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(continued) (25) The 10/18/70 issue of the Fort Myers, Florida "Free Press" carried an article entitled "Farm Workers Eye Union" authored by Jack Hillhouse, regarding the First Florida Farm Workers Youth Conference at Immokalee. Rudy Juarez, Director of the Organized Migrants in Community Action, and Chairman of the Rural Organization Coalition (ROC) told those assembled to look forward to many labor organizers, including Caesar Chavez from California, to come to Florida in the near future. Juarez stated that Chavez and the ROC would cooperate. 105-202737-9 ep.5 (25) » WaS interested in doing business with some unknown union and an unknown Chicago, Ill. figure, possibly a unionorganizer, rather than have Cesar Chavez come to the South Florida area from California. Source felt that wanted to be the "big shot" in the labor movement and that if Chavez came to South Florida, position would be down- graded and he would possibly be removed from any type of authority by Chavez. 157-17731-21 p.46 (13) On 12/18/70 Qe advised that Appleseed Collective (100-463376) and the 7 an Organization supporting the efforts of Cesar Chavez, were working together on a campaign of harrassment against the Dow Chemical Company. Source stated that on 12/11/70 about 40 Appleseed members and UFWOC workers took part in a picket at the New York Dow Office, 45 Rockefeller Center, NYC. Demonstrators carried signs calling for the freeing of Chavez* and the boycotting of Dow. 100- -463376-1 p.9.16 or (oc; *In prison at Salinas, Calif. ‘a 12G ied {continued} rrr . te," pater | ered > vo i ee wig ye eee at gel . rss ae Pg ROI