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LA 161-1087 JMB:grj the manner in which racial unrest has been foQmented in Delane and how local laws had been openly violated, he personally believed those advising CHAVEZ have little regard for Democracy and are desirous of causing trouble for many people rather than to improve the working ~ conditions and living standards of the farm worker. According +o SP + feels the following associates of CHAVEZ are Stionable character: FRED Ww. ROSS, ALEXANDER HOFFMAN, DOLORES HUERTA, LUIS VALDEZ, JAMES DRAKE, SAM KUSHNER and others he could not recall at the time. <x EE cat 0c that he has personally observed SAM KU: eral occasions conferring with DOLORES HUERTA; JAMES DRAKE, a member of the California Migrant ; and ALEXANDER HOFFMAN, attorney for the NFwA. stated that he understands that SAM KUSHNER writes cles for the "People's World”, which is alleged to be a communist publication on the West Coast. stated that during the Senate Hearing, which was held at the Grammar School in Delano, California, to investigate the strike in Delano, CESAR CHAVEZ appeared to testify, accompanied by DOLORES HUERTA, ALEXANDER HOFFMAN, and JAMES DRAKE, He stated that questions directed to CHAVEZ were obviously answered by the individuals accompanying him, as before each answer he would deliberate with three individuals, or d whisper something to him prior to his answering. Stated that it appears to him that CHAVEZ is not the re leader of the NFWA, but merely a figurehead, who is directed by other individuals who are closely associated with him in the NFWA. that because of the pressure methods the NFWA throughout the strike, which not really a strike by employees of the ers in the area, and because of the type of persons who have participated from outside of the area, with which CHAVEZ has surrounded himself, he would be unable to recommend CHAVEZ for any position of trust and confidence with the United States Government. al wt