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About Opportunity news. (Woodburn, Oregon) 1965-1968 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 13, 1965)
OPPORTUNITY NEWS, August l l , Page 2 Congress studies migrant labor bills By Ralph Cake Jr. O P P O R T U N IT Y NEW S Voi. 1 No. 9 Friday, August 13, 1965 This newspaper is a publication of the VALLEY MIGRANT LEAGUE P. 0. Box 1£8 Woodburn, Oregon Phone 981-9711 Will P. Pape, Executive Director Gary Lansing, Assistant Director ♦ * * Don Wilcox, Editor Rick Simon, Assistant Editor Katie Bartels, Consulting Editor Julie Behar, Editorial Assistant ♦ ♦ ♦ OPPORTUNITY NEWS is published weekly for free distribution to seasonal farm workers of this area, and to per sons interested in the activities of the VAI,LEY MIGRANT LEAGUE. Don't Wait for the "Other Guy" To Clean Your House Are you a good house-keeper? You probably keep your own house neat and clean. You have pride in it. But what about your community "house"? What a b o u t the farm worker camp where you live? Do you work with other people in the camp to keep it clean and sanitary? Look around your camp. Do you see overflowing garbage pails and dirty toilets? Do you see le a k y water faucets? Do you see litter and trash? Don't wait for the "other guy" to pick up and clean up. It just takes a little time and a little effort to keep your camp clean. Take pride in both your houses. ?Es Ud. una buena ama de casa? Probablemente Ud. tiene su casa nitida y limpia. Ud. esta orgullosa de ella. ?Pero que tai esta la casa de la comunidad? ?Que tai el campo de los trabajadores donde Ud. vive? ?Trabaja Ud. con otra gente en ese campo para conser- varlo limpio y sanitario? Inspeccione su campo. ?Ve Ud. basura regada y excusados sucios? ?Ve Ud. Haves de agua goteando? ?Ve Ud. basura? No espere hasta que el otro la recoga y lim p ie . Solamente le tomara un poco de tiempo y es- fuerzo p a ra tenerlo limpio. Este orgullosa de sus dos casas. The U n ite d States Congress makes laws to help people of this country. Congress now is study ing five bills to help farm work ers. These bills will change your way of life if they become law. It is important for you to know about these bills. Beginning th is week, Ralph Cake Jr. will write a series of ar ticles explaining the farm worker bills in Congress. Mr. Cake is field director of the Valley Mi grant League and is a lawyer. "It's hopeless. There is nothing we can do." This is what farm workers often say when they talk a b o u t their problems. But is it hopeless? Is there no one who w ill listen — and help? In the U. S. Congress in Wash ington, D. C., there are representa tives who are paid to listen to the problems of the people. These rep resentatives write bills, which are proposals for national law. A bill becomes a law after many steps. It is studied by a committee of U. S. Representatives or Senators. The committee makes c h a n g e s and sends it to the whole U.S. House of Representatives or Senate for de bate. If both houses of Congress vote "yes," the President signs the bill and it becomes law. Representatives do not vote "yes" ^unless we tell them we want the El Congreso de los E.E.U.U. hace leyes para ayudar a la gente de este país. Ahora, el Congreso esta estudiando cinco pedimen tos para ayudar a los trabajadores de labor. Estos pedimentos ver daderamente cambiarán su vida si sean la ley. Es importante que sepan algo acerca de estos pen- damentos. Empezando esta semana, el Sr. Ralph Cake Jr. escribirá una serie de artículos para explicar estos pedimentos de los trabajadores de labor en el. Congreso. El Sr. Cake es "field direcor" del Valley Migrant League, y ta m b ié n es abogado. 'No tenemos esperanza. No hay nada que podemos hacer." Esto el lo que dicen los trabaja dores de labor, muchas veces, cuan do hablan acerca de sus problemas. ?Pero, deben ser sin esperanza? ?No hay alguien que les escuchara y les ayudará? En el Congreso de los E.E.U.U. en Washington, D. C. hay unos repre sentantes cuyo trabajo es escuchar a los problemas de la gente. Estos representantes escriban pedimentos que quizas un día sean la ley na cional. Un pedimento se haría una ley después de muchos procesos. Un comité que consiste en repre sentantes y senadores de los E.E. U.U. tiene que estudiar cada pedi In later articles in the Oppt ity News, we w ill explain the mum wage bill and o th e r which are important to farm ’ ers. Also, we w ill show you to w r i t e y o u r représentatif Washington about your problelS ad mento. Este comité hace cambi(j lo manda a la "House of Repres tives" o el "Senado" para que ■. puedan discutirla. So las dos "c || del Congreso votan "Si," el dente firmará el pedimento mediatamente será una ley. Los representantes pueden "Sí" solamente si nosotros, e! N ley. j . « lico, q u e re m o s iw podemos decirles? Una maneM decirles es escribir cartas a nuej representantes en el Congreso! Hay cinco propuestas en e l l greso, a h o ra , que les ¡nteM mucho a los trabajadores de l| Un sub-comite dél S e n a d o « especializa en Labor Migratoricer estudiando estos pedimentos arc I f f I McMinnville farm workers gain new job skill Ten men in Yamhill Countxi learning to "strike an arc" -ro that doesn't have anything the with Noah or the flood. I The men are enrolled in <1C ginners' welding class at M c l le. They meet twice a week^ th e i r instructor, Paul Patrie c earn principles of welding: h(xj cut metal, how to use an acetylene torch, and how to an arc. VII The McMinnville Public SB system offers the course. D l Opportunity Center pays fo.^ men's tuition. Center Di recto® Peters explained the purpose c o u r s e : "This gives the chance to im p r o v e t h e i J chances. of I f WELDING INSTRUCTOR Paul Patrick explains different parts of an oxygen- acetylene unit to Ramon Gonzalez. Mr. Gonzalez is a student in the Mc Minnville welding class. Photo by Phil Peters The Pix Theatre in Woodburn shows double features every weekend with a special double feature in Spanish very Wednesday night. The movies begin at 7 p.m. This is the Pix Theatre schedule for the rest of August. "Girl Happy" and "John Goldfarb, Please Come Home" on August 13, 14 and 15. "Cascabelito" and "La Oveja Negra" on Aügust 18. "Cinderella" and "High Wind in Jamaica" on August 20, 21 and 22. 'El Hijo del Charro Negro" and "?A Donde van Nuestros Hijos?" on August 25. "Crack in the W orld" and "The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb" on Aug ust 27, 28 and 29. b y /?icl< Svw? There are five bills in Con now which are of great inter farm workers. The Senate Sut mittee on Migratory Labor is s ing these bills now. One o bills would make employers farm workers at least $1.1 hour. This is called the mini wage bill. El Congreso y 'leyes pro-trabajador migratorio' MOVIE GUIDE &O-Y b *- ge. law. How do we tell them? way is to write letters to our resentatives in Congress. "They know, many farmer more inclined to hire a persol time if that person has a kn o w l of welding. Some of the m e n l to learn more about weldini they can take it up as a trade.! they all can take better care o il nwn vehicles if they know ing. I I Did you like the pictureja summer school children in fl week's issue of Opportune News? We liked the pictJ very much — that's why w l embarrassed for not telling w h o the photographer Leland Harriman, Valley grant League school prog® coordinator, took the picturl I f I
