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™~ Be ty eae eee, Sapte atin Deeg eae mcibmuctadiate 3 a eee ee Cee ee et ee oe es = alee Deol heat! othe Logs : ' a t een Pare, " 4 woes > - Pent cin9 gy. aw . Frat abate MET EAE 4 UNENOWN SUBJECTS: - : UNITED FARM WORKERS - VICTINS - CIVIL RIGHTS: CIVIL HIGHTS s.CT 1964 On June 20, 1973, a UFW force of 950 pickets moved into the small community of Mecca, CaliYornia, located south of Indio, sealing off the town by blocking roads and harassing the grape workers in their vehicles and homes. This activity prevented workers from going to work for a period of time. In connection with this incident efforts were made to block the road and for the first time CSO = el*were subject to attack. With UFW pickets on oth sides of the road,"barbs" shaped out of nails were scattered on the roacway and the tires of the Sheriff's Office vehicles were flattened. ae RA _. The same Getc 30 to 40 UM! pichets euiered ¢ iieia anc wnen RCsvO units arrived they came upon a a 4 violent confrontation. There were about ten Teanster guards anc about 50 Ur pickets present. According EY the Teansters shout 67¢ the strike have had orters not to resist arrest by law 70 enforcement personne] and whenever a Teamster was arrested he immediately stopped fighting and passively submitted to the arrest. The incidents on June 19 and 20, 1973, particularly. the assaults on (iii 676 greatly agitated the Yeamster rank anc file, ©