AGENCY: RECORD NUMBER: RECORD_SERIES: AGENCY FILE NUMBER: ORIGINATOR: FBI AGENCY INFORMATION | FBI 124-10176-10082 DL . 100-10461-2438 DOCUMENT INFORMATION Peleased under the John FROM: HOPKINS, EMIL E. Kennedy TO: .Besassination Records __ ollection Act of 1992 TITLE: (44 5c 2107 Note). - ases#: Nl 54463 Date: ; WO-12-2017 DATE: 12/08/1963 PAGES: 6 SUBJECT: LHO, POST-RP, CP DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT ORIGINAL NEW ORIGINAL lassified NEW CLASSIFICATION: — Unelassifie CLASSIFICATION: REVIEW DATE: 11/18/1996 _ - UPDATE DATE: — 02/12/2001 STATUS _ Redact | . | RESTRICTIONS: JEK Act 6 (4) COMMENTS: HW 54463 DBocld:32172763 Page 1
HW SER) 45 Bol iz2163 | Page 2 ne | / Gaver Sheet for informant Report or by Material FD-306 (3-21-58) , Received by SA EMIL E,. HOPKINS Date received Received from (name or symbol] number) 12/16/63 CL 1045 Method of delivery (check appropriate blocks) Cal in person (“lby telephone (“by mail Co orally ‘| recording device Cz written by Informant If orally furnished and reduced to writing by Agent: . Date: of Report Date | Dictated . to | Looe Dateta) of activity Transcribed . : ; Authenticated Y nn = _ by Informant ——___________ ‘rr \ ok Brief description of activity or’ material . ‘ : . Report of cr 104+8 re Communist: Party: meetin File where. original, is located if not attached” SU), Utmost care should be. taken that any. information ¢ ‘taken. from . this report. is’ paraphrased to protect: inf it, since. only. - seven individuals: attended the. meeting (X[K) pe held 12/8/63; at home : of GENNE. KUHN, »: 6105_ Fro at St. o'9.. Wl t ee Li) We st vi rZEN 4; 8." Rema ks: -CONFIRENTIAL 11 - Cleveland (RM)... ‘100- 17257° (CP. Org.) -100-.- (ARNOLD. JOHNSON): REV * OQ - (Assassination of President, t_KENNEDY) 105- 2D) tb jo 65-721 | (ANTHONY ERGHMARER) ( aed “SCHED niNvExED (- 100217255. (Membership). f 100-1646 3 (Political activitiesy~——? 100217797. (Factionalism) — m 100-23484 (Mass Organizations) ~ oes 0 BY fe hes roe a 1 100=17947 (Strategy. in Industry) | On ie (3 - Dallas am) | ay (Assassination of President. KE} ~ra ED AS {3 INEDY) °° he - (JACK | LEON RUBY) Classifie by PZ354 Block Stamp (105- (LEE HARVEY OSWALD) Exenor Nuyftps.€ =a ant Sg 6 = New york “(RM)” - ate of Deg q ication Airdefinite 100-. (CP Org.).- 59? ae sl NK 622 (Assassination of: Pres. KE y DY) 44— _ (JACK LEON RUBY) Dy 105- - (LEE HARVEY | OSWALD) 1000-16021 (ARNOLD JOHNSON)
Caeser . (Copies Continued) | 100-245835. (CP, .USA, Public. Appearances: of Party Leaders | = a) 13- Pittsburgh - (RM) . 100=8571 (CP, ‘State of. West. Virginia). 100-8572 (CP, Ohio. valley Section) 100-8664. (CP, Membership) ~ 100-".. (ARNOLD: JOHNSON). - ; — 62~ (Assassination of. President KENNEDY)|~ 44°... (JACK LEON: RUBY)..° 105-. (LEE ‘HARVEY OSWALD) 10028549 © . (GENNE: KUHN): : 100-.. ‘(Factionalism) 100-° (Political Affairs). 157- (LEE M.° JOHNSON) -. 100- (Mass. Organizations). . 100< 14821 (HUGH GILMORE ; ‘CROCKARD, Jr. ) 242 Cincinnati . . 100+ 3500. (cP. Organization) 134684" : 6222758 | (Assassination. ‘of Président KENNEDY). Ahn -456 (JACK. LEON: RUBY) * “ 105 2505 (LEE HARVEY OSWALD) — 100- 7964. (CP Membership) 100-8227 (Political: Activities) 100-8481 (Factionalism) ’- 100+12701 (Cominfil, ‘Mass: Organizations) - 100-8359 (Strategy in. Industry). 1600-12483 (CHARLES. PALMER) .. (100212408. (RANDALL, GOuBY) 100-9142: ~ (FLOYD: WELLS) 100-7006. - (GENNE: KUHN) ™ 100212474 (JOHN FABRY).. 100212475. _ (SHIRLEY. FABRY) 100- 6386 (FRED WALCHLT): 100- 1910... (ARNOLD JOHNSON) - 100= -1083 - (ANTHONY KRCHMAREK) . ‘1574 195. ‘(LEE M, JOHNSON) * 100 214096. ‘CHUGH. GILMORE: CROCKARD, JR.). 100-8402 » “(Youth Matters) - [134-142'  (ADOLPH. PAGTFICO)| Au), 10 2707 (Cominfil, Labor. or. Unione)’ HW 54463 J
(ex L34- -0n-357 WAU) HW 54463 DoclIda: 37172763 Page 4 Informant ' 8 report set forth rth below: (u) ‘igteubenville, Ohio. December. 8, 1963, "On the above date a group from Steubenville, Met at _ 610 §. Fromt St. Wheeling, W. Va. the home of ‘a Genne — (Crockard) Kuban. ° This was’ a: Communist. Party Meeting. The persons. who Awere in attendance who were recognized - DAC) L ° A Carpenter and treasurer of his’ Tpfoion fpom $te eubenville. uv) 2 = CHARI exten: - A steel worker and former. grievance | ; “Cit t mm the Wheeling Steel Corpn, - and Member’: of Local wa “#1190 U.S.W.A. C. I. Oo AF. Ls (HU) 3 © B ndal Gory i from the Wheeling. Steel Corpa and. a. “ebuste SHOP steyart is a Member of Local Union: #1190 oo U.S.WeAe AFL. } ww 4 - Arnold JohpSon: . A. former state. chairman. of the: “CommmnLst parey of ‘Ohio amd who now is a sortie eslations man for.the Communist. party: working ou . New York city ,-New York. . He secures. speakers for: ° any engagegante such as Colleges” and Campus oe 5 ; | He. as know fy 7e¢ ne (Cpock A time C. Say worker Ee Huet Cyéckard Now deceased and she since. Married Sel ae who now resides at her home. Genne has three” tildren two to her first husband and: the other to the. latter. She. has .a son. _ about. 1D “yrs old whois. being schooled and worked: over, by sehe C. party in New York. Genne. Kuhn/ Continued: The.¢ party wanted to take her son_ Gill Crockard out of her influence so he could, be taught - bo
oo utes Kw something Constructive. This Gill recent ly,. ry 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~ Qu) full time. organizer in some special field suchyas.. ‘youth, At the start of the Meeting Genne brought out | her brief case full of clipbings . (Newspaper) etc she | also had a lot of penciled notes which: she was _  tndoubtiedly going to use to show what she was doing - g . and. to give others: shell for not co-operating with her. Aw) But the first discussion by A. Johnson centered around the late P Pres. Kennedy. . me) ' Arnold, explained that since Oswald was:-Considered a~ Communist then a wave of hysteria was about to explode against the C. party of America but by the time the re-actionaries were getting started it was announced ~ that it had been disclosed that it. seemed like. the extreme Fight 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 ey 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 Log ‘8 of letters of enquiry about the C. party and he orobet ly 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 andbe: sure before he Made any statement. — Randal ,/Gorby asked Arnold Johnson if when he got back. to york to look in the files if he had a letter from a Fokas, formerly from Bellaire, Ohio, ‘and also an inmate Of Cambridge Asylum for a period of time, Gorby Lae HW 54463 Docld:32172763 Page 5
HW 54463 tsi-on.ss7) RW) QO asked Johnson to compare the letter of Pokey's with: Oswald's to gee if they. didn't have a Lot. im Common. Palmer stated that he ‘thought the ‘statement by the ifiethogd et Minister Govered the situation very good whenghs stated that the fact that the Murder of Bill Hooge, M Edgar Eyers,and others in the, south going” wwlthout punis iment had set the stage for the | Assassination of Pres. Kennedy. Everyone weadily mA U Avaold Johnson further stated that. no real Marxist - Gould do such a thing. There is mot Much doube that | since the Soviet Union had expelled him by not giving him a Citizenship im the Soviet Union because they thought him to be am Agent of Fascism. Genne Meanwhile was Chomping at the bit tryin “to get her, story told about’ the NA Sh 7 @ finally got her Chance to unlog She ste March on Washington a few days befors 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 & phone conversation was completed She had been quoted Im the newspaper end exposed as & Communist party Member, which brought about her expalsion from thé B.A.A.C.P., but since has been restored to Hewbership, Then lately a Man (Negro) by name of Johnson head of the local CORE group was indicted for rebbing a bus driver im Steubenville, Ohio. Gemne had got in couch with R. Gorby as she thought Johnson was being ed, Gorby found out and told her at this Meeting he hed did the robbing and was Not being framed. e best thing to do stated Gorby was to give him » but do not put CORE and the NAACP out om a my 6 by doling it. DoclIda: 3271727763 Page 6
pe st on 550 KW) cone a "Palmer stated that it was N 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 togethsr on these Matters if you. will be guecessful. The hour was drawing Near ten o'clock P.M, and the 6 Steubenville delegation had to work. that Mite. (0/ 1 Lunch. was. furnished by.each and everyone, with: th exception of A Johnson and he put. away plenty. CM a) Johnson stated that. “he had been down this ‘way-“about: one - week ago and had Contacted some of his ‘oldyfriends by | phons, one im particular was Adolph Pag#fic« wanted to talk to him on a so called spp] which hag been going on for some time: ‘geoph: wanted ‘to- meet with him Lf he could. find time later | .Was unable to see him at this time. 7 Fe ) ‘Everyone present asked A. Johnaon When he was eoning back but he would not state exactly only he would ments u) the Next time he could make it. No literature Xe Gollegtions During the time Genne Kuhn was. belly aching about not getting help from the Valley group it wag poimted out F by A Johnson that some years back when the Wheeling group was a part of W. Virginia group that. diffiewlties existed yy and now with the Wheeling group im with Ohie Valley. the : trouble still exists, He also pointed out that.distance has a lot to do with it teo. Genne stated that phe . Walehli was supposed to show. up with the Beer. . was urged to call him against her wishes but ‘she eet ‘Cu no answer on the phone" gowreriat HW 54463 Docld:32172763 Page ?f