JFK Assassination System ; Date: 6/15/201 Identification Form SSS Agency Information Peleased under the John AGENCY: FBI . Eennedy RECORD NUMBER: _ 124-10219-10456 issassination Records ; ollection Act of 1992 RECORD SERIES: HQ ; (44 sac 2107 Note). . ase#:iNW 53150 Date: AGENCY FILE NUMBER: _ 100-30067-2ND NR 71 . ; , 5-31-2017 OO ——_EOoee Oe Document Information ; ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: SAC, SF TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE: 03/02/1957 PAGES: 9 SUBJECTS : JOP, ASSOC, CP ACT, MEETING DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified ’ RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: — 02/24/1998 ’ OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : INC LHM eee v9.1 ; 6 HW 53130 Docld:32297680 Page 1
| © HW 53130 dated 10/30/56. -T=2 in report of LEO F. TULLY, dated 10/30/56. fs MORRIS SHAW, former PSI, is identical with T-h fi in repo Ye . pe PAGE 1A FOR COPIES Nor ea DoclId: 32297680 Page 2? OFFICE MEMORANDUM - UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : DIRECTOR, FBI (100-422004) DATE: March 2, 1957 FROM : SAC, SAN FRANCISCO (100-35594) SSBJECT : COMMITTEE AGAINST WATERFRONT erCoN CommAnED 7) INTERNAL SECURITY ACT - C Sa Ne re Ml | C= INTERNAL SECURITY ACT = 1950 are ne | Oo Re Departmental memorandum to Bureau, dated March \Q 1331957, and Bureau airtel to San Francisco, dated March \9 18, 1957. , ‘ ee SF 1691~S is identical with T-l in the report of SA LEO F. TULLY, dated 2/14/56; T-3 in the report of LEO F. TULLY, dated 3/29/56; T-2 in the report of LEO F. TULLY, dated 5/10/56; and T-l in the report of LEO F. TULLY, Former SF 1720-S, GEORGE PECK, is identical with * T-2 in report of SA LEO F, TULLY, dated 2/14/56. to - Former SF 1510-3, FRANK- TOWNSEND, is identical eo with T-3 in report of SA LEO F, TULLY, dated 2/14/56. ™~ | SF 413-S is identical with T-4 in report of SA LEO F. TULLY, dated 2/14/56. OTE) TAP tte steht ee Former CSSF 2077-S is identical with T-5 in report of SA LEO F. TULLY, dated «</14/56. ; CRT rar ae SF 1780-S is identical with T-8 in report of ha. SA LEO F. TULLY, dated 2/14/56. oe ane a BENNIE MAGDOFF, a source of information, is identical with T-l in report of SA LEO F. TULLY, dated 3/29/56; T-3 in report of. LEO F. TULLY, dated 5/10/56; and FRANK MC CORMICK ts identical with T-2 in report of SA LEO F. TULLY, dated 3/29/56. i aa Wife 5006 7 - i rt of SA LEO F. TULLY, dated 3/29/56. DE 178 APR 9 1957 LFTB) APR i 1 957? ae ; —— + ‘
HW 53130 CONF INVENTIAT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply, Please Refer to SAN FRANCISCC, CALIFORNIA File No. APRIL 2, 1957 COMMITTEE AGAINST WATERFRONT SCREENING _ INTERNAL SECURITY ACT - C INTERNAL SECURITY ACT - 1950 Re Departmental memorandum to Bureau, dated Marrh 13, 1957, and Bureau airtel to San Francisco, dated March 18, 1957. San Francisco T-2 as reflected in the report of LEO F. TULLY, dated May 10, 1956, reported on April 26, 1956 that the following took place at a meeting of the Waterfront Section of the Communist Party, San Fran- cisco County, held April 25, 1956. The following were present: ERNIE FOX, identified by SF T-2 as organizer of the Waterfront Section who acted as chairman; CHARLES COLLINS, HAL DIFFERDING, TOM Mc PHENSCN, RAY STEWART, WALTER STICH, NILS LANNGE, and JOHN PITTMAN, Among the various items reported by SF T=2 cone cerning this meeting was the following: "WALT=R STICH then gave a report on the Screening of Seamen stating that the dance given by the CAWS had coilected a good deal of money and enabled them to send literature and letters to the screened seamen. STICH stated that he had been in contact with lawyers and since Judge MURPHY is out of town until next month it will be two weexs after he hears arguments before he will issue an injune.ic: against U. S. Coast Guard and in favor of screened seamen, although the specific provisions of order ars not known, attorneys feel certain of outcome, Judge MURPHY nas not definitely stated so, but has indicated that g. S. Coast Guard has used law illegally and the Pe ts.al Bureau of Investizatio has stated they will not © on over sources of information on which U. S. CG based we sereecing wnich leaves USCS out on a limb." ENCLOB WE, poe ee DoclId: 32297680 Page 5
© < WITNESS T-2 in report of SA LEO F, TULLY, dated 2/14/56. T=3 in report of SA LEO F. TULLY, dated 2/14/56. T-4 in report of SA LEO F. TULLY, dated 2/14/56. T-5 in report of SA LEO F. TULLY, dated 2/14/56. T-8 in report of SA LEO F, TULLY, dated 2/14/56. T-l in report of SA LEO F. TULLY, dated 3/29/56; T=-3 in report of SA LEO F, TULLY, dated 5/10/56: and T=-2 in report of SA LEO F. TULLY, dated 10/ 30/56 are identical. CONXIDENTIAL 5 DESCRIPTION An individual who is pree sently serving a five year sentence which he received on 2/2/55 for conviction of conspiracy to sell and possess narcotics. This witness is deceased. Current active informant. An individual who furnished information to this Bureau on a confidential basis who - does not desire his identity be disclosed and* who is un-= ~ willing to testify. .. Current active informant. BENNIE MAGDOFF Hotel Stanford Room 518. 251 Kearney Street | San Francisco Telephone: GA 1-7670 MAGDOFF born 1/31/97 in Mintz, Russia: Naturalized 3/19/27, San Francisco; Education, grade school; Marital Status, widower; Military Service, Private British Expeditionary Forces, 1918-1920, Honorary Discharge; Employment, 1936-1945 NUMCS. delegate on the SS Matsonia, 1945-1949 NUMCS patrolman San Francisco, 9/49- 5/50 NUMCS’ Gulf Representative at New Orleans. Presently un-= employed. It is to be noted that Mr. ‘ MAGDOFF has a heart condition having had two heart attacks since 1948 and this is his reason for present unemployment. -3-= COUPTDENTTAL
WITNESS T-2 in report of SA LEO F. TULLY, dated 3/29/56. Tl) in report of SA LEO Fo. TULLY, dated 3/29/56. DESCRIPTION Mr. MAGDOFF had never been a member of the Communist Party, however, he advised the San Francisco Office that in.1945 he attended two Seaman Branch meetings at1402 Powell © Street, San Francisco and that in 1946 he attended WILLIAM Z. FOSTER's meeting at the Coliseum Bowl, San Francisco. MAGDOFF stated that at the time the attendance at the above meetings were made mandatory by the NUMCS and that if attend- ance were voluntary, he would not have gone. MAGDOFF is willing to testify to the information furnished the FBI Office, however, he advised that he received the information from an acquaint- ance, as it is noted that he never attended a CAWS meeting. An individual who furnished information to:this Burean on a confidential basis. who does not desire his identity be - disclosed and is unwilling. to testify. MORRIS LAMBERT SHAW 355 Victoria Street San Francisco Telephone: JU 6-4716. SHAW is a self-admitted former member °. of the Communist Party, San Francisco, from Spring, 1947 or 1948 to Spring of 1950 or 1951. SHAW was born on 3/30/00 at Hamburg, Arkansas. FBI Identification Division record reflects that SHAW was received at the State Peniten- tiary, Little Rock, Arkansas = hie conehgaeray
Doctid:32297660 WITNESS 6 CONFI ENTIAL | © DESCRIPTION on October 21, 1952 to serve five years for Grand Larceny. Mr. P. C. CROSBY, agent for the Northern Pacific Railroad, Hamburg, Arkansas, advised on March 16, 1956 that he “knew SHAW for about eight years from 1938-1945 and stated that SHAW drank to excess, ‘that he was a person of no responsibility, and he would not recommend him for a position of responsibility. He further stated that SHAW had written bad checks all ' his life, and when he made any money, he would write a check in a surrounding town . and use the money to buy whiskey. CROSBY stated that sometime in‘the early 1930's SHAW got in a knife fight with another Negro in Hamburg, Arkansas: and was placed in jail. CROSBY stated that it was to his recollection that the injured Negro died about a year after the knifing, however, he did not believe that SHAW was charged with the death of the other man. Records of the Hamburg, Arkan-= sas Police Department failed to reflect any record that SHAW had been in jail in’ Hamburg, Arkansas, however, Mr. WILLIAM HADEN, Chief of: Police at. Hamburg, Arkansas, advised March 16, 1956 that he .remembered SHAW had been in a fight and had seriously wounded another man in Hamburg in the 1930's. SHAW. stated that he is willing to testify ‘to the information that he furnished to the FBI. =~ 5 = con agent Page &. .