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= & me UN..ED STATES DEPARTMENT OF . SSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Los Jingelec, california September 13, 1966 All sources utilized herein have furnished reliable ~~ informatgon in the past. ee gee Source No. 1 furnished the following information in Octovcr, 1965 and in January, 1966: Gn September 9, 1965, the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committec (AOC), AFL-CIO, witi i:eadguarters in Washingten, D. C., declared a strike against the grape Growers in Tulare and Kern Counties, California with 72 Filipino grape pickers participating. On September 19, 1965, the National Farm Vorkers Association (NFJA) also joined this strike, which then drought the Mexican and Puerto Ricans into thic matter. The puroose of the strike vias supposedly to increase t: pe fe) . nc wages Oo. tie grape pickers. lirdA 18 a local independent union, which has onl: renortedly been affiliated with the AFL-CIO since September, 1965. This affiliation is allegedly cnly for the purpose of . supporting the precent,Delano-Tulare County strike. NFWA was Cesar myAgavez, a male MEXLCA2 vorn Janucry_il, Ley itly at Delano, Califomia, ['?", 125 nounds, Stra-git black hair, brown eyes, dar’: complexion, is the vounJer and Director of NVA, with headquarters at 102 Albany street, Delano, tclephore number 7661. OO be mes ee ee me ee oe Charen spent about 1! years in San Jose, California, pricr to Wot, as c reocru’ter for the Conmunity Cervice i J Orsanization (CSO) at San Jose. CSO is o "war on noverty” , tyne errantusbion. Prior to his Vl yenrr with Coa, Chaves was . t _ i] , OPIES DRSTROYED 33 FEB 9 1971 __ ENCLOSURE | oe | Cr id nd ~ Tae ee ve er oes rel ee a a= . 4 Pind 0 vo. en Pe SB os * oo “aye Pye em ae : wh ~ ee ee a Ana ee Se ’ : ¥ : EN NE ae Th IS DS pant Be - oe tt om . 2" "3 . an. ; . ee nd me . rd