Chicano Times (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, May 11, 1973 Page: 14 of 20
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full well that the candidate could not
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Hijinio de Silva challenges Trevino’s statements.
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vino revealed this attitude was during
la Semana de la Raza, when Mr. Silva
brought down from San Antonio’s Centro
Cultural Ruben Salazar, a ballet group
from Mexico City. Mr. Silva states
that he and a priest went to talk to
Mr. Trevino and Mr. Trevino told them
that they could use the place as
long as the ballet was not involved in
politics "porque el no se metia en la
politica.” But this is a lie, be-
cuase according to Mr. Silva, Mr.
Trevino is always politicking for the
present sheriff by asking the public
to applaud his presence when he’s in
the audience of the club.
Another case involved the political
campaign of Crispin Trevino for she-
riff. According to Mr. Silva, Mr.
Trevino asked an outrageous price
Hijinio Responds to
Trevino's
PEARSALL--In the latest espisode of
this story, Frank Trevino, owner of
the Wishing Well Club, has moved
to deny discriminating against the
politically active Mexicanos in
Pearsall by contacting his lawyer and
going on the air in the Pearsall
Spanish radio station, but Hijinio
Silva, owner of El Chapparral and
present city councilman, has recently
related more details of the politi-
cally timid club owner who has been
unwilling to accomodate his own people
for fear of upsetting the white folk
of Pearsall, even though most of his
business is derived from Chicanos.
According to Mr. Silva, Mr. Trevino
has always been very hesistant to al-
low his place to be used by Chicano
activists, but not for Anglo poli-
ticians. One instance where Mr. Tre-
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Mr. Silva
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but the next day When Mr. Silva ran
into him at the radio station and gave
him a list of three different dates
that he was interested in Mr. Trevino,
according to Mr. Silva, gave him the
’’hassle” that he was all booked up for
those dates. A committee of the Ciu-
dadanos Mexicanos Unidos was also told
the same story.
During this past campaign the grin-
gos of Pearsall held all their meetings
at the Wishing Well Club. One of the
meetings included a delegation of
disgruntled Crystal City vendidos and
Anglos who came to inform the people
of Pearsall. Unable to withstand
the malicious lies which these people
were going to spread, the Ciudadanos
Mexicanos invited Crystal City resi-
dents also to attend the public meeting.
Once the meeting was over several per-
sons gathered around Mr. Trevino and
started demanding why he didn’t allow
them to rent his place. Confronted
by the mass of people, Mr. Trevino
blurted out that he would rent the
place to them for $100.
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say you don’t know about health care,
Leland said, "but what they don’t
know is that poor people have had
selves because they could not afford
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making it the best,
audience.
According to Leland the chief
opposition against House Bill 1488
has come from the Texas Medical Asso.
who is attempting to keep the or-
ganizing powers of HMOs’ restricted to
doctors. "They the doctors want to
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to health care,” he stated. "Now is
the time for America to stop
bragging about being the richest
country in the world and start
Mickey Leland Speaks in Support of HMOs
SAN ANTONIO--Mickey Leland, Black
State Representative from Houston,
spoke at DeWinne’s Belgium Inn Res-
taurant, May 4, on legislation being
presented in the House to allow the
| creation of health maintenance organi-
zations by private individuals.
"America is lagging behind Canada,
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Mickey Leland, Gail Gibson and
Lee Sanders at the Belgium Inn.
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Rodriguez, Jose Luis. Chicano Times (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, May 11, 1973, newspaper, May 11, 1973; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1337471/m1/14/?q=%22~1~1%22~1&rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Our Lady of the Lake University.