Cesar Chavez Page #3

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)

Mr. Chavez?

Yes?

How are you doin' today?

Fine. How can I help you?

I just wanted to introduce myself.

- I'm Sheriff...

- I know who you are.

You seem to be gathering quite a crowd.

Is there a law against that?

No, not really.

But I would like to ask you some questions

about some of the people around you

and their affiliations.

Affiliations to what?

Let's say the communist party.

- Communists?

- Yes.

(TRANSLATING)

(CROWD LAUGHS)

Do you mind tellin' me what's so funny?

It's that we are Catholic.

How can Catholics be communists?

I've seen stranger things.

Mr. Chavez, do you mind

if we take a look around?

Do you have a warrant?

Not on me.

So you're asking me for a favor?

I think you'd be doing yourself a favor.

(DOLORES SPEAKING)

Come on. There's nothing to see here.

Come in.

We have nothing to hide.

So what they doin' here?

You givin' away free pinatas or something?

It's a credit union.

No sh*t.

Where's the money coming from?

Donations.

Here's a box if you're interested.

I don't know exactly what you're up to here

but the citizens of Delano,

they don't care much for subversives.

They respect the law.

So do we.

Especially the Bill of Rights.

Ever read the Bill of Rights?

(CHUCKLES)

Let's go.

FOREMAN ON BULLHORN:

Listen up, all of you in there.

You have 10 minutes

to vacate the premises.

You are now trespassing and will be

prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

We are not moving!

Is that you, Larry?

Yeah. Yeah, it's me.

Larry, you get your people out of there now

and get back to work.

I'll forget everything.

No blacklisting, no nothing.

(DOGS BARKING)

Sorry, that's not good enough.

You cut our wages too goddamn much.

We starve on what you pay us anyhow.

Go.

(GLASS SHATTERING)

(LARRY SHOUTING)

Nobody leave!

(CLAMORING)

Stay together, stay strong!

The growers cut their pay in half.

Now they have barricaded themselves

in the camps.

This thing is blowing up.

- The Filipinos?

- Yeah.

And now the growers are recruiting

our people to break the strikes.

That's why Larry specifically asked

for you, Cesar.

He knows he can't win without us.

Oh, and by the way,

who gives a sh*t about the Filipinos?

(SCOFFS) No mames.

They undercut us left and right.

Do you think they would strike for us?

They play the races against each other,

that is their tactic.

Are we a union or not?

(APPLAUSE)

(ELI SPEAKING)

Our brother Cesar Chavez

will speak to us now.

(APPLAUSE)

(CESAR SPEAKING)

Brothers and sisters.

Today our fellow Filipino workers

have taken a vital step

towards the fight for freedom and dignity

that poverty has denied us.

And they have come to us

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