Brock expected a discussion of economics. They immediately told Brock they were all for free enterprise. But. They wanted to pass a law against secondary boycotts at the retail level. Because consumers could pressure retailers. They were concerned "consumers were being deluded and propagandized," said their communications specialist.
Brock said, "As far as I can tell the farm workers want two things Port-a-Potties and a raise in pay for things like housing." Blank looks from the Growers. "It seems to me that consumers would like to know their strawberries and food are not being pissed on. For a couple of pennies a pound you could provide that and look good." The Growers all laughed or chuckled at this, looking at each other. They then sobered.
The attorney said they were being denied the opportunity to be confronted by their accusers. Brock, continuing, asked about the demand of farm workers for contracts. Western Growers did not want to make contracts with the workers or to give their workers benefits.
If you don't get what you want what do you plan to do?
They told Brock they wanted to put Cesar Chavez in the Federal Penitentiary for the illegal use of the Migrant Farmworker Student School Record Satellite System which Robert F. Kennedy had put in the care of Cesar Chavez. The system cost $250,000, this being from a Federal Grant for education.
Brock had asked several times about the cost to growers for raising the wages paid to farm workers. No answer was forthcoming. During the interview the attorney slide the check for $250 across the table to Brock. It was to be a display ad with their name, logo, slogan, address and phone.
Brock asked when they planned to get their lawyers to do this. Pretty soon, pretty soon, they said, handing him a sheaf of papers with lots of statistics.
After returning to the YAF office d'Avignon called information and obtained the phone number for the United Farm Workers. Dolores Huerta answered. Brock told her he was doing a feature article for New Horizon, the largest youth newspaper in Southern California and asked to talk directly to Cesar, saying, "I have some important information for Cesar but I can only talk to him."
When Cesar came on the line Brock said, after providing his name and publication, "I'm looking at a headline I do not want to publish. It says, "Cesar Chavez thrown in Federal Pen for illegal use of the Migrant Student School Records Forwarding Satellite System (MSSRFSS)." Brock paused . "What I would like to write is, "Cesar Chavez leases the MSSRFSS to UFW for $1.00 a year."
There was silence on the line for a long while.
Cesar said, "Thanks, kid," and hung up.
Today there is an enormous amount of talk about about the divide between Red and Blue, which could be called the Second American Civil War. But this is not a real divide, it has been fostered in our minds to make it impossible for Americans to get traction for action, needed to enact real direct democracy. To perpetuate the Divide we have been manipulated by the .001% using the major media, operatives, and a steady flow of money for payoffs. They have rewritten history, changing the meaning of what it is to be a Conservative.
Will the Real Conservative Please Stand?
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