[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 161 (Friday, September 28, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1349]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO LARRY ITLIONG

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                       HON. NANETTE DIAZ BARRAGAN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 28, 2018

  Ms. BARRAGAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate the 
extraordinary life of Larry Itliong and to celebrate Larry Itliong Day 
on October 27, 2018 in California's 44th Congressional District.
  Whereas on October 25, 1913, Larry Itliong was born into a family of 
six children in Pangasinan Province of the Philippines;
  Whereas at the age of 14, Larry Itliong immigrated to the United 
States and became a farmworker who would travel between Alaska, 
Washington, Montana, South Dakota, and California;
  Whereas Larry Itliong led the Agricultural Worker Organizing 
Committee and organized 1,500 Filipinos to strike against grape growers 
in the Central Valley, in what became the famous Delano Grape Strike, 
which lasted for more than 5 years;
  Whereas in 1965, Larry Itliong and the Filipino workers joined forces 
with Cesar Chavez's National Farm Workers Association and merged into 
the United Farm Workers;
  Whereas Larry Itliong, also known as Seven Fingers, has been 
described as one of the fathers of the West Coast Labor movement;
  Whereas the City of Carson became the first city in the United States 
to recognize Larry Itliong Day; and
  Now therefore, I declare and hereby recognize the date of October 27, 
2018 to be Larry Itliong Day in Carson, California, marking the 4th 
annual celebration of this remarkable man.

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