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| Oo | Q M: A. Jones to Wick Memo RE: NATIONAL FARM WORKERS ASSOCIATION wr. “ organization have extremely liberal views. ii has aiso been Getermined _— that various known Communist Party (CP) members or sympathizers have furnished support to the NFWA in connection with its conflict with the grape growers in part of California. Cesar AChay wer: — Syn mo ky ” cesar E. Chavez has been described as the founder and Director of thé NFWA. He reportedly was born on 1-31-27, possibly at Delano, California. He regided at 1221 Kensington Street, Delano, California, and has spent about 14 years in the ose, California, area prior to 1963 as a recruiter for the Community Service Organization (CSO) at San Jose. CSO is a “war on poverty” type organization. Chavez refuses to answer any questionnaires directed at him by Credit Bureaus or similar organizations. He has openly been called a communist at Delano City Council meetings; however, our sources do not possess _ any definite information in this regard even though Chavez reportedly associates with "left-wing" type individuals and allegedly has been known to distribute copies of "People's World," a west coast communist newspaper, free of charge. Chavez publishes and sells a paper called "El Malcriado” which is described as the voice of the farm worker and the official voice of the NFWA. Chavez has reportedly stated that he desires to open general stores in the San Joaquin Valley to sell "commodities to farm workers at discount prices” and to therefore create a boycott of local businesses. He allegedly has also started a credit union for the farm workers who are members of the NFWA. One of our sources has stated the opinion that Chavez is not allogether sincere in his desire to aseist migrant workers but rather is interested in making a name for . himself and to gain financially. It was also reported that the $267,887 gram --- ‘approved by OEO for NFWA has aroused considerable public opinion against it. 7 In addition to Chavez, we have learned that Wendy Goepel, ‘Harvey Richards, David Havens and Dolores Huerta are involved in NFWA activites. — Wendy Goepel: - ae PH ae | We pel is apparently 4 identical with Wendy Pangbu pel who reportedly was considering attending the Eighth vorld Youth Festival in Helsinki, Finland, in 1962 along with other Stanford University students. There is no indication that she did attend. Ch Nabi -3- CONTINUED - OVER V1 |