La Voz de Aztlan · La Voz de Aztlan, May 10 1974

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La Voz de Aztlan, May 10 1974

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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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5/10/1974

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La Voz de

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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
California State University, Fresno
LXXVlll/132
FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1974

2 Native-Americans
If the student body elections
rescheduled for May 15 and 16
go the same as the last elections,
CSUF will have the first two
Native-Americans elected to its
student government, according to
Rick Heredia, candidate for Senator-at-large Post #4.
Along with Gaylen Lee, who is
running for Senate post 2, Heredia
received the most votes for their
respective posts in last Tuesday's elections.
Heredia was to have faced a
run-off with Susan Good, after a

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three-way battle for the office
ended without anyone receiving .
a clear majority.
Heredia received 399 votes.
Good 366 and PAU candidate .
Farrell Chiles received 170.
Heredia, president of Tewaquachi, the campus Indian organization. said he considers
being a student senator to be
serious business.
"There are too many crucial
.issues that crop up during the
course of an academic year that
require careful consideration and

Student bickering plays
into administration's hands
Wednesday ·s announcement by the Dean of Student Affairs
that the student body elections were invalid. shows the consequences which can occur when students fight among themselves.
The pettiness of some of the complaints and the self-serving
attitudes displayed by some of the candidates played right
into the hands of an administration that would like nothing
better than to see the students divided and disorganized.
Add to this the interference and resultant meddling by a
faculty group into student affairs and the university officials
could not ask for anything better.
One of the complaints voiced by a member of the Pan African
Union, was that the elections committee was staffed with too
many Chicanos and thus was discriminatory toward "other
races."
Where were the "other races" when the positions for the
committee were being offered to anyone who would take them?
Where were the complaints about white dominance before
the Chicano and other minorities even attempted to participate
in student government?
And in a signed letter of endorsement concerning ,PAU alle·••· gations, the Black Studies staff blindly supported whatever a •:•:
l~.t. handful of students wanted without paying much attention to the :.~~-~
unsettling effect it could have on the entire student body.
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Lester Riggins, coordinator of Black Studies, said that: "We :::
don't endorse any student affairs."
But he did admit to having approved a letter of endorsement
of the right of the PAU to file complaints against the elections
committee. His initials appear on the letter given to the committee chairman on the night of the ballot count.
Riggins said that in the last minute rush he had not paid
much attention to the content of the letter.
"
The elections committee which has worked hard and without
any pay or benefits, is being unduly singled out, not only by
the PAU, but by that other candidate for president, Steven
Moe, and also by the two executive incumbents.
M0e readily signed a protest calling for the nullification of
the elections because of the "stuffed ballots, which amounted
to a grand total of six. Six votes which if given to any of the
losing candidates, would still not have altered the results.
Those two darlings of senate dis-unity, Student Body President Kurt Schmidt, and Veep Dave Davenport, are said, according to reliable sources, to be the drafters and researchers of
Dean Bell's "Invalidation Declaration."
It is also said that Schmidt had the results of their research
typed up . right after emerging from a closed-door meeting
Wednesday morning with three PAU members. Whether the
PAU had any influence on Schmidt's effort can only be surmised.
But the fact remains that a cliche about "together we stand,
divided we fall" should now be heeded.
The committee, earlier this semester . asserted itself, in
order to strive for more self-determination in student government , by rightfully excluding administration interference
in student elections, they did it in behalf of all the student
body, not only for Chicanos.
Now that the administration has had to step in to save student
government, it is probably. gloating and pointing to the failure
of the students -- not just Chicano students - to independently
conduct their own affairs.
Unity will be achieved when other candidates take the attitude
which Grace Solis, the winner of the most votes for president
in Tuesday's elections, had, when she said:
"We are not going to_fight the ruling because we feel there is
no point in creating any more hostility among factions. we
feel nothing illegal was done and that we can win again with
the cor:~inued support of the people who voted for me during the
first election."
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for senate
honest appraisal, leading to responsible decisions." he said.
Heredia. who is a Paiute, said
that to approach the position of
senator blindly or half-heartedly
is an injustice to those who cast
their ballot in good faith.
Asked what qualifications he
had for the position. the softspoken journalism major said:
"I don't feel expounding on my
qualities is necessary at this
point. Such sentences have been
heard throughout campaigns for
(Continued on Page 8, Col. 3)

ELECTION INVALIDATION

Decision not to be
appealed by Solis
Grace Solis received the most
Trustees.
votes among the three presiden• An advisory board consisting
tial candidates in Tuesday's elecof representatives of the various
tions.
groups on campus should t-e
However, Dean of Student Af- formed in order to provide some
fairs David Bell ruled the election : means of communication between
invalid for what he termed voting the president's office and the
rest of the campus," she said.
irregularities. A new election has
"I believe that students do have
been scheduled for May 15 and 16.
rights, but these rights can only
Even though she was disapbe achieved if the student body
pointed at the ruling, Solis said
president is aware of them and is
she would not appeal the decision
not afraid to confront the adbecause to do so would only create
ministration, if necessary," she
more hostilities among factions.
said.
"We can win again with the
Among other achievements she
continued support of the people wa_s a member oftheStudentSenwho voted for me during the first ate and a member of the Senate
election," said the senior crimi- co·mmittee on Community Relanology-corrections major.
tions.
Solis said the student body
Also a member of the Senate
president should not only be the Board on Athletics, she ·reels the
speaker for the students on camwomen's athletic programs and
pus but should also serve as a
intramurals should be expanded.
liaison between the school adIn a related matter the 22ministration and the Board of
year-old senior said she would
continue to support the women's
center because she feels that
"women should be more involved
in student government."
Solis is currently working as a
field representative with Senator
George Zenovich.
Solis has also been voted into
the Who's Who in American
Colleges and Universities and
awarded a leadership award by
the Mexican-American Political
Association.
"I feel that students on campus
participate in student government
only as much as their senators·
and the senators participate onl;
as much as the student body president," she said. "I will see to it
that the president participates to
the fullest extent and thus generate more participation from the
rest of the student body."

PAU complaint
cancels out
general election
This week's student body elections were ruled invalid by the
Dean of Student Affairs. The action was taken in regards to a
GRACE SOLIS - candidate for CSUF student body president
complaint that was filed with the
Election Committee by the Pan
African Union (PAU).
Claiming widespread irregulatitJes in the voting process,
Dean David Bell made his statement to the PAU Wednesday afternoon, after meeting with three
student government executive
officers.
solved by what Dean Ford called
'fhe controversy over the School
However . Dean Bell failed to
"an acceptable proposal to everyof Social Work's qualifying exmention the ruling, or even that it
one."
amination has finally been re:was under consideration, to the
The original qualifying examination that was proposed by a other candidates and the election
committee until later that same
faculty-student committee was
afternoon.
protested by students last month.
Election committee chairman,
Students objected to the proArnold Mejia, said he was surposed administration of the exam
that would have been given on prised by the decision and wonmass scale, much like a test. dered why he had not been informed about it sooner.
The present examination will
•Why wasn't I told?" asked
be carried out in the form of a
Mejia. •I've been here (bean
contract between the student and ·
Bell's office) and at the student
his advisor. Second-year gradugovernment offices all day."
~ate students must fulfill the conDean Bell said the final ruling
tract by the end of the 1974 fall had not been typed _until a few
semester.
minutes prior to the meeting.
"The student who fails to comThe election committee preplete his negotiated contract by sented a written report -to all
the end of the first semester of candidates concerning the PAU's
his second year. cannot advance protests, which were made on
to candidacy (for a Masters of the night of the ballot counting.
MARIO GAL VAN-Candidate for
Social Work Degree) and cannot
Legislative Vice-president, has
one protest asked for a reregister for his thesis," said count of ballots cast for Senatorbeen active in student affairs
Ford.
since elementary school. Mario
at-large Post 4, but the commitGuidelines for the contracts tee ruled the protest was invalid.
is currently a sutdent senator,
incorporate both negotiable and
serving as chairman on the Board
In the race for Post 4, PAU
non-negotiable terms. According candidate Farrell Chiles, who
on Publications. Photo by Erik
(Continued on Page 8, ·Col. 2)
I (Continued on Page 8, Col. 1)
Strom.

Social work exam
deemed 'acceptable'

2-THE DAILY COLLEGIAN- .Fri., May 10, 1974

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La Huelga y el boicotteo v1ven
de que sea demasiado tarde.
Recuerden que el ranchero quiere braceros y quiere usarlos
para desplasarnos de nuestro
trabajo. Que vamos hacer mosotros y ustedees mismos si eso
llega a suceder? Tenemos que
despertar y no creer en las
falsas promesas.
No firmen ningun papel dado
par los teamsters o rancheros.
No pueden ser obligados a firmarlos estan firmando su esclavitud y eso ya se acaho.
Piensen en el futuro de sus.
familias y sus hijos que tienen
derecho a una mejor educacion y
no como emos vivido nosotros,
siempre con el yugo en la espalda. Recuerden que los salarios
que se estan pagando actualmente
es gracias a todo el sufrimiento
de nosotros y nuestras familias,
Si no fuera par eso que se empezo
esta union todavia anduvieramos
ganando un dolar la hara.
Recuerden que lo que se paga
a hara es por el temo que le
tienen los rancheros a nuestra
union y uniendonos podremos obtener a un mas.
La union de los teamsters es
un union que a existido por anos
y no es una union campesina,
es una union de troqueros que
nunca se precuparon por el campesino - no sahien que existia.
Hasta despues que se empezo esta
union se metieron para terminar
con ella porque no quieron que

AVISO IMPORT ANTE A TODA
LA MEMBERCIA DE LA UNION

VOTE
MAY 15 -16
La voz recommends the following for student body government for the May 15 and 16 general elections:
President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grace Solis
Administrative vice president . . . . . . . . . . . . Maria Garcia
Legislative vice president . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . Mario Galvan
College Union Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Larry Leon
Performing Arts . . . • . . . . . • . . . . . • . . . . . Henry Lopez
Publications . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daniela Lopez
Athletics

. .. . . . ......

. . . . . . . . . . . . ..

Trini Acosta

Senate Post One . . . . • . . . . . . . . . -. . . . . Gloria RodriR"uez
Senate Post Two . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . • Gaylen Lee
Senate Post Three . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Valantin DH La Rosa
senate Post Four . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hick Heredia
Senate Post Five . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anna Noriega
Senate Post Six . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Angelita Rios

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DE TRABAJADORES CAMPESINOS, AFL-CIO (UFW), PUBLICO EN GENERAL Y TODO
TRABAJADOR DEL CAMPO.
Como sabran, el ano pasado
ernpesamos una HUELGA en el
Valle de Coachella y Valle San
Joaquin y tuvimos que parala par
la violencia usada par la union
de las teamsters y rancheros en
contra de nuestra union.
Ahora vamos a empesarla de
nuevo y no vamos a pararla,
pase lo que pase. Este ano la
vamos a terminar.
Pedimos la cooperacion de todos los trabajadores del campo
que nos den su ayuda y apoyo
en nuestra lucha par ohtener mejores condiciones de trabajo,
salarios y mejor seguridad para
nuestras familias y todos las
trahajadcres en general.
Que nos traten con dignidad y
decoro y que se acahe la explotacion del trahajador d~l campo.
Ciudadanos, Mexico-Americanos, ernigrados he ilegales les
pedirnos que no se dejen usar
par los rancheros y contratistas
para quehrar nuestras· HUELGAS.
Los rancheros y contratistas
son los t>eneficiados cuando hay
IIUELGA y el pohre c:ampesino
queda i~ual de pobre como siempre y ellos enter mas mas ricos.
YA BAST A con sus sinherguenzadas, es tiempo de unirnos antes

LETTERS. TO THE

EDITOR

Backs Galvan

trators as well as students.
Mario has felt this past year
that by not having a well defined
student constitution the students
at Fresno State are jeopardizing
their freedom as students.
As the constitution exists now,
students on campus are hanging
onto the minute recognition they
do have as an Associated Body.
and it is diminishing fast.
If this continues, conceivably
students would eventually lose all
recognition completely and consequently, all control over their
student body fees. This would hike
the cost of text hooks, foreign
student tuition costs. and many
other student costs.
Mario feels that the administration already. has too much

Editor:
"We have to implement a constitution.~ said Mario Galvan.
candidate for Legislative Vicepresident.
Mario Galvan has heen in the
Student Senate for only a year,
hut he's worked in student government most of his life and he
exhibits a well-developed maturity in dealing with adminis-

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You owe yourself an Oly.

el campesino tenga una union.
Donde estava esta union de los
teamsters en el 1959 y 1960
cuando nos pagaban 90 centavos
la hara y donde estaban cuando
los rancheros o el contratista
nos corria par no trabajar rapido?
Ahora lo que ellos dicenes que
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les importa el trabajador
campesino. si no proteger sus
canerias que es de donde agaran
ellos su dinero para siguir explotando la gente.
Es par eso que firmaron contratos de novios con los rancheros y los contraHstas. Los
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RANCHEROS CUANDO FIR.MARON LOS CONTRATOS DE NOVIO? NO NUNCA LOSHICIERON!
A si es que nuevamente pedimos su cooperacion para que no
quiebren nuestras HUELGAS.
Les estamos pidiendo que se
preparen para esta lucha y vengan ayudarnos. Como dice Cesar
Chavez -- SI SE PUEDE.

control over student fees, and
student costs are too high, but it
is not hopeless .
By voting in a person who
knows the alternatives to such a
fate we can keep student fees
down.
Don't let the administration
and its biases toward various
student groups (athletics)?) hike
your student body costs.
VOTE and VOTE MARIO GALVAN for Legislative Vice-president.
Melissa Villanueva

'Great White Father'
Editor:
After having read the reason
our "Great White Father," Dean
Bell, has given as reason to invalidate the election I am more
convinced that the students on this
campus have NO RIGHTS.
Whether or not we realize it,
we have been told that we are
not sophisticated enough to decide
who will run our student government.
Every reason given, if true,
should have been filed before,
not after. the votes had been
counted. The committee was
charged with favoritism and discrimination but again "Our Great
White Father" has shown us that
"He .. is the expert in FAVORITISM and DISCRIMINATION. If
whites had won this would not
have happened.
Thank you "Great White Father," you have given us another
lesson.
Par Mi Raza Habla El Espiritu
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Bell's declaration·
of invalidation
By Tom Hill
Special to La Voz
The Student Senate, by empowering the legal committee to
be the force behind the process
for the elections in the offset
did in effect approve the appointment of Arnold Mejia as Chairman of the Elections Committee.
In the Bell memorandum of May
8, 1974, several reasons were
given fqr the invalidation of the
elections. In reading the memorandum, one could very easily
come to the erroneous conclusion
that the elections were run without very much concern and that
. the elections committee was
solely responsible for all the
mix-up.
Item No. 2 states that the elections committee members were
not approved by the student body
president. This was partly the
fault of the President Pro Tern
of the Senate and the Legal.Committee for neglecting to turn in
the names of the election committee to Kurt Schmidt. Although
the fault does fall on the elections
committee for this particular
mix-up, it should be noted that
Kurt Schmidt knew of the approval
of the senate to appoint Arnold
Mejia as chairman of the committee, as well as its members,
but failed to pursue, inquire or
demand that a list of the members
be brought before him. It should
also be noted that the elections
committee chairman has the power to appoint his own committee
members .
Item No. 3 states that there was
not enough publicity to announce
to the students the fact that an
election was in the making. This
is true . but it ' s a two-way street.
It has been common practice for
the campus newspaper to publicize the elections on this campus
and as a result very little was
mentioned in the Collegian. The
elections committee should also
have pushed for more publicity
and some fault should also be
given to the candidates for the
lack of enthusiasm in campaigning.
Item 4 is mostly true. There
should have been more notifica-tion regarding this action by the
committee.

Fri., May 10, 1974 -THE DAILY COLLEGIAN-3

The Bell memorandum

Item 5 is a question of being
there on time. The polls should
have been opened at 8:00 a.m. as
stipulated in the election code.
But this is a minor item, and
should not be considered as
grounds for voiding the elections.

(Editor 1 s note: The following
is part of the memorandum given
to student body president Kurt
Schmidt from David G. Bell, Dean
of Student Affairs, concerning the
general election of May 6; 7,
1974.

Item 6 states that there was a
"discrepancy of six ballots.'' This
item has precedence for being
thrown out of consideration for

At left is an article writ-ten for La Voz by the current
president pro tern of the Student
Senate Tomas Hill.)

voiding the election. In the spring
of 1971 elections, there was a 150
ballot discrepancy, but it did not
affect the outcome of the election,
consequently, the student court
did not even consider the appeal
of protest. The contested six ballots in this election could not have
affected the outcome. Thus if it
had been appealed before the
student court, the court would
have been obligated to follow the
1971 precedence.

"With regret and for the reasons listed below and under authority of Subchapter 6, Article
1, Paragraph 42402 of Title 5, I
am compelled to declare the general election of May 6 and 7, 1974

to be invalid.
"1. A violation of Article 7,
Section A of the FSC Association
Bylaws - Election Committee
Chairman was not appointed by
either the President or the Senate
Personnel Committee and was not
formally approved by the Senate.
"2. The committee members
were not approved by the President or the FSC Association to
the best of our knowledge.
"3. There was an announced
filing _d eadline for campaign expense forms. The Election Committee Chairman extended this.
No official record of the meeting
at which this extension was made
exists, nor was any formal writ-

ten announcement of this extension given to all candidates.
"5. Polls were not opened as
stipulated in the election code at
8:00 a.m.
"6. There was a discrepancy
in the number of signatures on the
voter registration sheets and the
total number of ballots cast.
There are six(6) unexplained ballots.
"7. After announcing that the
Election Committee would be
present in the Student President's
Office at 3:00 p.m. during the
campaign period, substantial evidence indicates the Election
Committee members were not
present at the stated time."

-Item 7 is also the fault of the
committee but the student body
officers should have taken the
initiative to make sure that everybody complied with this stipulation.
By providing this information
it is hoped that the students will

realize that it was the offices of
the Dean of Student Affairs, the
University President and the
Chancellor that voided the elections and not the CSUF students .
Also, an apology should be given
to Mejia and the rest of his
committee.

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6-THE DAILY COLLEGIAN~;fri., Moy 10, 1974

EDITORIAL

Migrants live under armed guard
and 'care' of Parlier labor camp
By Alicia Maldonado
Numbers of migrant workers
received their "leasesn to live
inside the fenced and heavily
guarded Parlier labor camp early
la.st month while membefs of
the United Farm Workers of
America remained outside the
camp picketing.
The families will live here to
work in the fields until the crops
dictate the necessity to move
once again.
Each year at this time workers
arrive in Parlier hoping to obtain the contract allowing them to
have a place to live while they
work for the "patron. n
What they come to is a small
camp, bare and colorless. The
buildings are identical and drab
and reflect the grim reality of a
farm worker's living conditions.
Families receive a "number"
upon arrival at the camp and this
in turn, is exchanged for a unit
contract. Some families arrive as
early as a week in advance, some
a few days before the opening, in
order to be certain they get a
unit - a "house. n
There are approximately 120
units available for occupancy by
the workers and many are held
by the same families each year.
Many of the pet>ple come from
Texas and move from city to
city or state to state with the
crops.
One man with a wife and six
children arrived in Wasco from
Texas about a week before the
camp opened, stayed with some
friends there, and then moved on
to Parlier and the camp. This is
not the first time his family has
come here and in October they
will return once again to Texas

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to follow the crops.
The Parlier labor camp is
funded by the Office of Economic
Opportunity and administered and
contracted by the Housing Authority of Fresno County. Coordinator Paul Weber says the OEO
provides $90,000 per year for
utilities and maintenance of the
housing units, as well as for two
other labor camps.
A day-care center is provided
for the children in the camp and,
according to Weber, between 80100 children of pre-school age
use this service.
Kathyrn Owney from the Fresno County Department of Education is in charge of the center
which usually begins shortly after
the . camp opens. Other schoolage children attend the public
school in the area , Weber says.
While it is known that many .
times parents and children work
together in the fields, Weber said
authorities from the p uh l i c
schools will check to see if the
children are in school "every
once in a while."
ln order to he eligible for a
housing unit. equipped only with
a stove, refrig-erator and a bathroom with a shower , a family
must have a minimum income as
specified by the housing- authority, and must present their inc.om e tax form for the previous
year. Families pay$1.2:iperday,
about $37.G0 per month for the
small houses. They have access
to a laundry room and the contract suggests that the occupants
not use "too much electricity or
water."
On the opening day of the c-amp,
UFWA members gathered outside
in front of the ramp to urge, aecording to one spokesman, the
people to join forres with the
UFWA. Weber said me mbers a re
not allowed into the camp because
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"It's (the camp) a place to
live," he said, "as peacefully as
possible."
Weber also stated the people in
the camp may go out , past the
guards and fence, and speak with
UFWA membersiftheysodesire.
The desire did not seem to be
there. A UFW A leader used a
loud speaker to address the workers asking for unification among
all working people.
"'In unity, there is strength,"
he said to the crowd.
Many of the families in the
camp paid little or no attention to
the UFWA presence, although
some did listen to what was being
said. Many were unpacking their
belonRings into their units or conversing with one another while
the speaker assured them the
union was not against the workers nor were they "putting them
down" for living; in the camps.
The response of the migrants
to the UFW A requests appeared
to be one of apprehension. One
man said he could not join the
union because of its present
weakened state. He said if the
union calls a strike, then he
could not work.
If he does not work, he said,
then he does not have the money
to pay his rent or buy food for
his family.
Two other girls in their late
teens said they did not know that
much about the union.
Meanwhile , the speaker explained that in order to get better
working conditions, all workers
must picket, strike , and boycott
together. The vegetables and
fruit s can ot he picked if there is
no one who will pick them under
present conditions, the speaker
told the families.
Ile also said the AFL-CIO had
given money to the UFWA in the
past and "would give more for
their struggle . ''
While the speaker continued to
ask for the people's cooperation,
Weher said any problems the
people may encounter during
their stay in the camp are usually
dealt with by the camp council.
The families choose seven
members for the council, elect
officers and meet once a week.
The meetings are open to all in
the camp. "They try to solve their
own problems." Weller said, although he said the number of
problems is small.
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they are not getting what they
should." Weber said , and again
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The families in the camp did
not express their views on the
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however. said he sees the UFWA
as being somewhat of a problem.
"Last year about 80 percent of
the people did not go to work,.,
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said were threats made towards
the people in the camp by the
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"Many people are afraid to go
to the store alone and go with
family or friends, because of

rear " Weber said. "There's going to be trouble from now on . .,
While Weber is more vocal on
the matter, it would be presumptuous
to consider Weber a
spokesman for the members living in the camp, although the
first encounter may leave this
impression.
While the UFWA members were
peacefully picketing in front of
the labor camp, Weber continued
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Highway Patrol guards kept a
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BOGOTA, Columbia (CNS)-If
Maria Eugenia Rojas de Moreno
fails to be elected the first woman
president in Latin America. it
will not be for lack of trying.
Afflicted with a serious back
ailment. the target of seven assassination attempts and the victim of several near fatal plane
crashes. Colombia's lady candidate nevertheless conducts her
political campaign with more
verve and energy than any other
contender in the country's current presidential race.
Such is Mrs . Moreno's stamina
that her male colleagues admiringly refer to her as "Superwoman."
"Imagine covering 14 cities in
10· days with an enormous political rally at each stop," explained
a fellow senator.
"It was up and down from town
to town in a helicopter. No time
. to eat, just rush to the rally, then
back to the helicopter. I was exhausted by the rourth rally. but
there was Maria Eugenia looking
fresh as a flower, ready to give
another speech."
In a mountainous country , helicopter campaigning is no joke.
On one recent trip, Mrs. Moreno's helicopter suffered a mf.lchanical failure that caused it to
drop to the ground nine feet from
an enormous chasm. Everybody
in the helicopter was severely
shaken-except Maria Eugenia, of
course.
Such valor does not go unpraised. Alfonso Lopez Michelsen, the Liberal Party candidate
and the leading contender for the
presidency , is a per son al friend
of Mrs. Moreno, whom he gives
top marks as a politician. And
the normally aggressive opposition press concedes that she is
one of the country's few "true
political fighting cocks.~
A handsom1:> hrowm.,tte with
personality -plus. Mrs. Moreno
inherited her fighting spirit from
her father, Gen. Gustavo Rojas
Pinilla, who was dictator of Columbia between 19:i3 and 19G7.
Old and frail in health , Rojas
has passed the political banner
to his daughtt:1r after a 10-year
battle to rebuild his political
image.
Rojas lost the last presidential
race in 1970 hy a hairbreadth.
but his party, the Popular National Alliance (ANAPO), has since
suffered a series of desertions
by influential congressmen as a
result of ANA PO' s new leftward
tilt.
Mrs. Moreno claims to be unconcerned about the desertions.
and she may be correct in her
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ceded little chance of winning the
presidency. ANAPO could come
in second behind Lopez Michelsen's liberals.
Even if her party Iinishes third
behind Colombia's other major
party. the Conservatives, it cannot be brushed aside as a sixmonth phenomenon. Most political observers believe ANAPO is
here to stay on the Colombian
political scene. the first party in
over a century to breach the
monopol~· of the Conservative and
Liberal parties.
Much of the credit for this remarkable staying power belong·s
to Mrs. Moreno . or "La Capitanaff as she is popularl:i known.
Neither an intellectual nor an
economic wizard. she instead relies on political shrewdness and
the human touch. just as Argentina ·s Eva Peron did. ln that
sense, Maria Eugenia comes
from the same mold as other Columbian "caudillos." including
her father.
Her concern for Colombia's
poor is real enough. however, as
is her welcome in city slums and
rural ·hovels. "You cannot imag-

ine the contrasts I saw on a recent tour," she says.
"Well-fed cows with the best
pasture. enormous stables· and
excellent veterinaries, looked after by undernoursihed hungry.
sick children living in miserable.
unhygenic huts.
"A cow that has everything and
20 feet away a child dyingofhunger." she adds angrily. "I am
horrified to see so many peasants
without land and so much land in
so few hands.
This has to
change. Although her father was a
right - wing· conservative when
dictator. l\larie Eugenia and
ANAPO have moved left in the
last four years.
"The world
progressE>s. and a c- o u n try
changes in 20 years." she explains.
Still basically populist. the
ANAPO platforru now advocates
nationalization of all strategic
industries including petroleum
and a revolutionar>· ai:i;rarian reform to fistahlish what Maria
Eugenia desc-rilles as a "socialism a la colon1hia11a ..,
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8-THE DAILY COLLEGIAN- ,=ri., May 10, 1974

VOTE

PAU complain-t
a (Continued from Page 1)
demanded the recount, received
170 votes to opponents Rick
Heredia's 399 and Susan Good's
366.
The second protest dealt with
the PAU's request for new elections because of the discrepancy
involving six more ballots counted than voters' signatures.
However, the committee ruled
the grievance was not valid because it would not have any impact on the outcome of the elections.
In a written report, the committee said the charge by the
PA U of • stuffed ballots" was
"irresponsible."
One of thecommitteemembe1:'s
pointed out that in the spring of
1971 there were 150 unaccountedfor ballots, but the election was
upheld because the votes would
not change the outcome.
Dean Bell's announcement of
the cancellation of the elections
carried a tone of skepticism
towards the validity of the election committee. According to
Grace Solis, the student body
presidential candidate who received the most votes in the
election, he made it seem like the
election committee did not have
any right to exist at all.
But Solis said she would not
contest the Dean's decision.
"We are not going to fig'ht the

(Continued from Page 1)
to Ford, •negotiable options"
provide the student with an opportunity to fulfill certain requirements by choosing from a
number of alternative plans.
"Non-negotiahle options" are
those parts o! the examination
that were agreed upon, hy both
faculty and _students, as standing
guidelines , or set rulings , said
Ford.
Ford said hoth students and
faculty agreed on this final draft
for the qualifyin g examination.
"It meets what we feel would
he a rigorous and· acceptable
examination."

and in tt11s sh l' is support«'<! hy
hoth he1· h11sha11d Sa11111el , an
ANAPO senator, and her two
sons.
Carefully groo111ed, elegant and
a silhouette of an Parlier and
plumpPr Maria Eugenia, "La
Capibna" has wisely prPserved
lwr femininity while rPjecti11 gmilita11t feminism . "I hav e lll'Ve r enc·ountered any 111aC'hi s 1110
hecausp I have Jll'Vl'r 1·pli t>d 011
fe111inist politi<' s ," slw says.
"Pe ople don't re ganl me as a
woman hut as a lead e r who has
been through all lire fi ghts.
"We <'an't go 011 talking about
ma<'hismo and fe minism. All the
Colo111bian people fa<'e the sam e
prohlen1s, whether the:,; he men
or women."

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many years. They are words in
the wind . "
He said all he wished for was
the chan<'e to develop his interests in working for the students
and to try to ac complish something for the be nefit of all concerned .
A fellow Native-American and

Tewaquachi member , Blanca Gomez, said that if a11yune questions
Heredia's abilitv to work hard
all they have to do is see the work
he has accomplished in the Indian
movement on campus.
"Rick has been the driving
force behind the Indian Cultural
Week as well as many other Indian activities . " she said.

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Just how these measures would
be put into practice is far from
clear as neither the general nor
his daughter is strong on economic theory. Close collaborators
insist. however, that the fuzziness will fade as ANAPO and
Maria Eugenia, 39, mature to
form a left-or-center party with
a well-defined program. Certainly there is a good ch ance that
ANAPO will have an opportunity
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Whatever the outcome of the
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the first election;" she said.
Candidate for administrative
vice-president, Maria Garcia,
felt the charges against the elections committee and the election
itself were •ambiguous and
vague."
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very petty," she said.

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