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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply, Please Refer wo Sacramento, California August 1, 1974 Tomato Picker Pickets and Members (Unnamed) of United Farm Workers Union; ub. San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office os Stockton, California - Complainant On July 30, 1974, Assistant U. S. Attorney (AUSA) William B. Shubb, Sacramento, California, advised that he had tel cally discussed matter with informed him t their position in this matter was that the civil rights of sheriff's personnel and the Sheriff's Office were being violated by the pickets due to the intimidation of sheriff's personnel by the Mexican-American tomato picker pickets, thereby requiring law enforcement assign- ment to the picket sites beyond normal strength and thereby depriving other citizens of equal protection of law by virtue of the fact that they are not Mexican-Americans. AUSA Shubb stated he advised that his con- plaint was considered unique and informed him that a Departmental decision as to the merits of the complaint would be in order and suggested may desire to confer with Assistant Attorney General J. Stanley Pottinger, U. S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division. In an article appearing in the "Stockton Record" daily newspaper dated July 26, 1974, GB is quoted as stating, "My men are being subjected to extensive verbal 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 not to be 5301] outside your agency. encioeun® L/ yom 64409 —