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Cesar Chavez — Part 16

139 pages · May 24, 2026 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Cesar Chavez · 134 pages OCR'd
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ome Man With Paper " —— He said that on that ry, gh uninvited, he went to| the contact man’s house but}, wee ee wait outside. He it he saw a man, whom ihe identified as the son of a the valiey, 2 z z z z Questioned by Police Mr. Shears said that earlier, ithe agents supplied him with a small radio device that enabled them to eat on his con- versations with the contact man when they discussed the easassination plot. That, he said, enabled the agents to ;know that he was on the level. ‘The alleged assassination plot hit its final snag when the amusement slide operator was picked up snd questioned by, the Fresno police about the ie Mr. tion that he had given the Kern’ \County Sheriff's Department’ had been passed to the Fresno: id that, in questioning’ operator, | tee anes of MruSteass, the plot contact man and several He said that the slide opera- itor then became suspicious and called the pa: man, when ‘they visited contact man, The two decided that there was an informer in their midst and = i E z ¥ ‘ oHersexid that n- other agent, Mr. Robimson, to purchase 3,000 amphetatzine pilis from the contact man and then arrest him. The Kern County Sheriffs made “in August’ on rest, on charges of sale and possession fof dan: drugs. The sher- HP's office said that $6,700 was tee adem) agents considered the plot investigation closed because two men bad been ar- rested—on unrelated charges. He sai dthat the agents then told him that he was not going to get the $10,000 that had been promised. Rather, he said that Mr. Vizzard passed word to him that he was goingt to be paid only $500. + Officiais of the farm union lagreed with Mr. Shears in be- Hieving that all that may have} been acomplished was to delay an_assassination attempt. . They said that in recent! Imonths there have been a num-' ber of arson attempts against various union ices, that others have been riddled with bullet holes, and that at least) two attempts were made to in union offices. a) PERRIN So Re ea Be a SN Ne a er enn St cet ah G2 wie , er ne ee
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