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1. CITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR CONSTITUTIONALLIBERTIES (NEW YORK CITY)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 42 concerning "Citizens Committee for Constitutional Liberties (New York City)":1. "On the basis of its investigations and hearings to date, the committee concludes that the National Assembly for Democratic Rights and a coordinating and organizing group in support thereof, titled the 'Citizens Committee for Constitutional Liberties,' are Communist fronts. Created, dominated, and controlled by members and officials of the Communist Party, the National Assembly for Democratic Rights and the Citizens Committee for Constitutional Liberties were organized as propaganda devices for the conduct of 'mass activity' in support of the avowed objectives of 'reversal or nonapplication' of the Supreme Court decisions of June 5, 1961, which upheld the constitutionality of the registration and disclosure provisions of the Internal Security Act of 1950 as applied to the Communist Party, and the Smith Act membership clause making punishable active and purposive membership in the Communist Party.""* * * The long-range objective of the Citizens Committee for Constitutional Liberties is to serve as the vehicle for concealed Communist participation in, and direction of, propaganda and agitational activities aimed to nullify the Internal Security and Smith Acts.""* * * Committee investigation disclosed that the Citizens Committee for Constitutional Liberties was formed on or about June 12, 1961 * * *."(Committee on Un-American Activities, Report and Hearings on Manipulation of Public Opinion by Organizations Under Concealed Control of the Communist Party (National Assembly for Democratic Rights and Citizens Committee for Constitutional Liberties), House Report 1282, Part 1, October 2 and 3, 1961, pp. 137, 143 and 144.)APPENDIX14302
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FAIR PLAY FOR CUBA COMMITTEE, BAY AREA CHAPTERalso known as Bay Area Fair Play for CubaCommittee (BAFPCC)The "New York Times" newspaper on November 20, 1960, carried an article captioned "Pro-Castro Body Reports U.S. Gain," which reported that the Fair Play for Cuba Committee (FPCC) had 5,000 paid-up members in the United States. The article declared that the FPCC had headquarters at 799 Broadway, New York City, New York, and had chapters in other cities, including one in San Francisco.A source advised in March, 1961, that the Bay Area Chapter of the FPCC (BAFPCC) began to be formed in San Francisco in November, 1960, under the direct guidance and leadership of ASHER HARER, who the source identified as a member of the San Francisco Branch of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) and a member of the National Committee of the SWP.The SWP has been designated by the Attorney General of the United States pursuant to Executive Order 10450.A source advised in May, 1962, that the BAFPCC is currently active in the San Francisco area and includes members in San Francisco and surrounding counties. He advised that the BAFPCC has no headquarters but receives mail through Post Office Box 2615, San Francisco 26, California, which is a box maintained by ASHER HARER. He stated that the announced aims and purposes of the BAFPCC are to "spread the truth about Cuba and to prevent U.S. intervention in Cuba."A source advised in March, 1962, that in the recent elections of the BAFPCC, the SWP continued its influence by having SWP members elected to the Executive Committee.303APPENDIX 15
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# BP 300-35030# 700/171. FAIR PLAY FOR CUBA COMMITTEE (FPCC)The April 6, 1960, edition of "The New York Times" newspaper contains a full page advertisement captioned "What Is Really Happening in Cuba," placed by the FPCC. This advertisement announced the formation of the FDCC in New York City and declared the FPCC intended to promulgate "the truth about revoluntionary Cuba" to neutralize the distorted American press."The New York Times" edition of January 11, 1961, reported that at a hearing conducted before the United States Senate Internal Security Subcommittee on January 10, 1961, Dr. CHARLES A. SANTOS-BUCH identified himself and ROBERT TABER as organizers of the FPCC. He also testified he and TABER obtained funds from the Cuban Government which were applied toward the cost of the aforementioned advertisement.On October 3, 1960, a source advised that the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) in New York had become active in the FPCC, and that SWP members, in a FPCC election, had been able to remove several Communist Party (CP) members who were on the Executive Board of the FPCC and gain control of the organization.A second source advised that an announcement from National Headquarters of the SWP was made on September 24, 1961 to the effect RICHARD GIBSON had fired the secretary in the FPCC headquarters and was trying to break the SWP influence in the FPCC.Column 2, page 8, of the February 22, 1962, edition of "The New York Times" contains an article captioned "Castro Backer Resigns" which announced that ROBERT TABER had resigned as Executive Secretary of the FPCC and as President of the Institute for the Improvement of Inter-American Relations, Inc., which had organized the FPCC in April, 1960.On May 17, 1962, a third source advised that National Headquarters of the FPCC is located in room 329 at 799 Broadway, New York City, and that the FPCC is operating under the direction of RICHARD GIBSON, Acting National Executive Secretary of the FPCC.The SWP and the CP, USA, have been designated by the Attorney General of the United States pursuant to Executive Order 10450.APPENDIX16NW 88613 Docld:34528578 Page 32
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BF 100-338361. SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY - SANFRANCISCO 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 9, 1962, that the San Francisco Branch and the Oakland-Berkeley Branch of the SWP follow the policies and directives of the National SWP with whom they are affiliated.The SWP has been designated by the Attorney General of the United States pursuant to Executive Order 10450.APPENDIX30517
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1. INDEPENDENT PROGRESSIVE PARTYThe 1955 Report of the California Committee on Un-American Activities, page 46, stated, "The Independent Progressive Party in California was quickly captured by the communists, and by the time the Wallace for President campaign had swung into high gear was being operated lock, stock, and barrel by the Communist Party of California. Time after time the committee in questioning witnesses throughout the State discovered that the leaders of the Communist Parties in various localities were identical with the leaders of the Independent Progressive Party in the same area. It is true, of course, that in the Independent Progressive Party there were many sincere liberals who, because of dissatisfaction with the two major political organizations registered as Independent Progressives and continued their affiliation until the true control of the I. P. P. became obvious. These people invariably resigned, many of them having given the benefit of their experience to various official agencies interested in the exposure of subversive activities."APPENDIX PAGE18306
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# BF 100-33036# STUDIES ON THE LEFT (SOTL)The "Wisconsin State Journal," a daily newspaper published at Madison, Wisconsin, on November 26, 1959 announded that a new scholarly magazine, "Studies on the Left," a historical review dedicated to the leftist point of view, edited by present and former graduate students at the University of Wisconsin (UW), but having no connection with the UW itself, would begin publication soon.Records of the Wisconsin Secretary of State reflect SOTL was incorporated under laws of Wisconsin July 16, 1959 as a non-stock, non-profit corporation with headquarters P.O. Box 2121, Madison, Wisconsin. Three issues were published during the period December, 1959 to November, 1960. The first issue contained a policy statement of the editors stating SOTL was primarily a magazine for national circulation designed to give younger men with radical views a place to voice their opinions.Publicly listed members of SOTL's Editorial Board SAUL LANDAU, JOAN BROMBERG, STEPHEN SCHEINBERG, MARTIN J. SKLAR and JAMES WEINSTEIN have been identified by sources previously as having participated in the activities of the Labor Youth League (LYL); while Editorial Board members DAVID EAKINS and MATTHEW CHAPPERON have been identified as active members of the Communist Party (CP). Another source has identified LANDAU and EAKINS as handling the finance and business affairs of SOTL.The Communist Party, USA, and the Labor Youth League have been designated by the Attorney General of the United States pursuant to Executive Order 10450.# APPENDIX PAGE19307
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# NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COMMITTEEFOR PROTECTION OF FOREIGN BORNThe "Daily People's World," now known as the "People's World," a West Coast Communist newspaper, of November 2, 1950, page 10, columns 1 and 2, contained an article entitled, "Northern California Committee for Foreign Born Planned." This article stated that plans for the organization of a Northern California Committee for Protection of Foreign Born would be made at a meeting on November 6, 1950, at 150 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, California.A source advised on April 25, 1962, that the Northern California Committee for Protection of Foreign Born, although an independent organization, carries out a program of activity in Northern California which coincides with the aims of the American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born (ACPFB).The source further advised that the Northern California Committee for Protection of Foreign Born continues to be active in defending the foreign born in deportation proceedings and in securing support for the repeal of the Walter-McCarran Law.The ACPFB has been designated by the Attorney General of the United States pursuant to Executive Order 10450.APPENDIX20308
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SP 100-338351. "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.)APPENDIX21309
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#1## NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILDSAN FRANCISCO CHAPTERA source advised on April 19, 1962, that theSan Francisco Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild, which isaffiliated with the National Lawyers Guild and follows itspolicies and directives, was organized in the Summer of 1937,and is currently active in San Francisco, California.APPENDIX31022
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## NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILDThe 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 121 concerning "National Lawyers Guild":1.  Cited as a Communist front.(Special Committee on Un-American Activities,House Report 1311 on the CIO Political ActionCommittee, March 29, 1944, p. 149.)2.  Cited as a Communist front which "is the foremost legal bulwark of the Communist Party, its front organizations, and controlled unions" and which "since its inception has never failed to rally to the legal defense of the Communist Party and individual members thereof, including known espionage agents."(Committee on Un-American Activities, HouseReport 3123 on the National Lawyers Guild,September 21, 1950, originally relatedSeptember 17, 1950.)3.  "To defend the cases of Communist lawbreakers, fronts have been devised making special appeals in behalf of civil liberties and reaching out far beyond the confines of the Communist Party itself. Among these organizations are the * * * National Lawyers Guild. When the Communist Party itself is under fire these offer a bulwark of protection."(Internal Security Subcommittee of the SenateJudiciary Committee, Handbook for Americans, S.Doc. 117, April 23, 1956, p. 91.)## APPENDIX
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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 Northern California, the program of the CCPAF.Source advised on April 17, 1962, that the San Francisco CCPAF is active.APPENDIX312
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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 subpenaed 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 California District Council on September 21, 1958. Mrs. Healey declared that the party preferre 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.)
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![logo of Federal Bureau of Investigation]UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICEFEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONSan Francisco, CaliforniaMarch 29, 1953Title LIVING RHODES PROKERCharacter SECURITY MATTER -CReference Report of Special Agent FRANCIS T. DAVIS, dated and captioned as above, at San FranciscoAll sources (except any listed below) whose identities are concealed in referenced communication have furnished reliable information in the past.314This 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 42
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EXHIBIT COVER SHEETExhibit Number: IXSUBJECT: FARRER, David ReedSove RegistrantDOB: 21 July 1942, Chicago, IllinoisFile Number: 7129-6003 564-50-8137Preparing Unit: 115th MI Group ( 1 )Agent Report Dated: 31 May 1967Description: Report, SFO FBI dated 30 Mar 64 re SUBJECT'S fatherREVIEWED BY FBI/JFK TASK FORCEON 10/12/97RELEASE IN FULLRELEASE IN PARTTOTAL DENIALALL FBI INFORMATION CONTAINEDHEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIEDDATE 4-19-96 BY 5668 SLD/KSB(JFK)Classification315ICGP-F Form 2-25(Rev 25 Mar 66).NW 88613 DocId:34528578 Page 43
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FD-204 (Rev. 3-3-59)UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICEFEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONCopy to:Report of: SA FRANCIS T. DAVIS Office: SAN FRANCISCODate: March 30, 1964Field Office File No.: 100-33836 Bureau File No.: 100-365779Title: IRVING RHODES FHOMERCharacter: SECURITY ATTER - CSynopsis: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. Subject attended CP sponsored May Day meeting and ARI affairs. He taught class on Marxism and Art at San Francisco SSS, He attended PW bazaar, National Quardian affair and film sponsored by SFCCPAF. Attended mass meeting in San Francisco sponsored by CURT and took part in peace walk in San Francisco. Also attended meetings sponsored by the Continuations Committee of World Congress on General Disarmament and Peace.DECLASSIFIED BY 5.668 SLDKSRON 4-19-96 IJFIEDETAILS:I. BACKGROUNDA. ResidenceThe subject resides at 881 Clayton Street, San Francisco, California.REVIEWED BY FBVJEK TASK FORCEON 10/12/9784RELEASE IN FULLRELEASE IN PARTTOTAL DENIALCHARLES TERSHEY, 217 Frederick Street - 3/4/64This 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 44
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SF 100-33836FTD/mal## B. EmploymentSubject continues to be employed as an architectural draftsman in the San Francisco area, obtaining employment through the placement service of the American Institute of Architects, 47 Kearny Street San Francisco.Mrs. ETHEL SMITH,Executive Director,ΑΙΑ - 3/20/64## II. COMMUNIST PARTY (CF) AND RELATED ACTIVITIES### A. Communist PartyThe Subject attended a May Day meeting sponsored by the San Francisco Free Speech Forum held at 150 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, on May 4, 1963. MARGRIT FITTMAN acted as chairman of the meeting and noted that she had celebrated May Day last year in Moscow. She said she regarded this a privilege and honor and said that May Day in Moscow was celebrated in a spirit of good will and fraternity and should be celebrated in a like manner in this country. She said that some day everyone would live under socialism and there would be no more war and everyone would be friends and brothers.ARCHIE BROWN, introduced as a well known labor leader and progressive, gave a speech critical of the city administration in San Francisco, and claimed that the slum clearence program drove under-privileged people from one slum area into marginal area which then became slums.CARL BLOICE and several others then put on an entertainment skit prior to the introduction of HYMAN LUMER as a featured speaker. LUMER was introduced as an historian and economist and a Taft-Hartley victim.
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SF 100-33836FTD/melLUMER discussed the unemployment situation in the United States, and said unemployment was increasing because of automation and he said the unions are worried and noted that recent strikes were for job security rather than increased benefits. He said that if the United States had a planned economy and traded with Soviet nations, most of the ills of unemployment could be cured. He also spoke briefly on repressive government acts and union busting legislation. He said the government is applying antitrust provisions to unions and there is a vicious prosecution of labor leaders. He said these acts are the products of the cold war and reaction.A resolution to the President and the Attorney General was passed at this meeting which requested the government take action against the Birmingham Police Department for police brutality. At the suggestion of IRVING FROMER, they had a condemnation of the government for past inactivity to the resolution.```SF T-1 - 5/8/63SF T-2 - 5/9/63SF T-3 - 5/6/63SF T-4 - 5/6/63```The San Francisco Free Speech Forum is a name used by the San Francisco County Communist Party (SFCCP) to present CP affairs which would not be identified publicly with the CP.```SF T-5 - 5/7/52```MARGRET PITTMAN is a member of the SFCCP.```SF T-6 - 5/63```ARCHIE BROWN is a member of the SFCCP.```SF T-5 - 5/63```-3-318NW 88613 DocId:34528578 Page 46
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SF 100-33836FTD/malCARL BLOICE is a member of the SFCCF.SF T-7 - 5/63HYNAN LUMER has been listed as the editor of *"Political Affairs"*, a self-described theoretical organ of the CF, USA, since May, 1963.B. American Aussian Institue of can Francisco (ARI)The ARI has been designated by the Attorney General of the United States pursuant to Executive Order 10450.The Jubject attended a reception sponsored by the ARI held on April 26, 1963, at the Sheraton Palace Hotel in San Francisco, in honor of VICTOR ARNAUTOFF. The invitation to this affair noted that ARNAUTOFF was born in Russia, and had lived and world in China, Mexico, and the United States, since 1920. He was described as a member of the Department of Art at Stanford Universi since 1917, and it was noted that he was leaving for a year of painting exhibitions and cultural work in the Soviet Union. Among those listed as giving greetings and recognition of his work was IRVING FROMER, artist and chairman of the Graphic Arts Workshop.The program at the reception consisted of entertainment including songs by one of FROMER'a sens, and by JAMES HOOD.SF T-8 - 4/29/63SF T-9 - 6/13/63SF T-4 - 4/29/63SF T-1 - 4/29/63VICTOR ARNAUTOFF 18 a member of the Lan Francisco County Communist Party.SF T-6 - 5/63![image of scanned text 319]NW 88613 Docld:34528578 Page 47