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filha, 4 ; ByAsMelon | Season Opens : a sot tL apna em + Shipper Move ‘ater tus week ar that pout,” Padilla said. from rail, truck and portation of barvented for La Casita Farms said Tex- ing pickets. The union—the Un- - ;Commtee—semt about 40 pick- ‘ets to seven Rio Grande Vailey Farms. -; <amaloupes under a sorhing sun, ee are ctr Mee eae e . . ing “viva la Huelga (Leng Live - jthe Sunke)” and the red. black “and winte Mencam strike flag. ‘The urion vice president said he war confident aimast ail of <8 8 3 aoe request fo st Ranges Sond ‘fie ea ot RIO ‘GRANDE cy =A uion claiming it can draw; ...jSupport for 2 majority of Rio Grande Valley farm workers, said Monday it was walting for, “the right mament to make its ‘move against South Texas melon * Padilla sai? that the erion cud prmbesy mane “We will determine at what pout we can burt chem the most and move ” Padua, a union vice president, said the umson had commutments Jongshore- men < groupe te hold up trans. the crop if it is Both union and a spokesman as Rangers were around, watch- ited Farm Workers Organizing , ‘The pickets carried stems ‘say.’ 0 SEE etl ip song wis a Re said the union ot ask: yibonared almost unanimously, % Ray Rochester, general mana Ls of La Casita Farms, sac ! was sure the umion—the Un ited Farm Workers Orgauzng *Commuitize—would do allit could Mp ‘stop Ube shipment of meions 5, “Thus w the second melon sea- , son they bave-oeen here- haves “Go sOinething ~~ {Rochester said. He said the union would lose {too much face uf it did not act -iduring the current harvest, ‘| The cantaloupe harvest began Moving into full swing Monday. Rochester said the honeydew harvest would probably begin’ late this week or early next week. Honeydew melons are the majr La ‘Casita. meton - [The farm produces about WW. ,908 boxes of boneydews and ‘about 40,900 boxes” of om oupes. | Padilla said the unioa woud, jako Ury 10 Stop the barvest by’ ‘astung Mexica Tabor uruons 10° + protuhit thew nationals from _ Ubetping South Texas farmers: cos - oe their crops. - - " “We wil play our cards close’ woe 3 amd pick the strategic ome,” SS. +, Padilla said. “There ss no doubt’ oe Fe , when we do move we will cause serious economic loss.” ‘tay ‘ineffective. He predicted * = .the same result for @ proposed. -. ~~ Boycott against melons, +. “it ts hard to boycott produce. that is shaped fom Miami io Francisco,”