Palomino: Clinton Jencks and Mexican-American Unionism in the American Southwest

Index

Index Note: CJ and VC refer to Clinton Jencks and Virginia Chambers, respectively. Abel, I. W., 180–81 Abril, Roy, 180 ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union), 188 AFL (American Federation of Labor), 36, 43, 74 African Methodist Episcopal Church (Colorado Springs), 9 Alderette, Frank, 142 American Civil Liberties Union (ALCU), 188 American Federation of Labor. See AFL American GI Forum, 59 American Legion, 15, 36, 126, 144–45 American Mining Congress, 107 American Smelting and Refining. See ASARCO American Student Union. See ASU American Veterans Committee. See AVC American Youth Act, 18 American Youth Congress. See AYC Ames, Chester F., 179–80 Amigos de Wallace, 70, 76, 78 Ammons, Teller, 17–18 Anderson, Clinton, 88, 135 ANMA (Asociación Nacional MexicoAmericana ), 78–83, 92–93, 171–72, 218n24 anti-Communism: ANMA destroyed by, 82; decline of, 159; vs. New Deal, xix, 43; political repression spawned by, xvi; rise of, xx, 40, 43, 59, 65, 192; unionism damaged by, 159, 216n4. See also McCarthyism antinuclear movement, 174 anti-Semitism, 16 ASARCO (American Smelting and Refining Company), 32, 35, 65–66, 69, 102 Asociación Nacional Mexico-Americana. See ANMA Asociación de Trabadoras Domesticas (ADW), 56 ASU (American Student Union): alleged Communist affiliation of, 18–20, 28; CJ’s role in, 13–17, 19–20, 194; decline of, 28; on fascism, 17; on racial discrimination, 16–17; on student military training, 17; student rights advocacy by, 17–18 Avalos, Jesus, 94 AVC (American Veterans Committee): Communist involvement in, 37, 39–40, 210n11; Denver chapter of, 37–38; discrimination opposed by, 37–38; FBI’s targeting of, 38; goals of, 37–38; leadership criticized by CJ, 39–40; lobbying by, 38; membership in, 36–37, 39; national conventions of, 37, 39; Progressive wing of, 39–40, 210n11; UN conference supported by, 38 AYC (American Youth Congress): Communists in, 23, 26–28; decline of, 27–28; founding of, 23; influence of, 22–23; meeting with Franklin Roosevelt , 26–27; national convention of (1938), 17; national convention of (1940), 26–27 Babilot, George, 168, 175, 193 Baker, Ellen, 35, 55, 78, 239n13 Barnes, Verda, 74 Barreras, Fred, 102, 104–5 Becerra, Vicente, 102, 104–5, 156 Be Hammers—Not Anvils (C. Jencks), 182 Benjamin, Dick, 121 Benson, Elmer, 17 Berresford, Richard, xix, 127 Biberman, Herbert, 119, 122, 124, 143. See also Salt of the Earth Biberman, Sonja, 122, 148 Lorence_Palomino.indd 255 2/19/13 12:12 PM 256 Index Bird, Florence (“Chickie”; CJ’s third wife), 165, 167–68, 173–74 Black Panther movement, 177 Bohmer, Peter, 175–77, 179, 185, 195, 199, 201 Bolte, Charles G., 38–39 Bostick, Floyd, 48, 121 Boulder (Colorado), 16–17 Brennan, William, 153–54 Brewer, Roy, 120 Brijido, B. G., 76–77 Briscoe, Dodi (Muriel’s daughter), 190 Briscoe, Richard (Muriel’s son-in-law), 190 Brown, Pat, 179–80 Brownell, Herbert, 135, 156 Brown Power movement, 175 Bullfrog Mine (U.S. Smelting), 67 Bush, George W., 187 Bustos, Angel, 48, 80–81, 151 California State University system, 170 Camacho, Alicia, 80, 101 Cameron, Angus, 145–46, 148 Campos, Joe, 86–87 Cannon, June, 95 Cargill, Jack, 66, 97 Carillo, Jose, 80 Catholic Church, 139–40 CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps), 18 Center for Radical Education (formerly Center for Radical Economics), 177 Chacón, Juan, 68; on the CP, 51; on discrimination , 46, 58; and the Empire Zinc strike, 88–89; on the Jencks case, 153; as president of Local 890, 142, 180–81; on the Progressive campaign, 76–77; in Salt of the Earth, 122; on the secessionist movement, 70 Chacón, Virginia, 51, 57, 68, 71, 77, 97, 99, 188, 196 Chambers, Tom, 166 Chambers, Virginia Derr (CJ’s second wife), xiv, xvi; Anglo community’s rejection of, 42–43; at Ben Blewett High School, 24; birth/family history of, 24–25; at the Chicago Peace Crusade, 95; children of (see Jencks, Clinton Michael; Rageh, Linda Jencks); and CJ’s trial (see under Jencks case); on CJ’s work at ASARCO, 35; concerns about Clinton Michael, 161–62, 186; death of, 28, 166–67, 186; at the defense plant, 25, 29; in Denver, 129; Denver’s importance to, 42; in Grand Rapids, 166; in Grant County, 42–44, 47; IGE work of, 166–67; and the Jarricos, 116–17; and the Kahns, 146, 152; legacy of, 191–92; marriage to CJ (see under Jencks, Clinton E.); marriage to Richard, 24–25; marriage to Tom, 166; Mexican Americans’ acceptance of, 52–53; peace politics of, 166...