JFK Assassination System Date: 5/13/201 Identification Form ee : Agency Information Peleased under the John AGENCY: FBI Kennedy RECORD NUMBER:  124-90143-10173 lssassination Records ; ollection Act of 1992 RECORD SERIES: HQ (44 USC 2107 Note}. . , . ase#:Nl 54460 Date: AGENCY FILENUMBER:  100-370750-NR bo-o04-20417 Document Information “ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: LA TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: 09/24/1943 * PAGES: 3 SUBJECTS : HERBERT JOSEPH BIBERMAN JOHN HOWARD LAWSON DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: - 10/09/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS: LET rr ye v9.1 HW 54460 DBocld:32336755 Page 1
los ee angeles, 13, California ppoptember 24, 1943 ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED ia cae, ae "HERBERT JOSEPH BIBERMAN, ET AL ~VTEENAL. SECURITY ~ ¢ de. to Bureau letter dated August 14, 1943, in the 4 ch. requests that any documentary evidence show- that HERBERT -BIBERMAN is> presently. a branch organizer of the County. Communist. Party, be. transmitted to tan t file... « There are. transmitted as enclo- Xo “Of eight: pertinent records which were No nfidéntial “source: to Special - Agente DAVID A. a) Son July 22,:: 1, 35° This’ highly confidential ‘iginale were the records of ELIZABETH LE ACH, or- { Lee ‘Angeles. County: Communist Party. © 4 & ng is°a- aumiary- « and. interpretation: of, the enclosed Kw nthe people, hereinafter. named. - ALL infomation re- > IBERUAN. chitin of ¢ Branch | A until the reorganization \ € n fro Industrial. ‘to Neighborhood. Branches (partially) z ood ich, exact, function : ‘unknown. X '. Brother’ of ‘HERBERT. ‘BIBERWAN was. , prior. to the th @ organizer. of Branch E.° He ie now a member of: the Holly- neh, exact function’ ‘unknown. J Ot:
‘Letter to Director nae ‘September 24, 1943 Re: HERBERT JOSEPH BIBERMAN, ET AL INTERNAL SECURITY - C SUE LAWSON. Wife of JOHN HOWARD LAWSON was a member of Branch K ° prior to the reorganization and is now a member of the Valley Branch. (Re¢c- ords of SUE LAWSON are not included in the enclosure but they are available in the Los Angeles Office) It will be noted from a perusal of the enclosed photegraphic . copies that the last names of the people herein before named were not shomm on the records. However the descriptive data and other records and past activities of these persons leave no doubt that they are the persons referred _ to; for example, on Page 2 HERBERT is described as being from Hollywoodland, — which is a neighborhood district where BIBERMAN lives and where no other Con- munists known to this office by the name of HERBERT resides. The same is ~ true of "ED B" described as- being from Hollywoodland. EDWARD BIBERMAN re- sides in Hollywoodland adjacent to HERBERT BIBERMAN. It is further noted on Page Eight that "JHL" is a writer who resides in the "Valley". JOHN 4 HOWARD LAWSON does. reside in North Hollywood which is considered part of - | San Fernando Valley and is commonly known as the "Valley". , | { } " an entire set of the photographic copies of the records of ELIZA- BETH LEACH obtained were transmitted to the Bureau by cover letter dated ~ August 9, 1943, in the case entitled COMMUNIST PARTY, U.S.A., DISTRICT NO. ~ 13, OS ANGSLES FIELD DIVISION, together with a menorandum identifying most of the members therein named. Ah interpretation of the records, together with a pertinent memorandum explaining the reorganisation of the Northwest Section was aleo part of this memorandum. Oe Concerning JOHN HOWARD LAWSON's connection with the Party, the following confidential information was also obtained: On September 22, 1943 Confidential National Defense Informant los Angeles 1357 held a conference with MARJORIE J. POTTS, also known as MARJORIE FISKE, who is on the Key. 4 Figure list of the Los Angeles Field Division. During this conference FISKE ° admitted to the informant that.she is presently the Membership Director and Organigatbional Secretary of the Northwest Section; that she works full time for the Communiet Party and is.on salary; however, for income tax purposes and to cover up her real eaployment she receives her salary through JOHN HOWARD LAWSON. = a, : . [! _ In this connection the bank account of JOHN HOWARD LAVSON was i examined by Special Agent ERWIN P. HAIR on August 30, 1943 at the Bank of i America, Hollywood Main Office, and reflected checks payable to MARJORIE | FISKE in the amount of $30.43 on July 29, Auguet 6, August 13 and August 21, SARA D- AWAY - AW 54460 DBocld:323356755 Page 3