La Voz de Aztlan · La Voz de Aztlan, May 17 1971

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La Voz de Aztlan, May 17 1971

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Associated Students of Fresno State

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La Voz de Aztlan (Daily Collegian, California State University, Fresno)

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Fresno, California

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5/17/1971

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MONDAY, MAY 17, 1971 _

University de Aztlan
a Chicano alternative
You may ask, "Why do we need
a college for Chicanos?" Let us
answer your question by asking
you, "Do you know what part of
the total population del valle is
Chicano? or Mexicano?• The answer is difficult to realize. We
are one third of the population!::
Let us ask you another question. How many Chicano teachers
are there in you~ children's
school? Is that figure one-third
of the teachers in your school,
or is it only one? How many doctors in your town are Chicanos?
How many Chicano attorneys are
there?
Is there one Chicano
judge? Finally, do we have to ask
who has all the wealth in the
town? And all the land in the
country?
Now let us ask you one final
question, •why are we Chicanos
on the outside to all these questions?• Think a minute. Do not
say that it is because we are poor,
do not say that we do not work
hard, do not say that it is our
fault that our children do not
know English. The reason we are
on the "outside" is because we
are not "educated".
Let us quote you some facts.
In Fresno County the average
gabacho has almost eleven years
of education. The average Black
has almost nine years of education. How about us? Our average
schooling is down at the sixth
grade.
I think we agree up to now.
But now you ask, •why do you
want to create a college when
we need education for our children in the high school and elementary?"

One of the main objectives of
the colegio will be to train our
young people to be teachers. Our
objective is to train these young
people so that they will have pride
in their heritage. We intend to
encourage them in their desire to
return to the barrios and the
colonias to ensenar nuestra
gente,
But we want to achieve more
than creating teachers who are
similar to the Anglo teacher. We
want our teachers to be "bilingual and bicultural." We believe
our children have one great asset. their ability to speak both
languages. Spanish and English,
beginning at Kindergarten and
continuing up through high school.
This is not a new idea. Children
in Europe have been taught two
or even three languages for
years.
Again, we want to achieve more
than simply teaching our two languages. We want to teach our
children an appreciation of their
Mexican heritage. We want them
to know about Benito Juarez,
about Father Hidalgo, about
Cuahtemoc, and our Indian herigage , We want our children to
appreciate the ways of our parents, their and our hospitality,
our generosity, and what we will
in effect be doing is providing
ourselves with a choice.
The idea of a choice is a very
fundamental part of the philosophy of the Universidad. We are
first creating an alternative to
the Anglo college. We are creating an alternative to only one
language in the school system. We
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CHAVEZ' RIGHT-HAND WOMAN

Seattle talk: Delores Huerta
calls for growers' pacts ·
"There was a certain faction in
the Teamsters that opposed us
very much, but now that the situation is looking brighter we're
willing to concentrate on getting
growers to sign rather than
jurisdictional disputes.•
The locally televised speaker
was Cesar Chavez's right-hand
man-in this case woman-Mrs.
Dolores Huerta, who brought a
spirited injection of "La Causa •
to Washington Chicanos in a brief
visit to Seattle to speak before a
convention of the National Association for Community Development.
Mrs. Huerta, vice-president of
the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC),
came three days after Chavez
announced a 30-day moratorium
in the national lettuce boycott due
to a two-year pact between the
UFW and the Teamsters. Mrs.
Huerta was saying, in effect, that
since the Teamsters had agreed
to urge the growers to rescind
all previous contracts between
the two, it was best to let bygones be bygones despite quite a
bit of vehemence and occasional
violence between the drivers'
union and the farm workers. The
real fight, she stressed, is still
with the growers.
Although in the principal address she touched on a variety
of topics ranging from the plight
of the nation's Indians ("This
strikes a note · of fear; they're
under such complete oppression

that they've been unable and even
unwilling to fight back.") to the
need for unity within and without the farmworkers and urban
poor, Mrs. Huerta was able to
strike a more personal note in
the closed-door conference.
The confab, held in one of
the Olympie's smaller banquet
rooms, was attended by about 30
people - mostly Chicanos - from
all parts of the state, California
and points east. They included a
five- man executive de 1 e g at i on
from Active Mexicanos and an
equal number of UFWOC organizers from the Seattle headquarters. Accompanying Mrs.
Huerta as a personal aide and
troubleshooter was Arturo Hernandez, of Union City, Calif.
The questions and discussions
were many, sometimes long and
frequently complicated.
Mrs.
Huerta and Hernandez fielded
them all with the expertise that
comes with long years of political
and social activism.
What could be done, for instance asked Armando Mendoza,
a minority spokesman for the UW,
about Canadian Indian scabs who
were crossing the border to work
the fields of 1the Northwest?
•we have to try to organize
them as wen,• answered Mrs.
Huerta. "The UFW, as well as
the Raza Unlda Party, is by no
means restricted to Chicanos.
In California we have Arabians,
Filipinos, Puerto Ricans - everything. We can't let ANY dis-

crimlnation destroy our goal, and
that ls to enforce the fair labor
laws. WE have to enforce them
because nobody else wUl."
Jose Roslllo of Salinas, Calif.
brought up the problem of crop
mechanization; recently he had
seen a machine that replaced 45
field workers a day. •How do
we cope with this?" he asked.
• As we know, there are some
farm jobs so horrible they should
be mechanized,• Mrs. Huerta
said. (The literally back-breaking cbore of sugar beet harvesting, with its short hoes and deep
digging, has often been mentioned
in this context. Chavez himself
has said one of the greatest boons
to his workers was machines in
these fields.) "However, mechanization must be on a responsible
level and that's what we'll push
for-we'll share the benefits of
the machine age with the grower,
who's making enough as it is.
Back during the '68-69 season
there was one grower in Hollister (Calif.) who netted one million dollars without ANY machines. I mean, there's got to
be a limit!"
A discussion arose as to the
necessity of getting the plight
of the rural Chicano home to the
urban Chicano, particularly the
poor, and of getting, as Hernandez put it, the people of OEO and
similar agencies •off their fat
behinds• and into the real work
of solving poverty problems.
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nm DAILY COLLEGIAN

Monday, May 17, 1971

EDITORIAL
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To help our Raza'
As thih academic year nears
end it m.:iy be personaIIy useful
to Chicano students· 011 campus
to • evaluate one's sell and a II as
to the expression of commitment
that has been exhibited to the
movement.
The following letter, writtenwhen racist Norm's brother Karl
was applying at FSC what he ·
learned in Germany, was printed
last year in our paper to motivate
this type of self and collective
analysis.
Occasions shou.ld not be necessary, of course, but if this
letter should make your mind un-comfortable, then let it serve as
a reawakening.

Querida Raza:
I am very happy about the fact
that we were all able to study
last night our materials on Capitalism. I am also very happy that
all of us had three full meals and
that we were able to give our
girls a ride in our new cars.
Above all, however, I am glad
and joyous that we wm be recei
ing a degree soon so that we
*CAN HELP LA RAZA•:

RAZA STUDIES classes because
they want to learn their culture
or because it is more comfortable
than other classes.

I have told you to HA TE this
capitalistic, oppressive nation
and you told me that hate was
evil. I had two years to think
about what you told me. And you
know what? You were right! The
problems then is that I can't convince myself that we are capable
of loving. But I could be wrongfor you tell me that eventually you
and I wlll be able •to help our
Raza".
You must understand, MY
RAZA is being killed every day,
every day. None of them come to
college. None of them have three
meals a day. None of them are
on Work-Study. None of them say
they are going to help LA RAZA
tomorrow. None of them take-LA

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John Wayne acclaimed
In the next issue of •Early
American• (internatlonally-circulated newsletter of the California Indian Education Assn.),
cowhand-stereotype John Wayne
will be dubbed E.A. choice as
"1971's Ugliest" for his recent
contribution to national harmony
as chronicled in Playboy magazine. The title will be bestowed
annuany on •the actor who best
exemplifies the philosophy of
Colonel Chivlngton in dedication
to fair play, personal sensitivity
~nd roles he prefers.• Wayne
(real name: Marion Mich a e 1
Morrison) galloped to the prize
with this classic of free enterprise dogma and depth of scholarship:
•1 don't feel we did wrong in
taking this great country away
from them• (Indians). . • "Our
so-called stealing of this country
from them was just a matter of
survival. There were great numbers of people who needed new
land and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves... You can't whine and
bellyache 'cause somebody else
got a good break and you didn't,
like these Indians are.•
Blacks also were drilled: •r
believe in white supremacy until
the blacks are educated to a point
or responsibility... I don't believe tn giving authority and positions of leadership and judgment to irresponsible people.•
It is rumored the trophy will
be in the shape of a decaying
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am not sure of ourselves. I am
not sure of anything anymore. I
feel we are all a bunch of smalltime Capitalists. But like I SAID,

treaty embossed with Black Hills
gold, mounted on a rotgut bottle
which in turn is affixed on a buffalo chip, the whole tastefully entwined with a blanket fragment
saturated with smallpox pustules.
Persons nauseated by John
Wayne's elixir of racism might
find an antidote by writing TV
stations, networks and film distributors that public health could
benefit by the retirement of his
, 200-plus "Legends of SuperHawk" to the cans oflimbo. Thus,
for viewers of the late-late show,
providing a slot to present some
flick of honest history--if any
such ever has been put on film.
Modesto JC Branch,
California League for
American Indians

Put house in order
Even as the President asserts
he will not be intimidated as
hundreds of thousands voice their
opposition to our disastrous involvement in Indochina, and even
as I realize the futility as I
exercise my right of dissent, I
will reiterate again and again
my complete and utter disenchantment with that distant and
barbaric so- called police action.
I choose not to believe the obviously di s tor t e d and glaring
propaganda . assertions by Mr.
Nixon that we cannot fully withdraw.
one need hardly be a genius to
penetrate the insincerity of the
grandiose exp 1an at or y statements emanating from the President and bring to the fore the
glaring truth that he will time the
withdrawal of American troops to
coincide with the presidential
elections.
Being an American of Mexican
ancestry, with a son who has
served in Vietnam and yet another

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still there, I deplore even more
the denigrating statements made
in certain quarters. I trust these
statements are from an isolated
few ignorant individuals unwilling
or incapable of visualizing Ame;icans of Mexican ancestry as
equals, as citizens of the United
States.
Many thousands of us fathers,
Americans of Mexican ancestry,
have also served on far shores
and as such, I raise my voice
to bring an our troops home now.
Secure the release of our POW s.
Let us eradicate iniquities and
the hypocrisy of racial supremacy. Let us inculcate and promulgate equality and tolerance,
abolish bigotry. In short, let us
put our own house in order for
a truly great and democratic
America.
Manuel B. Sanchez

Food caravans

can do it-so that I too can love
LA RAZA de BRONCE.
Un abrazo amoroso
Guillermo Martinez

The United Farmworkers Or-

PHONE 229-9268

gantzing Committee needs your
help in the continued struggle for
farmworkers' rights!
HOW CAN YOU HELP?
UFWOC urges you to oin the
monthly Fresno food caravans to
Delano scheduled for the fourth
Saturday of every month will
leave at 9 a.m. fPom the Convention Center parking lot.
Bring your sleeping bag and
stay overnight. '
Immediate needs of striking
farmworkers in Delano and elsewhere are:
Money, coffee, sugar, canned
milk, peanut butter, jelly, oatmeal, dry cereals, masa harina
flour, meat, rice, dry pinto beans,
canned and fresh fruits, canned
and fresh vegetables, toilet tissue, cars (in running order) and
clothes.
Anyone interested in donating
needed items may call 227-7767
for pick-up or leave their donations at the parking lot Saturday
morning before departure time.

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I was once a great admirer of Americans. I thought them

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the noblest, most honorable and highly minded people in the
world. I had met many in my own country and al I forms of
tyranny seemed as _hateful to them as the rule of the
Gachupines to the Mexicans. I was sick of the constant
wars and insurrections in my native land and I came here

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me and set me straight. Show me
that you love MY RAZA. But
most important, show me how you

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Oh, I guess there we a lot of
people I could love but I guess
that we are busy preparing ourselves to love our RAZA tomorrow. Yet, I could be wrong. Maybe you already love LA RAZA.
It's only that I am confused. I

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LA RAZA I could love are your
parents and relatives that are
still starving in the fields. The
parents who are on the welfare
lines. Your brothers and cousins
who get pi eked up by the cops,
and then brutally beaten up. All
of those dropouts who were driven out by the system you hope
to replace. All the addicts who
needed our hand. And all ofthose
children who die before they take
a breath of air.

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I am very thankful to all the
people who have helped me receive my DEGREES, which in return have helped me become a
TRUE CAPITALIST. I am, however, very disappointed with all
these people that helped me because they did not teach me about
LOVE. I only know how to love
myself. I am ashamed I can't love
my RAZA. I love all of you •college students" but my mind keeps
telllng me that you are not my
raza. Or, maybe it's that I see
you don't know how to love either.
Don't get mad? I could be absolutely wrong.

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~~ting to end my days in California as an American CitiI located first near Stockton. But I was constantly annoyed
and insulted by my neighbors and was not permitted to I ive
in peace. I then went to the placers and was driven from my
mining claim. I went into business and was cheated by
everyone in whom I trusted. At every turn I was swindled
and robbed by the very men for whom I had the greatest
friendship and admiration. I saw the Americans daily in
acts of the most outrageous and lawless injustice or of
cunning and mean duplicity hateful to every honorable mind.
I then said to myself. "I will revenge my wrongs and take
the law into my own hands. The Americans who have injured
me, I will kill, and those who seek me shall die or I shall
lose my own I ife in the struggle. I wi II not submit tamely
to outrage any longer."
I have killed many; I have robbed many; and many more
will suffer in the same way. I will continue to the end of my
life to take vengeance on the race that has wronged me so
shamefully."
Statement by Joaquin Murieta in:
"The Robin Hood of Eldoradon by Walter Noble
Burns, pp. 160-161
-Reprinted from El Teatro

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.THE DAILY .COLL~Gl~N
Published five days a week except
holidays and examination periods by
the Fresno State College Association. Mail subscriptions $8 a semester, $15 a year. Editorial office,
Keats Campus Building, telephone
487-2486. Business office, College
Union 316, telephone 4~-2266.
Opinions expressed in Daily Colle-

gian special editions are not necessarily those of Fresno State College
or the student body.
Day Editor .. . . . . . . John Ramirez
!<.eporters . . . . . . . . Ofelia Garcia,
Esperanza Rodriguez,
Jess Marquez, Delma Garcia ,
Pat Aguirre, Grace Solis

Monday, May 17, 1971

UNIDOS VENCEREMOS

THE DAILY COLLEGIAN

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Justicia en las escuelas
La Asociacton E:ducativa de
Padres Mexicanos es unaorganizacton de padres de decendencia
rnexicana interesados en la educacion de sus hijos. Esta organizacion se inicio cuando un grupo
de padres demonstraron preocupacion sobre lo que habia sucedido en la Yosemite Jr. High.
Una estudiante mexicana fue estrujada y golpeada por un administrador (Consejero de Hombres) al deshacer un pleito entre
ella y otra estudiante anglo; en-

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tonces un grupo de estudiantes
mexicanos protestaron sus acetones. Los padres investigaron
la situacion y determinaron que
el administrador habia sido abusi vo al ejercitar disciplina. Este
caso se llevo hasta la Mesa
Educativa y se llamo una audencia. Estudiantes presentaron
su testimonio sobre lo que habian visto, pero la Mesa Educati vo decidio que no habia suficiente evidencia contra el administrador. Este incidente es

Chicano students walkout
Chicanos at Parlier High, who
compose a high percentage ofthe
student body, walked out and remained off campus for three
days. Parents and students presented demands to the Board of
Trustees qf which four have been
accepted.
The walkout took place not because of a recent frustration, but
because of a long-time frustration. These frustrations inevitably lead to conflict and friction
but they bring results that are
beneficial and vital to people who
for years have had nothing but
promises and no change.
The walkout took place because the Parlier High administration refused to allow two Chicano speakers to address the
Parlier High Student Body. Apparently, the reason for not allowing them to speak was that
they were radicals.
Apparently this was the only
reason the Parlier High students
walked out; however, the reasons
behind this action are many,
which have developed and snowballed over the years. To have a
better understanding of the walkout, a brief history of Parlier
is necessary.
First of all, Parlier is asmall
town of about 5,000 people, 86
per cent Chicano. The town itself has not changed much for the
last 50 or 60 years. Anyway, for
years the Mexican· community
has wanted a few changes in the
town, changes such as Jess bars
and more businesses, a doctor, a
hospital and a recreation center,
but to no avail. In many instances
government and outside investors
have tried to bring in some of
these changes, but apparently the
· Parlier City Council was never
able to reach an agreement with
them. What is wrong with the
City Council? Are they afraid of
change? Is it because if they do
decide to bring changes, the ones
benefitting the most from them
will be Mexicans? Is it because
they are afraid some outside investor will break their monopoly?
MAN, where is the desire for
competition that all Americans

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have? Where are all the progressive and democratic ideas?
WHERE IS JUSTICE?
Another sore spot is the Parlier High School. Here is a Board
of Trustees that should be working for the community as a whole,
because they were elected by the
community. These people, just as
the city council, are supposed to
initiate community innovations,
changes that will be beneficial to
all. Instead they sit upon their
thrones, refusing to accept
changes and relying on traditional
and old-fashioned ideas that do
not function and are not relevant
to the times. This board has
hired teachers and counselors
that do not understand, do not
motivate or ~ncourage the Mexican students.
An instructor cannot teach an
80 per cent Chicano school, with
completely tradition a 1 "all
American" teaching techniques.
He cannot teach or identify with
and understand these individuals
by familiarizing himself of their
background from books. A person
has to actually go and have personal contact with the students
and must learn to feel and be a
human being. What type of education are these students receiving when out of 60 that go on
to college, 78 per cent drop out
by their second semester?
Still another sore spot developed a few months ago, with the
appointment of a new Parlier
Police Chief, after the death of
the old chief. A Chicano who
has academy training, 18 years
experience with the Parlier Police force and was knowledgeable
of the techniques involved in being chief, applied for the position.
There also applied an Anglo, who
had been an on- and off-policeman for two and a half years
and had worked for the Parlier
Police force four months. In this
case, the community thought that
the more experienced Mexican
would be appointed but to their
surprise the council decided on
the other fellow.
At a City Council meeting, the
community requested an expla(Continued on Page 4, Col.• 1)

tipico a muchos mas que suceden
en las escuelas, pero lo que se
necesita es un grupo de padres
que pongan FIN a tales abusos.
Padres tnteresados se juntaron
y empesardn a hablar sobre otros
problemas en las escuelas. ·mscutieron problemas tales como:
. 1) suspension de estudiantes por
las menores faltas, 2) detencion
de estudiantes despues de horas
de escuela por la menor falta
como llegar tarde a clase, 3)
padres mexicanos tratando de
hablar con Ia administracion
(principal, maestros, consejeros) sobre problemas estudtantlles y ser ignorados porque no
entienden a hablan buen ingles,
4) ignorancia por parte de los
padres sobre las Ieyes educativas
conducente a que la administracion juege con los padres, 5) disgusto entre los estudiantes sobre
ciertas clases o actividades en
las escuelas por falta de estimulo iniciado por mqestros o por
falta de clases interesantes y
pertinentes a la cultura e historla
mexicana.
Los propositos de esta organizacion de padres son:
1) Conseguir una educacion
pertinente y de calidad para Chicanos y conseguir justicia en las

EL DIA DE LAS MADRES was recently celebrated at Winchell
School, one of the few schools in the state with a bilingual-bicultural
program. The large turnout of parents gives further indication that
this concept of education should be expanded and adopted by all
schools.

escuelas,
2) Tomar tnteres en la educacion de nuestros hijos, sobre
clases, acti vldades y program as
educativos,
3)· Tomar parte en las decislones sobre el sistema educativo
en las areas de estudios y disciplina estudtantn,
4) Investigar los problemas y
tratar de hallar soluciones.
Al fin padres han reconocido

que es necesario estar unidos
para poder pedir e iniciar cambios en las escuelas. Exlsten
muchas injusticias contra estudiantes Mexico-americanos en
'las escuelas - y es tiempo que
se les pong a un FIN.
Si algun padre lector se interesa en saber mas sobre esta
organtzacton llame a la Sra.
Marta Hernandez al numero 237·5498.

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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN

Monday, May 17, 1971

University of Aztlan
(Continued from Page 1)
are creating an alternative to only
one way, the Anglo way of life.
A very large part of our intellectual endeavor will be a search
for alternatives.
our very college is an alternative in many ways. For example, a person will not have to
be a high school graduate to attend. In other words, we are providing an alternative to the unskilled high school drop-out who
wants to return to a different kmd
of school.
We are very serious about a
different kind of school. The Universidad is to be a school without walls, a college in the community, an education center based
on the reality of life.
For example, we expect to
teach political science by having
our students conduct election
campaigns to elect Chicanos to
school boards. We wtll teach our
students research techniques and
writing by having them look up
information you write write for,
and publishing that information
in this same paper. Classes in
the Universidad will be designed
to. serve nuestra gente at the
same time the student learns. In
this way dedication .to service,
an~ a close contact with reality
will become the baste philosophy
of our graduates.
The basic goal of our institution is to train nuestra gente to
become aware of reality, and to
act on it. One example of what
we mean is the campesino, who
b ames himself for his poverty
even though he works hard. This

man is not aware of his reality.
The campesino on the other hand
who says that his poverty is due
to his very low wages and goes
on strike to raise that wage has
both recognized reality, and has
acted on that reality. We believe that there are many other
alternatives in reality available
to us. We shall search out and
develop these alternatives and
then report this information to
you.
Local school systems may be
reluctant to hire credential Chicano teachers from the Universidad. This will be due to the graduates' abillty, not to the lack of
it. This ls where we must help
ourselves to get our Chicano
teachers and their bilingual
teaching ability into the school
system.
This will requir~ that Chicano
communities develop leaders and
elect them to fhe school boards.
The Uni versidad will help here by
conducting classes in citizenship,
in writing, and in school government. The people will need to be
organized into a political unit that
can direct its vote behind its
own candidate. We call this La
Raza Unida Party.
La Raza Unida Party is an alternative in the area of politics.
We anticipate that the political
units in the school districts can
unite county-wide, and elect Chicano supervisors and assemblymen. We expect that La Raza
Unida will become a voting bloc
strong enough to command legislation in Sacramento.
-Reprinted from Raices

Huerta Seattle talk
(Continued from Page 1)
•Nothing upsets us more,• said
Mrs. Huerta, "than managers
of so-called poverty programs
,.,_ ho sit around afraid to make a
1 ove for fear of losing their
funding. We say the hell with
worrying - DO it!•
Referring to the task of informing the Chicano community, of
making it aware of its identity,
the need for solidarity, rights as
citizens and of "La causa • Hernandez' principal strictu~e was
"No rhetoric! Give it to them
~ raight; tell it like it ts. None
of those fancy catch-all but meaningless slogans like 'Power to
the people,' 'right on,' 'Viva la
Raza,' etc. If you speak to the
Community simply and honestly,
you'll gain it~derstanding and
support. The ':1"est is defeating
your own purpose."
Mrs. Huerta finally asked for
an informal progress report from
Fred Ross, Jr., head of the
Seattle UFWOC boycotters.
"When the 30-day moratorium
is up, we'll know who's who.
And then we'll probably need a
lot of 'bodies' to help us. In
the meantime we'll continue picketing Safeway since it's still the
biggest target and shows no signs
of wanting to buy union lettuce."
Seattle is one of the principal
cities in a nationwide boycott
that is costing the UFWOC according to Mrs. Huerta, bet~een
$80,000 and $10,000 a month,
tt C\reby indicating the lull Is also

Walkout
(Continued from Page 3)
nation, asserting that the City
Council had made an unjust decision. The City Council
v. uld not reconsider their decision. They stated that if the
community was dissatisfied they
should initlate a recall. Is this
justice? Is this democracy? Such
actions ;.re an example of the
City Councll's insensitiveness to
the community's needs.
AWARENESS ts the key to change
and improvement for the benefit
of the people and the Parlier community has awakened.

a much-needed chance to replenish union coffers.
Ross brought laughs from all
when he said that since the muchpublicized picketing of Fort Lewis in Tacoma, he had heard that
the Pentagon now labels any reports on lettuce as •classified
material."
Dolores Huerta, a slim woman
of fluid poise and lucid speech,
of whom it is difficult to determine age and incredible to think
of as a mother of seven children
told the group of her beginning~
in the farmworkers movement.
Coincidentally enough, it was
Ross' father, Fred Ross Sr., who
was responsible for bringing her,
in 1955, into the Community Service Organization, a distant parent of the UFWOC. It was Ross
senior, in fact, that had previously enlisted Cesar Chavez in
the CSO and who was Chavez'
mentor in the years he was learning the secrets of organiZing.
Mrs. Huerta headed the Stockton (Calif.) chapter of the CSO
until 1962, when she dropped out
to join Chavez in his effort to
form a farmworkers union. She's •
been with him ever since.
"I'll admit; at first I was very
dubious about the whole thing.
After all, NOBODY had successfully organized field workers.
•well, I think you could say
all my doubts are resolved,•
she laughed.

La lucha del campesino es la lucha de todos.

The campesino's struggle is everybody's struggle.
-Dolores Huerta

To,,"Ile
•

Chicanos elected at FCC
Nine Chicanos were elected
into office in last Wednesday's
ASB elections for the fall semester at Fresno City College. The
Chicanos ran on a slate with
eight other students, and of that
slate all but two of the candidates
were elected.
Those on the slate that were
elected are: Arturo Maltos into
the post of FCC's Associated Student Body President. Maltos, a
second semester student at City,
ran unopposed polling over 59
per cent of the vote; Joshua Her-

nandez was elected to the vice
president's position drawing 337
of the 669 votes cast; Ron Martens won the contest for treasurer
with 407 votes, defeating two
competitors; and senators-elect
Art Brethen, Ali Alireza, Lupe
Saltero, Jose Torres, Randy Ramirez, Dale Faust, Sally Moreno,
Jesus Jose Rodriguez, RobertDe
La Cruz, Sonny De Leon, and Kit
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