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C ; UsiTED STATES DEPARTMENT OF .USTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION . a . Ree San Antonio, Texas Pile Ne March 13, 1968 ACTIVITIES CONCERNING FARM WORKERS STRIKE IN RIO GRANDE CITY, TEXAS MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION CONCERNING advised that recently Reverend Edgar Allien eger, Kat . Baker, and FrobefxLozada established at Donna, Texas, in the oad Donna Hotel an office allegedly under the auspices of the. ‘Texas Council of Churches. The name of their particular organization is the“ Yalley Community Service and they occasionally distribute free groceries to needy Mexican- American families and disseminate VISTA literature. A membership drive by Krueger, Baker, and Lozada is recruiting many Mexican-American high school students and some adults from the general area. Meetings are held each Friday night and each member is paid $1.00 monthly as encouragement to attend the meetings. ele “Meetings the group discusses general abuse and discrimination of the Mexican-American element by “Anglo"-:mericans and by the Federal Government. Frequent reference is made in the meetings to. the successful unity of Mexican-Americans in the Rio Grand ity, Texas strike of 1967. GD «:2t<0 that other local high school students whom he knows to be members will not discuss the organization in any way and has provided the above information conf tially and reiuctantly. advices SAA na: as the membership == = = not estimate) grows, the organization is -:ing divided into ~* "councils" of 16 members each. This document contains neithe. + ..>..,2ndations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property vu. che FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. / ‘OPIES NWT ED - lt e ZocFEB 9 1971 oo