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Labor Priest Leads Texas Farm Workers March for Justice
In San Antonio Archbishop Robert Emmet Lacey fronts a two month extended march from the Rio Grande Valley to Austin to press for a 1.25 dollar minimum wage for farm workers. The National Farm Workers' Association seeks recognition as growers press the strike. The prelate links unity with race equality and labor rights among Mexican Americans.
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