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UNITE TATES DEPARTMENT OF Jue FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION San Antonio, Texas September §, 1967 ACTIVITIES CONCERNING FARM WORKERS STRIKE AT RIO GRANDE, oe CITY, TEXAS 7 a MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION CONCERNING Reference is made to FBI San Antonio memorandum dated September 1, 1967, captioned as above, The September 5, 1967, issue of The Austin American, a daily newspaper at Austin, Texas, in an article entitied "Marchers Claiming 'Sell Out'" set forth in part that the Mexican-American marchers seeking a minimum wage law claimed a "sell out" by some of their own leaders as they staged a second Labor Day rally at the Capital; that Erasmo Andrade, the final rally speaker, stated "They've =e Aes ther @hntue aheewnnn hae @¢haw baw Bet A ate $m + he sources who want to elect Big John (Governor John Connally) to a fourth term": that Andrade, head of the San Antonio Valley Farm Workers Committee, lead the fortyseven mile, four day hike from New Braunfels to Austin; and that GI Forum, the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), and the Texas ATL-C10, all principal sponsors of the 1966 march, failed to support this year's demonstration. The above article also set forth that Mike Ferdin of San Antonio, a member of the Bexar County Employment Opportunity Council, stated, "You have found Out today who your true leaders are and who has been pulling the wool over your eyes. They are not here for one excusé or another, but the real reason is they are politically committed. Don't listen to those who are not here today or you will be marching again next year. Ferdin later said he was referring to the above mentioned groups who did not participate in this year's rally. The article continued that a much-applauded speaker was Reies Titerina, leader of the Federal Alliance COPIES DESTROYEL _ KA Le / Df 2 / of Gj | 332FE8 9 BI A Oe <4 LW men!