In Atlanta to speak at a "Poor People's Supper," the Reverend Chris Hartmire discussed reports of subversion of the new California Farm Labor Law and requested that interested persons in this area continue to offer support to migrant farm workers.

Reverend Hartmire, ordained Presbyterian minister who serves as director of the National Farm Workers Ministry headquartered in Los Angeles, was one of 72 religious figures from 18 states who recently traveled to Delano, Oxford and Salinas, Calif., to observe first-hand the implementation of the California Farm Labor Law.

"Workers in California are still under a great deal of pressure, even with the passage of Governor Brown's Farm Labor Law," Reverend Hartmire stated.

The law, which went into effect last August, is not being followed, according to the minister, and he has urged that people in the archdiocese join others in writing to Governor Edmond G. Brown, Jr., of California, to express their concern.

"I think that if people throughout the country, and not only those in California, express their concern to Governor Brown that the tragic situation that now exists concerning the farm workers' rights to express their opinions through elections can be eradicated," he said.

He also requested that the boycott against table grapes and non-union picked lettuce be continued in the Atlanta area.

Reverend Hartmire is currently touring throughout the country to speak to church-related organizations on behalf of the farm workers.

At a "Poor People's Supper" at Our Lady of Lourdes parish, he used a "living theater" presentation entitled "The Lizard of Lapoz" to illustrate the farm workers' situation in California. Over 100 persons attended the presentation.

Rev. Hartmire will be interviewed by Sister Frances Ann Cook on "Vocal Point," on Sunday, Nov. 2^nd. The half-hour program will be aired at 10 a.m. over WPLO-AM and FM (590 and 103.3 on the dial)