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File Neo. Estes in Reply, Please Refer te ~ unt Cy stares DEPAR WENT OF “Oice FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION San Antonio, Texas July 6, 1967 ACTIVITIES CONCERNING FARM WORKERS STRIKE IN RIO GRANDE CITY, TEXAS MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION CONCERNING The June 30, 1967, edition of the Valley Morning Star, a daily newspaper published at Harlingen, Texas, carries .. an article on page one captioned "U.S. Senators Show Favor to Unionizing" which states members of the Senate Sub-Committee on Migratory Labor hoiding hearings on the previous day at Pio Grande City, Texas, showed open favor to unicnizing farm lator and that most of the session was given to cortentiors fron union members that Texas Rangers used brutality in ms! ing arrests during the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC) organizing campaign in Starr County, Texas. newspaper carried a second article on p2ze The same Panel Men Rated Mostly Labor-Liberal" which one captioned "Sub states that the Americans for Democratic Action {[ADA™ in 19€6 rated Senator Ted Kennedy (Democrat, Massachutcrts) at Saviur voted "right" one hundred per cent of the tars. The “cles Senator Harrison Williams (Democrat, New Jearaevt, Cr sna. tt the above-mentioned Senate Sut-Committee. as iaving vo ise “right” nine-five per cent of the time. They @eiod . thin: member of the Sub-Committee, Senator Paul Farain (Roa spsican, Arizona) as having never voted ‘right’. The arti¢le states that COPE, the rtl.isica cetlen arm of the AFL-CIO, rated Senator Ted Kernuidy 4 or. not guring 1966 as one hundred per cant rirsht: f+ sater ¥* lo ans! performance also was rated as having voted my Bard tt cent right; while Senator Fannin was rated es basins ever voted right. The article stated the above ratings are iaced on xey issues selected by the ratings agencies themselves. The July 1, 1967, edition of the Valley Mcrnir- | ji the 4 | ey SO FEL g ag7y ENCLnsun aw ; ~“ 7