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UNITY” ATES DFs AKG SENT OF JUSTAC— FEDERAL BUREAU OF _xvesticati$d In Reply, Please Refer to San Antonio, Texas File Ne. September 1, 1967 ACTIVITIES CONCERNING FARM WORKERS STRIKE AT RIO GRANDE CITY, TEXAS MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION CONCERNING On Septemb: 1967 advised on the evening,of August 31, 1967, a rally was held at New Braunfels to create interest in the march to Austin, Texas, atarting September 1, 1967, to dramatize the need to raise the standard of living of the workers in Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Approximately one hundred persons attended the rally. Shortly after 7 a.m. on September 1, 1967, the marchers left New Brauntels en route to Austin. The march consisted of some twelve persons. ee ::::-: he was of the understanding that the ren wi conciude LaBor Day in Austin, Texas, where a rally 1s pianned. Ca ::-: that there were no incidents curing the eey ane macch, The sepcember. 1, 1967, assue of the San Antonio Tlowing article. "MARCHERS KICK OFF $1.25 WAGE DRIVE ‘The Valiey farm Workers Assistance Committee rai:y Thursday night in New Braunfels, scheduled to trigger th= committee’s 1367 march on Austin, fired a blank, “The prediction by Erasm6f Andrade , state chairman ot ¥FWAT, that 1,000 people would be at the rally in West £nd Park assembiy hall fell short. A Texas Departmen: of Public Safety officer estimated the crowd at 150, although