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ACTIVITIES CONCERNING FARM WCRKL.:S STRIKE IN RIO GRANDE CITY, TEXAS “"Sn the next day or two.! "Named in the suit av Texas Ranyer Capt. A. y. Allee, Ranger Sgt. S. H. Denson, Rangers Jack Van Clevel, T. EH. Dawson, and Jerome Preiss, Starr County Sheriff Dr. Rene, Solis, Deputies Raul Fena end Roberto Pena. Speciat Dep vin Rochester, end Justice of t!: Perce B.S. Leoprz. "Rochester is an em.ove_ of ta ‘casita Farne, the principal target of the unior? year-long organizatioral drive. The California-case:. on seths a $2.25 an hour minimum wage and union cortracts for the field hands of Starr County. “Rochester's brovhor, Ray, is vice president and general manager of the huge farm. “Named as plaintiffe in the suit are Frank (Pancho? Medrano or Dalles, baker, Cavid Lopez, Gilbert Padilla, “Magdaleno Diwe2, Benjamin Rudriguez and the union. “The Charges “"Deiendantr in the case are accused of ‘unlawful harrassmer.t, threats. searches i:.d seizures uniawful and groundless mass and iicividual arrests, physical assaults and batteries ani dicregar? fcr due process of lav.' fAncthe> ellegetisn of the evit claims that Allec, Van Cleve and Preiss ‘unlawfully and without warrants or gustification,' arested some of the plaintiff: The suit also alleges that private property was taken from some of the plaintiffs and contends that some of the property was destroyed. “William Kircher, organization director of the AFL-CIO, is scheduled to meet with Gov. Sen 2fonnads: at 20 a.n. Wednesday in Acstin, zccurding to Williams, "A union spokeeman gaid Kircher expects to i-tcuss “the Starr County labor dispute with the zevernor,