March and April, 1961, 1961

Mitchell moved from Memphis to Lake Charles, Louisiana, at the beginning of March to begin a campaign to organize rice mill workers. On the campaign, see his detailed proposal to the AMC (March 4), his letters to Leon Schachter (March 27; April 28), and the letters from leadership toward the campaign (April 13, 19). There is a letter from C.O. Cabe on his work organizing Louisiana dairy plants (April 3), and a letter and set of documents from the American Bakery and Confectionary Workers Union, Local 370, on the anti-union tactics of the Huval Baking Co. of Lafayette, Louisiana (April 10). The papers include a letter from Mitchell to NSF Chairman Frank P. Graham requesting a grant for a survey of Louisiana sugar cane workers (March 6), and two letters from Galarza on the situation in California and on his dispute with AMC (March 22, April 4)