The groups already engaged in boycotting items (Gulf Oil, grapes, iceberg lettuce, Farah pants) saw some action this summer. Following what Howard W. Davis, general manager of the Harvard Cooperative Society, called "continuous and intense concern" of Coop members, the Coop decided July 19 to discontinue its annual $100,000 in purchases from Farah clothing. On July 23, J. August, a Harvard Square clothier, also discontinued its orders. Almy's clothing store in Central Square dropped its order from over $1 million to under $100,000 as a result of informal discussions with the Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union.
On August 13 the United Farm Workers' New England Coordinator Nicholas Jones exacted a promise from Star Market's produce division to stop selling non-UFW grapes. The Star Market stopped selling the grapes when their existing supply was depleted.
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