THEIR BLOOD IS STRONG

THEIR BLOOD IS STRONG”
By
JOHN STEINBECK

Published, April, 1938 by the
SIMON J. LUBIN SOCIETY OF CALIFORNIA, INC.

Second Printing ― May, 1938
Third Printing ― June, 1938
Fourth Printing ― December, 1938
25 California Street
San Francisco, California

Printed in the U. S. A.


CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
PREFACE
THEIR BLOOD IS STRONG
CHAPTER I
The People, Who They Are
Needed and Hated
Just Who Are They?
Beaten, Bewildered
Their Blood Is Strong
Good Old Names
Where The Fruit --,
Trailed By Starvation
CHAPTER II
Squatters’ Camps
Then Come The Rains
Starvation Terror
Filth, Flies, Flu
A Little Child ---!
No Will, No Strength
CHAPTER III
Corporation Farming
Sides With Labor
Large Farms Organized
Power Is Widespread
Only One Room
Pushed To Limit
Fear Quells Workers
Courts Controlled
CHAPTER IV
Government Housing
Excellent Results
Causes Of Revolt
The Good Neighbors
None On Relief
Help For All
Schooling Provided
Arguments Against
Charge Of Radicalism
CHAPTER V
Relief, Medicine, Income, Diet
One Family’s Case
Can’t Get Relief
Many Like This
$400 Is Maximum Income
Typical Diets
Childbirth Problem
One Mother’s Story
CHAPTER VI
The Foreign Migrant
“Yellow Peril” Grows
Quota Is Favored
The Trouble Lies ---
Mexicans Right-less
Filipino Problem
Good Workers
Peon Labor Goes
CHAPTER VII
The Future?
Migratory Labor Board
Punishment of Terrorism
Fascism In California
EPILOGUE
Spring, 1938
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