El Pueblo

              WASHINGTON, D.C.-
proposed regulation regard-ing
people crossing the Mexi-co-
United States border was
hailed today by Commis-sioner
Vicente T. Ximenes
as "another step forward for
the Mexican-American com-munity."
Vicente T. Ximenes, chair-man
of the Inter-Agency
Committee on Mexican-
American Affairs, explained,
"For too long, resident Mexi-can-
Americans have suf-fered
from the low-wage
competition of illegal en-trants,
and the new regula-tion
will tend to control this
problem."
The proposed regulation
appeared in The Federal
Register on Thanksgiving
Day and was submitted by
the Immigration and Natu-ralization
Service. It esile
for the issuance of a new
dated pass for bordercross-ers
going beyond 25 miles
from the Mexico border.
Previously, an undated 72-
hour pass could be used
within 150 miles of the bor-der,
and reportedly many
aliens used this pass to en-ter
cities such as San An-tonio
and Los Angeles, and
to gain work, although the
pass cannot be used legally
for this purpose.
"The new regulation will
make it much easier for the
government to enforce the
law, and will, undoubtedly,
cause the removal of many
illegal entrants, now living
within 150 miles of the bor-der,"
Ximenes declared. "On
the other hand, it will make
it possible for the legitimate
businessman or visitor from
Mexico to stay within the
four border states (Califor-nia,
Arizona, New Mexico
and Texas) for up to fifteen
days with the minimum of
formalities."
Ximenes declared that the
proposed regulation is "the
latest in a series of moves
by the Immigration Service
to improve its operations as
far as the Mexican-Ameri-can
community is con-cerned."
He cited the following ac-tions
of the Service:
Changes in personnel
procedures which will make
it possible for the Border
Patrol to employ men al-ready
fluent in Spanish.
Expected publication of
a Spanish language transla-tion
of the Service's book-let
explaining how to secure
citizenship.
(Continued on Page 8)
Nixon Will Not Meet
Arizona Mexican-Americans
The Viva Nixon Commit-tee
in Arizona has been ad-visod
that President elect
Nixon will not meet with
them due to a "tight sched-ule,"
it was announced early
this week by Goy. Williams'
office. The purpose of the
proposed meeting was to dis-cuss
appointment of Mexi-can-
Americans to Nixon's
staff.
Ruben Romero Says
"Too Much Red Tape"
Ruben Romero, executive
director of the Committee
for Economic Opportunity
Inc. in Tucson, said his of-
Manzo Area Council in co-operation
with several other
agencies and a corp of volun-teers
have had great suc-cess
in the past few days in
sponsoring the X-Ray Mobile
Unit at several locations.
On Thursday and Friday,
Dec. 12 and 13, the X-Ray
Mobile Unit will be at
Friendship Baptist Church,
850 N. 11th Ave., from 9
am, to noon, 2 to 5 p.m., and
from 6 to 8 p.m.
The program is one of pre-ventive
medicine and in this
case specifically is aimed at
helping eradicate tubercu-losis
through providing X-Rays
at no charge. Everyone
is eligible, but children un-der
sixteen years of age
must have their parent's
written permission.
Sister Regina of St.
Mary's Hospital has been co-ordinator
for the project,
and is a member of the
board of Manzo Area Coun-cil.
Mr. Ray Currie, with the
assistance of Miss Jennie
Morales and Mrs. Mary Rico
Progressive Bilingual Weekly Newspaper
fice is "becoming more and
more a bureaucratic agency
like HUD." He cited more
and more paperwork being
s't fo tb CEO as evidoce
of the increasing amount of
red tape. He also said there
is a duplication of programs
and lack of cooperation in
the poverty program.
Civil Rights Commission
Hears Witnesses
The U.S. Civil Rights
Commission opened hearings
in San Antonio, Texas on
Monday and will continue for
six days to cover problems
of the Mexican-American in
the Southwest.
Comentaba uno de nues-tros
sacerdotes: La espe-ranza
nuestra está en nues-tra
juventud, no en aquellos
que ya hemos establecido
nuestras costumbres e trite-reses
. . . sino en aquellos
jóvenes en estado de forma-ción
de carácter. Ellos y
nadie más serán los que ven-gan
a elevar a nuestra gente
por medio de su preparación.
Y quién más indicado para
dar el complemento a la edu-cación
al estudiante mexica-no,
en forma de mejores co-nocimientos
de su propia
cultura, que el maestro, el
educador México-americano.
Qué hermosa y envidiable
labor tienen estos maestros
y maestras. No sólo la edu-cación
de la juventud, sino
en particular ayudar al desa-rrollo
del estudiante mexi-cano.
Y en el proceso de su la-bor,
los educadores estarán
mejorando el sistema educa-tivo
por razón de que el ni-vel
en general se eleva ya
que las escuelas verán en
ellos no simples maestros
sino especialistas en la edu-
MANZO AREA COUNCIL SPONSORS TB SCRE
up
ØaØÍ1j1a I II
jiii,L,,l i'--.z.I I ill
Some of those identifiable in the above picture, from left
to right: Sister Regina Welch, R.N., H. K. Edward, Con-nie
Melena, R.N., Stan Schaeffer, Jane E. Brown, Betty
Walter, R.N., Stella Hurtado, David Hurtado and David
J. Rico.
and several other area work- area to participate in the
ers, have been responsible project.
for making great progress in The College of Pharmacy
getting the people of the at the University of Arizona
Ximenes Praise EIkadores México-americanos
Immigration
Regulations Desarrollan Nueva Organización
Es mucho el gusto cuabdo nos llegó la invitación a su
banquete para este día 13 de diciembre en el Santa Rita.
Y el gusto es grande porque aquí está la clave, allí está ei
secreto para la solución de problemas que conocemos en
nuestro pueblo.
cación de los estudiantes
México-americanos.
Y así, el maestro México-americano
logrará para su
gremio respeto y admiración.
Parece imposible que aún
frente a esta hermosa pers-pectiva
haya aquí en Tuc-son
todavía algunos elemen-tos
que al ser invitados a
esta organización pregun-ten,
en forma ridicula: "But
aren't we all Americans ?"
Sus mismos hijos les pre-guntarán
un día de estos:
"What have you done for
your fellow Mexican-Ameri-cans
?"
EL PUEBLO congratula
muy calurosamente a todos
nuestros educadores México-americanos
y les da la en-horabuena
por la formación
de su organismo: "Arizona
Association of Mexican-
American Educators."
Presidente del mismo ha
sido electo el digno maestro
Sr. Felizardo Valencia; vice
presidente, Sra. Blanche Vi-
Ilaseilor; tesorero, Sr. Miguel
Bernal; secretarias, Sra.
Margaret Romero y Srita.
Berlinda Avilez.
ENING UNIT
has been responsible for pro-viding
a great number of
volunteers to work on this
project.
Other agencies cooperat-ing
have been the Arizona
State Department of Health
and the Pima County Health
Dept. by supplying equip-ment
as well as manpower.
Many nurses at St. Mary's
1-lospital have donated their
time to work on the project,
as well as many individuals
from the Manzo area.
Sister Regina said "that
the present project proves
that a private agency such
as a hospital can extend
their services to the com-munity,
and through the ef-fort
and cooperation of gov-ernmental
agencies and pri-vate
individuals can accom-plish
great things for a
community, if they will Only
pooi their efforts."
Diabetic, glaucoma, den-tal,
optical, and hearing
screenings are future proj-ects
that will be carried out
on the same basis.
Vol. 1 - No. 10 _/Tucson, Arizona - Thursday, December 12, 1968 10e Per Copy
Cathedral Schedules Special Mass
The Most Rev. Francis J. Green, Bishop of Tucson
will celebrate Mass honoring Our Virgin of Guadalupe.
Mass will be Thursday evening at 7:30 in Saint
Augustine's Cathedral and will include the traditional
blessing of the roses with a 'serenata" by the Maria-chi
San Agustin.
A fiesta will follow in the Cathedral Hall. Every-one
is invited.
NEWS IN BRIEF