EI Malcriado THE VOICE OF THE FARM WORKER

in English I: t Volwne II, Nwnber 2_2.~· Delano, California February 1, 1969

. I I II Photo by Fred IUis II . WHAT ARE THEY .. HIDING? .- . .' ~. See Page 4. EL MALCRIADO. February 1.,1969/3

LOANls' TOP $182,0001 -CREDIT UNION GROWS AND GROWS AND GROWS DELANO, January 26--No divi­ chairman. dends will be paid this year by The treasurer's report showed the the Farm Workers Credit Union Farm Workers Credit Union made in order to provide more funds for a total of 270 loans during 1968, loans, it was decided by Credit for a total of $43,950.72. Since Union members at their annual the organization of the Credit Union, meeting today. which began with $35 in savings Chaired by brother Phillip Vera and seven members, a total of Cruz, in the absence of President $182,933.69 has been loaned to 874 Julio Hernandez, the meeting also members. There is more than included the annual treasurer's re­ $40,000 in farm workers savings on por:t and election of officers. deposit with the Credit Union. As­ Dolores Huerta, secretary, and sets total more than $54,000, the directors Santos Chapa and Jose roport Showed. Serda, whose terms on the Board of Directors expired this year, were Above: More than 500 members of the Farm Workers' re-elected. Credit Union and their families attended the annual Other members of the board are meeting, held January 26 at Filipino Hall in Delano. Vice President Andy Imutan, Trea­ Above Right: C. U. member Gil Flores and assistant surer Cesar Chavez, and directors treasurer Helen Chavez listen to the reports. Richard Chavez and ManuelChavez. Mrs. Antonio Orendain and Marcos Rodriguez were elected to serve SOCIAL SECURITY CIAN\ PAY MORE on the credit committee with RUdy Ahumada. WASHINGTON, D.C., January22-­ without any increase in the Social Alfonso Ovalle was elected to the There is enough money in the Security tax." supervisory committee. He will Social security fund to increase The reports showed that the So­ work with committee members Mrs. benefits with no increase in pay­ cial security programs received J. Guadalupe Murguia and Mrs. Man­ roll taxes, a report by the trustees $2.6 billion more than they paid out uel Uranday. - of the program revealed. in benefits during 1968. The truS­ Mrs. Cesar Chavez, assistant According to Bert seidman, So­ tees estimated that the assets of treasurer, and Mrs. James Drake cial security director of the AFL­ the Social Security funds would in­ are in charge of the Credit Union CIa, ·Congress could grant a five crease from $28.1 billion to about office.' Tony Mendez is education to six percent increase in benefits $45 billion during the next five years. 2/EL MALCRIADO, February 1, 1969' VASQUEZ PRAISES'

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.CREDIT UNION GROWS AND GROWS This article, which was ton is found Local 9 of the Indust­ S~ipbuild­ AND GROWS, page 3 squeezed out of a previ­ rial Union of Marine and ing Workers of America. There • GROWERS ON THE SPOT IN POI­ ous issue because of a SON TRIAL, page 4 lack of space, was sub­ we met to start our caravan, man­ aged by Pat Danield and Charles • FARM WORKERS EVICTED, FOR mitted to EL MALCRIADO REVEALING WASCO SLUM CON- by UFWOC boycott repre­ S. West, representatives of this DITIONS, page 6 sentative Alfredo Vas­ local. Fifteen of their brothers also • BOYCOTT ESCALATION, page 8 quez. volunteered their help in bringing o GUNS AND GRAPES, page 9 the toys down to Delano. Along • LOWER YOUR WAGES FOR FUN BY ALFREDO VASQUEZ with this. group came high school AND PROFIT, page 10 students Joe Schmidt and Steve Go- am a farm worker, and I· am mez. proud to belong to the union direct­ When we arrived in Delano, Da­ ed by Cesar Chavez. nield and West gave Assistant U­ I am now in charge of the of­ FW OC Director Larry ItUong a fice located at 523 S. Pacific, SaJ:l, check for $448. This money was EL MALCRIADO can be Pedro, working with the boycott purchased in bulk orders donated by the members of Local against scab grapes. I have ~een 10 9. of or more copies to in the San Pedro, Long Beach, and address~ ?¢ There at the Filipino Hall there one for per Wilmington area for four months. copy or $1.68 per year were hundreds of people from dif­ per copy. I am very grateful to the people f~rent cities who had come to bring living in my area. Everyday I make gifts for the farm worker's child- - some new friends, not only people reno EL MALCRIADD, The Voice of the Farm in the union but other civic organi­ For me it was a very emotion­ Worker, is published twice monthly by zations, who are willing to help the UNITED FARM·WORKERS DRr,ANIZINr, al experience. To find that so many COMMITTEE, AFL-CID. Subsc~iptions in in any way they can. people are considerate and unself­ the United States and its possessions Saturday, December 14, was a big are S3.50 ,Per year, and foreiqn, in­ ish at a time of giving. cludinq Canada and Mexico, US $5.00. day for me. On that day the toy The people in my 'area have been Subscriptions for members of UFWOC, AFL-Cl-D are included in monthly dues. caravan was supposed to start to very generous with their help. They Editorial and busir.ess offices lo­ Delano. All the generosity and good cated at the northwest corner of r.ar­ have mflde the work in San Pedro ces Hiqhway and Mettler Avenue, Dela­ heartedness of the general public easier for me and yet very ef­ no, Cal ifornia. Address all correspondence to: EL was shown in the way that theyhelp­ fective. MALCRIADO, Post Office Box 130, Dela­ ed in locating and gathering the toys .no, California 93215. My sincere appreciation goes out and other items for our Christmas Second class postage paid at to you who have helped. Delano, California 93215. toy drive. Viva la Causa. For advertising rates, con­ At 340 Borad Street in Wilming- Nosotros Venceremos. tact Federico Chavez at (805) 725~1337 or the mailing ad­ ress listed above.

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fr~~n~:~~e1 On January 7, UFWOC General Counsel Jerome Cohen ING? sent a letter to Stephen Wall, a Bakersfield at­ Judge George A. Brown he was acting torney who represents a number of grape growers. under instructions from the State liThe most pressing problem which faces us as of Director' of Agriculture to keep now is the ever-increasing danger to farm workers' the cotent and dosage of the appli­ health and safety which arises from the use of cation of economic poisons on table dangerous pesticides in the vineyards," Cohen and wine grapes a secret, though wrote. ~ZZ, Assistant State Director Allen A. He sent aZong a proposaZ to in which Lemmon testified the directives an agreement between growers and pesticide were only staff inStructions and did app Ucators on the one hand, and the Union not have the force of law. on the other, was suggested. purp~se: Lemmons said he knew. of "at . .The to avoid litigation on the pesti­ least some" cases where farm work­ Cide question and provide for a cooperative effort ers had been injured by the use in protecting farm' workers and consumers from the dangers of deadly economic poisons, some of which of pesticides and cited ~ incident ll in Delano in which 16 out of 24 are based on Ilnerve gases developed oy the Third grape workers had beenhospitalized German Reich for the extermination of humans. for Parathion poisoning. The wOJ.Ok­ The answer of Mr. Wall, Esquire, to Mr. Cohenls ers had entered the field 33 days proposal, began as follows: afier the poisoning was applied. "This is in answer to your'January? Z969 Fields are usually declared safe Zetter to me encZosing a copy of what you pro­ F~ after two or three weeks, he said. pose for agreement between the United Org~izing In the most heated discussion of wothrkers Committee, my cZients, and o ers. It ~s obvious either that we com­ the hearings, Averbuck attempted pZeteZy faiZed to communicate or eZse you are to introduce a summary of reports trying to be funny.-. . . filed by doctors with the Bureau III understood you to say also that your only of OCcupational Health of the State o~her Public Health Department. interest in seeing these specific reports on f~ Ie now was for your use in formulating some per­ Though authenticated by Dr. Milby chief of the Bureau, the report was tinent language for future use in negotiating lab­ or contracts, hopefully. You definitely stated for some reason unacceptable to that you were not interested in seeing the subject County attorney Jordan, who object­ ed to its introduction. Cohen said reports or using any part of the contained data in connection with your' boycott effort or as the bas­ the report listed "many, many" cases is of filing any lawsuit or lawsuits ... of farm workers who had been "Your: actuaZ purpose is cZearZy evident and poisoned as the result of working there ~snot even a coincidentaZ resembZance with pesticides in the fields. to the ones you expressed. But the end justi­ Morely told the Court "no farm fies the means in your Zeague--right?" workers have been injured by the liVery tru~y yours, Stephen E. Wali ll application of economic poisons in To th is, Cohen rep"l ied on Janua ry 9 Kern County to my knowledge." IlLet me assure you that the United Farm' Workers Lemmon, the State Assistant Di­ Organizing Committee is attempting to act reason­ rector, and a pesticides specialist, ably and develop adequate safeguards concerning mentioned several Kern County the use of economic poisons in the vineyards. We cases later in the hearings. are available to meet to discuss this subject at Thomas C. Griffin, owner of a y~ur convenience. We hope that such a meeting spraying and dusting co,?pany, tes­ Will take place soon, for the delay in working out tified he had abandoned the use of safeguards on ly hurts the workers and consumers .11 the pesticide TEPP (tetra-ethyl py­ There was no further word from WaH or the rophosphate) after he himself had growers, and on January 14, Cesar Chavez sent become s~riouly ill as a result the Zetter which was described at Zength on of working with the chemical, but page J of the January 15 issue of EL ~1ALCRIA­ he refused to saywhetherothercom­ panies in the area were still using DO. the substance. "There is one critical issue of such overriding He said releasingdetails ofpoison CONTI NUED ON PAGE application to !:he public would re­ 11 Continued on page 11 4/EL MALCRIADO, February i, 1969 WHATARE THEY HID

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DELANO, December 30--·Trade eases in their fields must have prOhibiting Morely from divulging secrets" and ·private information" permits, and must file reports on the contents of the reports. continued to be .the key words today dosages, applications, and other de­ The present hearings are a three­ in the second day of Superior Court tails of their operation with the sided affair. Crop dusting compa­ hearings on whether or not officials County Agricultural Commissioner. nies, represented by attorney Ste­ of the 'United Farm Workers Or­ UFWOC attorney jerome Cohen phen Wall/are technically the plain­ ganizing Committee should be rer­ tried last August to inspect the re­ tiffs, while Morely, represented by mitted to inspect records on the cords oli. the poisons in connection County attorney Jordan, are the use of dangefous poisonous pesti­ with research on the danger to farm defendants. cides in Kern County. workers which may result form their Cohel\, represented by Averbuck, Kern CountyCounsel Ralph jordan, use. is the third party in the suit. To representing County Agricultural Cohen told EL MALCRIADO in­ courtroom observers, it is clear Commissioner Sheldon Morely, ob­ formation on the danger of the pes­ that plaintiffs and defendants are jected vigorously this afternoon to ticides to farm workers and con­ on the same side, while Cohen the introduction of evidence from sumers is ·woefully inadequate," and and Averbuck represent the oppo­ the State Department of Public the Union had a responsability to siton. Health in this afternoon's session, try to protect workers. Morely, testified this morning that as UFWOC attorney David Aver­ He said that while the records even though he was enjoined from buck sought to show the necessity in the commissioner's office are making the records pUblic, he had for making what he called ·public supposed to be public information taken the information ·in confidence," records" available for inspection by Morely refused permission to see and would keep it confidential re­ the public. them. gardless of judge Steele's tempo­ According to testimony, growers Two hours after Cohen had gone rary order, which still stands after and commercial pesticide applica­ to see the records, a temporary five months. torS who use poisonous chemicals re~training order was issued by Su­ The Commissioner told hearing to control insects' and plant dis- perior Court judge j. Kelly Steele Continued on page 5 EL MALCRIADO, February 1, 1969/7 WISCONSIN BAN ON DDT: GROWERS REJECT SANITATION Scientists Warn of Permanent LAWS WASHINGTON, D.C.--The Food a~d Drug Administration of the Fed­ Pesticide E,ffect's eral governmentproposednew regu­ lations covering "sanitation and pro­ DELANO, January 27 --Dr. Ri­ consistent until 1945. From then on, duction practices, including the'con­ chard M. Welch, abiochemicalphar­ as the use of DDT spread, the egg dition of plantbuildings and grounds, macologist at Burrough - Welcome thickness averaged about 20 percent equipment, sanitary facilities for Research Laboratories reported that thinner. employees, and controls in pro­ the pesticide DDT may be causing cessing, packaging, and storing food changes to human sex organs and products. normones. When the growers and packers Welch told all, audience in Madi­ of fruit and vegetables found they son, Wisconsin, that after experi- Illinois Christians would have to keep food clean, they . menting with rats to determine the launched into action. effects DDT had on them, he found Condemn On December 20, the proposal that the sexual mechanisms of male was revised. and female rats were altered. He [Grape Growers According to the Produce News, added that DDT injections caused a produce industry trade paper a type of false pregnancy on the CARBONDALE, ILL--The Illinois known as the "Pink Sheet," "the females. "If one can extrapolate Council of Churches voted to sup­ Food and Drug Administration has data from animals to man, then one port the United Farm Workers Or­ EXEMPTED establishments in­ can say this change in animals ganizing Committee boycott ofCali­ volved...in· the harvesting, storage, probably does occur in man," Welch fornia table grapes at a meeting on or distribution of raw agricultural said. January 17. commodities from (the) regulations. Welch added that DDT also inter­ Of the 125 delegates present at "Original proposals...would have feres with the normal use of drugs the meeting, more than two thirds included packers and packagers of causing the body to break down the voted in favor of the boycott reso­ fresh fruits and vegetables, but the drugs faster than it normallywould. lution. United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Meanwhile, the Izaak Walton Eliseo Medina is the UFWOC boy­ Association successfully sought ex­ League and Citizens for Natural cott representative for Illinois and emption for the induStry," the Pro­ Resources Association filed a pe­ spoke to the group before the vote duce News gloated. tition with the State Natural Re­ was taken. In other words,. cleanliness is quitE sources Department calling for a in order for fo~d handlers...except ban on DDT. for the fruit and vegetable industry. In Davis, California, James O. 'oalfD1JTlfW '13 o~ ~aqJ~osqns V Caveat emptor--Let the buyer Keith, a biologist for the federal awooaq Rvpo~ ~noR beware. Bureau of Sport Fisheries andWild­ puv Oq'£$ uJ ;~au8lf life, reported that the careless use puas uv aq +/uoa of pesticides such as DDT is a threat to the very existence of wild NOW ALSO life. The ability of peregrine fal­ IN cons, for instance, to reproduce suc­ lA MlXICANA cessfully, has been ,affected by thin­ LAMONT shelled eggs resulting from the adult 111 21 Ma inS1. Bakeries falcon's exposure to DDT. FOUR LOCATIONS TO SERVE YOU IN KERN COUNTY In his study, Dr. Keith found that birds in contact with DDT produce I~ASCO DElANO eggs with thinner eggshells. These DAKERSFI Eln 630 Baker St. 1000 "F" St. 407-11th Ave. thin - shelled eggs usually' break 323-4294 758-5774 725-9178 • during nesting, making the extinction of several species of birds all, im­ Egg Bread and Pastries We have a Zarge Seiea- t~on mediate threat unless DDT is re­ AZZ Kinds of Donuts of Spanish Maga- Cakes for aZZ Oaaasions B~nes, Books, and Rea- tired from use. Frenah Bread ords. Research from Keith and other biologists has shown that shell thick­ :~!UAIIO_...AUA, ....: 1= ness for the.se species of birds was 6/EL MALCRIADO, February 1, 1969

FARM WORKERS EVICTED FOR REVEALING WASCO SLUM CONDITIONS

WASCO, January 23--Two farm worker families were evicted from the, Wasco Labor Camp on Monday, January 20, allegedly because they permitted cameramen from KERO­ TV, Bakersfield, to film the inside of their cabins. Wasco is about 10 miles south­ east of Delano. On December 24, the Bakersfield Californian had published an article which sharply criticized conditions in the camp. Camp Manager, C. B. Roberts, who appears in the film "Huelga", challenged the Californian's story and called reporter Bill Bloecher a liar and the perpetrator of a hoax. After the publicaton of .the story, the Kern County Health Department investigated the camp, and Vernon S. Reichard, director of Environ­ mental Health, gave a report. Victor Antu and Jose Vigil and their fami I ies were The Wasco camp charges $45 a the victims of a heartless act which left them month rent for two-room cabins. homeless in the middle of the winter. If there is a refrigerator, the ca­ bins cost $51 a month. the ends of the buildings, where rented a $48 shack in Wasco, where The Health DepartJ'!lent report in­ children play and tenants draw drink· they are now living. cluded the following items: ing water, the Californian said. Both families told EL MAL­ "Toilet facilities found to be in The manager, Roberts, re­ CRIADO that they are sure that the most insanitary condition, plied that this was "better than liv­ they were evicted because they revealing neglect or lack of main­ ing on a canal bank. We didn't allowed the reporters to film the tenance. Noted dark stains, fecal ask these people to come here." cabins in the camp. matter, broken toilet seats, strong On Thursday, January 16, camp Both Vigil and Antu said that fecal odors and clogged wash ba­ resident Victor Antu, who had talked they had previous~y arranged with sins." with the KERO reporters, received camp authorities to pay the three "Waste water (in the laundryarea) the follOWing letter from Roberts: weeks' rent they owed as soon as draining over the floor; water, dirt ['] "We must have payment of your they began work in the potato pack­ and debris cover the floor area R account by Monday, January 20th, ing shed. 1969, or ask you to vacate the ca­ where people stand and wash their I At a meeting of many camp resi­ clothes... bin. Your account amounts to $42•• ~ dents on Wednesday night, Janu­ "No running water is provided to Ten dollars of the total was for ary 22, many families voiced com­ any of the units. Tenants are fur­ a "deposit." plaints about conditions and ap­ nished with gas hot plates and these Monday came, Antu toldELMAL­ pointed spokesmen to call for fur­ in most situations noted, provide criado, he could not come up ther investigation. heat also." with the money, and he had to move "The Wasco Camp was built 25 "Garbage cans found to be in the out. years ago to meet a World War most insanitary condition and many Mrs. Antu's sister and brother­ II emergency need for male farm cans were dilapidated and no longer in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Jose Vigil, worker shelter," the Californianno­ serviceable... also were living in the Camp. When ted. The garbage cans are located at they, too, were evicted, both families 8/El MAlCRIADO, February 1, 1969 El MAlCRIADO, February 1, 1969/9 ~~t E4eatatitUe DELANO, January 25 -- While growers were dumping boxes of un so Id tab leg rapes for d i sposa I (see far right), more than 800 farm workers and supporters met in Delano to pain a massive escalation of the grape boycott. Thirty more families will leave next week to work full time on the boycott in Mid­ western, Eastern, and Southern Cities. El MAlCRI­ ADO will carry an extensive report on the new boy­ cott centers in the next issue of the paper.

A family from Coachella (Ze ft) and workers from GUNS AND GRAPES Farmersville (above) lis­ ten to plans to escalate WASHINGTON, D.C.--Purchases able and less expensive due to the the boycott. of grapes for shipment to Vietnam effects of the boycott•••ln the in­ continue to rise, according to state­ terests of objective and systematic ments issued recently by the De­ management, menu planners ••• partment of Defense. should not be required to consider During the fiscal year from July whether a labor dispute exists when 1, 1966 to June 30, 1967, the govern­ making these decisions." ment bought 468,000 pounds of' An accompanying letter said, grapes for shipment to the war­ "although we appreciate your con­ STUDENTS PROTEST AGAINST torn country. cern in this matter, we have been The follOWing year (fiscal year unable to find any evidence which 196$). pl,jFchases of scab grapes would support a change of the De­ HUNCLE SAM, THE STRIKE BREAKER" ()Wle~,9~p,ooo pounds. partment of Defense policy as stated }'~~',;tJ;e first quarter of the in the fact sheet." NEW YORK, January 2S--More and the Department of Justice has of America's farm workers. c'urrentqscal year, purchases for So that's how it is! than 500 young supporters of the twisted the Immigr'ation laws and Mrs. Huerta said that high sc ~'~9iemam';totalle(t>74o,850 pounds. Defense Department purchases of California grape strike staged a has refused to enforce existing re­ and college students had organized ')'> !n Oth~J;" "';ords/'riiore gra'pes have grapes for the armed services, in­ demonstration today in front of the gulations, thus allowing a flood of the demonstration, and sing,led out thipped to" m d\lring the cluding the grapes purchased for Department of Defense offices in illegal strike-breakers to enter this Mitchel Cohen of Stoneyb"+ tb~ee m .69 Vietnam are also steadily rising. Manhattan, in protest against Fe­ country from Mexico. lege; Dorothy Silvers, a high In fiscal year 1966, the govern­ deral Government policies against There has been no real attempt student from Long Island; and J ment bought 7.5 million pounds of farm workers. to enforce health and safety regu­ Gorden, a high school student from grapes for $1.04 million. The fol­ The theme of the demonstration lations, child labor laws, or other Queens, for their work in orga­ lowing year purchases were 8.3 was to expose ·Uncle Sam, the regulations dealing with working nizing students in support of the million pounds, for $1.25 million. Strikebreaker," according to Dolo­ conditions in the fields." boycott. '. In fiscal 1968, purchases dropped res Huerta, Vice President of the "We chose to demonstrate before Cohen expressed the views of to 6.9 million pounds, but the price United Farm Workers and leader the Defense Department offices be­ many of the students when he stated paid was $1.32 million. of the grape boycott in New York. cause their purchases of grapes ,at the rally, "We must begin to Committee, But that's not important either, Mrs. Huerta said the Federal are the most direct tactic used vigorously express our indignation In a "fact sh~et;;whiCh the Direc~ says the fact sheet. "The total Government has played a major by the government to break our boy­ at the government and the corpo­ tor for Food Service of the Defense Defense Supply Agency purchases of strike breaking role in the farm cott and strike, but we are also rate-military structure that is now Department recently sent to onE: table grapes represent less than one workers' atruggle in three crucial protesting the government's other intentionally keeping people in po­ such protestor, the following state­ percent of U. S. table grape pro­ areas. policies which deny farm workers verty in order to enhance their own ment appears: duction. "The Department of Defense has their rights. And we are also pro­ private interests." "The Department of Defense does "There is no records of any grape tremendously increased its purcha­ testing the cruel indifference of not purchase grapes merelybecause shipments to Vietnam prior to fis­ ses of grapes over the last two years most Federal Agencies to the plight they have been made more avail- cal year 1967," the report notes. EL MALCRIADO t February 1 t 1969/11

Continued from page 5 should be issued, or if a writ lease ·trade secrets" and do da­ of mandate should be served on the mage to his business because his Agricultural Commissioner, forcing competitors would be able to find him to reveal the records. out his secret formulas. Farm workers nearly filled the He said that his company conti­ court room both days, while a clus­ nued to perform a process called ter of crop dusters and growers ·washing grapes," which had to be joined them to listen to testimony. kept secret because produce buyers The crop dusters appeared ge­ would not buy grapes which had under­ nuinely worried about the possi­ gone the process. bility of the records becoming pu­ In an off-the cuff statement du­ blic, while farm workers who could The sig n that tells , ring a recess, Jordan said public speak English whispered transla­ health and trade secrets were both tions of the proceedings to their you people are important. Spanish and llocano speaking broth- You have to weigh them against ,ers. working together each other," the rotund, white-haired The farm workers clustered in Jordan said. groups in the hallways during each As the hearing closed for the se­ recess, and peppered each other to fill their needs cond day, there was no sign of what with the unanswerable question; the outcome would be. ·What are they trying to hide? If Judge Brown rules UFWOC Why don't they want us to know has a right to see the records, about the chemicals we work with it will make no change in the si­ day after day?" tuation, as Morelyhas alreadywarn­ EL MALCRIADO can provide no You do not have ed. answer. There are too many secrets. Should .he rule that the records Only the chemical companies and must be kept secret until a final pesticide applicators really know to be a member decis'ion is reached, he will can­ what they are sprayingon the grapes, cel the present temporaryrestrain­ and their' research is centered a­ to shop-come in ing order and replace it with a round damage to Willammete mites preliminary injunction, which is just and leafhoppers. and see how about the same thing. NObody seems to know --and if In that case, a new hearing will they know, they won't say --what . be held--this time to determine the chemicals can do to humans. economic whether a final injunction, keeping So EL MALCRIADOasks the same the records a sec'ret permanently, question: ·What are they hiding?" democracy works CONTINUED FROM PAGE 5

importance that it demands immediate attention t ev­ en if other labor relations problems have to wait. I mean the harmful effects of spraying grapes with

pesticides t or economic poisons t as they are GREETINGS TO l' called t Chavez wrote. "We will not tolerate the systematic pois­ THE UNITED FARM oning of our people. Even if we cannot get

together on other problems 3 we will be damned WORKERS FROM -and we should be-if we will permit human beings to sustain permanent damage to their health from economic poisons. " There was no reply. The Consumer HERNAND'EZ UNDERGOES OPERATION Cooper ative CLEVELAND--Brother Julio Her­ far-off Vice President. nandez, in charge of the boycott Brother Julio was the first farm in the Cleveland area, recently un­ worker to join Brother Chavez in his of Berkeley derwent surgery. EL MALCRIADO early organizing drive. wishes a speedy recovery to our EL MALCRIADO, February 1; 1969/10 ARIZONA BUSINESSMEN'S PLAN: They'll Sling It LOWER' WAGES FOR' FUN 1&1 PROFIT Elsewhere FROM THE AFL-CIO NEWS SACRAMENTO, January 28-­ TUCSON, ARIZONA--Mexico's plant with 1,400 workers, all Mex­ Planning well in advance the Cal­ "inexhaustible inexpensive labor ican nationals. Under the twin plant ifornia Fertilizer Association de­ market" is being touted as a 30­ formula, Transitron may use its cided to pull its 1971 convention cents-an hour gold mine for U. S. small U. S. work force to manu­ out of Sall Francisco because the businessmen Willing to invest in facture products and its large Mex­ Board of Supervisors has endorsed plants on both sides of the' bor­ ican force to assemble them. the boycott of California table der. Wage rates in the U. S. are grapes. "You don't have to go to Hong $1,60 an hour and up. In Nuevo La­ ·We will have no dealings with Kong, Taiwan, South Korea or Ja­ redo the rate is reported $2,16 sari Francisco hotels or with other pan for low .:;ost easily trainable l;l day. San Francisco businesses until the foreign labor," says the official The U. S. plant has started work official pOSition of the City govern­ publication of DATE-Development . on a $1,7 million contract to make ment there will have been changed Authority for Tucson's Expansion, telephone cables for the Defense to one of reason," Association Man­ which describes itself as a "non­ Dept. The contract is for a one­ ager Sidney Bierly wrote the Fair­ prOfit corporation representing a year period, but the Army Elec­ mont Hotel. bJ;"oad croSS section of the Tucson tronic Command awarded Transi­ Meanwhile, theywere really sweat­ community." tronic an additional contract on its ing it in San Francisco. "It is available right here•••along bid of $1,1 million, and the Eco­ The 1968 convention in Los Angeles the Mexico-Arizona border for as nomic Development Administration pulled in a crowd of 430 people. low as 30 cents an hour in virt­ procured a grant of $28,000 in U. ually inexhaustible numbers," DATE S. funds to "train 15 or 20 per­ proclaims in glOWing Chamber of sons in the electronics field" at A New Rojasl Commerce prose. the Transitron plant in Laredo. A "Mexican labor is competitive with subsidiary, Phalo Corp., got the In Pittsburgh foreign labor--easily recruited and contracts and the grant. quickly trained and equally as pro­ The hands-across the bordercon­ PITTSBURGH, January 3~-A1bert ductive." cept got a jolt, however, when the and Elena Rojas are the proud Tucson businessmen headed by Mexican workers cast off the "proud parents of a baby girl, Shalom J. Karl Meyer, DATE's executive cheerful attitude toward work" ex­ Christine Rojas, who was born on director, point to the "advantages' tolled by the tubthumping U. S. January 3 in Pittsburgh. Shalom of "cooperative U.S.-Mexican border businessmen and stopped work for was six pounds and seven ounces operations such as low absenteeism three weeks at the New Laredo plant. at birth. Al and Elena have led and a proud, cheerful attitude to­ The walkout was not an official the boycott of California grapes ward work.•. under the Twin Plant strike, sanctioned by the ruling po­ .in Pittsburgh and Western Penn­ concept." wers, but it forced Transitron to sylvania since July of 1968. Pre­ That concept is described in ship some of the quartz crystals viously Al was a farm worker, and these workds: used in its production processes Union organizer in the Delano and ".Components are. manufactured to another company subsidiary in Bakersfield areas. in Tucson, assembled in Nogales, Kansas City, Mo. The workers fi­ Mexico, and returned to Tucson nally went back when the governor _...------for final inspection, packaging and of Tamaulipas state stepped in and Caravan Setl shipping•••.Duty is imposed only on the State Labor Board agreed to the added value of the assembly." hear the dispute--over wages pro­ For Feb. 22 Tucson is only one of the South­ mised butnot paid for lunch "breaks." SAN FRANCISCo--The next food west's border towns promoting the La1'>t year an AFL-CIO Executive caravan to Delano from the San "cheap foreign labor" concept. A­ Council subcommittee urged joint Francisco Bay Area will be on mo~g the first to tap the new lode action by American and Mexican Saturday, February 22. was Laredo, Tex., which induced labor movements and governments The caravan will leave from 568 the Transitron Electronics Corp. to change the immigration and tariff 47th Street, Oakland at 7 AM, and of Wakefield, Mass., to move its laws. It cited unfair competition by from the San Francisco Labor Tem­ non-union operations into a new low-wage border-iumoing olants and ple, 2940 16th Street, at 8 AM. plant with a small work force. "green card" tourists who cross the For inforI,nation, call 655-3256 Across the border at Nuevo La­ border freely to take jobs in a­ after 7 PM. redo, Mexico, within walking dis­ griculture, often at the expense tance of Laredo, is a Transitron .of union farm workers. EL MALCRIADO. February 1, 1969/13

Praise for Elsa Students A Critic of Editor: racial pride and self-respect go All of us can learn a lesson in beyond yelling -Viva Mexico- and Church & State sincere racial pride and self-respect -Be proud of being a Mexican- twice from the students of Elsa-Edcouch a year, on May 5 and september High SChool, who have the courage to 16, and at the same time surrend­ UFWOC: demand that the inhuman and de­ ering our divine dignity and seIf­ $5.00 enclosed. grading treatment we have beensub­ respect by submitting to daily de­ This ends our pledges. jected to for 123 years be stopped. gradation in every way of life. The reason is because the UFW OC We have been treated worse than John Nidnal has no active organization against other racial groups. In many in­ Dallas, Texas the draft and militarising, which is stances there were cafes and rest so related to the power the wealthy rooms marked colored and white, elite has over poor people, besides and Chicanos were not permitted draining off the yound men away to 'use either one. At 82, for the· from the struggle here at home. We should also be thakful for men Also, we are really turned off like Mr. Joe Bernal and attorney "People" by the. association of the Farm Robert Sanchez, who did not run Workers with the Catholic Church and hide as most of our leaders Editor: (or any church, for that matte~) and professional men have done Note that my subscription has run which makes a. big public show while in the past when confronted with out with the January 15th issue. continuing to oppress poor people an issue like this. I am enclOSing four one dollar all over the world. Every person of Mexican extrac­ bills for renewal of -EL MALCRI­ Sanoy: but that's the way we feel. tion should be 100 percent for these ADO.- Ruth Glasgow brave students. 1 have been an interested reader San Francisco, California They have proven that sincere of all issues. I am pleased that the little maga­ Mrs. Glasgow: Cesar Chavez re- . zine has survived, and 1 can see cently said, "I consier the econom- We Have Hope,... it is gaining in more ways than one. ic exploitation of man the most ef­ I have been wishing to come over fective kind of violence yet devised." to Delano and visit your head quar­ We have tried, in the pages of ters, and get acquainted with you in EL tvIALCRIADO, to make our po­ person--and 1 expect to carry out sition clear on the question of vio­ this wish before too many months. lence. I am wondering if most of the If UFWOC tend3 to be a "one- original workers are still with you? issue- organization, it is because I entertained some of them (Mr. we are locked 10 a non-violent Adair, for one) here at my little struggle for our existence as a home in the early days. union. When we have gained some For many, many years 1 have measure of victory, we will be free been in sympathy with the -people", to expand our activities into other but I am not quite as able to take areas, as the members' interest part as in days gone by. 1 am directs. 82 years of age now, but I am On the question of Church af­ . JUSt as interested as ever. filiations, we can only say that the You have a truely noble leader vast majority of our members are in Cesar Chavez. My wish for him Roman Catholics, though there are is to take care of his health. many members of other faiths who My very best wishes for your play an active part in the leader­ continued success. ship of the Union. Sincerely, We are sorry you feel you can B. Johnson no longer assist us, and thank you Woodlake, California for your Support up to now. January 25, 1969 The Edito¥"': 12/EL MALCRIADO, February 1, 1969 ~~~;~~~;~;~;~~~tmmmmmmm~mmmm~~~;~~~~~;;;~;~;mm~~~~~~~i;;;;;~~;;;;;~~~~~iliM;~~~mm~~i~~~;~~~~~~;;~;~~~~~~~~~~~~m;~~~ill~;~~~~~m~~~~~;mm~;~~m~~ill~lii~;~~~~~~;;~;~~~~~rili;~;~;;;~;mm~mmmmm~~

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This County Will Bel Informed... I Shall Do As Much As I Can... Editor: endorse the boycott and of course Enclosed you will find a photo these "representatives of the peo­ of some of the fellows in the Mar­ pIe,· although each expressed his Editor and Brothers: tinez-Pittsburg-Concord area who personal sympathy for the plight 1 have met and have had your are dedicated to seeing this grape of the farm worker, felt they could representative Jorge Zaragoza and boycott through to its victorious not endorse the boycott because his family at my home of the Christ­ end. We got off to a slow start "it was strictly a labor-manage­ mas holidays. here in Contra Costa County this ment issue.· 1 am very impressed by this year but we pledge to you that The importance of these hearings man's courage to come three-quart­ this county is going to be well was that these electedofficials were ers of the way across the United informed of the boycott of Cali­ finally backed into a corner out of States to Cincinnati. fornia table grapes in the year which they could not weasel. He and his family are mostpleas­ 1969. They were forced to vote on a ant. I have been enlightened on Labor is magnificently behind the moral issue involving the 1abo r your Cause very much by him. boycott not only morally and finan­ movement and labor's perennial en­ I shall do as much as I can to cially, but what is more import­ emy, the right Wing in the form of help him in his struggle in the boy­ ant--- with bodies on the picket lineI the John Birchers. cott in the Cincinnati area. I am 1 only wish that you could have We did not get the endorsement. also a member of a Union and wimessed the wonderful turn-out But we did get an issue that recognize the importance of your of labor, church groups and Mex­ should certainly become a central Winning your rights. I am proud ican-Americans at the recent hear­ point when some of these "elected to call Jorge Zaragoza my broth­ ing before the Contra Costa Coun­ officials· come to labor and Mex­ erl ty Board of Supervisors. ican American" groups next elec­ God bless you and your Cause. For once 1 saw the John Birch tion. Sincerely, Society and growers with their Unc­ Ray Martinez Edmund Kuderer le Tamales, out numbered. Labor Concord, California CinCinnati, Ohio had requested the Supervisors to December 31, 1968 December 31, 1968

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UFWOC: It was so very kind and thought­ ful of you folks to send me those beautiful flowers while I was in the hospital~ I want you to know' that having good friends thinking of you helps a great deal. Thank you. Sincerely, Hilda Kircher Washington, D.C. Brothers Cano, Nace, Perez, Martinez, and Villava January 22; 1969 picket grapes in Contra Costa County. ~mmmmmmmmm~mmm~mmm~~mm~m~m~m~m~m~mrnm~;m~~~~~mm~mm;~;~;~;~;~;mmmmmm;~mmmm~m~;m~m;m~;;;~~;;;;;;;m~;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;~;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;~;;~;;~m;m;*;~;;~;;;~~~~~~;;;;~;~~~~~;~;~;~;1 .;;...------"...EL MALCRIADO, February 1, 1969/15 WEST SIDE GETS BURNED Viva la Causa - y DELANO, January 27--If you live cross the tracks to get to the west EI Progreso on the west side of Delano, your . 'side, and when a train is parked chances of having a loss from fire across the crossings, as frequently tUVet are almost three times as great happens, during evening hours, fire­ :e e4ll fJI as they are on the east side, ac­ men have to go all the way across cording to a report issued today town to get across. 4 by Delano Fire Chief Carl J. Green said that the delays are 'Neue4Ie- Green. "at times serious. ~ Green, who is asking the City The Highway 99 freeway IS also a /I~~' ~ Council to build a fire station on problem in reporting to fires on the west side of the tracks, said the west side, Green's report no­ that the value of property on each ted. "Because of the limited cross ~ide of toWn is about the same, overs at the freeway, our response /ltttJJUee9 but that fire losses were almost time to certain areas is increased three times as great on the west by 30 seconds to two minutes. Under Fresno California side. certain conditions, this delay could According to records for the result in serious loss of life and ' period 1965-1967, fire losses on the property." ,west side yJere $150,909. On the Describing the west side, which is east side, where the total valuation largely inhabited by farm workers, is slightly higher, losses were only Green said that there are "many $54,227. poorly constructed structures•••old Green said that part of the pro­ wood frame dwellings, sheds apd blem is that fire engines have to commercial occupancies.~

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DELANO, january 12--The United said, and are thus not exempt lUlder warned. Farm Workers Organizing Com­ the clause of the law which exempts "We will take it to the Supreme mittee is contemplating filing an those who ·occassionally" transport Court if necessary. This is an appeal with the California State workers. open-and-shut case. Those foremen Supreme Court to overturn a decision Since the PUC refused to recti­ are covered by the law and are made by the Public Utilities Com­ fy this decision on rehearing, it failing to abide by its regulations," mission (PUC) which exempts Giu­ will be up to the courts of this the attorney concluded. marra Vineyards Corporations and state to chastise them," Averbuck its foremen and truck drivers from safety standards and other regu­ SI KAPATID NA lations in transporting its workers MARTIN GALAPORT to the fields. GALAPORT AY According to UFWOC Attorney HOSPITALiZED' David Averbuck, the PUC had re­ NASA PAGAMUTAN fused to reopen the case, and the DELANO, January 27--Brother Union would have to go to court DELANO, Enero 27--Ang kapa­ Martin Galaport, who was hospital­ to overturn what he described as tid na Martin Galaport na ipinasok ized on Friday, ha3 been transferred "an erroneous and politically in­ sa Delano Hospital ay inilipat sa to the Manor Convalescent Hospital spired decision." Manor Convalescent Hospital ng Vi­ in Visalia. UFWOC had charged that foremen salia. Si kapatid na Galaport ay na­ Brother Galaport, who is 82, was for the Giumarra Vineyards Corp. sa ika-82 na gulang. Ang kanyang not in serious danger, according to, fail to' obtain permits and meet kalagayan ay hindi naman malubha ,Dr. Josef Heilman of Delano, but safety standards and other regu­ ngunit nangangailangan ng pahinga needed rest and care because of lations in transporting their work­ at mabuting pangangalaga ng kata­ his age. ers. wan sanhi sa kanyang kagulangan. The first hearing on the charges, Ito ay batay ~a uIat ni Dr. Josef before PUC examiner Mooney in Heilman ng Delano. Bakersfield on September 17 and 18, was referred to the State Com­ mission in San Francisco. The State Commission, after sitting on the case for two and a half months The only completely Mexican (or lUltil the harvest seas,on was Mortuary in northern California over) announced in mid-December SANCHEZ=HALL MORTUARY that it was dismissing the case. F"RESNO "The decision was a rotten poli­ 1022 "B" STREET TEL.EPHDNE 237·3532 tical decision," Averbuck said. "The grounds for dismissing the case Services available everywhere •. ,No mat~ were that these foremen were not tet where you live, our price Is the same covered by the law, because they .. .death,notlces In newspapers and on the radio are Included . •. we can make . did not receive compensation for arrangements for every"economic situation transporting the workers. Yet the Telephone 237-3532 Commissioners' decision stated di­ rectly (on page 6) that 'all the foremen are compensated' and then on page 12 stated, 'the transpor­ tation is not for compensation." HenryR. Tafoya. Jr. Averbuck explained that the fore­ men are paid by Giumarra to trans­ Office, 222-3727 port the workers' to the fields, and are thus definitely ·compensated" for the transportation and covered under the law. Furthermore, they Res., 222-7544 operate on a year-round basis, he FRESNO m[][]O~ Discount Dept. Store 918 Main st. DELANO across from, the Post IOffice Shop for Your Favorite Valentine AT BEES Children's Clothing, All Sizes " .. '~, Dresses, Pants, Shirts, ~"" Underwear, Socks, ~ tf;~..., {f- ~(./'4 ' ~t'~4.,~ , ; .\ ; -:i(.'" f~:, " ;\ I '>,

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