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Show $50,000 grant an affront A $500,000 gTant from the UJS. Department Depart-ment of Labor to Ceasar Chavez United Farm Workers (UFW) for the stated purpose pur-pose of teaching English to migrant workers is "an affront to agriculture and an arrogant ar-rogant abuse of the public trust," according to Farm Bureau members from across the nation. They have passed a formal resolution res-olution supporting the instruction of migrant workers in the English language but blasting blast-ing the award to the politically oriented i UFW. "We regard this an another transparent r effort on the part of federal officials to j . use tax funds to assist the United Farm I Workers to organize farm workers in California and other states," the voting delegates said in their action. Frank O. Ntshiguchi, Garland farmer ; and president of the 15,000 member Utah Farm Bureau Federation, pointed out that the training of some 1,500 migrant workers will take place at the UFW headquarters j in California. The UFW has been militant in trying to sign up workers in the lettuce field and grape vineyards of that state. "There's no question that non-English -speaking people are hampered in their ability to find work and to become a part of the mainstream of American life," Nishiguchi said, "But there's a serious question whether the UFW is qualified to teach English Eng-lish and whether other scheduled training such as social service, leadership development, develop-ment, and other non -language courses is not just a come on for union recruitment." Additional language In the Farm Bureau resolution said: "The United Farm Workers organization has been engaged in violence, secondary boycotts, and other disruptive acts ' against farmers, farmworkers, and farm markets. We cannont believe this award of public moneys . . . can serve the advancement of language skills beyond the partisan indoctrination of hundreds of Mexican-Americans to join the Chavez movement and to prepare for militant action ac-tion against our market agriculture. |