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s . 19 (Rev. 10-171) ra _ Qpetia! to The New Tort Tine _ SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 1— Despite the disclaimers of Fed-' era! officials, an unemployed, . Saborer who describes himself, at & paid police informer insists. that certain farmers in the San) Joaquin Valley of California,| ordered the assassination of; ‘ Cesar Chavez, the farm union. ‘Jeader.. - 1 : ‘ ‘The informer, Larry) Shears. 32 years old, said the been offered $5,000 to partici-| pate in the plist and thet he d witnessed what appeared to be the payment of $30,000 to carry out the assassination. Mr. Shears, « thin, long- haired man who lives in Baker- fied, offered a series of tape recordings and documents that he said demonstrated the verac- ity of hfs story. ; ; - Cohen, chief counsel to the Un rm Workers Or- ganizing Committee, has ex- pressed concen for ihe safeiv of Mr. Chavez, who heads the union, and has said that hej will] seek a Congressional in-| vestigation. . Warned by Agents Mr. Cohen said that tast July $i) Federal agents secretly warned the union that they had reason to believe an attempt to assassinate Mr. Chavez was be- ing otganized. Gn one occasion Federal agents were said to have provided protection for Mr. Chavez at a rally. But jast, according to an As- @ociated Press dispatch, a Fed- era] spokesman said that the Government “now considers the case closed” after the informer was unable to provide any) f of a plot. Mr. Chavez has been a con- troversial figure in his union’s tong and bitter struggie to or. gunize and raise the wages of workers on the huge California fruit and vegetabie farms. ' "+. Ex-Official Recalls Case nee investigation into the ‘ essasgination plot was Contucted by the Alcohol, To- -daceo and Firearms Enforce- . ment Division of the Internal ~ Revenue Service, an arm of the , Thessury Bepartment.: “-_ Marious officials of the en- forcement division of the Wesi with whom Mr. qSheers de- se eta meee Informer Says ; b= he“had dealings h . a fo comment on et awh 5 * i Care Wow Vere Ti 4 ‘Thursday @ reéventic sy v- ice Bpokesman in Washington declined comment on the case, saying, “LR.S. has an estab- lished policy of not comment- ing on investigations.” Donaid W. Bacon, now 6 tax consultant with Gulf and West- em Industries, who until No- yeber was Assistant Cominis- sioner for Compliance at the revenue service, recalled that there had been an investiga tion. He said: “at one time there was & ‘threat on Chavez's life. Some- . tine in eary fall. There was an red plot. 1 authorized ent of an amount eee also Jearned that Sen- aior Edward M. Kennedy, De- ; that might t's “thave included payment to an j Tolson __ Felt : - Rosen He-was Part of Ceast aston , Bishop \ Miller, B.S. ; ’ Cellahan esar ChaveZ cases 4 lt ee | ‘Information wasn’t/ satisfactocy ! Dalton i therefore he wies not paid _ Dalbev e added, “The {attempt was Cleveland — never made on ihis life. The Pond vestigation stopiped." er —— Show’ REY men named by Mr. Bates alleged aS participeants in the Tavel one lot have teen arrested Wal Lt bs ated charzes, and one alters .—. cha in jail. -Neither was Sovats __ sare with or genizings en Tele. R sation. Orie watt ar Tele. Room Holmes __ petted On a narcotics cherge] Gandy —— and the other for murder. _ Because there has been fo ‘official, action against any of those mentioned by the in- former, the names of alleged plot participants are withheld. Despite the arrests, leaders! of the farm union are still worried. Mr. Cohen said, “maybe all, we got was a reprieve. We still have people out there who put up a substantial sum of money. They could be looking for an- other hit man.” Kennedy Pressed Fee . Mr. Cohen said that he had, spent much time investigating the story related by Mr. Shears’ and had concluded that there were slements of truth in it. He said that Mr. Shears’ tapes and documents proved that he did work with the Federal agents and that the Government did authorize the payment of $10,- 000 to him for his role as an informer in the case. The Washington Post Times Herald The Washington Daily Ni The Evening Star (Washi The Sunday Star (Washin Daily News (New York) Sunday News (New York New York Post mocrat of Massachusetts, had The New York ‘Tages instrumental in getting the The Daily W i _ $10,000 fee approved for pay. ‘aily Wor) ment to Mr, Shears. Th 40 The New Leader __ mer said thaat the The Wall Street Jouma! to have been paid not only for. + wou: hie services a5 an informer and Jeter as a witness but also to ‘enable him to relocate his fami- ty outside California. He has Apr wife and two children. | Mr. Shear said thet he never F _ Dote __~ The National Observer People’s World received the $10,000. However, he did show a copy of a fan- ceied check issued by the Tress Lot. 7% wae the amount of $500. a ’ He also had a copy of vouch 19] er showing that the payment had been made to him for “in- - ‘ held] and those who are providing [name withheld] the Vaan formation and evidence neces: f to identify {came-with-| fi th