JFK Assassination System Date: Identification Form ‘ 5/13/201 “Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: = 124-90143-10239 Released under the John Kennedy Wss5assination Records Oollection Act of 1992 RECORD SERIES: HQ , 44 05¢C 2107 Not . AGENCY FILE NUMBER: { ote) 100-370750-75 ase#:NU 54460 Date: ; 1o-o4-2017 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: LA TO: HQ TITLE: 7 DATE: 08/07/1945 ‘PAGES: 16 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 v9.1 ‘HW 54460 Docld: 32338821 Page 1
XK 'BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Leg fh RF , ae i y Laren ween “Form No. 1 . THIs CASE ORIGINATED AT LOS ANGELES Freno. 10021198 / REPORT MADE AT | DATE WHEN MADE | PERIOD FOR REPORT MADE BY . ~ hehe d + 8 : WHICH MADE . cl LOS .ANGELES 8/7/45 6/10,16,30, JOHN R. VICARS | KH 7 , 3 9 F TE CHANGED a : -21,23,31, CHARACTER OF CASE - JOHN HOWARD LAWSON ; p8/12/48. INTERNAL SECURITY ~ C ‘ ae g < . . 7 a eS Rea - toe with shine? (gag LLINFORDMJION CONTAINED SYNOPSIS OF racts:Deck® alain DATES \o- NNBY: eS, - - Subject continues as leader of CPA in motion picture me industry and allied cultural fields, but his leader- — - ee we! - ship is being questioned as a result of the change in. - - \ ° - Communist line. [He has been a regular attendant at * ie e. Radio and Motion Picture Commission meetings and has go z attended other functionary meetings with County Com- 4 ae munist functionaries. CPA policy in motion picture ¢; PA strike changed to support the strike, although in- - o# + formant indicates LAWSON not heartily in accord with oF ae this change and desired continuation of the policy he Pa st oo fe oo developed, which was the CPA policy prior to the change fo Xe | in line. Subject elected member of Executive Council ae i of Hollywood Independent Citizens' Committee of the Arts go iol ees ze . Sciences and Professions (formerly the Hollywood Demo- , mony cratic Committee). He attempted to organize an FDR - Caravan for this Committee, which was to tour the _ ‘western states in an attempt to put pressure on Presi- dent Truman and the State Department to return to the . policies of the late President Roosevelt. Subject | ark sponsored New Masses art auction and appeared at invi-. By tational New Masses benefit at the home of: FRANK TUITLE & / on June $, 1945. He had an argument with RICHARD BRANSTEN, #\/ with aliases, over. BRANSTEN'S discussion of Duclos article o at non-CPA meeting ‘and threatened to have BRANSTEN ex-— 7 pelled. Communication frg “BRANSTEN to LAWSON reflects aa LAWSON's leadership in - Prywood CPA movement.] Bank HW 54460 yw iS DESTROY &Daccount reflects LAWSON has- paid or loaned close to $2,000 MAR 23 1963 to an alleged Communist. dominated-erganization. of Communists. DO.NOT WRITE IN-THESE SPACES . fe «fF COPIES OF THIS REPORT .) 5 id e fj t. G) Bureau oe cl oe 2 San Francisco a” 1 New York (inf.) aut 3 Los Angeles oe Pf AS Docld: 323386821 Page 2?
LA 100-21198 > CONFIDENTIAL SOURCES = = A. - Confidential National Defense Informant LA JO-1 Jou O ‘B -|ONDI LA BB-1 . soe C.- CNDI LA 2900 a SR (A memorandum on the motion: picture: strike referred to, 4 which was furnished by this: office, is contained - in x 100-18874~1-A-60-B. ) ‘if NF, INF , D - CNDI LA Mk MX-2 ——— a A \ Behl confidential ‘source & . : : , - Mrs. cravs ) ARLSON, who was “employed as-second maid Lc the subject at 454 North Bristol, Los Angeles. 46s TQ EFF, 605 North Arden Road, Beverly Hills, Califor ia, @ screen writer. ‘ Ji cNDI. LA-28 on | AW 54460 Docld:323363821 Page 3