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ed Es 4-36-65) dy. ; ; 4 5 “ UNITED STATES cof -&tNMENT ;, SEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Memorandum Director . 2 8 1974 70 “Federal Bureau of Investigation pare: MAR ae JSP:WLE:lir — J. Stanley Pottinger . FROM :Assistant Attorney General DJ 144-11E-NEW Civil Rights Division JO 3 ( il. Unknown i sited Farm / rt Worker Uni leqbers; Jérry{lo Counsel- -Complainant fh Rights i¢ CIVI¥ RIGHTS On Wednesday, March 27, 1974, this Division was contacted telephonically by Jerry Cohen, counsel in California for the United Farm Workers Union (tel. 805-822-5571). Cohen related that he had been a contacted by a person who provided the fictitious name & of "Fred Schwartz". Schwartz purported to have infor- ki mation that three people had at numerous times over - NG the past several years broken into various United Farm ‘ Worker Union offices in California, as well as the ‘ offices of other organizations assisting the UFWU and _ Yi their activities, including SNCC and the Saul Alinsky ; \ . Organization. Cohen received the impression that Schwartz was an attorney and was representing one of the persons responsible for the break-ins. Schwartz wanted $35,000 for evidence he would provide linking numerous California growers to t oy ins. Cohen met with Schwartz on Monday, Mar 19 74, €20ar Bakersfield to discuss the ma \< Rf. chwartz > provided Cohen with brief glimp orials in his ¢ possession purporting to have b Gh rea from offices \ re ROC, P AP 37 “MAR. 29 1974 EX broken into. Schwartz also provided a list of such places, including a UFWU office in Delano called Filipino Hall. Cohen related that Filipino Hall was in fact the object of an armed robbery last year and > that the crime had never been solved. Among the 1 ne Quirk sc YAU 1 po)—ts71_o VE esa