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Wage hearing on sugar beet labor rates sparks clash in San Benito
At the USDA hearing in the San Benito Community Building, farmers and migrant workers clashed over wage rates and notice procedures. Testimony supported the 1971 per acre rates while participants demanded broader housing and civil rights context, and the session ended without upper Valley workers present. Arkadi Raikin, famed Soviet comedian, received the Red Banner of Labor on his 60th birthday for services to Society Variety Theater.
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USDA
San Benito
Robert Stansbury
Upper Valley
Stansbury
Washington
Federal Register
ASCS
Edinburg
Setero Zavala
Mercedes
Beers
la Raza
Moscow
Reuter
Arkadi Raikin
Red Banner of Labor
Raikin