@ cL [3 2557 QW), — . Lgieh DCARUUAL _ AW 453025 "On Informant ' Ss report set forth below: eu “Steubenville, Ohio. I ¢ December. 8, 1963. ey the abowe date a group from: Steubenville, Met at. 610 S. Front’ St.. Wheeling;: W. Va. the home of a Genne | (Crockard) | Kuhui..  Phis* was” a: Communist. Party Meeting.° The peewee who were in. attendance who were recognized were: (¢)(W) 1 =. ' Iocal Union from Steubenville. (¢ as Floyd Wells: - A Carpenter and - treafurer of his’ CHARLES PALMER: = A steel worker and former. grievance © Committeman from the Wheeling Steel Corpn.. and Member’. of Local Union. #1190 U.S.W.A. C. 1.0. A. F. Ls FX) > Randal Gorby: from the Wheeling Steel Corpa’ ‘and. a former. shop ‘stewart is a Member of Local’ Union: #1190 U.S.W.A. C.2.0.. Ae F. L. (EKw) . -Araold Johnson: .., A. former state chairman of the- _ . Communist. Party “of Ohio and who now is a. sortyof jpubl . | gelations man for.the Communist. party- ‘working. out Sf. DocId:32186383 Page 4 New. York City, New York. He secures. speakers for. any. engagements such as Colleges. and. ‘Campus ieceee (Ul) John’ Fabrey a Miner. ‘from Smithfield... | He-is know - as. the emiling’ Slovak. ¢ JW ‘Mra. John Fabrey his. Wife Vw Genne (Crockard) Kuhn the. hostess: is a ‘Long time.Cc. party worker former wife of Hugh - Crockard Now deceased - and she since. Married Emil Kuhn who’ now: ‘wesides. at her home. Genne has three children two ‘to her: first. husband aiid the other to the. latter... She-has.a: son. about 19 y¥3 old who is being schooled and worked’ over by the C. party. in ‘New ork. t . Genne. Kuhn Continued: .. The..C party. wanted to take her son- ‘Gill. Crockard out of. her influence so he could. be Ey ) —=3- gee OTL
Gr o [is =B8A= 97) au | ee ena, HW 53025 Randal Gorby asked Arnold Johnson if when he got back. to. something Constructive. This Gill recently,. a ‘few years or’ less ago Made a trip to the Soviet Union etc on “the Youth Conference Know as the ‘World ‘Youth Conference.' He will probably emerge: from the New York thing as‘a” full time. organiger in some special field such: as. _youth. Mw) At the start of the Meeting Genne brought out her brief case full of clippitigs . (Newspaper) etc she | also had a lot of penciled notes which she was —~ and . to give others: hell for not co-operating with her. undoubtedly going to use to show what she was’ doing — i w) But the first discussion by A. Johnson centered around the late Pres. Kennedy. (Ce arnold explained that since Oswald was. Considered a Comiumist then a wave of hysteria’ was about to explode against the C. party of America but by the time the recactionaries were getting started it was announced that it had been disclosed that it. seemed like the extreme. wight had been’ active. This was bore out by the declaration of Russia that it was not the C. party that had done it because Kennedy was a friend of the Working class but the work of the extreme right or almost a fascist act. This seemed to sober the masses that it was the same caliber of people who had insulted Stevenson only Weeks before in Dallas, Texas. Arnold stated he was asked by C.B.S. News about this Oswald as to a letter he had written to the party, he told them he gets lots of letters of enquiry about the . Cc. party and he probably answered it as he does hundreds of others and even sent him literature if he requested it. They (C.B.S.) wanted him to go on .the air with 4. statement but he stated to them he would have to dig the letter out and=be sure before he Made any statement. New York to look in the files if he had a letter fot a Wn Pokas, formerly from Bellaire, Ohio, and also an immate of Cambridge Asylum for a period of time, Gorby | q o TOA TAL DoclId:32186383 Page 5
CI [isesess7 (YW) | couleur asked Johnson to compare the letter of Pokey's with: Oswald's to see if they didn't haye a lot: in ‘Common, — Palmer stated that he thought the statement by*the _ Methodist Minister Covered the situation.very good when he stated that the fact that the Murder. of Bi11 Moore, M Edgar Evers and others in the. south going by without punishment had set the stage for the © Assassination of Pres, Kennedy. Everyone readily agreed. Gu) Arnold Johnson further stated that no real Marxist - Could do such a thing. There is mot Much doubt that since the Soviet Union had expelled him by. not giving him a Citizenship im the Soviet Union because they thought him to be an Agent of Fascism.. Genne Meanwhile was Chomping at the bit trying to get her story told about the N,A.A.C.P. and core. (4 )() She finally got her Chance to unload b } WU) She stated that about the time of the Civil Rights March on Washington a few days before she had béen working with CORE and NAACP the reporter from the Wheeling paper Intelligencer had Called and wanted to talk about her. She gave him answers on the phone and finally hung up on him. from the time — this phone conversation was completed She had been. quoted in the newspaper and exposed as a Communist _ party Member, which brought - about her expolsion: from thé. N.A.A.C.P., but since has been restored to -— i . Membership. Then lately a Mam. (Negro) by name of Johnson ~ head of the local CORE group was indicted for robbing a bus driver in Steubenville, Ohio. Genne had got: in touch with. R. Gorby as she thought Johnson was being _ framed. Gorby found out and told her at this Meeting that he had did the robbing and was Not being framed. The best thing to do stated Gorby was to give him help but do not put:CORE.and the NAACP out. om a limb by doing it. (7 tL | . 7 -5- (orl TIAL cai HW 53025 Docld:32186333 Page 6 |
HW 53025 - getting help from the Valley group it was pointed out | was a part of W. Virginia group that difficulties existed DoclId:327186383 Page ? cr [134-8A- se, 7 boat cil "palmer stated that it was. News to! him as” ‘the only. thing he Knew about it Was the articles in’ the paper and. the. first one looked as if Genne had- stayed on the phone © too long should have hung up quick. He also: ‘stated that .in 1948 when he had this trouble everyone Knew about it. and then he got more help and was successful: in- defeating the reactionaries: You have to’always. work together on-these Matters if you. will be guccessful. The hour was drawing Near ten o'clock P.M, and the’ Steubenville delegation had to work that: Nite. ‘le NU) exception of A Johnson and he put. away. plenty. Lunch. was. furnished, by. each and everyone. with ) Johnson stated that ‘he had been down this way about one week ago and had Contacted some of his old friends by _ phone, one im particular was Adolph Pacifico ~ he ~ wanted to talk to him on a so called Applachian- Coal project which haé been going on for some time” “Adolph wanted to — meet with him if he could. find time later | Was. unable to __ see him at this time. (4)(W ‘Everyone. present ‘aaked S .. Johnson When he was: coming: back but he would not state exa only he. would notify _the Next time he could make it, 7 1} . [ No Literature . No. Gollections | q ) () During the time Genne Kuhn was. belly aching about not by A Johnson that some years back. when the Wheeling group. and now with the Wheeling group in with Ohio Valley. the trouble still exists. .He also pointed out thet.distance. . has a lot to do with it too. Genne stated that Fred | Walchli was supposed to show up with the Beer. | She. was urged to call him. Ta her wishes. but she got no answer on the phone" 4) (W 2 & © . Cene