Organized Agriculture and the Labor Movement before the UFW: Puerto Rico, Hawai’i, California

Index

Acosta Velarde, José, 28, 99 Act Number 49 (Puerto Rico), 55 Afirmación Socialista, 53, 57 Agricultural Adjustment Act, 72, 172 Agricultural and Citrus Workers Union, 179 Agricultural Producers Labor Committee (APLC), 179, 218 Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC), 175, 213, 242 Agricultural Workers Union, 6 Aguilera, George, 87 Aguirre Sugar Company, 22, 27–28, 32–33, 65, 68, 74–75, 87, 94, 196, 248 Albizu Campos, Pedro, 53–54, 57, 67, 233 Alexander and Baldwin, 257n4 Alianza, 50 Alianza de Braceros, USA, 194 Alianza Nacional de Braceros de Mexico (ANBM), 219–220 Alicea Sánchez, Delfín, 69 Aller, Curtis, 110, 126, 137, 156, 161 Alonso Torres, Rafael, 51, 59 American Club, 35 American Factors, 132, 135, 257n4 American Farm Bureau Federation, 51, 78, 173–174, 195, 197; in California , 189, 217, 228; in Puerto Rico, 59, 71, 78, 197 American Federation of Labor (AFL), 5, 12, 23, 25, 47, 49, 56–57, 59, 63– 66, 68, 71, 83, 85, 103–105, 122, 125– 126, 141, 167–169, 174–177, 179, 193, 195, 197–199, 209, 213, 217, 221–222, 224, 229, 232–242, 274 American Fruit Company, 223 Ames, Azel, 15 Anglo American Caribbean Commission , 36 apricot production, in California, 181 Arakaki, Yasuki “Yasu,” 121, 127–129, 131, 142–143 Ariyoshi, Koji, 145 Artisans Club, 35 Arujo, John, 136 Asociación de Agricultores de Puerto Rico (AAPR), 51 Asociación de Colonos, 51 Asociación de Productores de Azúcar de Puerto Rico (APA), 27, 50–55, 59, 64–78 Associated Farmers, 170, 189, 194, 197, 209–211, 218 Associated Press, 223 Atkins, Edward, 16 Autonomista government (in Puerto Rico), 17 Baez, Carlos, 85 Bailey, Cleveland, 200 Index 304 Organized Agriculture and the Labor Movement before the UFW Bakersfield Californian, 190 Bakersfield Press, 190 Bakunin, Mikhail, 43 banana production, in Puerto Rico, 14–15, 39 Barceló, Antonio, 27 Barreto Pérez, Ramón, 81 Barton, B. G., 192 Bear Flag Republic, 2 Beck, David, 193, 221, 224 Becker, Bill, 176 Beechert, Edward, 126, 155–156, 159 Bergad, Laird, 14, 247 Bernabe, Rafael, 54 Biderman, Beth, 210 Bird, Esteban, 42, 96 Bise, Tony, 159 Blaisdell, William, 9 Blanshard, Paul, 36, 61 Blum, Ken, 170, 193 Bouslog, Harriet, 138 Bowie, Clarence, 41 Boyden, Richard, 170 Bracero Program, 173, 193, 217, 220, 228–229, 236–237 Brannan, Charles T., 191 Brasher, Ernest, 223 Braverman, Harry, 160–161 Bridges, Harry, 128–129, 141, 149, 158 Brockway, Glenn, 214 Bryant, James, 226–228 Bucklin, George, 223 Bureau of Insular Affairs (War Department ), 1 Bureau of Labor Statistics, 42, 119 Burgos de Sáez Pagán, Consuelo, 106 Burns, Hugh, 197 Butcher Workers union, 103, 174–175, 186 Byrnes Act, 191 Cabico, Emigidio, 139, 144 California, 1, 169–230; apricot production in, 181; citrus production in, 177–180, 217–218, 230; conquest and annexation of, 1–6, 23; cotton production in, 181–182, 184, 196, 203, 206–213, 219; grape production in, 181–182, 185–186, 188, 191–193, 214, 242; immigrant workers in, 5, 173–174, 176–188, 191–194, 206–209, 213–230, 236– 238, 240; melon production in, 203, 214, 223–228; pear production in, 185–186; plum production in, 181, 186, 191; potato production in, 181–182, 184, 186; sugar production in, 180; tomato production in, 181–182, 203, 212–214, 219; unions in, 5–6, 107, 177–185; working conditions in, 37 California Bureau of Employment, 227 California Citizens Arrest Act, 225 California Cotton Cooperative Association , 206 California Department of Employment , 191, 226–227 California Farm Bureau. See under Farm Bureau California State Board of Agriculture , 217 California State Chamber of Commerce , 218 California State Employment Service (CSES), 214, 217–218 California State Federation of Labor (CSFL), 174, 186, 193–194, 211, 221, 224, 228 California State Mediation and Conciliation Service, 210–211, 223–224 Calpack, 153 Camp, W. B., 191 Campbell Soup Company, 198 Campos del Toro, Enrique, 77 Canilarias, Pedro, 40 Capetillo, Luisa, 43–49 Castle & Cooke, 135, 143, 257n4 cattle, in Puerto Rico, 14 C. Brewer, 257n4 Central Aguirre Sugar Syndicate. See Aguirre Sugar Syndicate Central Canovanas, 95, 254n61 Central Caribe, 75 Index 305 Central Cortada, 87 Central Eureka, 72 Central Guamaní, 75 Central Guánica, 54 Central Labor Council of California, 199, 221 Central Machete, 75, 87 Central Pasto Viejo, 54 Central Roig, 94 Central Soller, 71 Chamber of Commerce, 59 Chávez, César, 210, 239 Chávez, Helen, 210 Christopulos, Diana, 53...