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Cesar Chavez — Part 3
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-INDICATES —
+ NEWSPAPER OF ORGANIZATION
MAYO Gets Valley Footheld
1 have a wrem feud! [s
~ really mw friend?”
This notaiuoa in large hard-
vtten print is one of a number
such remarks sccticred
roughoui an “underground”
sos page newspaper, Huy
vaday), peblished by Seuth
exas MAYO | (Mexivan
aerican Youth Orgingathin)
mores inthe maner = writicn
iwth Enwisa and Suansa
dicate MAYO aes the
wnomgs @ a siroay joathold
mong YOLCN in tne Valtey.
wae oo atticle | oe@apicins ihe
aahizanon and reveals how
despread MAYO is in the
ley:
“MAYO ts ane ony
Zaniztiion un the eative Valley
uistmz of only ihe “esivan-
Ps
a junior high Wai
we students os sorcading
ndlv throvchout Swoin Texas,
TRIS wItanlaton was
qnushed for Mie so Purpose
uniiing tre Meak 1
Srican people ac shuaigs
vm that there are wass they
a omer berber wages and a
"er eucation. Mosily. MAYO
soentractes in) bringing out
fem chuana vouths as well
hogrown - aw,
Valles Uoans ra cally in
WO are ssa Juan, 2aarr,
augurs. Eisa + Edcoucn,
sere MAYO was achive in lhe
cent osiudent oboveotty La
2a, Weslaco, Mercedes and
.-slon."*
Notably absent from those
“ed as McAllen, largest. city
Hidaizge County. The Me Auden
200.5 have a policy agaost
belonging io orsiasntions such
as the Sub - Debs, and this
‘policy presumably would apply
to MAYO as well,
Stories in the paper indicate
that the niovenient ix ectting
support from some zToups im
the Valley. One story repurts
a MAYO fund - raising dance
held in Phar where the
“parish Ach oikatacd free
ram St More: na
Aaotoer reports @ MAY
held mm the San Juan Caiioue
School auditorium.
Some of ihe stories attack
alleged = discrimination. One,
conceming use of Spanish in
schonis. charges: “Turn
everything around and sec how
tiey (angios) iike it, For vou
Mexican + American ocaple gut
there that already whink and
wart to Oo anglos who ask,
Way Spaush? Here's ike rea-
sen: Anglos. We are so
clasely related t0 Mexthans and
are om ocomast with its people
eversdiay, We hear the lanuuuse
evervday and is al around us.
H's our native tomzae und we're
proud of it. So why dotsn't the
angio iearn it. TH tell vou why.
Revause he thinks it's dirty.
And because it comes from the
Mexican + American which they
thax are dirty and sav. fn
oher words we are fat gon
enciich fur them, That ts, ac-
cording to them.”
Anuther story raps alleged
questioning of absentee note< at
Prarr - San Juan - Alamo iigh
School. It charges, “How about
the angios? It is belicved that
they have it easier than the
chicanos. They may be asked
such quesuions, but afler Lise
“— |
J
Govsieecly cult @ Wem and
franciy simile, Why be tnegual
to sturtents? “Showld we call
these acls .of our ad-;
nunisiralions mide acts? Have!
the. acied so because they 103°
like faverilism or is at some ,
forn of discrimination?” ;
\nuither osterv idles of nwo
Pest Mextvun + American:
youlls KHiod tm a recent 'ain
Wreol. item tasks, Why dial tne
Scho T mol pravids & ninPeucs
Siiiee Meany OF thos: vehiha
wWitinut having to be pressured
by incit fellow student.’" .
A cartoon in the paper shows:
a panel of four pictures ar 3%
cownoy wilh these caus]
“First we gave in and let the:n
20 10 schuol with us. thea ws
gave in und let thom eat .§
the sare place we co. (hea we
gave in and ket Cen tua for
Office, Fiue! Next thing yuu
know these ii] Meaicars will:
want io govern tnemscives, lag
unricesul Wile wretuiaes
Another article written bv
Jose \nzel Guberrez, wad is
Mientiued 2s a graguale siudeul
In coversiment and oh
MAYO, charges the “esiia!ish-
Ment * in Tesas is cuntraied by
“gringas.”"
Te the artwie he charges
Mons an - Americens ate reed
In fie up Ther wiukure.
stage and cremtiy as inem lo
accopied as an Amerccaa.
“Fortunately for ihe
establishment." be sais, “the
Mexican - American, the olack
peopis and the angles keep on
Swallowing” ideas pushed by.
the establishment. ;
Ve adds, “We will join torved
aS soup as Meucan - Americuy:
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