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s 1 - U...fED STATES DEP, MENT O: “USTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania In Reply, Please Refer te ’ ¥ File Na. ee ee, Te anen AURUBL £7, i1vvug DEMONSTRATIONS BY UNITED FARM WORKERS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, PITTSBURGH, PA, On August 28, 1969, a source, who has furnished reliable information in the past, advised that during a recent conversation with Albert Rojas, a representative of the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), and organizer of the grape boycott at Pittsburgh, it was learned that the UFWOC continued to demonstrate on Friday afternoon, from 4:30 pm to 9:00 pm, and on Saturdays from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm, at the Kroger Supermarket in the Bloomfield District of Pittsburgh. The source further adveed that according | to Rojas, generally, between 3 to 12 people participate in these demonstrations, carrying signs, distributing literature and marching peacefully in front of the store. The source said that in addition, several of the demonstrators have entered various Kroger Supermarkets in the Pittsburgb area, at irregular times, filled shopping carts, and then left them in the aisles with grape boycott literature. The source advised that the UFWOC contemplates continuing their peaceful. demonstrations at the Bloomfield Kroger Supermarket a@ the aforementioned times on Fridays and Saturdays until such time as the California grape pickers gain union recognition. On August 2 a pas emonstrations he ¥ r) eu ¥v bes orderly and peaceful. said that no acts of Violence have been committee "he kny individuals in connection with the grape boycott at Pittsburgh. Tlin doseriest esniaing acho: rn comes ia: paputdeee! a Teh niet. mcs mote. tag Me tt CF: Bhi bud eonice 3s ajen:y. ORY "THY [ ai ee P.O : A ae alc 4 \} ‘orf “a