JFK Assassination System Date: 5/13/201 Identification Form - “Agency Information Peleased under the John AGENCY: FBI . Kennedy RECORD NUMBER:  124-90143-10316 issassination Records ' : oOllection Act of 1992 RECORD SERIES : HQ (44 USC 2107 Note). ase#: NU 54460 Date: AGENCY FILENUMBER: _ 100-370750-172 HO-O04-2017 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: BS TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: 05/22/1950 ‘PAGES: 2 SUBJECTS : JOHN HOWARD LAWSON DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified | RESTRICTIONS: 4 | CURRENT STATUS: —Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 10/09/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : MEMO eee v9.1 : 7 HW 54460 Docld:323386893 Page 1
: Director, FBI | we May 22 iy 1950 , aa : SAC, » Bostoe a) reesei Me pee ne sour, ERE IS S UNCLASSIFIED. —< | DATE also BY . suf Std de 2°45 Sahoof ee On May 5,°1950, BOS ND 560 madd available a flyer announcing \ ap'Beadline for Freedom Rally" to be held May 7, 1950, at the Boston ; an Conservatory Auditorium, 31 Hemenway Street, Boston, Massachusetts. The en oo flyer announced that the meeting was to be sponsored by the}*Gommi ttee ; of 25", Suite 1503, 192 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York, Also oF : a earing on the flyer was the fact that tickets could be obtained at 2A fm Suite #1, 726 Washington Street, Brogkline, Massachusetts. This is the os address of one Mrs. THEODORE RIT IMGOLDSTEIN, known member of the Pro- ‘N fessional Section of the Communist Party of Boston and subject of a . an Security Index Card in this office. , a ee Featured speakers, according to the flyer, were_Dr. EDWARD_K. RERSKY, - Chairman, C; Mr. JOHN HOWARD LAWSON, One of the Hollywood Ten; Miss FLORENCEA8SCOMB; and Reverend KENNETH de PIXHUGHES, Chairman . of the meeting, Rgftor of Ste Bartholomew's Church, Cambridge, Massa~ | aa chusetts. a Special Agent ROBERT E, SUNKEL attended the above meeting. ° All of the scheduled apeakers were present. " As announced, there, the meeting was called to protest the _ ee ‘fact that the United States Supreme Court had refused to hear the cases of 25 persons convicted of contempt of Congress because they had re- a fused to answer questions put to them at a hearing of the House Un- 7 American Activities Committee... These twenty-five included the — "Hollywood Ten", { | The keynote of the meeting was set by Reverend HUGHES, Chair-=- oe, C7 i: man, who expressed fear that the Bill of Rights was being subverted i when, as it appeared to hin, Congress was being given tacit permission NaS i by the Supreme Court to inquire into a man's politics. This, he said, ' / . was the case of the "25" whose cause they were pheading at the meeting. 6. oa Reverend HUGHES then introduced Dr. EDWARD K, BARSKY, whose rod _ comments paralléledithose made by HUGHES and added the thought that vA the United States was heading for Fascism and imperialism by such (otilonsay: He made the statement Mee iy ent 4 istration was i { RESY bx | . fie ~ 92 © nin i , 00. 337h ey: , _ cc = New sont - $2 he ce eclegnd if ACOH ph ta oP A Ra —_ cc 10025222 “100-21664 ; ” 100-22093- - 100-307 ‘100-18707 100-1843 gh 100~16211 100-20765. ; ‘ 10024397 sy | , ‘ _ ; en ; | MQ) Wwe 6. , AW 54460 Docld:32336396 Page 2