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om u.C. stares DEPA oMENT OF {):. SE FEDERAL SUREAU UF INVISTIGATION n , Chicsdn, Tlli-ois Pee Ne Seo November 7, 1970 NATIONAL FARM WORKERS ASSOCIATION (NFWA) A source, who has furnished reliable informat‘on in the past, advised on Koveuber 13, 1970, that Cesar Chavez, the leader of the National Farm Workers Association (NFEA), would be in Chicago, Illinois on Noverber 14, 1970, to lead a picket demonstration of the Nationa! Tez Company, 740 ‘vest Diversey Avenue, Chicago, starting at 10:00 A.M., November 14, 1970, to protest the sale of non-union picked lettuce ty the ‘ational Tea Company. The source further advised Chavez would speak before Operation Breadbasket, the economic a:m of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, on Nevember 14, 1970, to solicit the support of Operation Brea’ basket of the NFWA's boycott of non-union picked lettuce. Cn November 14, 1970, the weekly meeting of Operati. Breadbasket was broadcast on ridio : tation WVON, Chicai:o, Yilinois. In this brordcast, which wis monitored by 2 Svc: : Agen? of the Federal Bureau of Invest! sation, tae followin: statements were mace: Cesar Chavez, who was introvuced by Jesse Jackson, National Director of Operatiou Breadb: ket, stated the NFA sponsored strike apainst the grape gresers brought a unioar to the farm workers, Chavez stated now the battle continues in other areas, DSoycotting lettuce, bccause these workers neec the same protection that only a iiton can give ther. Ghover stated the “poor must fight to: other” and called upen Operation Breadbasket to support the *“WA picket of the National Tea Company. This document contains neither recommendations ner conclusions of the FBI. It is the property 2 the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.