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Leander Perez Sr — Part 3

70 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: Oct 6, 1965 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Leander Perez Sr · 68 pages OCR'd
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. t 3 -@ C “ \ NO 44-3395 extracting @ document from the envelope. Perez was trying to remove one document which was sticking out of the envelope. Perez and I had no physical contact, When I took hold of the envelope, Perez immediately released it and stepped around the table, looked into one open priefcase and ghook another priefcase. He then opened one drawer of the filing cabinet in the office and closed it (umediately witb the comment that he was looking for arms. Perez asked ‘What's the matter, don't you bave any arms, where are your machine guns, what kind of people are you anyway?’ . eo - “At several points throughout Perez's ’ conversation he stated that he did not appreciate the presence of Federal Observers and stated on one occasion that he would rather pick (obscene) with the chickens than he a Federal Observer. Perez demanded to know how many Federal Observers were present and commented that Federal Observers were a waste of the taxpayers‘ money. Tez referred to one of the men with him a8 was a white male made a statement to Perez that there were & east four Federal Observers because he saw one relieve qu at the polling place located at the fire station prior to coming to the office. “At this point Peres. stated. he was going back to the polling place to find out who e office through the open door, I observed a Kegro man standing just outside the door. I went over and {invited this Negro man into the effice. At this point Perez asked of no one in particular 19 ot see Pune nts TRAST. was referring to. Perez then turned and left
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