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...court-recognized right of a reporter to protect his sources in most situations by withholding their names from public disclosure. Otherwise, ordinary citizens, fearful of retaliation by powerful people, might hesitate to speak out about wrongdoing. Two cases now seriously threaten to undercut that First Amendment right. In Fresno, Calif., a judge sentenced two editors and two reporters to serve indefinite terms in jail because they refused to reveal how their newspaper, the Fresno Bee, obtained and later printed sealed grand jury testimony. The testimony centered on a bribery and conspiracy indictment of a Fresno city councilman who was involved...
...that only the lowest level of the hierarchy has contact with them. As one lettuce cutter working under teamster contract said. "The Teamsters only come to the fields one time a month to sign up people. They never talk to the people or try to help them out" (Fresno Bee, September...
...Census). They suffer lethal accident rates 300 per cent above the national average (National Safety Council). They often have dangerous pesticides sprayed on them while working (U.S. Labor Department, Special Review Staff), and 80 per cent suffer at least one symptom of pesticide poisoning (California state study, reported in Fresno Bee, 9/26/69). Few have sanitary toilets or safe drinking water at work (Congressional Record, 7/20/70). Their life expectancy is only 49 years, 23 less than the national average (U.S. Public Health Service). And except for those workers covered by UFW contracts, they have no method to change these conditions except...
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