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4 $725,000 FUND GIVEN | TO CHAVEZ CENTERS 4 $225,000 grant to support efforts for improving the eco- nomic and social conditions of: Mexican - American migrant farm workers in the West and’ Southwest was announced yes-! terday by the Ford Foundation. The grant—to the Center for Community Change, which is based in Washington, D.C-—will help finance seven farm work- lers’ service centers establishe by the directors of the Upi Farm Workers Or mittee, avez. Chavez ays ago in Salinas, Calif., for refusing to obey a court order issued there that directed him to end a iet- tuce boycott in Salinas. The centers advise 7,000 jMexican - American laborers monthly on such matters es welfare and social security benefits, the filing of tax re- turns and. wage claims, and Protection of civil rights. t also will be used Lect fitirSrorkers Beal ake safety. ' “Farm workers,” the founda- tion announcement said, “are among the nation’s most dis- advantaged citizens. They are not covered by the Nationa! Labor Relations Act, they are ften not eligible for welfare, Medicaid, or wnemployment benefits, and they are fre- ‘quently housed in inadequate iprivate housing or labor camps. ‘Many suffer fr suffer from bm malnutrition, aT 5 6DEC 18 1970 dag syptens 2 : Mohr . Bishop ! ; Brennan, C.D. 4 Callahan Casper Conrad Felt _. a eae Ros Tave] Walters Soy ars Tele. Room Holmes yy The Washington Post Times Herald The Washington Daily News The Evening Star (Washington) The Sunday Star (Washington) Daily News (New York) Sunday News (New York? New York Post The New York Times. BG The Son (Baltimore) The Daily World The New Leader The Wall Street Journal The Nationa! Observer People’s World Examiner (Washington) DET t4 1970 oe 4A NOT RECORDED 87 DEC 17 970 fl + cdl tn —eE—_— =e =: fr ~ t% ¢ Pr pee tO oS eed gin ut ihe me ‘ roe at sg cay Re Ses. rN esa Sco Fmt e wie adee PERSP ap eS ve te OT