I stepped up and collected my pay. On the way back I didn'tmt staying awake, so I slept. We got to the city pretty late. The town was as usual very alive with:oming and going out of the bars. The workers in the bus disappeared into the pool halls and bars.d for home. A very well-dressed man stepped up to me.r babe. I know you babe. Look here cat this stuff will put you on a trip man. Here the first time3. Babe the first time it's free!" I shook my head "no thanks" and kept going.e HAIL I din give you none, I give you haf a my bottle last night, and I din make no fuss, damn it,e me a drink a that!"nIt be grabbing for my bottle, this is mine. Leave me be!"m, you my fren, come on give me a swaller, just one swaller, come on Sam!"ole you to leave me be .•. now I'm gonna teach you ... !" He tipped the bottle up and the fluid dis­~d down his throat in one big gulp.m ... why you .•• !" He didn't have time to get near Sam because Sam broke the bottle over his

3 man felt the blood oozing over his eyes and he reached and touched his head, looked at his hand,up another bottle, broke it in one jagged piece, then he staggered toward Sam. He slashed andopen Sam's face and chest. They lunged at each other, cutting and ripping their scantily clad bodies.

,roaned in pain as each one felt the harm they were doing to each other.amn you Sam, I'm gonna kill you so help me God!"ey look at each other and lunged again and again until they were two bloody bodies. Sam collapsedlIon the concrete sobbing big gasps and taking in air.tole you Sam . •. I tole you I was gonna kill you!"l kicked Sam in the face and then grabbed him by the hair, 'slashed him across the throat. Sam tried'eam but only gurgling soUnds came out of his mouth. In his eyes was terror. The other man let gon's head and it made a dull sound on the concrete. He dropped the bottle, looked at his hands andI around at the crowd that had gathered. He looked at Sam and screamed:lee I tole you! I tole you I was gonna kill you! "b.e law found them that way, with the man huddled close to Sam and crying.remember as I walked down the street that the crowd that had gathered had not made a move to stop. They had cheered and laughed and pushed the two winos into each other, encouraging them on. Itappened so fast that I had felt as if only my eyes had been there and the rest of my body was some-e else. I continued on my way, with my paper sack under my arm. Up the street I looked back. Theit was quiet and the crowd had disappeared.

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THE COVER

Felipe Cantu, of the Farm Work­ers Theatre, as photographed byJohn Kouns. The Theatre is justreturning to Delano after a threeweek tour in Texas,

EL MALCRIADO May 10, 1967 (27)IIi 1934,' however. between

400,000 and 500,000 textileworkers struck in 20 states, ledby the United Textile Workers.Employers were widely ignor-ing the law and the workers de­manded a 3D-hour week with noreduction in the $13 a week wage,abolition of the "stretch-out"and recognition of the UTW. Atthe height of the struggle, 11,000national guardsmen were totingguns in eight states.

President Franklin D. Roos­event intervened, promisingappointment of a new TextileLabor Relations Board and thestrike was called off. But thecompanies continued to flout thelaw. Only 80,000 remained inthe UTW of the thousands whohad joined during the strike.

This cleared the way for amore aggressive union, theCIO's Textile Workers Organ- .izing Committee (TWOC), whiet.,during the late 30' s organizedmany Southern mills which theUTW couldn't touch. TWOC

'was run by the brilliant SidneyHillman who was also president,of the Amalgamated Clothing Work~

ers of America.But textiles still are tough

customers and there are someholdouts even today.

J.P. Stevens & Co. Inc.,which has mills in North Caro­lina and South Carolina, hassystematically brutalized itsemployees in the face of an or­ganizing campaign by the Tex­tile Workers Union of America(AFL-CIO). TWUA PresidentWilliam Pollock said recently,"Nearly four years have passedsince the proceedings againstJ. P. Stevens began. Not oneof the 101 unlawfully dischargedemployees has yet been rein­stated. "

The company is a leading gov­ernment contractor and is bos­sed by Robert T. Stevens, who\vas secretary of the army in oneof former President Eisenhower'!'~abinets.

(;lUVClullitti's told the jury:"Let me tell you that the first

strike that breaks again in thisstate, or any other place in Am­erica where the work and helpand the intelligence of Joseph J.Ettor and Arturo Giovannitti will,be needed and necessary, therewe shall go again, regardless ofany fear or of any threat. Weshall return again to our humbleefforts, obscure, unknown, mis­understood soldiers of this might)army of the working class of the.world, which, out of the shadowsand darkness of the past, is stri­ving towards the destined goal,which is the emancipation ofhuman kind, which is the estab­lishment of love and brotherhoodand justice for every man and ev­ery woman on this earth."

This was the- only major strikethe rww won. Later,in 1913,­workers struck in the silk millsof Paterson, N.J. Haywood,andEttor again were on hand for therww. Strikers were arrestedon any pretense and clubbed in­sensible if they resisted. Thestrike was lost.

most desperate danger of beingtrampled to death. The mothersand children were thus hur led ina mass and bod! ly dragged to amilitary truck, and even thenclubbed, irrespective of the criesof tlle panic-stricken women andchildren. "

This was the turning point ofthe strike. Protests flooded thetown. There were more attackson strikers and 296 arrests dur­ing the two months ?f the strike.Bl,lt the picket lines held firm andAmerican Woolen Co. admitteddefeat March 12, 19J2. Termsmet almost all the strikers' de­mands. Wages were increasedfrom 5% to 25% with time-and-a-quarter for overtime.

Ettor and Giovannitti went ontrial and were found innocent.At (irst, it looked as ii theywould be convicted despite anyevidence directly linking themwith the woman's death. But theIWW collected a $60,000 defensefund and the Lawrence workersdeclared that unless the men werefreed they once again would shutdown the plants.

made only "to keep up the agit­ation ,.nd fu ·..,her the ~ "'pagandaof the Industrial Workers of theWorld. "

Then city authorities declaredthat no more children would beallowed to leave. The strikecommittee attempted to get somechildren out of town anyway andthe police intervened in a ,mannerwhich was more successful inwinning sympathy for the strik­ers than anything else could havebeen.

The Women's Committee ofPhiladelphia, which was to havetaken care of the children, saidin its report of what happened:

"The (train) station was sur­rounded by police and militia., .When the time approached to de­part, the children, arranged ina long line, two by two, in or­der ly procession, with their pa­rents near at hand, were aboutto make their way to the trainwhen the police, who had by thattime stationed themselves alongboth sides of the door, closed inon us with their clubs, beatingright and left with no thought ofthe children, who were in the

causing a clash between strikersand police., During the rioting,a woman was killed and 22 mil­itia companies were called outto enforce martial law . Ettorand Giovannitti were arrestedas accessories to murder. BigBill Haywood, IWW leader, ru­shed to Lawrence to take com­mand. Forgetting revoluti onfor the moment, he ordered thatthe strike remain non-violent.

The mills weren't operating."In the spinning room," wrote anewspaper reporter, "everybelt was in moti on, the whir ofmachinery sounded on everyside, yet not a single operativewas at work and not a singlemachine carried a spool of yarn. "

As food ran low and the winterdeepened, the strike committesent out an appeal to a number ofsympathizers in other cities as­king them to give temporaryhomes to the children of the str­ikers. The response was im­mediate and several hundredchildren were sent to other townsThis made the AFL United Tex­tile Workers madder than helland it denouriced the move as onE

(26) May 10, 1967 EL MALCRIADO

Massasachusetts, birthplace ofthe anti-slavery movement andhome to millions of immigrants,was not quite a shining glory ofhistory during those two bittermonths of 1912.

Twenty thousand textile workerswere on strike because their $9a week wages we re cut. The wor­kers were mostly Italians, Poles,Lithuanians and Russians and halfof them worked for the AmericanWoolen Co. The workers beganwalking out Jan. 12, 1912,andsoon only 10,000 of the 30,000mill hands were not in the strike.But the mills were shut tight.

A few workers already wereunion members--a handful in theUnited Textile Workers (AFL),andabout 1000 in the Industrial Work­ers of the World (IWW). Fore­seeing the strike, rww membershad sent to headquarters for helpand the international dispatchedJoseph J. Ettor and Arturo Gio­vannitti who, in addition to beinga top organizer, also was an exc­ellent poet.

Ettor and Giovannitti took overthe strike and organized it on real­istic lines. Mass meetings, pick­et lines, relief to the needy andsuffering families whose only in­come had been cut off when thestrike started--all these apsectsof the strike were set up by thetwo IWW organizers. The AFLunion just tagged along and triedto wre,ck the IWW efforts.

Huge newspaper headlines an­nounced the first act of violence---dynamite planted in variousparts of the city. The rww, be­cause it was thought to be a vio­lent organization, was blamedimmediately.

Before the strike was over,ha.v ever, it was proved that thedynamite had been planted by a'local mortician--with the con­spiratorial encouragement ofthe American Woolen Co. 'spresident--in an attempt to dis­credit the strike. This, saidone conservative newspaper, was"an offense on the part of cap­italism w~ich passes the worstacts ever committed by laborunions." '

American Woolen, meanwhile,stl 11 refused even to considerthe strikers' derr,ands. The co-:-.mpany tried to reopen the mills:

"THEY COME HERE FROM _ACROSS THE BORDER TO GETWORK. THEN THE CONTRAC- ,TORS COME WITH THEIR ~.rt:~TRUCKS AND PICK UP AS MANY~O:~~~MEN AS TREY NEED. YA CANFJND WORK HERE IF YA KNOWWHERE TO GO."

WITHOUT KNOWING THAT THE TRAIN THAT THEY HOPPED IN TEXAS WAS TRAVELLING ALONG THEBORDER, OUR FRIENDS HAVE ARRIVED IN CALEXICO INSTEAD OF LOS ANGELES. IN ORDER TOAVOID THE LAW, TELESFORO AND GORGONlO HAVE JUMPED THE TRAIN BEFORE COMING INTOTHE CITY. HONORIO WAITED AND JUMPED LATER; HE WENT TO CALEXICO ALONE, TAKINGTELESFORO'S GUITAR. GUIDED BY A MAN THAT THEY MET ON THE TRAIN, "LOUSE," TELESFOROAND GORGONIO HAVE ENDED UP IN A PLACE CALLED THE HOLE.

"BY AN-DRES ZERMENO AND LUI{! VALDEZ

"THAT CHICK'S A CONTRACTOR, TOO,

~MARY LEGUSTA. SHE GIVES ALL THE~

~ THE WORKERS THE COME-ON. A LOT......-:-::;...... OF 'M, MOOTLY THE WINOO, GO TO

~WORK FOR HER HOPIN' TO CASH IN'BUT NOBODY'S BEEN ABLE TO DO iT

IN THE PAST 15 YEARS SHE'S BEENCONTRACTIN'. SHE WORKS THEWORST RANCHES, WORKS HER MENHARD. THERE ARE RUMORS THAT

~ c:.:s- £SHE'S CALLED THE BORDER PAT-

l -===~siill.i1ii.i2~~t:;~iii ~~~~·:=~ROL MORE THAN ONCE. BUT WHO~ CARES? THEY ALL .THINK THEY CAN

MAKE IT."

"HI, BILL, I THOUGHT YOU WERE IN COACHELLA. "

1L lI'~.u~vn_n....Lov.:; T....-A...C!.I:r.! :"TTo.U"" ""'-Tn TI'I••

,.,.__~ "IN COACHELLA? PLENTYl THE STRIKERS ARE MOSTLY FILI-

"THAT'S QUITE A STORY YOU WROTE PINOS, AND BLEEDMAN'S BRINGING IN SCABS BY THE TRUCKLOAD.'THERE. FRO GE TOO HUH? MEXICANS, MOSTLY. THE WORD IS THERE'S GONNA BE VIO-

"HEY, MAN, WHERE'VE YOU BEEN?WHAT'D YOU FIND? IS THERE A CHANCE?"

_---------.... -"IN COACHELLA? PLENTY! THE STRIKERS ARE MOSTLY FILI-PINOS, AND BLEEDMAN'S BRINGING IN SCABS BY THE TRUCKLOAD.MEXICANS, MOSTLY. THE WORD IS THERE'S GONNA BE VIO­LENCE BEFORE IT'S OVER. MEXICANS AND FILIPINOS NEVER

. DID EXACTLY LOVE EACH OTHER. A COUPLE OF TRUCKLOA.DSOF SCABS ARE BEING ROUNDED UP RIGHT NOW IN THE HOLE. MY

___~~,PLAN IS TO FOLLOW THEM ALL THE WAY TO THE STRIKE AREA,___-..~JUST SO'S I DON'T MISS NOTHING. THIS STORY'S SOBlOT,REPORT­

ERS ARE COMING IN FROM AS FAR.AS LOS ANGELES. "

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"GOT BACK LAST NIGHT, AND I'MHEADING BACK UP THERE IN ANHOUR. JUST GOT TIME FOR A CUPOF COFFEE

I THOUGHT YOU WERE IN COACHELLA "

"ALL IN A D-+Y'S WORK, YOU KNOWHOW IT IS. ANYTHING FOR A GOODSCOOP. IT'S THE SCABS THAT HAVESOMETHING TO WORRY ABOUT, NOT

II~~,,""USREPORTERS. I SURE HOPE THERE'SSOME ACTION TODAY, MAYBE I CAN --.;:::-"\.!.....l'.MAKE THE FRONT PAGE AGAIN--

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"GET WITH IT, LOUSE, I DIDN'T MEAN US. MACHO'NEEDS 15 GUYS FAST AND HE CAN'T GET ANY. HE

~TOLP ME THAT flE'D SLIP ME FIVE BUCKS IF I-FIND HIM TWO OR THREE. HOW'S THAT, HUH?

MAN, THIS IS SURE OUR LUCKY DAY. LIKE MYOLD LADY USED TO SAY, IF YOU HELP A FRIEND,'YOU WON'T LOSE OUT ON THE REWARDS."

"THANK GOD WEFINALLY GOT AJOB. I ALMOSTSTARVED TODEATH,"

"WELL, HERE IT·IS, 'THE HOLE.' THIS IS WHERE A LOCAL CONTRACTOR IS ROUNDING UPTODAY'S SCABS. QUITE A PLACE, ISN'T IS? YEARS AGO, THE CITY FATHERS DECIDED THEY

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