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Show 328-8619 for contributions to be the house. picked up. We would like to thank you for As Sincerely yours, from (signed) Joe Alaniz later. Project Chairman And need we remind you that the welfare grants are still low, the crisis still exists, and the help given through The Crossroads Urban Center, the Westside Family Market, and other missions must come from you. WORKERS Dear friends, “PLEASE PASS THE WORD” VOLUNTEERS are urgently needed to open numerous boycott cities in Canada. the United Write or States and P.O. Box call. (Reprinted from Josepha-The VOLUNTEERS True Story are needed to boycott lettuce at all Federal Base Installations; boycott Antle; boycott Dow; and boycott the hell out of them! !! Peace and love from Of A Chicana Martur by Jim Gallardo and Frank Allen Liberation News Service Director There is a bridge across the Yuba River in Downieville, California, with a small plaque that reads, “‘In Dear Concerned, An Emergency Food and Fund Drive is being organized to assist the 15,000 to 18,000 migrant memory of Juanita, The Spanish Woman, Lynched by Mob from the. Original bridge on this site July 5, 1851.” This. marker is all that is left to remind door of a her knife the table and plunged us that a Chicana woman Suggested Readings it into By nine morning, o'clock a mock give ‘em that trial was a fair same In Controvers set up: trial—then well hang ‘em.” A lawyer named Taylor protested the proceedings, but “‘was thrown from the platform and for several hundred feet, his feet never touched the ground as he was beaten and pummeled by the mob and finally deposited at the edge of the crowd.” two and Col. Weller, seated on the speaker's platform throughout this “trial”, all of us, Cesar E. Chavez the grabbed The mob grew to over thousand men, half drunk thirsting for Mexican blood. The Focus) 130, Delano, Ca. (805/725—9703). entered Josepha his chest. He died a few moments “We'll FARM he house, your consideration. UNITED Pagg h Cannon followed her, still mouthing off. Douglas, 1964. William Although the field. are not time crops destroyed by covered, also often are damaged or weather conditions, leaving these families without food or funds to move to an area where there are employment opportunities. IN THE PAST FUND RAISING DR IV ES: AV ERE oN OE ORGANIZED UNTIL THE EMERGENCY SITUATION WAS CRITICAL, therefore, resources were not available at the time of need. This year the Utah Migrant Council is asking for contributions of funds, food, and household items such as refrigerators, stoves, chairs, tables, and beds so these resources will be available when the emergency situations arise. lf you or your group have any questions about this project, we can send a spokesman to meet with you to further explain the migrants’ plight. Contributions can be delivered or mailed to the Utah Migrant Council, 724 South 3rd East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111. Or call Aeunet FREEDOM dated OF THE MIND. N.Y.: by American Glessing, Robert J. THE UNDERGROUND PRESS IN Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, 1970. Pioneering effort to study and asses this new Fred Cannon, a_hard-drinking miner well-known in Downieville for his clowning and boasting, had been watching Josepha for some time. Around midnight, he broke down the door of the cabin shared by Josepha and her husband, who worked as a card dealer in a local saloon. Jose was still at work and Josepha was alone. Another miner persuaded Cannon to let the woman be; they put the door back in place, and left. Very early the next morning, Jose confronted Fred Cannon. He demanded payment for the broken door. Cannon belligerantly refused to pay. “Not goint to pay any son-of-a-bitch Mex for no door.” When Jose Josepha and stepped Cannon, Cannon between called her a whore. She was very angry, but permitted Jose to lead her into British AMERICA. Weneed... @ e e WE'LL TRAIN & QUALIFY YOU! JOB PLACEMENT ASSISTANCE UPON GRADUATION! LIFE-TIME JERE SHED COURSE PRIVILEGES! CALL NOW 328-1681 FOR A PERSONAL INTERVIEW: On the fourth of July of 1851, almost no one went to work the claims. A small parade in the center California. By early afternoon, nearly everyone in town was getting drunk. and never spoke. brand of Josepha was sentenced to be anti-establishment journalism. Includes glossary of underground hanged in two hours, Jose was terms and a directory of more than 457 underground papers. ordered to leave town withint twenty-four hours. Haight, Anne Lyon. BANNED BOOKS. N.Y.: R.R. Bowker, 1970 (3rd Josepha was sentenced to be edition). hanged from the bridge at the lower Contains a chronological list of books banned from 387 B.C. to the end of town. There was still plenty present. of time for everyone to return to the saloons for more drinks. The lynching of Mexicans was not unusual in California after the | U.S. conquest. This case is different only because the victim was a~woman. is California’s first: She known Chicana martyr. Anytime that you may be in Downieville, stop at the small ladies who want to be Medical Receptionists bridge and pay homage to this or 1.B.M. Operators. High School Diploma brave woman. VIVA LA CAUSA! not required and age is no factor. VIVA JOSEPHA! their own.) of town ended with a campaign speech by Col. John D. Weller, who was later to be Governor of Doubleday, by today’s changing standards, a classic in Downs, Robert. THE FIRST FREEDOM Brings together 88 significant writings authors on the censorship of books. struck one of the first blows for farmworkers that come into the justice by the .Mexican-American State of Utah each year from the people after the 1846-1848 war Southwestern States. From April to between the U.S. and Mexico. The name of the woman was November, the Mexican American, Indian, and Anglo migrants travel Josepha, not Juanita. All newspaper accounts and historical records from state to state seeking farm show this, but to the racist minds work to support their families. of those who put up the marker, Each summer, problems emerge for : ‘all: Mexicans are called ‘Juan’ or these families for which there are ‘Juanita’”’ not any existing funds. The Utah In 1851, Downieville had aMigrant Council is funded only to population of over 5,000, and the provide long-range projects in mining claims around the town had Housing, Adult -Education, and produced several million dollars in gold—for Americans. Child Day Care. (Mexican-Americans were almost Migrant workers have a high rate never allowed to stake claims of of illness and hospitalization costs which O. FOURTH QUARTER LOUNGE & SHOW BOAT HOTEL FEATURING: LIVE ENTERTAINMENT - FRI.& SAT. The Biggest Fourth Quarter Hamburger HAPPY HOUR EVERY MONDAY from 5 to 8 p.m. with BEER 30° HOURS: I la.m. -2 a.m. 7 DAYS A WEEK ‘Located at 559 W. 2nd South was “The Sound” |
