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{ UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION San Antonio, Texas June 28, 1966 #ee , = 4 é PROPOSEBYMARCH FROM RIO_GRANDE CITY, TEXAS, TO AUSTIN, TEXAS, BY MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL FARM WORKERS ASSOCIATION The June 28, 1966, edition of The Valley Mornin Star, a daily newspaper published at HarTingen, Texas, contained an article captioned, "Melon Pickers Talk of March on Austin." JThnis article was datelined Rio Grande City. This article reads as follows: Union suppert for cugans}eficon's National /‘/ Farm Workers Association Local Now 2 of Starr County { grew Monday after receiving backing at a meat cutters ie convention in Harlingen Sunday. Plans for a Farn 4 Norkers march from Rio Grande City to Austin were also in the telking stage. , . ff f Nelson said that fo vans of Austin, Secretary- Treasurer of the Texas AFL-CIO, had agreed to provide ~ ~ $250 needed as a deposit for a telephone et NFWA Headquarters in Rio Grande City. Evans was one of several labor chiefs from around the nation who met with Valley Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers Workers Union of North America when it pledged suppert for the Starr County farm picketers, At the meeting in Harlingen, the union voted to donate $300 to the NFWA local. Announcement of the’ additional 7250 came tlonday. : | a if 7 ‘ -. L ~ COPIES DRSTROTED / raed {G49 / ab 77 : ‘ = “Fm oe eae er. “at a rt . . cree . . nti ei eS NT ee ay Le AGN ge ee BTN eek er ar at ee bat * core, — wed * aT tf fe we i: eet oe 7 ™ ls * ODT Bee BENS SS em A NY Tp A Pla Ng ni Set Pte Na Sen Le ge S . . - ~~. ee ee et See me” : ee oe me, any Fas a we ao wet eens -. -~ aa TSP POY, q