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{ a ee ee, == UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply, Please Refer so New Orleans, Louisiana File No, May 16, 1975 fr /avree FARM WORKERS SOLIDARITY COMMITTEE L ae ee a ait etter . i —_ 47d 975 tha ometime during the afternoon May 15, 1975, members o local New Orleans organization known as the United Farm Workers Solidarity Committee would picket the federal building at 701 Loyola Avenue, New Orleans, to protest United States intervention in Cambodia. This organization is the New Orleans affiliate of a national group known as the United Farm Workers of America, which organization is headed by Caesar Chavez and has been involved in calling for the national boycotts of lettuce and grapes. At Approximately 1:15 p.m. on May 15, 1975, 18 individuals consisting of males and females were observed to picket in front of the federal office building at 701 Loyola Avenue, New Orleans. These pickets consisted of approximately six blacks and the remaining persons were white. They carried placards which read “JOBS NOT WAR" and "GET OUT OF CAMBODIA." The picketing was orderly in nature and was kept under observation by building guards. The picketing continued until approximately 1:45 p.m., at which time the pickets gathered their signs and left the area. No incidents were observed or reported; however, during the picketing interviews of observers as well as épme of the pickets were conducted by a local television station. This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are , a ee oe t} not to be Gistributed outside your . } agency. ye bee -~ fi 7 Y