April to June, 1957, 1957

The jurisdictional dispute between the NAWU and UPWA over sugar workers began to heat up; see especially the exchange between Mitchell and Rev. Louis J. Twomey of Loyola University (April 5, 10), the angry exchange between Mitchell and UPWA Vice-President A.T. "Tony" Stephens (June 5,11,16), and the report of the NAWU Louisiana organizing staff on their meeting with Stephens (June 20). There are also two letters from Mitchell to all sugar workers' locals directly affiliated with AFL- CIO, suggesting that they join a proposed autonomous department within NAWU (April 15; May 17), and a letter from Mitchell to Galarza on his trip to Louisiana and the strawberry farmers (May 5). Finally, there is a statement by Mitchell to the House Judiciary Sub-Committee on the recent importation of Japanese farm workers into California (May 16)