. . — JFK Assassination System 5/13/201 Identification Form Date: - OE EE Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: —124-90143-10019 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: —_100-370750-216 eee Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: NY TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: 07/06/1953 ‘PAGES : 7 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 : RPT rc“ ee SSSSSSSSSSSeSeSeSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSse v9.1 NW 45838 Docid:32338601 Page i
oe °CURITY INFORMATION’ = '¢ FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVES SAN THIS CASE ORIGINATEDAT TOS ANGELES REPORT MADE AT . OATS WHEN PERIOD FOR WHICH MADE REPORT MADE BY ; i ‘NEw W YORK JUL 6.1953. _16/5»8,9,17/53..| - _ THOMAS: a\, “POWERS” 7s re nea iat Se aay = . mms {) ALL 13} MATION CON EYNIASTER OF cast JOHN HOWARD LAWSON, was MEAT Aes UNCLAS: a LSD. TERNAL, ‘SECURITY - es EXCET PERE SHOW DECLASSIFIED BY. OKs See iP 4 ” OTriaitt es or n suet evNabbis ber FACTS: LAWSON scheduled to give four - under sponsors ip of NCASP on "our National latter part of March and first part of April, at a Stalin memorial meeting in NYC on 3/26/53 Worker" indicates LAWSON spoke at a Roodevelt-Stal’ meeting on 1/12/53, which w Was sponsored. by of American-Soviet Friendship. He wrote an: "Masses and offal ,of May 1953. pemarts:” SAP Informant T-1, of. Anown - reltebtiity, advised.on 4a 20, 1953, that JOHN HOWARD LAWSON would: ‘present - & series of four lectures on “Our National Culture", beginning on March 20, 1953. Other lectures were scheduled for March 27th and April 10 and 17, 1953. According to the informant, : the. lectures would be under the auspices of the onal. Council of - the Arts, Sciences and Professions (NCASP). Gia According to the informant, LAWSO Ng lectures: would consist of a discussion of FREDERICK. DOUGLASS, WALT Oe ig WHITMAN, EUGENE v. DEBS and THEODORE DREISER .!. . The: ‘material. to. be used in these lectures is based on ‘Laws Nts. feet book on the culture of the. United States, an Confidential Informant. 7-3, of dnown. reliability, On April 15, 1953, furnished a throwaway which: indicated’ ‘that. LAWSON's fourth scheduled lecture was Pee nena ee: -to- is Sooal ie 1953+ COPIES DESTROYED 4 1MAR 27 1963 io by es Beale . DO NOT WRITE IN THESE SPAC OPE IN FIL 75756) (RM ie a4 ‘27 ~- Bureau (100- . fe, f> 3 - Los Angeles *(100- ~21796 PH Sn So He 94 PROPERTY OF Fats CONFIDENTIAL REPORT AND ITS CONTENTS ARE LOANED TO you. BY JHE: FBI AND ARE NO} FO STRIE AGENCY TO WHICH LOANED, ; ye 409 3 NW 45838 DociId:3233860i1 Page 2
NY 100-80918 . Pepe ADMINISTRATIVE PAGE - INFORMAN TS DATE OF ACTIVITY AGENT WHO FILE NO. IDENTITY OR DESCRIPTION DATE RECEIVED ---... AND | OF SOURCE OF INFORMATION RECEIVED INFORMATION: “LOCATION -1 ~ 4 CSNY 4.26 Lectures 3/20/53 SA EVERETT 100-93 sponsored by K. DEANE 989 NCASP, SE PAUL G. 3/20, 2734/10 MITCHELL and 17/53 © | 2a i ay . 38h-S | Stalin Memorial 4/2/53 SA JOHN W. 134-82saN5IN Meeting, DOOLEY mf 3/26/53. ; oS - OTHER 4 Reception delegates,l\/26/53 SA WILFRED. R.134-18 NcAsP, 4/25/53 SCHLARMAN : otentia ‘ Confidential . Source, NYC T= csny 588 Documentation -5 . NY 359-S Negative 6/9/53 SA JOHN wW. DOOLEY 6 NY 388-s Negative 6/9/53 SA RICHARD H. BLASSER =-7 , . : NY 363-S Negative 6/10/53 SA RICHARD Ins tan = | H. BLASSER REFERENCE: Los Angeles letter to Bu eau, 3/11/53 Summary report of [SA-ANI a) 3/23/53, Los Angeles: 3 )f\5; °) ‘NW 45838 DociId:32338601 Page 3