Few pickers are left in entire area of strike. November 7 Cesar Chavez, FWA director, is arrested on a charge of disturbing the peace after flying over vineyards in an airplane with two priests who speak to workers through a loudspeaker asking them to leave the fields. He pleads not guilty. November 13 Four caravans of over 25 cars and trucks bring tons of food to strikers. San Francisco area doctors and medical students set up a free clinic for strikers.
Rain assures further losses by the growers, already three weeks behind in the harvest.
November 17 Longshoremen and Teamsters prevent grapes from being loaded on President Wilson's boat at pier 50 in San Francisco. The giant liner sails without them, and they are left on the dock.