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get Le Nown Subj ‘ieskess VT 7, By 3 Dear _, a aod Fam ee & as . I as sorry for the slight delay is responding to your <> request of Juiy 4, 1973 for further isformation on illegel attacks ' om the United Farm Workers in the Coachella Valley of California. ~- I had sent @ telegram on June 29, 1973 to Mr. Wililen Ruckelshaus, Acting Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation ta Washington, D.C., requesting an investigation of these attacks fa mmeoainews @hie ftinte ed Boe Uk ae ~aee ae then hein e a ll in the dally press, o Cr oy In response to your request for further infsramation, I have learned of the following incidents in late June: 1, June 21, 1973; A citrus rach forenan, mistaken by ; Teanster “organisers” for a farmworker, was run eff the e -. road, pulled from his pickup, beaten, and stabbed, mee wena tame: fh spa Hie artarkers were anvrehanded in tha act of drmine hin ont - {mto the Salton Sea by Riverside County Sheriffs, 2. June 272, 1973: Teamsters or Teanster agents set fire in a midnight attack to the house trailer of Fancisco Campoe, a migrant farmworker from Texas, 3, dune 22, 1973: Teansters or their agente driving a flat bed truck forced a United Fars Worker ériven car eff the read and smashed it with laree recks in front of Ay Sheriff's deputies who arrested thes for felonious assault, 4 June 23, 1973: Over 200 Teansterchired agents ambushed a group of striking United Farm Worker Menbers and Riverside County Sheriffs with baseball bats, ice picks, and chains, sending several to ¥i. hospital, Ali but 18 escaped arrest by the sheriffs, 175 7 932333—- 5. June 25, 1973: RE EC with United Fare Worker penbers inside was forced off the road, the women thrown to Bhe S164, - while Teanster-hired agents attacked the men with “HY: e-- dee’ 3: * 8. 6 June 25, 1973: Roving gangs of SO or more ot aly attacked farmvorkers as well as some United Gurch st clergymen who witnessed the attacks. 8 2g = ts hier i Gee 4 og CSUN i . ‘ t f ed . ; . . ‘. 3 oe ” or ee tame nee es teas tan ee I ai ge a pte ee wl eI Le Ae Mt