March 31

Cesar Chavez born in Yuma, AZ.- 1927

Also on this date: President Martin Van Buren grants 10 hour day to all government employees engaged in manual labor. Cowboys strike for higher wages at five ranches in the Texas Panhandle. Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt signs legislation establishing the Civilian Conservation Corps, to help alleviate suffering during the Depression. Wisconsin state troopers fail to get scabs across the picket line to break a 76-day Allis-Chalmers strike in Milwaukee.

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