1992 April 2

Mr. Idar discusses his law school experiences and charts out the number and percentage of Mexican American law students during the period of 1954-1956. Idar also reads exceptes of correspondence to and from Dr. Hector P. García. Topics covered include AFL and CIO tensions in the AGIF; Governor Shivers' attempts to curry favor with LULAC; costs of the Hernandez case; attempts to organize American G.I. Forum (AGIF) chapter in Dallas; discord in AGIF over attempts to tighten up management and make García more accountable to AGIF membership; and AFL/CIO involvement in poll tax drive in the Valley. Approximately 75 minutes.