12—Lancaster Farming, Saturda; , Oct. 23, 1976 j LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Farm labor law spreading Dear Editor To the Pennsylvania “family farmer” who thinks Farm Calendar [Continued from Page 10] District meeting of the Maryland Cooperative Milk Producers, Centre Presbyterian Church, New Park, York County, Pa. 7 n.m. Wednesday, Oct. 27 Monthly board of directors meeting of the Berks County Conservation District, 2 p.m. at the Ag Center in Leesport. Personnel Management Workshop, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.ra. at the Lan caster County Farm and Home Center. Hunterdon County, N.J. baby beef sale, at the Coliseum, Trenton Fairgrounds Eastern National Livestock Show begins at the Timonium Fairgrounds, Timomum, Maryland. New Holland Sales Stables annual dairy show and sale. Show cows must be in the bam by 6 p.m., Tuesday. Judging 10 a.m. today, sale at noon. Thursday, Oct. 28 Lancaster County 4-H Dairy Banquet, 6:45 at the Farm and Home Center. Lancaster County Poultry Association banquet Policy development com mittee of the Penn sylvania Farmers’ Association, meets at the Crossgate Inn, Mechanicsburg, today and tomorrow. - Friday, Oct. 29 Pennsylvania Poultry Queen Pageant, 6:30 p.m. social hour, diinner an hour later, at the Sheraton Harrisburg Inn, at the intersection of 1-83 and the Pennsylvania Turn pike. MOTOROLA TWO-WAY BUSINESS RADIO PUTS TODAY'S PROGRESSIVE FARMER WHERE YOU’RE NEEDED MOST CAI MOTOROLA C&E, INC. 1322 LINCOLN HTS. AVE, EPHRATA, PA. 17522 you are putting far too much emphasis on Proposition 14 on the ballot in California, please assure him that California “family farmers” are taking the brunt of this pro-labor bias that is trying to get itself locked into a statewide election so that change, even for the in sertion of a comma, will be possible only through another statewide election. Harry Kubo, president of Citizens for a Fair Farm Labor. Law, is leading the fight of California farmers to stop the legalization of harrass'ment, coercion, intimidation and threats to family farmers there before it has a chance to spread to the East. “The rights of not only the farmer, but also the-farm workers, are being violated,’’ charged Kubo speaking of existing and proposed edicts laid down m the state’s farm labor act. In addition to being disturbed over “violations of right,” Kubo is angered by the'Proposition 14 proposal which allows union organizers an almost endless right to come onto farm property and disrupt normal operations. “You kick an organizer off the farm for being disruptive and all you can do is file some kind of an unfair labor charge with that biased, pro labor Agricultural Labor Relations Board. And the next day the guy is back on your farm and you have to let him enter and he can disrupt things all over again.” Kubo, who with his brother farms 210 acres in Parlier, philosophized recently about Proposition 14 saying, “You have to recognize not only your rights but the right of others. And this includes the right of the workers. Under ‘l4’ the worker would just about lose his right to work PHONE ANYTIME LANCASTER... (717) 569-3318 LEBANON (717) 273-4218 BERKS (215) 373-4369 or not work under a union contract. The union could bring such pressure on him under ‘l4’ he’d have to join even if he didn’t want to.” The New York State Apple Growers Association just a few days ago notified its members that Cesar Chavez’s union has opened an office in Middletown, N.Y., which will become their Northeast headquar ters. They say Orange County was chosen for their central office because of its migrant labor camps. Ulster County, immediately north, is apple country using many professional pickers, too. Then Chavez expects to open an office in Wayne County. Those close to Chavez have stated that the first target out of California besides Florida will be New York State. That’s getting awfully close to Pennsylvania for us to turn our backs on the problems of other “family farmers.” If the right of union organizers to enter private property becomes law, it will set a dangerous precedent. There isn’t much difference between a union official coming on to a ranch or farm without being invited by the owner, and an uninvited guest coming into their homes or yards without permission. Property rights are basic Constitutional rights. If Proposition ‘l4’ violates them for one segment of agriculture and business, which will be next? Sincerely, Gail McPherson New Park, Pa. 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