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WFO 161-3937 ‘ JRA: lfe > l » was interviewe oy Sa JOHN R, ALE on September 26, 1966, He stated that their we office has received a number of telegrams protesting any as Federal appointment for the appointee, CESAR CHAVEZ. He stated tlt these telegrams claim that the appointee is a “leftist and revolurtionist as well as a person who has affiliated himself with the 4. E. B. DuBois Club, the Vietnam Day Committee, and the Student Democratic Society." He stated that thelroffice made inquiry at the white House to ascertain what position for which the appointee was being considered. He stated that they were told that the _ appointee was being considered as one of the invitees to a proposed conference to be held at the dhite House concerning the roll and problems of the Mexican- Americans in the U. S. ee «22 that he did not know the appointee personally and that the only thing that he has ever heard about the appoigtee-wasthat he is a labor leader who is considerad in many eircles a radical and a person who believes in the . approactf to the labor movement from the extreme left. He stated that the appointee is definitely a very controversial figure but that he could not be more specific in any con- plaints against him. GED furnished the following names and addresses of person who had protested the appointee's appointment by letter ot telegram: aa SEE ee Ta ee ee MIS SLL AS