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Cesar Chavez — Part 14
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‘onstrators), and the other by
the union itself.
‘The other sult was to come
up for trial im federal court in
Brownsville in mid May,
yout has been postponed. ent
sane i. That will makp i
pending for about a year, since
it was filed on June 12 last
year by the United Farm Work-:
fect Organizing - Committee!
aginst the Rangers and
i of the Starr County 3!
ii 's department. It is to [be
1h jard before a three-judte co}
+ “gay Clendants fealy
{The ‘sutt names specifica
Ranger Capt. A. Y. Allee, Tex-:
.a3 Rangerg S. If, Denson, Jack
Van Cleve, Jerome Preiss and
\t. Ht. Dawson: Sterift Dr. Rene,
Solis, ity Sheriffs Raul and:
‘Roberto Pena and Special Dep-|
vety Sheriff Jim Rochester, all’
‘of Starr County, and Justice of!
ithe Peace B. 5. Lopez, also of
‘Ris Grande City.
., They were charged by mem-
[ders Of the UFWOC with de
'priving members ‘of the “une
|won" ef their constitutional
nights under the Fiflh and
Fourteenth Amendments of the
Constitution.
The ‘deprivation’ was fa,
connection with arrests and de
tention of “union” members
during the months - long picket-|
ing of Siarr County produce|
Among the plantiffs is Gilbert!
Padilla, vice president of the:
“union” who was an associate
of Cesar Chavez, founder of
e California farm union{ of;
ich the Texas organization is
splinter. Padilla now i In
arge of the Valley “‘uniba”
Ps as nee int Rio Gran
ity sti a to pro
(etna
there during action’
12nd other demonstrations. Mem-;
bers of the union were arrest
led following numerous incidents. |
Violence was ramapant ia!
'
This document contains acithor recommend ‘tizns
ons of tha FB Wik ca orp ty
| - ‘Three Jodges a!
‘The judges who arc to Pear!
the case are Federal District,
Judge “ -naldo Garaa of
Browns Judge John R.
Brown of the Fifth Circuit U. 5.
{Court of Civil Appeals, New
‘Orleans, and Judge Woodrow
‘Seals, ef the Southern District
which have caused the melor
crop to be late and small, bith
tnionization effort has been ob
served this spring. A big union
ion effort was to have un
deftaken this spring and sjm
mq, with the advent of the
m crop, some of the
" had indicated.
Sani 1th FBI aad is loaned to your op ry: it and
the lot nths of unionization! ys ye an
ie ee bridge was} 'S cortents are not to be distributed outside
burned, cars were burned, citi: your agency
‘zens were threatened and trains!
lwere delayed, Rangers had to
‘ride shotgun on the trains
‘ing out the valey-Carey tty x
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