.IN_ENGLISH ( EI Malc:riado The .Voice, of the Farm Worker Volume II, No.3 ~. Delano, Cal ifornia Honday, April 1,1968 . Hey, hay, who said you could vote? /I - UNITED FARM WORK~RS Non-Profit Org. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE u.s. Postage Paid. P.O. BOX 130 ..,- Permit # 124 DELANO, CALIFORNIA 93215 Delano~ Ca. 93215 . nne . ers ~.,. rativa'· . 2/EL MALCRIADO. April 1. 1968 \ We hope you've enjoyed recelvlng these last few sample copies of EL MALCRIADO. Final decisions have not been made concerning our exact distri­ bution. At this moment the only people who are certain to continue re­ ceiving the newspaper are UFWOC mem­ bers and paid subscribers. We have been using an active news­ letter list of more than ten thousand supporters. The cost of such an im­ possible mailing is really beyond us at this point. The work of processing cesar to be kennedy this size mailing list ;s also beyond delegate the capacity of our limited staff. 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More and more people are finding out that a subscription to EL MALCRIADO EL MALCRIADO is the best way to keep up with the farm worker P.O. BOX 130 stl'UfJlJle. Don't be left out...Send in this coupon today! DE LANO, CALI F. Cada quinzena mas y mas _personas aprende que EL MALCRIADO 93215 es Za mejor fuente'de imformaci8n sobre eZ moviemiento campesino. No Zo piercies.• :Env!e eZ cup8n hoy! FILL OUT THIS CARD AND SEND IT WITH $3.50 TO THE ABOVE ADDRESS FOR A ONE-YEAR 'SUBSCRIPTION TO EL MALCRIADO, SENT TO, YOUR HOME EVERY TWO WEEKS FOR ONE YEAR. Llena este cupon y env!elo con $3.50 a la direccion arriba. As! Ie c~prP. Z03 por torreo cada 15 dias durante en a'o. NAME-nombre , English 0 ,EspanolD ADDRESS-domicil io -,' CITY-ciUdad ' ( c-estado ZIP ---.,._ , f EL'MALCRIADO. March 15. 1968/3 'rhe greatest gathering of farm workers in the history ,of Delano celebrated the end of the 25-day fast of Ce sa r I Chavez on Sunday, March 10. Ten thousand farm workers joined in a procession behind the Virgen of Guadalupe, pat­ ron saint of Mexico, and the Thunderbird banners of the United Farm Workers Organi­ I zing Committee. Senator Robert F. Kennedy was near the fr ont as the pro­ cession wound almost a mile through Delano Mem'Jrial Park to a tempory altar. A multi-church mass with an opening prayer in Hebrew, a Protestant sermon and Ca­ tholic r it ua 1 preceded th e breaking of the bread, semita, the bread of the poor of Mexico. The first to break bread were Chavez and Ken nedy. The loaves were then shared by the 10,000 mass entire assemblage as priests passed among the throng. UFWOC vice president Julio Hernandez read Chavez' state­ ment in Spanishand Rev. James Drake read it in English be­ cause "My heart is so full and in gran fiesta my body too weak to say what I feel." Chavez sat too weak to even keep his head erect as his own words were spoken. "I undertook this fast because my heart was filled with grief After praising the union of potluck of massive contri­ and pain for the sufferings of me m b e r s for "tremendous butions from committees and farm workers...It was a fast gains" in the last two years he families a 11 over the state. for non-violence and a call to said: "The s e victories are sacrifice. yours. You won them with your They returned to the speakers' "Our struggle is not easy. courage and with the l,e.ader-:­ .stand for introductions of the Those who oppose our cause ship of Cesar Chavez. There organizers of the event and to are rich and powerfulan d they is no one who can take them hear a ringing declaration by have many allies in high places. from you." Reies Tijerina, fiery leader We are poor. Our allies are Paul Schrade, West Coast of the land grant movement in few. But we have somEilthing head of the United Auto Wor­ New Mexico. "The press and that the rich do not, own. We kers rose to the platform to propaganqa m a k e r s of this have our own bodies'and spirits deliver a $50,000 check for. country are trying to destroy and the justice of our cause as construction of offices on the the unity of our people. Of our weapons. " 40-acre site owned by UFWOC. course 1- endorse the work of Senator Kennedy opened his He then gave an add itionaI' Cesar Chavez. Brother Cha­ remarks in a Spanish broken $4900 check given by the mem­ vez and all the brothers of the by his Massachusettes accent bers of the UAWtraining pro­ United Farm Workers Organi­ .and set the audience to wild gram. The money is to be used zing Committee are gallant applause. specifically for t r a i n i n g of human beings fighting to es­ "I come to honor Cesar UFWOC personnel and comit­ tablish the dream and reality Chavez for his compassion, his teemen. of Americafor those who have honesty, his truth and his de­ The crowd dispersed to enjoy been the most disadvantaged, dication, " he said. a "comida cooperativa" a sort the farm workers. " 4/El MALCRIADO. t1arch 15.1968 Trial Set to April 22 Cesar Chavez sat in the nounced that he would not sang "Las Mananitas" in courtroom, weakened and subject the fasting Chav­ honor of Cesar's name day. pained by 13 days of his ez to the ordeal of a And while the Union religious fast. lengthy trial at that waited for the second act Along the corridors, a­ time. of its frame-up ordeal, round the lobby walls, He asked how much time Giumarra's foremen con­ and lining the walkways UFWOC wanted for an ex­ tinued to cruise the pick­ outside, more than 1,000 tension and then granted etlines with their rifles Mexican, Negro, Filipino, 45 days, suggesting ApriY mounted in their pick-up and Anglo farm workers 15 as a possible new dat e. trucks, trying the pa­ stood silently or quietly Giumarra's attorney, Wil­ tience of farm workers singing. liam A. Quinlan, told the who have been on strike The date was February judge he couldn't make it for more than 30 months. 27. Chavez and the Union on the 15th, so the hear- were on trial. ,ing was re-set for April The charge: 12 alleg~d 22 in Superior Court at violations of an antl­ Bakersfield.. strike injunction issued last August by Kern Coumy After the hearing, more Superior Court Judge J. than a thousand people Kelly Steele. returned to Delano for a The characters in the meeting at the Forty Ac­ drama had first appeared res. Representatives of the day before. But the ~l the Union ranches came presiding judge of the to camp for several days Kern CountySuperior Court in tents beside the build­ claimed no courtroom was ing where Chavez was keep­ available for hearing the ing his fast. case. Witnesses were or~ Farm workers, Union ered to report the follow­ staff people and reure­ ing day. sentatives from the coun­ Meanwhile, Kern County try's most important la­ judicial officials were bor organizations express­ hurriedly arranging for ed their solidarity and retired Los Angeles judge resolved to return for Morton Barker to come to another orderly demonstra­ Bakersfield to hear the tion on April 22. case. William Kircher of the No local judge would AFL-CIO and Walter Reuth­ take it on, many observ­ er of United Auto Workers ers said. addressed the crowd, and On the second day, Almaden ranch committee Los Angeles judge chairman Francisco Soria .• EL MALCRIADO, March 15. 1968/5 by Juanita Herrera as told to El Malcriado Mrs. Herrera, striking farm Norker and mother of four, recently returned from New York. She tells of strike activities in New York and of the shocking arrests of s.everal farm work­ ers last month: There are about 50 of us, mostlyfromDelano in jailthere! We were in jailfrom 7 in the mor­ and Richgrove and around here, that are on the ning until 4 in the aftern 0 0 n. It was in the boycott in New York. Six people just left with Bronx. We hope that the arrest and being in Marcos Munoz for Boston, and some are going jail will bring some benefits for us.