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RE: APPEARANCE OF CESAR CHAVEZ IN CINCINNATI, OHIO ON NOVEMBER 27-28, 1970 REGARDING KROGER COMPANY'S REFUSAL TO BUY UNION PICKED LETTUCE in this article, Chavez went on to say that union endorsements have been a big factor, but the American Cathal i Biekhsan hea ha oral aniatanae va tholic elsncops aave helped, Loo, as meciator we According to this article, Chavez said: "They bent some grower's arms .. . but we've also been the victim of arm-twisting by the bishops." Above article concluded by saying that "Chavez will attend mass at 6:30 AM today in St. Francis Church, Liberty and Vine Streets, then be the guest of an AFL-CIO Labor Council breakfast at 7:30 AM." This article went on to state that at 9:00 AM, Chavez was to speak to supporters at the Kroger ” Company building downtown and would fly to New York afterwards. The "Cincinnati Post and Times Star", a daily newspaper in circulation in Cincinnati, Ohio in its issue of November 28, 1970, carried an article captioned:- "Chavez joins lettuce pickets here." This article stated that Cesar Chavez, surrounded by 120 picket-carrying supporters on the Kroger Company front sidewalk, challenged the Cincinnati-based grocery firm to live up to its moral responsibilities and not sell lettuce from non-union growers. This article went on to state that Chavez flew into Cincinnati on November 27, 1970 from Califomia Headquarters of the United Farm Workers. This article further related that Chavez addressed a breakfast crowd of 250 earlie: November 28, 1970 in the Roof Garden of the Sheraton-Gibson Hotel. The article stated that proceeds from the $5 a | plate breakfast ($2.50 for students) go to the | . Cincinnati Citizens For United Farm Workers, the group which supplied pickets for the march. This article stated that Chavez at the breakfast, traced the history of the California farm worker and his probl lem, namely, poor living condi itions, low unemployment benefits, and health insurance. i Brews, pe eB SSS ELLE ANN ee _— (_ As