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Cesar Chavez — Part 11
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v A CHARLES B,. SULLIVAN that he has known CESAR
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related that he first met CHAVEZ when
members e National Farm Workers Association (NFWA),.
headed by CHAVEZ; went to Fresno, California, to picket ©
the Community Services Organization (CSO) Convention
held at the Hacienda Motel. He said at the time the NFWA
picketed the CSO Convention, CHAVEZ proclaimed the CSO
was controlled by city dwellers who were not interested
in the problems of the farm workers. said
since that time he has talked to CHA
occasions and he has found him to be a ver leasant,
soft-spoken, and educated man. cerwrracmsurthttes
out that CHAVEZ claims to have had a formal education
only through the eighth grade, but he went on to say
that CHAVEZ is well read and knowledgeable in the field
of organizing farm laborers. a
ee he does not know CHAVEZ
well enoug to comment on his character, associates,
mben bn +i + a
ae
reputation, or morals. He went on to state that he has
never heard nor is he aware of anything that would
reflect unfavorably upon CHAVEZ'S loyalty to the United
States. said that since the very beginning
of the strike ée vicinity of Delano, California, in
September 1965, vwhich strike was lead by CHAVEZ, CHAVEZ
has "continuously surrounded himself with what I call
unsavory people of questionable character and reputation
and individuals whose mai sok to the United States I would
question", said that in September 1965,
the Agriculturai Workers Organizing Committee - American
Federation of Labor - Congress of Industrial Organizatiors
(AWOC - AFL-CIO), declared a strike in the grape harvest
in the Delano area at which time Mr. LARRY ITLIONG,
Director or the AWN . ATWCTO invi ted the NEWA to toin
hs we qf Weak
in the strike. said that CHAVEZ and his
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