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UNI In Reply, Picase Refer to File Ne. . cape The "Los Angeles Times"-edition of September 26, 1969, Part Il, ge 2 contains the following article . mn - “(_ ATES DEPARTMENT OF F (jC FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Los Angeles, California » 1969 titled, "Cesarf{navez Begins 7-WNeek Tour of U.S.": beer LL wie Cesar Chavez Begins 7-Week Tour of US. BY MARRY BERNSTEIN ‘Yies Lader Wriler Cesa avez embarked Thursday on a seven-week nationwide tour with an optimistic word on the widespread support his Grape boycott is recciving. As an example, he noted that ia Portland Wednes- day a picket line brought 2 halt to loading of ships docked there until one shipper agreed to with- draw a load of table zr: wailing to be put aboa one ship. Chavez, hed of the AFE-CiO United Farm Workers Organizing Com- mittee, said in an inier- view here that he is now working full time after Spending most of the past year in bed because of back problems. He said he will testify in Washington, D.C, next week before a Senate coin- mittee that the union has “clear evidence that grow- ers are peisoning workers and contaminating table grapes by the increasing use of pesticides." (Growers deny thu ticides are enanyering workers and cite nent studies to glePes are nol of the use y contend has raived the & means ed pressuring them for union recognition.) Then Chavez will visit 40 cities where tears of union workers are pre<s- ing the grape boycott "to consider ways of pushing Yhe boycott further than we have yet done.” Chavez said _hé also will mect with Congress to press again for legislation to give farm workers the same ich most er nonfarm workers have under the National Labor Relations Act. Chgvez showed litle op- timisin for early res tion of talks with a group of 12 grape growers wito Gid agree to try to work out a settlement with ther union, Chavez asked chief fc- deral mediator J. Curtis Counts last week to try to arrange a umption of the negotiations, and the growers will meet Oct. 9 to decide whether they want further talks with the union. Most granegrowers ap posed even the earlier sessions agrecd to hy the sav the not represent