◆ SpookStack

RB One of ‘the ranch's . sdusters was at this time du. oe a nearby field and c + eireling right over.t.c picketers and the house Were ion and making . wuch more noise th{ $all the picketers and PA syst together (Cropduster #245280) At the group of picketers-about 1/4 mile away one of the sheriffs went up and took.the names and addresses of all the picketers and warned them about using the small hand megaphone {which couldn't even be heard @t the houses involved because I stood in the road in front of the house and could hear nothing from the other group. When asked why he was taking mames the officer said a complaine had been filed. If asked if ft had ~ ~ peen filed that morning he did not reply. Lt. Lane said that the complaint had.not yet been filed but would be if we used the PA system. Lane himself eH said to me that if he lived in that house he would file a complaint just for being there and shouting to the workers and that he would have each | member of the household file a complaint against each one of the strikers. Af ound 6:15 the jets at Luke Field about ] mile away started firing up their engines and againg you could hardly hear the strikers aboverthe roar of the engines. Later Lt. Lane said “Those damn Filipinos already went into the field so I don‘t care what they do. J know what I would do if I lived there. dim Rutkowski (July 1, 1969 AVound 6 a.m, I was picketint at an entrance to Bodine Ranch with Elias Talavera and George. The main body of picketers had moved to another entrance about 1/2 mile away. Officer E.C. Price was sitting in his car Cre he parked on the opposite side of the road. A small panel truck pulled up and parked about 30 feet behind Price and four Anglo teen-age boys got out and =<” Storted into the field at the entrance where we werer picketing. I walked ot up to them and asked if they had come to work there. They stopped and aa answered yes they had. I asked if theyknew there was a strike going on. They looked confused so I asked ff they knew what a strike was. One of the boys answered "no" So I pointed to the body of picketers and told the boys theyr. were grape workers who had left the field and started to ex- plain further. At thet time Price came across the road and stepped right between me and the boys. He did not wait to listen.but immediately asked — : them “Did you boys come here to work" They said ye. He then nodded to one - of the guards inside the gate and said sternly “Jaat’s the man you want & ~ gee* The boys obviously took this as an order and immediately walked over - to the guard who directed them furhter into the field. a = I then asked Price why he had come pver and frightened the doys away. He = Bnswered that there was no Yaw against him coming to listen to what { sais_ - J told him again that I was only taling to the boys and that he had no-right to order the boys into the field. I again asked him why he did 4t. die . Secone defensive and said he didn't have to answer any questions and returne 0 his + = - . -Albe ainda (ne 26) PRid ee At about 10 a.m. I was asked Sy @ high school students who had wa) ked out of - 93.6, Boswell] Ranch if J couldn't help them get their paychecks. The standard - polich has been to contact Lt. Land and he would go through the appropriate procedures of contacting the rancher. The boys told me Lt. Lane was going to -meet them at 10 a.m. and as he hadn't arrived yet J took one student over to . - officer Pitts and Stanley and explained the Situation. 1 then asked 4f they #=== “couldn t call it. “Lane. “They Sate ‘there was ‘no way for them to contact “ acl ee mI ee mene ES ,