3rd World supporters
urge boycott of Safeway
The attention of Third World
Week turned momentarily to the
plight of farmworkers Saturday,
as about 100 people marched and
chanted from the EMU terrace to
the Safeway store on 18th and
Oak, decrying the store’s selling
of non-union lettuce and grapes.
Most of the marchers then
remained for a two-hour picket,
urging Safeway shoppers to shop
elsewhere.
The local boycott is part of a
larger, nation-wide boycott of
non-union lettuce and grapes
being conducted to force
California and Arizona growers
to recognize Cesar Chavez’s
United Farm Workers’ Union as
the legitimate union for farm
workers.
Defense attorney William
Kunstler, who spoke to a Mac
Court crowd Friday night,
signaled the beginning of the
“solidarity march” just after
noon with a short expression of
support. He then joined the
Eugene Hotel sold
to out-of-state group
The Eugene Hotel, a prominent building in the city since it was
built in 1923, is in the process of being bought by an out-of-state group
of business and professional people.
Henry Comarot, Henry Loewen, Michael Allen, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Keogh and Allen LaCroix will be the new owners from Seattle,
Wash., and Vancouver B.C.
A reliable source speaking for the group said the Eugene Hotel
will be managed in basically the same way as it has in the past. The
owners plan to make some improvements and renovate the building
somewhat, but there will be no major changes made right away.
It is not known the exact price the buyers plan to pay for the 171
room hotel, but one of the new owners estimated “about $1 million.”
Two retired brothers, C.E. “Chet” Gunderson of Scappoose and
the late A.E. “Al” Gunderson of Portland owned the Eugene Hotel
since 1944. The stock of the Eugene Hotel is being sold by Chester
Gunderson and the estate of Alvin Gunderson to the out-of-state group.
One of the buyers, Henry Camarot, practiced law in Eugene for
about six years until 1970, and is now an attorney in Seattle. He con
tinues to have clients in Eugene working from the office of Hutchinson,
Harell, and Cox in the Forum Building.
Camarot will have a one-third ownership of the hotel, while the
other five owners will divide the remaining ownership between them.
The other buyers are directors from the All-Fun Tours, a bus tour
company with their main headquarters located in Seattle and Van
couver, B.C. The chief executive officer of All-Fun Tours is Loewen
and La Croix, another owner, is an attorney for the company.
march, which proceeded with a
police escort down 11th Street to
the mall, then north on
Willamette Street.
Chants' could be heard con
tinuously, reinforcing the hand
painted messages on the many
signs which appeared above the
marchers’ heads. Most urged the
boycott of Safeway stores
(“Safeway is the Wrongway”),
but many stated more general
Third World themes (“Nixon is
the Puppet of the Ruling Cla$$,”
“Your Tax Buys Torture”).
When the marchers reached
Safeway, Mel Kang, of Eugene
Friends of the Farmworkers, told
them that picketing is a slow
process and asked them to be
patient and to obey the law.
“We’ve been picketing Safeway
at three locations for more than a
year now,” he said, “and we’ve
turned away 7,000 people.”
Despite this claim of the
picketing’s effectiveness, Kang
later admitted that it may take
another “year or two” to change
Safeway’s policies.
Safeway manager Oscar
Palmquist told the Emerald that
there has been no marked
decrease in lettuce or grape sales
attributable to the boycott. “It’s
too difficult to tell (if the boycott
has had an effect) because a lot
depends on price and quality,”
which, he said, is determined by
Safeway’s wholesale buyers in
Portland.
Palmquist did say, however,
that the picketers had succeeded
in turning away some people
from his store. As for the future,
he said he did not know whether
the boycott could ever change
anything.
Photo by Marsha Emerman
Mel Kang, from Eugene Friends of the Farmworkers, asks
marchers for continued support in the boycott against Safeway,
largest buyer of non-union lettuce and grapes. About 100 people,
marching in solidarity with Third World struggles around the world,
joined the farmworker’s weekly picket in front of Safeway.
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