JFK Assassination System Date: 5/13/201 Identification Form Released under the John Kennedy Ws5asgsination Records oOllection Act of 1992 “Agency Information AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : FBI 124-90143-10073 (44 USC 2107 Note). ase#:NWU 54460 Date: RECORD SERIES: HQ 1O-O4-2017 AGENCY FILENUMBER: = 100-370750-247 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: LA TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: 04/21/1959 ‘PAGES: 2 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 : co eee mene i nine en mee i v9 i . WW 354460 DoclId: 32336655 MEMO rrr rr pt 18 Page 1 :
ad oy . STANDARD FORM NO. 64 o~ . GOVERNMENT To"; DIRECTOR; FBI (100-370750} | paTE: 4/21/59 : 2. =. (100-390999 “Bi rom: _ SAC, LOS ANGELES 390-21298 "SUBJECT: oS OHN HOWARD LAWSON ’ aka . 003 “ros ANGELES “ SUE-LAWSON, aka i i 00: LOS ANGELES Ne ae! 7 ae a vAS LA 3402-8, 1 who has furnished reliable information &i% in the ‘past, orally advised SA CLAUDE E. WILLIS, Jr. on ew 4/17/59 that JOHN HOWARD LAWSON had advised informant that ti, he plans to go to Portland, Oregon at some time in the near future to take charge of the Theater and Motion ‘Picture part of the Festival of Arts at Reed College in Portland. Infor mant did not learn the date of this festival. ELAWSON | further indicated th t he is going to take his wife, SUE MAWSON, with hin. u 7 . For the information of the Portland office both. of -the above captioned subjects of the .Los. Angeles office are — ,/ a pee Security Index subjects. — . LA 3402-8 advised on n 1/30/59 + that JOHN HOWARD ‘ LAWSON, publicly known as one of the Hollywood Ten, has over the past several. years, conducted various series of lectures pertaining: to playwriting, theater and drama. During some ~ of these lectures, he has made the statement that he is a Marxist. In early 1959, LAWSON stated that he was, at that” time, a member of a Communist. Party group made up of writers, 7 “RICHARD JAY COLLINS; 200 Acari, West Los’ Angeles, California. a. self~admitted former member eB the Communist _ DECTASSIFIED 2Y¥ G, §-S Ci Bureau (REGISTERED) oy” 7-7 Sobek Sol . (BT BpeBeee8} REC- 694-0) - 2 - Portland (REGISTERED) | ? C2220) Te 3 ~- Los Angeles (1000-21198 CEW: ter. Mf - Br S3MAY 1 1858 oon nen 290 “ Daredl & aS ON tye ewyersnoins - " . fea ray . , Starry . are eer ar? BET pa OL . foo Be . Roeat wee ee a i i N, ‘HW 54460 Docld:32336655 Page 2 UNRECORDED COPY FILED IN. /o-)
ay 1 t i | AW 54460 we fay ‘TIAL LA 100-21198 Party (CP), who is currently employed as a screen writer in Hollywood, California, advised on April 27, 1955 that the "Hollywood Ten" was the popular name utilized by the press and public in referring to ten motion picture film person- alities who were subpoenaed before the House Un-American Activities Committee in Washington, D. C. in the fall of - 1947. As a result of these hearings, all of the ten indivi- duals were cited and subsequently convicted for contempt of Congress and served prison sentences. According to COLLINS; all were or had been members of the CP in Hollywood, California. - " BLA 393288, who has furnished reliable information in’ ‘the ‘past, advised on 7/22/58 that at a meeting of the — Zapata Section, Southern California District, CP (SCDCP) on 7/21/58 it Was announced’ that SUE LAWSON was an unattached member of the Zapata Section whose CP club had been disbanded, and that she was desirous of joining’ the Cultural Section, SCDCP. LEAD PORTLAND OFFICE AT PORTLAND; OREGON — ‘1. “Will' attempt to determine the date of the Festival of Arts at Reed College and advise the Los Angeles office. . - —_ 2; W1Il attempt ¢ to 5 afford appropriate coverage of subjects' activities and furnish pertinent information to the Los Angeles office. i. | ok, Ce] Docld: 32338655 Page 3