May, 1948, 1948

The Di Giorgio strike again becomes the most important topic in the correspondence in May, especially after the shooting of strike leader Jim Price on May 18. In addition to the flood of telegrams and press releases following the shooting, see the length report by Ernesto Galarza entitled "Poverty in the Valley of Plenty" (1), Mitchell to organizer Hank Hasiwar on a plan to picket Di Giorgio plants throughout the country (6), and the opinion of Herbert S. Thatcher, AFL General Counsel, on the legal ramifications of the picketing scheme (11). There is some correspondence about placing black college students in summer jobs, although not as much as in 1944 and 1945