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Show K WESTERN AM AAA AAA A AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA'AAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAtAAA Ar A The A A fln A A defend V?$JNVI ST'' h--. Dedicated To The Constitution, Liberty, Morality, and Truth "' A A A A A AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Volume 3 Number 17 250 g Salt Lake City, Utah 84115 5S VJ ' May 5, 1972 L CO fs ttoDUfoOfi) Mai O'Campo knaw Casar Chavez before he became known as a labor leader and discums Chavez and the Chicano movement with insight and understanding. Ha says Chavez isn't working for the Mexican-America- n people, ha is working on them. INTERVIEW WITH MEL California As a lecturer, Mai O'Campo is gaining wide recognition throughout the southwest. and school has placed him in numerous positions of responsibility. community, on that. Gabe Aguilar of this paper has done a tremendous amount of research on how the word Chicano originated. 1 think that if the kids would read this they would think twice before they would want to accept the word OCAMPO His dedication to church, -- has some information April 23, 1972 We want to ask Mr. OCampo o some questions about the movement, the movement n to revolutionize the people in this country Chicano. and get them to be instruments of In this article it says, When the revolution. they call you Chicanos, they call you Bastard. According to this We used call to QUESTION: research, about eight tribes in in this came Mexico who lived under the Aztecs. people country from Mexico, Mexican-- They started escaping the Aztecs mericans. Suddenly, we now because they ruled with a fist of hear the name "Chicano being iron. All escaped except the last used all over the country. Where tribe, the Cbicbimechas. The did we get this word, Chicano? Chichimechas remained and the Aztecs used to rape their women. MEL 0'CAMP0: The revoluThe little children born 'out of in this tionary movement country wedlock were called Cbicbicanos, is emphasizing the word Chicano the first part of Chichimechas and because this is the essential tag or the last part of Mexicanos. The label they need to accomplish the Spaniards were the first ones to isolating factor there. They want call Aztecs Mexicanos, or Mexito get the people to see that they cans. So getting the two words, are different. In doing a little Chichimecha and Mexican research we find that this publica-- . together they had the word tion The Educator of Fullerton, Cbichicano. Then they dropped Cbi-can- Mexican-America- A O'Campo says the Cesar Chavez controlling our food supplies. Mel movement is directed toward Mass Meetings J. Edgar Hoover on May 15th Mass meetings in Utah will be Monday evening, May 15. The Republicans will start their local mass meetings at. 7: 15. Democrats will begin at 7:30, with the possible exception of the Democrats in Salt Lake County who are undecided whether to begin at 7:30 or 8:00. The mass meetings are important because they choose delegates to county conventions and in some cases to state conventions. The county convention delegates vote on party candidates for county offices and also, in some cases, on candidates for the Utah Senate and the Utah House of Representatives. The state convention delegates elect delegates to the national political conventions and they also vote on candidates for Congress and for state offices such as governor. Each mass meeting will elect voting district officials including If these people could understand that somebody planted this word Chicano on them, they would hesitate using the word Chicano which means bastard. QUESTION: Does the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) support the revolution in this country? If so, could you tell us how? MEL O'CAMPO: Certainly it does. The Office of Economic Opportunity is instrumental in financing the Brown Revolution. They dont come out and say it this way but they do finance those groups that are revolutionary. We find evidence that groups like MECHA (Movement of Students to Complete Aztlan) and MAYO (Mexican-America- n Youth Organization) and UMAS n (United Students), the Community Mexican-America- Continued On Page G . Noble Patriot FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover was buried yesterday in the Washington, D.C. He was found dead at his bedside Tuesday morning, May 2. President Richard Nixon delivered the and committeemen. In Salt Lake County the Democrats will hold their county convention June 10 at funeral eulogy Thursday. Hoover was bom Jan. 1, 1895 in Washington, D.C., and was made acting director of the FBI in 1921. He has for many years . CarpenterswillHall. hold to Gabe Aguilar. Congressional Cemetery in chairman, vice chairman, secretary, treasurer, the first syllable and came up with the word Chicano, according The their county convention June 17 at been severly criticized by organizations and individuals of Republicans the Terrace Ballroom. the militant and subversive left, and more recently by others not so obviously on the left. J . Edgar Hoover earned a reputation of being honest, The state Democrat convention will be June 16 and 17 at the Salt Palace. The GOP state convention will be July 15, also in the Salt Palace. Those wishing to know the locations of local mass meetings should contact the county headquarters of the political party concerned or watch for notification in local newspapers. and strict, patriotic, Elder Ezra Taft anti-communi- st. Benson, former secretary of agriculture, released the following statement Tuesday: In the passing of the honorable J. Edgar Hoover the nation has lost one of its most distinguished and valuable What to Do About Occupational Health and Safety Act See Page 4 citizens. I have lost a true and trusted friend. A man of unflinching courage and impeccable integrity, his devoted service has been an inspiration and blessing to every loyal American. God bless the memory of J. Edgar Hoover, a truly noble American patriot. The UTAH INDEPENDENT Second Class Postage Paid 2459 Major Street, Salt Lake City. Utah 841 15 at Salt Lake City, Utah Serials Order Department of Utah S .It Lake City, Utah C7C-Univcrs-ity 8411?. k ) Mm |