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(Continued From Page 1) Raya and others, said they would not end the strike unless they did get the fiat salary of $3.20. “It is obvious that an Income ike that cannot permit of a fat hourly wage scale,” Commissioner Fitzgerald declared, and called the next meeting for Monday after noon at 2 p. m. in the office of Maxwell Burke, Pacific building, Santa Ana. Will Be Reasonable Dr. Deming said he would be ‘reasonable” about any ‘“reason able demands” but could neither pay fiat salary nor recognize the union. A deadlock resulted in the second place, peace offi crs report that hundreds of Mexi cans “who don't even know what the strike is about are willing to get back to work at once, and only a few scattered “union-minded” Mexicans are holding out against ending the strike. Stuart Strathman, packing house representative, said today: The packing houses absolutely will not recognise any union nor will officials meet to arbitrate. However, we are willing to meet with Commissioner Fitegerald at any time, to present our view point, which is, of course, based upon our ability to pay. “Complaints regarding the re quired payment for transportation to and from work, even though the pickers may not obtain the transportation, were dug up from “way back last November, to be used as a ‘handle’ by agitators. The transportation question has been settled and no longer are any pickers required to pay for transportation they do not get. The bonus is a necessary part of curve picking, as many of the Mexicans need that bonus at the end of the season, after their reg ular funds are spent.” Claim Bonus Necessary It was also said the bonus is necessary to keep sufficient work ers here to harvest the off-bloom crop, who otherwise would depart for other sections of the state to work, leaving the orchardista stranded. Lucio, stating he was unofficially, representing only the Mexicans who have not been nat uralized, reiterated his complaint that the bonus system and even the transportation system was still being made a “racket” by pick ing foremen. Except for picketing in various parts of the county and arrest of Francisco Gomez, 35, of Orange and Del Rey, this morning on 101 highway at Katella road, north of Anaheim, as an alleged picketer who was riding about with four companions urging pickers to quit everything was quiet today. Gomez was held by sheriff's deputies and arrested by State Highway Patrol man Lloyd Groover, charged with having no identification, no change of address on his operator's li cense and failing to have signed registration. He was to be ar raigned in Justice Charles Kuchel's court, Anaheim, today. Pete Inda, 24, Brea, arrested yesterday for using fictitious license plates, was sent to jail for 30 days. Continue County Patrol “The patrol] throughout the coun ty will continue until things are in a settled condition again,” Sheriff Logan Jackson said today. “We received two emergency calls from Orange late yesterday, asking in vestigations, but otherwise, all is quiet. Officer Sanford reported a truck ioad of Mexicans in the dis trict, armed with knives, but they had disappeared.’ William Rohre reported from El Modena and La Paloma that the strikers wish to return to work but most of the jobs are filled. At other places, many have announced in tention of returning to work Mon day. It was generally estimated that with several hundred school boys and others on the jobs, the strike would be over by Tuesday with the exception of that part y“carried on by those who insist on union recognition.” Copy of a petition circulated among “all orange pickers yes terday, and reaching District At torney William Menton today, ex plained the strike demands and briefed recent strike activities in this county. “We demand 712 cents per box and acknowledg ment of the union,” the petition said. “Nine strikers of the most militant, seven men and two wo men, have been arrested and put in jail. “Two were tried and sentenced to 60 days in jail. The Interna tional Labor Defense has put up $6500 of bail in the present strike movement of the workers in the agricultural workers of Venice, harvesting in El Monte. The In ternational Labor Defense sustains and gives aid to all the militant strikers who are actually in the Orange county strike.” It declared the International La bor Defense “furnishes funds and attorneys; warns all organizations of labor resistance, religious or ganizations, to help these strik ing workers; sends food and cloth ing to strikers. “It warned against pleas of guilty by arrested strik ers, and told workers who were arrested never to give informa tion to officers, “except your name,”
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