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here in America again before going to have to tell me where I'd like to get a lot of things. Now, farm workers are standing up and saying that they deserve the benefits of their labors. We do not believe that this is unreasonable, we believe it is

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right. We believe the United farm workers and their leader cesar Chavez represents the hopes and aspirations of the vast majority of farm workers. Their long determined nonviolent struggle exemplifies what is best in the human spirit. They're concerned for human justice and dignity and their willingness to

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struggle for these ends have been an inspiration to people around the world. We therefore stand beside them, not because of duty, but because our faith demands it. Yeah, well, the nomination, speaking of myself, I'm the chief executive officer of the major national board of our denomination

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in the United Church of christ. Our board of Directors has gone on record officially in the past and support of the farm workers. Now, they have not taken specific action. I think it's premature for anyone to try to forecast what may come out of the discussion.

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We feel that it was a constructive consultation. Uh huh I come here, my name is Rabbi Tannenbaum and I came here from New york city because I saw in this movement mm a version of something that has been happening in the United States that is very

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profound in this country and that is that the movement towards self determination and group consciousness on the part of every group uh that has sought and has a moral right within the traditions of America to represent its own interests by its own leadership in terms of

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representing its own concerns and interests. Therefore, we support it on the basis of this being a very profound cultural and social thing that is happening in american life as well as the specific labour question. Secondly, there is the moral and human right of cesar Chavez and

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his union to collective bargaining and it's the moral issues that we are the moral and human rights by the deliberate avoidance of violence and resorting to the use of democratic means to bring about social change within the system. I think every american has a stake in

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the success of that effort. And it would seem to me that the president, himself and the vice president as well as every aspect of the society should hope and pray that these negotiations moved to a fruitful and constructive resolution uh with the united uh fruit workers,

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farm workers emerging as the natural representative their constituency. Because if non violent means of social change within the system fail and are frustrated, this becomes a setback for the entire democratic process. I think that there was two millions is that there is hope for negotiating their

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differences as far as we could see in this reading. Is it imminent? I just visited with affliction. Both of us have a, a kind of in and out back problems. So we were, we spent some of the time commiserating with each other on the fact that

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we had to limp around a bit today. And he, uh, otherwise he's he's very well and, uh, we, uh, since I felt that I should not only speak to him as a mediator, but also as a priest. We did have, uh, I did as a matter

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of fact, uh, have some words of spiritual comfort and the union full time. How long was that? Uh, Excellent, august. I think since august when we went out in the strike. Yeah. What do you do? I mean, unless you're standing out here in the vigil, what

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do you do like right now? Well, I'm the organizer for the vigil, so I have to be here. But uh it doesn't matter how uh see this. Well, who's manning the vigil otherwise, you know, we're not on strike. No, these are volunteers, you know, that, like,

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housewives that come out here, that their husbands are out in the fields right now, they come on here, and there's some men that are not working because there's no jobs right now, you know, because of the winter season. Well, tell me what, in some ways, in

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some ways it's not see like we get paid, but we really have to work. You sweat, you know? And like they say, let's cut, It makes a lot of money. Yeah, he makes a he makes some money. How much, how much fun? It doesn't matter. 150

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a week. Mhm. Average, That will be an average. But the farmer, the one that really goes out in the lettuce year round is uh only capable of working three years period of his lifetime. And then from there on he is not good to work anyplace else.

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So what do you get out of a contract? What we get out of a contract? Well we get better wages and we get better treatment. See the thing is when we don't have a contract, the farmer anytime or the grower he can come out there and

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he said well we have a uhh we have to keep working cutting letters because we need the letter someplace save two carloads, three carloads. And then you have to keep working until 67 o'clock, eight o'clock. And that's you start at 6:00 AM, that's 12:14 hours of

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just took down bend down all the way like. So you have to be all the way, We'll see the lettuces two roads like this, right? And you have no no uh you can't straighten up, you have to keep working down like this all day. Which of

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course there's a lot of straining your back. How much do you make in a day if you're doing that kind of work? $25 $30? And how much for the year do you work? Uhh six months. What happens to another six months? They go to 12 centro.

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And did you hear from Salinas? Did you go to el centro or? No. I was working in the broccoli. I was formed for the man packing uh broccoli group. Yes but I've been working, I worked in the lettuce. What about you wanting fun? We have no

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unemployment. If it started six months just off just off. I mean that's why you have to keep working with the letters of your lettuce cutesy. You have to follow the companies where they go see if they go from here to Arizona. Well you have to go

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with them to Arizona. So there's still a lot of people who are actually working as migrants. Right. Right. How much of the population do you think it's stable? How many people just live here and work workers? Yeah, It would be hard to say right now, but

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I figure around maybe 2000 stable workers in the valley in Salinas Valley. And how many are moving? How many traveling? Mhm. But 5000. But once we get the contract will be, you know, a lot of people would be stable around him when uh the growers signed

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a contract with us because I figured nobody wants to lose their security, you know, and just keep working with a company here around here around, which is good. Then we just have to stay down. Can we just put in jail? We started at 6:00 that evening

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and we'll stay here. And they said he's on the second floor in the cell. He has his own cell that I've heard. And he's got uh, a lot of prisoners there that are real nice to really nice to. What kind of support do you get from

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people in Salinas who are not chicano, Who are not farm workers? We haven't right now. From what kind of reaction do you get from the other people from the Anglos and Selena? We've had a, some people have come down here to donate food for us, you

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know, like coffee donuts, uh, the soup, anything that they think we need here rubber gear for when it when it rains, no ranger and Yeah, I heard, yeah, sorry, go ahead. I also heard though that when mrs Kennedy was here, for example, when I've been here

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before, I've seen really hostile reactions from Anglos and Salinas and I just wonder whether that still goes on. What do people go by and yell at you? What happened? Oh yeah, we have a lot of hassle. Not a lot. I wouldn't say a lot, but once

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in a while. Well, you know, we were talking in the car on the way down here that about the the really strong stream of Nonviolence and of passive resistance that the farm working farm workers have used all through the great thing in Delano and here now.

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Is that how do you feel about we really, we really had, we really just practice it. Uh, the when ethel Kennedy was down here and I think we did real good. Why is why is that a lot of groups are using violence? Why not? We can't

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win? Nothing. You know, I see a lot of people turning to violence where I live in san Francisco and elsewhere in the country. Is that likely to happen or are you really committed to? No, no, no. I don't think it will. Uh they could take yeah.

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Well the letters, the growers from the letters, we could it wouldn't take too long now. They couldn't take it anymore. I don't think. Okay, I hope you're right jean okay. Uh strong for me too. Like uh I think you don't think of Nonviolence and you practiced

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nonviolent. You're a person that's non violent. But even if you think of violent then you're you're violent. Yes. Please. Well, we have no hassle from them. And uh they come out here and they look around and uh like the first night that we started, the second

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night we started, some guys came by and they threw a rock. It one of the police car and I went over there and I told him about it and they told us, well, we couldn't catch the license number that we just didn't want to be blamed

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for it. So he told us to get the license number and that's what we try to do now. Anything that happened, we just get the license number. We go over there and they call pd. Then they get after them. Tell me about the man. Well we

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have a different priest every day. They come from san Jose and uh the masses sort of, it comes with a vigil. The mess. We haven't at 6615. We have a Last night we had about 120 people out here. Tell me, what do you think is that

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still real strong about? Because most, well the mexicans are I guess that's that's most everybody. Most every mexican is a catholic. Well what does the, does the Nonviolence grow out of the Catholicism? I don't know about that if it does or not? I guess it grows

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out from every person. Yeah, that's the way that's the way it ought to be. I feel that having a mess gives gives the people a little more spirit you know? And ah that way they have more faith through that thing and they just work that much

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harder. How long you been out here? Well I've been here ever since vigil started overnight case and he sleeps in the daytime and most of the night. He just but he has to do mhm. A little while darn you know we're going to die of hunger.

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This is now I know that they're really lying with so many wonderful people coming out here and donating food and all that. Yeah, it's really nice. Mhm. Yeah. Mhm. The allure in santa Maria, nosotros vamos Alucard mas duro, so amigo ramon Sepulveda. Yes. Mhm kona kona

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uda the state senor cesar Chavez. No sutras vince ramos cave. Even Western Union. God bless you now always Alicia and then you want to yes. S. O. S to the party. The mosquito cientos. Trabajadores. Campesinos stankonia otras cosas tan Philando master Vnt. Welcome Trabajadores. Campesinos in

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fillmore in santa Paula and coach. Human economy marta will accord a key. Oh no he's left okay with kenya and Ghana. What what think about me and yeah, it's fun. Well you can yeah mm. For the laundry president thomas pan. To senor dios. Universal. Through to

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this. Okay. Mhm. Yeah. Uh huh. You know, sometimes that is all, yeah, a little bit.