1:24:00
- This the fella you been talking about?
- That's him. What are you doing?
1:24:04
Working, picking peaches.
1:24:06
I heard fellas shouting when we come in.
I came to find out what's going on.
1:24:10
- What's it about?
- This here's a strike.
1:24:13
Five cents a box ain't much,
but a fella can eat.
1:24:16
- Five cents? They paying you five cents?
- Sure. We made a buck since midday.
1:24:20
Looky, Tom. We come here to work.
1:24:24
They tell us it's gonna be five cents,
but there's a whole lot of us.
1:24:27
So the man says two and a half cents.
1:24:31
A fella can't even eat on that
and if he's got kids...
1:24:35
So we says we won't take it.
1:24:37
So they drive us off.
Now they're paying you five cents.
1:24:40
If they bust this strike,
you think they'll pay five?
1:24:43
Dunno. Paying five now.
1:24:45
They'll get two and a half cents
just the minute we're gone.
1:24:48
You know what that is.
1:24:50
One ton of peaches,
picked and carried for a dollar.
1:24:54
That way you can't even
buy enough food to keep you alive.
1:24:58
Tell 'em to come out with us, Tom.
Them peaches is ripe.
1:25:02
Two days out and they'll pay us all five.
Maybe seven.
1:25:08
They won't. They're getting five now.
That's all they care about.
1:25:11
But the moment they ain't strike-breaking,
they won't get no five.
1:25:15
Next thing you know you'll be out.
They got it all fixed down to a T.
1:25:19
Soon as the harvest is in you're
a migrant worker. Afterwards, just a bum.
1:25:22
Five they're getting now.
That's all they're interested in.
1:25:26
I know what Pa would say.
He'd say it's none of his business.
1:25:29
That's right.
He'll have to take a beating before he'll know.
1:25:32
Take a beating? We was out of food.
1:25:35
Tonight we had meat -
not much, but we had it.
1:25:39
You think Pa's gonna give up his meat
on account of some other fellas?
1:25:43
Rosasharn needs milk.
1:25:45
You think Ma's gonna starve that baby just
on account of fellas yelling outside a gate?
1:25:50
Tom, you gotta learn like I'm learning.
1:25:53
I don't know what's right yet myself,
but I'm trying to find out.
1:25:57
That's why I can't ever be a preacher again.