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4 56DEC18 1970 F da a fan pte F gO eet GY oe PAE $725-0i0 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) belp finance seven farm work-| ~~ f} service centers establis! ty the directors of the Uni ‘arm Workers OM =| i rae Mr.) Ce ago! inas, Calif., for refusing to obey a court order issued there! that directed him to end a let-| tuce boycott in Salinas. centers advise 7,000 jMexican - American _laborers| jonthly on such matters as elfare and social security’ benefits, the filing of tax re- turns and wage claims, and! protection of civil rights. » grant also will be used! to expand legal efforn™ re pro-; Lecttirti-Grorkers’ Beato ake asfety. “Farm workers,” the founda- tion announcement said, “are among the nation’s most dis- advantaged citizens. They are not covered by the National ILabor Relations Act, they are not eligible for welfare, ledicaid, of wnemployment Ibenefits, and they are fre- iquently housed in inadequate iprivate housing or labor camps. ‘Many suffer from utriti Se eee . me A, Ty: Sudtent 2 = Mohr VA Bishop Lee Brennan, C.D. 4 Callahan ____ Casper Conrad Felt _____ Gale .¢ Roshi = Tave) ____ Walters Soyars Tele. Room Holmes Gandy . : ivan i) ° yy x she ‘The Washington Post ‘Times Herald The Washington Daily Ne ‘The Evening Star (Washington) The Sunday Star (Washington) Daily News (New York? Sunday News (New York? New York Post ‘The New York Times a4 The Sun (Baltimore) The Daily World ‘The New Leader The Wall Street Journal The National Observer People's World Examiner (Washington) DET (4 1970 Date RECORDED 87 DEC 17 970 nd 50