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on September > > CHARLES B. SULLIVAN that he has known CESAR on a personal basis since the spring of 1965. related that he first met CHAVEZ when National Farm Workers Association (NPFWA),. headed by CHAVEZ; went to Fresno, California, to picket the Community Services Organization (CSO) Convention held at the Hacienda Motel. He said at the time the NFWA picketed the CSO Convention, CHAVEZ proclaimed the CSO was controlled by city dwellers who were not interested in the problems of the farm workers said since that time he has talked to CHA occasions and he has found him to be a very pleasant, soft-spoken, and educated man. erpaormomr eee out that CHAVEZ claims to have had a formal education only through the eighth grade, but he went on to say that CHAVEZ is well read and knowledgeable in the field of organizing farm laborers. «235 he does not know CHAVEZ well enough to comment on his character, associates, reputation, or morals. He went on to state that he has never heard nor is he aware of anything that would reflect unfavorably upon CHAVEZ'S loyalty to the United States. said that since the very beginning of the strike in the vicinity of Delano, California, in September 1965, which strike was lead by CHAVEZ, CHAVEZ has "continuously surrounded himself with what I call unsavory people of questionable character and reputation and individuals whose loyalty to the United States I would question", [Ae that in September 1965, the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee - American Federation of Labor - Congress of Industrial Organizatior (AWOC - AFL-CIO), declared a strike in the grape harvest in the Delano area at which time Mr. LARRY ITLIONG, Director of the ~ -CIO invited the NFWA to join in the strike. said that CHAVEZ and his ee