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Ur pug. It is now time for a new offensive aqainst Dow Chemica] and this time the workers are leading it. In the past we have always known Dow as an oppressor of: MBthe consumer - We are continually deluoed with mronaganda to packane everythine anain and anain. wmwar victims - Dow supplies the U.S. Denartment of Defense with,napalm, - defoliants and other anents used in chemical warfare. Aird world peonles - Hiehly noisonous herbicides and insecticides are sold on the onen market in Latin America without the safety precautions indicated on the Jabel as is required for the same oroducts when sold in the’ U.S. . MA the environment - Dow produces hiahly pollutant plastics and pesticides. Now we discover that in addition to these offenses against the peoole, Dow Chemi- eal is a leader in thea annaecetinn Af minaweend fee eeebanc TT AMM aawae nf Jattira i a seeder ih Che SOPressign OF Miagraht farm workers. if ,iu ares OF reccuce owned by Dow and onerated by Bud Antle, Inc, have been struck by farm workers seek- ing decent wages and working conditions as well as protection from dangerous oesti- cides. Antle is the world's secon¥ laraest lettuce shinper: Dow sroduces many of the deadly pesticides the farm workers want outlawed or nut under control. This produces a powerful bloc with which to break a strike amone noor farm workers. Dow Drovides Arntle with al? his wrapners, boxes, and chemicals and lots of money. As a result Dow virtually controls Antle. See Tae : Se aetna meme as sree + oe : To break the farm workers’ strike, Antle secured an injunction to prohfbTt the © union, thé United Farm Workers Oraanizin- Committee, from picketting, Jeafletting, or talking to his employees. A similar iniuncti srohibits the union from boycott- ino Bud Antle products and in fact orders Cesarfhavez, union director, to public- ly announce that neonie should buv Bud Antle, proqucts. Chavez has refused and so has been summoned toe court December 4th to show Qause whv he should not immediately be imorisoned for contemnt of court. Dow has created a showdown with the farm workers who are trving to defend their : riants as men, They are readv, Sunsert the farm workers in their liberation struacte against corporate agri-business. Soycett all Dow nrnducts. Bovcatt Bud Antlie venetables. Writ tion to H.9. Doan, President, Dow Chemical Corn., Midland, “ichi the Washinaton, 1. C, office daily at 296-1935, Heln nicket the D. C. office at the Txecu.ive Building, 15th & L NW on Mednesday, Dec.2 from 1? a.m, to IT n.m. z% oniv buy ‘ Farm Workers Action Committee union lettuce phone 587-0510 yen Le 4 lm!