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—-- = i ee 7 CONF Raw trat COMMUNIST INFILTRATION OF TH NATIONAL FARM WORKERS ASSOCIATION WA notice appeared in. issue No, 22 of the "El Maleriado” (this publication was not dated) which stated: "$1,000 Reward. El Malcriado will pay a cash re-~ ward of $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person or persons refering to the National Farm Workers Association, its leaders and officers, or El Malcriado and its representatives as ‘commmists!' or '‘communist-led', ‘inspired!’ or any Similar stctements, Such references are false and illegal, and we intend to punish anyone saying these things to the full extent of the law." Issue No. 26 of the "El Malcriado" dated December 22, 1965, stated that there were over 2,000 NFWA dues-paying families, and that an additional 4, 000 people have authorized NFWA to act as their barcaining agent Te was also claimed that a Latte — pentenletntenh weew gs we Free ee the NFWA credit union had assets of $28,000, which credit union had assets of only $37 in November, 1963. A . This same issue advertised a book called "Huelga" written by Eugene Nelson, which is supposedly a fully docu- mented account of the grape strike in Delano, This book is being sold for $1.50 by the Farm Worker Press, P.O, Box 1060, Delano, 1965, carried a photograph of actor Stev. len, who reportedly joined pickets in front of an Fneino, iifornia market that were protesting the sale of grapes harvested in the Delano, California, area, The “Los Angeles Times" rSteyeAlien, December 22, An article in this same paper quoted Delano area grape grower Bruno Dispoto as saying, "AWOC, the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, and NFWA, the National Farm Workers Association, do not represent our workera. Our workers have rejected them for what they are, perpetrators of hate and Xe CONF AL