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Sp etsese priate SB gate We. wees 4 aos a ions ine tinn Eeteaodl ee - 7 4 . ~ Cried a ae a “5 1 ww ao . Pt Can Editorial)” The | reports that Ceser Chavez is being considered. 7 for appointment to a high Federal post have been wide- i | ly -interpreted as a bid for the political favor of the “. Mexican- American ‘community of California and the © i Southwest.” a - : a ey \ foe a The. interpretation is given weight by the reniarks ; of praise voiced ‘Monday in Colton by Vice President Humphrey: ie N roa ‘ : ; _‘Aport ‘from ‘Chavez’ “obvious lack of quelifications : for ‘such ari ‘appointment, it is this foct that is mest -} disturbing in the shocking news thot Mr, Chavez: has * been ‘earmarked by President Johnson for a job in the Federal Government. ” Mr. Johnson obviously is the victim of bad informa- tion by his advisors. We agree with David Fairbairn, chairman of the Kern County Board of Supervisors, that this proposed oppointment is an absurdity. But we would go further. We submit this is a cynical and cruel hoax that in "the long run can only undermine and make a mockery __ of the legitimote aspirations of our citizens of Mexican 1ancestry for the recognition by officialdom to which they are entitled. Whiie the specific nature of the appointment under Laat >. ree 7 Un A Cruel Hoax: 2c consideration has not been reveafed up to now, it must be halted. -In the interests of good government, in the inter- ests of citizens’ confidence in their government and its leaders, this appointment must be stepped. Lyndon Johnson cannot build a Great Society by introducing the New Left into the foundations of the { Structure. ff Mr. Chavez wants a Federal job he must’ first renounce the New Left allies to whom his move- ment owes so much. . If Mr. Chavez refuses to repudiate the New Left, the Johnson Administration wil! have no choice—if it is to keep faith with itself and the people. it serves-— but to renounce Mr, Chavez. We urge Congressman Hagen, Senator Kuchel and | Senator Murphy to move immediately to use the in- luence.of their high offices to prevent, in the wards of one knowledgeable sabserver, an-"unmitigated dis- aster.’ wee eee eee