JFK Assassination System Date: Identification Form 6/15/201 Agency Information Peleased under the John AGENCY: FBI Kennedy RECORD NUMBER:  124-10219-10467 wssassination Records Ollection Act of 1992 RECORD SERIES: HQ (44 USC 2107 Note}. ases#: NW 53130 Date: AGENCY FILENUMBER: _ 100-30067-82, 83 5-31-2017 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: SAC, SF TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE: 01/20/1959 PAGES: 2 SUBJECTS : JOP, EMP, RES, DESCR, WHEREABOUTS, RCK DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 02/24/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : INC MEMO v9.1 HW 53130 DBocld: 32297691 Page 1
AX Office Memorandum. + owirep staTES GOVERNMENT. TO ; DIRECTOR, FBI (100-30067) DATE: 2/18/59 SAC, PORTLAND (100-9724) O SUBJECT: , oan ETTTMAN Au INFORATION CONTAED - : N 4S UNC Uy. bW . 00: San Francisco aE dDoe-4Y Re San Francisco letter dated 1/20/59. R. C,. HENAIRE, business agent, Local number 58, Typographical Union, 110 Loyalty Building, advised SA FRANCIS J, SMITH, 1/2959, that all linotype operators in the city of Portland and surrounding areas who are union members are members of Local 58. He advised that subject's name was not included in his fils as a union member and further that he had never heard of subject. He advised that there are a large number of one or two men operating v private shops that are not unlonized. He advised that to his knowledge there are only a limited number of negroes engaged in the linotype business in Portland and that he could not recall of any negro who was a member of the jj Yi union, , VU PD 426-S, colored, who is: well acquainted with the negro elément in Portland advised on 1/28/59, that subject was unknown to them. The records.of the Portland Retail Credit Bureau, the Portland Police Department and the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office were checked on 2/6/59, with negative results. ! ~ RUC. Bureau ' 00 465) San Francisco (100-1 1 Portland : | ee REC. 15 7) - BLO 7 - 5B | FJS: env (p S2 hi a [ta (ay ES SP bi Da IBAEBQIAE cauiyg. me BECD- EBT Evang ee eT | | SN a at RO! it sos _ ST FEB ab nn cs oa
STANDARD FORM NO. 64 & Mex wandum * UNITED CATES GOVERNMENT TO DIREGTOR, FBI (100-30067) DATE: == 1/20/59 | 5 Xho FRANCISCO (100-1465) | Oo ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED 3 SUBJECT: JOHN PITTMAN HEREIN iS_UNCLASSIFT i " sM-c DATEL PE BSE Mle fpecde ’ i, 00: San Francisco \, Rerep SA WILBERT H. KEHE dated 11/26/58 at San Francisco, | copy to Los Angeles... . Subject, an SI subject in the San Francisco Office, was em- Ployed as a writer. at the "People's World" (PW), a West Coast Communist newspaper, until September, 1958, .at which time his wife stated that he quit to learn the linotype business "down South, SF 1159-S on 1/6/59 advised that he had learned from sub- Ject's wife, MARGE PITTMAN, that Subject presently is in Portland, Oregon, where he is learning to be a linotype operator and is attempting to obtain a union card. MARGE PITTMAN stated that she had previously advised informant that subject. was "down South, " and not in the Los Angeles area. MARGE PITTMAN stated that when PITTMAN obtains. his union card, which will. require a year, he plans to return to San Francisco and obtain employment as a lino- type operator, MARGE PITTMAN cautioned informant that PITTMAN's whereabouts is a big secret, because they did not want the FBI to investigate him and prevent him from obtaining union membership. A description of Subject JOHN PITTMAN is as follows: Sex, to | male; Race, Negro; Age, 53 (born Atlanta, Ga., 9/17/05); 5! 8" 150 1b.3; build medium; hair reddish brown; eyes hazel; comple a. | light brown, , The Los Angeles Office is requested to discontinue its efforts to locate subject in the Los Angeles area pending results from the nvestigation in the Port and, Oregon, ange. 4 f £ _# ; . ~  oeetand eh or POCO] ~ FQ The Portland Office,” at Portland, oregdi, will attempt dis= \ creetly to ascertain subject's employment and residence through reliable sources and notify the Bureau and San Francisco, As xy noted above, great care must be exercised in ascertaining subject,"s present employment and residence, inasmuch as it is not known hye whether subject's-wife has revealed his whereabouts to any other than informant. a a eee oe 12. ureau (REG , hf 6 OE JAICS sigbies (100-4566 (ree) 13 JAN 26 wsadf 2 - Portland (REG) - anes 4 3 - San Francisco WHK:hko #8 (9) as Cy PAW 33130 Dovid: 32297691 —Page 3