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(LONFIDINTIAL LC Ss PROPOSED MARCH SPONSORED BY CONGRESS OF RACIAL EQUALITY, DELANO TO SACRAMENTO CALIFORNIA, MARCH 18, 1966, TO APRIL 40, 1966 INFORMATION CONCERNING ¢ Source 1, it was —. opinion that CORE would support such a project, but doubted if the organization would actually organize and direct the march as CORE did not feel the Nezro people were too involved in such a project since most of the farm workers and grape’ vineyard tenders were either Mexican-American or Orientals. . On } » Source 2 advised a meeting of the Southern California District te! Munist rarty was held in Los Angeles on the evening of a During the course of the meeting, Southern a strict Communis arty, orietly discussed the fact that plans were under consideration for a march from Delano, California, to Sacramento, California, a distance of some 300 miles, in support of the Delano grape strike. pointed out that the "Kennedy Senate Committee” (U. S, SeMate Subcommittee on Migratory Farm Labor chaired by Senator Harrison A. Williams, Jr., and including Senators Robert Kennedy, Edward Kennedy and George Murphy) will hold . hearings in Delano on March 16, 1966. According to - it was suggested the march be held after the Senate Con vee hearings and to possibly be on Sunday, April 3, 1966, or Monday, April-4, 1966. suggested the march could be started any time after Apr. » 1966, which was the start of the Easter vacation, and, in this es CORE, the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and all the students could join in the march. noted the real question facing the proposed march e fact that Governor Edmond G. "Pat" Brown, Governor of State of California, was attenpting to put pressure on the "Kennedy Senate Committce" hearings not to go to Delano because it might be conducive to starting a riot, and if the "Kennedy Senate Committee" did go to Delano, it would hurt the Governor's chances during the California State Primary on June 7, 1966. tated Brown was against the march and was making every ef te ;muster his forces to stop the march since he felt it was ! planned for a very poor time. reported that James Poel bese possioly be in the geles area and effcrts te “would be made to have Hoffa participate in the march in some “tT way. : Yo