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Cesar Chavez — Part 11
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Bs ee AGE WAN ANSWERS LBU= —
‘Tet Not igi ta Wietinamn!
EDITOR: : : -
I senr the following to vefleeat * ‘Johnson, who are representatives! “ ae
boards” - . “of the white poputativa that squats 7e - ro
oy jon the land and usurped it a 7 *
Sslective Service” ve acre, with the full support .
Lacal Board No. 62° - ! their government.
1654 The Alameda In addition to the land, the na-
San Jose, California oe "ave population of Mexicans and
. Indians passed Into Yankee hands,
Gemlemem - Saved from actual slavery by one
My last letter to you was writ- of the provisions of the Treaty of
ten on the eve (June 9, 1964) af ° ; Guadalupe Hidalgo, these “nae
my departure for Cuba. Before ‘ ives" nonetheless became facile
sened tise doctar “s steers V" victims of the American Way a"
ned public declarations of my 1 ife,
retusal to ‘fete 2 Yemen oe The Mexicans, or rather le
¢ Dominican Republic, e “Mexican-Americans™. were new |
FBI, which has kept up a constant.” citizens of the United Stutes and
She alfaies, bas noe infor my Pri “thus immediately accessible for |
vi. ja! as not form: uu
of! my political sentiments hen* Teg paplotestion. 4
thi 4 ait Utilizing these peons as a per-
tet this letter — once and for fect source of cheap“*stoop labor,”
—clarify my position. the Yankee farmers became agri-
I should be enough to say that" -yttural industrialists and Inst.
1 aia of Mexican descent. Assuming | ruted the moneplies that exist toe
i! The Mexican was thus Tete tohls
gringos, here Isa a little American own fate, without a government,
Mstory. ‘without representation, without ,
On july 26, 1964 Fidel Castro“ hope. SQUALOR, POVERTY,
spoke at Santiago de Cuba. It STARVATION, ABYSMAL Il,
was my rare privilege and honor LITERACY, DISCRIMINATION,
to vues that eddress, in which MIGRANT LABOR are his wages
he 5; . ‘in America,
“Mexico 1s the country robbed! The Mexican inthe United States
Urlcd Sates; Mio Inthe Cote! [ly wctn af Amerien ie
rh that has suffered in its flesh! | perialism than his impoverished
ans in its blood from the chavs ot [brothers in Lari America, .
imperialism.” .
Between 1838 “ana 1853, to be
more exact, the North Americans t . ae we
stole 949.808 square miles of land | foe
unimaginably rich in agricultury, + coe
oi] and mineral resources; ai
gave the Mexican governmen|
whish had no choice in the mat- —
ter, a mere 25 million dollars. * : :
This territory 1s now occupied Se oe 2h wa
by the states of Texas, Nevada, :
utah, California, Rew=Mexico, !
Arizona and Colorado. |... -_
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