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Farm workers seek protection in Rio Grande Valley hearings
The scene at Starr County courthouse as Sen. Harrison Williams leads a two day testimony on migrant labor issues. Gilbert Padilla of United Farm Workers asserts no laws protect farm workers and cites a bonafide strike against La Casita Farms. Senators Kennedy Fannin Yarborough arrive to hear further testimony into civil rights violations and labor conditions, with emphasis on migrant workers in the border region.
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John F. Kenne
Edward Kennedy
Starr County
Harrison . Williams Jra
D-N.j
Gilbert Padilla
United Farm Workers Organizing Committee
AFL— Gio
Padilla
la Casita
Mexico-U.s
Robert Kennedy
D-N.y
Paul Fannin
R-Aziz
Rio Grande Valley
Ralph Yarborough
D-Tex
Williams
Rio Grande City
UPI
C. Woodrow Laughlin
Texas
United Farm Workers, Organizing Committee
UFWOC
UFWCC