Thursday, June 21, 1973 THE SUMMER DAILY LAW ENFORCEMENT INADEQUATE Migrant children force SALINAS, Calif. I) It was midday and the fields - in the apples, plums, peach- be asked to get a water b the nine year old girl in the blue jacket es, all soft fruit and citrus fruits; in row lunch pail," he said. should have been in school. crops - chili peppers, cucumbers, to- "Older children baby-sit an Instead, she moved down the rows of matoes, garlic, onions, beans, berries," time a child is nine or 10 he the San Joaquin Valley strawberry field, said Ronald Taylor, a journalist who has keeping parents supplied with p carefully plucking berries from the green covered problems of the rural poor for tainers or even picking into th plants and dropping them into a pail be- two decades. pail." side her. "The economic fact of life for these mi- "HALF OF the migrant c "I WAS SICK this morning," she said, grant farm families is simply this: the school are in kindergarten a trying to explain her absence from school children have to work if the family is one and two," says Pam Bi but her presence among the migrant lab- going to make a living wage," Taylor said Monterey County migrant educ orers picking the strawberry crop. in an interview. ialist. "What happens to the ol The little girl's case is not unusual. "Because most of, these families work she asks, then answers her ow Authorities say she is one of an esti- on a piece-rate system, their daily pay with stories of 10, 12 and 14 mated 800,000 children under the age of depends upon the total number of bask- who work daily, harvesting crop 16 who, school in session or not, work ets or boxes picked. The children free Manuel Olivas, a former stri with their pare'nts on American farms the parents from the small, time-consum- er for the United Farm Worki - frequently in violation of federal and ing tasks that slow down the work. union and a volunteer with Calif state child labor laws. "CHILDREN of five or six are allowed grant education program, note "THE CHILDREN are everywhere in to play most of the time, but they may problems of migrant children Page Five I to work ottle or a nd by the or she is icking con- e mother's children in nd grades ernhard, a ation spec- der ones?" Nn question year olds s. ke organiz- ers (UFW) fornia's mi- s that the go deeper than school attendance. He hopes to es- tablish a dental clinic for migrant fam- ilies. "The children especially need dental care," he said. "There's nowhere they can go - no place to get any kind of preventive care. "YOU NEVER SEE migrant children with glasses," Bernhard said, "and there must be many who need them." Growers generally deny that the child labor laws are violated. "We urge and recommend that our members keep children under 16 out of the field," said a spokesman for one California growers' organization. "Grow- ers are liable to citations and fines from the State Labor Department, which is very active and does a good job -- one that we encourage." SPECIAL BIJYSan FISHER, PLAYBACK And A Complete PIONEER GARRARD ..They Make SX-525 System . Beautiful Music Together Priced Under $400! Pioneer makes some of The Fisher 203 is one o1 the best receivers you the finest values among can bus t he today's receivers . .. 80f can buy . . . and the toa's receiersp80SX-525 is one ofits most watts of power, superior popular; it has 72 watts, performance and all the superior FM and lots of extras that go into a flexibility; a pair of Utah Fisher; Iwo Playback It1- 10" 3-Way Speakers let compact Speakers for y hear all the music, clean reproduction plusa you with minimum ear Garrard 42 Changer fatigue; Garrard's 55B package make up a fatg welt-balanced, I& 44 -Changer, Base and super-pricedasystem * Playback P3E Cartridge top off a great music ~system. Reg4.80Rg $45.8 / 9900$552 SANSUI 100OX RECEIVER-A receiver with medium power (35 watts RMS per Was $329.95 SANSUI 2005X Stereo FM/AM Re- Was $379.95 PIONEER OX-4000 4-Channel Receiver Was $37595 channel), for a super price with no com~ ceiver - On Sale! A 140-watt power- -A powerful 80-watt performer that has promise in quality, no sacrifice of de- house that provides superior perform- Q capabilities of decoding every kind of sired features. Outstanding 2 microvolt ance and outstanding FM sensitivity, matrixed program source into glorious sensitivity for superb FM reception four-channel fidelity Puts 4 channel two-system speaker selector. into a practical price range. Jumbo Eight-Band Portable - Value-Priced! This one has it all! Super sound, fold-out world map, plus FM, AM, Short Wave, Police, Aircraft, many more exciting H