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Rae | bie. pa Oe KO 44-3395 another Federal Voting Observer, who was pres@nt in the office, for peing present in the Parish. At this point Perez identified himself as being chairman of the Democratic Comittee of the Parish and gatated they did not need the Federal. Voting Observers in the Parish jnterferring with their elections. Perez used such words as Federal Spies and (obscene) being sent by that (obscene) in Washington. Perez was very disjointed in his remarks and depended on & running comment from one of the other men that entered the office By this I mean it appeared that Perez ‘would have run out of things to say without help from this other man. geveral times in his continuous _ barrage Perez asked the question, ‘Who are you and , where are you from?* without actually waiting for an answer. Perez then demanded to see Ay and a credentials. At thie point I reninded Perez hat he was in my office and on Federal property but that I did not mind showing him my gdentifi- cation since in the course Of my duties I might be going into the voting places. Perez renpved his glasses, gat down at the table, took out some paper and made a ceremony of copying my name and ‘title from my credentials, by this I mean be was very deliberate in the meaner in which he repeated my name aloud as be wrote 4t down. Perez went through the same procedure with “perez then got Up and reached for & list of Federally registered voters and said, 'T su e I cannot look at this.‘ informed Perez that there was no objection since it was identical to other lists furnished to the Parish officials. Perez showed no more interest in the list but reached for an envelope which was also laying on the table and which contained information pertinent to the voters rights program. At this point xy reached across the table and also took hold of the envelope, preventing Perez from 18