The Voice of the Farm Woroker lEI Malcriado] ,;0, ;:glis-=-:h~ . ~w DELANO, CALIF. JUNE 1967

TEXAS RANGERS P. 9-10-11 Page 2 -- EL MALCRIADO EDITORIAL

Luming Imutan

"I CAME TO AMERICA IN 1964 WITH MY HUSBAND AND OUR THREE CHILDREN. MY PARENTS AND MY BROTHER WERE WORKING IN THE FIELDS AT THE TIME, AND I WAS WORRIED ABOUT THEM. " ••• A PUSH BUTTON COUNTRY" "I THOUGHT THAT AMERICA WAS A RICH COUNTRY, AND FROM THE MOV IES I THOUGHT IT WAS A PUSH BUTTON COUNTRY. IN THE NEWSREELS THAT THEY SHOW . IN THE PHILLIPlNES, EVERYONE IN AMERICA PUSHES BUTTONS. THEY PUSH BUTTONS TO CLEAN THE HOUSE AND IN ALL OF THE FACTORIES, SO I THOUGHT ALL OF THE AMERICANS PUSH BUTTONS. WE HAVE POVERTY IN THE PHILLIPINES BUT I THOUGHT THERE WAS NO POVERTY IN AMERICA. ALL OF OUR FRIENDS THAT WOULD COME AND VISIT US FROM AMERICA DRESSED WELL AND SPENT LOTS OF MONEY. THEY NEVER ADMITTED THE HARDSHIPS THEY HAD IN AMERICA AND THEY ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT WHAT A RICH COUNTRY AMERICA WAS. "I WAS SHOCKED WHEN I CAME HERE AND SAW MY PARENTS WORKING IN THE FIELDS AND LIVING IN A LABOR CAMP. THEY MOVED IN WITH MY HUSBAND AND OUR THREE CHILDREN, AND MY BROTHER MOVED IN TOO. I STARTED WORKING IN THE FIELDS TIPPING AND TYING VINES. LATER, I WENT BACK TO THE PHILLIPINES AND RETURN­ ED ON SEPTEMBER 10, 1965, TWO DAYS AFTER AWOC STARTED THE STRIKE. " ••• IT WAS DECIDED THERE COULD BE NO VIOLENCE" "IT WAS THE YOUNG FILIPINO BOYS THAT STARTED THE STRIKE IN AWOC. THESE YOUNG BOYS HAVE A LOT OF VIOLENCE INSIDE THEM AND WHEN THEY HAD A PICKET LINE AT A FIELD, ALL OF THE WORKERS LEFT. MOST OF THESE BOYS LEFT WHEN IT WAS DECIDED THAT THERE COULD BE NO VIOLENCE ON THE PICKET LINE. BUT THESE FILIPINO BOYS STARTED THE STRIKE. AND IF IT WASN'T FOR THEM, THOSE OLD MEN WOULD NEVER HAVE LE FT THE FIE LDS AND JOINED THE STRIKE. "MY FATHER WAS ON THE PICKET LINE AND MY MOTHER COOKED IN THE KITCHEN. THEY WERE ON THE FIRST PICKET LINE AT BIANCO. ANDY, MY HUSBAND, AND I DECIDED THAT WE WOULD WORK IN THE STRIKE FULL TIME, AND MY PARENTS COULD WATCH OUR CHILDREN AT HOME. I WORKED IN THE KITCHEN SCRUBBING FLOORS, THEN I WAS ON THE PICKET LINE AND WORKED ON THE NFWA BOYCOTT AND W~ENT ON THE MARCH TO SACRAMENTO. NOW I WORK FOR THE ACCOUNTING OFFICE. " ••• NOTHING TO SHOW FOR THEIR WORK" "I FELT PITY FOR THE CONDITIONS MY PEOPLE WERE LIVING IN, ESPECIALLY THE OLD MEN WHO HAD COME HERE FROM THE PHILLIPlNES WHEN THEY WERE VERY YOUNG. THEY WERE ALL SINGLE BECAUSE THERE WAS A LAW BEFORE WORLD W ARII STATING THAT NO FILIPINO MEN COULD BRING THEIR WIVES INTO THIS COUNTRY AND A LAW IN CALIF. THAT NO FILIPINO MEN COULD MARRY AN AMERICAN 'WOMAN. THESE MEN HAD BEEN WORKING IN AMERICA FOR 30 OR 40 YEARS, AND HAD NOTHING TO SHOW FOR SO MANY YEARS OF HARD WORK UNDER HORRIBLE CONDITIONS. "ONE OF THE HARDEST PARTS ABOUT BEING ON STRIKE AND BEING ON PICKET LINES IS TAKING THE INSULTS THAT PEOPLE GIVE YOU. WHEN I WAS IN LOS ANGELES FOR THE FACTORY GATE COLLECTIONS AND THE BOYCOTT LINES FOR S&W, PEOPLE WOULD ASK "WHY SHOULD YOU TELL US WHAT TO BUY? ''''WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BEG?" ''WHY DONT YOU GO TO WORK?" THERE WERE MANY PEOPLE WHO CALL~D US A "DISGRACE TO THE PUBLIC. " EL MALCRIADO -- Page 3

" ... FOR ALL FARM WORKERS" "THE SADDEST PART IS CONVINCING MY COUNTRYMEN, MY OWN PEOPLE THAT THEY SHOULD JOIN THE STRIKE AND SUPPORT IT FOR THEm OWN GOOD. I WOULD SHOUT AT THEM IN THE FIELDS, AND TELL THEM THA'T' IF THEY WORKED UNDER A UNION CON­ TRACT THEY COULD AFFORD TO VISIT THE Ph,l... LIPINES AND SEE THEm FAMILY; THEY COULDN7 T DO THIS UNLESS THEY HAD THEm PAf RAISED AND UNDER A CONTRACT THEY WOULD GET VACATIONS. THERE WERE A LOT OF OLD FILIPINO MEN SCABBING, AND THEY WOULDN?T WALK OUT ON STRIKE BECAUSE THEY WERE IN MANY OF THE STRIKES DURING THE '30"S AND FELT THAT MOST OF THE STRIKES WERE LED BY 'CROOKS WHO SOLD OUT TO THE GROWERS. I WOU'LD TRY TO CONVINCE THEM THA'T" THE STRIKE WAS FOR THEm OWN GOOD, NOT JUST FOR THE STRIKERS BUT FOR ALL FARMWORKERS. I WOULD SHOW THEM THAT THE GROWERS HAVE DONE NOTHING FOR THEM AFTER 30 OR 40 YEARS OF WORK, AND THAT THE UNION l;IAS MANY BENEFITS, INCLUDING FREE INSURANCE ANP A RESPECT FOR SENIORITY. BUT THEY WOULD SAY THAT WE WERE LAZY AND DIDN7 T WANT TO WORK, AND I VlXJLD GET MAD. NOW I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY THE PICKETS LOSE THEm TEMPERS AND I DON'T BLAME THEM. ... "WE DIDN'T GET ANY BILLS PAID" "IN AWOC, FOR THE FmST YEAR OF THE STRIKE, EACH PERSON ON STRIKE RE ­ CEIVED ABOUT $35 A MONTH. WE DIDN?T GET ANY BILLS PAID, OR THE $5 A WEEK THAT WE GET NOW. THERE WERE SEVERAL FILIPINO FAMILIES ON STRIKE SINCE THE BEGINNING,BUT NOW THERE ARE ONLY A FEW FAMILIES LEFT WHO HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE THE BEGINNING. IT WAS HARDER THEN BECAUSE THE STRIKERS DIDN'T GET THEm BILLS PAID AND THEY LOST THEm HOMES, CARS AND FURNITURE. IF THEY HAD $5 A V.EEK FROM THE BEGINNING AND THEm BILLS PAID, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN FORCED TO RETURN TO WORK. EVERYONE ATE AT FILIPINO HALL THEN BECAUSE WE HAD NO GROCERIES FOR THE FAMILIES, EXCEPT ONCE A MONTH WHEN WE SOMETIMES GOT A DONATIONo "I FEEL THAT THE MERGER BETWEEN AWOC AND THE NFWA WAS THE BEST CHANGE THAT WE'VE HAD SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE STRIKE. BOTH UNIONS HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER, AND WE ARE B0/TH WORKING TO SEE ALL FARM WORKERS REAL­ IZE THIS. WE HAVE CONTRACTS AS PROOF THAT WE ARE STRONG AND THE WORKERS HAVE MORE FAITH IN THE UNION BECAUSE WE KNOW THEY WON?T SELL US OUT TO THE GROWERS. " THE COVER THE STORY OF THE INCREDIBLE ,BRUTAL REPRESSION OF THE STRIKERS, GOING ON RIGHT NOW IN RIO GRANDE CITY, TEXAS, IS SHOWN IN THIS ISSUE OF EL MALCRIADO ON PAGES 9, 10, 11. DRAWING BY ANDY ZERMENO.

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Thr rm('nt" and \'ll'~11 «':'q'rrflllt'd hrr(', Spanish at McAllen, City zip code _ F:nllrr .(''''''If'nts CcopyrllCht 1M;; Texas. II\' ""rill Wr'trkl'r Jlrr,"", Int'. dustrial) where the admittance of the immigrant would tend to lower wages or conditions of employment. If this is correct, then why are commuters (immigrants under the law) allowed to har­ v~st the crops behind the Sirs: Dear Editor: Farm Workers' picket line? When :workers are being Today I am writing to EI Mal­ In the last r ~eting that we had displaced and a Federal Judge criado solely with the purpose of with Chave7.In Pacific Palisades, 'refuses to hear an injunction saluting all ihe farm workers and he told m'.; that I should write to relief or denial pleading on at the same time I want you to you asy.ing about those buttons the basis that it should go to publish these lines in EI Malcria­ that had the portrait of Emiliano State Court, what is it but a do. Zapata and if you have them, violation of a person's Fede­ We are workers in the Red­ maybe you could send me a few. ral Rights? banks Packing Company, the When a State District Judge foreman is Paulo Casarez of Vi­ ALFREDO ACOSTA F. grants an injunction prohibi­ salia. This man believes that the Blythe, California ting any and all picketing, whole world belongs to him. lIe what is it but a denial of free makes use of the farm worker EL MALCRIADO SAYS: We have speech? for his own profit bec~.~'.3e we have not seen the Zapata buttons since When pickets are denied no union to represent us. There­ some beautiful young girls were the right to pass back and fore he has the chance to do what­ selling them on Easter Sunday forth before the entrance of a ever he cau ·to make a profit for last year in Sacramento, after struck establishment in order himself trom our work. He treats the long march by the farm wor­ to inform the public of their U'd as if we were cattle rather kers. EI Malcriado is planning to strike, what is it but a viola­ than human beings-but this is no­ produce a large poster of Zapata tion of their Constitutional thing. Today, the thirtieth of May, -the same picture which ap­ Rights? we stopped work at 11 in the mor­ peared in issue #29 on the cover I would pain out to you that ning and instead of taking us home -which will sell for $1 and can the United Farm Workers the foreman began to play cards, be hung on any wall that is big Organizing Commitfee, AFL­ without concerning himself more enough. But we don't have them CIO, is the only union even with us. About an hour later he yet. We don't have the book Huel­ in Texas to be so restricted. sent out for some beer and con­ ga in Spanish either, which many When local law enforcement tinued playing cards-I watched people have asked about. We hope officials and the employers all this. I had to go to the road to be able to make these things are in collusion to the extent to ask for a ride, even though the soon, but our newspaper comes that the County Attorney re­ cost of our transportation to and first and our time is limited. Any­ presents one of the growers from the fields is deducted from one who would like to work with (Randall Nye represents La our paychecks. There were more us as a volunteer this summer Casita as per my information) than twenty of us workers but the would be very welcome since we and through this collusion em­ greater part consists of people have much work to do. ployees are intimidated, co­ from other places and many are erced, and discriminated afraid that they will be fired. For against, what is it but a viola- this reason they don't say any­ Dear Editor: tion of their Constitutional ". thing. Rights? We all left united. For the first time in my You state in the secona pa- , Many (ranchers) complain that life I have just written a let­ ragraph of your letter that there aren't any people who will ter because of something I the maintenance of law and or­ work but this isn't so-it's the read in a newspaper. It is to der is mainly the responsibi­ bad treatment we receive. We the U. S. Attorney General: lity of local law enforcement lost more than an hour because 'Dear Sir: agencies and I state to you of that foreman-more than twen­ I am neither a lawyer nor a that in my opinion this respon­ ty farm workers, each los~g law student, but from what I sibility has been lacking and more than a doilar forty. I don't read in the paper the violation still is since the "huelga" blame the company for this and of a person's Constitutional started. don't care. I have much more to Rights is a violation of the I have been working below tell you but I'm going to save Federal Law. what I call the "Mexican­ this information until later. I am laboring under the Dixon Line" of Texas for impression that the Federal most four years as a union Without saying more, Immigration Act prohibits the organizer so I speak from SUSANa J. GARCIA admittance of immigrants in­ first-hand knowledge. Visalia, California to an area (geo~raphical or in- It's your country, too, and EL MALCRIADO -- Page 5 there is a dire need for an investigation by the proper Department of the Federal Government and if one is not forthcoming soon, God Help Us, for we shall have no one to blame but ourselves for even deaths of innocent people. Sirs: family join the Union, but the pro­ I say this, not as a threat, tection of a Union contract is but as a plea for justice. I direct myself to you to ask gained only through long, tiring Thanking you in advance for some information. I worked months of work and patience. We for your time and praying for with the strike last year when we have three contracts already be­ your cooperation, I shall re­ began it in st. Helena with the cause we are united and strong­ main, company which is owned by the but in order to spread the power Christian Brothers. For awhile and protection of the contract we Sincerely yours, I was the elected leader of this must have the active support and FRANKLIN GAR CIA group of farm workers; then I wholehearted membership of all International ReIX moved from St. Helena here to farm workers. As long as there Amalgamated Meat Dinuba on July 30. are farm workers willing to des­ Cutters, AFL-CIO I am not now a Union member troy what we are trying to build Corpus Christi, Texas because I have not had the oppor­ because they can somehow con­ tunity here. I am working for a­ vince themselves that their hunger nother rancher, and I want you to is stronger and their poverty more El MALCRIADO SAYS: We tell me if there is any way in miserable than ours, the Union ask all our friends to write, which a man who is outside of the cannot attain its goals and guaran­ wire, and telephone people in Union can obtain some protection tee good wages and conditions Washingtonwho ar e 0 ur friends from it. For it often happens that and a more secure economic life and will help us: Senator Ro­ when a man tries to defend his for farm workers. bert Kennedy, Senator Harri­ rights they threaten him and make To gain its benefits you must son Williams, Congressman living as painful and hard as pos­ all join the Union. Do not think Philip Burton. Ask them to sible for him. Here'in Dinuba I that you will join the Union later, make the federal courts, the always talk about this struggle when it has grown ev~n stronger. attorney general and the FBI which we have on our hands. And We need you in order to grow­ to do their duty and get into if God wills it we shall soon say there is no one else to help you. South Texas where their help joyfully that we will win, even Take the first step now, and write is desparately needed--per­ though we are going through hard to the Union, PO Box 130, Dela­ haps to save the lives of the trials. But I want this information no, California. strikers there, and certainly for the future. With this intention to prevent the greatest injus­ I send you my thanks beforehand tice and suffering. and I await'an answer to my Dear brothers: questicSn. Sincerely, from one who was a This letter is to say that those Union leader in St. Helena, who will work for less money are those who say they are farmers BONIFACIO CORTEZ in our dear country of Mexico. Dinuba, California And then they say "we are going to work for whatever we can get EL MALCRIADO SAYS: The Union and then we're going back to offers its members many benefits Mexico and we don't give a damn -such as insurance, a credit u­ about the union." nion from which money can be bor­ Well, I ask, what are we going rowed at.reasonable rates, a ser­ to do with these scabs? They vice'center to help with legal and bring people from places like the welfare problems, a health clinic, Mexican border and bring them a co"'op garage-all of which have to the rancher or the contractor been explained several times in El. who makes them the crew pusher. Malcriado. But its biggest benefit And later on, the "little present" is unity and a union contract. Only for the boss and if possible even a Union contract can protect the a woman. worker: protect his wages, guar- This is what these liars do. 1il".,lIIiiIloantee him good working conditions, Please publish this in El 1\1al­ and safeguard him from the worry criado. of being fired unjustly. The first benefits (Le., insurance, etc.) are JFG de CORTEZ gained by a mail when he and his Kingsburg, California Page 6 -- EL MALCRIADO Victory at Christian Brothers On May 29, 1967, after election was then entered in ­ lose their jobs and not work many months of anxious wait­ to by the Christian Brothers in the Reedley area again. ing, the United Farm Workers and UFWOC, providing for When the Christian Broth­ Union, AFL-CIO, was recog­ elections as soon as a 'tep­ ers became aware that this nized for purposes of collec­ resentative number of emp­ had taken place, they agreed tive bargaining at the Alta loyees"would begin working. to a Card Cross Check elec­ Vista Ranch in Reedley, Cali­ But the enemies of the poor tion. This was finally agre _ fornia. A previously schedu­ are never asleep, and they ed upon, and the workers led election for February 12th try to manipulate the work­ chose the Union overwhelm­ was called off at the last mi­ ers and use one against the ingiy, nute bv Cesar Chavez after other. After the hiring be­ The farm workers of , many irregularities including gan workers told union rep­ Christian Brothers have now unfair labor practices by a resentatives Paul Sancrez taken their place at the nego­ labor contractor Daniel Loza­ and Crescencio Mendoza that ciation table with the workers no and his agents. workers had been refered to from Napa who won recogni­ The tension and fear genera­ the Christian Brothers ranch tion in an election last March. ted by this campaign created by outsiders with instructions The contract for the Napa such a climate of terror and to vote against the union and ranch is near completion in intimidation that it was im­ not to sign any authorization what the Negotiating Commit­ possible to conduct a fair ele­ cards. They were led to be­ tee believe to be the best farm ction. lieve that if they associated worker contract in the United An agreement for a "fair" with the Union they might States. LARRY ITLIONG SUES BIRCH SOCIETY When Larry !tliong was called a "communist" in the John Birch Society book a year ago, they didn't know that it might cost them $2 million dollars. Larry, assistant director of the United Farm Workers, said, "I am not now nor ever have been a Communist and "American Opin­ ion" {The Birch book) labeled me that out of ill will and hatred... " The hate magazine, published on the east coast, had published a long article about the strike in Delano. The article was pub­ lished as part of a propaganda campaign by the political group. They printed Larry's picture and said he had been denied entrance to the Phillipines from the U. S. because he had been a communist. The lawsuit was filed in San Francisco last week by Larry. The Birch Society, enemies of the people, are publishers of the Opinion magazine in the Eastern United States. They seek to gain political power by accusing inno­ cent leaders of being Communists. Led by their president Robert Welch, they wave the American flag in front of them to obscure their attemps to bring about the downfall of the American system LARiw'ITLIONG, ASSISTANT DffiECTOR OF THE· of freedom and justice. UNITED FARM WORKERS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE. EL MALCRIADO -- Page 7 COYOTE IN ARIZONA

There are coyotes in Arizona, such as Juan Aguilar and others who are very cruelly abusing those who work in the onions. Aguilar is the third link in the grand chain of exploitation by contractors, where the first contractor provides work for the second, and the second gives it to a third man. ThiS is how Aguilar gets the surplus scum off the top of the dirty money which the other contractors give to them­ selves. In order to get a bigger piece of the pie, he plans with his workers, signing up men and discharging them at will, and they can­ not defend themselves because they aren't organized.

In Guadalupe, Arizona, the workers have to arise at four in the morn­ ing in order to be in the fields at six. The onions are small arid they work on a piece rate and they are paid only 25~ a bag. After picking the onions, the workers lose time because they have to sort them acco:rding to quality==even though the ranchers have sorting machines.

The ,only solution to. these bad working conditions is a UNION CON­ TRACT: the only solution to the bibor contractor problem is the HillING HALL. Schenley Is Proud of the Union UFWOC has a booth at the Union Label Show now being held in Phoenix, Arizona. This show is held to tell the public which products are made by union labor . and to ask people to buy only those products. This is the first year that the farm workers have had a booth. Never before have farm workers had a union or contracts with their employers. Now that they do, they are asking people to buy only those products which come from ranches that have signed a union contract. An example of this is Schenley. Now that they have signed a contract with the farm Marcos Munoz, llF\\"OC' nrr;aniz­ Schenley products, made and <>1', with Tom 1\1oran. assisstant handled entirely by union labor. workers, their products are han­ dled entirely by union members. to George 1\1eany of the AFl.-eln. Page 8 -- EL MALCRIADO ROBBERY AT UNION HALL

On Tuesday, May 30, Two for you you'll watch it. You know husky men pried the front door of what we did to your guy up north Filipino Hall open. Mike Kratko, with the broomstick." (referring a striker -and one of the unarmed to the treacherous attack on De­ security guards used to protect Witt Tannehill) union property, heard some In a special interview granted, noises, came out to inspect and to two El Malcriado reporters was attacked by. the two men. Captain Gilbert of the Delano Po­ They ordered him to open the lice Department said that though door to the accounting office. He his department was working on refused and asked tr e two men to this case, they so far had failed leave. One of the men pulled a to come up with any leads. He . 25 automatic pistol and made asked that if anyone had any know­ Mike stand against the wall. At ledge of the suspects to go to him that point George Ebb, the other with the information. security guard assigned to the EL MALCRIADO SAYS: These Filipino Community Center walked two men are just like Perelli­ in to the scene. They made Minetti, Jack Pandol, Giumarra, George stand up to the wall and the Texas Rangers and others who took his keys. One of the men realize that farm workers are walked into the office and ran­ going to win. They have to use sacked the place. The two men pistols and violence and cowardly MIKE KRATKO tOok $100 and an old AWOC file. acts to inflict harm on farm work- Just before they left they told ers. But all these bestial 'acts robberies and violence can't .mean nothing because guns and stop farm workers from gaining ______Mike, "If you know what's good iiiIi'lIon•. _ The marriage of Agustin Lira, 22, and Kerry Ohta, 20, was held on the neW land of the farm workers union near Delano, on Saturday, June 10. Lira is one of the lead­ ers of the Teatro Campesino. He is a singer, actor, and farm worker, originally from Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico. Kerry, originally from San .Francisco, joined the strike a year ago, working with a childrens child care center and childrens art classes, at first and later as a reporter for El Malcriado. The marriage ceremony, performed by Rev. Jim Drake, was the first activity on the new land of the union. Lira commented, "Many people are married in a church. But I wanted to be married on this land which symbolizes the struggle of the farm workers. That is my church." WORKE'RS ARE NOW NEEDED AT THE 01 GIORGIO RANCH IN ARVIN FOR PLUM PICKING AND GRAPE GIRDLING. UNION CONTRACT GUARANTEES ~I .65 AN HOUR MINIMUM WAGE, PIECE RATE ON GIRDLING. MEN AND WOMEN REGISTER IMMEDIATELY AT UFWOC HIRING HALLS: 102 ALBANY, DELANO, AND 10913 MAIN STREET, LAMONT. EL MALCRIADO -- Page 9 A SHOCKING LETTER FROM RIO GRANDE CITY Dear Fran:

It was good to hear from you al"..d to receive news from Delano. 'fe feel kind of isolated here ~n Texas althoueh there is 3C much ha?rening here that yo~ don't get bored. I talked v:ith Andy this morning a~ he sai.d that Cesar Chavez was meeting '",ith the Teawste::-s and Perelli-':inetti and that Jerry Cohen was coming dl>'.'D he.o:-€ soon. That is goed OO.1S. V'e have a J.a~'Er that has just joined us, but I'm sure that he can use Je~r's help here, especially with the ~angers causing so many problems. l.ast Thursday they beat l..p two of Ollr 6UJ's. I.'as in ~ail in EJin;;"urg at the '.:.~ and received nevIs o~ it thA nE;xt morning 'I'lhen I telepho!'..ed .to find out Vihen t~ey \orere going to get uc out. The tl,Sl'l6t'::'E had s.pproached GilbErt end Bill Chandler Thu:'s1ay nit:ht and asked '"here lI.agco:-4110 :Jir.:as could ~. ActuaDy they e.sked where the S.O.B. ~s and cocked the'"r shot ~1m:::. j'cc?rding to Eli­ seo and :i::ddie ...lr-O were also thero and everyone 'l'!'ho sa.w t::e'U that niGht, they had been drinking. Gilbert sent Bill O'.lt to warn ragdelano and found them at Benr.y Rodrit\lez' house. l"ive minutes after he arl'ive:J l'ag:kllll~c said that he lwd looked outside and thoug.1.t the RangAl'S yrere outside. '=hen he checked tt.e back and said tr.at the house was surrounded. Bill w:>s arres:'ed ef":."'r they forcefully broke the lock off the door. Kathy Baker had ducved il"t.c the l:it­ chan o.nd heard the whole beatin[:. !.~uo~a·\o ='I~1i }f;J"r:r :lad put their hands in the ai.:o 'i':'ilen tho;T f::l''V the ~:;\)n<;) s.n-: "rere ordered to lcn:er -I;,he::J;- the~ ~:.d:"l'-~ .Tant to. They thought the Rangcr~speciallyCapt•.\.Y o .U:!.':-;--'inS r!r".lnk. They lowcr.-d thaI;;. c.ncl -/Tere told then to lay on the n.v:>:', they .....ere curd~: the whole t;i::Ja sa~1.ng that t:le~ "NCre gotng to kill the bantards. T:.cn :'hey proceeded tC' !d.ck !0agdalenc and smasne<1 the bac:{ of his hend ~itil th~ shot f;U;l ',;)/ll'i'el. ne is in t.lle h03pital in critical condition w'_th a broJ

the Rangers al'C pigs. If we can get them out of here) TeX<':; l'fill bave the chance of making ito 1 have been in jail three tilOCs. Twice roughed utJ oJ' +.:lC aangers a..'ld t~e third ti.:ne a et3.te ·':';ena~or vras present and they were pretty' cool .:lbOllt the 'Whole t~ng. Eve:prcm who is arrested is bl'laten, ha.... e- tlleir ~ twistoo and thrown against walls and cars. Tho time I was in jail that the ~ove inciuent occu:.':-od, we ware picketing a train 01 molons. 're were only going to picket if tile Senator sho,rod up. t.t the last minute 11., did an~ 7fe went out tv stand at the four cc:.'nars of the cross1.ng. 1 had been the first te leave to check to see if i t 'W~~. S~!1o Bernal in the C3J,', and then m0­ tioned to the rest of them to Come 0 I G~ rin' t have a sign 'l'l'hen t was arrested and .-rat!I standint:; two feet a~'iayfroCl Bernal ""-:10 ",at; really outra&('(\ at the fact that I ",as being cr.arged with the secondary picketing when I didn I t even have a sign in my hand. lie has referred to the whole thing as being a police state. That's an understatc!!lCnt. ~ bail rial; &500) cash bond. Mtne was l'(.I!.lceO. £rom $750 because I was an outsider and had no stake in the state of Texas. Problc.:l is we have to p'lt up the entire amount. in cash.

It's hot here. The weather drains all your strength. The water is bad am the scorpians drive me bug(;iYo They have quite a f~ vi' them here as "lrell as rattlesnakes and rats. This evening ;rs~l came 't'Tith his little ldd who had been bitten by a rat. T8J:lar Nelson -:tas bit b:-' a scorpian yest.erday. There are no county facilities in the surrouml:lg three counties. To be hospitalized requires a deposit of ~U50.. Poor people just (l.,n't receive mediciclll attention. One of the most valuable things we could do here would be to set up a medical clinic here.

Give my best to all. Next time you see O'Looney pass on a good woru. Say a prayer for all of us here•••it's lika being somewh~re ani you have nowhere to appeal. Even the judge stands by wi"j.le you Ire bci~ ~shed around. Once in .i,1..a you're liable to be beaten by the jailkeepero Perfect place for a people's war. But we're non-violent and vre all 'believe it because we would have all ~een dead by now a1iY other lfay. Page 10 -- EL MALCRIADO RANGER VIOLENCE: MISSION, TEXAS, During the last two weeks the Texas Rangers have made over 60 arrests, beaten, kicked, and shoved people, and proved to the whole world that they are little more than a bunch of thugs and criminals. Some of the most shocking acts of the Rangers have occurred along the Mis­ souri-Pacific Railroad. A train leaves Rio Grande City every day with 10 to 20 freight cars of melons. Farm workers wanted to tell the train engineers about the strike; so they set up "inf9rmational pickets" with signs telling the trainmen about the strike in Rio Grande. The growers and Rangers were furious, since the picket lines in Mission, AlaplO, La Feria, Harlingen, and Corpus Christi, were proving to the whole state that these Mexi­ can-American farm workers are not afraid of the Rangers. evidence. In all, 12 people were arrested and taken to Hidalgo County Jail in Edinburg. The Railroad owners were also mad, because this Later several more union members arrived in showed that they were carrying scab melons on Mission. But they were not picketing. They had their trains. So the Railroad bosses, growers, no signs or leaflets. When the train finally came and Rangers worked to~ether to end the picketing through the Rangers arrested four more people, a and throw all the workers in jaiL minister and his wife and two others standing near the tracks. On Friday, May 26, a.group of strikers went to Near midnight, when the train approached Harlin­ Mission. Four women were selected to 'carry gen the Rangers grabbed Danny Lucio. Two witness­ "informational" pickets signs, telling the railroad es saw the Rangers grab Lucio. So the Rangers men and the people of Mission about the strike. arrested them too. One is a teacher, the other an T'he train was not due for two Air Force Colonel. The Rangers also shoved and hours. But suddenly the Rangers arrived. They threatened newsmen and told them not to take pic' ­ grabbed the four girIs, pushing them and twisting tures. At first the people were charged with tress­ their arms. Then they began arresting other people passing. The charge was later changed to "unlaw­ who were standing around, including newsmen. One ful assembly". Then it was changed again to "sec­ man, Pancho Medrano, was taking movies.. They ondary picketing." But most of the people did not grabbed his movie camera and hit him in the face have picket signs ! with his own camera. He' was arrested with the Later in he week the Rangers arrested two people others and his film was later exposed to destroy the near the railroad tracks in Rio Grande City. They

WORKERS AND OTHER LATIN­ AMERICANS FROM ALL TEXAS PROTEST AGAINST THE PRESENCE OF THE TEXAS RANGERS IN' RIO GRANDE. CITY EL MALCRIADO -- Page 11 HOW IT HAPPENED held them in jail over night without giving any charge or reason. This is illegal under the Con­ stitution. In another incident, they arrested 4 more people in Mission, while Senator Joe Bernal was CORRUPT JUDGES AND visiting. Bernal protested that one girl was standing by him, watching, and was not picketing. The Ran­ FRAUDULENT LAWS gers replied by insulting Senator Bernal. The Rangers had a machine gun which they mount ed on a special railroad car which drove in front of RIO GRANDE CITY, TEXAS-The labor strike in the train. Later they put their machine gun in a Starr County costs La Casita Farms over a thou ­ Ranger car. The Rangers are acting like gang­ sand dollars each day. The manager of La Casita, sters and thugs, hired by the growers and railroad which is the biggest ranch in the country, said so to terroize the poor people. The fight against the last week. And the ranch called "Trophy Farms" Rangers is just one more part of the great struggle also has been very much affected by the strike. First to achieve justice for the Mexican-Americans in they tried to stop the strike by arresting all of the Texas. huelguistas in one day. They arrested 22 people near Trophy Farms and 12 more near La Casita. But this did not frighten the strikers. Then the work ers seized upon an existing fraud law and obtained a court order from Judge lBughlin. (The judge has been formally accused of dishonesty. ) The judge in effect declared the strike illegal and prevented the strikers from picketing in the camps or near the packing sheds. The judge said that no employee of La Casita was a member of the Union. Whatever La Casita worker he asked told him this, because all the members of the Union were on strike or had been fired a year ago for union activities. Many of the union members are ex-employees of La Casita. But the strike will continue until the ranches, the judges, and all the fraudulent laws have been overcome. . THE,VICTIM

This is Magdaleno Dimas, before he was brutally beaten by the Texas Rangers. The Rangers accused Dimas of shouting "Viva la Huelga" and this disturbed the peace of a La Casita foreman. Dimas, a member of the Union de Trabajadores Campesinos Unidos is pledged to non-violence. So he did not resist arrest when the Ran­ gers broke down his door and seized him late at night last week. The Ran­ gers then beat him with a shotgun, kicked and slugged him. He is now in the hospital with a brain concussion. Dr. Ramiro Casso, who saved Dimas' life, said "It was the worst beating I have ever seen g'iven by the police. The Rangers are a bunch of thugs. " NlAGDALENO DINIAS Page 12 -- EL MALCRIADO They Have To BY EPIFANIO CAMACHO parently having gained anything. And still later I have seen them "We aren't from here; we return, and upon seeing them I are from Mexico; the huelga have been able to do nothing less doesn't mean anything to us; T than grasp their hands firmly in we have come here to work greeting; at the same time they only because this is a better feel content because they find that climate and later we will go we have already advanced very back to Mexico." far in our struggle; they too are proud because they have been a So said one of four men who part of this struggle. were eating their midday meal What a contrast to others like in the shade of a tree at the-place the four previously mentioned, of their work. Four men: in age and many, many more. ranging from 23 to 38 years, and No man ought to scoff at gaining looked like farm workers -- better wages because others have This was their reply after lis­ sacrificed to gain them for him; tening to news about the move­ in such a case, if his cowardice ment in Delano-something in fav­ will not permit him to walk like or of the farm worker. If I had EPIFANIO CAMACHO, UNION a man, it would be better if he had more experience in discuss­ REPRESENTATIVE, SPEAKS shut his mouth. ing our struggle with people who AT A RALLY IN PARLIER. Many people have the same ideas have different opinions about it, as those four men sitting in the perhaps something more than a not only of themselves but also of shade of a tree eating their mid­ simple conversation would have the cruel patron, who uses them day meal. others say: Even though resulted. . for his profit. there is a strike we have to work, But in reality mistaken ideas I have seen men who also came because we are poor, because we harm the men who hold them; at from Mexico and from many other are hungry, because we have ma­ the same time they also make places, who carried themselves ny debts. And many like things. evident what kind of men these as men in the picket lines of this Here is where the new law against are-cowards and opportunists; strike for a long time; later they the strikebreaking green-carders in such cases it adds nothing to left the picket lines for reasons -or. to put it another way,. those say that these men are victims beyond their control, without ap- who come from Mexico solely to Three Ways to be • the U. S.

GREEN CARD BORDER CROSSING PERMIT This is good anywhere in the United States This is not a work permit. It is good 1and gives the holder all rights except the 2for only a small area near the border right to vote. Under a new regulation, green and it is issued for shopping or visiting. card holders who come to the United States ­ The holder must not stay in the U. S. for as strikebreakers will be deported. more than 24 hours. After crossing the border from Mexico, many permit hold­ ers work in the U. S. and return to Mexi­ co at night.

"LA MICA" the GREEN CARD (raid Advertis8m6nt) EL MALCRIADO -- Page 13 Work

break strikes-applies. They are going to have to jeopardize them selves by losing this very same green card, because they are no~ going to be able to obey the new law; because the hunger and the need which they carry is not go­ ing to permit them to obey it, and they are not going to be able to find work in parts other than pre­ cisely those places where there are strikes going on. El Malcriado talked about this TODAY OUR STRIKE STORE IS EMPTY. IT HAS BEEN WITHOUT law in its last edition (#62, p. 7), MEAT, FRUIT, VEGETABLES AND MILK FOR THREE WEEKS. but it did not make clear what ex­ WHEN THERE IS NOTHING IN THE STORE FAMILIES MUST USE actly is meant by those green THEIR WEEKLY $5 STRIKE BENEFIT FOR BARE FOOD NECESSITIES, cards; although many understand INSTEAD OF CERTAIN PERSONAL NECESSITIES. which cards were being referred to, many others say that they do WE HAVE 117 FAMILIES COMMITTED FULL TIME TO THE STRIKE, not understand. Because one is a AS WELL AS 75 SINGLE MEN. THERE IS AN AVERAGE OF 6 TO 8 green letter, one is a green card, CHILDREN PER FAMILY, WHICH MEANS WE FEED MORE THAN and one is a green pamphlet (a 1, 000 MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN THREE MEALS A DAY, SEVEN residence passport for the United DAYS A WEEK. MANY OF THE CHILDREN ARE IN SCHOOL AND WE States) which many use to pass MUST ALSO SPEND $700 A MONTH FOR LUNCH TICKETS. WHEN back and forth daily across the THERE IS MONEY IN THE STRIKE FUND, WE ARE ABLE TO ALLOT border; or every six months they $1,000 A WEEK FOR FOOD PURCHASES. THIS IS $1 PER PERSON, cross the border, coming to the PER WEEK. THE MINIMUM FOR GOOD HEALTH IS $8 PER PERSON, U. S. to work, searching for PER WEEK. THE OTHER 7/8 OF EACH INDIVIDUAL'S WEEKLY strikes to break. It would be rele­ FOOD NEEDS COMES FROM YOUR DONATIONS TO THE STRIKE vant at this time for El Malcriado STORE. to give a small explanation con-" cerning this point (1. e., about the OUR FAMILIES CANNOT SURVIVE THIS WAY. IF OUR PEOPLE green letters and the green car~. CANNOT EAT, THE STRIKE CANNOT CONTINUE. WITH YOUR HELP, WE HAVE KEPTTHESTRIKEGOING FOR 21 MONTHS. IN THAII' TIME WE HAVE WON CONTRACTS AT FIVE RANCHES, INCLUDING THE GIANTS SCHENLEY AND DIGIORGIO. CONTRACT ~. Legally NEGOTIATIONS ARE IN PROGRESS WITH GUERRA FARMS IN RIO GRANDE CITY, TEXAS, CHRISTIAN BROTHERS IN NAPA, AND MOSESIAN & HOURIGAN IN DELANO. ELECTION PROCEDURES ARE PENDING AT PAUL MASSON, ALMADEN AND GALLO. MEXICAN PASSPORT· WITH U. S. VISA IT IS WELL BEGUN, BUT THERE ARE MANY BATTLES YET TO 3If a Mexican Passpor.t WIN. WE MUST NOT BE DEFEATED BY HUNGER. is stamped by the U. S. Government with a Visa, ONLY YOU CAN HELP US WIN AGAINST HUNGER. ONCE AGAIN or entry permit, then the WE ASK YOU TO BRING FOOD TO DELANO, OR TO SEND CHECKS holder of the passport FOR FOOD PAYABLE TO THE NATIONAL FARM WORKERS SERVICE can be in the U. S., sub­ CENTER, AND MAIL TO DELANO FOOD FUND, P. O. BOX 130, ject to the limitations of DELANO, CALIF., 93215.' (This is a tax-exempt donation.) the visa. For instance, THE FOLLOWING SUPPLIES ARE NEEDED EACH WEEK: the visa might be given Flour - 600 lbs. Detergent - 75 boxes for a student or for a Coffee - 75 lbs. Bleach - 75 qts. If tourist or visitor. the Lard - 100 lbs. Toilet paper - 2 ca~es visa was given for work, Canned milk - 3 cases Soap (bath) - 2 cases then it is just- as good as Rice - 200 lbs. Sugar - 200 l\)s. the green card.

WE KNOW WE CAN COUNT ON YOU TO HELP US CONTINlTJ·: THE HUELGA IN DELANO AND THE FARMWOHKER MOVEMENT EVEHY­ WHERE. Page 14 -- EL MALCRIADO A Shed ~~Goes Union"

THE DIGIORGIO POTATO PACKING SHED, ONE OF THE LARGEST IN CALIFORNIA, CAME UNDER THE UNION CONTRACT AT THE SAME TIME AS THE WHOLE DIGIORGIO RANCH. UNDER THE UNION BOTH WAGES AND PRODUCTION HAVE IN­ CREASED. THE POTATO SHED IS A MODEL OF WHAT A RANCH OPERATION CAN BE IF WORKERS CARE ENOUGH TO GET CHANGES MADE THROUGH THEm UNION.

Sack sewer Frank Holguin in action. Skilled sack sewers from the union can sew a sack every ten seconds.

Potato sorters work further up on the macline. Under peak production, a t crew of about twenty on the huge ma- chine can produce about a carload of potatoes an hour: sorted, sacked, sewn and loaded into the railroad car.

FARM WORKER ~lA MIGRA' SERVICE CENTER

IF YOU ARE AN AMERICAN CITIZEN OR HAVE AN ALIEN REGISTRATION 105 Asti - 725-0161 CARD AND THE IMMIGRATION OFFI­ CERS STOP YOU AND MISTREAT OR ABUSE YOU, LET US KNOW AT ONCE. YOU HAVE YOUR RIGHTS.

UNITED FARM WORKERS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR BLUE P.O. Box 130 O.lilno, Cillifornia 93215 MEMBERSHIP CARD WITH THE STAMPED Phon. 725·8661 Issued 10 _ EAGLES WHEN YOU COME TO THE SER- Type (c1oss)I- l,,

CE CIL & MADISON Special Prices DELANO FOR MEMBERS OF ALL UNIONS

REGULAR ETH;YL 29.9 34.9

Some of the station staff: Joe Lostaunau, Morris Lovato, FOR EVERYONE ELSE and Juan Flores.

REGULAR ETHYL 10% Off to All Union Members 30.9 35.9 On Tires and Accessories

Work scheduling can be a major problem in a non-union shed. In a union opera­ tion the workers do it themselves, coop­ eratively. In the photo, Marshall Ganz, leader of the farm workers' Lamont union(with glasses), signs up crews of "sack sewers" and "jiggers" for work on DiGiorgio's two giant potato packing machines, Shown in the picture, among others, are Confeso Ramos, Jose Gar­ cia, Candelario de Jesus, Bill Ketcher and Ramon Gaton. Ganz looks on while sack-sewer Floyd Etheridge and jigger Floyd Anderson work. By observing work situations and improving efficiency, the workers can increase their piece-rate earnings.

J Page 16 -- EL MALCRIADO from FARM WORKER PRESS Name. _ Address _ 'City, Zip _

Total amount enclosed------Send this coupon to: FARM WORKER PRESS, INC. Box 1060 - Delano, Calif. 93215 NEW LOW PRICES

---- "HUELGA" in English (g) $1. 50

THE MIGRANT FARM LABOR DILEMMA "BASTA" in English & --- Spanish (g) $2. 00 Series 66·3 - Color EJ5C This senes of unique illustrations is a sociological study of the problems that, effect migrant farm "'ork- "VIVA LA CAUSA" 33 rpm ers throughout the natton. PART I. This filmSlrip deals wllh the problems of --- record (g)$2.50 limited education. . inadequate housing ... instability of migration ., and the effects of automation. PART 2. This examine~ the problems of insufficient "DON SOTACO" cartoons ",",ages ...Welfare and relief ... displacement and the influx to industrial areas. It also points out the per- --- from the Delano Strike (g) $1 sonal problems of rejection the frustration of wait- ing periods between harvest and the loss of id.entlt~. These filmstrips, by a skillful Southern California "CORRIDO DE DELANO" artist who has lived and worked among these people, are characterized by a superb blending of onginal --- 45 rpm record (g) $1 graphic arl and the printed word. _ PRODUCED BY ANDREW ZERMENO. D. R. Douglas "CANCIONES DE LA HUELG.N' Filmstrip and Teacher?s --- 45 rpm record (g) $1 527 N. La Cienega .Guide. ••..$12...00, from:. . Los. Angeles. . 90048.. .. . -JUST. -RELEASED...... SEND JiNV NOW a portfolio $3 TO: Jon L'ewis of prints from the Huelga per 2530-A Pie d m 0 n t set Berkeley, Calif. Jon Lewis offers his word and picture impressions of the ·Strike to finance his Master's thesis - a film made from still p~otographs taken during the year he spent in Delano. The twelve p~otographs he considers his best are reproduced as single sheet offset plates, 9" x 12", with cover, in a signed-and-numbered limited edition of 250 copies.

n:EIp. IIEP.ITAr.E. .. OUR FAITH ••• ... springs trom dark soil and the red hlood ...must still breed men of gentle of our fathers who from far days nature for there is also a \'1 knew the touch of eilrtlt to their hand I 12 springtime of soft rains EL MALCRIADO -- Page 17 Caution in Car Buyi 9

To buy a used car without being precautious is dangerous: so a certain magazine declared. Be­ cause a used car is a car which somebody didn't want to keep any longer for some reason: he could not continue paying for it; he ex­ changed it for another; he had difficulties with it; etc. Always find out whatever you can about a car before you buy it. This information can't be obtained from the salesman except through careful questioning, using common sense; or in a sophisticated way. Generally whoever wants to buy a used car is searching for eco­ different color, perhaps the auto­ it is neither worn-out nor tUle\'en nomy and other advantages: and mobile was in a serious accident, in appearance. All of these things when you have such things in and besides has other damaged can give you a clearer idea of the mind you'd better be on your parts although these might not be true mileage of the automobile. guard. For example: There are visible; If the car makes strange Make them let you drive the certain makes and models which noises when the motor is turned automobile before agreeing to buy require less repairs and cost less on, this indicates that there is it: make them tell you the \\ hole than others. Those cars which something wrong and that it might price, and not only how much the have been equipped with additional cost a lot of money. Never put monthly payments are: don't sign accessories generally cause trou­ any faith in the amount of miles a contract that has blank spaces; ble; if you don't need those acces­ registered on the odometre, if they make you wait arolmd, sories it would be better if you because this is a thing easily perhaps it is for the purpose of don't buy them. changed-in such a case, there making you tired and accept a One cautioning note concerns are a few observations to be dangerous deal; if you are, tired the condition in which you find made. For example: Look at the drop everything for the tinit be­ the cars. For example: Blue pedals to see whether they are ing and decide what to do calmly smoke from the exhaust pipe and unusually worn or whether they in your O\\TI home; decide care­ a thin trail of oil are indications are new; the seats-if they are the fully so that how much you are a­ of an overconsumption of oil, and original ones that they are not in ble to pay coincides with your in­ the prompt repairing of this is bad condition; the rugs or mats come (otherwiae you may }(,se the necessary; If the car has parts for the same reason; the spare car); demand a copy of the pur­ either abnormal-looking or of a tire-if it is used check to see that chase agreement-never leave without it. Strike Supporters foiled on Trip to Delano

The May 27th food caravan, food to help replenish the empty Walnut Creek, aliL, led by 1\1rs. organized in the Oakland area, shelves of the strike store. And Joyce McBeth, were stopped in was to have brought a busload of they were ceetainly looking for­ Tracy when their car failed them. enthusiastic students from Monte ward to experincing the strike EL MALCRIADO SAYS: We Vista High School in Delano. by meeting the people who have thank you, students, teachers, Their trip had been many active made it and who are determined­ and Mrs. McBeth. And we thank weeks in preparation. Three of ly carrying it on. those of you who "made it." Be­ the students' groovy teachers But as they tried to get under­ cause we want you to know that the were sponsoring the trip: Kathy way on the last Saturday morning whole Union sincerely appreciates Keech, Virginia Abascal and in May, the school bus refused your efforts. And we welcome Katherine King; and they had them its services--the motor you to the food caravan which is even sccured permission from the lfailed. being organized in the Oakland principal to use one of the high There was another mishap on area for the 2-!th of June. school's buses as the means of one of the caravan's routes to If you need help or information transportation. Delano: a group of supporters of contact PETE VELASCO, 5G8 The students had worked very and workers for the strike from 47th St., Oakland, California. hard, organizing and collecting HONORIO AND BILL STONE HAVE BEEN FOLLO\VING THE TRUCK OF A LABOR CONTRACTOR, ANTONIO MACHO. 'd 'TELESFORO AND GORGONIO ARE TWO OF THE FOUR FARM WORKERS THAT MACHO IS TAKING TO COACHELLA ll:l TO BREAK A STRIKE. THE CONTRACTOR DISCOVERS THAT HE IS BEING TAILED, AND HE STEPS ON THE GAS TO ~ GET TO HIS DESTINATION, WHERE BLEEDMAN -- THE STRUCK GROWER -- IS WAITING WITH SOME DEPUTY , t-:l SHERIFFS. THE GROWER AND HIS MEN CARRY SHOTGUNS JUST IN CASE STRIKERS CAUSE TROUBLE. MACff..... T"l o CONVINCED THAT HONORIO AND BILL STONE ARE STR~ERS.

tlj BY ANDRES ZERMENO AND LUIS VALDEZ ~ /;1 ARRIVING IN COACHELLA, OUR FRIENDS FIND THEMSELVES AMONG DATE ~ I TREES. DATES ARE ONE OF THE RARE, FINE PRODUCTS OF SOUTHERN ~ CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURE; BUT THERE IS NOTHING RARE OR FINE ABOUT THE WORKING CONDITIONS FOR THE FARM WORKERS WHO lIARVEST THE &1 DATES. ~ r ~ o "'7~ -_.. '~ .. -

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Remember Apr i I and May

Rain Rain Rain No work No money'

Save now In your FARM WORKERS CREDIT UNION before it is too I ate

The Credit Union would like to know the addresses or whereabouts of the following persons: Antonio Romo Juan Hernandez Ismael Morales Antonio Escamilla Felipe Zapata Carlos Nunez Jose M. Hernandez Antonio Cervantez Filemon Marure Maximo Hernandez Alberto Rodriguez Jose Mo Solis Pablo Avalos Manuel Capetillo Ramon Ao Mendoza Angel Guzman

If anyone knows their addresses, please contact the Credit Union. It is URGENT!

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