Francesco/who-killed-jfk huggingface dataset:
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214-207FSP:jalSTEVE CHERKOSSDAVID FRIEDMANFRED GIBSONHOWARD HARAWITZMORRIS HIRSCHLARRY LOUGHLINMARILYN MILLIGANJOANNE PΕΥΤΟΝJANET PUGHJERRY RUBINVALERIE SILVASTEPHEN SMALEWINDY SMITHLOUISE STAPLETONSYD STAPLETONJACK WEINBERGSTEVE WEISSMANContinuing, SF T-3 remarked that what he had previously referred to as handbills were identical with the leaflet, "ATTENTION ALL MILITARY PERSONNEL."SF T-3 also remarked he could not recall any specific comments made by anyone during the meeting on October 5, 1965.Inspector CHARLES O' MEARA, Intelligence Unit, Berkeley, Police Department, Berkeley, informed on October 12, 1965, that according to information furnished to him, DAVID FRIEDMAN was a member of the Steering Committee of the VDC. A protest demonstration was conducted at the Sea Wolf Restaurant, Jack London Square, Oakland, on February 12, 1965. This demonstration was sponsored by the Congress of Racial Equality. During the demonstration, DAVID FRIEDMAN was one of five individuals arrested by the Oakland Police Department. He was charged with interfering with a police officer. The charge was subsequently dismissed.SF T-3 reported on October 25, 1965, that on October 23, 1965, one FRED GIBSON attended a Youth For Jobs (YFJ) meeting at7NW 88613 Docld:34530152 Page 8
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314-207FSP:jal59th Street and San Pablo Avenue, Oakland.A characterization for YFJ is contained in the Appendix Section.SF T-3 on September 9, 1965, identified FRED GIBSON as a member of the Community Work Committee of the VDC and also a member of the VDC Steering Committee.SF T-4 reported in 1963 and 1964 that during 1963 and 1964, HOWARD HARAWITZ was a member of the Communist Party Youth Off-Campus Club, Berkeley.SF T-5 on November 15, 1965, furnished a copy of a printed "Dear Friend" letter issued by the VDC which called for funds from the recipient. The letter identified MORRIS HIRSCH as a Professor of Mathematics, UCB, and also a member of the Finance Committee of the VDC.The name of MORRIS HIRSCH appeared as a signer of a 1962 petition which urged non-enforcement and repeal of the Internal Security Act of 1950, which petition had been circulated by the Committee for Constitutional Liberties (CCL), San Francisco, and had been submitted to the White House.A characterization for the CCL is contained in the Appendix Section.SF T-3 on September 9, 1965, identified LARRY LOUGHLIN as a member of the Finance Committee and Staff Member of the VDC.A review of the records of the San Francisco Police Department, San Francisco, revealed that LARRY LOUGHLIN, also known as LAWRENCE ROBERT LOUGHLIN (true name), was arrested8970NW 88613 Docld:34530152 Page 9
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4. 14-207   FSP:jalby the San Francisco Police Department on August 24, 1965, and charged with trespassing and resisting arrest. The charges arose from a demonstration against General MAXWELL TAYLOR at the Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco.After LOUGHLIN had pled nolo contendere, he was sentenced on February 16, 1966, to six months in the San Francisco County Jail, Sentence was suspended and he was placed on one year probation.SF T-3 on September 9, 1965 identified MARILYN MILLIGAN as a member of the Community Work Committee and Staff Member of the VDC.A review of the records of the Alameda County Sheriff's Office, Oakland, revealed that MARILYN MILLIGAN was arrested on December 3, 1964, under Sheriff's Office Number 641125 in connection with a sit-in demonstration at Sproul Hall, UCB. She was charged with resisting arrest, failure to disperse and trespassing. On June 28, 1965, she was found guilty of the trespassing and resisting arrest charges and the failure to disperse charge was dismissed. On July 29, 1965, she refused probation and was sentenced to $100.00 or ten days in jail on the trespassing charge, and $150.00 or fifteen days in jail on the resisting arrest charge. She has appealed the convictions.SF T-3 on September 9, 1965, identified JOANNE PEYTON as a member of the Community Work Committee of the VDC.A review of the records of the Registrar's Office, UCB, revealed the following information for JOANNE ΡΕΥΤΟΝ, nee JOANNE BARKER WARD."WhiteFemaleBorn August 8, 1936, Cleveland, Chio.NW 88613 Docld:34530152 Page 10
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514-207FSP:jalSF T-3 on September 9, 1965, identified JANET PUGH as Chairman of the Publicity Committee of the VDC.A review of the records of the Registrar's Office, UCB, revealed the following description for JANET MARILYN PUGH.White.FemaleBorn December 24, 1939, Red Bluff, CaliforniaPermanent Residence: 200 Cedar Street, Red BluffIn the August 9, 1965, issue of the "San Francisco Chronicle", a San Francisco, California, daily newspaper, information was set forth that in the summer of 1964, JERRY RUBIN traveled to Cuba in defiance of a United States Department of State travel ban. The trip was sponsored by the Student Committee for Travel to Cuba (SCTC).A characterization for the SCTC is contained in the Appendix Section.SF T-6 reported on February 19, 1965, that JERRY RUBIN had enrolled for the fall, 1964, semester of the San Francisco School of Social Sciences (SFSSS).A characterization for the SFSSS is contained in the Appendix Section.SF T-3 on September 9, 1965, identified JERRY RUBIN as a Staff Member of the VDC and also a member of the Steering Committee of the VDC.SF T-3 reported on November 1, 1965, that on October 30, 1965, VALERIE SILVA attended a meeting of Youth For Jobs, 59 4th Street and San Pablo Avenue, Oakland.10972NW 88613 Docld:34530152 Page 11
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SF T-7 in February, 1952, identified STEPHEN SMALE as a member of the Labor Youth League (LYD) at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.The LYL has been designated by the Attorney General of the United States pursuant to Executive Order 10450.The LYL became defunct in February, 1957.SF T-8 in January, 1961, identified STEPHEN SMALE as the Faculty Advisor of the Students Committee Fair Play for Cuba Committee (FPCC), at UCB.A characterization for the FPCC is contained in the Appendix Section.STEPHEN SMALE has been publicly identified as a Mathematics professor at UCB.SF T-3 on September 9, 1965 identified STEVE SMALE as a Staff Member of the VDC and also a member of the Steering Committee of the VDC.SF T-9 informed on November 15, 1963 and March 27, 1964, that in 1963 and 1964, WINDY SMITH was a member of the Southern California District Communist Party.SF T-10 reported on February 25, 1966, that WINDY SMITH also known as JOHN WINDRIM SMITH, JR. (TN) was a transfer to the Marin County, California, Communist Party Club; however, had not attended any meetings of the club.SF T-3 on September 9, 1965, identified WINDY SMITH as a member of the Strategic Research Organization Committee of the VDC, and also a member of the Steering Committee.
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714-207FSP:jalSF T-3 on September 9, 1965, identified LOUISE STAPLETON as a member of the Community Work Committee of the VDC.SF T-3 related on August 17, 1965, that in his opinion, LOUISE STAPLETON was not in sympathy with the VDC but was simply looking for "some excitement and likes to demonstrate." SF T-3 added that LOUISE STAPLETON was an employee of the Child Care Center in Oakland and resided at 419 63rd Street, Oakland.SF T-11 in October, 1965, identified SYDNEY STAPLETON as a member of the Young Socialist Alliance, Berkeley, and the Oakland-Berkeley Branch of the Socialist Workers Party.Characterizations for the Young Socialist Alliance, Berkeley and the Oakland-Berkeley Branch of the Socialist Workers Party are contained in the Appendix Section.SF T-3 on September 9, 1965, identified SYDNEY STAPLETON as a member of the Speaker's Bureau of the VDC and also a member of the Steering Committee of the VDC.SF T-12 reported on October 11, 1964, that on October 11, 1964, JACK WEINBERG attended a general membership meeting of the W.E. B. Du Bois Clubs of America, Berkeley Branch.A characterization of the W. E.B. Du Bois Clubs of America, Berkeley Branch is contained in the Appendix Section.WEINBERG was arrested at UCB in connection with a sit-in demonstration at Sproul Hall on December 3, 1964. He was charged with trespassing, and resisting arrest; convicted, and on July 30, 1965, he was sentenced to serve 120 days in jail.97412NW 88613 Docld:34530152 Page 13
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SF T-3 on September 9, 1965, identifiedSTEVE WEISSMAN as Chairman of the StrategicResearch Organization Committee of the VDC.SF T-8 has informed that STEVE WEISSMAN,also known as STEPHEN MARK WEISSMAN (truename), held a Bachelor of Arts Degree fromthe University of Tampa and a Master ofArts Degree from the University of Michigan.He enrolled at UCB as a graduate studentfor the fall semester, 1964. He was astrategist for the Free Speech Movement(FSM) demonstrations during the latter partof 1964 on the UCB Campus. He organizeda strike of teaching assistants at UCB insupport of the FSM.The FSM was an organization whien evolvedat UCB out of a disagreement between studentsand UCB administration of UCB policy regard-ing campus organizations.WEISSMAN, according to his academic fileat Tampa University, December 9, 1964,had a history of self-admitted emotionalinstability for which he had been underpsycho-therapy treatment fro October, 1958to January, 1960. His father informedin April, 1965, that his son was not aMarxist; had no Communist leanings what-soever and considered the United Statesthe best country in the world, but onewhich still needed improvement.
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1SF 14-207FSP:mbSF T-13 reported on November 1, 1965, that at a general membership meeting of the VDC on October 26, 1965, in Room 204, Engineering Building, UCB, there was a vote which was subsequently set aside to distribute the leaflet, "ATTENTION ALL MILITARY PERSONNEL."A review of all information furnished by SF T-13 failed to reveal any information indicating who conducted the above-described meeting, or when, where or to whom the leaflets would be distributed.SF T-13 is currently employed in a foreign country, and there is no information indicating whether he will return to the United States in the near future.SF T-14 reported on May 6, 1966, he was unable to recall who conducted the VDC general membership meeting in Room 204, Engineering Building, UCB, on October 26, 1965, or if mention was made when, where, or to whom the "soldier's leaflet would be distributed.SF T-3 informed on May 6, 1966, that the VDC general membership meeting which was held in Room 204, Engineering Building, UCB, was chaired by SYDNEY STAPLETON. SF T-3 recalled that the persons attending the meeting voted on a decision to distribute the "soldier's leaflet"; however, the majority vote postponed action on the leaflets until a later meeting. SF T-3 also recalled that JACK KURZWEIL, BOB KAUFMAN, and (CONN) RINGO" HALLINAN informed those present that the leaflets should be distributed to civilians rather than to soldiers.SF T-3 commented he had no knowledge as to when, where, or to whom the leaflets may have been distributed.SF T-15 reported in October 1965, that as of September 1965, JACK WEINBERG was a member of the Steering Committee of the VDC.SF T-12 informed on October 9, 1964, that on October 11, 1964, JACK WEINBERG attended a general membership meeting of the W.E.B. Du Bois Club of America, Berkeley Branch.14976NW 88613 Docld:34530152 Page 15
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2SF 14-207FSP:mbWEINBERG was arrested at UCB in connection with a sit-in demonstration at Sproul Hall on December 3, 1964. He was charged with trespassing and resisting arrest; convicted, and on July 30, 1965, he was sentenced to serve 120 days in jail.SF T-16 reported on July 19, 1965, that on July 10, 1965, ROBERT KAUFMAN attended a Northern California District Communist Party meeting in San Francisco.SF T-17 reported on April 19, 1966, that as of November 1965, CONN "RINGO" HALLINAN was a member of a Communist Party (CP) Club in San Francisco.Sergeant DAHL informed on January 10, 1966, that he had received a report from his previously described source that at the VDC general membership meeting in Room 204, Engineering Hall, UCB, on October 26, 1965, WINDY SMITH gave the majority report and recommended the VDC approve and distribute the "soldier's leaflet" to anyone, but mainly to U.S. servicemen preparing to go to Vietnam. In addition, SMITH commented at the meeting that 4,000 of the "soldier's leaflets" had been sent to the National Liberation Front, 6,000 had been distributed at Fort Ord, California, 2,000 at a military installation at Point Mugu, California, and many at the Army Intelligence School in Monterey, California.SF T-14 related on May 6, 1966, that at the VDC general membership meeting in Room 204, Engineering Hall, UCB, on October 26, 1965, WINDY SMITH, who delivered the majority report, recommended that the leaflets be distributed, and MIKE O'HANLON, STEVE WEISSMAN and STEVE SMALE opposed the distribution, SF T-14 could furnish no additional information.On January 5, 1966, Deputy Sheriff JOHN CRISAN, Monterey County, California Sheriff's Office, furnished some membership cards issued to MICHAEL J. O'HANLON, which he had obtained from a forest ranger at the Big Sur Park in December 1965. CRISAN stated he had no further15
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3SF 14-207FSP:mbinformation concerning O'HANLON, and assumed the cards were membership cards signed by O'HANLON for the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), and the VDC.The IWW has been designated by the Attorney General of the United States pursuant to Executive Order 10450."STUDENTS FOR A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY is an association of young people on the left...; one bringing together liberals and radicals, activists and scholars, students and faculty. It feels the urgency to put forth a radical, democratic program counterposed to authoritian movements both of Communism and the domestic Right."*Preamble, SDS Constitution*During the 1965 National Convention of the SDS, the Preamble of the Constitution was amended to eliminate "counterposed to authoritarian movements both of Communism and the domestic Right."SDS Worklist No. 14,7/28/65When O'HANLON was stopped by a Highway Patrol Officer on February 18, 1966, in Ocala, Florida, O'HANLON had a membership card for the W.E.B. Du Bois Clubs of America (DCA).A characterization for the DCA is contained in the Appendix.The FBI Laboratory informed on February 17, 1966, that fingerprint examinations revealed MICHAEL J. O'HANLON was identical with FRANCIS GEORGE MEDAILLE, FBI Number 874 775C.
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4SF 14-207FSP:mbIn the March 20, 1966, issue of the "San Francisco Examiner", a San Francisco, California, daily newspaper, information was set forth that FRANCIS GEORGE MEDAILLE was arrested in 1958 on a homicide charge in New York for throwing a six-year old girl from the roof of a building. MEDAILLE was sent to a mental institution until May 5, 1963, when he pled guilty to a manslaughter charge, first degree. He received a five-to-ten year suspended sentence and was placed on five years probation.RICHARD D. CALLAHAN, Special Agent, Chief of Special Operations Section, 115th INTC, Presidio, California, on January 7, 1966, made available a file pertaining to the appearance of the leaflet in the vicinity of Fort Ord. A review of the file revealed a report concerning an interview with A. C. COULAPIELES, Lieutenant, U. S. Navy 636. Security Officer, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School (USNPS), Monterey. Lieutenant COULAPIELES informed on October 26, 1965, that during the morning hours of October 23, 1965, members of his cleanup detail at USNPS informed him that a number of VDC leaflets addressed, "ATTENTION ALL MILITARY PERSONNEL" had been scattered at various points within the USNPS area. The report related a subsequent inspection of the area by the cleanup detail indicated leaflets had been dropped from outside the fence line at various points. The report further informed that the number of leaflets dropped was small.Mr. CALLAHAN related inasmuch as the investigation revealed the leaflets were dropped from outside the fence on military property, no further investigation was conducted by the military authorities.. USNPS is approximately three miles from Fort Ord.In addition, Mr. CALLAHAN recalled information indicating copies of the leaflet had been reported as appearing on the cement divider on the main highway between Marina and Monterey, California. Mr. CALLAHAN added that part of this highway runs adjacent to Fort Ord.EDWARD MURPHY, NISO, 1lth Naval District, San Diego,17
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5SF 14-207FSP:mbinformed on February 2, 1966, he had received no informationindicating that the "soldier's leaflet" had been distributed atPoint Mugu. He added if the leaflet had been distributed atPoint Mugu, he was certain his office would have received informa-tion concerning the distribution.SF T-18 informed on May 16, 1966, that he remembered onone occasion during a discussion of the leaflet at VDC headquarters2407 Fulton Street, Berkeley, JOHN SELTZ remarked that he, SELTZ,was one of the passengers in a speeding automobile from whichleaflets were thrown at Fort Ord and the Presidio at Monterey.SF T-18 commented he had no knowledge as to whether any of theleaflets were actually picked up by soldiers. SF T-18 believedthe discussion took place during the last quarter of 1965.JOHN CLIFFORD NORDEEN, 9125 Marmora Avenue,Morton Grove, Illinois, a self-described friendof JOHN PETER SELTZ, had informed that SELTZserved under one ALEJANDRO MARTINEZ, leader ofan anti-Somoza Nicaraguan revolutionary group,on the Honduras-Nicaraguan border during Mayand June 1960.SF T-3 related on May 6, 1966, he recalled there was adiscussion regarding leaflets which were supposedly distributedto soldiers at Fort Ord; however, he could furnish no specifics.Sergeant CARL DAHL had related on January 10, 1966,that according to his previously described source, at the VDCmeeting on October 26, 1965, in Room 204, Engineering Building,UCB, STEVE WEISSMAN made the following remark:"Our lawyers have informed us if we stop nowdistributing this leaflet it is less likelyany of us would be prosecuted, but if wecontinue, we are asking for arrest forsedition."SF T-14 related on May 6, 1966, that he recalled STEVEWEISSMAN making the above-quoted statement at the VDC meeting onOctober 26, 1965.SF T-3 informed on May 6, 1966, that he could not recall980NW 88613 Docld:34530152 Page 1918
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6SF 14-207FSP:mbSTEVE WEISSMAN making the above-quoted statement at the VDC meeting on October 26, 1965.SF T-18 related on October 25, 1965, that on October 23, 1965, the VDC Anti-Draft Committee held a meeting at VDC headquarters, 2407 Fulton Street, Berkeley. SF T-18 related that at the meeting, STEVE CHERKOSS admitted being a "Communist" and stated those active in the organization should face up to the fact and accept that Communists were in the anti-draft movement on a national scale.SF T-18 related on May 16, 1966, that he recalled WINDY SMITH and JOHN SELTZ were also present at the above-mentioned meeting. SF T-18 went on to say that SMITH left the meeting early. SF T-18 did not recall that anyone at the meeting of October 23, 1965 mentioned the Oakland Induction Center specifically as a distribution point for the "soldier's leaflet." SF T-18 was unable to recall the names of anyone known to him at the meeting of October 23, 1965, who led and/or took part in any discussion concerning the undermining of the morale of U.S. troops or anything said by any individual at the meeting in this regard.SF T-18 did recall that the "soldier's leaflet" was distributed at the Oakland Induction Center one morning. He believed this occurred in October 1965, but was unable to recall the exact date. SF T-18 recalled STEVE CHERKOSS was present and was distributing the leaflets at the Oakland Induction Center on the morning in question. SF T-18 added he was also present at the Oakland Induction Center on the particular morning; however, he did not distribute any of the leaflets.A review of the printed leaflet, "ATTENTION ALL MILITARY PERSONNEL" indicated it was printed by the Berkeley Free Press.SF T-18 informed on May 16, 1966, that the Berkeley Free Press did, in fact, print the leaflet, "ATTENTION ALL MILITARY PERSONNEL." SF T-18 went on to say he was present at the Berkeley Free Press, along with two other individuals and a couple of printers from the Berkeley Free Press who were unknown to him when approximately 30,000 copies of the leaflets were printed. SF T-18 added that he helped cut the paper at the Berkeley Free Press for the leaflets.19
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7SF 14-207FSP:mbSergeant CARL DAHL had related on January 10, 1966, that according to his previously described source in the VDC, the "soldier's leaflet" was primarily the work of MARVIN GARSON and JACK WEINBERG, and had been proofread by ROBERT SCHEER.SF T-ll reported during April 1963, that MARVIN THOMAS GARSON had been active in the Young Socialist Alliance (YSA) in Berkeley, while attending UCB, and had served as an officer of the organization.SF T-ll further reported that GARSON had become dissatisfied with the YSA over a factionalist dispute and had resigned from the YSA in Berkeley in February, 1963.The December 12, 1961, issue of "The Daily ifornian", UCB Campus Publication, contained an article captioned, "Fair Play For Cuba," which was signed by two individuals, one of whom was "Bob Scheer, Grad Student, Econ., member, Fair Play Exec. Comm."In the May 22, 1965, issue of the "San Francisco Examiner", a San Francisco, California, daily newspaper, there appeared an article captioned, "The 'Camp' Meeting at Cal." Among other things, the article identified ROBERT SCHEER as Research Director for the FPCC and informed SCHEER had visited Cuba in the summer of 1964 in defiance of a U.S. State Department ban.ROBERT SCHEER is the Foreign News Editor for "Ramparts".magazine."Ramparts" is self-described as the "catholic journal of political opinion."The February 23, 1966, issue of the "Berkeley Daily Gazette", a Berkeley, California, daily newspaper, informed among other things, that "SCHEER, an outspoken critic of the JOHNSON982NW 88613 Docld:34530152 Page 21
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8SF 14-207FSP:mbAdministration policies in Viet Nam" was"presently" touring South Vietnam andCambodia, the latter country at theinvitation of Prince SHIANOUK.SF T-18 related on May 16, 1966, he could not recall whotold him, but he had the distinct impression he was told thatMARVIN GARSON was the main author of the soldier's leaflet."SF T-18 added he had not heard anything linking JACK WEINBERGwith the preparation of the leaflet or that ROBERT SCHEER hadproofread the leaflet.SF T-3 reported on May 6, 1966, chat he had noknowledge of who actually prepared the "soldier's leaflet";however, he vaguely recalled that the leaflet was at least inpart the work of SIDNEY CHERPITEL. He could furnish no specifics.SF T-13 reported on November 4, 1965, thatSIDNEY WILLIAM CHERPITEL on November 3,1965, considered himself a Communist, butwas not a member of the CP.SF T-14 reported on May 6, 1966, hepossessed no information concerning whoprepared or assisted in the preparationof the "soldier's leaflet".SF T-13 related on October 13, 1965, that on October 11,1965, at approximately 7:30 PM, MIKE O'HANLON and his girlfriend, MIRIAM GOLOMB, described by SF T-13 as very active inthe VDC, went to the Greyhound Bus Depot, 7th and MissionStreets, San Francisco. SF T-13 commented their purpose forvisiting the Greyhound Bus Depot was to ship three (3) parcelsof leaflets to be distributed to soldiers. The leaflets werecaptioned, "ATTENTION ALL MILITARY PERSONNEL", and wereaddressed to J. PARISOT, C/O Department of Literature, Universityof California at San Diego, La Jolla, California.On May 4, 1966, C. A. TELFER, Greyhound TerminalManager, San Diego, California, informed that the bus bill forthe shipment of leaflets to J. PARISOT on October 11, 1965, ifsuch shipment were made, would be located at the AccountingDepartment of the Greyhound General Office, Market and Fremont