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The Road To Social Justice For The Farm Worker Is The Road Of Unionization. Our Cause, Our Strike Against Table Grapes And Our International Boycott Are All Founded Upon Our Deep Conviction That The Form Of Collective Self-help, Which Is Unionization, Holds Far More Hope For The Farm Worker Than Any Other Single Approach, Whether Public Or Private. This Conviction Is What Brings Spirit, High Hope And Optimism To Everything We Do.

I Have Met Many, Many Farm Workers And Friends Who Love Justice And Who Are Willing To Sacrifice For What Is Right. They Have A Quality About Them That Reminds Me Of The Beatitudes. They Are Living Examples That Jesus' Promise Is True: They Have Ben Hungry And Thirsty For Righteousness And They Have Been Satisfied. They Are Determined, Patient People Who Believe In Life And Who Give Strength To Others. They Have Given Me More Love And Hope And Strength Than They Will Ever Know.

When The Man Who Feeds The World By Toiling In The Fields Is Himself Deprived Of The Basic Rights Of Feeding, Sheltering, And Caring For His Own Family, The Whole Community Of Man Is Sick.

These Observations Tie In Directly With The Whole Question Of Organizing. Why Do We Have Leaders? We Put Some People Out In The Fields And All Of A Sudden They Hit, They Click. Everyone's Happy With Them And They Begin To Move Mountains. With Other People There Are Problems And Heartaches. They Just Don't Go. When We Look And See What's Happening, Almost Invariably The Differences Are Along The Lines Of Willingness To Sacrifice And Work Long Hours.

We Are Certain God's Will Is That All Men Share In The Good Things This Earth Produces.