JFK Assassination System Date: 5/13/201 Identification Form Agency Information Peleased under the John AGENCY: FBI Kennedy RECORD NUMBER:  124-90143-10407 issassination Records ; ollection Act of 1992 RECORD SERIES: HQ (44 USC 2107 Note). ase#:NWU 54460 Date: AGENCY FILE NUMBER: _ 100-370750-155 pO-O04-2017 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: LA ‘ TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: = 10/24/1949 PAGES: 18 SUBJECTS : 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 : RPT Se rrr v9.1 HW 54460 DBocld:32336989 Page 1
ims t ey ors Riker eg vere ‘Tee eS 4 . — me ere oa anes — _ FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION TITLE fa CHARACTER OF CASE; } JOEN HOMARD® LAMSON » WaSe 4m JacoW'Levy, Jack, SL INFORMATION iE INTERNAL SECURITY = c oF SYNOPSIS OF FACTS: \ y _ . a, CAREY McWILLIALS reported to have filed "Amicus Curiae" urging Supreme Court to reverse contempt conviction of "Hollywood 10", which includes subject. Informant stated 4 i a that subject invited HOWARD FAST to-dinner on his recent ¥ visit to los Angeles. Subject said he was glad to be a Sponsor of PAUL ROBESON's new "Committee of Non~Partisans q; to Defend the Rights af the Communist Leaders." Infornante ° advise that LAWS! was instrumental in selection of DAVID q V. ROBISON, a Communist, as the ner Executive Secretary of \\ the Hollywood ASP. In a speech LAVSON made a plea for “public organized pressure" to cancel "black lists" of the ‘ Hollywood group which defied the Congressional Committee ., A investigating Commnism. Subject's name on CRC telegram \ to Attorney General McGRATH stated that trial and convice~ ole tion of 11 Communist leaders represents invasion of con- stitutional rights of all americans, ‘In Peoples World article subject states that, "Such films as 'The Iron .Curtaint, 'The Red Menace' and the projected glorifica- ~ tion of the anti-Semite, Cardinal MINDZENTY, are sufficient '. evidence that the Wall Street masters of the industry are ~ ») moving cautiously but with conscious intent toward the use gf ‘-of the film for outright fascist propaganda." Executive a . Secretary of ASP contacted subject regarding status of 9 hy Se Calif; “representatives to Mexican Peace Conference. ‘a \' “Bubject's activities in league ‘of American Writers and ». Hollywood Writers-Mobilization set out. Subject leaving 3 Les jangeles, 10/22/49, to reside in Ne Y. until Christmas, a 1 s & RV V, Py 2 New York (100~80918) 2 Los Angeles HW 54460 Docld:32336989 Page 2?
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T-1y T-15 T-16 T-17 vm. TS 216 (Boston) ChDI La 2529 CNDI LA 3293 CKDI, LA 3242 CGII La 310) AW 54460 Docld:32338989 Page 4 INFORMANT PAGE (Cont.) oe Date Information Given To - mate ahormmation Given To 3 4/3/43 2/21/49 6/4/48 4/6/49 Case entitled "2EVEREND STEPHEN H. FRITCHMAN; SECURITY MATTER - C. Bufile 100~356137. SA JOHN J. HORGAN SA BERNARR M. PIACEK ‘SA PERNARR M. PTACEK SA EMMETT C. McGAUGHEY Trask bis ORGiwAL