OPPORTUNITY NEWS, August l l ,
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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
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Don Wilcox, Editor
Rick Simon,
Assistant Editor
Katie Bartels,
Consulting Editor
Julie Behar,
Editorial Assistant
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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!
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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'
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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.
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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
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