Francesco/who-killed-jfk huggingface dataset:
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SF 100-33335FTD/malJANE WOOD is a member of the CP in the Northern District of California.SF T-11 - 5/21/63The subject attended affair sponsored by the ARI held at the Sheraton Palace Hotel on November 24, 1963. This affair celebrated the 30th anniversary of the establishment of U. S. and USSR diplomatic relations, as well as the recent signing of the Test Ban Treaty. HOLLAND ROBERTS, President of the ARI, acted as chairman of the meeting and commented on the assassination of President KENNEDY, which he stated was a deliberate plan of the extreme right forces, those forces opposed to peace. He introduced the counselors of the USSR Embassy in Washington, D.C., who conveyed the condolences of the Soviet Ambassador and members of the Embassy to the audience on the death of President KENNEDY.The main speaker of the evening, JOHN HOWARD LAWSON, said that he had spent the past two years in the Soviet Union, where he wrote a book and participated in the making of movies. He made a comparison between the moral decadence of United States youth and the healthy spirit of Soviet youth. He also tried to convey the impression that the late President KENNEDY had been slain by forces opposed to peace.SF T-9 - 11/29/63JOHN HOWARD LAWSON is a member of the CP in the Los Angeles, California area.SF T-15 - 12/4/63HOLLAND ROBERTS is a member of the CP in Palo Alto, California.SF T-10 - in 1953
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SF 100-33830FTD/ms1C. Peoples World (PW)The PW is a west coast Communist newspaper published in San Francisco.The subject attended a bazaar sponsored by the PW held December 6-8, 1963, at 31 Clementina Street, San Francisco, California.SF T-3 - 12/12/63D. San Francisco School of Social Sciences (SFSS)(See appendix)The fall, 1963, bulletin of the SFSS listed IRVING FROMER as an instructor in a class on Marxism and Art held on Monday evenings from 8:45 P.M. to 10:15 P.M. at 345 Franklin Street, San Francisco, starting on October 14, 1963.SF T-9 - 10/10/63On October 14, 1963, FROMER conducted a class on Marxism and Art and recommended the class read a book on art and social life by PLEKOVOV whom he described as a theoretical writer of Marxist Socialism. He also recommended other literature by Soviet writers.SF T-12 - 10/23/63Subject conducted class on Marxism and Art on October 21, 1963, at which he discussed objective and subjective art. He also discussed WALT WHITMAN as a painter. He remarked that the American Art Board is composed of reactionaries like ROCKEFELLER and CARNEGIE.SF T-1 - 10/28/63321NW 88613 DocId:34528578 Page 49
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SP 100-338.360FTD/nsiSubject conducted a class of Marxism and Arton October 28, 1963, at which class he showed stillslides of various art works upon which he commentedbriefly.SF T-1 - 10/30/53On November 20, 1963, a meeting of teachers andclass representatives of the SFSS was held at 345 FranklinStreet, San Francisco, to discuss the program of theschool and plans for the future. The Subject was notpresent at this meeting; however, his art class waswidely discussed and it was stated that there wore onlyfour students left in the advanced class. It was decidedthat the course would be dropped in the next semesterbecause of the low attendance and the fact that thecourse had nothing to do with Marxism.SF T-2 - 11/21/63On December 19, 1963, TERRENCE HALLINAN,Director of the SFSS, announced that the school hadceased classes until the end of January, and remarkedthat IRVING FROMER's art class would be canceled dueto lack of attendance.SF T-13 - 12/20/63E. National Guardian (See appendix)The subject attended a folk song jamboreesponsored by the National Guardian held at 309 FourthAvenue, San Francisco, on March 23, 1963. The Subject'sson, JOHN FROMER, was among those who provided theentertainment.SF T-4 - 3/26/63F. San Francisco Citizens Committee to PreserveAmerican Freedoms (SFCCPAF) (See appendix)The subject attended a film showing sponsored bythe SFCCPAF held at the Hall of Flowers, Golden Gate Park,![image]NW 88613 DocId:34528578 Page 50
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OF 100-33036FTD/melSan Francisco, on April 12, 1963. The film was captioned"*The Un-Americans*" and depicted scenes from the San Franciscoriots held in the City Hall during an appearance of theHouse Committee on Un-American Activities (HCUA).At this affair, FRANK WILKINSON spoke on recentbills which were introduced into Congress attempting todo away with the House Committee on Un-American Activities.He said the first bills were worked on by only six peopleand at present they have a working force of 86 Congress-men who are attempting to abolish the HCUA.SF T-2 - 4/16/63SF T-1 - 4/22/63See appendix on SPCOFAF for characteri-sation of FRANK WILKINSON.G. Continuations Committee of the World Congress onGeneral Disarmament and Peace (CCWCODP)Subject attended a meeting sponsored by CCWCODP heldat ILWU auditorium, 400 North Point Street, San Francisco, onMay 7, 1963. The featured speaker was former BrigadierGeneral HUGH B. HESTER, who said that after World War II,the United States of America refused to negotiate with theother four big powers on the disposition of Berlin. Hesaid now the big issue in the world is Berlin, and he saidit should be declared a free city under the United Nationswith a treaty guaranteeing the right to come and go throughGermany. HESTER said that he was in East Germany the pre-vious year and the East German's are willing to makeconcessions for the unification of all Germans. HESTER alsosaid that if the United States would take the trouble tounderstand China, they would find that there is nothingwrong with that nation. He said that China should be amember of the United Nations and the United States shouldtrade with China.SF T-4 - 5/8/53SF T-13 - 5/23/63
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SF 100-30836FTD/malThe June 8, 1962, issue of the "New York Times" contained an advertisement revealing that the World Peace Council sponsored the World Congress on General Disarmament and Peace held in Moscow, on July 9 - 14, 1962.The June 15, 1963, issue of the bulletin of the World Peace Council reported that the Continuations Committee of the WCODP had been founded by U.S. delegates to the 1962 Congress in Moscow.See appendix for characterization of World Peace Congress.II. Committee To Uphold the Right to Travel (CURT) (See appendix)At a meeting of the Steering Committee of CURT held in San Francisco, on August 12, 1963, the list of sponsors of CURT was announced and included among the names of sponsors was IRVING ROLER.SF T-14 - 8/14/63On September 21, 1963, the Subject attended a demonstration held at the Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco, honoring students who had recently returned from Cuba. The demonstration was sponsored by CURT and several students spoke protesting the government's curtailment of the right to travel to Cuba. One of the students spoke and said the government should send troops to Birmingham instead of trying to prevent people from going to Cuba. He also noted that the capitalistic press had lied about Cuba, and the conditions were different than had been reported.SF T-1 - 9/24/63324NW 88613 DocId:34528578 Page 52
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SF 100-33333FTD/malThe Subject was observed at the above meeting by Special Agents of the FBI.I. MiscellaneousThe Subject took part in a peace walk held on April 13, 1963, from the Civic Center Plaza to Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.SF T-13 - 4/19/63SF T-8 - 4/16/63325NW 88613 Docld:34528578 Page 53
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# COMMITTEE TO UPHOLD THE RIGHT TO TRAVELA source advised on August 1, 1963, and October 4, 1963, that at a meeting sponsored by Progressive Labor and held on July 31, 1963, at Stiles Hall, Berkeley, California, it was decided that a committee be formed in behalf of the San Francisco Bay Area students who had traveled to Cuba in June, 1963, in defiance of the ban by the United States Department of State on travel to Cuba. The name decided upon was the Committee to Uphold the Right to Travel (CURT).The same source and a second source advised that CURT, a non-membership organization, has as its principal and main purpose the directing of publicity toward the thought of freedom to travel. In the event of the prosecution of the students who traveled to Cuba, CURT will become a committee to aid in their defense.The first source advised that of the twelve officers elected, five are currently members of the Socialist Workers Party and one was a member of the Socialist Workers Party until July, 1963. The current members are:SUE MATTINGLY, Recording SecretaryBRIAN SHANNON, Steering CommitteeHAROLD VERB, Educational DirectorTOM SANDERS, Steering CommitteeRICHARD AOKI, Steering CommitteeThe former member of the Socialist Workers Party is JAMES PETRAS of the Student Committee.APPENDIX PAGE
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# 1BAY AREA PROGRESSIVE LABOR, aka"Progressive Labor"A source advised on December 12, 1962, that in the latter part of 1962 a group of former members of the San Francisco County Communist Party (SFCCP), who had split from the SFCCP during 1960 over a factionalist dispute, had grouped together to support and further the aims of "Progressive Labor" and reportedly had allied themselves with the Progressive Labor Party, which reportedly has been organized nationally.The masthead in the September, 1963, issue of "Progressive Labor," Volume II, No. 9, reflects "Progressive Labor" is published monthly by the Progressive Labor Co., G.P.O. Box 808, Brooklyn 1, N.Y....San Francisco address listed....P.O. Box 843, San Francisco 1, California....West Coast Editor: LEE COE.A second source advised on February 28, 1963, that leaflets and invitations were distributed in San Francisco, California, by the above-mentioned group during February, 1963, under the name Bay Area Progressive Labor (BAPL), P.O. Box 843, San Francisco, California, along with the name of LEE COE as one of two signatures appearing thereon.A third source advised on November 1, 1963, that LEE COE is active in BAPL activities in the San Francisco Bay area and appears to be one of its leaders.APPENDIX32712NW 88613 Docld:34528578 Page 55
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PROGRESSIVE LABOR PARTY;PROGRESSIVE LABOR MOVEMENT;"PROGRESSIVE LABOR"A source advised on July 2, 1962, that Progressive Labor groups held a conference in New York City on July 1, 1962, where MILTON ROSEN acted as chairman. He read a statement at this conference setting forth their intention to form a new Marxist-Leninist Party in the United States. ROSEN stated that a more formal organization was necessary, one which would provide a framework for all who wanted to join in a united effort to build an American vanguard. The functions of this new organization are to consolidate all existing forces around Progressive Labor and organize additional forces; expand and improve political activities; win additional forces to an outlook of Marxism-Leninism and increase the open advocacy of socialism; develop a significant Marxist-Leninist program for the new party; and organize a collective organization of leaders and members."The Worker," an east coast communist newspaper, issue of January 7, 1962, page 10, column 3, reported the expulsion of MILTON ROSEN, former labor secretary of the New York State Communist Party, from the Communist Party, USA.A second and third source advised in February, 1963, that this new Marxist-Leninist Party had not yet been organized on a formal basis but that Progressive Labor groups had been formed in several localities in line with proposals of MILTON ROSEN. The sources advised as of February, 1963, that the leaders of this group were referring to it as the Progressive Labor Movement.The "Amsterdam News," a daily New York City newspaper, dated July 27, 1963, page 22, set forth that the "Progressive Labor Party is a new political formation based on Progressive Labor Movement, a Socialist organization with groups in all parts of the United States. The organization publishes a monthly magazine called Progressive Labor."The July-August, 1963, issue of "Progressive Labor" set forth that it is published monthly by Progressive Labor Company, G.P.O. Box 808, Brooklyn 1, New York.APPENDIX32813
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SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTYSAN FRANCISCO DIVISIONA source advised on August 1, 1960, that the San Francisco Branch of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) was formed approximately in the early part of 1938 and the Oakland Branch of the SWP was formed in the latter part of 1938.A second source advised on October 26, 1959, that the name of the Oakland Branch of the SWP was changed to the Oakland-Berkeley Branch of the SWP.A third source advised on April 30, 1963, that the San Francisco Branch and the Oakland-Berkeley Branch of the SWP follow the policies and directives of the National SWP with which they are affiliated.The SWP has been designated by the Attorney General of the United States pursuant to Executive Order 10450.APPENDIX32914
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# 1"NATIONAL GUARDIAN"The Guide to Subversive Organizations and Publications, revised and published December 1, 1961, prepared and released by the Committee on Un-American Activities, United States House of Representatives, contains the following on Page 193 concerning "National Guardian:"1. "established by the American Labor Party in 1947 as a 'progressive' weekly***. Although it denies having any affiliation with the Communist Party, it has manifested itself from the beginning as a virtual official propaganda arm of Soviet Russia."(Committee on Un-American Activities, Report, Trial by Treason: The National Committee to Secure Justice for the Rosenbergs and Morton Sobell, August 25, 1956, p. 12.)APPENDIX15330
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# SAN FRANCISCO SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCESSAN FRANCISCO SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, akaSan Francisco School of Social Science,San Francisco Marxist Study Group,San Francisco School of Marxism-Leninism,San Francisco School of Marxism.A source advised on February 6, 1962, that the firstclass on the San Francisco Marxist Study Group (SFMSG), washeld on February 5, 1962, at 345 Franklin Street, San Francisco,California, and that the instructor of this class stated thatthe main purpose of the SFHSC was to train young people forleadership of the people in the event the U. S. wakes up to theadvantages of communism.A second source advised on February 6, 1964, that theSan Francisco School of Social Sciences (SFSSS), which has beenknown as the "San Francisco School of Social Science," "SanFrancisco Marxist Study Group," "San Francisco School ofMarxism-Leninism," and the "San Francisco School of Marxism,"concluded its Fall 1963 series of classes on December 19, 1963,and would be commencing a new series of classes in the near futureThe second source furnished the Fall 1963 Bulletin ofthe SFSSS on October 17, 1963, which reflected that TERENCEHALLINAN was Director, and KAROL BURKETT, Secretary, of the SFSSS.The source advised that HALLINAN controls the policy under whichthe SFSSS is run and consuits an advisory board of classrepresentatives only as to suggestions for future courses andopinions as to current ones.A third source advised on October 17, 1963, thatTERENCE HALLINAN was in attendance at a meeting of the CommunistParty, Northern District of California, Youth Commission heldOctober 14, 1963, at 100 Broderick Street, San Francisco.The third source advised in December, 1963, that KAROLBURKETT was in attendance at a joint meeting of the San FranciscoCommunist Party Youth Club and the Berkeley, California, Off-CampusCommunist Party Youth Club held in San Francisco in December, 1963.APPENDIX
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# CITIZENS COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE AMERICAN FREEDOMSThe Guide to Subversive Organizations and Publications, revised and published December 1, 1961, prepared and released by the Committee on Un-American Activities, United States House of Representatives, contains the following on Page 43 concerning Citizens Committee to Preserve American Freedoms".1. "The (Communist) party's front operations in the Southern California District today are * * * confined to four major organizations," which include the Citizens Committee to Preserve American Freedoms."The Citizens Committee to Preserve American Freedoms * * * specializes in propaganda aimed at abolishing the Committee on Un-American Activities and discrediting the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Created in Los Angeles in 1952, the front organization is run by Frank Wilkinson, an identified Communist who recently resumed the full-time, paid post of executive secretary after approximately a year's leave of absence to assist in a similar campaign by another front in New York City, the Emergency Civil Liberties Committee."When the Committee on Un-American Activities held hearings in Los Angeles September 2-5, 1958, to inquire into the nature of the party's recent reorganization in California, the Citizens Committee to Preserve American Freedoms sponsored a series of public meetings to protest the hearings and the very existence of the committee. Communists subpoenaed as witnesses were guests of honor."At this time, leaders of the party's Southern California District were mobilizing Communists in the area for participation in an intensified campaign to abolish this committee of Congress. How the Citizens Committee to Preserve American Freedoms served the party in this effort was revealed by (Communist Party) District Chairman Dorothy Healey in a report to the party's Southern Californi District Council en September 21, 1958. Mrs. HEALEY declared that th party preferred public protest meetings to be held by the Citizens Committee to Preserve American Freedoms rather than under party auspices because Communists could attend without danger of being exposed as members of the party. She also noted that Communists scheduled as congressional committee witnesses could not appear beforehand at openly Communist rallies without creating the impression that the party was conspiring with witnesses to withhold information from the committee."(Committee on Un-American Activities, House Report 259 on the Southern California District of the Communist Party, April 3, 1959, pp. 7 and 8.)APPENDIX18332
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SAN FRANCISCO CITIZENS COMMITTEETO PRESERVE AMERICAN FREEDOMS (SFCCPAF)A source advised on April 7, 1960, that a San Francisco affiliate of the Citizens Committee to Preserve American Freedoms (CCPAF) had been established at a meeting held in San Francisco on April 4, 1960. The source advised that the San Francisco affiliate, to be known as the San Francisco CCPAF, would carry out in Norther California, the program of the CCPAF.A second source advised on May 9, 1963, that the San Francisco CCPAF is active.APPENDIX17 333NW 88613 Docld:34528578 Page 61
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# WORLD PEACE COUNCILThe "Guide to Subversive Organizations and Publications" issued December 1, 1961, by the Committee on un-American Activities, U.S. House of Representatives, page 179, contains the following citation regarding the World Peace Council:Cited as having been formed at the conclusion of the Second World Peace Congress in Warsaw and which was heralded by the Moscow radio as 'the expression of the determination of the peoples to take into their own hands the struggle for peace.'(Committee on Un-American Activities, House Report 378 on the Communist 'Peace Offensive, April 25, 1951, originally released April 1, 1951, p. 38)APPENDIX PAGE19*334
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FD-323 (Rev. 11-29-61)![Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation Seal]UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICEFEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONIn Reply, Please Refer toFile No. SF 100-33836San Francisco, CaliforniaMarch 30, 1964Title IRVING RHODES FROMERCharacter SECURITY MATTER - CReference Report of SA FRANCIS T. DAVIS, dated March 30, 1964, at san Prancisco.All sources (except any listed below) whose identities are concealed in referenced communication have furnished reliable information in the past.SF 100-33836FTD/ms1(7)335This 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 63
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# EXHIBIT COVER SHEETExhibit Number: XSUBJECT:MRER, David ReedSave RegistrantDOB: 21 July 1942, Chicago, IllinoisFile Number: 7129-6003 504-50-0137Preparing Unit: 115th MI Group ( I )Agent Report Dated: 31 May 1967Description: Report, SFO FBI dated 30 Mar 65 re SUBJECT'S fatherREVIEWED BY FDJFK TASK FORCEON 10/12/77RELEASE IN FULLRELEASE IN PARTTOTAL DENIALDECLASSIFIED BY 5668 SLD/KSRON 4-19-96 (JFK)Classification336ICGP-F Form 2-25(Rev 25 Mar 66).NW 88613 DocId:34528578 Page 64
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# UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICEFEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONCopy to:Report of:SA FRANCIS T. DAVISDate: 3/30/65Office: San Francisco, CaliforniaField Office File #:100-33836Bureau File #:100-365779Title:IRVING RHODES FROMERCharacter:SECURITY MATTER - CSynopsis:Subject resides at 881 Clayton St., San Francisco, and is employed as an architectural draftsman through the American Institute of Architects, 47 Kearny St., San Francisco. The Subject attended public meetings sponsored by the San Francisco Free Speech Forum (FSP), "National Guardian" (NG), American-Russian Institute (ARI), DuBois Club, and Committee to End U. S. Intervention in Vietnam. He also attended CP and "People's World" (PW) sponsored social affairs. Subject was arrested during racial demonstration at Sheraton-Palace Hotel, San Francisco, on 3/1/64. He was also observed in a picket line at a meeting of the Citizens Councils of America.DETAILS:## I. BACKGROUND### A. Residence and EmploymentThe Subject resides at 881 Clayton Street,San Francisco, and is employed as an architectural draftsman through the American Institute of Architects, 47 Kearny Street, San Francisco.![FBI information redacted]CHARLES TERSHEY, 217 FrederickStreet, San Francisco, 3/23/65![FBI information redacted]337This 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 65
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SF 100-33836FTD/evs## II. COMMUNIST PARTY (CP) AND RELATED ACTIVITIES### A. Communist ActivitiesThe Subject attended a May Day meeting held at 150 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, which was sponsored by the San Francisco Free Speech Forum on May 2, 1964.The San Francisco Free Speech Forum is a name used by the CP of San Francisco to hold public meetings.STEVE MURDOCK, editor of the "PW" reviewed the activities of the "PW" for the past year and pointed out that the "PW" offered its readers news from the view-point of the working class and Negro people and really had something to offer and this had enabled it to survive.ROSCOE PROCTOR also spoke on the problems of the Negro people in the capitalistic society and noted that only socialism offered the Negro any chance of solving his problems. PROCTOR said that the President's "War Against Poverty" was simply a political scheme to attract votes.The featured speaker was ROBERT THOMPSON, a member of the CP Committee, who discussed the split between the Soviet Union and China and said that it would soon be healed over. THOMPSON told the audience that they should support the Democratic Administration while at the same time put pressure on the Democratic Party to end defacto segregation in schools throughout the country. THOMPSON noted that public school systems would have to be integrated in order to survive.SF T-1, 5/7/64, SP T-2, 5/4/64,SF T-3, 5/7/64, SF T-5, 5/4/64The "PW" is a West Coast communist newspaper published in San Francisco.