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“hn Editorie” for appointment to a high Federal post have been wide. interpreted as a bid forthe political favor of th ¥ | Mexican-American “community of Californie and | “at 7 ‘ Southwest.” elt , : ‘. The interpretation | is given weight by the reniarks : Humphrey. ; po 7 Apart’ from ‘Chaves! obvious lack of qualifications - for such an ‘appointment, it is this foct that is most * disturbing in the shocking news thot Mr. Chavez. has * been ‘earmarked by President Johnson for a job in the Federal Government. ” Mr. Johnson obviously is the victim of bad informa- eer . tion by his advisors. We agree with David Fairbairn, chairman of the Kern County Board of Supervisors, that this proposed appointment is an absurdity. But we would go further. t We submit this is o cynical and cruel hoax that in the long run can only undermine ond make a mockery of the legitimate aspirations of our citizens of Mexican 1 ancestry for the recognition by officialdom to which they are entitled. While the specific nature of the appointment under consideration has not been reveafed up to now, it must be halted. In the interests of good government, in the inter- { ests of citizens’ confidence in their government and its : leaders, this appointment must be stopped. Lyndon Johnson cannot build a Great Society by introducing the New Left into the foundations of the Structure. If Mr. Chavez wants a Federal job he must first renounce the New Left allies to whom his move- ment owes so much. : \f Mr. Chavez refuses to repudiate the New Left, the Johnson Administration will have no choice—if it is to keep faith with itself and the people. it serves-— * but to renounce Mr. Chavez. We urge Congressman Hagen, Senator Kuchel and Senator Murphy to move immediately to use the in- tuence.of their high offices to Prevent, in the words of one knowledgeable abserver, an-"unmitigcted dis- Pree srg tree Badd? Octert ‘eports that Cesar Chavez is being considered. : : Of proise voiced Mondor, in Colton by Vice President *