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1 1 r 92_ PROTEST nnraonsrnnrxon AT rnnngan goumi BUILD_I}~I_G i Captain Ragph Tackes of the University City Police Department was quote as saying that the store managers had complained that the protesters were disturbing shoppers, - After the protesters who chose to depart were re- leased by the police department, the group was disbanded, Six members of the group were ordered to appear in court in University City on October 16, 1974, where, the article indi- cates, they could be fined up to $100, The UFW, according to the paper, are charging that a contract signed by growers with the rival Teamsters Union is unfair. Their cause, led by Cesar Chavez, a farm labor leader in California, has attracted the support of many clergy- men, according to this article. On October 8, 1974, Reverend Richard Cook advised the St. Louis Police Department that the St. Louis Chapter of the UFW would stage a demonstration at the Federal Court House in St, Louis from 12:00 noon on October 10, 1974, until 12:00 noon, October 11, 1974, He stated that the demonstration might include a sit-in, and that the purpose of the demonstra- tion was to protest against U. S. Districttburt Judge James H. Meredith. The reason for protesting against Judge Meredith was apparently for the purpose of objecting to his failure to act immediately on a complaint filed by them_alleging that the University City, Missouri Police Department had violated their rights under the first and fourteenth amendments to the U. S. Constitution. The protest and sit-in represents a possible viola- tion of Title 18, U. S. Code, Section 1507, which relates to interferring with, obstructing, or impeding the administration of justice or attempting to influence a Federal Judge. On October 8, 1974, the following individuals were notified of the proposed demonstration: -1 ve Service ipecial Agent g U, S. Secret Service Assistant U. S, Marshal- U. S. Marshal's Office O -4- . - ,_92 . . .._.. y »