DECLASSIFIED region and of them probably half by their fir Authority State Le Herrinha US All told him. with the exception of a group ane masa oste 24 1714 in Guácimo. that they are not in sympa thy wi berean strike, ina smuch as they have already lost too much time without working and they are beginning to suffer privation, that they had no complaint against the treatment given them by the Company nor against the independent farmers for whom they have worked, that they were satisfied with the present arrangements concerning the commissaries, method of payment, condition and size of the camps and, while they would not refuse an increase in salary, they would be quite satisfied to return to work for the same salary which they were receiving when the strike broke out; but that they could not do it because they were afraid of the continual threats of the strike leaders. They added that they would return to work as soon as they could be given adequate protection since they believed that in a short time they will be exposed to real suffering due to lack of means to acquire the necessities of life.
The undersigned believes it to be his duty to bring out the fact that this movement which has been given the name of strike is not in reality a strike since the workers say that they have been satisfied and that they wish to return to their work but do not do so because they are afraid of the threats and because they consider that guarantees are lacking. The present agitation must be considered as a social movement, instigated, directed and supported in the larger part by foreign elements. It is not a movement of workers but of professional agitators whohave accomplished their objectives to date by means of threats. The undersigned is convinged that more than ninety five