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WHEN Cesar Chavez, the leader of the United Farm Workers, spoke at Lowell and Adams House last week, he asked students to join a nationwide ban of California grapes and called on the dining halls to boycott them as well...
Unfortunately, the growers have not yet been persuaded. And only a dramatic drop in profit is likely to change their minds. As Chavez says, "It is at the marketplace where we make legislation...
Sheila deB. Schimmel, assistant to the master at Lowell House, attributed the large contingent of HUCTW members to Chavez' request that "specific interest groups" be notified of the speech. She said the activist leader singled out "labor, animal rights [groups], union and the gay community...
...Chavez prefaced his presentation by complimenting the meal that had been served to him earlier. "I was glad to see there were no grapes on the table," he said...
...Chavez said the purpose behind the boycott is not to eliminate the grape growers' market entirely but to cut back on grape sales by about 11 percent. Such a fall in sales would persuade grape growers to deal with the union but would not hurt the grape worker, Chavez said...