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~“ - a ~ sa FD. Rev. 15-64) “DERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIC ™ 1 Date_ September 27, 1966 furnished the following information concerning = CHAVEZ who he knows to be the President of National Farm Workers Association (NFWA), Delano, California. advised he has only spoken direct] to CHAVEZ on a couple of occasions: Based on these two contacts, he was not overly impressed with CHAVEZ and felt that perhaps CHAVEZ had a great deal of assistance in achieving the many labor goals his NFWA has achieved. EE ::.:..: all of the background material he has learned about CHAVEZ has come to him second hand. He stated the individual who has quite an extensive record of newspaper clippings from "The People's Daily World", "The National Guardian", and the publication put out by The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee is JAMES WOOLSEY, Vice President Schenley Industries, San Francisco, California. WOOLSEY also is reported to have obtained other background information on CHAVEZ and the NFWA. S organized the farm laborers in this area. felt that some of the assistants of CHAVEZ were, in his opinion, people who might be affiliated with the Communist Party or part of the "new left." dvised that the NFWA obtained an Office of Economic Opportunity grant in the amount of $260,000 for an anti-poverty program. This grant was handled by WENDY —_—__ £2 re by__SA JAMES H. DILLON:deh Date dictated 9/27/66 This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. it is the proverty at he F8l ano is loaned to your agency and its contents are not ‘0 be distributed autside your agency i) pb