Francesco/who-killed-jfk huggingface dataset:
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SF 100-33836FTDrewCITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR CONSTITUTIONALLIBERTIES (FORTHERN CALIFORNIA)A source advised on June 19, 1961, that MICKEYLIMA, Chairman, Horthern California District, CommunistParty (CP), reported on June 15, 1961, that the CP, USA,in response to the Supreme Court decision of June 5, 1961,relating to the Internal Security Act of 1950 (ISA-50) haddecided to create a committee known as Citizens Committeefor Constitutional Liberties (CCCL), 22 East 17th Street,New York City, and that a local committee would beorganized for Northern California.This source advised on June 26, 1961, that ameeting was held on June 18, 1961, at the home of ROSCOEPROCTOR, member of the National Committee, CP, USA, for thepurpose of formulating the CCCL for Northern California.A second source advised on September 14, 1961, thatthe CCCL had opened an office at 942 Market Street, Room 401,San Francisco, California, and that some of the furniture forthis office had come from the CP office on the same floor.A third source advised on September 25, 1961,that MICKEY LIMA (Supra) had indicated no further organizationalefforts would be expended on the CCCL in Northern Californiauntil the local CP resolves its policy with regard to thiscommittee.APPENDIX PAGE-10-285
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SF 100-33836FTD/rewCITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR CONSTITUTIONALLIBERTIESA source advised on June 11, 1961, that a meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC), Communist Party, USA (CPUSA), was held on June 10, 1961, at CP headquarters, 23 West 26th Street, New York, New York. According to the source, the main topic of discussion at this meeting was the CP's plans in regard to combating the June 5, 1961, decision of the United States Supreme Court, requiring the CP to register with the Attorney General of the United States as a communist-action organization pursuant to the provisions of the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950 and the Court's decision of the same date upholding the April 21, 1955, conviction of Junius Scales under the Smith Act provision covering membership in the CP. This source further advised that during this discussion a special CP defense committee was formed and it was decided that this committee would have an office, which would be managed by Miriam Fried-lander who, according to the source, is a member of the CPUSA National Committee.Another source advised on June 14, 1961, that at a meeting of the CPUSA National Board and invited guests held on that date at CP headquarters, New York City, it was announced that the CP defense committee would have an office at 22 East 17th Street, New York, New York, under the name of the Citizens Committee for Constitutional Liberties (CCCL).A third source advised on July 20, 1961, that at a meeting of the CP defense committee held on that date at CP headquarters, New York City, the purpose and scope of the CCCL was discussed. It was stated that this committee has been set up to serve as a national coordinator and service center for every effort being made by whatever source to repeal the McCarran and Smith Acts. In addition, it has been set up to reverse the Supreme Court's decision of June 5, 1961, or secure an indefinite stay of any enforcement of the law by the Department of Justice.It is to engage in generating a popular defense move-ment to mobilize legal assistance of any organization or individual whose "democratic rights are infringed upon by these laws." This committee wants to encourage the creation of local organizations or groups to work in support of any one of the above-stated objectives. The committee will also serve as an exchange center of material and provide speakers for any local organization.APPENDIX PAGENW 88613 Docld:34528578 Page 14
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FD-323 (3-28-60)UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICEFEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONSan Francisco, CaliforniaMarch 27, 1962In Reply, Please Refer toFile No. 100-33036Title IRVING RHODES FROMERCharacter INTERNAL SECURITY - CReference Report of Special Agent FRANCIS T. DAVIS dated and captioned as above at San Francisco.All sources (except any listed below) used in referenced communication have furnished reliable information in the past.FTD/rew(7) #9287This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.NW 88613 Docld:34528578 Page 15
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# EXHIBIT COVER SHEETExhibit Number: VIIISUBJECT: FROMER, David ReedSsve RegistrantDOB: 21 July 1942, Chicago, IllinoisFile Number: 7129-6003 564-58-8137Preparing Unit: 115th MI Group ( I )Agent Report Dated: 31 May 1967Description: Report, SFO FBI dated 29 March 63 re SUBJECT'S fatherREVIEWED BY FEWJFK TASK FORCEON 10/15/91 dot✓ RELEASE IN FULLRELEASE IN PARTTOTAL DENIALDECLASSIFIED BY 566.8 SLD/KSRON 4-19-96 (JFK)ClassificationICGP-F Form 2-25(Rev 25 Mar 66).NW 88613 DocId:34528578 Page 16288
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# UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICEFEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONCopy to:Report of:Date:Field Office File #:Office:SAN FRANCISCOBureau File #:Title:SA FRANCIS T. DAVIS3/29/53100-33836100-355779IRVING RHODES FROMERCharacter:Synopsis:SECURITY MATTER - CSubject resides 881 Clayton Street, San Francisco,and is employed as an architectural draftsman throughAmerican Institute of Architects, 47 Kearney Street,San Francisco. Subject reported to be a member ofLincoln Club, SFCCP and in attendance at publicmeetings sponsored by FCCP, NCCPPB, SPCCPAP, ARI,PW, FPCC, and NG,## DETAILS:### I. BACKGROUND### A. ResidenceThe Subject resides at 881 Clayton Street, SanFrancisco, California.REVIEWED BY FBI/JFK TASK FORCE
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# SP 100-33836FTD/1r## B. EmploymentThe Subject is employed as an Architectural Draftsman for various architects and construction projects in the San Francisco area, obtaining employment through the Placement Service of the American Institute of Architects, 47 Kearney Street, San Francisco.(Mrs. ETHEL SMITH,Executive Director,ΑΙΑ, 3/15/03)## II. COMMUNIST PARTY (CP) AND RELATED ACTIVITIES### A. San Francisco County CP (SFCCP)SF T-2, a self-admitted former member of the CP in the San Francisco area during the period from 1952 to 1957, advised on November 5, 1962, that she knows IRVING FROMER and his wife as members of the CP in San Francisco during that period.At a meeting of the Sunset Club, SFCCP, which was held at 1235 42nd Avenue, San Francisco, on May 15, 1962, a discussion was held regarding IRVING PROMER and his wife. It was noted that the PROMERS had recently moved to the area covered by the Sunset Club. HERB NUGENT, Chairman of the SFCCP and a member of the Sunset Club, remarked that the FROMERS are in the Lincoln Club, SPCCP, and that they are needed in the Lincoln Club. He said, however, that the PROMERS do not contribute much to Club life and this is one of the problems of the Lincoln Club. He said that the Lincoln Club had agreed to meet at the FROMERS house, and the PROMERS didn't even arrive to attend meetings held at their own home. NUGENT said that both of the FROMERS are active in other mass organizations.(SF T-3, 5/10/62)IRVING FROMER is a member of the Lincoln Club, SPCCP.(SF T-3, 3/1/63)- 2 -
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SF 100-33836FTD/LrThe Subject attended a May Day meeting held at 150Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, on May 1, 1962, sponsoredby the San Francisco Free Speech Forum. The Free Speech Forumwas set up by the SFCCP to hold public meetings.WALTER STACK, a member of the SFCCP, was chairmanof this meeting and spoke on the meeting of May Day as a laborholiday.ARCHIE BROWN, a member of the SFCCP, discussed hisconviction under the Landum-Griffith Act. He said it is a testcase to see if the act is constitutional. They noted that hewas elected to the Executive Board of Local 10, InternationalLongshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union (LIWU), by members ofthe local and it would make no difference if he resigned fromthe CP because the Landum-Griffith Act says a person must nothave been a member in the past five years.RALPH IZARD, a member of the SFCCP, gave a speechon the subject of government and monopolies. He said thegovernment should spend money on the unemployed, the sick,and the ill-housed instead of spending money trying to dominateformer colonial countries trying to establish independence.ELIZABETH GURLEY FLYNN, Chairman, CP of the UnitedStates of America (CPUSA), was the featured speaker. Shesaid that things were different today for Communists underindictment than when she was indicted under the Smith Act.She said at that time all doors were shut to them, but nowall doors are open. She said that GUS HALL and BEN DAVIS,Communist functionaries, have been speaking to students allover the country. She said that the government lanowo tthat she is the Chairman of the CPUSA but so far has not beenable to prove that she is a member of the CP. She said thatthe State Department is trying to take away her passport underthe McCarran Act.She also said that she had visited the Soviet Unionas a fraternal delegate to the Congress of the U.S.S.R. andgave the Russians the greetings of the American people. Shealso visited some of the Social Democracies and found nounemployment there.- 3 -291NW 88613 Docld:34528578 Page 19
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SF 100-33836FTD/1rShe said that capitaliom cannot solve the problems of the people but the development of Socialism can.(SF T-3, 5/11/32)Subject's attendance at this meeting was verified.(SF T-4, 5/2/32SF T-5, 5/3/62SF T-6, 5/8/52)The Subject attended a public meeting sponsored by the CP held at 150 Golden Gate Avenue on December 5, 1952. MICKEY LIMA, Chairman of the Northern District of California CP, was Master of Ceremonies at this meeting. He said that he need not be introduced as everyone knew what his political views were. He introduced JOHN APT, Legal Council for the CP and Defense Attorney for CP members victimized by the McCarran Committee.JOHN APT spoke of the complexities of the McCarran Act and how it had been used before in an attempt to convict MICKEY LIMA and others, and he told how the government had reversed the conviction on LIMA and the others because they lacked evidence to prove their charges. Now, the government is trying to get these people to confess to something that they had failed to prove the first time.APT stated that President TRUMAN vetoed the McCarran Act on the grounds that it would put the government in the roll of a dictator.He also spoke of the concentration camps scattered throughout the country and noted that anyone could be placed in them if the government felt they were a danger to the national war crisis.He spoke of the flexibility of the McCarran Act, which he said could be used against any citizen for any given reason and at any given time.- 4 -292NW 88613 Docld:34528578 Page 20
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SF 100-33836FTD/1rELIZABETH GURLEY FLYNN also spoke and said she feltslighted because she was not indicted for failure to registeralong with GUS HALL and BEN DAVIS, however, she had somesatisfaction in that the government was trying to take herpassport from her.(SF T-7, 12/5/62)B. Northern California Committee for the Protection of theForeign Born (NCCPPB), and Committee for ConstitutionalLiberties (CCL) (See Appendix Pages)The Subject attended a conference sponsored by theNCCPFE and CCL held at 739 Page Street, San Francisco, onSeptember 23, 1962. JEAN KRAMER, Chairman of the conference,opened the meeting by stating that its purpose was to discussthe WALTER MCCARRAN Act and the California "Little McCarranAct" (Proposition 24 on the California Ballot)KRAMER read a written speech which had been preparedby LLOYD MC MURRAY Civil Liberties Attorney, who had plannedto attend the meeting but was unable to make it. MC MURRAY'Sspeech dealt with the Chinese Confession Program which wasset up to give Chinese who were illegally in the countryprotection if they came forth and told their real identity.The main gist of the speech was condemning the ImmigrationService because of their policy of sending illegalimmigrants back to China,The "San Francisco Call Bulletin" issue ofNovember 18, 1957, carried an article which stated thatJEAN KRAMER had been ordered deported as an alien whobelonged to the CP. The article stated that she cameto the United States in 1933 and was a CP member from1933 to 1948.LLOYD MC MURRAY was an active member of the CPin San Francisco from 1946 to 1950.(SF T-8, 6/23/55)
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SF 100-33836FTD/1rLAURENT FRANTZ, introduced as an expert in constitutional law and a writer and publisher, spoke on the Walter McCarran Act and said that the security of the nation is hampered by this act.The "New York Guild Lawyer", volume 20, March and April, 1962, a self-described publication of the National Lawyers Guild, lists LAURENT FRANTZ as a member at large of the National Executive Board, National Laywers Guild (NLG). (See appendix Page for NLG).ROSE CHERNIN, introduced as the Executive Director of the Committee for the Protection of the Foreign Born from Los Angeles, said that the committee is fighting the Walter McCarran Act and will not register as a communist front group.Other speakers who spoke in favor of a repeal of the McCarran Act included ROSCOE PROCTOR, HERBERT PHILLIPS, and FRANK WILKENSON.WILKENSON also urged for the abolishment of the House Committee on Un-American Activities and the defeat of Proposition 24 on the California ballot..HERBERT PHILLIPS is Chairman of the CCL.(SF T-4, 9/25/62)ROSCOE PROCTOR attended meetings of the CPUSA National and District Leaders held in New York City June 22 to 24, 1962.(SF T-9, 6/29/62)FRANK WILKENSON, according to an article in the "San Francisco Examiner of March 20, 1961, was convicted of contempt of congress and refusing to state before the House Committee on Un-American Activities whether or not he had ever been a member of the CP. His sentence of one year in jail was upheld by the United States Supreme Court,(SF T-6, 9/24/62, SF T-10, 9/25/62,SF T-4, 9/25/62, SF T-5, 10/3/62,SF T-11, 10/1/62)- 5 -294
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SF 100-33836FTD/irC. San Francisco Citizens Committee to Preserve AmericanFreedoms (SFCCPAF) (See Appendix Page)Subject attended a meeting of the SFCCPAF whichwas held at 750 Sanchez Street, October 8, 1952. Chairman ofthis meeting was NORMAN LEONARD, and a discussion was heldregarding the activities of various individuals and groupswho were fighting for the defeat of Proposition 24 (proposedanti CP registration) on the California ballot.(SF T-10, 10/11/62)NORMAN LEONARD is a currently active member ofthe NLG.(SF T-4, 3/22/62)On November 10, 1962, Subject was present at aparty held at his residence, 881 Clayton Street, tocelebrate the defeat of Proposition 24.(SF T-12, 11/15/62)D. American Russian Institute (ARI)The ARI of San Francisco has been designated bythe Attorney General of the United States pursuant toExecutive Order 10450.Subject attended a public meeting sponsored by theARI held at the Pallace Hotel in San Francisco on November 30,1952.VINCENT HALLINAN was one of the speakers and he toldof his recent trip to Europe, including Hungary. He gavesome of the history and background and culture of Hungary andsaid there was no democratic government in Hungary untilafter the war.- 7 -295NW 88613 Docld:34528578 Page 23
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SF 100-33836FTD/1rHALLINAN said that the Hungarian people had somelegitimate complaints under *STALIN* and the revolution in1956 was somewhat justified, but the Facists took over almostimmediately and they were responsible for the hangings andother atrosities that occurred.(SF T-4, 12/5/32SF T-5, 12/3/52SF T-13, 12/5/52)VINCENT HALLINAN was candidate for president of theUnited States on the Independent Progressive Party ticketin 1952 (See Appendix Page).E. "People's World" (PW)The PW is a west coast communist newspaper publishedin San Francisco.The Subject attended a dinner for the benefit ofthe Pw held at 81 Clementina Street, March 16, 1952. Atthis dinner the Business Manager of the PW announced that thosepresent should sign petitions asking the President not toenforce the McCarran Act. He also suggested a telegram besent to the President to protest the arrest of GUS HALL andBEN DAVIS under the McCarran Act.(SF T-4, 3/19/62)The Subject attended a social affair for the benefitof the PW which was held at 600 2nd Avenue, San Francisco, onMarch 31, 1962.(SF T-5, 4/3/52)This social affair was sponsored by the Teamsters Club,SFCCP, for the benefit of the Pl.(SF T-14, 3/52)- 8 -296
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SF 100-33835FTD/1rA meeting of the committee to organize a book fair. for the benefit of the Pw was held at 31 Clementina Street, on May 3, 1962. A Business Manager of the PW announced that IRVING PROMEN had agreed to contact painters of recognized ability to display their work at this book fair.(SF T-5, 5/21/32)The Subject attended an art bazaar sponsored by the PW held at 31 Clementina Street, San Francisco, on June 22, 1962.(SF T-15, 7/3/62)The Subject Subject attended a bazaar sponsored by the Pw held at PW offices at 81 Clementina Street, San Francisco, December 8 and 9, 1962.(SF T-5, 12/10/52)F. Fair Play For Cuba Committee (FPCC) (See Appendix Page)Subject attended a meeting of the FPCC held at 625 Polk Street, San Francisco, on December 7, 1952.MARJORIE MORRAY, wife of JOSEPH P. MORRAY, a Stanford Professor, told of her experiences in Cuba in 1950 and 1961. She said she was a supervisor for English teachers in Cuba, and her husband was engaged in research at the University of Havana.She said the United States State Department policy on Cuba was bad as it prevented good relations between the two countries. She asked for contributions to send medical supplies to Cuba.The "National Guardian (NG)(See Appendix Page), Issue of November 29, 1952, lists JOSEPH P. MORRAY as a Guardian correspondent who spent two years in Havana.- 9 -297NW 88613 Docld:34528578 Page 25
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SP 100-33836FTD/1rWILLIAM WORTHY also spoke at this meeting, and he described himself as a reporter for an Afro-American newspaper in Baltimore, Maryland. He said he was sentenced in September, 1962, to three months in Federal prison for entering the United States without a passport. He said he had lost his passport when he traveled to Red China several monthe previous.WORTHY said that the CIA is involved in every trouble spot in the world, particularly when Communism enters the picture.WORTHY branded the United States as an imperialistic nation determined to undermine Latin American countries and bleed them of their natural resources.He said that Cuba is showing the world what socialism can produce without the help of imperialistic countries.(SF T-4, 12/10/62)SF T-12, 12/12/32)G. "National Guardian" (NG)Subject attended a meeting sponsored by the NG which was held at 625 Polk Street on November 15, 1952. The purpose of the meeting was to hear a report on Cuba by JOSEPH P. MORRAY and SAUL LANDAU.LANDAU told of visiting universities throughout the country and speaking of recent events in Cuba, he said he found hatred in the eyes of the students and felt at times as though they wanted to lynch him. He said that many educators feel that the right wing is getting control of the universities.He also discussed life in Cuba as he observed it during his stay there.- 10 -298
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SF 100-33836FTD/trSAUL LANDAU is editor and publisher of Studies on the Left (See Appendix Page).(SP T-16, 1902)JOSEPH P. MORRAY described himself as a former officer in Naval Intelligence, a lawyer and a former professor in Havana. He said that when the revolution in Cuba was started, the CP was against it and told CASTRO it was 111-advised, 11l-timed, however, CASTRO went ahead with the revolution and when the Communist saw he was accepted as the national leader, they joined forces and accepted his leadership.MORRAY said the first president after the revolution was a conservative who demanded that CASTRO kick out the Communists and close the Communist papers. He also wanted appropriate compensation to be paid for land and factories which were nationalized. MORRAY said that CASTRO agreed only to pay the value which had been declared for these properties in their tax returns.MORRAY said that CASTRO is a Leninist and disagrees somewhat with Communists. He said that the Cuban people are proud of being socialists and that CASTRO is in Cuba to stay.He said he was skeptical about Russian missiles being in Cuba and decided that the Russians were trying to build a nuclear wall between Russia and Cuba.(SF T-4, 11/23/52)### III. MISCELLANEOUSOn October 27, 1952, the Subject was present at a demonstration held in Civic Center Plaza, San Francisco, California, to protest the blockade of Cuba by the United States Navy.(SF T-4, 10/29/52)Subject was observed at this demonstration by Special Agents of the FBI.- 11 -299
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SF 100-33836FTD/1rAt a meeting of the San Francico County Committee of the SPCCP, it was brought out that it was the duty of the CP members to infiltrate church activities, and all Party people were urged to take part in the activities of the Friends Service Committee. IRVING PROMER and his wife, KAY, are active participants in the Friends Service Committee activities and in a Unitarian Church group which participated in past issues. This church group at one time had the sponsorship of the Unitarian Church, but this sponsorship was later withdrawn.The FROMERS are active in these activities as part of the mass work for the CP.(ST T-3, 6/14/62)- 12 -  300NW 88613 Docld:34528578 Page 28
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# COMMITTEE FOR CONSTITUTIONAL LIBERTIES(CCL), aka. Citizens Committee forConstitutional Liberties - San FranciscoA source advised on June 19, 1961, that MICKIE LIMA,Chairman, Northern California District, Communist Party (CP),reported on June 15, 1961, that the CP, USA, in response to theSupreme Court decision of June 5, 1961, relating to the InternalSecurity Act of 1950 had decided to create a committee known asCitizens Committee for Constitutional Liberties (CCCL), 22 East17th Street, New York City, and that a local committee would beorganized for Northern California.This source advised on June 26, 1961, that a meeting washeld on June 18, 1961, at the home of ROSCOE PROCTOR, member ofthe National Committee, CP, USA, for the purpose of formulatingthe CCCL for Northern California.A second source advised on September 14, 1961, that theCCCL had opened an office at 942 Market Street, Room 401,San Francisco, California, and that some of the furniture forthis office had come from the CP office on the same floor.One of these sources, in March, 1962, advised that CPofficials in Northern California are active in supporting andpromoting the CCL and in disseminating its literature.A third source, in April, 1962, advised that correspondenceand literature emanating from the CCL is aimed at the non-enforcement and repeal of the Internal Security Act of 1950(McCarran Act). Some of the literature disseminated ispurchased from the CCCL, New York, New York.The two officers of the CCL in San Francisco areDoctor HERBERT J. PHILLIPS, Chairman, and WALTER STACK,Treasurer.Doctor PHILLIPS testified in open court in 1953 to CPmembership since 1935. WALTER STACK is a current CP member inSan Francisco.APPENDIX