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IC00 0 18 spccially furmed Cuban Brigade), - inarch to tlic worksitc, each undcr a distinctive unit banner. A 7-hour day, 5 1/2 day wcek is the norm. Some problems surfaccd a l m o s t immediately. Wlrcn women w e r e designated cane stackers, rather than cane cutters likc thc nicn, they protested, feeling it'miplit be discrimination. Locals explained both jobs w e r e equally important and productivity wonld be the determining factor in who did what. centive s y s t e m nettled some Americans. competition, I' they felt. one radical p r e s s report, and the volunteqrs soon "caught the rcvo- lutionary spirit" and workcd to out-produce othcr sub-bripades. Winner of the first weck's "Vanguard" canc-cutter award was Charles "Woody" Woodson, 29-year-old San Franciscan. Produc- tion for the first two weeks was 194, 933 a r r o b a s (an a r r o b a equals 25 pounds of cut cane). Leading *'macheteros" besides Woodson, arc Clyde Kelly, Clarence "Chip" Sills, 'Leslie Cagan (or Kagan) . and Carol Ann Gilbert. With typical socialist showmanship, weck- . cnd rcremonies are held to award individuals and unil m e r i t badgcs and flags, usually presented by a national 1,abor hero. Cuba's l'eiiiulation'' in- It smacked OF "capitalist This w a s quickly overcome, according to Bripadc inc-iiibcrs will work for 6 wccks. Tlic final two . wceks of thc two-month visit are reserved for rccrcation including a tour of Cuba, during which'cameras and r c c o r d e r s will be busy. Propaganda d r u m s are beginning to beat louder. Havana's P r c n s a Latins carries taped m e s s a g e s , in English and Spafiish, f r o m Brigadc members. viewers. T h r e e Bostonians, Michael Kaysahn, Neil Birribauni and Richard C o r d (all phonetic) told their friends in thc U. S. haw Cuba's st.rugglc against U. S. imperialism (typified by the U. S. blockade- breaking harvest) is fftke same struggle that we will fight when we gct back to the Unitcd States. Tom Lee, a Detroiter, wanted to K:ct back liomc soon to fight against U. S. r e p r e s s i o n against libera- tion movcincnts like the Black Panthers. Mike LaGuardia and Joan Gandini a r c llrc intcr- Untloul~LccIly, international publicity a h o u t thc! t3 rigatic will i n c r c a s c in January. A major publistrrr, onc o b s e r v c r ii(ifcs, has conlractrtl to 'compilc a book bascd on tlw diarivs o f i n l c rcsLi!tl tro's visit to the Vencerqnios c a m p on C h r i s t m a s Day (Castro Il'ad officially postponed Cubad C h r i s t m a s festivities until July to allow uninterrupted harvc sting ope rations). . Ui-igarlc nicmbers. And a4L'rccnl ticys brci?dc:ast told o f Fidcl Cas- . . ... r- :- - A second Veiicercmos coidingcnt, hoped to contain abo.ut 400 Anicrican voluntcers, is expected in Havana in e a r l y *February.