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Cesar Chavez — Part 16

139 pages · May 09, 2026 · Document date: Jun 14, 1966 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Cesar Chavez · 134 pages OCR'd
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ee ee we! - . - ( ; Victor Riesesa -- 4/14/75 x X X pourday Page 3 money into the United Farm Workers" war chest. Therefore it seems to some that Chavez wants to score this one on his own. The labor chiefs can't repudiate him. That would appear to be "deserting" the farm workers. That would appear to be rejecting a large ethnic minority. source, simply is to refine that boycott weapon, hone it, cut down not only the Teamsters, the lettuce and grape growers but also any one company he wants to hit. “And where does-this leave the rest of the labor movement?” asks this source. "He's building a university and clerical following which gives him strength far beyond his jurisdiction and membership. To fight him and his allies means battling forces with which we just don’t want any encounters. We have no quarrel with them otherwise. Chavez knows this." Chavez's transatlantic attack is unique. He has strong support from the Swedish labor federation (LO) which not too long ago delayed the unloading of 74 tons of grapes at Goteborg. The word spread in Europe is that grapes and lettuce not picked by Chavez's Black
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