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1 A hes we _ Range Rangers Stand Stand. | _, By As Melon ! Season Opens . RIO ‘GRANDE CITY = A ie pt pitta. Bo. won claiming it can draw; _.jSupport for # majority of Ric’ ‘Grande Valley farm workers, said Monday it was waiting for, “the right moment to make its ‘move against South Texas Texas melon ‘shipoeny oh Pedilla sei? that the ‘orton would peebesty make it: ‘move ‘ater ths week “We wil deteririune at what post we can burt chem the most and move at that pout,” Padilla said. Padila. a unen ice president, ‘aid the umon had commiiments o from rail, truck and Jong:hore- ’ Men * groups te hold up trans- portatian oof the crop if it is bat ested Both union and a spokesman for La Casita Farms said Tex. as Rangers were around. watch- Dg pickets. The umion=the Un- ited Farm Workers Organizing - Communee—sent about 40 pick ‘#I8 to seven Rio Grande Vailey = 2 Dost yo arras. ™ farm in the area’ two busloads. iat Mexican Rauonals picked amv aloupes under a searching - Oe SUA, ' — : The pickets carried sloms ‘kay.’ ; ; . ang “viva la Huelza iLeng Live Lo i Aand white Mexicaw strike flag. . ; The urion vice president said oe - ” “he wat confident aimast ail nf ar ee | * omiom ‘request to stat of "te i: i | | ihe BOrEPTS weeld FO Long with Ate a{ He said the union bas not ask- a3 ed the workers yet but he be : vilieved the request would be ee yihooored almost unanimously. mS i Ray Rochester, general mana : ger of La Casita Farms, saict (he was sure the umon—the Un ts Vited Farm Workers Organizing a a ‘{Commiltee—would do all it could - - $ "Lo Stop Lhe shipment of meions oo This is the second melon sex (7 , son they bate-oeen here - havent 7d * Rochester saad. He said the union would lose ‘too much face uf it did not act. «during the current harvest. The cantaloupe harvest began ‘moving into ful) swing Monday. Roctesier said the honeydew harvest would probably begin’ ‘lage this week or early pext: week. Honeydew melons are the. major La Casita melon -crop., jthe farm produces about 342,-; {08 boxes of bonevdews and. cabout 40,000 boxes of canta-: houpes. H | Padiia said the unioa would, jalso try te stop Lake harvest by’ ‘asking Mexican labor uruons to’ - Proubit ther nationals from . Upetping South Texas farmers’ - ge in their crops. “We will pay our cards close’ Eand pick the strategic time,” * Padilla sad. “There ss no doubt’ > when we do Move we will cause serious economic loss.” j aon to ° _ . ~- FMally “inetfective. He predicted 7 the same resatt for a proposed . «eee wr Boycott against melons. re an Bee a Baca produce. ~ {San Francisco is supped fom : ams w