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DJ 144-11E-126Acting Director
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Assistant Attorney General
Civil Rights Division fUnknown S9}/ects !Kern, Co§_n.:;/ Sherif ' p tment, 7Teairist . ?Fran _ is ' l'na, Hel n Chavez, A
Teresa. i ci Lila ,_ncha AXaviergi rs, !<r?v:cZfL_, 4 /'<,/}-7Leonar _rigue; - Victims 1* if . -
Conspiracy Against RightsCIVIL RI_GI1TS up 3/;
Comunity Relations Service officials have
provided this Division with information that about
25 Teamsters assaulted the victims while they were
picketing and while Sheriff's deputies stood by
and allowed the assault.
Please interview the victims to determine what
knowledge they have of the incident which occurred
at the John Kovacovich ranch near La Monte, California.
Particularly determine how many Kern CountySheriff's deputies were present and what actions,
if any, were taken by them from the time the Teamstersarrived until thingzime Tevlters left the seen .Ek ~ a =.:J 94%!-£??jj
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RE: UNSUBS, KERN COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPQRTHENT,
TEAHSTERS UNION, FRANK QUIHTANA, ET AL. - VICTIIS
NOTE: The Department requests a limited investigation
concerning information by the Counity Relations Service
oiticials that 25 teansters assaulted the victims Ihile
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RE: UNSUBS, KERN COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT,
TEAISTERS UNION, FRANK QUINTANA, ET AL. - VICTIMS
NOTE: The Department requested a limited investigation
concerning information by the Community Relations Service
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HE HAD EYE HITNESSES TO BEATINGS OF THE FARM UORKERS¢
THE CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION REQUESTED LIMITED INVESTIGATION
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The Civil Rights Division of the Department
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boycotts and that local officers have not pro-
vided equal protection. This could involve
violation of the Civil Rights Statutes.
The attached furnishes details of efforts
to locate and interview the alleged victims
and apparent lack of cooperation by the
legal office of the UFWU to make them
readily available. On 7/26/73, over 100 UFWU
pickets appeared at the Bakersfield,
California, Resident Agency, to make civil
rights complaints in connection with this
matter. Only one of the original 6 alleged
victims was in the group. The pickets were
accompanied by a member of the UFWU legal
office and 2 employees of the Justice
Departmentis Community Relations Service.
Pickets were orderly and no known press
coverage; interviews continuing.
Matter being discussed with the Department
and instructions will be issued to
Sacramento..
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UFUU PICKETS CONDUCTED THEMSELVES Ill All ORDERLY HAINER
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XAVIER RIVERS, LEONARD ODRIGUEZ - VICTIMS. CONSPIRACY ,
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! CAPTIONED MATTER. PRIOR COMMITMENTS on D1-21-vs, BY_INDICA'1'ED 92§1"Y-3
THAT ABOUT 23 NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING PERSONS WOULD BE IN FOR
¢92,>!f¢5 INTERVIEW. AT s-24 A M,-AND FIVE uFw, INCLUDING THREE
WHO SPEAK ONLY SPANISH, ARRIVED AND PROVIDED STATEMENTS. NONE
OF THE FIVE WHO ARRIVED TODAY ARE THE FIVE OUTSTANDING VICTIMS
R' FOR WHOM EQUEST HAS BEEN MADE FOR INTERVIEW-¬ THE IMPORTANCE FOR INTERVIEH or mass FIVE VICTIMS was D
I smatssso 'I'0_ suz ADVISED suz FELT THE 15 on 2a WITNESSES !I
**"" [WHO OBSERVED THE INCIDENTS WOULD SUFFICE.
SHE ADVISED THAT THE CURRENT HHEREABOUTS OF VICTIM XAVIER
3-'7 mvzas I5 ummown; nowzvzn, HE IS somzwmzaz IN TEXAS.
. QQ! c. THE TERMINATION or THIS FACE! OF THE n1scuss1ou,_
= A #53559 as IN ms P1-~S'!- IQ BPWG TH92-
'2 AT TODAYS MEE1'ING,REQUESIED corms or STATEMENTS Cbja!
FROM EACH INTERVIEW FOR UFUU FILES, INCLUDING NOTES FROM ONE
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INTERVIEW FROM WHICH no srarsmsm was APPROPRIATE. man assuzsr
was DENIED am! IT was TACTFULLY EXPLAINED mat cornzs or THE
stars:-Isurs wouua BE PROVIDED ouu T0 was INTERVIEE on ms
SPECIFIC Rzauzsr. -ascams urssr am; STATED THE FBI was >Y7!@
Ioo WRAPPED up IN mus am! REGULATIONS, awn THAT, "no ans
ms THE ems Io JUST GIVE IN Io ms". -THEN SLAMMED THE
noon am: LEFT THE BAKERSFIELD nssznsm assucv.
IT Is a:.so muss mat on 1-2s-15,-snouem IN '=33 @ 92>! 0 ¢!
PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN BY UFUU DURING CAPTIONED IHCIDENT, BUT REFUSED
TO HARE THEM AVAILABLE BECAUSE ALL COPIES ARE NECESSARY T0 THEIR
FILES. NEITHER WOULD SHE PERMIT THEM OUT OF HER CUSTODY TU BE
DUPLICATED BY THE FBI.
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ADDITIONAL INTERVIEWS ARE STILL IN PROCESS AND ARE
TED TO CONTINUE IN THE BAKERSFIELD RESIDENT AGENCY; HOWEVER,
THE NUMBER IS UNKNOWN BECAUSE NONE OF TH PREVIOUS COMMITMENTS
BY UFWU HAVE MATERIALIZED ACCORDING TO ANTICIPATED PREARRANGED-
INTERVIEWS.
NO EFFORTS ARE BEING EXPENDED BY FBI AGENTS TO LOCATE THE
FIVE VICTIMS, FOUR OF WHOM ARE MOST CERTAINLY LOCATED ON THE
PICKET LINES, BECAUSE IT IS FELT TO DO SO WOULD BE TOTALLY
UNDESIRABLE. AGENTS WILL CONTINUE TO ATTEMPT TO WORK THROUGH
THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT OF UFWU, TO LOCATE AND INTERVIEW THE
CAFTIONED WIINESSES»
ADMINISTRATIVE. IT IS THE IMPRESSION OF THE INTERVIEWING
AGENTS AT BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA, THAT THE INDIVIDUALS WHO
HAVE SUBMITTED TO INTERVIEW TO DATE, HAVE CONDUCTED THEMSELVES
IN A GENTLEMANLY MANNER; HWEVER, IT IS FEET THAT THEY ARE
BEING USED BY UFWU LEGAL OFFICE, WHO HAVETBEEN MOST DIFFICULT
TO DEAL WITH TO DATE-
BUREAU WILL BE KEPT ADVISED-
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BOTH SITES AND HAS HACED AT THE LATTER SITE HHILE TAKING
PHOTOGRAPHS. ADDITIONALLY, SHE ADVISED UFUU HILL BE HOLDING A
PRESS CONFERENCE IN FRONT OF THE KERN COUNTY JAIL APPROXIMATELY
2300 PH;
at APPROXIMATELY 2:45 PH, urvu rn-:1.n PRESS com-znsncz
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ADVISED THAT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HA5 236
COFIMISSIONED OFFICERS, OF UHICH OVER IBB ARE ASSIGNED TO THE
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GUIHARRA RANCH ON EDISON ROAD, UFHU PICKETS ATTEMPTED TO PROVOHE
DEPUTIES INTO A SHOOTING. PICKETS ATTACHED WORKERS IN THE FIELD,
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IN VIEW OF THE CURRENT SITEATION AND THE DNSUC
ATTEHPTS OF USUU TO LOCATE THE THREE REMAINING VICTIMS, ACTIVE
EFFORTS ARE NOT BEING MADE TO LOCATE THE VICIMS BY THE FBI.
HOWEVER THEY HILL BE INTERVIEUED IF THEY SHOULD APPEAR AT THE
BAKERSFIELD RA.
UACB, REPORT IS BEING SUMITTED ON BASIS OF INVESTIGATION
CONDUCTED TO DATE WHICH HILL NOT INCLUDE THREE VICTIMS-
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REPORT MAD 'rvPr:|:: avunsussi Kern County Q>m@'! 1 11 SSheriff's Department, Teamsters CHARACTEROF st I I "W
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FRANK QUINTANA - VICTIj CONSPIRACY AGAINST RIGHTS?
HELEN CHAVEZ - VICTIM; ; CIVIL RIGHTS __ /TERESA ALICIA - VICTIM; I JZ;/
TTIA MA'N]T |..lA _ trrrrrru-V Q V W H m 92_ 7;,
JAVIER RIVERA, aka
Xavier Rivers - VICTIM;
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Title is marked changed to disclose correct _ 92
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as XAVII-IR RIVERS as determined through United Farm Workers -
-- Union urwu!. . Sa Q ,1 /AL
Sacramento, dated 7/13/73 __
Sacramento, dated 7/17/73.-1
to Bureau, dated 7,125/?3¢5
to Bureau, dated 7/26/73.5
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HELEN CHAVEZ - VICTIM;
TERESA ALICIA - VICTIM;
LILA MAHCHA - VICTIM;
JAVIER RIVERA - VICTIM;
LEONARD RODRIGUEZ - VICTIMCharacter:
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Synopsis:
Twenty-five signed statements obtained from United Farm
Workers Union UFHU! pickets who witnessed and were part
of altercation bdueen UFWU an ed T amsters Unions at John
, California. Copies of 92Au4§
also set forth. One deputy °1Wl
one were on duty at scene at
time of altercation. Reinforcenents responded to radio
call for help by deputy when altercation started. All
28 teamsters who were on the scene submitted to arrest by
Kern County Sheriff's Department and were booked into
Kern County Jail. Four UFHU pickets were transported to
Kern General Hospital, Bakersfield, California, for medical
attention. Medical information set forth. AUSA, Fresno,
California, desires no further investigation.
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United Farm Workers Union UFWU! photographer on
6/28/73, at the John Kovacevich Ranch on Wheeler Ridge
Road near David Road, Lamont, California.
DETAILS:
This report contains the results of a limited
investigation.
JERRY COHEN, Attorney for the United Farm Workers
Union UFWU!, Keene, California, was contacted July 17, 1973,
to make arrangements for interviews of the six captioned
victims. He advised arrangements would be made to have all
six available on July 19, or 20, 1973.
On July 20, 1973, efforts to recontact COHEN
were unsuccessful at UFWU headquarters, and it was
determined no messages were left by COHEN.On July 20, 1973, Q Legal Office of @515
UFWU, Lamont, Califor s contacte regarding an inter-view of the victims. Edvised she was the individual
who provided the Community Relations Servioe vith the names of
the victims and the details of the incident at the John
Kovacovich Ranch on June 28, 1973. She advised most victims
were scattered or in Kern County Jail and being arraigned
the same date. She suggested interviews for July 23, or 24,
1973. Qg
5!On July 23, l973,was recontacted and
advised she vould have the sin viotims available at 2:00 P..,
July 24, 1973, but insisted on at least l5 to 20 other
interviews. She also advised all had been instructed not
to submit to interviews by anyone except the UFHU legal office.
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July 25, 19 , but consented to 12:00 noon
On July 25, l973,mtated she had mceivedhm!
orders to make the victims ava a e for interview on
July 26, 1973, at 2:00 P.M. She stated they could not
cane in earlier because they did not get off the picket
lines until 12:00 noon. She stated 15 to 20 persons would
be in for interview.
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by GONZALO CANO and BILL TALBERT of the Cumnunity Relations
Service of the Justice Department appeared at the Bakersfield
Resident Agency with over 100 UFWU pickets for the purposes.of making statements regarding civil rights crlplaints in
the captioned matter.
Approximately half were nonnglish speaking.
Of the total number appearing, only HELEN CHAVEZ _
of the requested victims appeared for an interview.
A At 4-=40 P.!'4..,an_nou_nced the LTF1-IU b,Y!©
had decided they would not remain !or more interviews but
would return at about 8:00 A.M., July 27, 1973, to continue
interviews of those not interviewed on July 26, 1973.
On July 27, 1973, six additional members of
UFHU appeared in Bakersfield Resident Agency and provided
signed statements. None of those who appeared were among
the six requested victims.
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On July 30, 1973, nade available bI7Ic>
Victims FRANK QUINTANA and LILA MANCHA. She advised
she had determined that XAVIER RIVERA had departed for
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LEONARD RODRIGUEZ; however, she will continue efforts to
locate and bring them in for interview.
On July 31, 1973,as recontacted at CbI¥°>
which time she advised she had been unable to locate the
victims.
_ On August 1, 1973, efforts to contac1;_at max!92 UFWU headquarters, Lamont, California, determined thatngzp/ was working on the picket lines for UFWU.
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cOn July 26. 1973. Q-advised she has
a group of photographs taken y e UFHU photographer
on the morning of June 28, 1973, at scene of captioned
incident. She refused to provide any photographs.
On July 27, l973,_advised she had
provided pertinent photographs to the Kern County District
Attorney's Office in Bakersfield and was agreeable to
providing them to the FBI. She advised she could not let
her copy out of her custody but would provide e copy during
the following week.
On July 30, 1973, BILL SKINNER, Investigator,
Kern County District Attorney's Office, Bakersfield,
provided five negatives of photographs. SKINNER advised
that a representative of UFHU had briefly loaned his office
these five photographs for the purpose of copying with
instructions to provide a copy to the FBI. SKINNER advised
a copy had been made for the FBI but did not turn out thus
he is providing the negatives made when the photographs
were copied.
SKINNER advised his office will use these
photographs to assist in identifying responsible parties
at the assault on UFWU pickets on June 28, 1973.
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that 30 or so teamster had c@e
to one of the picket lines at Roberts Farms on Halaga Road
between DiGiorgio Road and Buena Vista d. He a1 heardfrom a icket ca tain on the scene t lam?! p p theteamsters had torn down one of UI-UI'J loudspeaker systems.
As a result of this, he became fearful of, incsed activity by the teamsters and went toof the Kern County Sheriff's Qffice in _I_-s._1_nont, Q31?
California, asking for protection and explaining to him
about the teamsters coming into the ares, of which he said
he was aware.
Q said he only had so many QSHQ_ men to deploy and re erre him to his su eriors. Lat the 1 -!@same day, he telephonically contacted e
in Bakersfield and asked him for protection where t ey had
pickets at ranches who had signed contracts with the teamsters.The sheriff said he does not have enough people to coverall of the icket lines, a.ndtold him that was his Q _' i problem. hsaid he did not have enou icket AK ]captains for the picket lines and that was probluaiQ? QThe sheriff did not cumnit himself to anyt t stated
the UFUU wants protection, the growers want protection and
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On August 2, 1973, instant matter was discussed
with Assistant U. S. Attorney AUSA! THOMAS T. COURIS,
Eastern District of California EDC!, Fresno, California.
He advised he does not desire further investigation at
this point. He also advised he does not feel this case
has any prosecutive merit with respect to the Kern County
Sheriff's Office.
COURIS advised he is desirous of receiving
instant report and reviewing with regard to conspiracy by
the Teamsters Union after which he will furnish his views
directly to the Department of Justice.
COURIS further advised he does not feel that
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On June 28, 1973, 28 individuals associated
with the Teamsters Union were arrested by the Kern County
Sheriff's Office and booked into the Kern County Jail,
Bakersfield, California.
JOSEPH JOHSON, Chief Investigator, Kern
County District Attorney's Office Bakersfield advisedon August 6, 1973, that due to the lack of cooperation
in general by the UFWU, 17 of these individuals arrested
had to be released without charge. At the present time,
ll Teamster menbers are still under charge and casesinvolving six have been presented to a county grand jury;
however, results of the grand jury's decision, if any, have
not been made public. It is expected that five of the 11
will not be presented to a grand jury in the future and
that five of the six cases presented will probably be dis-
missed resulting in only one indictment.
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DATE; Aus 151973
JSP:WLG:HJ:lj* 1J5 1Director
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J. Stanley Pottinger
Assistant Attorney General
Civil Rights Division' ° us 144-11:-126
In . '1'A51 IvMN SUBJECT: Unknown Subjects, - _,l_Kern County Sheriff_.'8.Depa1_-tnent, Agt/{7| '1eamster's Union; _ ' J-'Frankiiguintana , Helen ihavez ,
'1éresa~ZAlicia , Lila_M_anoha_,Xavier Rivers, -
Leonardl Rodriguez - Victims
Conspiracy Against Rights"
CIYIL RIGHTS e_i M ea_ 4i
Reference is made to our memorandum dated
July 11, 1913 =0 you.-92
" Officials of the Community Relations Service
have .p-rovided this Division with the twelve attached _affidavits from persons present during the incident. /
Please conduct the following additional
investigation:
1. Interview the following twelve persons to
determine what actions, if any, were taken by Kern
County Sheriff's Deputies and Delano Private Patrol 5
fficers before, during and after the incident. In
this connection, note that the_attached affidavits of
these victims detail apecif knowledge of the actions92
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Also dete ine if any of these twelve persons had con-
versations with police or deputies at the scene and
ascertain details of those conversations. J
2. Dbtain copies of any police reports or
arrest records arising out of this incident.
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3. Determine what type of equipment Delano
Private Patrol Officers are authorized to use, and
what training, if any, they are required to receive
before carrying such weapons.
6. Interview Hefty Bezine for knewledge he has
of the incident. In this connection note that Victims
Alberto and Consuelo Blanco mention that Bozina arrived
shortly before teamsters arrived and talked to law
enforcement officials throughout the melee. Determine
if Bozina had any.prior knowledge that teamsters were
coming to the ranch and if so ascertain how he came to
R1109 thi . <_
5. Determine what Sheriff's Deputies and Delano
Patrol Officers were present and interview them for
knowledge they might have of incident.
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six people from Michigan made up the FD! an UU'ETViEh.| B5 til UhEI'E the tabli
CCMQ Task Force that traveled to the
Coachella Ualley to understand the full
implications of the Teamster-United Farm
worker dispute. The members of the Task
Force were the Following: Rev. Peter
Daugherty, Catholic Campus ministry,
Eastern Michigan University; Pamela
Lemerand, student, wayne State Univer-
sity; Sr. Joan Tirak, Catholic Campus
Ministry, Eastern Michigan University;
Stephanie Dabrowski, student, Mayne
State University; Marie Parker, student,
Eastern Michigan University; Rev. Rey-
nard Hinkel, Catholic Campus Ministry,
Stats University.
April 15, 1973, the Teamsters
Union announced that it signed con-
tracts with a majority of the table
grape growers in the Coachella Ualley
California!. These growers produce
85% of the valleys table grapes. For the
past three years these growers had been
under contract with Cesar Chavez United
Farm workers Union, 0ne of the first
goals of our Task Force was to find outMayne
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" why the UFM was dumped and why the Team-
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w--.4stars were able to move in and take over
as the Field workers representative.
Beginning of the Etory
Lest December at a convention of the
American Farm Bureau, Teamster Pres.
Frank Fitzsimmons proposed an alliance
between organized labor and agribusiness
to fight Chavez and "his revolutionaries"
NENSUEEH, May 21, 1973!. Incidentally,
the Chavez~led UFU is 30,000 members
strong.
within months the Teamsters turned
their attention to the table grape grow-
ers of California. Since this is s $200
33$; million dollar a year industry, one can
understand why the Teamsters would head
;-._grape vineyards are in California, this
three part division seems helpful:
A! Coachella Ualley 10% of grape indus.
B! Arvin-Lamont 30% of grape indus.
C! Delano 50% of grape indus.
The UFU has called strikes in the Coa-
chella Ualley and the Arvin-Lamont area
since most of the growers in these place
have signed with the Teamsters. Right n:
almost h0% of the table grape industry
has signed up with the Teamsters; con-
tracts in the Delano area do not expire
until the end of July, 1973.
At first the Teamsters concentrated o
southern California's Coachella Valley.
with the UFU contract due to expire on
April 1h, 1973, Teamster organizers went
into the Fields and by March 1, 1973,
they proclaimed to the growers that they
had more than h,100 signatures of field
workers who claimed they wanted to be
represented by the Teamsters. They were
saying, in effect, that they "decerti~
fied" the UFU union and established them
selves Teamsters! as the Farm workers
representative in the table grape indus-
try.
Some Problems with the Teamster Claims
Because of the above there are some
serious problems with the latest Team-
ster move against the UFU.
A. There are serious questions about the
legitimacy and authenticity of the sig-
natures gathered by the Teamsters. N505-
wEEH's Peter Greenberg May 21. 1973!
discovered upon examining the signatures
that many were remarkably similar. The
IFM 1hnn1 Hnnar§mnn+ in +:biHH Hnivisuuw ;cH; g:P;ym5mu in UuRAW5 my-my-d
tions under oath from many worker: whose
names appear on the Tesnstsr ratitior.
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in its.leoal case against the Teamsters.A farnworker:'"First eff. I 5° "Qt
mi5h.tU be represented 3; the Teamsters
and =:rC|j!'|{j1y, I DEUEI Signed peti-
tigni My name is there, but it 15 "Qt
my signature. I would never 510" Epetition like that. 1 am anQ9T9d that
sgmecne else would put my name on a pe-
tition like that. 1 am and always havB
bggn a loyal "hsvista" and do not want
the Teamsters at all." - 8 wBTkBP
from H 8 M Tennece.
The urw will bring a legal BBBE
eoainst the Teamsters, claiming that
t§ey fprgcs many farm worker names to
their so-called list of b.1DD! Secondv
the uFw will show that the Teamsters
used force to get PE9D19tU 519 5 pa"
titign gayig they wanted to he repre-
sented by the Teamsters Union. - _
It should be pointed out here that the
growers are not completely free from
blame. all the growers in the Boachella
Ualley. Except Steinberg and Larson,
signed with the Teamsters. whether the
growers who signed with the Teamsters
cooperated in the above mentioned im~
proper activity, ma probably will never
know. In the and we will see that all
partigg--QTOMETS, Teamsters and urw-_
made mistakes.
As far as the UFM is concerned. "D
matter what the courts do, justice grinds
exceedingly slowly at times! the Futuf
of their union is at stake. They cat
wait for court decisions. Right HUN the
Teamsters have 85% of the Eoachella Val-
ley table grape contracts. As toug
Ralph Cotner of the Teamsters puts it:
we've got no reasons to leave. we got
the workers...and we're gonna KEEP '90-"
So, the UFw has called an all out strike-
boycott of Coachella Ualley Teemster
grapes. we will report later on about
the present status of the strike and how
effective it has been.
B. Dne last thing about Teamster statis-
tics and techniques. NEUSMEEH May 21,
1973! reported that by March 1. 1973. the
Teamsters asserted they had more than
L,100 signatures of farm workers who
maintained they wanted the Teamsters as
that; UjjF_ at that time, houever. thETE
cor: '" hat want flclt ocrkrrt if the
grape tlneyards! To be certain of this,
on June 20, 1973, we contacted FIDVU MET"
lowe, Farm worker Representativct Calif-
Dcpt. of Human Resources Development. He_ M , _, __-11,." ;,,;-_ -__ c__--...;..._. V .._,-.. . ..._
said thatann March¢
30, 1973, his're::;:ashow thaiyéhere were 500 farm Lcrkare ir
the grapes. Pre-harvest work o
was being done and hence not the
workers were in the Eoachella Ual-
that time.tn;rcir;
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How92did the Teamsters get the L,1C§
names they have on their list? No one
seams to know and they are not telling.
At this writing June 22! Mr. Msrlcce
says there are 3900field workers in the
grapes. There are 1,000 strikers. *§EncE
there are approximately Q,900 farm work-
ers in the Ualley at this time. 1,020
of the h,900 are UFM strikers; another
B00 are UFw farm workers employed by Lar-
son and Steinberg, the two growers in the
Coachella Valley that signed with Cesar
Chavez.
in the
contracts. Are all
mitted
NE GTEThat IEEUES 3,1UU farm uprkgrg
fields of growers with Teamste:
these workers com-
to the Teamsters? Increasingly
finding by talking to "Teamstsr"
farm workers that they need money. They
are poor people and
one of
to keep them going.
Chavez and the urw.
speculate as to haw
theirthe grape harvest is
the ways they can make some money
Many support Cesar
we cannot begin to
the Teamsters got
figure of h,100. But we co have
some leads. .The following declaration
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Monday, the 16th offor the last E years. Until
Rpril, I worked uh;
der UFM contract. Two times the Team-
sters came to our Fields before the
contract expired. They asked me tootw
sign
a piece of paper whereby I would support
the new Teamster contract. I told them
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Chavez. I saw that the majority ofthe
other people who were working with ca
didn't want to sign.
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expired. The next day ----- -_, our
man, instead of sending us to work,16, the UFU contract
Fore-
told
us to stay in the camp. Ha saic that w=
would be paid that day even thgcch as
didn't work. A little bit later, the
Teamsters arrived. Jerry ---- --. * :
Doss of the camp, was there _ " "
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have a family. 1 hi rked there for
six years and_I was afraid if l lost myjob there I wouldh'IT;e able 10 find wrk
anywhere else. So ~3@ t0 5100- I
think that a lot of people signed because
they were also afraid of losing the1r_pbs
Because of this kind of confusion and
deception, a poll of about 1,000 field
workers in 31 fields in the Boechella
Ualley was taken on April 10, 1973-
Floyd Marlowe estimates that there were
between 1,200 and 1,600 Field workers in
the grapes at that time. Hence this poll
of approximately 1,000 would semingly be
rather valid. A committee of 25 civic,
religious and labor leaders helped to
take this boll. Msgr. George Higgins,
0.5. Catholic Conference| W35 B member
of the committee. The results of the
poll were as Follows: s
795 votes for UFw
B0 votes for Teamsters
76 votes for no union
D. Some conclusions. From the forego-
ing the following conclusions seem war-
ranted: 4
1! The UFM is the choice of the field
workers.
2! The Teamsters through various means
tried to make the public think that they
are the choice of the field workers.
3! The Teamsters are the choice of the
growers. Some theories as to why the
Teamsters want to organize field workers
and why the growers prefer the Teamsters
will be dealt with later.
Q! Bluntly, the growers want one union
Teamsters! and the field workers want
another urw!. The growers signed with
the Teamsters without respect to the
wishes of the workers. This is o.k. if
we subscribe to the philosophy that the
the employer determines what union will
represent the workers. However, if in
this situation we use the model of organ-
ized labor the following would occur:
e! A rival or raiding union the Team-
sters in this case! on claiming to repre-
sent the workers previously under con-
tract with another union UFw!
b! must have workers file for a "decer-
tification" election in which through
secret ballot, the workers determine
the union of their choice.
Th: host ctnsihlr .hing to do now in
the Coachella valley is not to side withthe Tee ;5 we have h,100 votesl!; n:
should we say categorically that we are
on the,§?pe of the UFM we have the eup-
port of the workers!. Rather, to solve
this whole problem there should be se-
cret elections supervised by e third ca:
ty. we feel from the facts we have seen
the UFM would win, since they do have th
support of the field workers. But this
is not to say there is no dissatisfectio
or opposition to Cesar Chavez by some
field workers. However, we feel the ma-
jority of the workers are on his side.
5! A final conclusion about the pact the
Teamsters have with the growers in the
Eoachella Valley. The contract was
signed with little or no discussion with
farm workers. Farm workers did not date:
mine the content. Subsequently, they di:
not ratify the contract which was signec
by the Teamsters and the growers. This
is a clear indication that the issue in
the table grape dispute of 1873 is essen-
tially the same as the dispute in the
late 60's. That is, whether or not farm
workers can have a union of their own
which is governed by the rank and file
and not by a few outsiders and "big bro-
there" who feel they know what is best
for the workers.
The Present Situation of the Strike inthe Coachella valley W
Because of the circumstances surround-
ing the grower-Teamster pact, the UFU has
called a strike-boycott of all Eoechella
Valley grapes picked by the Teamsters.
There are about 1,000 Ufw strikers, as
was reported by the local press when our
task force visited the valley. Floyd
Marlowe, a State of California official,
confirmed this figure and said there are
3,900 farm workers in the grapes; E00 of
these are working under urw cortrects.
That means that approximately 3,CC3 ferm-
workers belong to the Teamster u3TK force,
a figure that is disputed by UF; zfficisla
They claim that about 2,200 people are ac-
tually working under the Teamstsr conirsc
Numerous sources in Coechella have told u:
that b,500 farm workers are nseeec at the
peak of the grape season to bring in the
harvest. At present, the grzcat: are at
the peak of their harvest en:
inc to these equation? the f:_ :1 '. n_.
have sufficient workers to do the fob.
However, the growers claim they are get-
cing the crop h:rvested.l e wl,- have to
ueit and see who is right.
The following points mv't be kept insine if one is to understlnj fully why
the strike exists.
A. At the heart of the grower-Teamster
/UFw dispute is the issue of the hiring
hall. The urw maintains that the hiring
hall is geeential in order to check grow-
er exploitation of the farm worker.
The background on this issue has to
ion ~¢+h the g w9Ts practice of using
a labor contractor" to get the field
workers to bring in the harvest. The UFM
,has always fought against the presence
ref the labor contractor or its equiva-
Rlent!; thus the labor contractor vs. the
hiring hall was the major bone of conten-
tion between the growers and the UFM.
How does the labor contractor operate
in theory? Suppose a grower needs EDD
field workers. Mostlike1yhE will h5VB
h labor contractors whose job it will be
-'to get 5U workers to do the work in the~!fields. In this system many abuses candevelop and have developed over the years.
In the past labor contractors would be
paid a lump sum by the grower; the labor
' contractor would then pay the farm worker
out of his pocket. Hence he could main-
tain the "power of the purse. He could
ask for e payoff for giving someone a job
as well as a percentage of the farm work-
ers wages. If a woman is asking for a
e job, she may have to do the labor contrac-
tor a "favor" or two. Labor contractors
~have been know to hire only young men 0
to QB years of age! whom they could force
to work fast and thus get the most out of
the wages they pay. Thus women and older
men would be'discriminated against. Eer-
tainly there would always be the problem
of the labor ggntratr hiring only his
favorites.
To make sure that these abuses would
cease the UFM has demanded in its con-
tracts that there be s hiring hell; the.;/workers receive jobs throueh B seniorityjjgygtem, P person's seniority in the UFU
i92is determined according to how long one
has been a member of the union.
Eu posc a rower needs 255 workers to a P Q,,¬pick grapes. He would send this requestsepta the use hiring hall in Eoachella. The
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whose task fytis yassign work.and co-
ordinate the effo--s of the crew. He has
"9 5 th°Titk¢fo hire. Growers compleirr .
that the hirlfg hall cannot work, and
thls they maintain, was the major reason
hr they refused to sign again with CesarQhavezz The Teamsters did not push the
AUEE D1 the hiring hall in their contract
and so the growers signed with them. The
deal the Teamsters made with the growers
has been called in the media s "sweet-
heart contract. we can see exactly what
this means in relation to the labor con-
tractor. The Teamster-grower contract is
a sweetheart deal in the sense that the
union Teamsters! has sold out the workers
by negotiatiing a contract for the good
of the employers and not the workers,
e.g., labor contractor issue.
The UFU maintains that the Teamster
-"foreman" is the equivalent of the la-
bor contractor, and hence there are the
same old abuses creeping in. The grow-
ers on the other hand say there is no
substance to this charge and that the
role of the foreman is to provide field
workers and coordinate work efforts.
gjlg Million from Meapy
*E.Tlo fight the growers and the Team-
sters the UFM has been given $1.6 mil-
lion for strike benefits by George
Meany, AFL-CID chief. Each person on
strike is given $90 per week the strike
breakers in the fields are making about
$120 per weekl- Those on strike do more
than just sit home and collect pay checks.
All strikers meet at the local Coechella
park at k:3D a.m. daily. Picket captains
group the strikers who then begin to set
out in caravans of cars and buses to the
fields of the growers. Their aim is to
arrive at the entrances of the fields be-
fore the scabs, where the UFw strikers
talk to them and encourage them to join
the "huelga" strike!. Each picket line
is equipped with a loud speaker and so
throughout the morning uru leaders talk
to the workers in the fields, asking
them to come out and join their brothers
and sisters on the picket line. work in
the field ends around 11.00 elm. or 12:65
noon. The sugar contegt in the graces
is reduced with the 115 temperatures,
and therefore picking must end ectil the
folitwiro Cay!. tter the sr1T= i=
the Yields they are followed to the wCIK
camp by urw representatives, and furtherL
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early part of the afterno . .round 5:00
-3.m. there usually.is a strategy meetingin the park'and then it i '1ome For sup-
ner and early to bed--morh;hg comes fast.
odhen we left the Coachella Valley June
Q23 the spirits of the strikers were high
~ano they did not appear discouraged des-
- site the obstacles that they were facing.
E. why do many remain in the fields
=and work, even though eyknow there is
_}a Cesar Chavez-led strike?.<._
It has been said that no strike among
field workers could be successful and at
g times, perhaps the UFU wonders if this is
3,true. Mexico is only an hour's drive
3 from Coachella and so legal and illegal
aliens can come up and make some quick
money during the harvest time. These are
poor people and are interested in making
a buck; the fact that they are in the
fields working does not necessarily
they do not support Cesar Chavez.
it is no revelation to know that some of
the last people who find out about
ploitation are the exploited So, the liberation cause that
workers support is not always
by their fellow workers. As
told us. the poor want bread
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the growers and Teamsters to break the
strike with people from Mexico. But as
the Coachella Ualley, two fac-
tors seem to indicate that the strike is
taking its toll on the growers.
First, the Ufw organizers claim that
increasingly they hear that the people
in the fields are ready to come out and
join the strike. There have been a lot
of complaints abouthow they have been
treated by the Teamsters. Second, the
growers are not getting a good price for
their grapes and hence may just be break-
ing even; that indeed is not their goal!
Here are some facts on this point. Grow-
ers consistently stated to us that it
costs them about $7.00 to produce one
lug of grapes 2 lb. box!. R #1 box of
perlgttes type of QTBDB! was selling
for 58.00 a lug when we left the Coachel-
la Ualley, according to Mr. Steinberg, B
grower who signed with the ore. However,
a great deal of the grapes sent to market
by the Tee-rtsrs are seconds; they are
'2' .t""i 1 : #7 r:1;'; sci hens hi?
are not getting the #1 prices. Ufw lead-
ers told us that #2 perlettes are gettingtrue the growers are not making any money
--just brc i' even. Four gfowers,
5teinberg,pdoi_ho, Harahadian, and-Mayan
stated in{_jt Riverside County Daily '
Enter rise oune 13, that if prices go be-
low $7.50 per lug they will lose money.
ll this is interpreted by the UFE forces
as good news. They say grower problems
are due to the fact that inexperienced
pickers are working in the fields the
good ones are on the picket line!: the
grapes are being packed poorly; the vines
and so the growers are paying for it now
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Cesar Chavez has long told his fol-
lowers that they will win, but only if
they stick to their principles of hon-
violence. In recent days this philoso-
phy of the Ufw has reay been put to the
test. During our last week in Coachella
there were numerous minor scuffles and
fights. Both sides were guilty of "dis-
turbing the peace" to some degree. But
on the whole Lt. Jack Reid, spokesman
for the Riverside County Sheriff's of-
fice, said that the recent incidents had
been generated by "unprovoked attacks"
by Teamster security guards N.Y.Times,
June 27, 1973!. we can attest to this
last statement. The Teamster "goons"
as the urw strikers call them, were ar-
rested for beating up a priest in a lo-
cal cafe; fighting with local people at
a neighborhood ice cream stand; kidnap
and attempted murder; stoning the car
Cesar Chavez was riding in. Surely,
they have added to this list since we
left Coachella, fortunately, with no
bruises.
what is so ironical is that recently
the Teamsters have hired a public rela-
tions firm, Hoover-Eorin & Associates,
for $1.3 million to help them improve
their image! Incidently, one of the
Teemster strong men beat up a repre-
sentative from this firm while we were
in Coache11a.- Apparently, money cen-
not buy everything.
Public relationsfirm notwithstanc-
ing, the Teamsters have an image all
their own and it hangs out wherever
trey go. Tho L.o. Times Jens 12, 1?"3,
rcvsrtcc on the efry c ";ce'?*" r?;_ "
in by Bill Grami, organizer f:: ire
western Conference of Teamsters. one
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the giowars. In e pre 1-conference on
June 19 Grami insisted all the"guards"
were Teamsters on leave from their
usual jobs to assist him with the
problems in Coachella. wherever they
come from it is clear that they are
the biggest'joke that has hit Coachel-
la for a long time. They would be
Funny except for the tragic results
that keep happening from their con-
tinued presence. Some of their more -
brilliant statements include: "If
you don't like it, ya want to make some-
thin' of it?" As we returned to Michie
gan we could onlyFeel sorry For the
poor people in this small desert town.
They must live in this atmosphere of
fear and intimidation for the next
month until the harvest is over.
Conclusion
As we left the Eoachella Valley we
could not help but recall the words of
an article about Einar Mohn, director of
the western Conference of Teamsters.
Jane hiely, of Graduate Theologoicel Un-
ion Berkeley! interviewed him for her
dissertation on farm labor. Mohn said
farm workers willnot be able to take
part in meetings for about two years L.A.
Times, April 25!.In two years he expects
more whites in the fields and this, he
says, will make organizing farmworkers
more feasible. Because of the present
membership of the
ficult to have an
In conclusion,
Teamsters have no
selves e union of
not possibly comeunion he said it is dif-
effeotive union.
we can only say that the
business calling them-
farmworkers. They could
to understand the needs
of farmworkers, nor do they plan on repre-
senting them fairly when it comes to a
showdown with thegrowers. Grapes produced
under their contracts should make the ord-
inary person of conscience sick, when he
knows the Full extent of the oppresion uh-
der which these grapes are harvested.
Because of this, we urge the members of
EBMA to: 1! workwith existing groups in
your area to support the UFw boycott of
grapes and lettuce; P! see what can be
@vPF 1" vcur erg? 1; filer "shay for the
UFM people on strike; send contributions
to: United Farm workers, La Paz, P.D. .
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as on-goi;.information about the UFU
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National Farm worker Ministry
1h11 w. Dlympic Blvd. Room 511
Los Rngeles, Calif. 90015
13! 3-as-e13o .
Ask for their NEWSLETTER.
Qlng with the United Farmworkers we
agree, "Si se Puede!" Yes, it is possi-
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susjscr: Request for Copies or Investigative Reports /'
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The Criminal Division understands that Assistant Attorney General
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California, arising out of the dispute between the United Farm Workers
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like Civil Rights Division requested an investigation into *-
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Kern County Deputies, Teemsters:_-Franl¥fBnints:1_;l5_et al, victims;
Violence at the Guimarre Ranch, Kern County, California. moi ~
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Fr m AC SACWENTO II- T ? QIZICIVIL RIGHTS SECTIONOgf/6'//S GENERAL INVEST. DIV.
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female picket saw an overseer of KOVACOVICH Ranch near Lamont, California,
throw s rock and hit one of his own trucks. When unknown Sergeant of the Ib
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Complaints re the Nalbandian incident of7/31/73, mentioned by in attached LHM, are X115!being reported under separate caption tritium ®L1! e!
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SERGEAUT OF KERN COUNTY
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AUGUST 1, 1973, on
ALGUST 2, 1973;
uuxiao FARM HORKERS UNION,
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in August l3, 1973,________, United Farm Horkers; Union
California, appeared in the Federal Bureau of
Investigation Office, Bakersfield, California. and
furnished the following signed statement: n§£~=3
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"On either 8/1/73 or 8/2/73, I was
present on a picket line consisting of 70 - 80
members of the United Farm Workers Union UI-W?!
on Wheeler Ridge Rd., about 200 feet south of
David Rd. in the Lamont ipiifll areal at the
Kovacovich Ranch £§
this ranc . 1S was at about 1092 AM. A
ranch truck was parked in a road leading into
the grape vineyards facing & extending onto
the shoulder of Wheeler Ridge Rd.
"I heard a thud which sounded like a
rock hitting the side of the ranch truck.
I did not see any objects of any kind coming
from the direction of the picket lines.
Then a member of UFH, an unrecalled woman,
came around the front of this truck & toldme she had seen- toss the rock. I 'lD '*7 °
went to the other side of this truck with
this woman & talked to a Kern County
Sheriffs Uffice Sgt. & told him that therock had been thrown by? Both the Q1-;¥e!
woman & myself request t e gt. to arrest "
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woman had not seen throw the rock, QQXD
further stating that he did not believe
the woman. I specifically asked the Sgt.
if we could make a citizens arrest & he
said we could not. I knew that we could
not go into the fields without permission.
In my six weeks experience on the
picket lines, on numerous occasions I
have seen the police arrest people for
misdemeanors not committed in their
presence, after the alleged wrongdoer
was pointed out by a rancher, private
guard, or Teamster -- the arrest of a
photographer at Vernon's -- fingered by a
guard at Vernon's -- leaps to mind. On the
other hand, I have attempted to move the
police to actions on half-a-dozen occasions --
with zero success.
At this point, let me reemphasize my
observatig on the Nalbaudian incident of
July 31 -- see my declaration -- that the
police made no arrests of Teamsters who
attacked us, but on the contrary hauled
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AUGUST 2, 1973;
UNITED FARM WORKERS UNION,
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and racist treatment the UFW has been
subjected to by the Sheriff's department of
Kern County.
"I have read this statement consisting
of this & two other pages and find it true
and correct.
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FROM = Director. FBI
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A. [:1 This covers the preliminary investigation and no further action concerning
a full investigation will be taken by this Bureau unless the Department sodirects.
' ' B. E] The investigation is continuing and you will be furnished copies of
reports as they are received.
C. C] The investigation requested by you has now been completed. Unless
advised to the contrary no further inquiries will be made by this Bureau.
D. [I] Pursuant to instructions issued by the Department. no investigation will
be conducted in this matter unless specifically directed by the Department.
E. Q Please advise whether you desire any further investigation
F. [:1 This is submitted for your information and you will be advised of further
developments.
G. [:1 This is submitted for your information and no further investigation willL- I 1 1___I___ ___£If_-II__ _A____nAAjl__.al_ f92 . _ _ 4 7 __aDE COIIUIICIBU II-IBII IPCCII ICI-Hy IBQUGIIBG oy [DB IJEPIICIIBDT»
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Late on 8/23/73, Jerome Zeifman, Chief Counsel of
the House Committee on Judiciary, called to advise me of a telephone
conversation he had just had with Congressman Edwards. He said
Edwards is currently in California and has spent considerable time in
the Kern County area where there is a great deal of unrest in connection
with labor activities involving grape pickers. Several individuals
have been killed or injured during this labor unrest.
Zeifman said that Edwards is very concerned that the
investigations of this situation are not being handled properly. He
said Edwards specifically expressed his concern that the publicly
stated policy of former Acting Director Gray to the effect that outs
Agents would be sent in to handle civil rights cases is not being
followed in this instance. He said Edwards feels a number of Agent_
should be sent into the area from other FBI offices and that they
specifically should be Agents with Spanish speaking ability. He sa
Edwards had comented that he recently had some contact with the
Phoenix FBI Office and had been highly impressed with the competenc
of the number of Spanish speaking e s available there.
/jg - 6;/O/?~LZeifman advised Edwards has i ited the FBI Re ident Agenc
office in the area where this labor problem is centered expressing
his concern over these cases and also has communicated directly with
the Department of Justice about this matter. He said Edwards feels
his expressions of concern have not generated the proper response and
Edwards is now suggesting that he be allowed to convene his Subcomiton Civil Rights and Constitutional Rights of the House Committee on,¢2eLI cl .ti,CD". ll.
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of these cases. Zeifman said at Edwards request he has discussed
this matter with Pat McSweeney, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for
Legislative Affairs in the absence of Assistant Attorney General Mike
"°§E"?t'°' and RF? 'i'E1E?B?°F?'?.£????P~.1ff2i u5 £S7?? ?Y' ??¥ff§ ..... _said he was meqqil apy;.1.s1ng___Iq-2| _q_9;.];natJ.['ur1q."-'H.tv>ulu DE aware or 1:nJ.s
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Re: CONGRESSMAN DON EDWARDS
HANDITWG OF CTVTZ RTGHTS CRSE¬
IN KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
I told Zeifman that I was aware that Edwards had visited
the resident agency. I also told him that the adequacy of personnel
in the area has been considered by officials both in the field and
here in Washington. He was thanked for advising us of Edwards
coments.
This matter was discussed with McSweeney who stated Edwards
has been constantly agitating regarding the Kern County situation.
He advised that Senator Hubert Humphrey D.-Minn.! also has gotten
into the act and sent a telegram to the Attorney General urging that
a large force of personnel be sent into the area to handle the unrest
that has resulted from the labor dispute. Mcsweeney was advised that
a week ago we had inquired of the Sacramento FBI Field Office regarding
the adequacy of personnel to handle civil rights complaints growing
out of this situation in Kern County and were assured that there are
sufficient personnel in the area to take care of the matter, including
Spanish speaking Agents. He was advised that we have experienced
some delays in handling the necessary investigation because of an
uncooperative attitude on the part of attorneys representing the
United Farm Workers. K1 ,/
The EivIT Rights§ection of the General Investigative Division
advises we have had 23 civil rights cases referred to us as a result
of the situation in Kern County, about half of which are preliminary
types.
It is not new or unusual for Congressman Edwards to be
critical of the FBI with respect to the handling of civil rights
matters. He has done so consistently and with this situation being
in his home area, it is natural that he will make every effort to take
advantage of the publicity potential. Congressman Edwards does not
represnt Kern County, however. Kern County is divided between two
congressional districts. One is represented by Congressman Robert B.
Mathias and e other by Congressman illiam I-1. Retchm, bciah
Republicans.
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form somewnat of it police of missioa. 1'Y'u'.s 1:0-aid be igents
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that -.5 :ei':;g ioe :2? state oicore one 1..=-ate étates 2-.E:u-322.5.
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Ln the investigation of civil rights matters. Rzrsuaat to this,
it was felt that there should be more peopie from outside the state
assigned to the investigation. It was also felt that there would be
a need for more Spanish speaking Agents on the site. 1
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Insoiar as the second. matter is concerned, I told lair. Pottingor .
eat of neoole to a matter gust because they were from a local office of the "BIL
Memorandum ior Messrs. Callahan, Baker, August 27, 1973
Gebhu-dt, Walsh
Ipointedout I, for citample, hndopponedaBurenuruleoi1nany;rea.rs agothat
police oalcers who have become Argenis should not be assigned to civil rights
matters. This in eect spotlighted the background oi an Agent and placed aim
in a separate and, therefore on occasion, undesirable category. In my znind
the fact s man had served as a. police omcer should not mitigate against him
and there was no reason to believe that just because of this, he would be softer
or more sympathetic to the oiiicers being investigated as possible violators.
l therefore said I would not want to give any consideration to the
assignment of Agents at the site merely because they represented an "out-oh
state" status.
Ithen pointer: out, non-ever. that I tiicught the addition of ipanish
spealclng .gents might J8 hel;::u1 for the obvious reason. *n asaigrnrlg people
with this capability, we might at the same time be Emidllng the matter of
assignment of people from out of state and the two could we accomplished, in
other words, by this one rncasure.
informed hirn, cher-store, he c'5e':'IlZ:";;peo.¬'i3it5 me Civil ;ection and
could :.n.'i01'r:. them that ' apwoved oi a r' i '
ne ~ ates .ze le 2:11.; was a very agree
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-. . . oul ocMr. Pottlngerisald lie hsd beenziniormed that there were soils Soanish
gpealciagukgents availablgiand it wouislnog oresent too rnucli 01' -.1 problem. I
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in this diiection
.-is noted above, I set out my feelings incur the iss;.__{n:r.ent oi Agents
to civil r".g..i.=W"' * izwestigziiions. I :0 not the present rules in ti-is regard.
In view of this, I would like :0 have a memorandum outlining sue;-1 galley in
order that I might possibly consider revzezon in accordance with my personal
observations.
Ker? truly yours,
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Reference is made to Director Clarence i Kelley's/ ?;;»-
memorandum dated 8/27/73, which among other things, discussed
the necessity of assigning some Spanish_speaking Agents to
work Civil Rights cases which have arisen within the Sacramento
Division as a result of the confrontations between pickets
of the United Farm Workers UFW! and the Teamsters Union.
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he felt he had sufficient personnel assigned to handle the
investigations and that the two Spanishspeaking Agents thenAs b kgro nd in t is matter, on , a iscussion
was held with Mr. William L. Gardner, Deputy Chief, Criminal
Section, Civil Rights Division CRD!, U. S. Department of Justice
USDJ!. wherein Mr. Gardner mentioned that Mr. Robert Murphy,
Chief, Criminal Section, CRD, USDJ, had received a phone call -
, earlier that day from Democratic U. S. Congressman Donald ;;{__
Edwards, 10th Congressional California District, who had spent
some time in the Kern County, California, area observing the
g strike situation involving the UFW and Teamsters Union.
Mr. Gardner stated he had been informed by Mr. Murphy that
. Congressman Edwards stated he felt the Federal Bureau of
*1 t't' b'h'd a"1=" "of; nves iga ion was eing in ere in i s investigation .
= Civil Rights complaints b a lack of man ower and_by a lackiof_r ;
assigned in the area were sufficient to handle the work.
He indicated that if a drastic increase in the number of cases
occurred, he would reassess the manpower needs at BEEP-tMEF -"'
On 8/24/73, ASAC Rosack advised he had been d§th2tEH3
by Mr. William Briggs, Special Investigator, U. S. Senate Spanish speaking Agents. Un E7I7773, a Eiscussion was held with
Assistant Specia Agent in Charge ASAC! Theodore P. Rosack,
Sacramento Division, wherein ASAC Rosack stated at that time
Labor and Public Welfare Committee, who indicated he-was'!n'EE"' '
Kern County area to investigate the acts of violence which had II 92,92
T_ j I C I W if * ifMemorandum to Mr. Gebhardt
RE: UNITED FARM WORKERS
occurred in connection with the UFW strike. Mr. Briggs
requested ASAC Rosack meet with him on that day to discuss
the FBI's posture with regard to the handling of the '
Civil Rights complaints. Mr. Briggs was referred to the CRD,
USDJ .
On 8/24/73, Mr. William L. Gardner advised he was
being sent by Assistant Attorney General J. Stanley Pottinger
to the Kern County, California, area to confer with various
individuals on the scene regarding the conditions and to
inquire firsthand into the situation arising out of the UFW
and Teamsters Union confrontations. On 8/28/73, a discussion 1
was had with Mr. Gardner concerning his trip to the Kern County l
area and during this discussion, he indicated he had
met with Caesar Chavez, UFW leader. During this meeting Chavez
stated he felt more Spanishspeaking FBI Agents should be
sent into the area to investigate the Civil Rights allegations
as many involve itinerant MexicanAmerican farm workers who §
spoke only Spanish. Mr. Gardner was asked specifically if Y
he intended to recommend in his report to Mr. Pottinger that
additional FBI Agents be sent into the area to handle Civil
Rights investigations. Mr. Gardner indicated that he would 3
make no such recommendation, that he felt this assessment could p
only be made from within the concerned agency, and that it would b A
somewhat presumptuous for him to make such a recommendation ,
did state, however, he personally believed that as a result of his
discussion with Chavez and attorneys for the UFW, the number
of Civil Rights allegations needing investigation would increase.'1
In referenced memorandum, Director Kelly expressed
the opinion that if a determination were made additional Spanish~
speaking Agents were needed to handle the Civil Rights cases,
he would be agreeable to approving a reasonable number of such
assignments.
ACTION: To assist in the investigation of the increasing
number of Civil Rights cases occurring in the Kern County area,
and to forestall any adverse public criticism, it is
recommended that two Spanishspeaking Agents be temporarily
assigned to the Sacramento Division from either the Lo; Angeles
and/or San Francisco Divisions. fix JAM,92* .
A separate memorandum regarding the Civil Rights. , L'policy of the Bureau is being prepared. /Q Q
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necessity of assigning some Spanish-speaking Agents to work Civil Rights 1 _ 1
cases which have arisen within the Sacramento Division as a result of the '
confrontations between pici§.ets of the United Farm Workers and the Teamsters
Union. By memo 8/28/'73 from C. L. McGowan to Mr. Gebhardt it was
approved that two Spanish-speaking Agents be temporarily assigned to the
Sacramento Division from either the Los Angeles and/ or the San FranciscoDivisions to assist in the investigation of the above cases and to forestall , ,
I any adverse public criticism. __ "
SACs, Los Angeles and San Francisco were telephonically ""' /
instructed to send one Spanish-speaking Agent to Sacramento with the period
of assignment indefinite at this time, and that the Agents should report on
Tuesday morning, September 4, 1973. They were advised to conrm Bureau
telephone caii by nitel to Sacramento and the Bureau, and that any additional
details should be obtained from the Sacramento Oice.
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There is attached a draft prepared by the C ilI
Rights Division of the Department. This draft is to be
used in connection with Congressional inquiries to the
Department and is to be furnished to the Public Information
Office of the Department of Justice.
Division. It is noted that on
date, we have initiated more th
In this connection, we have mor
going on at the present time,4- , h
initiated by the Department of
On page 2, lines 8, 9
has also agreed that, where app
speak Spanish will be used in s
to be noted that we already hav
assisting in these investigatio
Division has recommended that t
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Attorney General Stanley Pottin
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10 on page 2 and also indicated
relate that more than two dozen
initiated without differentiat;
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ACTION: ghis is for record p
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These suggested changes were discussed with Assistant
' -er of the Civil Rights Division.
suggested for lines 8, 9, and
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Zvlemorandum
To : Director DATEZ SEP 5 1973
Federal Bureau of Investigation G:MHJ:grh
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zlmpivil Rights Division
mnqscrzAssistant Attorney General
Unknown Victims '
Sumary Punishment
CIVIL RIGHTSUnknown Subjects; ' . l
Conversations between U.F.W. legal aid,
Harriet Teller and Departmental Attorney Michael
James reveal that the U.F.W. Union has possession
of or access to films and still photographs showing
alleged violations of l8 U.S.C. 242 committed during
the course of U.F.W. - Teamster strife this sumer.
r9292Ms. Teller has agreed to make available to the _a?{Yx
F.B.I. the films, photographs and the persons who took
same. . _1-M - 59048 *5"
Please contact Ms. Teller, and giving her at least
one days notice, arrange a time for agents to obtain
the films and pictures and interview the persons
responsible for taking same to determine where and
when they were taken and what they purport to show-
i Vthe films, theHmF1J.U. indicates
it may be able to give us a print of at least one of
those films. In any case, obtain copies of all the
films and photographs made available by Ms. Illr
and forward those copies to this Division=With regard to
22 SEP 11 1973
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Enclosed are two copies of a self-explanatory Departmental letter dated 9/5/73
I Complete the requested investigation in accordance with the provisions of
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§-|-- State in the first paragraph of the details of your report that it contains the results
of a fa limited investigation and underscore the word limited: ' ' : preliminarypreliminarv
.-tdvisefi; all persons interviewed
i appropriate officials at the outset that this investigation is being conducted
at the specific request of the LI S. Department of Justice.
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SUBJECT! Request for Copies of Investigative Reports& 9292 To _ -]!ATE;S3Qt8mbB1 1 4, '
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The Criminal Division understands that Assistant Attorney General J D
J. Stanley Pottinger of the Civil Rights Division has recently requested 92
the Bureau to investigate criminal Civil Rights matters in Kern County, -
California, arising out of the dispute between the United Em Horlsers
of America and the International Brotherhood. of Teamsters. Since certain
of these matters may involve violations of criminal statues over which
the Criminal Division has jurisdiction, the Bureau is requested to forward '
to the Criminal Division copies of all investigative reports pertaining to ~
the following matters: :
1/, I'll.Violence at the Cavokovich Ranch in Kern Co1.mt'_{, Ca_1.ifornia., , '
The Civil Rights Division requested an investigation into ~
.-I this matter on August l3, 1973 under the caption: UNSUDS, I
Kern County Deputies, Teamsters: Fran}: Quintana et al, victims; -
_ 2 ¢Violence at the Guimarra Ranch, Kern County California. The rq '-
I Civil Rights Division requested an investigation into this
matter on August 22, 1973 under the caption: F.N.U. Cooper,
D Kern County Sheriff S Deputies: Lidia B. Manriques, victim; and
' 3. Violence at the Nalbandian Ranch in
" The Civil Rights Division requested
matter on August 39, 1973 under theKern County, California.
an investigation into this 1
caption: UNSUE, Kern County --
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to obtain photographs and film negative to date.
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DETAILS:
The following contains the results of a limited
investigation . -
On September 11, 1973, Attorney,
Legal Department, United Farm Workers Union UFWU!, Keene,
Ca fornia was contacted in an effort to locate-advised that was gone for a few days
and should return in approximatel 10 da s. -wasthins needed in an advised that an appointment wi
effort to obtain photographs and film which she had__ _
previously mentioned she would rovide to MICHAEL JAMESof the Department of Justice. hadvised that 1: would
be better to take this matter up withon her return
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On Se tember 12 1973 Legal Departmeflt.. ~ g ' _
PUFWU Keene California, was contacted in the absence of
n to ra hs and film i11 an effort to obtai pho g p
which she had previously eed to provide to DepartmentalAttorney MICHAEL JAMES. & advised he is not acquaintedwith the circumstances of the request and advised that-
is currently in New York and
Keene, California, prior to S
On September 19, 1973, _advised that-
had returned to Keene, but was not in at present. A request' " ' ' ' FE inwas lett tor ner to telephon
Bakersfield as soon as practical. id ot
the telephone call that day and efforts were made to contact
her on September 20, 1973. These efforts were also unsuccessful
On September 21 1973, inquiry at UFWU headquartersin Keene disclosed that_was attending a UFWU conventionprobably will not return to
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in Fresno, California, for the next three days, however, an
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Fresnors of September 24, 1973, an /
hours of September 24, 1973, an
additional inquiry at UFWU, Keene, determined that no one
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§"_1 | 0Confrontation Between ~ -he @JrTiEeji1-ann no sgis and CHARACTER OF CASE _.Team §1r.e..1.§_Un:I.on, K3?-I County, California * CIVIL RIGHTS
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IiiTO THE BUREAU: Two sets of photograp consisting
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California, 9/25/73, states she did not agree with
iiepartmental Attorney to provide motion picture film to
FBI, but only to representatives from Department Attorney at
MICHAEL JAP§E5' office On additional set-of st-111 photo-graphs obtained from '
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T0 THE ASSISTANT UNITED ST.A'I'ES_J§'I:I'OR.NEY, FRESNO,
CALIZFORNIA: One $515 ofmphojtzojgraphs consisting of
seven photographs.
DETAILS 2
b"92 On September 25, 1973,U1'15-ted
Farr. E-Iorkers Union L'F-HI!, Keane, Salifornia, telephonically
contacted the FBI at Bakersfield, California, in response to
an earlier telephone call.
gees advised of the department's request to UL
contact her and obtain photographs and films taken during
the UFWU-Teamster strife er, in accordance with anarrangement made between d -Department Attorney 5-92L,
MICILAEL JAIES.
This document contninl neither recommendation: nor condulinnl of the FBI. It in the property of the FBI and in loaned to your quay; it and in c|:||92lg|92!|
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She advised she would not provide the motion picture film
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still photographs in her possession to the FBI.
_dv1edche h ho 1dn1nh°"" a e tteap ugmp w c se
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August 30, 1973, were taken by who is "W
no longer working for them. She advised she does not
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if she can determine his location.
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and Fairfax Road on August 7, 1973. She explained
these pictures show the nunnecessary force used by the
County Sheriff's Department in arresting UFWU pickets.
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has blood on her shirt.
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Dear Mr. Pottinger:
Thank you very much for your letter of September 4
describing work being done by the Department of Justice
concerning possible violations of federal criminal law
in activities involving the United Farm Workers in Cali-
fornia. I sincerely appreciate the information you pro-
vided me.
I am sure you know that I am concerned with the
situation in California, not only what has taken place
J-__1 .__uuLing the past month hut also the serious implications
for the future. I spent several days in the Bakersfield-
Delano area during the height of the tensions.
I observed the good work being done by the Community
Relations Service, observed the United Farm Workers picketing
at several vineyards, talked to local police and press, and
attended the two funerals.
As explained to Mr- Murphy, I was disappointed not to
find Chicano Special Agents in the Bakersfield F.B.I. office.
The Daifullah funeral was thought important enough by the
Catholic Church for Bishop Flores of San Antonio to travel
at church expense to California. The only Agent I saw at
the Bakersfield F.B.I. office taking statements in Spanish
was not, in the opinion of my Chicano assistant, appropriately
fluent in Spanish. A;;~__j'§>, Q,? _ $3 pg I T?p:fT1_ I :7
For many years in civil rights cases a maj6Ecriticism _- '
of Justice Department involvement has been the use of locally
assigned F.B.I. Agents to investigate allegations of criminal
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assigned Agents and a strong feeling on the part of minority
citizens that the F.B.I. is in league with the police. That
this problem is well understood by the F.B.I. was made clear
a few months ago by the F.B.I. Acting Director who said his
policy in these civil rights cases would always be to send in
outside Agents. Perhaps this was done and is being done in
FresnoTulaIeKern Counties, but that is not the appearance
of what is being done, and sometimes appearance is as important
as action.
My last comment is to again stress the importance of these
cases you are investigating. I am personally convinced that
widespread violations of Federal criminal law took place and
will take place again if the Justice Department does not face
up to its responsibilities, unpleasant as they may appear. As
I told Mr. Murphy on the telephone from Delano, lives could
have been saved in the early sixties if Bull Connor had been
arrested for his clear violations of Federal law. The same
kind of illegal runaway police activity is taking place in
California today, and I sincerely believe the Justice Depart-
ment has an important and responsible role to fill.
The purpose of this letter is not, however, to give my
personal views on the farm situation in California but is to
thank you for your courteous communication and to express my
appreciation for_your keeping the Subcommittee informed.
Sincerely,
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f dated 9/17/73, directed to Mr. J. Stanley }
P Pottinger, Assistant Attorney General, Civil
Rights Division, U. S. Department of Justice
i which was forwarded by Mr. Pottinger to this
Bureau by memorandum dated ll/27/73. In his
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disappointment of the lack of Spanishspeaking
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arose out of confrontations between members
of the United Farm Workers UFW! and the 1
» Teamsters Union.
It is noted Congressman Edwards makes
, reference to a visit he made to our
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during late 8/73, and as a result
of this visit he made his observations.
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Vassis in receivin ivi R1 ts com laintsfrom UFWFmemhers.! Eonstant contact was
maintained with t e Sacramento Division
regarding the situation that existed in
the Kern Co. area and as the number of
Civil Rights allegations received increased,
two additional Spanishspeaking Agents from
other field divisions were temporarily
assigned to the Sacramento Division to
further assist the handling of these
complaints. Both the Sacramento
Division and FBIHQ felt the number of
Spanish~speaking Agents assigned to that
area was sufficient to handle the number
of cases received. In view of this, it is
felt no constructive purpose would be served
in contacting Congressman Edwards with
regard to the personal opinions he expresses ,
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On Wednesday, March 27, 1974, this Division was
contacted telephonically by Jerry Cohen, counsel in
California for the United Farm Workers Union
tel. 805-822-5571!. Cohen related that he had been
contacted by a person who provided the fictitious name- 392 of "Fred Schwartz". Schwartz purported to have infor-
v mation that three people had at numerous times over
- the past several years broken into various United Farmx ? Worker Union offices in*California, as well as the
offices of other organizations assisting the UFWU and F
their activities, including SNCC and the Saul Alinsky
Organization. Cohen received the impression that
Schwartz was an attorney and was representing one of
the persons responsible for the break-ins. Schwartzwanted $35,000 for evidence he would provide linking
nuerous California growers to t _ eak ins. Cohenmet with Schwartz on Monday, Mar , 19_7/4 ,g1l2 QQQO,-1.Bakersfield to discuss the mat§§§£ that. c wart: 'Jprovided Cohen with brief glim s erials in hispossession purporting to have bq ' ized from offices 5
broken into. Schwartz also prov ded a list of suchplaces, including a UFWU office in Delano called 4;
Filipino Hall. Cohen related that Filipino Hall was
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the union and records relating to certain of their
activities covered by the Norris-LaGuardia Labor Act.
Schwartz further related that there were checks in
existence which would establish a financial link between
the alleged thieves and the growers. Cohen further
related that Schwartz was extremely anxious to raise
the $35,000, as his "client" was supposed to be charged
this week with fraud by unknown prosecuting authorities.
As the above information indicates a possible violation
of Title 18, U.S.C. §2&l involving interference with
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workers under the Norris-LaGuardia Labor Act, please
conduct the following limited investigation:
Interview Attorney Jerry Cohen for full
details of his contacts to date with Fred
Schwartz. In the event Schwartz recontacts
Cohen, which Cohen feels is inevitable,
arrange with Cohen to be informed of the
location of the meeting to take place
between Cohen and Schwartz. Establish a
surveillance of that meeting and attempt
to ascertain the identity of Schwartz.
Following the meeting please reinterview
Cohen for full details of the conversation.
Assuing Schwartz can be identified by
photographs, fingerprints or in some other
manner, please inform this Division of the
results of the interview with Cohen and
the identification of Schwartz in order
for us to determine what further investi-
gation,-if any, is warranted. Also, please
do not inform local law enforcement
authorities of the meeting between Cohen
and Schwartz at this time.
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This concerns a new Civil Rights investigation
to be conducted by our Sacramento Division involving
United Farm Workers UFW! in California.
On 3/27/74, Mr. William L. Gardner, Civil Rights
Division, U. S. Department of Justice, advised he
had been contacted by attorney Jerry Cohen, UFW,
Bakersfield, California, who advised he, in turn,
had been contacted by a Fred Schwartz who allegedly
represented one of three persons responsible for a
number of burglaries of UFW offices in California
during the past year. Schwartz offered to sell
to the UFW certain documents and literature
obtained during these robberies for a sum of
$35,000 and indicated persons conducting robberies
reported to John Harmer, a California State
legislator and to the California Council of Growers.
Cohen had delayed responding to Schwartz's offer
and arranged to have Schwartz recontact him
3/29/74.
Department requested investigation be conducted
under possible violation Title 18, U. S. Code,
Section 241, involving a conspiracy to deny UFW
rights guaranteed by labor law statutes. They
requested Cohen be interviewed for full details;
attempts be made for Agents to observe future
meetings between Cohen and Schwartz: that Cohen
be interviewed imediately following meeting with
Schwartz; and attempts be made to identify true
identity of Schwartz. They requested no
dissemination of information be made to local
authorities at this time.
Sacramento Division was advised to conduct
the requested investigation. The attached
advises attempts to contact Cohen 3/27/74
negative; however, he will be available for
interview 3/28/74. They have been instructed
to sutel summary of Cohens interview. atter
being followed closely and you will be kept
advised of pertinent developments.
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THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE IDENTICAL TO THOSE PERSONS
DESCRIBED IN RESCTEL. BUFILES CONTAIN NUMEROUS REFERENCES
TO A CILARLES AND FRED SCHWARTZ: 1*1O='392.7F.-R, DUE TO THE NUMBER
OF REFERENCES AND THE LACK OF MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION,
NO ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO REVIEW THESE REFERENCES. X151
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NOTE: This concerns a limited Civil Rights investigation
being conducted by our Sacramento Division, pursuant to
a Departmental request, into alleged breakins of UFW
offices and an attempt by one Fred Schwartz to sell documents
taken during these breakins to the UFW for a sum of $35,000.
By teletype 3/31/74, SC Division advised Schwartz met withvictim 3/31/74 and offered to sell documents taken during course
of 16 break-ins for a total of $25,000. These break-ins occurred
during 1966 1970 and documents allegedly have been in
possession of House Un-American Activities Committee in the
past. Schwartz named 3 major California growers as having
hired individuals to do breakins and indicated documents taken were
periodically reviewed by military intelligence and other unknown
agencies. He claimed 2 persons currently being paid
"hush money, one in Mexico and one in Spain, and that periodically
Agents of Army Intelligence or CIA send money to these two
individuals through one of the three California growers. Schwartz
refused victim close examination of documents, but stated he was a
former policeman and desired to write book about matter. On
4/1/74, Mr. William L. Gardner, CRD, advised investigation should
continue to fully identify Schwartz and once identified,
information developed during investigation should be furnished
to appropriate local and Federal authorities. This instructsSC and SF to expedite investi ation to identify Schwartz btn!and to suLHM re ndicates growers"
92*ICk P-%n57QI?i=i?i ran; 5.5.11 U0 05-llJ.YiQVJ.Cll ;L.92.J.l:d Gmfvlaini
with our SCO B/73 , alleging rights of growers had beenviolated by UFW workers.
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LIJITED FARM WORKERS, KEENE, CALIFORNIA -.__.U£I.l.|!'L._J3R.
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TITLE CHARGED TO SI-IOU IDENTITY OF SLBJECT AND CORRECT LOCATION 3 ,_
CF UNITED FARM WORKERS UFU! OFFICE AS KEENE, CALIFORNIA. TITLE
FDRHERLY CARRIED AS "lJNSUB, JERRY COHEN, UNITED FARM WORKERS,
mxznsrxuo, cnuromun - VICTIM, ca."
as sc AND sr TELETYPES to ms aunznu, mm. 1,' 1914.
SLBJECT, WHITE HALE, BORN JUNE 28, 1929, GULFPORT, LOUISIANA,
SSAN 57l"2B-3939, WAS CONTACTED BY BUAGENTS AT BAKERSFIELD, APRIL 2, J
1974, All! ADMITTED HIS IDENTITY AS SET FORTH ABOVE. HE ALSO //Hmum-so conncnns s.92_on rnsrnorm mun. 1, 1914, ? ,~"l/'usms n M ms or I-RED scmmnrz to manna: |-on nzsnne rm: I-BI,
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FULLWING xnroamrxon as ms nsczm ncnous unnsn rm: mu: or FRED
SI-HUARTZ
DURING THE PAST FOUR YEARS HE HAS BEEN SELF-EMPLOYED IN PLBLIC
RELATIONS BUSINESS. DURING SAME TIME HE AND OTHERS HERE ENGAGED IN
GATHERING INTELLIGENCE FOR CERTAIN CALIFORNIA GROWERS, MAINLY CON-
czn urns
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EXERTED
CI-'1'-"ICE,
Hm ANDUFV. HE IS NOW BOXED IN BECAUSE OF SUCH ACTIVITIES AND IS
IN AMOUNT OF $20,060 RE PAST LOAN, WITH PRESSURE BEING
FOR REPAYMENT. IN CONNECTION WITH LOAN, DISTRICT ATTORNEY S
SAN JOSE, NOV CONTEMPLATING CRIMINAL FRAUD CHARGES AGAINST
ANOTHER MAN UHO HE DESCRIBED A5 HAVING NI NE CHILDREN. HE
uouua not nnsonns on ABOVE, am sun ms rm:-mos T0 new nvvourrmsur
wnn sn -on mm. 4; 1914; nun -um: mwz ATTORNEY wrrn am. b1'7!@
uaca nucon: um. BE run-znvnzwz-:0 on mm. 4', 1914, IN PRESENCE or
momrsv IF uzczssnnv.
I-OS AIBELES DISCONTINUE INVESTIGATION REQUESTED IN REFERENCED
SACRAMENTO TELETYPE.
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FROM SACRAMENTO 4-625! P! 5P
@UNSUB; JERRYé2OHEN, UNITED FARM WORKERS UFU!. BAKERSFIELD,
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// = FOR iRFOMATi6N 0? nw Fnancisca, aai F§;P~§civ§%ffJ'iii1a;ij; L;HALE. AGE 45 TO SO; 6 FT. I IN., TO 6 FT. 2 INS.; 215 LBS. GR; ,_..
ILAIR, HAD A. PRE-ARRANGED MEETING UITI-I VICTIM COHEN, CHIEF COUN - I .
I I .JII r',~ -- -uru, AT BAKERSFIELD, CALIF., nan. 25, 1§%i}1§n§E%%%£2éQ/Io s¬EL {L1..
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CERTAIN DOCUMENTS FOR $35,000. ANOTHER MEETING TOOK PLACE MAR. 31,
1914, AT BAKERSFIELD aztvzzn consu AND SCHWARTZ, waxcn MEETING hs"- r" . }
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OBSERVED BY BUREAU AGENTS AND ASKING PRICE HA5 REDUCED TO $25,000.
THESE DOCURENTS OFFERED ET SCNWARTE SUFFOSEDLY RELATE TO CALIF. anouzns uno PAID run ansnx-zns or urn orrxcas AND oi:§pone.n1z.r1o s
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SCHWARTZ HAS OBSERVED BY AGENTS TO LEAVE MAR. 31, I974. MEETING
IN I974 BUICK. CALIF. LICENSE 814 JZH, AND PROCEEDED TO HILTON INN,
BAKERSFIELD. CAR IS REGISTERED TO NATIONAL CAR RENTAL. CARE OFIQ
Lsnn |.u1s oaxsro. axuou nzconns REFLECT nucorz, - ;§§
REGISTERED IITH SAME LICENSE NUMBER BAR. 50, 1974. AND DUE TO CHECK
OUT APR. I, I914. 1
FOR INFORMATION OF BUREAU. SACRAMENTO INADVERTENTLY REFERRED
TO FRED SCHWARTZ AS CHARLES SCHUARTZ I
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HEN UUNIIU PJSUH UP HRH:
on svzuxus or nan. :1, 1914, con:
AND COHEN TOLD HIM UFU BOARD HOULD NOT
VOLITION, TOLD SCHNARTZ HE HAD BEEN IN
DIVISION OF USDJ REGARDING THIS MATTER
SCHWARTZ TO CONTACT FBI.
END PAGE TVON TELETYPE OF MAR. 31. I974.
31. IOTA. EEING EEVELOEED.
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PAY. COHEN THEN, OF HIS OWN
CONTACT IITH CIVIL RIGHTS
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CALIF. nnv niconns REVEAL DRIVER'S LICENSE PHOTO REPRODUCING
$201100 UNDER REPAIR UNTIL APR. , 1914; uouzvnn, THERE ARE DRIVER'S
L1CENSES LISTED Fon
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0:00 P.m. rnon scnunnrz vuo SAID as nzznan xnmsnznrs cnsu or $000
to $1,000 ron BAIL, AND ll azrunu, is BILLING to sxan srnrsnsnr
IHPLICATIIG cznrnll CALIF. anousns IN as sunannazzs. scuwnnrz
SAID BOND ans sstuzzn ss,000 AND $10,000 nun SAID, us 0:20 BAIL
000'. as s0un0s0 vast nzsrznnrs nun nsurxonsn on: or reasons
IIUOLVED 1: BURGLARIES nan IINE cnxmnnsu. consu SAID as conrznnso
END PAGE THREEDRIVER'S LICENSES. THESE RECORDS DE
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UITH urw nxnzcron cassaa cnnvzz coucsanxus want couns: to TAKE, AND
ciaviz TOLD Hi vs =nsx THE Fai=. cents was iE66mMEDED we nowzv
BE PHID SCHHRRTZ BUT EXPECT5 FURTHER CONTACT FROM SCHURRTZ-
Pnzrzxr c111 to nzzrou xun swltcnsonnn 5:4: P. n., APR. 1,
1914, xnnxcnrss oucors STILL nzsxsrsnzn.
AT 4:20 P. n., APR. 1, 1s14, AN INDIVIDUAL uno IDENTIFIED _p&§§92
1m1ss1.r as rm-:n scuwnnrz cormcrzn s11 11r BAKERSFIELD ,
an AND ADVISED as-nan sag» 1n contact uxru couzu, THAT conzu nan
TALKED ro sanaron x£nusnYs orricz, was UOULD nan: nnnnnssnsnrs
son urn, SCHWARTZ, TO Eunaisu ruronnnrxou ro FBI. scuwnntz DECLINED
:9 nzscuss natxza on zagzruauz gun nap; APPDLRIMEHI 19 APPEAR AI
BAKERSFIELD RA 9830 8» IL, APR. 4, I914.,
ABOVE DHV DESCRIPTIONS INDICATE THAT NEITHER DUCOTE NOR _h-1!
_ IDENTICAL TO IJNSUB; THEREFORE, BUREAU IS REQUESTED TO ADVI$E92g
IF THIS MATTER SHOULD BE PURSUED TO EXTENT OF OPENLY CONTACTING
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