Ld ee aes Stal ee hk tle Jf 52 y ““THIS-CABE ORIGINATED AT FILE NO. , ; Bl fo ees ats Ot LAS ANGELES d » [CP Reront MADE AT DATE WHEN PERIOD FOR WHICH MADE REPORT MADE BY j aie ie 917/32" 742125 ,26;8/25,26; LOS ANGELES 9/9/52 . DREW JOSEPH DECKER agg} / : 4 TITLE -,. CHARACTER OF CASE SOHN HOWARD TAWSON, WAS “LL INPORMAPION CONTAINEL INTERNAL SECURITY — ¢ oer mare t hi UNS LASSLFLED Oui ASE VO Se SYNOPSIS OF FACTS: — BECEPT WHEHE SQOWR Classified by 1 2 , she a ” * OUHERWISE Declassify on: 6 iv \~ JOHN HOWARD LAWSON resides at 9354 Burnet Avenue, San Fernando, California. He derives his livelihood from lectures he gives under the auspices of the Hollywood (44eSHtiedk i Al v4) Ve, Arts, Sciences, and Professions Council and from the Declassify on: CADE A, ‘ sale of his book "The Hidden Heritage." He continues <stO be very active in the affairs of the Hollywood Arts, ~ Sciences and Professio ouncil of whic h he is a member . of the Executive Board. [In June, 1952, he attended a Cu) a '. National Board meting of the Arts » Sciences and Pro- i fessions Council ‘at New York City and presented a draft . \ ‘for dise mn which charged that "our freedoms are being =? ¢ 7aestroyed ." n his lectures under the auspices of the &. ~~ Hollywood Arts, Sciences and Professions Couneil, LAWSON a | , has consistently Preised the arts and Sciences existing /4 } in the USSR while he has charged the leaders and officials of the United States with being imperialists » fascists, fav ssomitics and followers of the Malthusian doctrine, K / Angeles Negro ’ He subscribes to the Daily Worker and was a reference for membership in the Communist Party in August 7, 1952, LAWSON was the feat poeting held to ‘protest the convict Pico yep oe Sete ion of the 14 California | COPIES DESTROYER munict Party leaders under the -AJUMAR 27 1963. -° - : DECLASSIFIED BYSLOY'SWD [nal = PR = oy pg gO ew “FORWAROEDS . :. €¢ on Or aun . | oo Nor WriTE IN THESE srAces ' OP LOD 5 fla] 50 — FA RECORDED - 36 @-Bureau (100~370750) (Reg. ) 5 yee fae A 1-New York (100~80918) (Info) _ SH £ , (Reg. ) a POM i FX-12 3Los Angeles (100~21198 ) (\ of. pp - 2 PROPERTY OF FBI—This confidential report and its contents are loaned to you by the FBI aiid-Aré riot to be a ‘Yistributed outside of agency to which loaned. fo é. cine f p ’ 7 i L j 13 1952 US. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 16—80637-2 Docld: 32338595 Page 2.
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} _ NW 45838 % T=11 : i2f9/sr 112; 1A337e-S 5/23/52 wait Bete ee ee os som P. ie UGE | -|{gn March 28,1952. “Bed: [TA 3453-8 oe “4/27/52 15: [fA 3507-8 | 4/27/52 °° NY_ 426-5. 1952. iS DociId:32338595 Page 5 Daily Worker Subser Orally to SA MARCUS ‘M. pRrouH7 on February 20, i303. ; nea of A \ 1A 100=21198 . ADMINISTRATIVE PACE IDENTITY OF ' DATE OF” | DATE INFO ACENT RECEIVING INFORMANT ACTIVITY _ RECEIVED © INFORMATION. M71 1A3550-8 : | 3/5/52 3/9/52 Ts CRAWFORD - 3/2/52 | 3/19/52. W. CRAWFCRD 3/19/52 4/4/52 Ts We CRAWFORD 4/30/52 5/8/52 Ss M., WOLF TH8s HARRY DAVID TANZER : : | : 3/19/52 3/29/52 J. Ki CROWE 3/26/52 3/29/52 3. K. ‘CROWE M9: A3sIS | | | 4/30/52 to 5/27/52 4/30/52 W. J. MO CAULEY” ‘M10: Th 3184S - 1/10/52 J. G. KELLY 6/16/52 H. E. WHITE sis W. E. HEUCKE 3/11/52 EB. K. DEANE, etal GIA LOCATION 66~3677h-17 66~3677A~21 66-3677Ak=22 - 66~3677A—29 . 66-3603A4 66~36034 5 ~ 100-21198-788. 100=211981457 66-2966h42° 66-33648125 | + 5/2/52 Re R. BROOKSHER | ‘coo y (\ “) 100+2119814 58