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EI Malcriado NO.24 IO¢"The Voice of the Farm Worker"

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P. O. Box 894, Delano, Callf.

EDITORIAL. EVERYBODY'S BUSINESSTHE GRAPE STRIKE HAS SHAKEN THE ROOTS OF OUR VALLEY AND OF THESTATE. NOW THE GROWERS ARE TRYING TO APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC,SAYING, "WE ARE NOT THE MONSTERS THAT TlIE UNIONS ARE CALLINGUS. WEJUST WANT TO LIVE IN PEACE."

THERE WILL BE NO PEACE AND TRANQUILITY UNTIL THE DAY THEWORKERS ARE ALLOWED TO SIT OOWN AT THE TABLE WITH THE RAN­CHER AND MAKE AN AGREEMENT. THERE WILL BE NO "RELIABLELABOR FORCE" UNTIL THERE ARE WRITTEN, SIGNED CONTRACTS FORWORK BETWEEN THE GROWERS AND THE NATIONAL FARM WORKERSA;';SOCIATION. THERE WILL BE NO CERTAINTY THAT THE CROPS WILLBE HARVESTED, PRUNED, IRRIGATED, THINNED, GRAFTED, TIED,STRIPPED, PACKED, OR WHATEVER OPERATION IS ESSENTIAL, UNTILTHE WORKER IS GIVEN THE SAME MEASURE OF RESPECT THAT CITYWORKERS HAVE FROM THEIR BOSSES.

1965 IS COMING TO AN END. BUT WHAT WILL THE GROWERS DO ABOUTTHE GRAPE STRIKE OF 1966? AND THE OTHER STRIKES? IT IS LIKELYTHAT SOME OF THEM WILL REALIZE SOON THAT THE BEST THING THEYCAN 00 IS BARGAIN WITH THE PEOPLE WID PICK THE GRAPES, THE MEL­ONS, AND THE ORANGES OF CALIFORNIA. UNTIL THEY 00, THERE WILLBE STRIKE AFTER STRIKE AND NO PEACE IN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-­THE VALLEY THAT BELONGS TO US AS WELL AS TO THEM.

THEY SAY ''WE TREAT OUR MEXICANS RIGHT". THEY SAY ''WE9RE GOINGBROKE". THEY SAY" THESE CHOLOS MAKE GOOD MONEY ALREADY".THESE ARE EXACTLY THE SAME KIND OF ARGUMENTS USED BY THESLAVEOWNERS IN THE SOUTH 100 YEARS AGO.

THESE LOCAL TYRANrS BECOME FURIOUS WHEN WE SHOW THEM THATTHE HUELGA IS A HUGE SOCIAL MOVEMENT INVOLVING THE RESPECT OFA WIDLE RACE OF PEOPLE. WHEN OUTSIDERS--THOUSANDS OF THEM-­DECIDE TO HELP THE FARM WORKERS IN THEIR FIGHT FOR A BETTERLIFE, THE RANCHERS SAY THAT IT IS NONE OF THEIR BUSINESS.

THE HUELGA HAS BECOME EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS. THAT IS WHY IT ISWINNING.

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JUDGE CHANGESTRIAL LOCATION

FOR 44 PICKETS

"No fair trial for the 44 pickets ispossible in Delano" This was the ver­dict of Judge Kitchen of the DelanoJustice Court. He saId that the trialwould take place instead in Bakers­field during December.

Copies of the Delano Record report­ing on The ,Strike were used as evi­dence by Cesar Chavez to prove thatthe pickets of the Farm WorkersAssociation had been arrested in aplace where justice could not prevail.The Judge ruled that a "Change ofVenue" would be allowed, meaningthat the trial would be held outside theDelano area.

The reporting in the local paper wasshown to be so biased, untrue andhateful, that the general public wasmisinformed on the reasons for theStrike and the arrests. The judgeconsidered this evidence in makinghis ruling to hold the trial in a placewhere the workers, students andministers could receive justice.

"There is no justice now in Delano"Chavez said following hIS arrest for"violating air space" over the vine­yards of Bruno Dispoto in his airplaneflight with two priests on Nov. 7."There will be no justice until everyfarm worker is earning a just wageunder a strong contract with his em­ployer. That day is not far from be­coming a reality. " he added. "Thedark ages of California agricultureare over. This year, 1965, with thestrike in the grapes, we are enteringthe time when farm workers will turnCalifornia's shame into victory......

,PICKETS STOPSH'PS CARRYINGGRAPES

Plans to sneak 1, 250 boxes of grapesonto a giant ocean liner for sale inHawaii and Asia, were torpedoed lastweek by pickets from the Delano grapest.rike. . Strikers Tony Mendez andGIl Padilla of the Farm WorkersAssociation and Sergio Tovar of theFilipino "AWOC" union among otherspicketed the 30,000 ton'S. S. PresidentWilson because 200 lugs of Delanograpes were about to be loaded andshipped to Hawaii and Asia. TheLongshoremen's Union which loadsthe ships with cargo, ;efused to touchthe scab grapes sitting on the pier.They also went on board the ship and

• removed all boxes secretly put on theship. (The LDngshoremen's Unionhelped organize unions for farm work­~rs in Hawaii, and know from exper­Ience how farm workers are mistrea­ted by rich growers.) The TeamstersUnion also refused to cross the picketlines to bring any more grapes to thepier.

The grape strikers, who picketed forhours in the pouring rain to stop thegrape. shipments, were justly proudof theIr success. There was praise

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for the Teamsters and especially of the rain, 48 Longshoremen joinedfor the Longshoremen. "When the the indefeatable picketers. A greatunions and working people help each cheer went up when the huge ship sail-other, we can beat even the richest ed off into the sunset on Thursday andgrowers'" .said ~endez, an F •.W. A. the scab grapes were left rotting inleader. PIer 50 In San FranCISCO was the rain on the dock.the scene of the picketing, and in spite

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These four people issued a press statement last weekdenouncing the Strike in the Grapes. None of them arefarm workers. It is our shame that all of .them are Mexi­cans. We respectfully ask that they do not refer to them­selves in the future as Mexicans, because we do not wishto dishonor our people.

FRAUD Growers Say Mexican: Groups Support Them

DO GROWERS PAY MEXICANS TO TURN AGAINST THEPEOPLE?

ROBERT AGUILAR is from the Sociedad Progresista Mex­icana. Aguilar owes his living to Delano High Scllool.Delano High School wants to get its hands on the FarmWorkers Association's $267,000 grant from PresidentJohnson. Delano High School has been called a "Gestapo"by parents and students who have to endure its mindlessand heartless authoritarian regime.

".~"'3 ';, HENRY VIGIL is the president of the Latin American Citi­zens Association. He is a captain without a ship, becausethere is ·no Latin American Citizens Association. Wechallenge him to produce a membership. We invite him toshow us who supports him.MARGARET LUQUE claims to represent the Delano CSO.The Delano CSO is now under investigation to determinewhether its charter shall be revoked. Margaret Luque is

,what negroes v;:ould call an "Uncle Tom. "We ask him to confess to the facts concerning the DelanoCitizens. Community .League. Has he taken money thatRichgrove farm workers have paid to CSO and used thismoney against the strike? If he has not done this, wherehas the League *s money come from? It has come fromthe growers, hasn9t it, MR. Arambula? We promise toprint an answer you can give to these questions.

There is a new group in Delano. It is called the DelanoCitizens Community League. It has four members:

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DIRECTOR CHAVEZSEIZED BY POL ICE;THEN RELEASED

REV. HAVENSIS INNOCENT!

It is now a crime to fly in an airplaneover Bruno Dispoto's grape fieldsnear Delanoo

Or so Bruno sayso Last week he de­manded tluit Cesar Chavez and twoCatholic priests be arrested because,he says, they flew over his fields andtalked over loud speakers to scabsoBruto has a small private airforcewhich can often be seen buzzing overpicket crews around Delanoo

Chavez and Father Keith Kenny ofSacramento and Father Arnold Mea­gher of Woodland flew over manygrape fieldso The fathers wanted tosee first hand how few scabs werestill working, and how the growerswere hiding them in the middle of thefields and not picking grapes near theroadso The fathers talked to scabsand told them to join the strikeoFather Kenny, who pilots his ownplane, has come to Delano severaltimes to help the strikeo

In Delano ithas been necessary toguard the priest?s airplane becauseof hostile growers at the airport,meeting the plane and insulting mem­bers of the priest?s groupo

Chavez appeared in Porterville Dis­trict Court and told Judge Carter thathe had not broken any lawo A jurytrial will be held on December I inPortervilleo Bruno Disputo, whowhith his brother has kicked, shoved,and intimidated workers, has stillnot been thrown in jail for his manyunpunished acts of violenceo

"CASE DISMISSED." That is whatAttorney Milton Younger demandedin Bakersfield last weeko Havenswas al'rested for reading "The defin­ition of a Strikebreaker" by JackLondon, which was printed in EIMalcriado.

When Sargeant Gerald Dodd made hisabsurd charges against Revo Havens,that he had "disturbed the peace, "many people began laughingo Doddcould produce no grape pickers aswitnesses whose "peace" .had beendisturbed. He did produce a coupleof foremen who said that they didn*tlike anything that picketers saidoDodd confessed that Havens had beenreading, and not even yellingo At thetime of the ,arrest, Dodd said toanother picketer, "Who wrote that?I'ld like to talk to him too?" But Sgt.Dodd couldn't arrest Jack London, be­cause the famous writer died almost50 years agoo .

Attorney-Younger pointed out that itwas What Rev. Havens said tllat Sgtobodd did not like, and that Dodd wastrying to deprive Havens of freedomof speecho

POLICE SEIZE TEACHER

MISS QUIROGA

In the current wave of arrests in thegrape strike, one of the most outlan­dish was that of Rosemary Quiroga ofSanta Barbara, volunteer picketworker for the F 0 Wo Ao Police refu­sed to tell Miss Quiroga exactly why.she was arrested, and refused toshow her the warrant for her arrestoPI)lice stated she had "Disturbed thePeace, " but Miss Quiroga does notknow why, or where, or how, or bywhom this charge was madeo Thepolice lieutenant refused to provideher with a'copy of the charges again­st hero

Picture shows parade of September26. The Delano City Council triedto outlaw these paradeSo Will theyreally arrest hundreds of farmworkers for peacefully parading?We shan seeo

Miss Quiroga is a ~eacher and formersocial worker, with a BA and an MAin sociology from the University of .

, California at Santa Barbarao She wassecretary of the Democratic Leaguein Santa Barbara and a member of the..!California Association of Educators,and served on the Advisory Councilto the State Superintendent of SchoolsoAmong Miss Quiroga9s perscnalfriends are Assemblyman Phil Sotoand Thlevision personality Steve Allenwho both hope to attend Miss Quiroga's trialo The date of the trial hasnot been seto

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Miss Quiroga was arrested withthree others and taken into custodyby the Kern County Police on Octo­ber 270 She was seized at FilipinoHall in Delano while eating luncho

With typical disregard for citizens'rights, she was held incommunicado

Workers7 at Bakersfield jail, in solitary con-• finement, and was later released on

baiL At her arraignmEnt on Novem­ber 8 she discovered that her maincrime was following scabs home fromworko j

Arrest of 900 Farm

Delano City Council in $9000 Scandal

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~DISGUSTING'The Delano CityCouncil put theirown Anti-PovertyProgram into ac­tion last week.They voted them- ":, "selves $150 each,every m?nth, as. I:,'''', ,a pay raIse. Thl~l" ' "" '.is a total of $9000 .a year, which wil~

be paid to the five people who meetonce a week for a few hours to makenew city lawso Delano taxpayers mustfoot the bill for this give-away pro­gram.

Citizens called the new action "dis­gusting". The pay raise means thatcouncilmen will earn about $18 an hOUlsitting around a table once a week.The councilmen already have good­paying full-time jobs. Until this newaction, they received $3 per meeting.

"This action is a legal theft, but atheft nevertheless." This was thestatement by one citizen. Many out­raged citizens promised that the citygovernment-will be cleaned out at thenext elections.EL MALCRIADO SAYS: Delano's CityCouncil is supposed to serve the peo- -7-

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'pie of Delano. They are only servingthemselves L1 this openly corrupt ac­tion. Honest men will be elected andwill serve the people instead of steal­ing their money. These 5 people:Loader, Hochschild, Elkins, Senini,and Cole, will have to crawl back intheir holes after the next city election.

******The same night that they dipped theirhands into the city treasury, the coun·cilmen passed a law prohibiting par­ades and outdoor assemblies, with.outa 20 day waiting period for a policepermit. One of the councilmen,Robert Senini, who voted against theaction, said, "There is no doubt whothis law is aimed at. "Lawyers in San Francisco and LosAngeles immediately commented that,"This law is not even really a law. "It is an obvious violation of the U. S.

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PART OF THE ORIGINAL LETTERAPPEARS ABOVE

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LETTER FROM THE KERN COUNTY JAIL.I TOLD THEM I was not guilty, because I know that there is freedom of speechhere in the United States, and freedom for the worker. For that reason I saythat I am innocent.

IF AT TillS time there is no freedom for the wor~er, then perhaps I shall befound guilty--but I do not believe that that is true. According to my understan­ding the police say that we broke the law by shouting "Huelga"--by defending .our rights as workers, by asking a mere ten cents an hour raise--this they callbreaking the lawo

IS IT NOT true that the growers break the law--and much worse than we do?They spray us with insecticide with their spray rigs on public roadways, andspray dust upon us with their tractors; they try to frighten us off with their carsand pickups, even to the point of running US down. They accuse us of beingCommunists merely because we ask for a raise of ten cents an hour and a eon­tract so that we may be sure they will not lower our wages, as they did lastyear. This happened at the ranch of John Pagliarulo, who was paying $10 20 anhour. Then a foreman named Castillo and his wife Margarita told the growerthat he should let go all of the women who were earning $1. 20 an hour, and thatthey would bring him workers who would work for $1.10 an hour. Is this just?Is this freedom? I do not call this freedom.

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AND THERE IS another such case involving some contractors named Guevera.I went to work for them tying vines, about forty miles from Delano, at fifteencents a row for nailing up wires on both sides of the row, and 83~ a row fortying the vines. After paying those miserable wages--because the fastest work..er could tie only six or seven rows a day, and there were others who could do

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only four or five--they still would rob the workers cynically if they were care-less about how much work they had done. This is what they call decent wa~es,but I say that this is not justo

WE, THE POOR people, have against us not only the growers, but also thepolice. Because I know that the moment one does anything at all to help withthe strike, the police begin taking pictures of him, and then go to the growersand ask them if they wish to sign a complaint against himo On the other hand,the growers have pushed and shoved us in front of the police, they have threat­ened us with guns and fired them over our heads, and the police do not have theright to arrest them. Why? Because they have money, because the workersmake them rich with the work they do for them? And because the workers arepoor, because they are the slaves of the growers? Because discriminationexists? This I do not call freedom.

earn the low wages that the boss condescends to pay us? The growers w<;>uldlike to have our whole families working for only their food. And still theywould complain that they were losing money•. And they set the prices on thefood the workers earn at whatever level they wish to. Is it not the growerswho work the least and suffer the least?

THE GROWER DOES not suffer from the sun and the rain and the cold, 'and hegoes to his home to eat. And we who work more, suffer moreo We do not evenhave the right to earn a mere $1.40 an hour. If there are some people who suf­fer more than other people, then we are those people--the farm workers, oras they say here, those who work in the field. And if anyone is offended, itis ~ecause I say the truth.

PLEASE BELIEVE ME when I say that I regret it a great deal if for that reasonthey wish to arrest me, or because they believe I am breaking the law or be­cause I am saying the truth. But I do not believe that saying the truth is break­ing the law. But here the rich man is the only man who never breaks the law.As for us, the poor- -assuredly we break it.

THAT IS ALL that I have to say to you.

- - - Manuel RiveraIT IS MY understanding that all of us are supposed to have the same rights-- Kern County Jailincluding the workers, who suffer from the heat of the sun and the chill of therain, and who at times even go hungry. And why? To harvest the crop~ and (Manuel Rivera, along with 43 others, was arrested for shouting "Huelga. II)

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Dear Sirs,

I heard on the radio that the grapestrike would soon spread to othercrops in all of Californiao I thinkthis would be good, because wagesaround Lindsay in oranges and olivesare not enough.

Viva La HlelgaJ. M.Lindsay

El Malcriado Says~ Workers allover the state are demal1ding betterwages and a written contract. Ifthey do not get these soon, farmworkers will organize and go onstrike. The F. W. Ao has warnedgrowers, especially orange andolive growers, to raise wages.But strikes involve hardship andSlcrifice for all. If we can obtainjustice without having to strike, itwill be better. If the employerswill sit down with workers and theF. W. A. to discuss what a fair wagewould be, then a just settlement can

•be achieved without a strike.

Dear Editor,Mr. Chavez, I am truly honored bythe letter which you sent to me, andI am very grateful for the confidencewhich you placed in me.I have learned from your newspaper,EL MALCRIAOO, that you havetaken the reins in a struggle that,with the help of God, will have itsjust recompense. Because all of usLatin-Americans have witnessedyour energy and valor for defendingwmt is justly ours, and in gainingfor us a salary worthy of our effortsso that we may sustain our families.we are proud of you. Your Friend,

Bocho GarzaThree Rocks

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Dear Editor,

I want to express my opinion on theissue of El Malcriado where a groupof strikers display the Mexican flagoI believe that this action constitutesan offense against the people thatlove peace, and a disgrace to Mex­ico. It should not be displayed in alabor dispute case. The dispute isstrictly in this country.

Juan RojasPoplar, Calif.

El Malcriado Says: We respectyour feelings about the flag, but wehave displayed the flags of Mexicoand of the United States becausethey symbolize the ideals for whichwe are working, for liberty and jus­tice. Citizens of both countrieshave joined the strike. And manycitizens of the U. S. are proud oftheir rich Mexican heritage. We flythe flags with pride. No disgrace isintended. Our strikers say it istheir flag, and they have the right todisplay ito

Sra. Huerta:

This letter is to tell you that I havegone to Coachella to work becauseI was so ashamed when you saw meworking and called me a scab. Iam sending my November dues. Ihope you will not kick me out.

Juan Rodriguez F.Coachella

Dear Editor~

Forget what the Bible tells us forthe time being. Forget what Pres­ident Johnson, Dr. King, and theothers tell us. Are we reallyequal? •..

It is social equality that you want,and••. it can never become a real­ity. Two men can be equal in theirwealth or their poverty, but one orthe other is almost always going tobe unacceptable in a social sense.Due to bad manner, bad breath, orbecause he is a boor. Two men canbe equal in their power, but again,one thing or another will m~ke asocial outcast. Besides, there aremany levels to society. These lev­els are such because of power,wealth, rank, profession or poverty,race and profession againo •••I have n.o doubts that this will everbe printed, nor do I care••.•

Gerald B. RadeleffDelano

EI Malcriado Says: We are sorrythat-we do not have space to print allyour ideas, Mr. Radeleff, but your1000 word letter was too much forus. In any case, the idea of super­ior and inferior people was wellexplained by Adolph Hitler and hisfriends 30 years ago, and they killedmillions of Jews trying to prove it.

At any rate, we are happy to seethat the well-fed half of the commun­ity of Delano is beginning to think,even if their thinking is fuzzy• Wewelcome letters from our "equals"on the other side of the freeway,and will print them in full if theyare short enougho

Dear Editor,

Stop and think before you decide tobetray the system that has made thisarea one of the richest farming cen­ters in the world.

Roger E. KempVisalia

EI Malcriado Says~ All the morereason why farm workers should beable to live welL

Dear Sirs,

I know about the strike, and I hopeit wins. I work in the cotton. Iwant to join your union. Here" is myNovember dues.

Sincerely,Leroy Brown, Fresno

El Malcriado Says~ The Farm Work­ers Association is happy to welcomeyou as a member. Your membershipcard is enclosed. We hope that yourassociation with the FWA will bevaluable, and that you can take advan­tage of its benefits and participate inits many activities designed to impr­ove the position of the farm worker.

Now that the struggle to gain a betterlife is a great social movem61t, wefeel that it is a matter of specialpride to be a member of the FWA,striving together with fellow workersfor a better future. We hope thatyou also feel this wonderful spirit ofcooperative effort, and that you urgeyour friends to become members too.

Viva La Causa

PARLIER BOY DEFENDS HIS PEOPLEThink of the Future

FAIM WORKERS CREDn UNION

Senator Kuchel was pressured into avicious attack against President John­sonts $267,000 grant to the FarmWorkers Associationo Here is aresponse to the attack which has sofar been unsuccessfulo

Dear Senator~

FILIPINO LEADER

loa ALIIANY ~.o. "M. Pm 'a boy who has seen his race putdowno They say all men are equaloWell, I dontt think itts SOo Becausewren a lot of poor people get a chanceto be equal they get it taken awayoTaken away by the so-called "equal"richo

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Charley and Bruno Dispoto have notyet been brought to justice or jailed.But their ranches and packing shedshave been the scenes for a whole ser­ies of incidents, usually provoked bythemo At an incident at their packingshed, rancher Jack Pandol came overand began taking pictures with a muchused camera. Observers describedPandol's actions as rude and insulting.Pando1 claims that Larry Itliong,leader of the Filipino strikers, came

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over and touched his camera, "brea-king it." Pandol demanded that pol­ice arrest Itliong for "malicious mis­chief" and for "disturbing the peace. "Kern County Police obediently arres­ted Itliong, and though he was soonreleased, he may have to face trial.The date of the trial is "sometime in1966", but Itliong thinks the absurdcharges will be dropped before then.

These people in Delano got a chanceto be equalo A chance to break outof the pattern of poverty0 The chancecame through an anti-poverty graIitoThe grant was like a breath of air toa smothering raceo Now the rich andall-mighty growers want to take itawaJo Why, I ask myselfo Whyshould they say that thi~ country isfree? Why say it is free when a mancan get in jail for speaking his mind?A war was fought because of thisoMaybe you dontt remember or youdmtt want too I have studied in yourschoolso My teachers have told meabout how kind my fellow man is. Myfather has a scar that he got in thewar, fighting for the great and freeUSA. Well, I hate to think that myfatherts blood was in vaino But it100ks like it waso

I wonder if you know how it is to workin a field? I dontt think you do be­cause a high office and a soft life canmake you forget.

Pm sorry if this letter hurts your 14karat gold feelingso It m sorry if ittarnishes your silvery pride. Butthis is how I feel., You turn your

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send this coupon toEL MALCRIADO, BOX 8MDELANO, CALIFORNIA

The best way to be sure you wU1 getyour MALCRIADO is by man, dell\'­ered to your home every two weelca.Send your name and address to' Box894, Delano, Calif., and we wWsend you the newspaper to you forone year.

F. W. A. members, Tony and &:>corroMendez, the proud parents of littleSusan, celebrated her Christeningon Nov. 14 at St. lV'.:ary's Church inDelano. Susan was born on July 29.Mendez led a group of F. W. A. pick­ets to San Francisco this week andsuccessfully blocked the shipment ofScab grapes by boat to Asia. He andhis beautiful wife will stay in SanFrancisco to work on other assign­mEnts connected with the grape strike.

CITY COUNCIL (Continued from 7)Constitution and the right of peacefulAssembly. "EL MALCRIAOO SAYS: If the new lawhad been in effect last month at thegathering in Ellington Park--t.l1e FarmWorker Mass--police would have hadto drag away hundreds of worshippers.During the huge parade early in thestrike they would have taken awaynearly a thousand people--enough tofill all the jails in Central Californh.El Malcriado does not think they havethe guts to try to enforce the new law.In Moscow or Mississippi, or Delano,

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PARLIER BOY(Continued)back and close your ears to the poor.Then you go and open your pocketsand your doors to the highest bidder0

You should be in an auction sellinghuman soulso But then again, may­be you already areo

. Sincerely,Vicente Trevino'Parlier, Califo

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STRIKE BULLETINSDELANO: The Farm Workers Association released the following estimatesof the effects of the ten-week old Delano grape strike after last weeki s raintemporarily ended picking:

At least 5,562 workers have walked out of Delano area grape fields sinceSt-)ptarber 8. The figure is based on authorization cards naming the FoWoAoa'3 bargaining agent, signed by workers when they went on strike; by lists ofwor\:ers, especially non-citizens, who do not join the union but quit workand leave the area; by AoW.OoCo statistics on the number of Filipinos onstrike; double-checked with daily reports of picket captains on workers whohave actuall}T left the fieldso Uncounted, but doubtless a substantial number,are those scabs who promise to leave work after finishing that day, or field,or week. Also uncounted are those who have simply left the area because ofthe strike, without telling anyoneo

On the other hmd, since the first week of October, growers have succeededin hiring a work force of from 30 to 60 per cent of the normal needo Thishas been done through a heavily financed r-ecruiting campaign, from Texasto Oregon to Old Mexico. Immigration officials have been swamped with theinflux of "wetbacks" which the growers illegally hire for scab laboro "BorderPatrol Officer R. Go Johnson of Fresno reported more wetbackS this yearthan any year since 1954, the previous "peako"

DELANO~ RAr~! An incn in Delano and over 1 inch in Earlimart and Rich­grove temporarily ended picketing by strikers in the grape fields last weekoThe rain will probably terminate field packing of all table grapes for therest of the season. The rain is late for the area, and the growers were aid­ed by the long harvest seasono But the harvest remains three weeks behindoThe next few days will determine whether the rest of the crop rots of whe­ther grapes can still be sold to wineries. When growers are forced to selltheir premium table grapes (the main variety of the Delano area) to wineriesthey take a "75 per cent loss in profitso Joseph Broomer, of the Agricultural'Labor Bureau confessed that grape sales to wineries in this area were great·el' than they had ever been. This underlies .the losses in table grapes whichusually sell at four times the price of, wine grapeso

SAN FRANCISCO -- The Council of California Growers, in a secret"Newsletter" dated October 25, confessed to problems growers arehaving in getting scabs to work for low wageSo E1 Malcriadoprints directly from this "For Members Only" report:

"Growers went to great extremes to find workersoo. they spent hundredsof thousands of dollars on recruiting programs throq?;hout the Western halfof the United Stateso0 0 programs with results that varied from completefailure to minimum successo"

E1 Malcriado says: Save your hundreds of thousandso Pay local workers$1 0 40.

"UNITED WE STAND"

Bull Horns&loaned to the Association for thestrike. They make it possible forthe roving bands of pickets to keepin constant touch with the office andwith each other 0

In another amusing development,Sergeant Gerald Dodd of the KernCounty Police granted strikers per­mits to use bull-horns and otherhigh powered eauipment to callworkers in the fieldso I~ this thesame Dodd that arrested strikersfor shouting "Huelga" and for reading

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A group of Filipino, Puerto Rican, and Mexican American picketersdemonstrate togetheru "AWOC" is the Filipino union, "Huelga:l thecry of the Spanish-speaking F. W. A. Red and Black flags are in thetradition of Mexican labor unions, red for the blood and sacrifice ofthe workers, black for sorrow.

Telephones, Mobile Radios,Th~ Association has recently beengetting some new equipment to aid thecauseo In October, a telephone wasfinally installedu A bright new signat 102 Albany informs visitors thatthe old stucco building is headquartersfor the great movemento A newmimeograph machine prints up leaf­lets and information. And last weekthree sets of two-way short-waveradios were fitted into F 0 W. Ao carso

The radios, which have seen servicein Mississippi in the struggle therefor justice and equality, have been

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A ~ FORD "V8" 1954-1962

utomatlc PONTIAC "V-8" 1958-1963OLDSMOBILE "V8" 1949-1960

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