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a . -_ wpe : The VISTA Thing FEDERAL AUTHORITIES would ce well advised, in our view to make # thorough-going investigation of the sort ef “community involvement” pracuced by the . Volunteers In Service for America (VISTA). ' sorts of “inter pr2t. to find out if the taxpayer is sugportin ra involvement includes fomenting discord, demonstra- tions and defiance of authority. As U.S Dist Judge Reynaldo Garza ssid in his courtroom last week it vould be instructive io discover whether che d2mon- strations staged by students in the Edcouch-Elsa high achool were motivated and encouraged by outside! sources. VISTA people seem to have been involved, seccrd- -tng to the sworm isstimony of one witness. VISTA has denied it, but we published a picture of a VISTA: “observer” sitting in a government car at the scene of; she demonstration. } It should be explained why VISTA is “observin ; a student demonstration and at whose instiz:tio: Toy whom are these “observers” being reported—aré to, what parpese? Who offered a ver to the demon--* strators? Although = VISTA official has dericd it, young lady in the witness box, under ozth, revited that! the students had been offered financial kelp and legal! aid by VISTA ; Mf VISTA fas onc of its “community involver: the azitation of carpus demonstrations, it sh explored by cn epprogriate governn hips the Departmen not seer to us that the taxpayer should be called upan! Support 2, . Based on the testimony of the young lady in federal court, an investigation is approz~' ite. We hope one is forthcoming soon. fs) i ts’ d te, ae cy—pere | e or a srand jury. It dees This document containsneither recommendations of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and your agency; it and its contents are not to be outside your agency. -92. a) ~»