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376 AMENDivG MIGRATORY LABOR LAWS cases that might give them reason to try and restrict you in this manner? Mr. Crtavez. There’s been one case where a striker ran into three growers that were by the roadside. There was a case where—— Senator Munrity. With his car? . . Mr. Cuavez. With his car, yes. And there was a case where a striker got into a fight with a man who was, oh, he felt he was on the other side. But these are the only two cases. Now, against that we have a number of cases—we’ve had five or six cases where guns wore pointed at us, and we had two or three of these eases where they actually discharged the gun over our heads. We have two cases where our cars were turned over. We have a call case where a grower ran into one of our pickets and we were never ~ able to get a complaint against him. We have a case where a grow- ~ er’s sompefused to—went and took over, while our picket was picketing - a the lig$ and his car was parked on the side of the road, went into the ca#and refused to move after a long a ent, and the sheriff— this mp lore County—was parked across the street. We went and talked to the sheriff and asked him his help to get this grower’s son out of the car so our picket could get into his car, and he didn’t move, and it was only efter an awful long and bitter argument that he finally left the car so our picket could get into it. And we went and we tried to file a complaint, and we could not file a complaint. Senator Mcreny. Are there any injunctions against you or your organization at the present time! Mr. CHavez. There are injunctions on the fields; there are five, I , believe that restricts the picketing to 5 per location. There was one eae a! injunction that was brought against us by the DiGiorgio Corp., and oe se that was thrown out by the judge in Tulare County. fe oa | tried because we Icel if we did we probably—- Le. rn a There are no injunctions against them at this point, and we haven’t Senator Munrny. There are no injunctions at this moment? Mr. Cuavzz. There are injunctions against us but no injunctions against the growers. Senator Murrur. I see. Did you send the pickets down to picket me when i first came up? Mr. Cuavez. No, we never picketed you, Senator. Senator Murry. I was picketed when I first came up to go and look at the condition of the fields, in the fields. Mr. Cravez. In Delano? Senator Murruy. No, this was in Merced and in Salinas and in Fresno. One young man was picketing me, and I asked him, “Who are you picketing?” And he said, “George Mur hy.” And I said, “What for?” And he said, “I’m not sure.” I said, ‘Are you a regu- lar picket?” And he said, “No, I go to high school.” And he was s little uncertain about it. And then in another case, they anticipated my visit to the fields and told the workers that J was there to do everything I could to see that-they got fired and that Mexican nationals took their jobs. Now, that gentleman wanted a picture, and I explained to him that J wasn’t a new hand at this, and if he continued to make that state- ment, he’d find out that a U.S. Senator doesn’t allow dishonest state- +