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Cesar Chavez — Part 14

114 pages · May 24, 2026 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Cesar Chavez · 105 pages OCR'd
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Rangers { Contlnved from Page One ‘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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