Part 3, Chapter 35 Summary

One day a boy comes from another ward and asks Carlos to write a letter to his mother for him, since he doesn't know how to write. He wants his mother in Arkansas to know that he is okay. Carlos writes the letter for him.

One day Macario appears. He and Nick could not obtain the required visas so they were unable to go to Spain. Felix obtained a visa and was in Spain. Macario finds a job and rents a house in Echo Park while Nick goes to Alaska to work in the fish canneries and on his way back he stops in Portland. The UCAPAWA is now Local 226 and an affiliate of the CIO. Nick stays and is elected secretary of the union. He travels around trying to gain control from the Americans that have taken over the unions...