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om c™ ! Obra (Ole we ante ! tT, mas 1 PeT bot r “kN ' } | : Gis ste 88 +O dP i { } _ arisen 2 “ UNITED STATES GOX ERNMENT - af Pi aoe Memorandum ices : fi Conred | : ‘ — foFew FROM M. A. Jonés ' Savers. AN te {lands { stBJFCI! CESAR ESTRADA.CHAVEZ Submitted per instructions of Director on 12/16/70. Captioned individual, born 3-31-27, at Yuma, Arizona, is reportedly the founder and director of the Nationai Farm Workers Association, iater known as the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC). This organization, with a membership consisting of farm workers in the Delano, California, area (where the organization was founded in 1962) participated in a strike against agricultural growers in that area for a considerable length of time. coat '- } Chavez has been chdracterized as a controversial iridividual who had |b been openly called a communist at Delano City Council meetings, although our sourc: j dO not possess any corroborative information in this regard. Information, however, | has been received that he associated with "left-wing" type individuals and allegedly had been distributing.free of charge, copies of People's World" from his office. In connection with a Special Inquiry investigation which we conducted on Chavez_in 1966 (which was discontinued prior to completion at the request of the White House). jit was disclosed that many community leaders in the Delano, California, area would ‘not recommend Chavez for Federal employment, and some stated thathe wasa / troublemaker and the cause of racial strife in the community. Others did not believe in 41, menfooced wrens 4h I+. he Was sincere in the fessed purpose of the long strike involving UFWOC. ould not recommend Chavez tu any position of trust and confidence in the Federal Government nor would who described such an appointment as a political disaster. based his rejection of Chavez, in part, on Chavez's close association with th: ew Left" in the California area. Sa lor , . + A “REC bee The 2-22-68 newsletter of the'L. A. Resistance and €upporters of the 2 tar eported that five members of the Resistance met Chavez and reported is support for the Resistance. Chavez also reportedly indicated thatlittle. could. appen until days of demonstrations became a constant way of life. 0 2 bre oe 197 At a meeting in El Paso, Texas, 12-2-67, Chavez stated he was . against violence in the streets or in any other shape or form. On 4-5-70, a United Farn Workers Organizing Committee, AFL-CIO, held a meeting and barbecue in A rannrtada Coachella, California, attended by Chavez. 1 - Mr. Sullivan:* 1-Mr. Bishop } j aa fo * ‘EY | ies ri 9 171 ew te et tly, 5 oy + abn.” so A disturbance followed the meeting. 1- Mr. Rosen J 1-M. A. Jones 2-1 f f