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aos reset “on a narcdict | land the other for murder. = | Kennedy Pressed Fee Mr. Cohen said that he had nt much time investigating story related by Mr. Shears land had concluded that there were elements of truth in it. He said that Mr. Shears’ tapes and documents proved that he did work with the Federal agents land that the Government did authorize the payment of $10,- 1000 to him for his role as an informer in the case. It was also learned that Sen- ator Edward M. Kennedy, De-" Imocrat of Massachusetts, had instrumental in getting the $10,000 fee approved for pay-' ment to Mr. Shears. The infor- mer said thaat the money was to have been paid not only for) his services as an informer and later as a witness but also to} enable him to relocate his femi- ly outside California. He has al wife and two children. Mr. Shear said that he never! received the $10,000. However, Ihe did show a copy of a can-/ celed check issued by the Trea- sury of the United States in the amount of $500. He also had a copy of wouch-' ler showing that the payment’ had been made to him for “in- formation and evidence neces- sary to identify [name with- 3S; fho oO id shat he worked with| ithe sheriff's department over a| riod of time and, because of, is success, was then put in touch with the State Narcotics, ubeequenty. were jen' The then office confirmed it Mr. Shears bad done work ‘Suggests Burning Slide that would have eared him, $500 from the state. { As the reiatii between’ ithe two developed, contact; to earn money, the informer, said. He asked Mr. Shears if he would burn an amusement slide to permit the owner to collect ‘insurance. Mr..Shears said that Ihe declined the job but that the sbde was later destroyed by, ire. In the early spring, be said, the contact man fered him $5,000 to burn some records in Delano, He said that he questioned the contact man about the deal and learned that the records belonged to Mr. Chavez and that it was his offices that were to be burned. in addition, ehe plan was to} steal certain records from the junion’s files and then make; a “hit™ on Mr. Chavez—that is, jasszssinate him. “and I thought, whoa, God, “land 1 tnow fnarne withheld); land J knew his people and his anization, and? knew he| Demand for Money the assassination plot. Until that time he bad not had any with the dixisians he - »: —Mc_Shears said pes space contact with the division, told what he knew and then, real- izing that his identity as an faformer would become known, demanded enough money to re-' locate outside the state. He said that Mr. Vizzard and Rich- ard Cook, another special in- vestigator for the division, agreed to try to get him $10,- 000 and that @ contract was Next, Mr. Shears said that ithe area chief of the enforce- ment division, Melvin Warner, [was brought in from San Fran- cisco. He said that Mz<Werher |Wantet-irin to take a lie-detec- r_test but that the idea was nen efDrestea oppo sition, Instead, he said, he agreed to to get an nt in touch with the contact san who had broached the asedssi- pation idea. He said that the agent was Lester Robinson and that he was successful in get- ting him in touch with the con- tact man. ‘Hit’ Man Selected Meanwhile, Mr. Sears said,’ he received from the contact) ‘man detailed diagrams of Mr.| Chavez's office and was told that the killing would be done; by a M-year-old “hit” man! who was wanted for murder by| Kern and Ventura Counties.