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A Dangerous Enemy

One of the reasons that the Huelga of Delano has been so successful­against impossible odds-is because the ranchers have not ever been ableto get together. They fear and hate each other too much to join togetheragainst the common enemy-their workers.

Just as fear and hate have made the ranchers lose, these same forcesof distrust, jealousy, and cowardice can make us, the farm workers,lose, too.

Three examples: Distrust-A representative of the union in the area.outside of Delano, stopped working for the strike last month. His reason:"That not enough attention was given to me, that the leaders in Delanowere always too QUsy, that I wasn't given any money to'work with."

Jealousy-Another organizer, who has worked night and day for thecause, became furious when he saw one of the older leaders driving a carthat "the union had bought for him." The fact is that the farm workers'union doesn't buy cars for anyone. The second leader had been Smart e­nough to beg, borrow or steal the automobile from rich supporters in thecity. -

Cowardice-People who are in the union of Cesar Chavez in unorgal­nized areas (like 99% of California and Texas) are 'marked men.' Theyare as hated as the handful of early Christians were in ancient Rome.They have the respect of their own people (if they take the trouble to earnit), but the ranchers and labor contractors will stop at nothing to stampthem out. It takes a strong man to be the first to speak out against injus­tice. Only strong and brave men will join him. If there were fewer cow­ards among the poor people of this state, we would not be so poor!

Distrust, jeatousy and cowardice. All these are personal failing, hap­pening quietly amid the noise and confusion of our work. They will do'more to smash our movement than~ rancher or combination of ran..chers, now or in the fu~re. "

Entire Contents Copyright 1967by Farm Worker Press, Inc.

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in regard to the call that'you have made that allMexican-Americans be­come United States citi­zens, that I became acitizen in 1959.

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I want to congratulateyou on the improvingquality of your paper,"EI Malcriado." Theorganizing news from allparts of the country isnot easily available tome in any other paper.I also think the laborand Constitution articlesare very important.

Thank you for thephotograph of the peoplewho work at the paperthat I received when Ibought my share.

Respectfully,Santos AlvaresFresno, Ca.lif.

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rifice like a lamb.I think that this was

the same as the anguishof Christ, when he knewhe had to be sacrificed.

May his blood, spilleqin Texas, serve topurge this state of eviLMay it serve to help thepoor farm workers, andmay it aid them in ob­taining Victory over theiIoppressors.And like many people, Iwill never, never forgetPresident Kennedy.

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Face of WarEl MalcriadoLetters to the EditorP.O. Box 1060Delano, California

Dear Amigos,

Over the past years we have supported the cause ofeconomic and social equality in many areas. 'Huelga' has beenone of our favorites and we have given along with many friendsmoney, time, and physical and moral support. We will continueto do so for we believe your cause to be just and your heartspure. Yet, we now would calIon you for support in a largerstruggle of which you are not unaware.

There are those among our leaders who believe thateconomic exploition of the little man is good and Godly. Asproud and honest men like yourselves have stopped hismurderous activities in one area, he has expanded to others.So, we now find our country and our brothers fighting in a faraway country because other little'people are trying to standup on their own feet and make their own way. They cry"Communist"~ "Agressor", and "Murderer". And many of ourpeople follow and many of our people die.

Rich boys and sons of powerful men don't go to thewar. They get soft jobs.at home. Poor people go and poorpeople die. The same is true on the other side. It's thepoor people who are dying. Have you ever wondered how manychildren died to pay for Premier Kye's mansion? Have you everwished that part of the 2 billion dollars being spent per monthon the war could be used to feed your children?

I am opposed to war. MY religious beliefs tell methat it is insane. I am refusing to go. I will not be draft­ed. I have told the Selective Service (no poor people or min­,ority people there) that I will serve my country for two yearsworking in ghettos or at migrant labor camps or in a hospital,but I will not kill my brothers and sisters. How could I? Ibelieve in justice. I believe in equality. I believe that alJmen are God's children. What do you believe?

May God go with you and your children.

Peace,

Dave and Jo Fuller1264 Page Street #5San Francisco, Calif. 94117

ANDY ZERMENO

BOB DUDNICK

Another of the brave friends ofthe farm workers and contributorto El Malcriado is Bob Dudnick.Dudnick is editor of the newspa-

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Whoever has followed the thingsrelated to the strike is alreadyfamiliar with the cartoons andillustrations that appear in EIMalcriado, and already appreci­ates the brilliant work, includingthe famous paintings of our pro­fessional artist (like the one onthe cover of the last issue).

Andy Zermeno, originallyfrom Salinas, Calif, and marriedto a Delano girl, is the son of afarm worker who has had thegood luck to be able to give aneducation to his son.

Andy has graduated' from vari­ous California art schools andactually holds the job of Art Di­rector for a Hollywood FilmCompany. His talent has alreadymade great professional successpossible for him, but he has beenintimately linked with the strug­gle of the farm workers, and

. makes frequent trips to Delano tobring his work to El Malcriado.He was the author of the magnif­icent cover that appeared on thelast issue; he draws the comicstrip "LA DOLCE VITA in theNorth" and is finishing a shortfilm based on his painting, whichshows the dramatic and tragicstory of the farm worker ill Cali­fornia in a unique way. It is awork which will become part ofthe history of the working peopleof America.

BOB DUDNICK

telligence, thinks that he is veryclever and according to him weare obliged to publish his anony­mous letter, He says: "I knowthat this letter will never bepublished in EI Malcriado. "

The letter (better called a"poison pen letter") containsnothing but pure stupidities: forexample, this piece from a par­agraph: " ... and in regard tothe police brutality, the onlybrutality which I have seen,was the MENTAL brutality thatthe strikers used on the policewho were on the picket line toprotect them... "

Mental brutality against the.police! Police who were on thepicket line to protect the strik­ers! This unbelievable cynicismand the low mental level of thesegunmen never ceases to amazeus. This anonymous "securityguard" is tvoical.

ANDY ZERMENO

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An anonymous gunman who sayshe has "worked" in the grapes inDelano since September 9, 1965,has written us a letter. Withoutsigniture or anything to identifyhimself, this gunman of the ran­chers (who calls himself a secu­rity guard) demanded that weprint his letter complete.

As always happens with thiskind of people, who can moreeasily use brute force than in-

The editing of a magazine ornewspaper is like lookingthrough a window with a specialkind of glass, a glass that letsus see out but doesn't let anyonelook in on those who work on thenewspaper. This section, whichstarts this week, has as its pur­pose to let our readers look "n­side", letting you in on the thing;that happen here, and in generalto establish a more direct dialogwith you.

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More people who live in Los Angeles purchased certificatesthan people who live in any other city, but there was a good re­sponse from farm worker towns and also from cities out of thestate. We now have "share" holders in New York, Minnesota,Maine, Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio, J?ennsylvania, Oregon, Ma­ryland, Washington, D. C., Missouri, Iowa, and in·Puerto Ricoand Argentina. .

The person who buys the share that puts us over the $2,000­mark will receive an expense paid trip to Delano (by Grey houndfrom anywhere within 300 miles) and a.deluxe weekend tour of theHuelga, free beer at People's Bar (frequentedby the huelguistas,at Garces and Glenwood in Delano), and a lifetime subscriptionto the paper, in addition to getting their picture in El Malcriado.

"Shares" cost only $10.00, and will assure you that your paperwill continue its new expansion program. We will begin to pub­lish detailed information on how we are spending the money, inthe next few weeks. Send us your $10.00 today.

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THE FARM WORKER STRUGGLE

T-HERTHE LE TTER ON THE OPPOSITE PAGE WASSENT BY CESAR CHAVEZ ON FEBRUARY 21967 TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE WOR­KED AT GOLDBERG & SONS IN THE LASTYEAR. IT WAS THE LAST WORD IN THEGOLDBERG STRIKE, AND CONFIRMATION OFTHE THIRD MAJOR VICTORY OF THE DELA­NO GRAPE STRIKERS.

One of Goldberg's bosses, JOHN HOURIGAN (left),meets with Cesar Chavez and Jim Drake during thestrike last October.

In Memory of ROGER TERRONEZStrike workers travelled to

Hanford on Saturday, January28, to pay their respects atthe resting place of Roge~Terronez. Roger was killedexactly a year ago while hewas serving the cause as aspecial assistant to CesarChavez. A Mass was said atOur Lady of GuadalupeChurch in Daano, in memoryof Roger.

Roger Terronez had beenamong the most importantleaders of the Huelga untilhis untimely death at the ageof 32. HiS boycott work inSan Francisco just before hisdeath was one of the thingsmaking possible a victory a­gainst Schenley--the first cm­tract in the history of agri­culture.

Roger's wife Gloria wentto her family in Texas afterhe was killed, but returnedsoon with her children and isnow living in Delano andworking for the strike in themembership office.

In the year since his death,Roger has become a symbolof the entire struggle for jus­tice in California and Texas,but the movement has notbeen the same without him.Hundreds of people havemourned his death. The vic­tories which came later--theresult of our work and his-­were hollow and empty with­out him. He will never beforgotten.

VieT

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THE 'FARM WORKERS' STRUGGLE, .,

Leaders at Schenley Ranch are shownhere with Dolores Huerta (center) andCesar Chavez (right). These crew lead­ers, elected by the Schenley workers willbe responsible to the union members forcarrying out the Schenley Contract. Theywill have to not only keep a close eye onthe company, but make sure that theunion's new responsibilities under·thecontract are carried out. From left toright, they are Luis Conde, Daniel San­chez, O. C. Moore and Paul Vargas.

John Pagliarulo, ·Jack Pandol,and over a dozen other ranchersIfrom Kern and Tulare Counties!(whoSe workers are still on:strike) gave a "going away" partyfor eX-Congressman Harlan Ha­gen. Hagen got kicked out of of­fice in the last election. Mostpeople were disgusted with Hagenlbecause he was on the grower's'side, and against the workers.

But the growers loved Hagen,;,and many turned out to thank him'for his help in getting them gov­Iernment subsidies and favorsover the past ten years. Hagen·has said that he may run for of­fice again. But his "farewellparty" shows once again whoseside he is on, and he better notexpect any help from the workingpeople in the future, if he getsback into politics.

DELANO WATER'

BAD FOR BABIES

Delano water users were warnedlast week not to feed city waterto their babies. The water wassaid to contain dangerous agri­cultural chemicals that are usedfor tertilizers. The "City' of De­lano" said a letter sent to allresidents who pay $7 a month forwater service, "has no controlover the use of the undergroundwater basin" The scientistsmaking the water analysis saidthat the polluted water was defin­itely due to the ranchers' use ofchemicals which eventually getinto the drinking water. Delanowater users were advised to buybottled water at the store fortheir babies. They will all con­tinue to be forced to pay $7 amonth for the bad water. Theletter was signed by Louis Shep­ard, the City Manager.

-THE HELL THAT IS TEXAS.

MOREWORKERS

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~Two pickets at the non-coopera ­ing Purity Store in the Mexican­American district of San Fran­cisco, were arrested a week agQ

THE PICKETS WERE PRO­TESTING THE SALE OF PER­ELLI-MINETTI PRODUCTS:TRIBUNO, AMBASSADOR,ELEVEN CELLARS liquors.

The arrests were witnessed,by a crowd of Mexican-Americanchildren who were so upset aboutthis that they told the picketsthey would be back the next dayto picket.

But the next evening the chil­dren returned and took signs andsuddenly marched around the po­lice car parked at the scene ofthe boycott, singing "We ShallNot be Moved".

LETTUCE GROWER

FAILS AGA!INr I The Superior Court of Bakers­

\ field threw out a second com-. 'plaint by Bud Antle, Inc: against

Two new workers have been ad- r El Malcriado in the $1,100, 000ded to the Farm Worke~s Service y lawsuit for libel. The newspa-CEnter so that people WIll not U per's lawyer, Arthur Brunwasserhave to wait so long for help. fj of San Francisco, stated that

The new workers are CAR- , ~ th t gh facts m'I ere were no enouMEN SERDA, as interpreter and I ' I . t t b 'Ant e s comp am 0 rmg antypist, and LOURDES DAHILAG, ~ t· 't tl Antle'sr ac IOn agams Ie paper.as interpreter and income tax I f d t Ifawyer was orce 0 agree.specialist. Lourdes will use her th' h ' th our"t WI'IIIS appeI).8 agam e clanguage talents :~r,thos~ who r tell Antle that the lawsuit must'speak only the FIllpmo dIalects. \ , hd ~

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ARREST OF TWO CALIFQRNIANS, REVEREND JIM DRAKE AND GILBERT

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SOMETHING TO THIWe often hear the words "left" and "right"They are used in the sense of "leftist influ

It is important to know jThe idea of "left" and "ri

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The "left wing"includes Communists and commun­ist sympathizers, but this group of extremists ismuch smaller than the right wing extremists. Theleft also includes all the working people who want tobetter their condition by making basic changes intheir lives such as by starting new labor unions. Italso includes many college students who believe thatthe older generation has built a basically sick worldin which war and hatred are glorified and peace andlove are crushed..

The left wing is sometimes called "progressive","Democratic", "liberal", or "radical". Left wingpeople are usually in favor of change, both in eco­nomic structure of the country and in the gc;>vernmentThey cannot always agree on what kind of changes arenecessary.

The idea that each man is to some extent respon­sible for the well-being of all other men, is the ba­sic leftist idea. But the extreme left postition is thatviolent revolution is necessary to create a world inwhich all men can be free and equal. Extreme leftistbelieves that the democratic system is only a tool inthe hands of the evil ones.

Examples of the left wing people are Martin LuthurKing, the negro leader who has helped his people somuch, President John Kennedy who tried to clean upthe government by getting rid of some of the right­ists. Alsoorganizations such as the AFL-CIO (eventhough they try to be non:"political) are on the left;":El Malcriado is an example of a left wing"newspaperin Delano, because it truly .represents the workingpeople.

Some people, calling themselves "liberals" havedeclared that there is not only a left and a right, buta center, which is the best place to be. They have

"sometimes been very unsuccessful. Ex-GovernorBrown is an example of the center.

Sweden is an example of a leftist country. Spain isthe Elks Club, and the Chamber of Commerce on the easThe Farm Worker Health Clinic, the Credit Union, andamples of the leftist way of life. Some people say that tois to be a Nazi. Martin Luther King is on the left. He is asumably) anti-Nazi. "Left" and "right" arejustconventhe world around us. Itis sometimes as important torec

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******REMINDER******IF YOU SUPPORT YOUR FAMILY IN MEXICO, YOU SHOULD HAVE ALETTER FROM THEM STATING HOW MUCH YOU HAVE CONTRIBUTEDTO THEm SUPPORT IN 1966 AND THE AMOUNT OF THEm TOTALINCOME FOR 1966. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE SUCH A LETTER THE INTER­NAL REVENUE SERVICE CAN QUESTION YOUR CLAIM OF DEPENDENTSIN MEXICO.

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,As consumers, please don't buy,serve,or handle these products until the companyagrees to negotiate with' their striking farm­workers, who are represented by theU~ITEUFARM WORKERS organizing com­mItte.( AFL-CIO, P. O. Box 130, Delano.

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of the winery is 8 million gallons, and thereis also a 26 thousand barrel storage ware­house for brandy.

Most marketing is done through Califor-nia Wine Association, a co-op with threemember wineries, plus Perelli-Minetti,although it once had about 12 members. A.Perelli-Minetti & Sons is the largest partici­pant. William Perelli-Minetti is secretary­treasurer, and another son, Mario Perelli­Minetti, is the general manager and runs theoperation. We don't know this association'scurrent sales figure, but it is near $30 mil­lion. They have 50 salesmen and distributenationally.

In addition to marketing through Califor­nia Wine Association, Perelli-Minetti manu­factures and bottles Tribuno vermouth (ownedby Vermouth Industries of America) andAssumption Abbey Brandy (owned by theBenedictine Order). These two products aredistributed by "21 Brands", who own "21" clubin New York City and import Ballintine Scotch'Also, Perelli-Minetti manufactures and bot­tles at least six other brandy labels and shipsbulk wine and brandy to many other companies(not yet formally boycotted), including HiramWalker, Mr. Boston, S. S. Pierce Co., LewisB~ar Co., American Distilling Co., J. E.Comiskey Co., and Kosher wine to Manische-

.witz Wine Co.

On March 15, 1965, Antonio Perelli­Minetti's private family business was reor ....ganized lnto a partnership of 26 corporations,each one named for one of Antonio's childrenor grandchildren. Each corporation has the.same officers. In addition to tax advantages,each corporation ~pparently farms no morethan the legal limit of 160 acres of landirrigated with public water resources.

Antonio, who is 85, came to Americafrom Barletta, Italy, when he was 22. Heworked first for Italian Swiss Colony ascellar-man and wine-maker, then lost hisfirst fortune in a $50,000 winery, vineyardand cattle ranch enterprise in Sonomacounty which he bought with $50 down. In1910 he went to a winery in Mexico but leftduring the revolution. In Delano he foundedtwo other wineries before establishing hispresent firm.

The family's 2500 acres of grapes pro­duce about 11,000 tons. In addition, they buyabout 40, 000 tons from other growers, mostof them also struck. The Delano operationhas a net worth of about $5.5 million. Oneof Antonio's sons (Fred) is plant manager,another (William) is field manager and aformer Delano mayor. The storage capacity

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· EL JEATRO. CAMPESINO IN BERKELEY

(LEFT)"Well BOY is that the fast­est you can move? Well?Well? Come on BOY let'sget moving. "

~t"To many of you these actos may seem to be satire, "Luis Valdez told over a hundred people inBerkeley last week, "but, in the eyes of the farm workers these are the realities. "

(RIGHT)Danny Valdez (left) points theboycott sword at "Perelli­Marrano" in the Teatro's lat­est. acto depicting our strug­gle against Perelli-Minetti.

Boycott is one of the key wea­pons in the farm workers'non-violent strike against themulti-business oligarchiesthat dominate California'seconomy.

, .P~oto story by 'e.m'. clark,~

The Teatro Campesino is thetouring theatrical company ofthe Huelga. Farm workersare the players in this grassroots theater which is di­rected by Luis Valdez who isa native of Delano.

Delano is the home stage ofthe Teatro, but they go ontour to tell the story of thestrike and to raise funds bad­ly neede to continue our strug­gle.

Last week they performed inBerkeley. Their next roadshowing will be in Corte Ma­dera, Marin County at 8:00p. m., Friday, Feb. 17th.Look for them next in YubaCity, Chico and Sacramento. "Take him away," Patroncito (right) orders his Rent-a­

Fuzz (Roy Valdez - center), "try to treat them right... "

(LEFT)"See that hill up there boy, Ibuilt it, and that house - boy- I built it. It cost, boy,cost $150, 000 boy," LuisValdez playing El Patroncito(the boss) tells Esquirol, asthe acto continues.

(RIGHT)"I wonder why all those peo­ple were standing on the roadthis morning, " wonders ElEsquirol (the scab) played byAgustin Lira. "I just cameup from Texas," he contin­ues as he turns a barrenstage into a grape field inDelano. "They didn't tellme anything about a Huelgawhen I joined the work crew.in El Paso... "

EL MALCRIADO_ E IN TIaN•.•~.

~;~~eirba:ks'andthe EDITORIAL: DIGNITY OF THE FARM WORKERangels weep in Heaven, ' (REPRINTED FROM EI Malcriado #18: Aug. 3D, 1965, just before the HUELGA)and the Devil shuts the" FOR NEARLY ALL PEOPLE THERE IS A THING THAT IS MORE IMPORTANTgates of Hell to keep THAN MONEY. IT IS A THING 'CALLED DIGNITY OR SELF-RESPECT ORthem out. HONOR, AND IT SHOWS ITSELF IN MANY WAYS. SOMETIMES IT IS SHOWN

"Esau sold his birth- THE MAN WHO WILL FIGHT WHEN HE IS INSULTED.

right for a mess of pot- !tage, Judas Iscariot !WE WHO ARE FARM WORKERS HAVE ALL BEEN INSULTED. WE HAVE SEEsold his Savior for thirw,OURSELVES TREATED LIKE CATTLE, WE HAVE SEEN HOW THEY HAVEpieces of silver, Bene- ; TAKEN THE WORK OF OUR HANDS AND BODIES AND MADE THEMSELVESd' t Arnold sold his : RICH, WHILE WE ARE LEFT WITH EMPTY HANDS BETWEEN THE EARTH

lC olAND THE SKYcountry for a promIse I .of a commission in the IB 't' h Arm The mod lWE HAVE SEEN OUR CHILDREN TREATED AS INFERIORS IN THE SCHOOLS.e:~ ~~'ikebr~~ker sells WE HAVE SEEN IN THE FACE OF THE COP OUR ~EQUALITYBEFORE THE

h' bO th ° ht hOs LAW. WE HAVE KNOWN WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE .uESS RESPECTED, TO BEIS lr ng , 1 coun-t ho 'f hO hOld UNWAN'IED, TO LIVE IN A WORLD WHICH DID NOT BELONG TO US.ry, IS 'VI e, IS c 1 -

ren, and ~iS fellow~en OUR COLOR OR OUR LANGUAGE OR OUR JOB HAVE KEPT US APART. ANDfor an ~fl11ed promIse THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PROFITING FROM OUR SEPARATENESS AREfrom hIS e~plo~,er,trus\DETERMINED TO KEEP IT THAT WAY. IT IS A FACT THAT IN SANor corporat:l.On. i FRANCISCO THE GROWERS ASSOCIATIONS KEEP AN OFFICE FULL OF~~(IpEOPLE BUSY WRITING PROPAGANDA ABOUT HOW FARM WORKERS ARE A

0' KINDS dF.; .'. IWINOS, BUMS, INCOMPETENTS. THERE IS MONEY IN THE ADVANCEMENTfrom p. 4 OF THESE LIES.

Love,Judith HolmesSan Jose

come good friends; theworld is full of peoplelike me who know that allhuman beings are alikeand each of us has a dutyto be friendly to all otherhuman beings. Sentences,like those I complainedabout above, increasefear and unfriendliness inreaders and do muchharm.

Forgive me for impos­ing on your time. Takegood care of yourself.

thoughts.I have sent in for a sub

scription to the EI Malcr..!.ado and will try to get o­thers in this area to buyit too so that all of us willbe aware of your activi­ties and needs. I trulyhope I won't have towriteagain and protest anywri:"ting in it.

I'm hoping that some­one will write an articletelling people like me,who really want to help,how to show and convincethe Farm people and o­ther Mexican-Americansthat we truly want to be-

While working with agroup of Farm Workerslast summer in San Jose,I found the good peoplefull of fears about the po­11ce, doctors, teachers,and ordinary, friendly oldladies like II1e.

I feel certain that irre­sponsible writings, likethe first three sentenceson page 14 of the "EI Malcriado" #52, have donemuch to build these fearsin these good people.

I know you are muchtoo busy to read long let­ters so I will resist thetempt~tion to write other

rna's column, there are WE WHO ARE PICKING THE GRAPES AND THE PEACHES AND THE TOMATO!three sentences that will WHICH ARE THE LIFE-BLOOD OF CALIFORNIA ARE SOON GOING TO SHAREdo a great deal of harm IN THE RICHNESS WE HAVE MADE. THE LITTLE FIGHTS AGAINST THEto the minds and hearts LITTLE GROWER AND CONTHACTOR THAT YOU READ ABOUT TODAY ARE

.of the Farm Workers who ONLY THE BEGINNING. THE DIGNITY OF THE FARM -\\t'ORKER SHOWS ITSEIread them. IN ,MANY WAYS.

I refer to the first 3sentences in the first let- THIS YEAR AND IN THE YEARS TO COME. IT WILL BE SHOWN BY THE MANter in the column. WHO WILL FIGHT WHEN HE IS INSULTED~

Please take time fromyour busy schedule toread them, and then ifyou agree with my criti­cism, please tell the co1­umnist that untruths suchas these sentences shouldnot appear in the columnsof this magazine.

It is not true, you'know, that all police arethe enemy of the people.And, you know, the policeare not trained to lookdown on minorities andincite them against eachother, . , that is the oldCommunist line, you know!

Unfortunately, therear~ some police who arebigoted and racists butthey are in the minority,thank God.

;e#i;=PEimper "Senior Citizens Sentinel" inLo~ Angeles, but like Zermeno,

I

he has travelled repeatedly to De­lano to help EI Malcriado. Actu­ally he is in charge of the arti­cles about the history of tJie labor

movement in the United States. Inthis issue 'appears the second ofa long series 'which we are pre­senting for our readers.

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No.3

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HISTORY OF LABOR

THl fiGHT BlTWllNTHl UNIONS

I:i~thread of progress some­times seems lost.

This was the situation thatfaced the delegates at Chi­cago that day in 1905 whenWilliam D. (Big Bill) Hay­wood brouglt the IndustrialWorkers of the World to or­der.

The Knights of Labor,which had the trappings of afraternal order until theCatholic Church forbade itsmembers to join secret or·­ganizations, had declinedfrom 1 million members topractically zero. TheAmerican Federation of La­bor, under Sam Gomphers,was reaching prominence.

So, in that hall in 1905,leftist elements of the labormovement saw that they weresplintered against thenselves.Their common enemies wereas they saw it, the employersand what they called the"labor fakers"--the AFL.From all segments of the leftthe delegates came: from the

.Socialist Trade and LaborAlliance, the Socialist andSocialist Labor parties, andthe pioneering Western Fed­eration of Miners, Heywoodsgive-tern-hell outfit.

"The employing class andthe working class havenothing in common, " thefirst sentence of the IWWPreamble read. They meant

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THE AFL AND THE IWW HATED EACH OTHER, OFCOURSE. BUT THE AFL OUTLASTED THE WOBBLIE~'MAINLY BECAUSE OF WORLD WAR I. BIG BILL HEY­WOOD DE CLARED THE IWW WOULD NOT FIGHT OR'SANCTION THE WAR. MANY WOBBLIES WERE SENTTO PRISON. HEYWOOD FLED TO RUSSIA. THE OR­GANIZATION WAS LEFT WITHOUT ITS LEGENDARY,LEADERS. BUT GOMPERS SAID, "THIS IS LABOR'SWAR. "

it. They opposed--althoughnot at first--political action,while the AFL thought thatstrikes, slowdowns, and"sabatage" were inappro'­priate.

This was because of Gom:"pers. He had witnessed theNew York Tompkins Squarelabor riot many years befoream blamed the shooting of theworkers not on the cops buton the workersv "radicalism;Gompers and the AFL wantedjust one thing: more. Theywanted to get it in just oneway: by law.

More fundamentally, how­ever, they wanted it for onlyone ,class of worker; the'skilled craftsman. All AFLunions were craft organiza­tions. Some jobs might havefive or six or more unionsrepresented, in the samemanner that the building andconstruction trades stilloperate today.

This made no sense to theIWW, or "Wobblies." Theywanted "One Big Union, " andwhile the AFL men ad ­dressed each other as"brother" and signed theirletters, "Fraternally yours"the Wobs called each other"fellow worler" and signedtheir correspondence, "Yoursfor the OBU (One Big UniorV,"

To the IWW, it didn't mat-

ter what a rran did--if heworked, he was eligible forthe the OBU. The Wobblieswanted to organize the un­skilled, the minorities, thedispose'ssed, the migrants(or, in the phI'ase of thetimes, the "bindle stiffs. ,,)

Since this could not, theyreasoned; be done by poli­tics, as Gomphers held, itmust be'done by "sabo'tage"No other IWW principle hasbeen so consistently misun­derstood. No other IWWstand has triggered morebullets into the helplessbodies of the workers.

By sabotage, the IWW didnot mean ddstroying theplants and machines- -nec'­essarily. There were scattered instances of this, butwhat it really meant waswhat later became commonin the CIO: the slowdown orsitdown. (The auto workersused both when they organ-

ized in Flint and Detroit.But the Wobblies were

strong only in places--most­ly in tJ'le West where theyraised hell in the Coloradomines, in the North-westtimber and in the Arizonacopper pits.. They really hadno broader base and their pro­gram of a syndacalist coop­erative found little favor am­ong the masses or workerswho wanted only highEr wagesand shorter hours--the AFLplatform.

The AFL, in fact, had noprogram beyond wages andhours. "We have no ultimateaims, " an AFL official tolda Senate committee. "We aregoing on from day to day. WEfight only for immediate ob­jects--objects that can berealized in a few year s ...

The AFL and the rwwhated each other. of course,

6.-C~inued on pR~e ~~I

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m-- .- .Don't look for romance." Make a romance of

whatever you are doing.

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' -. You're getting theblues too often-go

) "1 out and enjoy life.********************You may not notice it,but someone is watch­ing you from afar,********************If you stop trying tochange people, lifewill go much smoother********************

a-. If you feel stronglyI I about something, SAY

, SO, fight for ,it!

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Someone you have al­'~ - ways disliked will be­

come your close friend********************a -This week you shouldtreat friends. to anight out. Splurge.********************

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Stop worrying about. money, or you'll lose

, the little you have.

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IR· Most Important-Don'tlisten to gossip thisweek. It will hurt you.********************

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- . , It's OK to wear red'_ • on Saturday ,but please

not on Wednesday.********************

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. ..• You will be given animportant task. Don't

low it.********************

D'.Try to patch up thedisagreement you hadwith a friend. -

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YOUR STARS

DOWN1. Questions2. Far below ground3. Anxious4. Farm machine5. Wealthy6. Chimpanzee7. Post script (abbr.)8. Bed coverings9. Female barnyard fowl10. Footed vase11. Plaything17. Small green vegetable19. Hearing organ20. Slant22. Is afraid of23. Small flap24. Level2'5. Marsh plant26. Go by27. One twelfth foot29. Packs of cards32. Black paving substance34. Military greetings37., Striped animals39. Door rug42. Negative vote44. Flower part46. Arrive47. Shoe bottom48. Tattled49. Took food50. Lower limb51. Fall behind52. Raced55. Leave

ACROSS1. Fruit drink4. Mouse catcher8. Close12. Ocean13. Tears14. Brave man15. Small barrel16. Highest card17. Copper coin18. Oration20. Look at21. Rodent22. Praise insincerely26. Philippine Islands (abbr.)28. Riding-roping show30. Rescue31. Picnic pest33. Harvests35. Honey gatherer36. Begone, cat!38. Rich part of milk40. North Dakota (abbr.)41. Gets smaller from washing43. Lick'up45. Fuel46. Most pleasingly pretty49. Bowling lane52. Decay53. Also54. Rip,55. Tennis or bridge56. The whole of57. Hen products58. Single dollars59. Guided

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prayer at least sixty feet awayfrom the building. During theceremony, Gilbert Padilla andRev. Drake !Ver:~ arrested for"disturbing the peace." The com­plaint was filed by the janitor whoat the time was cleaning on thethird floor of the court house. Heclaimed that he was preventedfrom performing his job properlybecause of the disturbance causedby the quiet, almost whisperedprayers of the demonstrators.Others remained to continue thevigil until four a. m. but were notarrested.

ON the left, Reverend Jim Drake,a Congregational Minister;On the right, Gil Padilla, VicePresident of the Union.

These and others were arrest­ed while they were praying.

FARMWORKERS OF TEXAS:::::Your union headquarters is at

609 No. Flores in Rio Grande CityGo to the office and join the Union,or write to: PO Box 54, Rio Gr3.!!de City, for information on howyou can help.

KEEP THEM IN BUSINESSTHIS is a pitch for money-for the Teatro, the trueDon Quixotes of the Strike, traveling from Delanoto San Francisco to Yakima in Washington andWoodburn in Oregon in an automobile not bad e­nough for the junkpile, but not good enough for thesuch extended trips. The frolic and joy which theycontinually produce is not enough to pay for a goodcar. But they have bought the bus at the left any­way, and must pay $100 per month to keep it.Won't you HELP them? Send all replies to "TeatroCampesino," c/o Box, 130, Delano', Calif. 93215.

Four farm workers were ar­rested at Trophy Farms on thecharges of using "abusive lan­guage" with a loud speaker sys­tem on Thursday morning, Janu­ary 26. The strikers talked tothe strike breakers in the fieldand criticized the unsanitary con­ditions in the fields for the work­ers. These conditions were at­tributed to the neglect and indif­ference of their employers for thewell-being of the laborers.

When the scabs began to payattention, the growers realizedthe effectiveness of the strikers'speeches. The Union memberswere immediately arrested, andtheir loudspeaker system wasconfiscated as "evidence. "

That same day around 7 o'clockthe fellow union workers of themen arrested went to the courthouse. Eight marched around thecourt house with picket signs.Depufy Sherriff Roberto Pena toldthem at eight 0' clock that theymust leave the premises by nineo'clock or else be arrested. Thedemonstrators left at nine and re­turned at nine forty to pray. TheRev. Jim Drake led the group in

Even PrayiGod I-s a C

THE HELL THAT IS

THE DANGEROUSBOMB THAT IS STARRCOUNTY, TEXAS, HASFINALLY BLOWN UP.IN THE MIDDLE OF ITWERE GILBERT PADI­LLA AND JIM DRAKE,ORGANIZERS FROMDE LANO.

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HERE RESTSBY AGUSTIN LIRA

A MAN

I remember now very clearly. I was about 5 or 6years old, and we--my mother, stepfather and twocousins were on our way to see relatives. Thepeople that we were going to see had abandoned thecity life and had taken to the New Mexico hills. Tothem it did not matter that they were living far awayfrom any kind of civilization. From what I remem­ber they were eight. Rumor had it that the oldgrandmother had at one time fought with PanchoVilla in the Mexican Revolution. My stepfather tookgreat pleasure in going into long and stretched outdetails about how his mother (the old grandmother)even in her sixties had carried guns and fought withthe valiant muchachos, until independence had beenwon. Then she had come back to Lordsburg, NewMexico, and had started domestic life once more.

My two cousins were busy getting the duffel bagsfilled, and the three extra five-gallon cans into theback of the old solid-grey Chevy. "It's going to be along trip, so get everything you'll need. Oh, anddon't forget to go to the restroom", my stepfathersmiled slyly. I looked down the street which I knewso well. Old houses, and here and there in frontof every house a sickly tree trying desparately togrow something green on its poor withering body.I don't believe that anybody's house had any greenI mean green grass growing on their dry front lawnswhere occasionally dogs would congregate and have adog session, then later you could hear the·yelps andall-night barking of the broken congregation. To theright of the block at the corner was an old churchwhich looked like an old mission church during thetime of the Alamo. There was where I met 'LaPulga' (The Flea), a young man of twenty. He wasthe living replica of the old-time 'Pachuco', bell­bottom pants, shiny, pointed shoes, long-sleeved

shirts, duck-tailed hair in the back of his head, anda knife. A very sharp knife which he carried in a : _.slit inside the right leg of his pants. His advice wasalways: "Look, ese, don let nobody push you aroun,if anybody bother you, you come and tell La Pulga,and he take care of everytheeng for you, okay ese?One day he gave me a small knife with this advi ce,'.'Look, chico, thees knife is for you, purty soonyou gonna start school and you gonna get a lot abull from those leetle Gringos. If any a those leetleGringos bother you cut their salty bellies and teeshthem respect .like the whole town got respect for me.You remember huh chico cut their salty gringo bel­lies out if they give you trouble?" That little knifegot me into a lot of trouble after I did start school.

"Allright, lets go!" Everybody piled in, and therewas much chatter for about four hours until every­body started getting sleepy. Soon my cousins wereasleep and my mother was drowsy. The heat of theday in New Mexico desert is not pleasant. It hangsaround your body until you feel you can't take anymore, then you drowse away into sleep.

Finally we were off the main highway and onto asmall dirt road that seemed to stretch forever. Andall I could see was desert for miles. We rode alongat a tiring pace so as not to raise more dirt thannecessary. A trail of dust seemed to loom behindus. It gradually got darker. I fell asleep.

We were awakened that night to refuel. I remem­ber my stepfather cursing. "Damn you would thinkthat at least somebody would remember to bring adamned funnel so that I could pour this gas. JesusChrist I swear... " After a few attempts at pouringthe gas with a rolled piece of paper he finally man­aged to do the job. I went to sleep.

I awoke in time to see the red and yellow rays ofthe sun sneaking over the cold, dry hills and I no­ticed that now we were in greener country. Cac­tus plants were here and there, patches of plantswhich I can't describe to this day. And I knew thatin a few hours the heat of the day wouldjJe upon ~s

and make it almost unbearable.Hours passed and sandwiches were passed around

with luke-warm water from the day before. Aheadwe noticed a black car on the side of the little trail."What is this?" And then he said to us, "Do yousuppose they ran out of gas?" We came upon it.Everybody left the car and we started walking overto the black car."Dios mio, there is somebody in the car and he isleaning on the wheel!" my mother exclaimed.We stood, not knowing what to do."Maybe he is asleep, " somebody whispered. Mystepfather opened the door, he didn't move. Thatwas when I damn near jumped out of my skin. "Momlook, the sun burned him to death, look at his skin!""No mi hijo, the sun didn't burn his skin that way,es negro (he is a Negro). "Now my stepfather reached a hand over and touchedhim lightly. "Hey Senor... Hey, wake up." Hepushed the man slightly. The man fell to the sideof the front seat. I could see his face now. It wasdark and his eyes were bulging out, his tongue wasout of his mouth and it was red and puffed out. Imoved back and said, "What's wrong with him?""Yes he's dead," my mother said quietly."What are we going to do?" Pepe asked."We can't leave him h.ere, eso no seria humano(that would be inhuman). ""Where can we put him?" I asked."In the car, where do you think!" he replied angrily.My two cousins and my mother help pick him up andcarry him out of the car. "Check his pockets foridentification, " my stepfather said, as we laid himon the hot sand face up. W~ did so and found nothingon the person or in the car to prove who he was or

'where he was from. We were too far into the desertto go back, and even if we could, we had no way ofknowing how to contact his parents."Pick him up and take him to the car. "He was a heavy man, we finally got him into theback seat of the car. We sat him up and I sat besidehim looking into the face of death, and not reallyknowing what death was like or why this man didn'tmove or speak. I sat there that way staring at theman as his head bobbed back and forth to the rhythmof the car as it hit niches in the road. No one saidanything for the remainder of the last 80 miles orso.

Up ahead we saw standing on a hill a skinny oldlady with her skirts waving gently in the hot wind,her thin arms waving madly at us as we approached,then she yelled, "Bien venidos, hijos mios, bienvenidos." There was a clamor of bodies running tomeet our somber faces and they rushed up to thecar. My stepfather said, "We have a dead man withus." A silence fell over all. They helped take theman out and my grandmother said, "This way to thehill. "

We carried him to the hill on which was a smallpatch of carrots growing. There was also a silent

EL MALCRIADO XX Page 25grave. "This is where I buried my husband threeyears ago, he was a brave hombre." The old ladysaid, "Andele, traigan cobijas (go now, bring someblankets)" •

Several hands were busy digging a grave when theold lady's sons came running back holding blanketsand panting a little."Bueno, let's get busy, " the old lady said.The dead man was picked up and laid on the blankets,then the old lady taking all her time, carefullywrapped the body and they tied the blankets firmlywith string."This is the wfl!! we used to bury the brave muchat­chos when they got killed on the battlefields after abad fight against those Cabrones the Federales. ""Pick him up," she ordered.The body was lowered into the crude grave while weall silently watched. Then the dirt was covering thebody. The grave was filled, the man under the dirtnever complained once and I wondered why.'"Momma he can't breathe that way.""Son he can't breathe anymore, he is dead. That is

rontinued on page30l

" ••• THE HEAT OF THE DAY IN NEW MExicoDESERT IS NOT PLEASANT. 0 0 0 "

By Andrew Zermeno

& Daniel de los Reyes

; SYNOPSIS of the last episode: Victims of the police, ourfriends were put in jail. After suffering many humiliations,Honorio made a deal with one of the prisoners to get out ofjail. He found out that passports were being forged in thejail. Because they were going to give him one, Honorio hasbeen taken to another cell, in which the documents are falsi­fied, and then....

MAN, THIS SURE IS AN EASY BUSINESS. THEr.=-fii~_.~~'i_~:J·PICKPOCKETS SWIPE THESE PASSPORTS ON

~:li~~~rr- THE BUSES AND AT THE MOVIES AND THENSELL 'EM TO US CHEAP. WHEN WE GET A

f.=lff;;;;;;;iiiiI;;;iIi;;;;~~~~~ CLIENT, THE PROF MAKES A FEW CHANGESII ON ONE AND THEY COME OUT LOOKIN'

~.__---_=:~::~~~~~::S~::I~ BETTER'N THEY DIp WHEN THEY CAME IN. "

~E~~'~~~~~~~"G~O~O~D?!AS DONE, BUTLISTEN - WHEN YOUGET OUT, KEEP )

- ~QWU!!9YTILSJUn\ ".

"AND NOW m'LL CHANGE THEE ON THE PASSPORT TOPICTUR AND

THAT OF OUR CUSTOMER.THAT'S IT. PAY ATTENTlON

LLLAB ASSISTANT AND YOU WISOON LEARN THE SCIENCE OF .FORGERY. "

"IT'S NOT FOR NOTHINGTHEY CALL ME THEPROFESSOR. I'M ANABSOLUTE GENIUS ATFORGERY. ' ....' ~=

THE MAGIC OFAND SO, THRo°;1g:IO BECOMES PEPEFORGERY, HPEPINO.

"'-...............~" =......-E..VERYTmNG'S READY. NOWw~tL.rHE CmEF LETS YOU OUT, ~K SWHERE THE MARKE TPLACE IS, AN

NO 12 AND ASK FORGO TO BOOTH • , THE GUY THAT'THE PINTO'. THAT STAKES WORKERS TO TEXAS. JUST

'''''''''''TELL HIM THAT CHUY ONTIVEROSENT YOU. ~ Vrl';'l'" KGV::;".

A"'__.....-''WE-L-L-AT LEAST IGOT MY GUITAR BACK.BUT ROSITA'S RING ISLOST.

"-"YOU mCKS OR BRACEROS OR WWEH~LTELVERCOME ON FIRSTYOU ARE. .• , AND THEN YOUGET YOU OUT OF HERE

CAN PICK UP YOUR STU!"F IN THE" .

--.......-.." :::--< 1'1AND TO MAKE A BAD JOKE WORSE, ON_

[

THE WALL NEXT TO THEM IS A POLIT-I'ICAL POSTER WmCH SAYS: "DEMOC­RACY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE," THE

.A SUPPOSED IDEALS OF m. MEXICAN"..POLITICAL P ARTY, P.~.~R~.I~. -==:ll.-_-'

"AND PEOPLE ASK WHY SOMEONEWANTS TO CROSS THE BORDER! "

DOWNHEARTED, WITHTHEIR HEADS HANGING,HONORIO, TELESFORO,AND GCRGONIO WALKTOWARD THE PLACE

: WHERE THEY WILL FINDTHE SLY "COYOTE"CONTRACTOR RECOM­MENDED TO THEM INJAIL. IRONICALLY, THESTREET THAT THE JAIL I

'.#'~11.•~---"11 S ON IS CALLED THE"16TH OF SEPTEMBER, "

mCH IS THE MEXICANEPENPENCE Pg·

WHEN FARM WORKERS JOIN TOGETHER TOSOLVE THEIR OWN FINANCIAL PROBLEMS,NO RICH MAN CAN USE THEIR MONEY TO'MAKE IDMSELF RICHER,AS IT HAPPENSWITH OTHER INSTITUTIONS.

JOE SERDA PHlLLIP VERACRUZ

Credit Union ElectionJoe Serda and Phillip Veracruz are two of the newlyelected officers of the Credit Union. Other officersinclude Julio Hernandez, Andy Imutan, Cesar Chavez,Richard Chavez, Santos Chapa, and Dolores Huerta.

EL MALCRIADO xx Page 30~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~$~~~~ $~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~FARM WORKERS' CREDIT' UNIO-N~~ ~~ Those of you who have $5. 25 qualify to become mem ers of the Credit Union. It is easy to see ~

e+ from the photographs on this page that the Credit Union is managed by farm workers like yourselves. ~:: The officers of the Credit Union not only buy shares in it but also, in order to gain the confidence of t~ .their fellow members, are elected to their offices, ~

~ Although it seems difficult to believe, the fact is that people like yourselves who have been able ~

~ ·to save a small amount of money ($6, $10, $15, etc,) in the Credit Union are the ones who have ~

~ made the Credit Union grow and prosper, ~

c+ With the help of all of you, the farm workers, the day will soon come when the Credit Union will ~c+ be able to make loans to all of its shareholders:. SO LET US BUILD THE ONLY POWER THAT ~~. COUNTS TODAY IN THIS LAND AND THAT IS FARM WORKER FINANCIAL POWER. ~c+ Write to your savings institution at the Farm Workers Credit Union, Box 894, Delano, Calif. ~~ of visit the office at 105 Asti Street, Delano, California. . (p~???????~?????????????~~~~~~??~???~??~?~~~?~~~??~?

Df}E;RArl£1from:s;; 251death, "my mother said. A cross made out of twoboards taken out of the side of the outhouse wasnailed, then put oh the fresh grave. The old ladyreached into her skirt and pulled out an old trumpet

.of some kind and began to blow something which re­sembled taps. No one cried. For we did not'knowthis man at all. The old lady finished playing, shetook a piece of wood and started scratching something on it. I looked carefully at it when she hadfinished nailing it to the cross.

Everybody left then for there was nothing to say.Except for me. I looked at that piece of wood onwhich something was scratched, as if on that woodthe'mystery would be unveiled. I wanted to knowwho he was and why his skin was black and why hewas there under the growld, I took out a paper andpencil and copied the best I could what it said on hisgrave.

Years later after I learned to read I went back tothe closet where I had hidden the piece of paperyears before, and found it. Now I said, the mysterywill be revealed.It read in Spanish: 'AQur DESCANSA UN HOMBRE I

(HERE RESl:S A MAN)

But the AFL outlasted the .Wobblies~ mainly because ofWorld War I.

Big Bill Heywood declaredthe IWW would not fight orsanction the war. ManyWobblies were sent to prisonHeywood fled to Russia. Theorganization was left withoutits legendary leaders. ButGomp ers said, "This islabor? s war. "

Then, too, the Red Scareof the Twenties further dimi­nished the IWW, and a disa.­strous split in 1924 never didheal. The IWW lost its lastbargaining unit-in ClevEiand-

in the Fifties and today is re­duced to its Chicago head­quarters and not much else.

But it was not for nothing.The men who carried the littlEred cards wrote a history oflabor that will stand foreverin song, in deed, in pointingthe way to the formula whichthe CIO finally 'brought tofruition years later.

The IWW won the 1912'Lawrence, Mass., textilestrike. It paved the way fora public revulsion to the goontactics of the giant corpora'­tion.

More than anyone, it help­ed push the promise of theearlier unions, which datedback to before the American

Revolution. Labor had comea long way from the day in1850 when William H. Sylvisof the Iron Molders Union and77 others formed the firstnational union and Sylvis saict

"I love this union cause. Ihold it more dearly than I domy family or my life. I amwilling to devote to it aU thatI am, or have, or hope for inthe world. "

But devotion takes as ,manyforms as do the times. Thenext chapter was that of Gom­pel's and the American Feder­ation of Labor, and of John L.Lewis and the Congress ofIndustrial Organizations.

(To be concluded)

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