1970_03 The Daily Collegian March 1970

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HUNGER:
Education or Revolution?
Thirteen Chicano students and
faculty members from Fresno
State College have declared
selves on a hunger strike as of
6 p.m. Sunday, March 1. This
strike is ln protest against the
dally oppression of all Chicano
people and it has been called
on the FSC campus since this
Institution is a symbol of the
Anglo "better way of life." Specifically, this protest ls against
the suppressive tactics of the
Falk-Flkes regime and in support
of our young Chicano brothers
who have felt the teeth of the Hon
at Woodlake High School and the
Chicano parents and families of
Kings County who have been refused the right to eat as human
beings. The services of the FSC
Health Center will be requested
to provide routine health checks
for all thirteen Chlcafio students
and faculty. Water will be the
only substance taken by the strlk-
The thirteen protesting Chlcanos have declared that they
will be camping ln front of the
Thomas Administration Building.
And the appeal is being made to
all Chicano students and community people to loin with them ln
The hunger strike has been declared the ultimate non-violent
protest action In support of the
student struggle against the non-
responsive and Irresponsible administration of FSC.
All thirteen Chlcanos (8 men
5 girls).have declared that
11 fast ui
112 m
they I
In conjunction with the hunger
strike, ten demands have been
presented to the administration of
Fresno State College ln order that
oppression and violation of Chicano life be softened. The ten
is follows:
1. That FSC admit SOOChlcano
EOP students ln the fall of 1970;
2. That the Job of Assistant to
the Dean of Students be continued
after June 1, 1970, and that it be
filled by a Chicano;
3. That Adan Juarez continue
as Assistant to the Director of
Financial Aids after June, 1970;
4. That FSC Immediately create a Minority Education Council
In consultation with the Ethnic
Studies staff and students;
5. That FSC make a 3-year
plan to Increase the enrollment ot
Chlcanos equal to the population
of the FSC service area;
6. That FSC admlnlstraUon and
Ethnic studies staff and students
have a discussion ln front of the
news media In order to clarify
false accusations and Issues as
FSC;
7. That FSC Immediately ln-
8. That FSC allocate eight
new faculty positions te La Raza
Studies for the fall of 1970, and
that any present staff who wishes
to stay at FSC be rehired;
10. That FSC Immediately hire
a Chicano Co-Director for the
EducaUonal OpportunlUes  Pro-
The FSC admlnlstraUon has
been given untU Friday, March 6,
at 12 noon to respond to these demands ln written form.
It. ls the hope of all Chicano
students, faculty and community,
that tbe Fresno State CoUege admlnlstraUon will take this opportunity (which may be the last)
to respond peacefully to the will
of the people.
'lUii iMue dedicated ta j£o4, GcMMf&tiHOl 0/ Jkutfttod
Ut iUefo ittoujXfle, fob ciujl justice*
M AZTLA1
Daily
Collegian
MONDAY, MARCH 2,1970
Vlj^Campesinos Fight For Food Stamps
War II,
. food sta
program which allowed famll
a certain number of stamps
their food ration.
Today, another war contlnu
No, not Vietnam, but ahomefr
war ln Hanford between the hu
gry and the merited lnteres
More specifically, between
campeslno and the Kings Coun
Board of Supervisors.
Chicano children go hungry
school, come hungry' from schoo
and stay hungry at home. A stea
diet of dried foodstuffs stifles
healthy  development of Chlcan
children and adults. Although
Anglo says the food commodlt
program provides "95 percent
nutritional   value"  needed  ln
healthy  diet,   let   hirr
eggs,   *brnbread, arid drink dry
non-fat milk, and then change
percentage  figure ln nutrltlona
value.
Listen, RAZA, your hung
children are rejected ln sch
and Anglo society, but are con
sldered 'All-American* when
comes to the draft. Hungry chl
dren don't do well
hungry people don't work we
and h"ngry babies, deprived,
fresh milk and other foods, gr
weak and sickly. But this Is
news   to   you. The  food  sta
program Isn't charity because
campeslnos are proud people who
have more than paid for this program through their labor.
Currently three California
counties ^- Butte, Sutter, and
Kings - are being sued by. the
California Rural League Assistance for their failure to provide
a decent food stamp program.
This . program calls for food
stamp issuance (either by the
Welfare Department or bank) to
eligible families to get fresh
foods, (dairy products, meat,
vegetables, fruits, eggs) from lo-
prograro was to be passed. However, tbe farming Interests would
face a tax hike, along with everyone else, If the food stamp program were passed. Farmers are
paid by the government not to
grow certain crops.. Therefore,
with the food siamp program,
there would be a greater demand
for more foods, thus wiping out
government subsidies for crop
planting control.
Despite heavy arguments, statistics, and Anglo logic, the campeslno still goes hungry. The
campeslno bas known many forms
of hunger, not Just tbe physical
hunger. Socio-economic betterment, political voice, and civil
rights are hungers LA RAZA's
spiritual gut wants fulfilled. The
physical hunger, long known to
the campeslno, Is now being heard
because be has said, *l am hungry, and have been for a long
The County Welfare Depart     1
ment   estimated   It   would cost   1
$60,000   annually   to change t     1
food stamps under bank Issuance    1
($45,000 through county assis     1
tance).  However,  the estimated   1
cost   of   expanding the presen    1
food  commodities  program   1    1
for food stamps under bank ls     1
suance and $15,000 more thsn the
county Issuance of food stamps
Rumors are that the five mem
ber Kings County Board of Su
pervisors refuse to okay the food
stamp program because of farm
lng  Interests. Local business
vfcNtt&MOft j
would make a profit - because