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Lassen, who has been active organizing support for the UFW boycott against the Harvard Provision Co. on Mt. Auburn St., said she had been expecting a suit, but did not expect to be named as a defendant...
...suit, filed by C. Pappas Co. Inc. and the Avenue Liquor Mart Inc. of Fresh Pond, charges that the United Farm Workers and the Harvard Boycott Support Committee have organized illegal picket lines in their attempts to enforce a nation- wide UFW-sponsored boycott of Gallo wines...
Nicholas Jones, a UFW workers, and Mary M. Lassen '75, a member of the Boycott Committee, are defendants in the suit both as individuals and as representatives of their organizations...
Exactly where is Mr. Ferrara (Crimson, Oct. 31) getting his information about the UFW? Virtually all of his "facts" seem to be taken from interviews with unidentified "farmworkers" conducted by anonymous "interviewers," held at some unspecified point in time. One look at the "sources" he constantly quotes reveals how reliable his information is: "One Washington columnist wrote..."; "...in a secret memorandum of agreement..."; "...a worker reported..."; "...another worker reported..."; "in a personal interview, one worker said..."; "...three workers who had filed suit against Cesar reported..."; "...other workers reported..."; "...one worker said..."; "...many farmworkers also complained..."; "...one woman who had worked...
...inconceivable that a series of strikes involving thousands of workers and lasting over eight years has been manned by "hippies" and "outside volunteers." The most that can be said for this view is that the UFW has received support from many of us who, though not farmworkers ourselves, find their treatment and situation inconsistent with any notions of equity or justice. It is the reality of their living and working conditions, and not misrepresentations, that has produced massive farmworker support for the UFW's efforts...