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* . 019 (Rev. 10171) ¢ 4). By EARL CALDWELL pec) to The Mew Yor Tie SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 1— Despite the rs of Fed-' era) officials, an unemployed; who describes himself, ‘as @ paid police informer insists that certain farmers in the San, Joaquin Valley of California.) ordered the assassination of; * Cesar Chavez, the farm union. * Jeader. : ‘The informer, Jory] sears 32 years old, sai ’ been offered $5,000 to parti Re in the plot and that he id witnessed what appeared to be the payment of $30,000 to carry out the i Mr. ‘Shears, haired man who li fied, offered a series of tape recordings and documents that sid demonstrated the verac- sto nai ‘ohen, chief counsel to’ ‘Workers 01 & pressed concern for ihe safety of Mr. Chavez, who heads the union, and has said that he} willl seek a Congressional in-, vestigation. . Mr. Cohen said that tast July 31 Federal agents secretly ‘warmed the union that they had feason to believe an attempt to assassinate Mr. Chavez was be- ing otganized. On one occasion Federai agenis were said to have provided protection for Mr. Chavez at @ rally. But fast, according to an As- sociated Press dispatch, a Fed- era} spokesman said that the Government “now considers the case closed” after the informer was unable to provide any) proof of a plot. Mr. Chavez has been a con- troversial figure in his union's Song and bitter struggle to or: ize and raise the wages of] + ‘workers’on the huge California fruit and vegetable farms. ' ". ExOfficial Recalls Case ‘The investigation into the . alleged assassination plot was ucted by the Alcohol, To- ‘bacco and Firearms Enforce-' ‘teasury Department. Various officials of the en- forcement division on the West whom Mr. om Mf. gShears) hevhad dealings de. $0 comment on > a a etase Informer Says He-was Part of veh declined saying, Aithed poli ang on investi i med plot. 1 aut ent of ah amount that might ‘4 included payment to an! , . . f - ) Tolson __ 3 Felt ___ 7 - Rosen Cc Mohr ast wishes ~ \ Miller. E.S. Callahan Chavez Casper ————— Conrad Dalbey attempt was Cleveland — mirey made on ths te. The Ponder sn? key men named by Mr. Bates Particifaants in the Tave} Walters __ Soyars —_ Tele. Room Holmes __ rested on a narcotics Gandy __ and the other for murder. Because there has been no official, action against any of| LG those mentioned by the in- h } f pre) former, the names of alleged CKO hg aa « plot participants are withheld. Despite the arrests, feaders; of the farm union ere } worried. Mr. Cohen said, “maybe all: ‘we got was a reprieve. We still) have people out there who put! up a substantial sum of money. They could be looking for an- other hit man.” Kennedy Pressed Fee Mr. Cohen said that he had, spent much time investigating the 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 ss an ‘informer in the casé. also Jearned that Sen- or Edward M. Kennedy, De- mocrat of Massachusetts, had instrumental in getting the $10,000 fee approved for pay. ment to Mr. Shears. Th ai) mer said thaat the to have been paid not only for his services as an informer and Jater as a witness but also to ‘enable him to relocate his fami- ly outside California. He has PREY wife and two children. Ce Mr. Shear said that he never 7): rer SEN $10,000 However, ote __/ > _ Ihe did show a copy of acane ry = reeled check iasued by the Treas Lit. 7 Y meal sury of the United States in NOT Pr “MAD the amount of $500. . * He also had a copy of vouch 9) ler showing that the payment had been made to him for “in- formation and evidence necessy—— ~~~ to fdentify [ nth-| held] and those person ‘who are providing [name withheld] the ti Via 7d Uv | ; a yt. Joly th ‘The Washington Port Times Herald The Washington Daily Ns The Evening Ster (Wasbi ‘The Sunday Star (Washin Daily News (New York) Sunday News (New York New York Post The New York Tignes _ The Daily wont The New Leader ____ ‘The Wall Street Jouma! ‘The National Observer People’s World Ihursday 8 revenue 5 spokesman in ‘Washinglon comment on the Case, RS. has an estab- icy of not comment- gations.” Bacon, Now @ tax ith Gulf and West- who until No- Donald W. consultant w em Industries, revenue service, recalled that there had been en investiga- in, He said: “at one time there was &| “threat om Chavez's life. Some- ime in early fall. There was an thorized |