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FROM- = Mildred Stegall
SUBJE "'F 2FBI Investigation
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Subject! ' ame Cesar Chavez iDATE: September 13, 19011
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Present Address : Box QFIO4, Deiano, CalifoE .
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_ Davie! S. North __ __ __ has requested:
C D Copy of Previous Report
- ,,C] Name Check
J1. E Full Field Investigation
C i-J/C-rig.A 92 T§q ame¬above is being conan-ducted fort: _é _d ___
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Presidential appointment
;.. ...7[:1 Position with another Agency '
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Ihite House has requested investigation of Chavez
who is being considered for stat! position at White House.
Partial background furnished by White House indicates that
Chavez is approximately 37 to 39 years oi age, resides
102 Albany Street, Delano, California, and is President
oi Rational rarm Iorkerl Association.
_ Los Angoles obtain Chavez: complete background,
including names of close relatives and set out appropriate
1ea& l This should be done immediately in order thatBuru Yilee can be reviewed.
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Be Bureau airtel dated 9/15/66 to Iashington Field
and hoe Angeles, copies or ehich are attached tor the assistance
oi Ban Francisco and Denver. Attached ior the assistance or
___ Iaahington Iield is one copy each of Bureau airtela dated
*l0/ll/65 and l0/18/65, to Les Angeles entitled "Camnunist
Inltration oi the National Ian: Iorkers Association, Delano,
Caliiornia; I8-C." '<55
5 Cesar 8. Chavez, eho appears identical with the
captioned_individual, is mentioned in Les Angeles airtels dated
10/20/Qlitl/25/65; l/21/66; and 4/5/66, entitled "Comunist
Infiltration of the National Iarn Workers Association, Delano,
Caliiornia; I8-C," Les Angelea tile 100-67449, copies oi which
eere turnished Ban Irancisco Oiiice. Chavez is also mentioned
in Lee Angeles airtel dated 4/25/66, bearing the sane caption.
00-444762-5, 8, 12, 26, 34!' Lee Angeles also refer to Les Angeles tile 139-150
concerning Chavez and to Les Angelee airtel dated 1/27/66,
entitled "Third International Days oi Protest, August 6-9, 1966;
I8-C," in which Chavez is mentioned. 39-2387, 100-445949-62!5
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"Cununist Party, USA State oi Colorado, Denver Division;I8-C," Denver tile 10$-1800, in which Cesar Chavez is mentioned.
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During investigation Iashington Iield should interviel
Harlan Hagen, U.B. Representative ircn California, and hisAdministrative Assistant, George Baker, concerning Chavez}, *"0.]-Aagf,/9292t - ' __, §<1llon_._._._._?:
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Re: Cesar ChavezI
. Loo Angeles, sen Francisco and Denver include
interviolu with lourcee who have in the pent tarnished
pertinent iniormntion conceriing Chavez and contact security ' "we
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Notezl glrtels dated 10§11-65 and 1dQi8-65 attached for WFO
contain information furnished Bureau in 1965 by Rep, Harlan
Hagan and his Administrative Assistant. Crime Records Division
advised no objection to having them interviewed by WFO.
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FRGH. SEC L65 NGEL -SIIBJECT CESAR ESTRADA AVEZ
SPECIAL INQUIRY '
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Title marked changed to reflect aaa0intee's full
news es ohteined from the files of the-"h i
Re Bureau airtel to Los Angeles and Washington
Field dated 9/15/66
For information of recipient offices white House
has requested investigation of CHAVEZ who is being considere
for staff*position at White House Bureau instructed that
CHAVEZ'sacomo1ete background- includins names of close re- -
tives be obtained and appropriate leads set forth
iiiiiiiiiii information available through recordsof the discloses following
background and descriptive data
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General Director, National Farm
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102 Albany Street -
Delano, California
Married;-wife - HELEN CHAVEZ nee
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Arrested l/2h/Uh by Delano,
California Police Department for
"investigation ADW", but apparently
booked by Bakersfield, California,
under No. D-25835
Arrested ll/7/65, Tulare County
Sheriff's Office, for violation _
County Ordnance 3311 Illegal use
of Loudspeaker!
Reportedly arrested in late June, ;1966 in San Diego County, California ;
RICHARD CHAVEZ ' 6-
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cousin, MANUEL GONZALEZ
- CHAVEZ, FBI No. l3H6H28, who
reportedly was released on parole
from the penitentiary to work in
the NFWA office.
For information of interested offices, CHAVEZ as
head of the NFWA has been active for some time in the Delano,
California, area organizing agricultural workers. His
activity has attracted considerable publicity.
race? Q|_!SC!OSE that C!lvI_|~|-all !s the son of a migrant
'am1 J nho followed the agricultural harvest. e reportedly
attended the Delano High School while in the ninth grade. He
also may have implemented his education later at San Jose,
California.
These records disclose that CHAVEZ was recruited
into Community Service Organization CSO! in the early
l§Os cy FRED ROSS. He spent about lf years as a paid
organizer and recruiter for this organization. During that
time, he caught the eye of SAUL ALINSKY of the Industrial Areas
Foundation. There are conflicting reports as to his actual
employment by ALINSKY. However, he broke with the CSO in
1962 because it was not "Activist enough". He took several
persons who felt as he did with him. These persons included
DELORES HUERTA, GILBERT PADILLA, JULIO HERNANDEZ. He associated
himself with WENDY GOEPEL or GOEBEL, allegedly a 1958 delegate
to the Helsinki Youth Festival. About that time he founded
the NFWA. In 1962 he reportedly was an applicant for an
Assistant Directorship in the Peace Corps and was accepted.
However, he refused the job and founded the NFWA. JAMES DRAKE
of the Migrant Ministry has been with him in Delano helping
with his work in the NFWA,
further records
disclose that CHAVEZ associates included DONNA SUE HABER,
LUZS MIGEUL VALDEZ and MARSHALL GANZ.
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FERN CHAVEZ and GRACE MARTINEZ, H03 East Houston,
Delano ¢ _
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The cso is identified as war on Poverty" type
organization. He was with this organization for 14 years in
San Jose, California, prior to 1963. He was previously
*.; with the same organization in San Diego and Los Angeles. He
. - has resided in Delano since_1963..j] ¢_ -' = _-'..-- E as.-1 .'. ..-. _ -- Z E| 1"" _ 5;. .. -
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, Rqnrtediy he has openly been called a communist at DelanoE City Cogfcil meetings. .
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Ior iniormation of San Diego, which has not received
copies of prior correspondence in this case, there is attached
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and 10/18/65 to Los Angelo: entitled "Communist Infiltration
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data concerning appointee to eesiet in conducting appropriate
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PLEDTED EIGHTH GRADE AT BRAHLEYo CALIFORNIA JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLI I
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HEADQUARTERS; SAN FRANCISCO: CALIFORNIA; PRIOR TO NINETEEN
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- TITLE HAS BEEN MARKED CHANGED TO REFLECT FULL
I NAME OF CESARIO ESTRADA CHAVEZ AS REFLECTED IN
92 SEIECTIVE SERVICE RECORDS, BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA. 92I
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ST. LOUIS REQUESTED TO SI_EL NAM_ES_AND ADDRESSE§_ _
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RE LOS ANGELES TELETYPE TO BUREAU SEPTEMBER TUENTY LAST.
DURING INTERVIEWS OF PERSONNEL AT NATIONAL FARM I
WORKERS ASSOCIQFION, DELANO, CHAVEZ
HE DID NOT KNOB OF ANY TENTATIVE APPOINTMENT AND U
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IS DEDICATED TO NHAT HE IS DOING IN THE FIELD OF FARM LABOR
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1 - Hr. Cleveland =
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Honorab Iarvin Iataon
Special eietant to the Preaident -
The Ihi Home _ -
Iaahing n, D. C.
Dear Ir. Iateon:
In accordance with a request received on September 15,1966, from Ira. Iildred ltegall, a?nveetigation ie being
conducted concerning Ceear Ietrada haven, Delano, California,
who ie President oi t en Association.
Ir. Chavez hae contacted a representative oi the
hoe Angelou Oice oi thia.Bureau and advieed he ie not avare
ot any appointment for which he my be under consideration.
He etated he rculd not accept an appointment it auch appoint-
ment would take hie away iron hie preaent work aa he in ,{'
E dedicated ..to hie vork in the field of farm labor organization. . Ir. Chavei continued that he doee not intend to leave hie /,9»? égork in Delano, California, to accept any type of work outside I. 1
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"L" 92 ue foregoing ia furnished for yourinzlormation. In
the abaence of advice to the contrary, inveatigation of
Ir. Chavez ia being continued.
Q / The Attorney General haa not been provided a copy
_;- 1 of thialcoanuxnication.C I ' ' Sincerely youra, / I Q "'_"
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The Defense Central Index of Investigations DCII!
Fort Holabird, Maryland, comprising indices to Army and Navy
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SENT A SCATHING TELEGRAH REGARDING CHAVEZ T0 THE TWO
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CALIFORNIA SENATORS AND SEVERAL LEADING CALIFORNIA
CONGRESSHEN PROTESTING CONSIDERATION OF CHAVEZ FOR FEDERAL :APPOINTMENT»? A COPY OF THIS TELEGRAM WAS SENT TO THE
COUNCILHEN-OF CALIFORNIA GROHERS IN SAN FRANCISCO WHO ,'
mu: RELEASED THE TELEGRAH T0 THE wmz i,/92,
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September 26, 1966
3? LIAISON
Mr. DeLoach
Mr. Wick
Mr. Gale
Ir. Cleveland
- Ir. AuerswaldHonorable Iarvin Iatson
Special Assistant to the President
The White House
iashington, D. C.
Dear Hr. Iatson:
An Egbestigation is being conducted concerning
Cesar §§§§g§§_m§§1g§, Delano, California, President oi
te National Fam iiorkers Association, pursuant to a request
received from Hrs. Mildred Stegall on September 15, 1966.
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Chairman or the Kern County, California, Beard oi Supervise
sent a scathing telegram protesting the consideration of
Hr. Chavez tor Federal appointment to Thomas H. Iuchel and
George L. Iurphy, United States Senators from California,
and to several leading United States Representatives from
California. It Ins stated a copy or this telegram was
sent to tn Council oi California Growers, San Francisco,
California, which has released the telegram to the wire
services.
_. The foregoing is furnished for your information.
The Attorney General has not been provided a
copy of this oomunication. ,, -
~ ' Sincerely yours, 92'
§0TE: See Cleveland to Gale memo captioned "Cesar Estrada
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to ftcitate interview for information he possesses concerning
- Sen Francisco is also requested to interview
Hrs. JOSEPHINE DU VENECK, Loe Altos,
associated with the American Friends
who has known CHAVEZ since 1952, forshs may able to furnieh regarding
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PTBSPECL An AFL-C10 executive suggested
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M15 G9-19Y'92/U, DATE.-. September 26 1.966. 9 . .I -..::.:vc:: -...._.i_.
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,~ 5PURPOSE: To recommend the White Huse be advised of Q '1
information received indicating the Chairman of the Kern
County, California, Board of Supervisors has protested the
consideration oi Chavez for Federal appointment in a
telegram to U. S, Senators and Representatives from
California. '
BACKGROUND' At the re uest of the White House a special - Q
inquiry concerning Chavez was initiated
1966. Chavez, aged 39, is President of
Workers Association and has been active
the Delano, California, area organizingon September 15,
the National Farm
for some time in
agricultural
workers. He is being considered for a White House staff
position.
request, the White House was furnished a memorandum advising' On June 27, 1966, in response to a name check
that Chavez has been characterized as a controversial
individual andhas openly been called a communist at Delano,
California, City Council meetings. Although this has not been
corroborated by Bureau sources, he reportedly associates
with "left-wing" type individuals and allegedly has been
distributing copies of the "People's World," a west coast
communist newspaper, free of charge from his office. ,
By letter dated September 22, 1966, the White House
was advised that Chavez volunteered he is not aware of any
appointment for which he may be under consideration and does
not intend to accept work outside the Delano, California,
area.
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County, , Board oi Buervisors sent a scathing '1
protesting the consideration 0! Chavez for Federal ___;;
appointment to both U. S. Senators and several leadingU. S. Rzzresentatives iron California. It was stated a copy
oi the ..legra: use sent to the Council oi Caliiornia Erasers, jSan Frajiisco, California, which has released it to the- _"
wire so ices. The losihngeles Oitice advised there is no
indication oi any criticism oi the Bureau. C
ACTION: Attached for approval is a letter advising the
White House information has been received indicating a
telegram protesting the consideration of Chavez for Federal
appointment has been sent to U. S. Senators and leading
U. 8. Representatives from Caliiornia by the Chairman of
the Kern County, California, Board of Supervisors.
This investigation is being followed closely and
you will be advised of any other unusual developments.
ADDENDUM: The attached article in "The Washinqton Post" on
SeptemEer 26, 1966, stated reports in west coast newspapers
indicated§Chavez is being screened for a high Washington job;
however, an Administration official said his name came up as
one of several prominent Mexican-Americans; but no Presidential
appointment is in prospect.0
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No birth record located ior CE_S_AIt ESTILADA CI-LAVEZ
at Bureau of Vital Statistics, Phoenix, Arizona.
Birth record on CESARIO CHAVEZ set forth.
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birth record 1'01 one CE_S.§._l§I0_ CHAVEZ filed April 1, 1927,
under State File No. "594. CHAVEZ was described as white,Bureau of Vital S s , s_. t u _
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Chanda: SPECIAL INQUIRY
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CESAR 1$S'rRAnA CHAVEZ CHARACTER or CASE
SPECIAL INQUIRY "" "
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Reponok ' SA ROBERT J. EC KINLEY 0¢v=Las Vegas, Nevada
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Fag!-1 Qllise rug 21$ _s- Egress Fug 1|: : T ,
W5" Q CESAR ESTRADA CHAVEZ
Q"I=¢"= SPECIAL INQUIRY
Srwmiu No record of marriage of CESAR ESTRADA CHAVEZ
---- and'HELEN SABELA CHAVEZ located in records of Marriage
License Bureau, Clark County, Las Vegas, Nevada for years
of 1947, 1948 and 1949.
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AT LAS vzcas NEVADA_ __ 4' -1 _ 7*;_I
be 26 1966 _ Septem r , ,
Marriage License Bureau, Clark County, advised
_a c ec of marriage license records for the years
1947, 1948 and 1949 failed to reflect a marriage record
of CESAR ESTRADA CHAVEZ and HELEN SABELA CHAVEZ.
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1 - Mr. Cleveland
1 1 - Br. Auerswald
Honaible Iarvin IeteonSpec 1 Assistant to the President
The Ihite House
Ialbington, D. C.
Deer Ir. Ieteon:
Pursuant to n request received from Ira. Mildred
Stegall on September 15, 1966, an inv@igation was
initiated concerning Ir. Ceear Eetrnda__eChave
oi the Iationnl Para IorE'e'rI lieoction. _-¢-pu-
In accordance _'I11Zh the instructions oi
Ire. tegall on September 27, 1966, the inveltigation
oi Ir. Chavez has been discontinued.
_~ The Attorney General has not been provided acopy of this communication. .-
- Sincerely yourl, w
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NOTE: Telephonic instructions to discontinue
investigation of Chavez received by Mr. DeLoachs
Office from Mrs. Stegall on 9/27/66. Instructions
to discontinue investigation sent to field offices
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LOS gycsiss and §ANij§.ANCISCO INFORMATION! -
Copies being furnished to Los Angeles and San Francisco_
for information as CHAVEZ has been active in those divisions. ,
INFORMANTS 2? / Q -' -" ""* 1, Identity 9f Sogxce LOCHti0H f Q
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. ihe Special Agents who observed RUDOLPH, "CORIYQ1.5+?"
W at a rally on 8/6/66, are identified as follows:
SA RICHARD J, POWERS
SA JOSEPH C. LEARNED
This re ort is classified Psince data
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compromise the effectiveness thereof which could adversely
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HI 0" ! F". ll Bureau File It J1" F:'Hk: CESAR ESTRADA CHAZEZ ' I
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C iCHAVEZ was in Denver 6/15/66 and participated in picketing
the "Rocky Mountain News" in support of RUDQLPH_VCQBKY1_
ALE3_o£ Denver. CHAVEZ also spoke at a rally and dance
Justice.sponsored bi GONZALES organization! known as "Crusade for 3 n _
Denver CP members attendé ra y an dance for purpose of
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. pation in the war in Vietnam but were unsuccessful in ob-
taining any signatures. CHAVEZ was praised for his activi- -
ties in a Resolution on Mexican-American People in the
Southwest adopted at the National Convention, CP, held in
New Yoig 6/24-26/66. Source reports there is no information
available of membership or association of CHAVEZ with CP.
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8in-H ' greported on September 19, 1966, that 92 UQ other members of the CP group attended the |
rally, dinner and dance on-June 15, 1966, at the Grange
Hall, 2475 West 26th Avenue, Denver.
-reported that between 200 and 250 people at-tended this function. -stated tht the members of the CP .
were unsuciessful in obtaining any signatures to the petition and that one individual, name unknown, told individuals at
h t they should not sign the petition because ,' 1;s a communist. q
' qstated that CHAVEZ r,e orted on the activity -92 of his organ zation, known as thé Eg_ti3na1_Ea_rm Workers
9 _'y..-- _AssoE1iEl9.R- CHAVEZ reported that his organization was
,3/' oonducting a strike of the grape pickers and packers
against the grape growers in California. CHAVEZ spoke of
his plans for obtaining a higher minimum wage for his
» associates and made no mention of Government activity per-taining to foreign policy. Qreported that the eventwas reported the next day in e "Denver Post." .
Fadvised there is no information available =1
among memb rs oi the CP group in Denver that would indicate -
CHAVEZ is or ever was a member of or associated with any -
members of the CP. . '
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in the June 16, 1966, issue oi the "Denver Post" pertaining 5,1"to CESAR CEAVZZ's visit in Denver are attached heretmég _
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legel-eim document entitled ...eel=.=.tiee en the kziei-.e= .Americazieople in the Southwest." F report tut mu
Beeolution was adopted at the Iationa Conventio 1 theCPUSA held in New York City June 24-26, 1966. indicated
that CESAR CHAVEZ, sentioned on page two o:l' the Resolution,
pertiini to CESAR Ci'A%T-Z of the iitionil Fi ioriaeri
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The larch 29, 1963, ieeue or the "Denver Poet -
described RUDOLPH "CORK!" GONZALES as a Denver bailbonda-nan and aipesocratic Party precinct captain who, during
the late 9403 and l950e w_ae ranked along the top feather-weight boxers of the world. gL> 1 '
The Septesber 2, 1965, ieeue oi the "Rocky Iountain
News" reported that GONZALES had been elected Chairaan ofthe Board or Directors oi Denver's Iar on Poverty@ -
The Septeiber 29, 1965, ieeue of the Rocky
Mountain News," in reporting on the Colorado Poverty
Program, quoted GONZALES as saying, "I's an agitator and
a troublesaker -- that's sy reputation and that's that 1's _
going to be. They didn't buy so when they put se in this
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re quoted an article reporting GONZALES was ti d by Denver
Iayor TON CURRIGAN tron his poet as Director
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FAIR PLAY FOR cum COMMIT'IEE rpcc!
PE!1Ell E.5AEI'FR,. _ ,.
laliil an-Iv-l¢=n¢-I an ngnnnhnr 1R 1QR +ha'l' Q mnnfina-'- P¬'ZL§Y Zliiigi all YY¬¬lKYiL LY, L92l92I92I, IIIJLLU I92 llI92|I'u-92 AI-Qa _
was held at the headquarters oi the Denver Branch, Socialist
Workers Party SIP! on December 10, 1960, for the purpose ofestablishins a Denver Chapter oi the Fair Play for Cuba Committee
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HOWARD I E acted as chairman and an organizing committee was id
HOWARD IALLACB has been identitied by a source as a
member of the Denver Branch, SIP.
The SIP has been designated by the Attorney General of
the United States pursuant to Executive Order 10450.
A source, on May 9, 1961, advised that on Ma? 5, 1981, 1
.;he Denver Chapter, EPCC, was iermed with the iollowing elected
officers:
HARRY KAUFMAN NIER, Jr., Chairman
T. E. "DUKE" ROBERTSON, Jr., Secretary
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member of the Denver Branch, SWP. ,
The Denver Chapter, FPCC, has Publicly announced as its i
purpose to help bring to light the truth about Cuba. It has
indicated the FPCC is virtually the sole organized source of ,
critical dissent from American-Cuban policy in the United 3t3?s~.
Announced aims of FPCC are to end the ban imposed by the L. 3.
Government on travel to Cuba, to present those aspects of events
in Cuba which the press in this country ignores, and to Wlk
toward re-establishment of diplomatic relations and travel between
the United States and Cuba.
A source advised during February, 1954, that there is no
current activity on the part of the Denver Chapter, FPCC, =14
according to HARRY KAUFMAN NIER, Jr., who was chairman of thl *
organization, it is no longer in existence.
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the National Office, Socialist Ibrkers Party SIP!, notified 1:
SIP members in Denver, Colorado, that they had fulfilled the _L _;
constitutional requirements for the establishment of a branch '
and would tiereafter be designated as such. _J
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Branch, SIP, collects dues from members, sends a portion thereof _
to the National Office, SIP, and follows instructions set forth
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CESAR ESTRADA CHAVEZ
SPECIAL INQUIRY
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At long last a large section of the American people has begun
to realize the extent and depth of the oppression of the Mexican Am-
erican people in the Southwest.
This realization -- a very much belated one -- comes as a dir-
ect result of the dramatic demonstrations in recent months by a large
number among the 5 million persons of Mexican descent who live in
the five south west states. _.
It can be said that a sizeable section of the Mexican Americqaq
people are literally on the march.
11-. -In Dqdano, California and in the Rio Grende Valley in Texas sQ{&
. liar___pickets p*sde along backwoods roads and on the US-Mexico -border
the most widely supported agricultural labor strike in the history
of our country.
Demonstrations around the anti-poverty program have shaken
Denver, Colorado, Los Angeles and thenSan Francisco bay area.
And in March in Albuquerque, New Mexico the dramatic short walk
by some fifty prominent leaders of Mexican American organizations
out of the conference called by the federal government to discuss
equgI7 oppdrtunities, has had its reverberations not only through-
out the Mexican American communities, but also in the White House.
From all indications these struggles represent the beginning of
a new era in the life or the southwest. Stimulated by the civil
rights struggle in the nation, inspired by the revolutionary tradi-
tion of their homeland., Mexico, and witnessing and supporting in
an unpredented manner the heroic strike or the most oppressed of all
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Me:icanAmer1cans, the farm workers, a new mood of struggle appeared
_ to have taken hold. p _ __=;_
In_these states where one sixth or the nation lives, we find
one out of every four poor persons in the United States according
to Congressman Henry Gonzalez of Texas. The Poor, almost all of
them Mexican Americans, the cnngrcosman said "live in an enormous
belt of poverty beginning in east Texas, sweep1ng down through
A South Texas and Rio Grande Valley, and stretching west into NewC
Mexico Arizona, Colorado, and Southern California." APPT°PT1at°1U
enough it has been described as a'thousand miles of P°VePtY- -
Struggle is no stranger to the Mexican American De0D1e o£_the::;
Southwest. History is replete with numerous ;heroic, and all tooif.E§QLL"TIO!92I on T1-goof 921ICAN A:-1:.=:s.1cA5 PEOPLE IN n:_soU'I'Hw1-:sT"" r - '
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Qften futile, attempts to better tP;irlet. And in this largely
agrarian area they have been subjected to terror and intimidation
in the land which was long part of the nation of their fore-
fathers--Mexico-and where many still seek the fulfilment or the
terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
But the present day struggles differ from former ones.
Nowadays widespread support is coming from the civil rights move-
ment, sections of organized labor, the militant youth, and, an
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ever incmasing section of religious leaders, especially the
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Catholic Church. It is no longer a relatively simple matter forq 1
e IFthe opprefsors of the Mexican Americans to cut into shreds at the; *
__rirst si.1s of rebellion against semi-colonial oppression. K
And young unafraid leaders, perhaps best symbolized by Cesar
Chavez of the grape strike and Rudolph "Corky" Gonzalez who is
leading the fight against police brutality and the inequities of the
anti-poverty program in Colorado, are coming to the fore as new
heroes of this oppressed people. I
In the course of these struggles there are some indications
that major handicaps.of the past may be overcome. The prominent
and outstqding role of women leaders in the grape strike and in
antf'poverty protests is being widely discussed among Mexican
American women in the Southwest and gives hope that the largely
latent power of Mexican American women, relegated to the home for
the most part, will be merged into the stream or struggle.
Strike publications such as E1 Malcriado, published in Spanish
and English editions, has had an immense increase in circulation
among Spanish speaking workers and gives rise to the possibility AL
of more publications in Spanish to till this great need for. _, -
communications in this language. '
Significantly these above mentioned struggles, and many more,
have become the concern of virtually all mass organizations in the
Span1Hh I1-nnlnng m-921mmnH'1-rh. '1'l~-1-o-11----ran-1*-B. have 1.nt¢-rooted on
each other, helping to galvanize into action some of the most
conservative ones. This has made the role of these Organizations,
and work within them by all forces, more important than ever
before.
The greater urbanization of the Mexican American population
has brought with it increased political organization in
-u-..Mexican Americans.-5» 3
s:-1'1-ties" ="eh as the Politics ssocistion of Spanish
Speaking Organizations PASSO! in Texas and the Mexican American
Political Associations MAPA! in California and Arizona. And these
movements reflect increased, and Justifiable, demands for po_itical
representation. The dominant political establishents have not
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reacted with sensitivity and understanding to these feelings. As
a result the political organizations of the Mexican American people
have become in many instances increasingly critical or their former
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I Ewen;President Johnson, whose political allies in Texas havuiik
' Uniplayed anefarious role in respect to the Spanish Speaking peopln S
' Lhas begun to sing a new kind of tune as a result of the Albuquerd3§'
walkout. In a recent meeting with four Mexican American political
leaders Johnson indicated a greater receptivity to their demands
than ever before.
If the California primaries are a true indication of the mood
of the Spanish Speaking it will take more than a few promises to
once again corral the votes of the Mexican Americans. The demand
for reprpentation is a deep one, and the criticism of the so-called
lipgralrofrice holders in some states re- is widespread. This was
flected at the California polls. TheMexican Americans demand more
political representation such as was won in Crystal City.
The new developments in the southwest present a great
opportunit,_rmd challenge to organized labor. Labor*s support for
struggles such as the grape strike are very welcome while endorse-
ment of anglo candidates in predominantly Mexican-American areas
by labor is justifiably presented. ' _
Probably more than ever before a coalition or the Mexican4'
Americans, Negroes, organized labor and liberal is a possibility.
With the tremendous overwhelmingly working class character or the
Mexican nmerdeen people in the Southwest such a coalition would '
surely be based in the working class. It could truly form an
anti-monopoly coalition of imposing proportions. It could Challeng
the corporate structure which all ton GUmp1otn1y minfh 1arg@
sections of the five state area.
Unfortunately it cannot be said that our Party has thus far
played a key role in all of these developments. It has played
a modest one, and its contributions have been significant. Howeve
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ii the challenge of the immediate future 1;".-L be met it will
require much more. It means, c..~,,-;.r.iaati-nu".-ally, e c~.or..-.....t~ia.r
of our work in the five state area on a regular basis with much
needed exchange oi experiences and information.
Also the increasing opportunities to rally the larger
community in support of the Mexican American demands can represent
an important link with more militant activists. And proposals
for united action emanating from the Mexican American organiza-
tions should rind a ready response from Communists and others.
Much is changing in the course of these struggles. Pattern
of thoht are undergoing rapid transformations and the role Q.
--- Commmsts, and the C.P. can play should not be underestimatedmhr
As in much oi the nation, the Southwest has begun to move. It '
provides a major challenge and opportunity for the Communists.
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HY TALK TODAY, IS A COLLECTION OF QTY OWN PERSONAL EVALUATIONS AND
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ORGANIZATION OR POLITICAL PARTY."CORKY GONZALES
SOCIETY FOR TEE RIGHTS, DIGNITY AND LIVES OF RU! ONLY PEOPLE OF
RIF OF OUR OWN UNFORTUNATE EOUNO URN W0 UTE FOR AN ABS-TRACT CAWE IN
3 UAR THAT CANNOT RE RONETLY IUSTIFIED BY ANY OF OUR HiESE7'~'l' LEADERS.
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BIGOTRY AND FUTILITY HERE AT HOME ARE THE PAIRS TO RE SACRIFICED FOR
THE GREED AND PROFIT OF HALL STREET» _ -
THE WAR IN VIET-NAB IS COSTING APPROIIIEATELY S1-I-OO,OOO,O0O.OO A WEEK
AND 10 RILLION A YEAR. WHO REAPS THE PROFITS? IF IN ESSENCE WE ARE
SHARING IN THIS PROSPERITY BY OUR OWN PERSONAL GOOD LIFE, THEN NE ARE i
PROSPERINO AT THE HPENSE OF THE BLOOD AND BONES .OF FELLOW HUHAN BEINGS.
IF OUR OWN ECONOMIC GAIN MUST BE EARNED BY SUCH A'ORISLY TRADE, THEN IE
ARE TRULY A VERY SICK SOCIETY-
I HAVE INVOLVED IYSELF IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS STRUGGLE FOR EQUAL RIGHTS
HERE AT ROIIE, BUT THOSE RIGHTS ARE NEANINGLESS IF THEY ARE EVER ATTBIE
WITHOUT IN'I?L&"lUAL AND IEANINGFUL RESPONSIBILITY TO SPEAK _OUT ANINTAIE
PART IN TWTRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL FOR ENTIRE NATIONS, OUR OWN INCI-Um.
ESCALATION OF TI-IE WAR IIEANS UAR AND COMPLETE DISINTEGRATI-OIL PRO-
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LONGHENT OF THE WAR IEANS ISOLATION OF THE MOST POWERFUL IIILITARY COUNTRY
IN THE WORLD, FROWNED ON AND HATED BY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ON ALL THE CON-
TINENIS OF THIS PLANET-
PEACE IS DIGNITY. THE TRUE GENTLEMAN OF THE SPORTS WORLD IS THE HAN
WHO HAS THE COURAGE AND THE CHARITY NOT TO FINISH OFF A LESSER OPPONENT
WHEN HE HAS HIM ON THE ROPES- '
AS ONE I? MENTIONED TO HE, YOU CAN STOP THE WAR BY REVERSING THE
DRAFT LAWS. SEND THE SONS OF THE RICH AND THE MIDDLE CLASS FIRST AND
YOU WILL IITNESS A SCREHIHING HALT. I CAN SEE IT NOW, ALL THE MAJOR
CORPORATION OWNERS FORMING A LOBBY TO PASS THROUGH A BILL TO STOP THE
A OR KORE NATURALLY TO REVERSE THE PROUEDURES BACK TO THE NORMAL OF
DRAFTIITI THE POOR AND DEFERRING THOSE IHO CAN AFFORD TO GO .TO COLLEGE-
PEOPLE OF GOOD FAITH IUST EVALUATE MORE THOROUGHLY STATEMENTS
mm: mom mus mm; nz mm LEADERS. THEY |ms'r soar mnnonna rm: BRAII-
usnnzc, SLANTED nsponrmc BY A mass man mmuwczn um cowrnonmn at
ms mun mzssuma PUBLIC nsmnons or are nusnrsss. ran mm
was DIFFERENCE BE1'V|'E.=N mom, FALSE mospmamr AND Lovg, pxrg urn V
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on June 30, 1966, on a charge of
trespassing. appointee posted $110 bail, which was
forwarded to the Ramona, California, Justice Court and
the appointee was released on June 30, 1966, to appear
in_Ramona Justice Court on July ?, 1966. 9¥iiiii6§%Fego
lHHiI'ref1ects that the appointee and ten other persons
were arrested on June 29, 1966, by a Private Patrolman
acting as security patrol for the Di Giorgio Corporation,
Borrego Springs, California. The Private Patrolman then '
telephoned the Sheriff's Office and requested assistance
in having these individuals transported to Jail. At the
time the appointee was booked into the San Diego County
Jail, he listed his address as 1221 Kensington Street,
Delano, California. The record does not oontain the
final disposition of this case.
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counts of trespassing. All defendants entered pleas of
not guilty and demanded a trial by jury. The Jury trial
started July 26, 1966, and ended August 3, 1966. At
the completion of the trial, the appointee and two other
defendants were found guilty.
._ On September 7, 1966, on count one, the
appointee was sentenced to pay a $500 fine plus a $26
penalty assessment with $250 suspended and placed on
probation for two years with the provision he not
violate any trespass laws in the State of California.
On count two, the appointee was fined $250, plus a $26
penalty assessment with a stay of execution granted
until count one is satisfied and legally final at which
time the stay of execution on count two will be permanent
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1; The July 1, 1966, edition of the"San Diego
Union", a daily newspaper published at San Diego,
California, contained an article which states in part
as follows: "Eight farm laborers, two clergymen, and
a labor union official were released from the San Diego
County Jail on a $110 bail each yesterday after being
charged with trespassing.
The men had been arrested Wednesday night
in Borrego Valley by security guards employed by the
Di Giorgio Corporation. They were turned over to
Sheriff's Deputies in Borrego Springs and brought to
the County Jail.. _
Arrested and charged were CESAR CHAVEZ,
39, Delano, Director of the National Farm Workers
Association;_the Reverend VICTOR SALANDINI, Escondido,
a Catholic priest, and the Reverend WAYNE HARTMIRE,
Los Angeles, Director of the Migrant Ministry of California.
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were-released without being charged because they are Juvenile
1 .ié The 0rganization_CHAVEZ heads has been picketing .
Di Glorgio's Borrego Valley Vineyards where the farm has
500 acres of grapes." , ~
RICHARD MYER, Personnel Director of the farm,
said CHAVEZ, the priest, the migrant minister, and the
pickers had been barred from company property.
MYER said that CHAVEZ's group had induced workers
. - to walk off their jobs picking grapes. He said the
company tried to pay the workers who walked off, but they
. refused to go to the office.___a-
They were told they had been discharged and
coule pick up their checks yesterday, MYER said.
Later that night 13 persons entered companypropzgfy and were stopped by a private officer who made
a ci zen's arrest and called for the Sheriff.
3,? V CHAVEZ said after his release yesterday the
men were going on the property to pick up personal
property. _ '
CHAVEZ organization has been protesting a
collective bargaining election held last Friday in
Borrego Springs and Delano. The election was won by the
Teamsters Union which was named to represent the workers
in collective bargaining.
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represent the workers, has since claimed the election was
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' Ramo__, California, which states in part as follows:
"The Di Giorgio Corporation trespass trial
was recessed until Tuesday yesterday after the state
rested its ease and the defense put CESAR CHAVEZ,
key defendant, on the witness stand.
_ CHAVEZ, Director of the National Farm Workers
Association, a union, admitted in cross-examination by
GIL SMITH, Deputy District Attorney, that he had gone on
to DiGiorgio's Borrego Springs Vineyards last June 29.
He said he did so knowing the property was posted and
after being told by a Di Giorgio supervisor and a
Deputy Sheriff he would be trespassing.___¢-||II_-
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righ to invite me to accompany them even if we had to. testgkhe right in court." -
"~ CHAVEZ had testified earlier that eight grape
, pickers who had walked off the Job in a strike by the
NFWA Union had asked him to go back onto the property with
them to get pay checks and belongings.
The September 7, 1966, edition of the"San Diego
Evening Tribune" contained an article datelined Ramona,
California, which states in part as follows "A labor leade
I a Catholic priest, and a Protestant minister were fined
$500 each today for trespassing on vineyards of the
Di Giorgio Corporation in Borrego Springs.
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Judge WILL L. STALNAKER. He earlier denied motions
for a new trial made by WILLIAM F. GAVIN, Defense
Attorney. Father SALANDINI was the only defendant present.
GAVIN told the court that CHAVEZ was in Texas on union
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of two trespassing counts on which the trio was found
guilty. STALNAKER suspended $250 of each fine and placed
the defendants on two years probation. Terms of probation
are that they not violate trespass laws within the
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On the second count, STALNAKER imposed fines
of $250.00 each, but ordered that execution stayed until
all terms of the first count are met. He said the stayof execution would then be made permanent on the second
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. 4. Copy of undated re ort concerning Delano
Area received from
ADMINISTRATIVE para;
This report t§§nQt_c2mp1ete~and contains only the
results of inquiries conducted prid¥'to a discontinuance of
the investigation.
;CUa files reviewed on 9/20/66, by IC HOWARD SCOTT
iYN=RD_lbntain the following references to CESAR CH>VEZ:_ .r.
Association described the FWA as "both ar industrial
union and a movement that works with the spirit ofNational Guardian, November 13, 1965,
page 5 - CESAR CHAVEZ, Leader of the Farm Workers
Zapata and the tactics of NARTIN LUTHER KING.
Peoples World, September 3, 1960,
page 3 - reported that CESAR CHAVEZ was one of
those who met with Governor EDMUND BROWN to
for! a committee to keep the Governor's office 4
in close touch with the problems of the Mexican-
American Community.
The-Village Voice, Nay 5, 1966,
h page 7, 8 and 14 ~ also refers to CHAVEZ.
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furnished
who he knows to be the President of National Workers
Association NFWA!, Delano, California. '
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on these two contacts, se
he was not overly impressed with CHAVEZ and felt that perhaps
CHAVEZ had a great deal of assistance in achieving the many
labor goals his NFWA has achieved.
{I-advised all of the background
material he has earned about CHAVEZ has come to him second
hand. He stated the individual who has quite an extensive
record of newspaper clippings from "The People's Daily World",
"The National Guardian", and the publication put out by The
Student Hon-Violent Coordinating Comittee is JAMES-WOOLSEY,
Vice President Schenley Industries, San Francisco, California.
WOOLSE! also is reported to have obtained other background
information on CHKVEZ and the RFWA.
the farm laborers in this area felt that
some of the assistants of CHAVEZ were, opinion, people
who might be affiliated with the Communist Party or part of
the new left."
diedthattheNFWA b ied v s o ta n an
Office of Economic Opportuity grant in the amount of $260,000
for an antipoverty program. This grant was handled by WENDY
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It is came ve active in assisting CHAVEZ in the NFWA. understaI1ding that oosrm. was invited
as a delegate to the communist conference in Helsinki, FiQlapd.cou1d not recall the date of this conference or t e
details where this information came from.
cadvised another associate 0;CHAVEZ is oEU%DEZ, who at one time was the Direc ort
of the MIME IneaEer" 'c£5{1p at the Golden Gate Park in the
San Francisco area. This group was banned from the park
because of the obscene type plays they put on. VAJLDEZ is
the director of the Teatro Cam asino which was the farm workerstheater for the NI-WA. derstmds that
VALDEZ was reportedly a participant in one and probably two
trips to Cube which were sponsored by the Progressive Labor
Party.
Q advised the two symbols usedby the NFWA n some o their demonstrations were Our Lady
of Guadalupe and a fla which consisted of a red backgroundwith a black eagle. his of the understanding that
this flag was the symbol used by the Trotskyites in Mexico.
wlile sitting in on tlese I he questioned CHAVEZ
ICHARDS. adfed E2 believes the HCUA files list
t is RICHARDS as a photographer
the Communist Party publication
admitted that RTCHARDS had done
a free-lance photographer basis.
_reca11ed an instance when the
picture R CHARDS had taken appeared in "The People's World"
as well as inl l'!al;riado", apewsppaper published in the
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newspaper c ippings which he believes Mr. WOOLSEY would have
showing where CHAVEZ has appeared as a speaker at the De
Bois Society in C nia.
_advised that many of the South
American newspapers had close coverage of all activities of
the NFUA in California and due to their seemingly comunist
or far left association, he felt that any appointment by the
Federal Government to CHAVEZ would do much in aiding communist
factions in the countries of South America. Based on this,
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Government and that if he received any appointment of any
type it would be a political disaster.
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appointee personally but based on what: he has heard con-cerningggflue appointee's labor practices and reported political
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office has received a number of telegrams protesting any M
Federal appointment for the appointee, CESAR CHAVEZ. He
stated tgpt these telegrams claim that the appointee is a
"1eftist and revo1urtionist_as well as a person who has
affiliated himself with the H. E. B. DuBois Club, the
Vietnam Day Comittee, and the Student Democratic Society."
He stated that theiroffice made inquiry at the
dhite House to ascertain what position for which the appointee
was being considered. He stated that they were told that the
appointee was being considered as one of the invitees to a
proposed conference to be held at the Jhite House concerning
the roll and problems of the Mexican:-Americans in the U. S.
stated that he did not know the appointeepersonally and that the only thing that he has ever heard about
the appoiyaruasthat he is a labor leader who is considered
in many gircles a radical and a person who believes in the
appTOaCHFtG the labor movement from the extreme left. He
stated that the appointee is definitely a very controversial
figure but that he could not be more specific in any con-
plaints against him.
Efurnished the following names and addresses
of person w o ad protested the appointee's appointment
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Sep 1966. urnished an undated report
of an investigation conducted a comittee of the legisla~
ture of the State of California concerning the "Delano
area. stated that they had received it from a
source he could not recall in the State's legislature for
their use. He stated that he assumed that the investigation
was done in the last year or two. He stated that he did not
know what comittee in the legislature of the State of Calif-
ornia conducted the above inquiry. He suggested that possibly
California's State Senator VERN STURGON, whose address is_
Box l86 Paso Robles, California and State Senator HOIaRD iAY,
whose address is Box 724, Exeter, California, would be in a
position to furnish information concerning the appointee.
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of the existence of the above mentioned report and would
possibly know what committee conducted this investigation in
the State of California. that the
ideniy of himself and be concealedstated that he felt certain that th y wo ld k ow
during any interviews conducted with above individuals.
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well himself and that the appointee has a reputation of being
extremely radical and a controversial labor figure in California.
He stated that numerous charges have been made against the
appointee in reference to his affiliation with Communist
Front organizations. He stated that based on his knowledge
of the appointee he would not recommend him for any type
of Federal employment.
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7 ~ T' §' ICHUCH L. KNIGHT caused {search to be mile of the
Eiles of the_Centra1'O_fEice, Immigration and Naturalization
Service, and was advised on September 22, 1966, that no
identifiable record could be located for CESAR ESTRADA CHSVEZ
born Yuma, Arizona, 1927.
IC T. STANLEY HARRELL caused a search to be made of
the files of the U. S. Secret Service, Department of the
Treasury, and was advised on September 22, 1966, that no
record was located concerning the appointee.
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Reports in West Coast newspapers at wec.:'s end that
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ag zlement here. One Administration official _. _Isaid Chavez's name had come up as one of _~ -" '-~,1-r
ses-eral prominent Mexiean~Arnerieans, but _. _that no pieaidentiai a -ointment was i - ' PT ' 11
prospe;-L An AFL-C10 executive suggested 3 '
an explanation: The reports were being -_ '
spread by the Teamsters, Chat-ezs rival in -._,_ .
organizing California farm workers, as a
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concedes that the losses in the 1965 harvest year were due to a shortage of
adequate labor. The Board feels that unless there la an additional mwly of
supplemental labor at the right time, there will be a repetition of the dia-
astroua los-an in the ssparntus harvest this year. This loss. of course, will
be reected in a critical shortage of white asparagus in the foreign export
market.
After careful consideration. the Board of Directors. representing the aspara-
gus Industry in the State of California, agreed that they would not initially
solicit the help of the State Department of Employment and the Federal
Government ln the recruitment of labor for the asparagus harvest; it was
proven to all growers lam. year that the quality of the help recruited by these
agen& proved to he inadequate. The growers have indicated they will
init-lab utilize private recruitment agencies to scour the country to obtain the
type of labor that can adequately harvest the crop economlmlly. The growers
realize that they will be in competition with other producing vegetable crops
in California and will have to pay wages on a piece rate incentive scale that
will favorably compete with these areas and will attract and hold workers as
long sslble. They recognize that in the late spring. upon conversion from
gm rngus to white asparagus, piece rates must be competitive and
_ higher than those paid in other crops in order to hold the worker.
it an historical fact that when conversion irom green to white asparagustaklace, there ls a shortage of domestic labor. Whenever this occurs In
1908 e growers will need supplemental labor at the risk of losing production
of thousands of acres of asparagus. '
The growen do not intend ho adhere to any minimum wage ln 1966 harvest-
ins of uporarua. but the! do intend to offer pleceworlr rates that will attract
the than interested in working hard and earning a good wnga In the event
that supplemental help is necessary. and lt la an historical fact that it will be.
the growers will be able to furnish the U.S. Department of Labor with facts
and gures showing the wages paid and the rate of earnings on a piecework
basis to be far above those that the 1965 wage surrey indicated. It is the
feeling of the growers that when this information is made available, the
Secretary will not refuse to certify the need for supplemental labor to save
the asparagus Industry in California. Our growers feel that the imposition
of criteria upon the growers in 196-l and 1965 is responsible for the reduction
in acreage in this industry from 58.181 acres in 196-! to 46,865 acres from the
crop year 1966.
The responsible agencies while attempting to manipulate our industrial
asirs, from a layman standpoint. have not only crippled the asparagus in-
dustry in California, but have also severely impaired our international foreign
market relationship which our government ha! labored so strongly to pre-
serve, maintain and improve.
Realizing these facts, the asparagus industry feels that it can no longer do
business on the basis of the criteria issued by the Secretary of Labor. The
California Asparagus Growers Associnlion Board of Directors are of the
Opinion that Senate Bill 1867 will not solve its harvesting problems.aglhe California Asparagus Growers Association ls opposed to Senate Bill
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Senator W'11.LrA!Is. Fe had to adjourn this noon for luricll before
hearing from Mr. Cesar Chavez. He was a niorning witness. If
1l_Ir. Chavez would come forward now, we apologize for delaying you.
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You:-e wearing a. button. S0tneones up for reelection or election?
STATEMENT OI-' CESAR CHAVEZ, GENERAL DIRECTOR, NATIONAL
FARHWORKEBS ASSOCIATION
Mrllnvsz. This is u Huelgn. button. Senator Williams, Sen-
ator Murphy, Congressman Hagen, we are meeting, once again, to
discuss the problems of the farmworker and what might be done to
correct these problems. Such meetin have been called for decades.and unfortunately things have not ganged very much in spite of2 l. *'-' '-,-= -- r If _._._ ' "-. -._ .-
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them. The same luhot camps wliich v.-em used 30 yeais ago at the
time of the La Follette committee hearings are still housing our
workers. The same exploitation of child labor. the same idea that
fat'n19292'0rkers are 1|. ilitferent breed of people-liumbie. happy, built
close to the ground--st-ill prevails. '
The Negro problem was the same way. People talked about it,
people studied it for many years. I am sure that some very sincere
people really worried about it. But nobody in the State capitals or111 0111 Nat-ionis Capital did anything about it until one woman. Rosa
Par;."*§ walked to tae front of the has and teuchm ell a revelation.
Themmen and women began freedom rides, and thousands of stu-
dents came to help, and many people were needlessly maimed and
slau" ered. What I am hoping is that we, the farrnworkers, will
not to go that. far in order to prove that we are tired of occu-pati l discrimination and that we are ready for our freedom. I
io at you gentlemen hear this message loud and clear, and that
you not forget, misinterpret, or try to ignore it.
at the farmworkers in our country are asking for is equality.
I believe that all .92.l1'1EllC.DS should want this for every -92mericanetpiality, the opportunity to earn a living wage, and not charity. But
1.-.-net has hep,-wned to the farm-worker is very strange. He usually
gets special attention to attack the symptoms of his poverty. But henever gets anything that. will destroy the roots of his povertv. For
examp e, when Senator 92Villiams introduced his package of bills some6 yea-rs ago, the bills that authorized special health and welfareprograms or farmworkers were picked out and passed. The migranthea th act, the bills incorporated into title IIIb of the EconomicOpportunities Act * " these bills give special services to farm-
workers.
But none of his bills which would give equal rights to farm-
workers have been passed. I am referring to the minimum wageI-.211 Q 1044. 4.1-- .,..11,_.,¢:.._ 92_..__.__.:_:___ L111 c 11-r92:92 ___. 1 -1__ 1.111 -_U111; 92J- LOU?! LIIU LUllC92.ll.92l,'. Ulgslllllllg Ulllf C. IHDU ulllill [HE Ulll [0
abolish child labor, S. 1865. All that these bills do is to say that peo-
ple who work on farms should have the same human l"l,'_"l1l'S as people
who Wo in construction crews, or in factories. or in olii-"es. _92ll
these bills: do is to overcome the farm lobby that Frinklin Delano
Roos-evelts administration was subjected to in the thirties which
forced them to decide that f:1.t'mwork and fl1!1'IlI92'0I'l-C91.-5 were some-
how different from everyone else. I hope ever}-bodv heri-' today
agrees that a man who u'ork.~ on a farm is made just like :1 factory
worker, that his children like to eat. just as much as a factory
workei-s. and that his wife does not like to live in a substandard
ho. Well, if farmrvorliers are equal, then they deserve the same
protection of the law that other men enjo -, and the Williams billswhich confer this equality must he assed. I do nor llEllE92'B thatmother advisory committee will help tlhe farmworkers and I am com-plml to the Government subsidizing recruitment programs
or fa. orkers.
The whole system of occupational discrimination must be killed
just like the discrimination against people of color is being challengedIn W'ashinE'ton. This, and nothing more, is what farniworkers want.
Thb rig t to secure a decent minimum wage should be olwimis.
The average farmworker in Delano has seven children, lives in a house
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and to a nance com any. Before the strike, he worked S months ofthe year at $1.10 an our and his wife worked 4 months beside him.
On weekends and in the summer, his children Worked too- This aver-asre £ar_rni.vorL:er buys fwd at the seine stores, at the same prices, thatthe rancher does. And hes not niakin" it. So now these averavewhich he rents for $55 a month, makes payments on a car, furniture.
workers are strikers. They have been willing to lose these cars, forgi-
~ture., to lire on beans and more beans, to work on the line 70 hours1 week--forthe ri ht to a living wage.Sing seasonal girmworkers are not covered by the National _LaborRelations Act, they are denied the right to vote for re resentatton ontheir j. I do not believe that any people should be cihnied the rightto vote on who will re resent them-~on their job, in the statehouse, orin the ions Ce-pitoii Ranchers in Delano say that the farmworkemare he living the way they are--just like the southern planationowner " to say about his Negroes. But our workers know what theNegi-éoEdone to achieve a vote, and they are working for the rightto vo lieving that they too will succeed.So, as you already know, farmworkers want union reco ition sobadly that, on September 16 of last year, they began a strigg againstthose ernplo ers who paid them $1.10 an hour, no overtime, and nofrinve benefiyts. They went on strike, knowing very well that the Fed~eraaws which protect other striking workers would not help them.And today, 6 months later, they are still on strike. There have beenmany forms of harassment directed against us since the strike began-and the most important, of oourse, is the constant and expensive rec!-1_1itment of strikebreakers by DiGiorgio and Schenley Corp. in NewMexico, Texas, and Old Mexico.I have some aidavits here that I want to I6S&11t to the committee.This has the photocopies of affidavits that F I1'lil11B0gI'ftPlll. l and at-tached to my statement. t0g'ethe1' with that.Senator WELLAM5. We have these in our prepared material, right?Mr. CHAVEZ. Yes, you do. And I have the photocopies here.Senator Wn.u_nrs. What do these deal with, individual incidents?Mr. Cimvu. Of recruiting of strikebreakexs from out of State inmost cases.-, The recruitment is done by the DiGiorgio Fruit Corp.and Schenlej Industries.Senator WmLtaxs. And who are these statements from. the strikersor those that came in ?
Mr. Cantu. From those that came in who were not told that astrike was in progress at the time that they were recruited, and didntknow anything about the strike until they came to Delano and sawthe picket line for the rst time. They then left the picket line and
gave us these statements.
We have two pay slips here from the Shenley Industry Corp., thatare statements from two of the same people that gave us the aidavitsand the recruitment. One of them is from a man who was recruitedin Les Angela-s-, Vladimer Su;.-~.e.*!, and it shows in the statement thathe worked sys; and net pay for those 2 days was $5.35.ind then we have another statement here. It's a pa stub. Thisis for Mr. Guadalupe Agiular who was recruited in ylalexico, butactually Mr. Agiular lives in Mexicali, Mexico. He worked 7 daysand netted $63. '
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_Senator Wn.i.i.i:ts. .92re_these_ skilled workers youre talking about! 1 in ._ iDid these men have experience in harvesting pea? i.,__»': . - in "- 'Mr. Cmiviiz. These nien have worked in t%eaCoachella. Valley in
_ the same operation that they were brought to in Delano. Thats ; -.. . . | pruning. And so they-ve had some experience in the type of work. P!!'§"§""_. __ 4 1.- F T; a__;Senator Mi;'ru=nr. May I ask him a question at this point, Mr. *1 ._. ,. -_-e p___'; 7 Chairman! i i i . .."'u'
5 Mr. Chavez. I'm advised its ii. violation of the California State Law - -- " "i "¢- to recruit labor_and to bring them into a job where there is a striketale?! place without warning them ahead of time that them is a - " ~
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as replacements without being tol that there was a strike, becauseif was the case, thats a violation of California law? __.. iqfnavm. Thats correct. We lmow that California Labor Code V V _ .'~"' :
I pr_ _ Law ates that a worker should not be rec-ri_i.ited to e strike zone unl-g . .. p _ ."'."""'*-" hegien warned that a strike is in progress. _ _ +5 3 re -_~-"L , what happened in all these cases, and the aidavits bear this . "= "~ - . .outihisdthitlslhell were not tolfl thbtlaia strilte Wait in pflvgress. When '1~*-"-"= '5'" A; *___--- "we a t ' in ormation, we re n turnin t e in ormation in to - 1 P.. the labor commissioners oice. W'e did this n an earlier s_tril£e that .
g. we had there in Delano or in I!icF"arland, T miles south of Delano.
»'j_;'-'-= The State labor commissioner-s oice out at Delano did what I.*.¢_; =i thought was a beautiful job of documenting a case where. one employer ;.it-= lent all of his crew to that employer that was on strike. We wentH I before the district attorneyinKern CouJity-- _____- '- - ,,..,,-_-_Senator l!1.:-"ni=ni.'. The labor cc"n....'nissioner did! _ --. -5 ~ - Y.. - Mr. Crmvi-:2. The labor commissioner documented, iiivestigateda
and provided the documentation. . .._92_ - H ,1. 1 ' ,1. , ',_ "1 _I went with the arrent of the labor commissioner's oice. to thedistrict attornev in lie-rn County, and he refused to accept that
information and refused to issue a citation. _
"-»- fl Yow, this was the case where one company provided all of its crew. * to break a strike that. was in progress without telling the workers that
" we were on strike. Now, in the case of the grape strike, it"s been over
and over, and we've gotten statements. weve called the labor commis-
'--=" sionez-s oice in Fresno many, many times to come to Delano, and we ;._._---i--__ L_ .-_, _;4__provide the aldavits, and then we sajv quite frankly, ii'hats the use r- -~.-=Iu=*'"' e "5of taking the aidavits and going through the motions and doing the -.work when we know that the district attorney is not going to take our " ' ' "' ' "'
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_Senator Mtrnrnr. Mr. Chairman, I suggest that through some me- ,._ . -- - - -- chum we ask why the district attornev did not take this case. and ii ~ - -- ' '"' 3the facts are as Mr. Chavez stated, I think it certainly should be made _i . -public and brought to the attention of the Governor. _ . - -_ ' ~-' Senamrwmnmne. Icertainly would agree with that. ' _ ,1=, ' , f. -_ - :~
-- Congressman Hat-$.18. At this point in your testimony, Cesar, I ,'__,_____,...__,,.,,.,".~.,__._'.._.i-.think Ayou may have proved some things by your testimony you dont , _*'_*f";**__ ' ";'j ;_ _ ~ intone %mve. p Would you say these workers were of average ~ i for below average or above average! .- . 1 .7|_.'- i ',-;_T.'"'_v - "Mr. Cinvzz. The workers that were brought in from Calexioo are --."'f .~ _,; ;;:5;__'_.-' i_;_,workers who have some skills to some degree more in one operation is Q;--'-r1'_,.jI,, __ i-*_*..!_;.-'_'_ than they do in another one. . 1"?" -1- _=-e-.-._:,§.;;l.=-f_~j'
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_ Congressman Haoes. That would include .-ltgiular and Susoe, is
>-,_ I that right? "T [P ,- _ Mr. IIAVEZ. Particularly A iular. .e ' Congressman Iiscrzs. NOW,% have here a copy of the Valley LaborCitizen, which was published in Fresno, and has these same twostubs.- Now, this story-and I think it was repeated in your publication ElHahriado-;--refers to one of these deductions as insurance, I believe.__ No I understand that this Agiular, for exam lo, his deduction of_ '3 for board, $2.50 a daoaln other wot-gs, you say _he only5 ;-= ~ - , netted92t'>3, but he was receiving _ rd. I dont know the quality of IL. 2 J So this particular stub has been misrepresented.. -. _ N 'f youll a92'erii.ge out .-92giulars pay, he made $1.7 6 an hour, andF I do hnik youre intending to gtrove that. Now, if youfll average;q'__ ' out oetfs pay, and I assume t e deduct-ion from him is also for
._ boa he made $1.97 an hour.. -'-W J. , in this same issue of the Valley Labor Citizen, theres 8, story-' about a. machinist getting a new contract in the Fresno area, and thebeginning wage rate is §1.oo an hour. And in. Susoe made morethan the niaichinists got beginning under their new contract. And Iincurious about these stubs because theyve been grossly misrepresented,and I dont think you intentionally would do that._ 1- Mr. Crzsvsz. I did not submit the stubs to show that they were not - getting a lot of money. I presented the stubs to show the extent ofI ' ~. _ the attempts to break up the strike in Delano.I ' . As you recall, before the strike the workers were getting only anaverage of $1.15 per hour, and this shows way up, way more than theworkers have been getting, were getting before the strike. So itproves very conclusively that the growers can afford to pay a lot moree niouzfey than they claim they can when the strike situation presents
. . - its-el .Congressman H.-92 ;£:¬. Well, youve used these stubs in a contextother than your testimony here today to show how low a net a workervets. Kow, actually these stubs demonstrate that one man averaged. A 1, {£1.76 an hour and t ie other averaged $1.9? an hour. Now, you don't _~ _U ' want to engage in that kind of misrepresentiition, Irn sure.' _ "" Sir. CIIAVEZ. Im sure that Iiii not trying to misrepresent the pay' slips. 92Vhat I'iii trying to show is the wage ditl'ei'ence because of astrike in Delano, and also the importation of sirikebieal-ters iii this' ___ ,_ 0 _ case, and what Schenley Industries have been doing in ordeiyto break
' the strike.Congressman H.-xcrzx. I don't want to argue with you, but you men-tioned tha fact that this guy only made $5 in 2 days work, or some-thing, or something low. Well, in fact, he made ii. lot more than that.He averaged $1.97 an hour. And so youre misrepresenting the stub.That's my whole point, and I think we should be factual and truth-ful in dealinvg with these things. Senator xnuziurs. What are the deductions for that are shown?
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Mr. Cnavsz. Its a lot more if you gure $2.50 a day, 7 days work,
would not be $40; wouldn't be $l0. '
Congremman H.-92o1:>:. Well, you divide $2.50 into $40, I dont knowanal: I921|lI'|TI AHIPQ, l-u92n92-/I l>l»ni_ in Hue .-nn 10 ,-In--.~. an-.-t._..¢l-.Z.c~ 1:v|92 A-9292_92buv" luau; uuyu vuauu Lllt la, uua, any 16: Lilly! aA.llllI:l.UHl,,_', llI_92C l-llII_b-But thats part. of the problem we have in trying to deal with this
problem of farm labor, all the misrepresentations that are made, the
truth gets lost in lies. Or maybe not deliberate lies, but glossing overthe true facts. And if fyou want the Congress to act sensibly on this
deal, ycmve got to be actual. And this is not an emotional imue.
This is a matter of economics. _
Mr. Cnvrz. I think that if you examined the pay stubs closely,youll nd that the deductions that am listed in your columns to the
eft do nntagree with the total deductions made. sConman Haozx. 92Vell, there are some deductions there for
sccial ...,..rlty. I nude:-:=.tand this $1-.t0.t>$ includes an item of 3 matsfor nlies, or something like this. But these are services that were
furn' , I mean, the worker bv the grower. And I assume boardis a valuable service, I mean, we all have to eat.
Mr. Cnavnz. But still the total deductions at the end do not repre-
sent--and weve never been able to nd out what these deductions
were. And even if you consider the net pay, if you consider the net
pay, you still have to consideror the gross pay, you have to consider
that the amount deducted, total amount, does not appear anywhere.
The worker has no idea why his money is deducted, in fact, no idea
that he actually earned his money.
Congressman Hanna. Tl-'ell, Im not trying to argue with you. I
saw this article in the Valley Labor Citizen, so I asked the Schenley
people. $40 for insurance seemed ridiculous to me, and that5 what they
tell me that is, is his board at $2.50 a day, and plus 3 cents for three
boxes of matches, or somethin like that.Senator lVILLmM.s. Well, Pl-Tl tell you, it seems to me that in fair-
ness, as far as these deductions are concerned, you dont know what
they mean.
Mr. Cnavzz. The worker doesnt know what they mean.
Senator Wnmmus. 'Well, it certainly isnt clear on the face of these
vouchers, and yet obviously these are the vouchers, although they are
two colors. I dont know, maybe somethings left out of this nne,
because you see its dark on the left and the last two-thirds are litrht.I wonder what the reason for that is. Is there Fart of the voudlier
thats missing? Do you see the difference in co or?
Mr. Cmtvzzz. I do, yes.
Senator WrL1.Ltats. Maybe something is missing there. But I cer-
tainly would be interested in knowing what the deductions are for.
But on the other business of recruitment, ou su gest that themethod was in violation of a California State llaw, which I frankly
didnt know about. Senator Murphy made his observation.
I would thinkwe have 2 more days in Californiaand I would
think in fines we ought to extend ourselves and make time avail-able to thigtparticular company to come in and reply to this.
Senator _ URPHY. Also the district attorney. .
Senator Wttamats. I agree.'| .,1. , -. . .
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Senator Ilirxnr-mr. Mr. Chavez, you said the Schenley Industries-is that the outt that moved the crew from one operation to another?
Mr. Cmvm. No, I was referring to a previous strike, and that wasthe Mount Arbor, a rose-producing com any in McFarland. _Pd like to continue. In my own word? Id like to ¬1VG you e. littlebackground of whats happening in Delano to show t ie need-
Senator Wn.:.u_92rs. By the way, when you say my own words, these are all your own words in this paper!
Mr.CI4.v1:z. Right.
Senator Wnusus. By summarizing!
3Ir.Cn4v1:z. By summarizing.&nator Wnmuars. We read a speech frequently, and when we getthrou say now, t.hats n very good speech. Now, Id like to saya few on my own. Thatfs why we have all these bright stelf
writers und here. eButwn see that all of this is your work.Mr. vzz_ That-.s correct, yes. What I attempt to do here is toshow that greet need of having the farmworliers covered under the
National Labor Relations Act.
But when we entered the strike in December 16 of last year we
thought we were just striking workers of the employers that theworkers wanted to strike against.
SenatorWn.r.r.urs. December of 1965?
Mr. CHA92-£2. Im sorry, September 16 of 1965. And we found out
soon that we were actually strikiiig, and for reasons we failed tounderstand. we found that the civic council in Delano passed a reso-
lution attacking the :!5-':HCl:l[l0ll and claim that this was not :1 bonatide strike, and that this was u civil rights movement, and lied beenbrought about bv outside ugritators.life also found that at the time we had applied for :1 grant from theOEO. and this was done before the strike, and we found that the highschool also took a similar position as regards the strike and also as
regards that grant we had applied for from the OEO.We found that even the local ministerial administration felt thatsomehow the strike shouldn't have been called, and in calling strikesit was not the right thing to do. Bur nowhere did we nd anyone whowas willino to try and bring the two sides together. Nowhere do wend that. the growers were willing and wanted to meet with us, andeven before the strike started, to meet with us so that we could begin
conversations hoping that the strike would not need to be called in therst place, and after it had been called, hoping that we could settlethe ?rrike before it went any further and became more bitter, and so011* 1.
And so when we speak of a strike in agriculture in California, wemus]: of necessity also speak of the infringement of civil rights of thestri ers.
Now, let Q 've you a little background information what. ourexperience has gen in Delano. The strike takes in parts of two
counties: Kern and Tulare Counties. We found that the sheri"soice in Kern County were brought in in large numbers when the strikefirst started, and objected to many of the things that we were doinin conducting the strike, but especially and specically they objected
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very strongly to our shouting or advising the people in the eld that
the strike was in progress. . , 5 . -=- ---to ~.
In fact. there were quite a dispute over the word huelga, which
means strike in Spanish, and at one point 44 of our people were arrested .
because they were shouting and insisted on the right of shouting '
huelga to inform the people who were working in the eld that a L an» . __¢.-J;strike was in progress and they were using the word huelga because ' ' I '
most of the strikers were people of Mexican descent who had been , ; »_. ' 3 __._brought in from the outside. ' i '
Senator Monrnr. May I ask a question, Mr. Chairman? In this p _
instsmoe, when the strikers wanted to shout the word huelgn at the _
neonlothev were S_l1t."l!Zi11l"' to. in order to let. them know there was at is.- - _. 1 strike on. had those peoplh been working in those vineyards previous ~.éi ; to that or were they the new ones that had just been brought in and- i didn ow there was a strike on?' . Mlglrlavm No, the mtforit of them were the new people that ------;.---.--
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rMUnrnr. .-92nd didnt know there was a strike? '-1,?» _..<'_, .- :5:f -.- Mr. HAYI2. Yes. Pd say there were one or two that had been act- .-"-'-1»-F?-1"_.=ir_¬ 1-, ing as fomlmenblho knew there was} a stjrike in progress. But our '
_ - --,j_ '- experience as n that we know w ien hey are brought in and we ' follow them. If theyre brought in at night, we get the tipotf from
i the people whose job it is within our-' - Senator MURPHY. Dont you let them know immediately that theres
a strike going on ? _c $4 ~ Mr. Cn,u1:z. They bring them into a camp, and we cannot go into t
that camp. and the only time we can see them is when they're working '-*-"H-1"-"-'*-=*--=117 and l1OpBf1lll]_|" when theyre working near the roadway we can get to ' -'-i - '- J ' 1"
themmtherwise we cant communicate with them. , p 1 .. _ .~*-"*"l'*§..- And so also we can: claim here that we were abused ph_v.==ic-all_v by . - ' ' . " .
E the sherilf, but we can sure claim that there were many thing that they iii
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r". For instance, at one point after we ha.d'been on strike for about
' 5 or 6 weeks. we were stopped constantly and every striker was photo-'""" . i graphed and every striker was-a eld report card was lled in ons Z.'- - every striker. In some cases it took as much as an hour a.nd_a half to
process, to go through this process of photographing and taking state» -__-__________________
I 1. -6- Q-- -1'; I ments and identification papers from the strikers. _ _ _ . _ _ __
In some cases this was repeated every time we moved from one eldi to the other eld because our picket crews are roving picket crews, and _ '" ' ' ' ' -_
this went on for many days. So we have a man in Delano who was
photographed and the same report was lled in on him no less than _ ______ _ ____12 times. H '
Senator Mtmrrrr. The picket crews, were they mostly workers from!"'-'* I :-
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ministers and students, but it always happened that the workers were ,tf?'."'?t""f_f"§"the onm-on strike that were out there picketing. '5- VJ ' *-_'-__."_*'- *- -~ * -j;
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jogsgazpd wer the other ivorkrs beipig lirought in to replace peoplew o a actua ygone 011' t ie '0 to ic etMr. _Cnavnz. No. The strikers, gy and large, all of them, with theexception of the very early part of the strike, there were a few more
peop-e from Lhe outside that would come and visit us daily, but then
and more so now, all of them are people who worked there before therike and who have been striking and are the ones that had been in
e picket lines.Senator WILLIAMS. But not exclusively! You have nomgricu1-
turd people who are from other walks of ii el .
hit. Cnavzz. Sure, thats true; yes. But we speaking of the
picket line. On the picket line most of them are people who are
on strike.
tor WILUAHS. Not all of them!
Cnavrz. Id say within the lest 2 or 3 months, almost all of
Qt.ator Wrantaats. But at any rate, where do you picket, in a pub-
li on I. public road? '
Mr. Clauvsz. On a public road. Thats the only place we can picket.
Senator Wnaaaus. This infringes on the doctrine of free speech.
Senator lllonrnr. Free speech, no question about it.
Q1; TU I A lt nrlnnmnrl hv what mithnritr 1:'m1 lnave. ...enat-or .. ILLLAMS. .. on . u................ .._, __-.-..-_-, _. -.- -_-_. -to go through the inquisition and questionnaire and all of that? Is
there ngerprinting!Mr. CHAVEZ. Unless you are arrested. Or at one point we made up
our minds we had been harassed enough, and we refused to give them
any information and refused to let them take our pictures after we
had been subjected to this many, man times, and we told the inquiringoicer from the Kern County SherilIs Oice that if he wanted more
information from us or wanted to take our icture, he would fiist haveto arrest us, and at that point we were able to gain some ground.
Senator WILIJAMS. Do you have counsel?
Mr. Cuavnz. In those days we didnt. Ye do ha re now.
Senator MURPHY. Mr. Chairman, I might suggest that as long as
were going to invite the Kern County Council in. we ought to invite
the Kern County Sheri and kind out his explanation of this. I think
it should be made public.Senator 92VIL1.1n!ts. Well, the district a.ttorneyis this Kern
County youre talkin" about now or Tulare County? _ _Mr. Cn_u'1-:2. No. also part of-may I say this?Senator 'W1u.i.92ats. Does what you say about Kern apply to Tulare?
Mr. CH.u'|;z. In some cases let me give you an example. 92Vhile we
were shouting lmelga in Kern County, in some cases just across thestreet in Tulare County we could shout all we wanted, and it was all
right with them.
Senator W'iLLr.92ats. W'ell, I agree with you, Senator Murphy.
Mr. CHAVEZ. But in Kernbut in Tulare County, on the other hand,
if more than three cam moved-
Seator WiLu.92ars. Both sheriffs; both district attorneys! Is that
what youre suggesting?Senator ll[t=nPin'. I think it would be good for the record to know
what they were doing, why they were doing it, and if there was legal
harassment-if they were inradin civil or personal rights.Senator Wmuaxs. Where woulii the logical place be, Delano!= ;-.. _ .
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Senator Mtznrnr. I would think in Delano, yes.
Senator lVtL.1.1.uts. Fortunately we have a day of communication
Tnesda ' in Visalia, that-s not the area youre reall talking about?Mr. &Ht92m- No, Visalia is in Tulare County. Wyere speaking of
southern Tulare Count and northern Kern County.Senator WK-LLAMS. lVell, if they want to oome in, they can come
into Delano.
Senator Mvarmr. Could I ask another question!
Sam-tor Wmnmrs. Plus the Seagram folks.
Mn Cmwzz. Schenley. _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _Senator Mourns". May I ask if any of the following vineyards werestruck; W. B. Camp, Jr. If this is not a fair question, I will not ask
ou.y I nmrzzz. W. B. Camp, Jr.? Yes.
or Mmirnr. He was struck!
Cmwrxz. He was struck. tator Hoar:-tr. California Grape Products?
Ctuwnz. Right.
Senator Mrmrnr. Tudor & Son I -
Mr. Crmvnz. Yes.
Senator Monrtrr. E. T. Stephens?
Hr. C Il.9292-122. Tliafs correct.
Senator Motumr. John Pagliarulo!
Mr. CHAVEZ. Thats correct.
Senator lltinrtn". George A. Lucas & Sons?
Mr. CHAVEZ. That's right.
Senator Mvarltr. George Zaninovich?
Mr. Ctuwzz. W'e tlont have him on strike.
believe, has him on strike.
Senator MCRPIIY. Al llissakiani
Mr. C-II.9292'EZ. Not. with our union.
Senator bltnrrn". Pnndol & Sons?
Mr. Cimz. Not with our union. '
Senator Mtarxnx Gene Radovicli &. Sons?
Mr. Cu.-wrz. No.
Senator Mtrnrtnz Marion Zaninovicht
Mr. C|t_t92'r.z. X0.
Senator Mt'n.rtn'. Patti Bono?
Mr. Ctmvsz. N0. _ _
Senator !It'Rr-Hr. P. J. Divisich Fruit C-0?
Ii-Ir. Cuavnz. Not with us.
Senator !IUm-in. Frank Gallo?
Mr. Cnavrz. All those are struck by the other union.
Q '- - ""r.r-tn. And the ones that were st-ruck, how many em-The other union. I
plcliixfeesllilorttliier employees, joined the picket line? Can you gite us an
idea of that '!
Mr. Clmvxz. lvVe would have to go byI dout have t.he records
here.
Sen;l'or liit-1:1-in". Just a rough guess.
ll in some cases all of the WOlkPla left the elds Mr. Cu.wI:r.. lVe , . , *
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where we actually struck them twioe in the sense that we not only got
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aatsnpmo MIGRATORY uuaoa LAWS 371
large gercentnge of the group that had been recruited after the strike
starte . -
I might add here that more peopIe-tliese are the growers that have
been certied by the Department of Labor where a strike exists orwhere we claim a strike exists now. Because of the largeness of thestrike, because it involved many, many people and also many growers,the Department of Labor, when it came time to do the investigations,to nd out if we in fact had a strike and certify was not able tohandle all of the cases that we had. We were not able to keep people
there long enough because they were also interested, in not having alarge treasury, to move them out of the area or to get jobs for themoutside of the strike zone; also to some degree the reluctance on thepart of some of the workers to have anythin to do with the Depart-ment of Labor or anything oicial because of their fears.Smat m. Mr. Chairman, I have here a co y of a letter fromJoseph y er, 846 Dirisidero Street, F resno, Call, and it says inpart-it 'gned by Paul Little, the assistant director for manpower,the de ent of employment--and in the second paragraph it
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Those cases in which it was determined that labor disputes were in existencebut that there wu no evidence ct leasing or work. Ptefen-sis are permitted tothese einployers provided due written notice that a labor dispute exists is givento each person referred.
Now, this is the list that I have just read, and I ask unanimous con-sentrrihat this letter and the lists attached to it be made part of the
reoo .
Mr. CI-mvnz. May I say something on that! Not all of the growersare under this category. There are some growers that the departmentof employment or department of labor is not referring workers toor at least that we know of directly. Not all of the growers are in this
category in this letter you just read.Senawr Wr'..m..-ti-s. That will be included in the record, with your
statement, of course.
The material referred to above follows :!
S-rirrs or Caarroanra,
Euraerueirr B-n.a'rroNs .-1cr::rc"i'.
Dnuaruzn-r or Eurrornrzsr,
Sacramento, March 2, 1966.Joann Baoaauut, - ' '
Fresno, Calif.
Dan 511; Baosuiza: This refers to our recent telephone conversation during
which you requested a list and the present status of the agricultural labor dis-
putes which are still active in the vineyards in the Delano area.
We are sending you three lists:
1. Those cases in which our investigation showed existence of a labor dis-
pute and a leaving 0! that work and for these reasons referrals mar not be made
to these employer: to agricultural John left vacant by reason or the labor dis-te-m2. Those eases in which it was determined that labor dllputes were in exis-
tence but that there was no evidence or a leavinx or work. Referrals are er-
mltted to than nnpionra provided due written notion that a labor dllpute exlltl
b given to each pi-eon referred.
3. Those cases which were investigated but in which we round that there was
no labor dispute.
We hope that this in the lntormatlon you needed. 1! you have my questions.
please reel tree to call un-
PAUL W. Lrrrul.
Ara-nun: Director-Manpower..- -Q -.-.-'-'
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llarko Zaninovich
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Anton Caratln I: Sons
Frank Luclch
Ghnnlrrn Vineyard59- 3- LL-IDI DIIPUTI IO KI!-ll-U-J
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Jake Cesare
Louie Cm-ic & Sons
Sandrin} Brothers
Schenley Industries
DiGlor:lo Fruit Com
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W. B. Gnnip Jr.
California Grape Product:
Tudor k son:
D. H. Steele
John Pa liarulo
Geo , Luau & Son:
Geo: mnovich
92.'in___& Lotta
Irvi oldberg
John Dulcich & Sons
Senator Mtm.rn"r.A1 Mlseekhn
Pendol J: Sons
Gene Radovich & S0118
Marion Znnmovich
Patti-Bono
P. J. Dlvlelch Fruit Go.
Frank Gallo
no. a, no anon omen
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be made because no one left work_ and where there was an actual leav-
inw of work and no proper referral could be made.ilr. Cmvm. Pd like to continue, if I may, with one more point in
the testimony, and that deals with the farm labor contractor. I have
the written statement, but Im going to--
Senator Winch iii. Were going to inoiude jour entire statement,
by the way, Mr. Chavez.
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Senator Wu.1.1a11s. We appreciate the way youre personalizing it
with your informality.
Mr. Cnsvez. Now, the problems encountered with farm labor con-
tractors are many, many problems. For instance, in a system such as
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employer. Now, the case of :1 farmworker working with n grower,
who uses the services of a farm labor contractor, he in fact has two
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what a farm labor contractor is.
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to the farm, is that iti
Mr. Cnavez. Unless the crew leader is acting as a labor contractor
and has an agreement with the grower that this shall not be disclosed
because he is not lioensed, and we have mmy of those who do this._ Sonata; W1:u.u.xa. Now, we have e State law, we have e Federal
I-J92EIlI3l-I-l I5", I114"-Iv .Mr. Well, thats a rohlem. We have I. lot of laws in re-gard to some of these things, gut the enforcement pert of it is very
diioult to obtain.
Senator "Wnmmns. Excuse the interruption.
Mr. huvrz. Id like to read one paragraph here.
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One must rst understand that a farm labor contractor does not contract
work in the full sense ot the word. He contracts. actually he buy: and aella.
human beings. His prot is based on the sweat and toll of the workers and not
on any special skills or business acumen of hla ownaa would be true in the
building trades eld. All the farm labor contractor does is to promise hourly
workers at the lowest price he can nd men to work at. The sum or his job
in to any: I promise 40 men tor 20 days at $1.15 an hour, or the lowest he can
get them for.
Senator Wmnuars. Thats pretty strong language. Now, in the
theatrical agency we have the a nt.Senator Murmur. Yes, we dd, the same t of fellow, and I hadlots of experience with him, because I fonnydwin one case where theagent became thegroduoer and also the distributor, so he had a com-p ete monogoly. as long as 15 ears ago I went to work on that one,so that.was roken up. Columbia groedcasting System set up a Colum-bia lite Bureau so the became the contractor, and the representedthe W_ er, George__Murphy in that case, and also the prodi.1cer,_Colum-his rbiiidcasting System in that case, and We decided that that WI-B
unp cal and not ethical, so that we broke that up, too.
Mr. C-Iuvnz. You had a union to do it with, I imagine.
Senator MURPHY. That's right.
Blr. CHAVEZ. We dont have a union.
Senator MURPHY. I was one of the founders of the union.
Mr. Cumrnz. I know. Ive read about that.
Senator Mum-Irr. We had a good sho .Mr. Cnavnz. Now, the other thing is that?
Senator Mourns. You indicate by your remark that you dont have
a union? -
hir. CHAVEZ. At least not one thats recognized.
Now, of course, the labor contractor provides many services to thegrower. He is a recruiter, he is a supervisor on the job, he provides
transportation, does the bookkeeping, and so forth. And we ound in
some cases we were able to talk to growers, not the growers in Delano
that we have a strike with, but other growers in the vicinity of Delano,
and we talked about wages and many other things to some of the sym-
pathetic growers, some of the growers that were not afraid to come
and talk. with us. And there was some agreement. Most of them
agreed that as long as we et a union powerful enough to baroain with,he will do it, on wages and so forth. But when we came to the subject
of the labor contractor we found immediate opposition, very, very
hostile opposition to the idea of replacing the farm labor contractor.Well, v.lhats hnpgning in Delano on this strike. the farm labor
contractor becomes professional strikebreaker. You see, the grow-
er does not it-nowth_S<:1;1tor Munrar. You put him out of business, in other words, you
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Mr. CI-mvnz. Wed love to, yes. The grower directly doesnt know
the work force. He will know those who are employed by him eararound, which amounts to perhaps 2 or 3 percent of the total worlr.
Now, the labor contractor, being that he was a worker once upon a
time, 11$ Qow the labor force, ud so in Delmo we have the farm
labor contractor being the biggest recruiter of scab labor or strike-
breakers, with one exception, DiGiorgio Fruit Corp. They do their
own recruitment. '
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TNJRY LABOR LAWSBut outside of them most of the labor contractors provide the strike- 5 _ - reakers, and the-y"re licensed in the State of California to do so, not to recruit strihebreakei-s, but they are recognized as employers, and "'3?"-*-"'4' cause they are employers, they have the riglit to recruit workers. And when we mised the question of the labor contractor recruitme-strikebreakers, tlierele very little we can do because to this point, as T stated before, we were not able to get the district attorney intemcted in , i investigatinw and cliecki into the complaints. _ ' ii--~ Senator lfom-Hr. Hllsnsie labor cont-rector changed his approach or ..-e his operation in an way since the strike? -" 1 Mr. Crmvzz, What has happened is that there are now more labor -- r Omtmctors than there were when the strike staited, and also more ' »;. ' people involved in recruitment, in some ca-see, people who were used only the full-time workers, year around workers, for the particulargrower, have been doing some recruiting also. _ II! d back to the farm labor contmctor. It seems to me that its very -..--';- - ' ' h t0-something must be done to dene whether the labor contra.e- ' to _ fact is an employer or not. For instance, in a case of a strike, an we were striking a grower, and he was doing his work with two , or ree labor contractors, we ceitainly would not get any strike cer- .1 tication against the grower who was in fact the employer. Thi.-2 has { never been tried, but we're veijv sure it would be impossible because lg all the labor contractor has to do is abandon that job site, and he no longer is then the euiployer.Senator Mom-mt. Does the labor cont pl¬_VE1?
Iractor claim to be the ein- . r. Ctuvzz. The State of California recognizes him as the em- ""_ ' ' Ioyen L pSenatoi;MInu>1ir. Oh, is that so? Rather than just the agent of theem l0_92-erhifir. CH_92'P}2z. That's correct. ind this is one of the problem; that we're faced with. It seems to inc th."it---_ e .-Senator TIii.i.i.-uts. Does he withhold social security? _- Mr. CH.~9292'E7.. He's supposed to. _ _ - _- -qel'13COI TLLL923IS. I know he's supposed to. ,, t. e ' - _ -' - E Mr. Cantu. Then we ha ve another problem there too. The prof» ;_' 4 f lem is. as you know the FIC.-L coiiti-ihiitions in t'l,¬_YIl '1IlfUIt? are ii little ~;'- *5 i ., - ~ ' ' ditfeiwent rhm in iiicliisrry. There the worlrmtin must earn S156 in1~.7;"* any corridor of work--I believe 2:2 rlays. Those 22 clays must be on . _ - 4 -_ ti an hourly wiige rate before he will get coverage for that 'Ol"l92 lone. " _ j -W - iii-e Q Now, what happens many times is that the moment the woi-A-er '- 1! ._' ' ' begins to worl: with a labor contractor. the labor contractor begins e - - t _ to make the deductions. and so the worker was not able to en rn $1.30. . Th-it moner is never returned to the worker. And we've IN92'll h able to nd. even going to the Internal Revenue Se ' g out what can we do to get that " '3 . 1,-.p going to <1 t.§§,i;,§§i
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And so because they're withholding FICA cont ribntions, then theymust withhold the other, so the record does not appear anywhere.
Senator Mtrltrmr. Your sutzgestion then is that in some areas atleast. the contractor is withlioliling this money, is not carrying through
and re orting the money as he should? 'Mr. Enavnz. Thats correct.
Senator Mtmrmr. Thats a crime, I would think.1 an-. CHAVEZ. And this practice is Wld@S need too.Senator W1'u.x..ute. Thats what we oellp out of trust.
Senator MURPHY. Or stealing, to use an old-fashioned term.
Mr. Cmwnz. Now, theyve gone s step further. Labor contractorsnow in Delano are organizing the Kern-Tulare Independent Farm
Workers Association, which is a company union, but this is alsomo function that tléaiperform for the growers.r Wrnnuus. en was the council resolution opposing the
strik opted?
It[i'_CBavm. I dont have the record with me. The resolution wasin oomcti0n with their opposition to us receiving a rant from theOioe of Economic Opportunity. This was in the 011.2%! part of thestrike, I believe, around the 5th, the 7t-h of October of last year.
_ The city of Delano itself has placed some restrictions on us. Since
the strike theyve passed a. city ordinance interfering with our right,what we believe to be our right, of demonstratinv. They passed aresolution requiri11% that we must give them 30 tlhys notice beforewe can hold a par-at e or before we can demonstrate in a public place.
Then later on I understand after our attorney called on them and
suggested to them that this was unconstitutional, they later instead
of requiring the 30 days, they lowered it to 4 or 5 days.
lVhat I"'m trying to point out is that in a strike in Delano or nn_v
I would feel in any agric-ultural area, in any part of the countr_v_ when
you go into a. strike. you have all of these forces against yon. Justice
d0es'nt really exist after you call :1 strike. Tqgivc you some examples:
Ttls been very liflicult for us to get complaints lilvtl against some
of the abuses oonunittecl against the strikers. For instance, weve
had cases where the growers. cases where the lflliln rontrncroi-s. and
cases where the security police that have been hired by the growers have
abused thelwomeu pickets. making rcnzarks, and thing.-' that are un-
rintable. And weive gone to the local justice r-ou1'r.~= th-.-1': in Delano,Bixlejr, and also in Porter-ville. and we have not been ahl92>~m go;
complaints led against the other side.
Now, on the other hand, it's very, very easy to _-get coinplalurs led
against one of our pickets because he happened to llvo -inppeil into
private property or he happened to shout ln1elga" in the case of
the -H and other similar things.
So when we look into the whole !=pr92crrnrn of strikes. we must also
understand that this doe:=nt only involve a labor strike. 'l"hi.= is the
primary issue. Once you get into that, then the whole issue of civil
rights begins to develop because there are restrictions placed on us
that takdawa and prohibits us from carrying out our strike activi-ties. and we feelwe shouldi
Senator MURPHY. Is there any threat of violence on the part of the
strikers! 1' know when you get on the picket lines sometimes enthu-
siasm takes the place of good judgment, but have there been any
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Mr. Crmvm. Theres been one case where a striker ran into three
growers that were by the roadside. There was a case where»-
Senator Mtmrnr. Withhis car! _ _
Mr. Cnavnz. lvith his ear, yes. And there was a case where a
striker got into a ht with a man who was, oh, he felt he was onthe other side. But these are the only two cases.
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=._ - - able to get a complaint against him. We have a case where a grow- '~Q-;_ _ :J1::$'E§¬1;eg._t0went and 0V¬l31WhIl£§ on; pickegwdasgsllietintg - _-_ --*- an 1SC192l'9292'8Sp&1"B on esieo era 111-1 the caiand refused to move after a lon a ent, and the sheri-
18 u are oun --was ar e across e s ree . e w an '-*-,_e o ,_,;_ -,_-_ th"1Ct kdgttwentd_ talkeh the sheriff hnd askgd him his help to get this growers son " I ' "Ql out of the car so our picket could Fat into his car, and he didnt """ "'"i'" " " "
" move, and it was only after an awfu long and bitter argument that ' '
he nally left the car so our picket could get into it. And we wentand we tried to le a complaint, and we could not le a complaint. _
~ Senator Mnnrrrr. Are t ere any injunctions against you or your~» oranization at the present time?iir. Crmvm. There are injunctions on the elds; there are ve, I o _p believe that restricts the picketing to 5 per location. There was onec ' Lpxjltinctioph that wasti¬!ro1t1i;,;ht a§aur_1st¥s1 y tge! D;Giorg1o C0rp., and .' -if -I" " =- »~ ' -awas rownou y e]u_ge1n uare un .._," I.-" There are no in'unctions against them at this poiiat, and we havent ' _ = ~ = -e
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- _ Mr. Cnavzz. There are injunctions against us but no injtmctions
against the growers.
Senator MURPHY. I see. Did you send the pickets down to picket
~ me when I rst came up?
Mr. Cmvm. No, we never picketed you, Senator. . 2 --'-¢ .Senator Mimrmr. I was pieketed when I rst came up to go and ____ H _ ,_x,'_ _look at the condition of the elds, in the elds. _ _ , "Y:-1: pMr. CH_~92V1-IZ. In Delano? p ' _ l
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Senator Mtmrrrr. No, this was in Merced and in Salinas and in
Fresno. One young man was picketing me, and I asked him, Whoare you picketing? And he said, Georé-e Mur hzy. And I said, ,_ ,_p; What for? And he said, Im not sure. I said, Are you a regu- 7:1-2'-__; -- __--Q
lar picket? And he said, No, I go to high school. And he was a _- _ :~ _ ' ' _ »little uncertain about it. ' ' _ _ '
And then in another case, they anticipated my visit to the elds , - L , -_..n ' .'_ e_ and told the workers that I was there to do everythin I could to 2'5see thahthey got red and that Mexican nationals too their jobs. *._' ~--"- - .- _.= - ~; . '
Now, that gentleman wanted a picture, and I explained to him that Q " '
I wasnt a new hand at this, and if he continued to make that state-
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_ Irients to be made about him. This is one of the e riences I've had - ,4. _ SIIICB I've been twiiig to work out the basis of actualxiiiact in this matter. -
Mr. Cn.9292"r.z. I too have had horrible experiences on the strike.
-_ .i - - Ive been called many, many things that are not true. And so I guess . .
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protect both _the farmworkes rights and will protect the _genei-al .._ d will also oer protection to the grower, we, I think, are
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