EI MalcriadoTHE VOICE OF THE FARM WORKER

IN ENGLISHVolume II, Number 20 ~•. Delano, Cal ifornia Sunday, December 15, 1968

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BY THE EDITORl EI Malcriado says I~-...-...---

Dr Giorgio sendsworkers to Hcamp". 3

Poor Loader. 4Canadians rally to

aid boycott. 5Pickets busted in

Oregon . 6Subsidies, Sl-

Welfare, no. 9News from the leg-

islative front. 12

Our cover: Madonna andChild by Andrew Zermeno

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The time has arrived for me to

write an editorial on the subjectof the holiday season. Somehow'the holidays sneaked up on us here in

Delano.The rhythm of life in the Union

. changes with the seasons. Thereis jubilation and hope during theharvest. Workers under contractbring home fat paychecks and truck­loads of succulent grapes rollthrough town on their way to the

wine crushers.Picket lines surround the f~elds

and the red and black banners beckonthe tired, harried-looking scabs toleave the vineyards until the grow­ers agree to negotiate with the

Union.In July, our boycotters left in

cars and pickups, on the bus, andhitch-hiking, to spread the messageof the boyco'tt acrosS this country

and Canada.Their spirits', were good, and

though the offices were quiet after

they left, there was great optim­

ism.I am sure the feeling in the air

was the same when the corn cropwas brought into Teotihuacan and

Chichen Itza centuries ago.Then came the lay-ofts in the fall.

Despite victories on the boycott fromBoston to Berkeley, the winter aheadlooked bleak--another season would

pass without victory., Franzia and paul Masson si~ed

contracts, adding two 'new ranchesto the list of vineyards where someelement of justice prevailed, but forthe majority of California's farm

workers, another winter of priva­tion and bitterness•••

When Thanksgiving came, we tried ,hard to be thankful--we had comea long way since the beginning--but.there was so much more to be done.

The workers are pruning now.It's bitter cold in the mornings, andfog blankets the valley at this timeof year. It was so thick last

week a Greyhound bus got loston a side road and needed a police­man to' guide it back to Highway

99.Our many friends will be here

on Saturday for the Christmas par­

ty. They have not forgotten us.But our brothers and sisters onthe boycott will not be home. Theirjob goes on--Christmas or noChristmas.

We have no doubt that one daythis will all be over. A new yearis coming up, and 1969 will be theyear we have been waiting for•••the year when the growers willrealize that to continue fighting iswasteful and foolish.

'To our subscribers and friendswe wish a year of fulfillment andhappiness. Perhaps next Christ­mas's message will be a little moreexultant.

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tive director of .the Union, comparedthe reaction of Union workers tothat of a man who comes home to

find his wife in bed with anotherman.

\\We may. be getting q. divorce,"Drake told 200 workers assembledfor a special meeting in Lamont,"but we're sure as hell going toenforce our rights until it is le­gal, and Until we consummate a ,marriage with the new gr9wers.,t

Most of the Di Giorgio workerswere laid off at the end of theharvest season on November 13.

Later, when the pruning seasonbegan, workers were supposed to

have been recalled according to theirseniority.

The Union grievance alleges work­ers without seniority were calledto work before the agreement wasterminated. The Union has demandedback pay for the workers whoseseniority was ignored. The ,Unionalso plans a new phase of non­violent experimentarion to assurethe peaceful transfer of the con­tract to the new owners.

'owners recognize and honor the pro­

visions of the old contract. The D~

Giorgio workers are planning a pa­rade and demonstration of solidari-ty in Lamont on Saturday, December

, 14.

In the meantime, a UFW OC grie-,vance against Di Giorgio for viola­tion of the agreement which was inforce until the sale was legally

completed, has gone to 'arbitratorSam Kagel in san Francisco.

Union officials and ranch commit­teemen have denounced the use of

,scab ,Caratan employees on the DiGiorgio property while Di Giorgiowas still bound to its UFWOC con­'tract, and before the Union was noti-fied of the alleged sales.

La\nont representati\:,e Mack Ly­ons headed a Union delegation whichtestified at arbitration hearings in

San Francisco last week.

Lyons said that while the Unionwas not notified of the sale orthe resulting cancellation of the con­tract, non-union workers were in

the ranch doing the pruning.Jim Drake" assistant administra- ,

Di Giorgio Sends Workers to CampLAMONT, December 12--Three

large grape-growing corporationswho have purchased the 6,000 acresDi Giorgio ranch in Lamont may

refuse to honor the former ow­ner's contract with the United FarmWorkers Organizing Committee, ac­cording to spokesmen for the Unionin an interview with EL MALCRIADOtoday.

M. Caratan of Delano is purchas­ing $475,000 worth of the property.M. M. Sabovich has bought a similarammount. The largest purchase,though not' yet pUblically announced,

is reported to have been made by

S. A. Camp Inc. of Shafter. Campis reported to be buying nearly5,000 acres of Di Giorgio land,valued at over $5,000,000. Asof this writing, Camp has failedto answer the UFW OC telegramto him asking for negotiations andfor an orderly transfer of the con­tract between Di Giorgio and thenew owner.

UFWOC leaders pledged their sup­port for the Di Giorgio workers,who are demanding that the new

JUSTICE AT Dr GIORGIO~ • ~

4/EL MALCRIADO, Sunday, December 15, 1968

MICH'.iHEARS FROM ·FORGOTTEN PO·OR

MAYORS REJECTANTI BOYCOTT MOVE

out of the conferenCe.

Tom Chct'vez. a member of

the League Board of Directors,announced his resignation. Miss

Lupe Anguiano, UFW OC grape boy­cott representative in Michigan, whowas scheduled to participate in the

panel on Michigan's migrants. ex­pressed "surprise and disgust with

the League's refusal to discuss anissue so basic to the future of

all of America's farm wokers."

BureauBoycott

FarmBlasts

The Detroit News reported on a

speech to the conference by an H.

M. Meredith: "H. M. Meredith, di­rector of the Midland Co~ty De­partment of Social Services, said

that the rural poor are more nume­rous than the poverty-stricken in

city slums, but are ignored becauseoof their silence. He called them

the 'forgotten poor' who only attractattention as they migrate to thecities. at a national rate of 600,000

a year.Is it we who are silent? Or

they who refuse to listen?

KAN SAS CITY, December 12-­The American Farm Bureau Feder­aion's annual convention has comeout strongly against the boycott ofCalifornia table grapes, against in­

clusion of farm workers under the

National Labor Relations Act, andin favor of their own boycott ofJewell Tea Stores (a large super­

market chain in the Midwest) be­

cause of its reported discontinu­ance of handling California grapes.

The Farm Bureau, which is con­trolled by large banks, insurance

. companies, food processors, pack­

ers, canners shippers, and some

of the largest of American Agri­Business, called on its membersto eat all the grapes they could

stomaCh, and encourage their friends

to do so.The convention was picketed by

a group led by Robert Bustos, Kan­sas City UFWOC representative, who

passed out leaflets describing thefarm workers' plight and callingupon delegates to boycott grapes.

as an economic problem, and thatit was right and proper for mayorsand cities to take stands on suchquestions.

The resolution was defeated over­

Whelmingly in a voice vote, and theboycott of California table grapes

received a rousing cheer from theassembled mayors of most of the

cities in the United States.

Later, during the discussion with

Mrs. McLaughlin, Loader accusedthe UFWOC supporter of knOWing"nothing about the strike."

"1 am the mayor of Delano,"he told her.

"Who elected you, the growers?"asked Mrs. McLaughlin.

"No, the farm workers electedme," replied Loader.

"Well then Why are you opposedto letting the farm workers voteon whether they want a Union ornot?" asked Mrs. McLaughlin.

Loader had no answer, Mrs. Mc­

Laughlin told E,L MALCRIADO.

DETROIT. November 26--A group

of 25 Mexican-Americans walkedout of a Michigan Welfare League

conference today in protest againstthe League's refusal to.pass or evendiscuss a proposed resolution sup­porting the California grape pickersstrike and t~e nation-wide boycottof California table grapes.

The conference. which had called

together representatives from poorpeoples' groups throughout Michi­

gan. had scheduled resolutions anddebates on problems of poor peoplefor the morning session, and panel

discussions, on such topics as "The

Forgotten Poor." "The Future ofMichigan's Migrants," and "Hungerin Michigan--Telling It like It Is"for the afternoon.

When Ruben Alfaro, a represen­

tative from the Bishop's Committeefor the Spanish Speaking in Lan­

sing, proposed that the group sup­

port the strike and boycott, he wasruled "out of order" •

In protest, he and the large groupof brown and black delegates walked

NEW ORLEANS, December Il-­Two UFW OC supporters distribut­

ing leaflets at the annual conferen­

ce of the National League of Cit­ies became the personal guests of

Philadelphia's Mayor James Tateafter a run-in with Delano's Mayor

Clifford Loader and Mayor RussKarlen of Bakersfield, it was re­

ported today.

The Rev. Jerry Fuller and Mrs.Roberta McLaughlin, members of theNew Orleans Friends of the FarmWorkers, were distributing leaflets

near the coTIference hall in a New

Orleans hotel. when Loader, Karlen,

Mayor Loader of Delano

and others reportedlybeganharass~

ing them with insults.The hotel manager showed up,

and Rev. Fuller and Mrs. McLaugh­lin were being forcibly ejected from

the hotel when Mayor Tate arrived

and assured the manager that the

leafletters were not .only welcome,but that they were his personalguests.

Loader and Karlen had introduceda resolution earlier calling on othermayors to keep their political noses

out of the grape strike and other

labor disputes.Mayor Tate, a past president of

the League, strongly opposed theresolution, noting that the grapeboycott represented a moral as well

More than a 1,000 Can~dians were present for a march and rally in support ofthe boycott recently. More picture~ by Morden ,Lazarus on page 9.

CANADA RALLIES TO UFWOIC

TORONTO, CANADA, DecemberJO--The boycott of California tablegrapes in Canada reached a new

level of intensity in late November

and early December, according toJessica Govea and Marshall Ganz,UFWOC representatives in Toronto.

Some of the highlights:"'A special fact finding investi­

gation by three Canadians, WilliamArcher, Ronald Haggart, and Rev.Ed File, visited Delano and re­turned to Canada convinced of thejustice of the farm workers' strug­gle. In a report carried in thepress and over radio and T.V.through much of Canada, the three

charged, ·The over~iding issue inthe California grape dispute is the

right of collective bargaining whichis being denied to the farm work~

ers. From our examination, it isclear that the table grape growersare unwilling to allow their workers

to choose their own representatives

. and let them bargain freely forthem.· The report charged Giu­marra had refused to allow elec­tions though the UFW OC ·would un­doubtedly ,have received majority

support. "The report concluded ·Rather than

surrender or turn to violence, UF­woe has taken the only alternative,Which is to reach out to the con­Sumer to apply economic pressureon the growers through a boycottof table grapes. The boycott of­fers the only viable method forbringing the grape growers to thebargaining table. "

*The M~yor and City Council ofToronto proclaimed ·Grape Day"on November 23, in honor of thegrape pickers and in support of

the grape boycott."'Over 1000 Canadians attended a

march and rally in support of the.boycott. Included among the mar-

chers were labor leaders and work­ers, nuns, priests, students and con­

cerned individuals. The marchreceived nationwide pUblicity.

*Grape growers, desperate at therising tide of boycott support, triedto stop the boyc9tt with a special

injunction. After a court hearing,the Canadian judge dismissed thegrowers' charges and demanded thatthe growers pay all the costs of the

trial, over $4,500, including feesfor the lawyers defending the boy­cott!

*John Giumarra Jr. made a fran­tic trip to Canada to appear onCanadian T.V. to defend the ·poorgrowers." But UFWOC AttorneyJerome Cohen met Giumarra beforethe T.V~ cameras and debated him.By all reports, the UFWOC lawyeroverwhelmed Giumarra with factsand statistics supporting the justiceof the boycott and strike•

6/EL'MALCRIADO December 15

devoid- of security, dignity and rea­

sonable comfort. For the past threeyears, however, many of them havebeen attempting to take their des­tiny into their own hands. This isa very healthy development."

The bishops also urged Congressto enact legislation to

1. Include farm workers under the

National Labor Relations Act.2. Include farm workers more

effectively under a national minimumwage which will ensure them a de­cent standard of living.

3. To include farm workers underthe national employment insurancepr-ogram.

CATHOLIC BISHOPS BACKRIGHTS OF FARM WORKERls:

DELANO, December ll--The Ca­tholic bishops of th~ United Statesdllring their recent annual fall meet­ing in Washington issued a state­ment on farm labor in praise ofthe organizing efforts of the UFWOC.

"For 30 years the disadvantagedfield workers of this nation havestood by helplessly and listened toother Americans debating the farmlabor problems," the statement said."Burdened by low wage sc~les,

mounting health problems, inade­quate educational opportunities, sub­standard housing, and a lack ofyear-round employment, they haveoften been forced to live a life

COPS ARREST PICKET LINIEOREGON ARRESTS:

NORTH SALEM, OREGON--Lo­cal newspapers, radio and television

objected strongly in North Salem,Oregon, recently, when 28 picketersprotesting the sale of scab Cali­fornia table grapes in a local mar­

ket were arrested by police.The 28 who were arrested, in­

cluding ten adults and 18 childrenwere released on their own recog­nizance on November 29, two daysafter they had been arrested andcharged with disordely conduct, ac­

cording to UFWOC organizer NickJorres.

Jones said the group was picketing

a market during the evening. Atabout 8:30 PM, five squad carsand a paddy wagon arrived, carry­

ing a dozen cops clad in crash

helmets and carrying billy clubs.Pickets were told they had three

minutes to cease leafletting anddisperse, Jones said. Ignoring policedemands, the picketers continuedtheir picketing. The 28 were promt­ly arrested. Eigh teen children weretaken to the Juvenile Center, whilethe ten adults were held incomu­

nicado. Bail was set at $100 a piece.The adults were listed as Mr.

and Mrs. Juan Narvaez, Mr. and Mrs.Rafael Ruiz, Mr. and Mrs. DaleVinton, Martha Fullenwider, Peter'Twmo, Berna Winger:-t and Jones.

Jones said bail was dropped ata preliminary hearing on November29 and the adults and children werereleased. He attributes the cancella­tion of bail to the strong supportof the local press for the righ t todemonstrate peacebly.

Jones said the adults refused toeat during the time they were held.

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO--Theregional director of the National

Relations Board on the island ofPuerto Rico has dismissed chargesof sorcery and witchcraft originatedin Hato Rey during a workers re­presentation election which the lAMwon.

WORKERS VS.WITCHES:

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County officials. investigated the

camps and condemned the shacks,finding 52 violations of health andbuilding codes.

A District Judge later upheldthe rent strike and condemned the

rent increases as illegal. Under

all this pressure, the TCHA finally

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TULARE CAMPS REBUILTVISALIA, December 14--Con­

struction began today on 200 unitsof migrant housing for Tulare Coun­ty farm workers, with the ground­

breaking ceremonies for a $1.9 mil­lion project at Linnell Labor Campand Woodville Labor Camp.

Each camp will have 100 dwellings,'grouped in 25 four-unit buildings.

Construction will be of cementblocks with fiberboard interior. Rentfor the 825-square foot homes will

be $50 per' month plus gas andelectricity. The homes includeheaters and coolers.

The housing projest is aimed atreplacing the tin shacks in which Tu­lare County workers have been livingsince the 1930's.

In 1965 the Tulare County Housing

BERKELEY, November 15--Ar­chitects Sanford Hirshen and SimVan der Ryn of Berkeley have de­signed a new type of house for mi­

grant farm workers which is made 'of ·paper and plastic foam, H accord­

ing t) a report in Time maga­zine's November 15 issue.

The shanties, euphemistically de­

scribed as • shelters" by Time,can be built for $1200. ·So far,20 communities of these and simi­

lar quarters have been built witha combination of funds provided by

localities, the Rosenberg Fou!1da­tion and the Economic OpportunityAct," Time reports.

Time also was pleased that 'thehouses ·fold up like accordions."-The paper and plastic foam shel-

ters will replace the reeking ho­vels inhabited by California migrantworkers, H Time rhapsodized.

EL MALCRIADO SAYS: We haves'ome advice for the bureaucratsand tax-exempt foundations '7nd all

the other agencies that are tryingto ·solve" the migranthousingprob­lem with such unique new ideas.

If migrants were paid a decent wage,

they could buy or rent decent houseslike any other workers. We don'task that the tax-payer provide us

with housing, or subsidize the richgrowers in yet another form. Asfor those "paper and plastic foam

Shelters," we doubt very much that

the people that designed them andare building them 'would live in them.

Why should we have to?

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tion by saying, ·We're tired of

getting pushed around. "In the meantime, legal maneuver­

ings continued in Brownsville, inhopes that the courts would forbidthe expulsion of students by extra­

legal procedures.State senator Joe Bernal told a

rally in Edcouch, -These studentsare saying what we didn't say whenwe were young or students. Theyare asking for dignity and respect."·

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Mex~can Amer~can stUdents in Elsa - Edcouch HighSchoo Z demanded an end to discrimination and an up~

grading of the quaZity of education in this SouthTexas community.·were long overdue."

About 85 percent of the studentsare of Mexican descent, and they

rebelled against what they sa~dwerefavoritism shown in the school to­wards Anglo students and discrimi­nation against Chicanos. At theheart of the problem is the students'desire to have the rich Mexican

cultural tradition recognized in theirclassrooms.

One student summed up the situa-

Students strike in Texasl---( 77

;86 ,Raymondville " San Perlita186

ELSA, TEXAS--Militant studentsat Edcouch - Elsa High SChool inTexas walked out of their class­rooms on November 14 and refusedto return to class until a list oftheir demands were considered by

the School Board.The walk-out came after a meet­

ing of the Board, which the studentsexpected to present their list of·15 grievances, was cancelled with­

out explanation.The students' demands included

"the immediate halt of discrimina­

tion against Mexican-American stu­dents," "the right to speak Spanishon campus without being submittedto humiliating and unjust punish­ments," and the improvementofedu­cational facilities and the qualityof instruction.

The students had attempted topresent their grievances in normalch~nnels, but when they announcedth¢y would attend the November 11meeting of the SChool Board, themeeting was cancelled. They hadalso spoken with the superintendentof schools, but he advised themthat the SChool Board would haveto consider their grievances.

Little ever happens in the RioGrande Valley of Texas, which hasan overWhelmingly Mexican popula­tion. The school is located betweenthe towns of Edcouch and Elsa,which are about 1 mile apart inthe northern part of Hidalgo Coun­ty. Most of the students are thechildren of farm workers.

Thirty-one students were expelledas a result of the boycott. Otherswere forced to apoligize for their

actions. Federal Judge ReynaldoGarza of Brownsville later orderedthe expelled students back to school,since the law requires a he.aringbefore schools can take such actionagainst the students.

The students had the support oftheir parents in most cases. At­torney. Robert Sanchez, who repre­sented the students, said most ofthe improvements they demanded

EL MALCRIADO, Sunday, December 15, 1968/9

SUBSIDIZED GROWERS SCORN WELFAREMADERA COUNTY, CA.--81 per­

cent of Madera County growerswho receive farm subsidies between$5,000 and $133,000 per year op­pose a guaranteed annual incomeof $4,500 for a family of seven,a recent survey shows.

Ninety-four percent oppose pro­viding a minimum of $4,000 to afamily of five.

Stanford graduate student RobinYeamans recently conducted tele­phone interviews with growers inMadera County, which ranks as the37th wealthiest agricultural countyin the nation.

It has the highest concentrationof poor families (29.8 percent) inCalifornia, and its infaJ;lt mortalityrate is among the highest (10.1per 1,000) in the state.

Growers there received $3,008,901in farm subsidies in 1966.

Here are some comments fromgrowers interviewed in the servey.

"Giving causes loss of pride,"said the wife of a Madera Countygrower who opposed federal wel­fare assistance to the poor. Herhusband received $29,000 in cashfrom the Feds in 1966.

"The Bible says a man shouldwork," said a grower who opposedfederal aid to the poor, but grabbed$18,000 for himself in 1966 farmsUbsidies~

"I can't understand having thingshanded to Y9u," said the wife ofa grower, but evidently her husbandcould understand the $16,000 cropsubsidy he received in 1966.

"Idleness causes many evilS,"said a grower who got $8,000 in1966 from crop subsidy programsbut opposes all federal aid to thepoor.

The following comments camefrom growers who received from$7,000 to $27,000 each in farm sub-

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sidies in 1966:"Everybody should have it as hard °

as I did."..Anyone healthy shouldn't get

more than what sthey can earn.""We don't want to create gene­

rations of idle people."

Miss Yeamans showed only eightpercent of the growers or theirwives interviewedrecognized a pa­rallel between the federal moneythey get and the federal aid to thepoor they oppose.

A total of $3,281,621,070 was paidto U. S. growers in 1966 by theFederal government. Of the total,$103,881,250 went to California grow­ers. The bulk of this was fornot growing cotton.

The march in Toronto, Canada. See story on page 5 of this issue. Fotos byMorden Lazarus~ Ontario Federation of Labour.

lo/El' MAleR I ADO,' Sunday, Decembe r 15, 1968

[_le_tt_ers~:~=-IYOU ARE THE GROWERS!

San Francisco, Ca.

December 6, 1968

ERS. They don't grow the'grapes-­

you do! They should be called

owners, which is all they are, and

one day they won't be even that.

But it's you who are, and always

will be, the true and honorable grow­

ers.Viva la Causa!A student

Editor:I hope you'll excuse my anony­

mity--l'm a foreigner and in dan­

ger of being deported for political

activity. Having grown up in a coun­

try where unions are strong, I am

disgusted by the robber barons who

exploit workers here, especially

farm workers.

One little point--you, of all people,

should not call the robbers GROW-

Editor:Imagine my surprise when I re­

ceived December 1 issue today, only

a day after December l! I thinkthat your paper is reallyhip. Thanks

especially for the tuf pix of Jaime"Scoop" Reyes. Keep up the good

work and good luck.Please feel free to print my .letter

in next copy of your ~antastic sheet.

Tommy DeeBryn Mawr, Pa

Dec. 3, 1968

DELANO407-llth Ave.

725-9178

We have a large Selec­tion of Spanish Maga­zines, Books, and Rec­ords.

Editor:Though I am a long way. from

your area of struggle, I want you

to know I am with your movement

and leader the marvelous and won­

derful man, Sr. Cesar Chavez. I

do hope he' will regain his health

and strength and continue to lead

such a gre~t revolution to free thefarm worker acrosS this country.

I wa~ given v,ery much informatio~

through your local leader Sr. Julio

Hernandez.Sincerely,

J. Edward JorieEast Cleveland, Ohio

November 24, 1968

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Dear Friends,Weare always deligh ted to get

EL MALCRIADO, and hope to have.

a story about the farm workers in

the Catholic Worker next issue and, .also an appeal for subscriptions to

your paper.We are so' glad to have the Span­

ish issue, f.or the beautiful illustra­

tions. You should have them in the

English edition tOO. Could we re­

produce them in the CW? You are

welcome to any of ours.

Love to all of you,

. Dorothy DayTivoli, New York

December 4, 1968

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Fresno, California

We suspect Mr. Dee gotELMAL­

criado confused with" Movie pas­

sion" or some similar magazine,

but we print his letter because the

praise is so heart-warming.The Editor

Editor:Please take me off your mailing

list. The contribution I made was

in the nilme of the Pastor, Rev.

C. J. Wood and with parish funds

for the " poor" people. . This in

no way means to show on what side

of the dispute I am on.

God Bless,

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The three companies whichpurchasing the Di Giorgio ranch havenot all been involved in the grapestrike, but the M. Caratan Vine­yards 'was one of the o'riginalranch­es when workers went out onl strike

in september; 1965, and SabovichRanch was also truck. All are largeagribusines corporations owning

thousands of acres apiece. Ironi­cally, Oi Giorgio was forced to sell

the land under provisions of a lawaimed at encouraging small farmers.

The sales of Df Giorgios's landresulted from an agreeinentbetweenthe Di Giorgio corporation and theFederal GovernmeQt, under whichOi Giorgio received subsidized water

for irrigation of thousands of acresof land in Tulare and Kern Counties.Di Giorgio holdings far exceededthe "160 acre limitation," whichwas desigried to help small farmers

irrigate their lands while limitingthe amount of free or government­subsidized water provided to largegrowers. Oi Giorgio made an agree­

ment with the federal governmentby which he would receive unlimit­ed water subsidies for a 10-year pe­riod, after which he' would sell offhis "excess lands."

In 1967, all but 400 of Oi Gior­gio's 4,400 acres outside Delanowere sold. The present sale includesthe remaining 400 acres plus the8,600-acre "Home Ranch" in the Ar­vin-Lamont area south of Bakers-

, field.

According to the Fresno Bee of

December 8, E. J. and M. M. Sa­bovich purchased 1,280 acres of theLamont ranch.

"They purchased the blocks inva~ying sizes and combinations ofpurchasers to qualify under thel60-acre limit regulations," the Beequoted Bureau of Reclamation offi­cials as saying.

The Bureau eStimated the land ofthe vineyards at a value of $1,200-$1,800 per acre. Ano~er largepurchaser, M. Caratan -of Delano,is buying $475,000 of Di Giorgio's

land. Thus both of these "familyfarmers" are buying about a half­million dollars' worth of land.

Both are members of the ,Cali­fornia Grape and Tree Fruit League, .which recently attempted to blockenforcement of the $1;6.5 minimumwage for women, claiming grape

growers are unable to afford such"high" wages•.

The biggest purchases ofOiGior­gio's land were made by the S.A. Camp ranch, which is estimated

to have acquired' about $5 millionworth. Camp is no newcomer toagriculture, having built his em-

'pire in Kern County during the1920' s and 1930's. The Camp familyhas been prominent in Democratic

politics, and W. B. Camp, br~ther

of S. A~ Camp, was an assistantdirector of the Agricultural Adjust­ment Administration (AAA) duringthe days of the New Deal underPresident Franklin Roosevelt~

As head of the cotton division,Camp helped push through the cot-

Sell ing thefamily Farm

Mr. and Mrs.RobertDiGiorgio

ton subsidy program, which has since.become' an annual $3 billion give­away.

W. 'B. Camp himself collected$238,816 in federal subsidies during1967, according to the CongressionalRecord. The payments were prima-:­riIy for cotton Not grown. S. A.Camp collected $517,285 for the cot­ton he did not gIiow last year.

While UFWOC's contracts witli:other ranches are protected by suc-:cessor clauses guaranteeing that.purchasers or leasees will be re- .quired to abide by the provisions of­collective ~argaining agreements,the Di Giorgio workers do not have ~

,such a clause protecting them.But all Union members have' a:"'

stake in seeing to it that the Qi·-­Giorgio workers do not lose the be~-·

nefits of their contract. As one.­worker p~t it, "The victories we have ..won so far will mean nothing i~­

we cannot continue to organize new:­ranches and maintain the contracts

.which expire on the old, ones~'"

12/EL MALCRIADO, Sunday, December 15~ j968

Anti Strike BiI,1Fillerup called for a • special sys­

tem•••with a board or commission,which would take into account theunique factors of agriculture, suchas the perishable nature of the-product."

SUch suggestions are usually de­signed to set the stage for outlaw­ing strikes at harvest time.

Farm workers, however, feel thestrike is the workers' last resort,his inalienable right, and that noth­ing should limit this right to strikeexcept a contract in which theworkers agrees· to a ·no-strike"clause in return for job security,decent wages and the othel' benefits.

Fillerup' s proposals, while offer­ing no ·solution" to the farm la­bor problem, indicate that somegrowers are at least aware that a·problem" does exist. Evidentlygrowers are at last beginning tosuffer a little themselves from the

chaos in agricultural labor relations,just as farm workers have sufferedfor decades. Perhaps Filerup'sproposals will start a dialogue, dis­CUSSions, or even that frighteningword, ·negotiations"

word, ·negotiations" between ~eU­nion and growers. The time forsuch a dialogue seems long over­due.

Act" and can petition for unionrepresentation elections.Farm work­ers in Hawaii have the highestwages iIi the. nation, are coveredby collective bargaining agreementsin the main industries (sugar andpineapples), have unemployment in-

.surance, health insurance and pen­sion plans, and most of the benefitsthat industrial workers in this coun­try enjoy.

action at the federaf level to dealwith farm labor disputes.

State Senator Howard Way, Rep­Exeter, a former grape grower,

commented, "I sense a growingawareness on the part of farmersthat they can no longer turn theirbacks on this problem, that some­

thing must be done."Way suggested studying the situa­

tion in Hawaii, where farm workersare. covered by a "Little Wagner

Grower ·ProposesSAN FRANCISCO, December 4-­

o. W. Fillerup, head of the Councilof California Growers, today sug­gested prompt action on. state andFederal legislation to settle farmlabor disputes•.

Fillerup, long a bitter opponentof the unionization of farm workers,and a spokesman for grower's who

have most strenuosly resisted theUnion's demands for elections andcollective bargaining agreements,

recommended a program "whichwould, of course, include (union re­presentation) elections which couldresult in collective bargaining."

"The time has come for legisla­tion, at the federal level if pos­sible, to settle labor disputes,"he said. The state should act, if'the national Congress does not,"he added.

Fillerup's proposals indicate a

growing concern on the part ofcorporate agriculture in Californiaover the effectiveness of UFWOC'sboycott of California table grapes.According to Harry Bernstein, laboreditor for the Los Angeles Times,Fillerup's proposal ·was the firststrong call from California agri­culture for farm labor legislation,althOUgh some grower groups havepreViously indicated the need forsuch laws in a general way. H

SACRAMENTO EYES FARM LABOR LEGISLATIONSACRAMENTO, December 11: Cal­

ifornia legislators are talking moreand more about passing some kindof legislation to deal with farm la­bor disputes, according to a seriesof interviews appearing recentlyin the press. Talk has centeredon bills to outlaw boycotts, outlawstrikes at harvest, and, though thishas low priority in most discus­sions, providing a framework for col­lective bargaining negotiations be­tween growers and farm workers.

More "liberal" growers and e~en

Govern<?r Reagan are talking aboutraising minimUm wages for farmworkers (at present, $1.15 an hour,

for men, $1.35 for minors, and $1.65 for women, though the latterare not enforced) and providingsome kind of unemployment insur­ance for farm workers. Both pro­posals are aimed as much at cut­ting the ground out from underthe United Farm Workers organi­zing drive as improving conditionsfor. farm workers.

Senator Walter Stiern, D-Bakers­field, has proposed a law calling forcompulsory arbitration of labor dis­putes in agriculture. His proposalwould outlaw strikes atharvest time.Governor Reagan's "Farm LaborProgram" calls for passage of a

State Sen. Walter Stiern

very minimum state unemploymentinsurance program 'for farm work­ers, but Reagan and most largeAgribusiness organizations call for

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DELANOPerelli-Minetti workers with se­

niority are requested to register

immediately for work during thepruning season, which begins nextmonth, according to hiring hall di­

rector Manuel Sanchez.Sanchez said members can avoid

needless delays by bringing theirdues books with them, when they

go to register

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car... life ... firePHONES:Office, 485-0650Residence, 266-1349

3222 East Mayfair Blvd.Mayfair Shopping CenterFresno, Calif. 93703

Mr. Leap will be in the UF'WOC Service Center,105 Asti, Delano, every Wednesday to serve u­nion members.

BOS~.~:~~~-RiCh~ Y' CHICA:~~:~~~--TheCardinal CushingofBostonannounc- United Farm Workers Organizinged his ~upport of the boycott of .. - ..Committee scored major victories

California table grapes and vowed in the Midwest in its boycott ofhe would refrain from eating grapes WASHINGTON California table grapes this week.

until the dispute between grapes Eliseo Medina, UFWOC leader in

growers and the workers was set- WASHINGTON, November 28--The Chicago, reports that Jewel Tea,tIed. The Cardinal also endorsed Federal Governme~thas issued new with over 230 stores in Illinois, re-the stand by the Bishops and Arch- regulations for visitors crossing the moved all grapes from its shelves.

bishops of California who unani- border from Mexico into the Uni- Two other major chains followedmously called for the extension ted States. The new entry per- suit. And in Michigan, LupeAn-of the National Labor Relations Act mit will be dated and will be good guiano, UFWOC chairman, reportsto cover farm workers. .for 15 days for Mexican citizens that Eastern Michigan is almost

The Cardinal's statement came coming to the U.S. to visit, shop, .clean of grapes, with statements

shortly after the annual fall meet- or do business., It is valid only by 6 major chains to Stop hand-

ing of the Bishops, Archbishops and within 25 miles of the border. ling the scab product.Cardinals of the Unites States met The new regulations replace the The boycott is also growingin Washington and issued a strong "72-hour pass" which could be used stronger in downstate Illinois andstatement in behalf of the rights within 150 miles of the border. The in Indiana, Medina reports. The

of farm workers to orQ:anize. "72-hour pass" regulations were "Calumet Area Pro Farm Workerswidely abused by people who used Committee" led by Lalo Gonzales

the pass to gain entrance to the and Robert Murillo has scored suc-U.S. and then got a job and re- cesses i~ Hammond, East Chicago,

mained in the country illegally. The Whiting, Gary, and Munster, Indiana.

new regulations, are designed to curb Mayor John Nicosia of East Chi-this practice. cago and Garey'sMayor Richard

Union spokesmen were doubtful,. Hatcher have endorsed the boycotthowever, that the new regulations and more and more groups andwould be any more adequately en- citizens are becoming aware of theforced than the old ones. And the farm workers' problems. "It's

new regulations avoid the much groups like the 'Calumet Area Pro

more serious problem of regulating Farm Workers Committee' that arethe "Green Card" program. Since taking La Causa to every cornergrowers, Congressmen, Senators, of the nation," Medina said.

Department .of Justice officials, andImmigration Department officialsall seem determined that the exis­

ting r'egulations will not be enforced,the passing of new regulatons does

not represent any improvement of

the situation.

KENNETH J. LEAp· GENERAL

NEWS BRIEFS NEWS BRIEFS NEWSEL MALCRIADO, Sunday, December 15, 1968/13

SAN FRANCISCO, December 10-­

Lupe Murguia announced today that

the San Francisco and Bay AreasDelano Support~ Committee willsponsor a caravan to Delano on De­

cember 21. Murguia, representativefor the UFWex:: in the Bay Area,said that the caravan will leave the

Mission District (24th and Alabama)

between 7:30 and 8 AM on the

21st. Delegations from the LaborMovement, the Brown Berets, stu­dent groups, church groups, andconcerned individuals will be par­

ticipating. YOU are invited--JOINUS, Murgu(a said. For information

call 655-3256 in Oakland.

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invite you to look into the publications of the United Farm Work­ers 3 for unique and meaningful gifts 3 and for new insight intoone of the most significant labor struggles taking place in Ame­rica today. The art 3 . musio3 and literature offered here are anoutgrowth of the strike by grape pickers in the vineyards aroundDelano~ California. The money collected from the sale of theseworks goes directly to the United Farm Workers 3 to further theefforts to organize America's most exploited workers 3 the farmworker& We encourage you to put your money to work in this cause 3

and introduce your family and friends and neighbors to this cou­rageous struggle by the farm workers for dignity and justice.

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MEXICAN GRAPHIC ARTSI1969 CALENDAR

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.This beautiful calendar employs twelvegreat works by Mexican and Mexican-Ame­rican artists, which have appeared ascovers on "EL MALCRIADO" over the lastthree years. All are in the graphic arttradition of Mexico, woodcuts, en9rav­ings, pen-and-ink drawings. This typeof art was an outgrowth of the MexicanRevolution (1910-1920) and representsone of the outstanding expressions ofRevolutionary Art from Mexico. It re­

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HUELGA! by Nelson

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Ik!ano Cr,lpc ~trike. Nelson \vasj

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THE FIRST 100 DAYS OFTHE GREAT DELANO GRAPESTRIKE, by Eugene Nelson

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